Riots Strikes Close Colleges Nationwide Amid Kent State Ties
Associated Press reports about 227 colleges closed as antiwar protests widen after the Kent State shootings. Violent incidents occur at several campuses including Buffalo, Carbondale, Madison, and Washington State, with injuries and property damage recorded.
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Indochina
Kent State University
Washington
State University At
Buffalo
National Giananey
Carbondale
Til
Southern Ilinois University
Ajax Repairs Will Beautify Downtown Ajax
The Ajax Iron Works has a building permit for repair work valued at fifty thousand dollars after a fire damaged plant. The project will replace 800 windows and rebuild the north and alley walls with new design, while air conditioning will be cleaned at high cost. Tax relief is proposed for a damaged property, and donations to the Stanford Hose Company memorial fund have reached twenty six thousand four hundred eighty nine dollars.
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Ajax Iron Works
Stanford Hose Company
Pennsylvania
Albert Marty Jr
South Side Beverage
Corry Area High School
George Ropp
Ropp
Center Street
Aero Flow Scholarship Awarded to Local Senior
Michael Jackson son of Frederick and Mrs Jackson of 148 Ohio street receives congratulations from Aero Flow Dynamics Corp personnel director Samuel Baress after being named recipient of the Aero Flow scholarship. The $500 yearly award supports four years of engineering or related science study, with Jackson planning to attend Cornell University in the fall.
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Michael Jackson
Frederick Jackson
Ohio Street
Samuel Baress
Aero Flow Dynamics
Senate moves to cut U.S. war funds for Cambodia
Senate Democrats with Republican support push an amendment cutting off funds for U.S. operations in Cambodia. The plan, attached to a military sales bill, could reach a vote by week’s end, though House opposition to curbs on the Southeast Asia war reduces chances of action. Senators Mansfield Aiken Sherman and Church sponsor the measure, with five other lawmakers urging student backing nationwide. Nixon held a Camp David news conference as the political push continues.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
U.S
Cambodia
House
Mike Mansfield
Foreign Relations Committee
Mansfield
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
John Sherman Cosets
Rky
Frank Church
Didaho
George McGovern
D-S.c
Mark Hatfield
R-Ore
Alan Cranston
D Calif
Harold Hughes
D-Iown
Charles Goodell
R-N.y
Nixon
Camp David
Maryland
Kids Poised For Youth Day Parade
Corry area youths prepare for the Second Annual Youth Parade from City Park at 2 p.m. with 29 entries in multiple sections. Judges include Assemblyman Forest Hopkins and media figures Joseph Vigorito Jeanne Carnes Bill and Mildred Miller. Award ceremonies follow at the Corry Elks Lodge with a buffet, then a youth program finale.
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Corry
City Park
Ee St
Sears Re
Joseph Vigorito
Forest Hopkins
Jeanne Carnes
Wsee-Tv
Erie
Bill and Mildred Miller
Wben-Tv
Buffalo
Concord
Corry Elks Lodge
Corry Civil Defense Nil
Nixon Prepares National Address Amid Massive Vietnam Protest
Thousands of antiwar demonstrators gathered in Washington as Nixon moved to ease the Cambodia crisis. The president scheduled a 10 p.m. EDT news conference at his Maryland retreat, the first since January 30, while protests spread to Capitol Hill and college campuses. Leaders predicted up to 35,000 might assemble near the White House, though authorities planned a restricted square location.
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Washington
Nixon
Camborsi
Maryland
Capitol Hill
White House
Cambodia
Kent State University
Youth Steals Car Leaves Pal In Lurch In Clymer NY
Two juvenile suspects from the Buffalo area were seen near several vehicles on Route 74 in Clymer. One youth stole a 1966 sedan owned by Mrs. Gentile, sped away leaving the other youth, and wrecked the car delivering him to the sheriff after a chase. The driver was later found in a tree and both youths were jailed pending parental arrival.
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Chautauqua County Sheriff's
New York
Com
Umder
Route 74
Hammond Appliance
Hammond's
Buffalo
Chatauqua County
Recess Murder Arson Trial Halts as Witness Collapses
Meadville preliminary hearing for Loren Black, charged with three counts of murder and arson in the February 4 Whitesell family deaths, paused when Robert Rion collapsed on the stand after recounting events. Fire Marshal described the destroyed Whitesell home as three bodies were found in the kitchen. trial to resume when Rion leaves City Hospital.
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Meadville
Loren Black
George
Violet Whitesell
William
Billy Joe
Robert Rion
City Hospital
Rion
D.W. Ladner
Loren
Black
Whitesell
Whitesells
Red
Spencer Hospital
Pittsburgh
Paul JD. Shafer Jr
Debbie Whitesell
Rions
Meadville Malleable Iron Co
Crawford County
Louis D. Musica
Albert Vota
Pemnsylvania State Police
Informers May Be Paid Over Fifty Thousand Dollars
Washington reports the federal government may pay informers more than 50 000 dollars to break high level drug conspiracies. The House appropriations subcommittee reviews an informers fund for the Bureau of Narcotics and Deperrous Dyers. Director Ingersoll testifies about using confidential informants to penetrate networks and rooney questions costs versus last year.
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Washington (Ap
House Appropriations
Ingersoll
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Iminor
University of Washington
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George Orcutt
Bennett’s Women's Apparel
Aero
Journal
Endsley
Scott
Bill
Seattle
Wash
Ohio
Pine Street
Pal
Clymer
N.Y
Westinghouse
Roaney
D-N.y
FBI
Rooney
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