Detroit Quiet After Four Days of Racial Violence
AP dispatch details Detroit calm at dawn while nationwide unrest persisted with 10 cities hit by overnight violence. Detroit saw soldiers in control for the first time in four days as snipers were hunted with helicopter searchlights. Casualties reached 36 dead nationwide in four days, with more than 1,000 injured in Detroit, amid widespread looting and disruptions in New York Chicago Toledo Phoenix South Bend Cincinnati Los Angeles and Cambridge. Leaders urged peace as national figures blamed Congress for dangerous conditions and called for anti riot and rent measures.
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Associated Press
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Chicago
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A. Philip Randolph
Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young Jr
King. T. Washington
House Committee On UN American Activities
Newark
Senate House
Edwin E. Willis
Dla
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Cuba
Postal jobs politics emerge in Northwestern Pennsylvania
A reader inquiry into Michael Kozma of Columbus and other area cases reveals widespread post office posturing. Acting postmasters like Gladys Volk and top exam candidates such as Bruce Moore face delays as federal deliberations continue. Other towns including Warren Kane Clarendon and Tionesta are similarly affected, signaling broad political influence in appointments.
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Columbus
Post Office Department
Michael Kuzma
Gladys Volk
Bear Lake
Bruce Moore
Moore
Warren
Kane
Clarendon
Tionesta
Pennsylvania
De Gaulle Faces Political Strain After Canadian Crisis
Paris brief outlines President Charles de Gaulle's Canada misstep heightening cabinet loyalty tests and a fragile majority. With elections past, the October return of the National Assembly may ignite tensions as controversy over secessionist meddling fuels public opinion and sparse opposition.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
French National Assembly
France
Assembly
de Gaulle
Bill Calls For School Report To Taxpayers
Harrisburg bill requires Erie County boroughs townships with 5000 plus residents and similar authorities to file a yearly report to taxpayers by June 1. Reports cover past year expenditures itemized by department, current adopted budget, and meeting dates of agencies. The measure, destined for the House Municipal Corporations Committee, calls for broad publication to reach taxpayers.
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Harrisburg
Erie County
House of Representatives
House Municipal Corporations Committee
Pollution mortgage filed to fund plant cleanup project
The Erie County Recorder of Deeds recorded a large mortgage tied to Corry properties. Prudent ial Insurance Company of America and Mellon National Bank hold the mortgage for McInnes Steel Co. Tenants and 14 East Main street properties secure the loan aimed at financing a $160000 pollution control program. The plan includes a 48 by 50 foot building for air compressors to replace coal fired hammer operations, with completion expected by November.
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Erie County
Corry Properties
Recorder of Deeds Office
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Mellon National Bank
Earthquake in eastern Turkey leaves dozens dead and hundreds injured
An eastern Turkey quake centered near Balpayan, 30 miles south of Erzincan, killed at least 40 and left about 50 seriously injured. The event followed Pope Paul VI's visit to western Turkey and marked the second fatal quake in six days. A separate AP report notes a nuclear test underground at Nevada, 20 000 to 200 000 tons of TNT, the 16th weapons test this year.
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Turkey
Turkish Anatolia
Balpayan
Erzincan
Paul VI
Italy
Izmir
Ephesus
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
AEC
Explosion damages Soda Bottle Spurs Civil Suit
An Erie County civil complaint seeks more than 10 000 for Joseph Weber and 10 000 for his daughter Kathleen from Carney Sperry Beer Distributors and Erie Coca Cola Bottling Co. after a July 4 1964 bottle exploded in the girl’s hand injuring her right hand and thumb as she carried it from a store.
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Prie
Erie
Joseph A. Weber
Kathleen
Carney-Sperry Beer Distributors, Inc
Erie Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Free Negro on Bond for Part in Incidents
H. Rap Brown, SNCC leader, released on 10000 bail after nine hours in Alexandria jail. He faced Maryland fugitive charges for inciting a Cambridge riot that left a dozen buildings including a school and church burned. Brown was later arrested on a Virginia unlawful flight charge after a federal pursuit. the Justice Department dropped the federal warrant.
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H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Washington
Booker Ufder
Virginia
Maryland
Cambridge
Brown
Jpil
SNCC
FBI
National Airport
Here
U.S
Justice Department
Federal
Federal Building
Tax Proposed On Utilities As Alternative
Harrisburg reports a one per cent levy on telephone water gas and sewage usage could raise about 200 million annually as an alternative to a stalled 267 million Republican tax package. Senate Majority Whip Albert R Pechan outlined the plan from Ford City.
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House
Senate
Albert R. Pechan
Armstrong County
Ford City
Pechan
Queen Mary to become Long Beach attraction museum hotel
The Queen Mary will be sold by Cunard Lines to Long Beach for 3.444 million dollars. The city plans an 8 to 5 million dollar redevelopment to turn the liner into a maritime museum hotel and convention center. Mayor Edwin Wade says it will rival Disneyland and attract about two million visitors annually.
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Queen Mary
Long Beach
Calif
Disneyland
Cunard Lines
Mary
London
Edwin Wade
Marineland
Southern California
Wade
Last Day Near for City Occupational Privilege Tax Filing
The city’s first occupational privilege tax filing deadline is Monday. Tax collector Mrs. Theodore Swanson said anticipated revenue is 31000 with 28170 already paid. Employers and self employed individuals may file at the city treasurer’s office without penalty or interest.
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Theodore Swanson
Seven die as wires topple on bus near Mexico City
High tension wires fell on a bus after it struck a power pole on the city outskirts, causing the vehicle to burst into flames. Seven people aboard were killed and 24 injured.
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Iumainy City
Mexico City
Nigerian trader seeks tiger skin T shirts swap in Nigeria to America
Owolabi A Bakare, a 25 year old Lagos resident, invites pen pals for a trading exchange of African artifacts for American goods including dollars. He lists tiger skins and T shirts as swap items and proposes a middleman to manufacture tiger skin T shirts. He provides his Lagos address for contact. India hotels face shortage Tourism Minister Karan Singh urges tripling hotel capacity to host half a million visitors by 1971.
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Bakare
Corry
Oworable
Lagos
Nigeria
Journal
Owolabi
Owolabe
Owolabe A. Bakara
Vincent Street
India
Bangalore
Karan Singh
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