Olympic decathlete milt campbell probes plainfield riots
Plainfield New Jersey Olympic decathlete Milt Campbell flew from Culver City to assess riot damage in his old Negro neighborhood. He said outsiders agitated the violence and noted the unrest appeared rapidly organized by no local group. Campbell spoke after meeting with young Black men, insisting outsiders started the violence and that negotiations may end the unrest.
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Toronto
Canada
Culver City
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Behrend Center Offers Courses To Collegians
Behrend Campus of Penn State Erie offers three week August courses in remedial English and mathematics for returning college students and this year’s high school graduates entering college. English taught by Nyla Falkenhagen, math by Norman B Patterson. Non credit, August 14 to September 1, register by August 5. Subway system planned for Guadalajara follows Mexico City example.
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Pennsylvania State University
Erie
Nyla Falkenhagen
Norman B. Patterson
Guadalajara
Mexico
Mexico City
Boston & Maine seeks in on Penn Central merger
Boston and Maine Railroad asks federal court to switch from plaintiff to defendant in the Penn Central merger litigation. A final hearing is set for September 18, with July 25 deadline for show cause. Reading Railroad and Central Railroad of New Jersey seek to undo ICC approval, claiming public interest and revenue losses.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York Central
B&m
Penn Central
Richard H. Lever
Stuart T. Saunders
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Saunders
Norfolk & Western
Reading Railroad
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Reading
Erie-Lackawanna, Delaware & Hudson
Boston & Maine
Jersey Central
Troop 80 Boy Scouts Head to Camp Sequoyah
Troop 80 Boy Scouts from Corry will depart Sunday for a week at Camp Sequoyah in East Springfield, 200 miles west of Erie. Attending are John and Timothy Emerson, Robert Kimmy, Craig McQuiston, Roger Williams, and Dawson Bogert. Leaders are Kimmy and Emerson. contact Williams or Beckwith to join.
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Boy Scouts
Corry
Washington Trail Council
Camp Sequoyah
East Springfield
Erie
John Emerson
Timothy Emerson
Robert Kimmy
Craig McQuiston
Roger Williams
Dawson Bogert
Kimmy
Emerson
Newell Beckwith
Williams
Beckwith
Prison Camp Fire Hazard Tally Causes Arson Probe
In Florida a state prison camp where 37 convicts died in a World War II era wooden barracks fire was flagged as a known fire hazard being phased out. Cabinet members said the Jay camp alongside 12 others with wooden barracks are being removed, and arson was ruled as the cause of the Milton fire. A guard testified the blaze may have been retaliation after confiscating a porno graphic book from Ard.
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Fla
Florida
Doyle Conner
Milton
Thomas E. Ard
Pensacola
Earl F. Hoffman
Tallahassee
Joseph Earl Wynder
Marianna
Ard
Bradford Council Rejects TV Cable Rate Increase
Bradford City Council in a four to one vote adopted a resolution to halt a proposed cable rate increase and to warn the cable company it will enforce contract terms. The dispute followed letters to subscribers about a future rise from 3.75 to 5.50 monthly, effective with a new franchise deal due October 1969. The council appointed city solicitor Francis M. Nash to press the contract terms and set next Monday’s meeting for a cable company reply. A jet-propelled train plan by British railways follows, featuring Rolls Royce Dart gas-turbine engines for speeds above 150 mph.
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TV Cable
Francis M. Nash
PLAN
British Railways
Rolls-Royce
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