Speakers Urge Police Forum to Recognize Negro Problem
The state police held a Human Relations session at the Hotel Corry with Rev Lorenzo Grant Rev Delmar Probst and Paul Martin as speakers. Officials from several cities attended to bridge gaps between white police and colored leaders in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
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Lorenzo Grant
Hotel Corry
Paul Martin
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Grant
Delmar Probst
Robert Damat
Pennsylvania
Lawrence Park Methodist Church
Robert Bamat
Paul P. Martin
Erie
Johnston
Compromise Talks Near to Halt North Vietnam Bombing
Paris reports say French and American diplomats anticipate a deal to end bombing of the North despite stalled Paris talks. U S and allied officials demand a buffer zone and full demilitarization of the DMZ before reducing attacks.
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Paris
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi Radio
U.S
South Vietnam
Corry Man Found Guilty on Burglary and Larceny Charges
MEADVILLE A jury found Samuel Brown of Corry guilty of burglary and larceny in a sealed verdict returned to Judge P. Richard Thomas. The dairy store burglary occurred in the Titusville area and Brown was taken into custody by Corry State Police after diligent defense from his counsel.
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Corry
Meadville
P. Richard ‘Thomas
Samuel Brown
R. D
Brown
Titusville
Thomas
R. Charles Thomas
Guard Called To Delaware State College
Delaware State College in Dover was ordered closed as about 200 students seized the administration building. National Guardsmen remained on campus after a new trustees faculty and student committee formed to hear grievances including a demand for President Mishoe resignation. In Newark, Delaware, 100 University of Delaware students demonstrated in solidarity. Marquette University faced demands to hire a Negro administrator and threatened withdrawal by Black players. A theologian pledged to quit if demands were not met within 48 hours.
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Associated Press
Delaware State College
Marquette University
State College
Dover
Del
Luna I. Mishoe
Charles L. Terry Jr
Newark
University of Delaware
Delaware State
Milwaukee
Bernard Cooke
Shafer Signs Mortgage Interest Hike Bill
Gov. Shafer signed a law raising the maximum mortgage rate by adding a 1 percent premium to Pennsylvania 6 percent, effective immediately for five years. Banks may charge the higher rate on loans contracted in that period to ease the tight money situation. Current loans and refinances are exempt.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylivania
Shafer
Department of Banking
Pennsylvania
Twisters Wake Towns Start Cleanup and Recovery
After tornadoes tore through five states on Wednesday, towns in Arkansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and Missouri began cleanup and burial operations. The death toll stood at 71 with 1 000 plus injured and millions in damage. Arkansas suffered the highest toll and injuries as governors sought federal disaster aid. Rescue workers pressed on in Jonesboro Oil Trough Tuckerman and Mountain Home amid a clear hot day while schools opened savings time for debris removal and displaced families.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Iowa
Ilinois
Indiana
Missouri
Illnois
Winthrop Rockefeller
Johnson
Jonesboro
Tuckerman
Mountain Home
Gay
Harold Hughes
Auto insurers appeal refusal of rate increases in Pa
The Insurance Rating Board filed appeals in Commonwealth Court challenging Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Maxwell's denial of proposed auto liability, comprehensive, and collision rate hikes. The board says the 11 million dollar increases are legal and needed, noting rising claim costs and traffic deaths.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
David C. Maxwell
Commonwealth Court
The
Insurance Rating Board
National Automobile Underwriters’ Association
National Bureau of Casualty Underwriters
Maxwell
Robert E. Woodside
Superior Court
Casualty Underwriters
Automobile Underwriters
Commissioner
Max- Well
Marchers Fill Plywood City In Washington D C
Hundreds of Poor People's Campaigners flood Washington for a packed weekend. SCLC crews line up housing for 700 in a plywood shanty town near the Lincoln Memorial with 500 already present from Mississippi and Alabama and 240 from Chicago. More than 700 from Boston arrive in Maryland churches as the Capitol weekend looms.
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Washington
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Resurrection City
U. S.A
Lincoln Memorial
Mississippi
Alabama
SCLC
Chicago
Boston
Maryland
Allied drive ends in A Shau Valley with heavy cost
The month long Delaware operation ends as U S commanders report North Vietnamese forces retreating from A Shau Valley. U S losses include 139 dead and 662 wounded with 21 helicopters destroyed or damaged. Armaments seized include 2000 rifles and 60 machine guns along with large rice stocks.
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Delaware
U.S
South Vietnam
Rosson
A Shau
Car slams into Union City home injures none
Robert A. Lundin 19 of Waterford lost control on Route 6 near Union City driving westbound. His car traveled 99 feet off the road then skidded 102 feet before hitting the Howard Wright family residence on the first floor. Damage totaled 800 to car and house.
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Union City
Corry
Robert A. Lundin
Waterford
Howard Wright
Lundin
Margaret J. Williams
Warren
Cynthia Capela
R. D
Marvin Johnston
Harold Eberhardt
Journal
Johnston
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Martin
Erie City
Salvador Rodriguez
N. Vietnam
W. Averell Harritt
ABC
Demilitarized Zone
Harriman
Dmz
Strange Bedfellows
Pittsburgh
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pittsburgh Hilton
A. D. Bing
James A. ‘Groppi
Midwest
Poor Peoples Campaign
Twisters
Gls
Saigon
John J. Tolson
1St Air Cavalry Division
Hanoi
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