Violence Hits Dixie City Area In Winston-Salem
National Guardsmen and police surrounded an eight block downtown district after a night of racial violence and looting. Thirty four injured, including seven officers, and 51 arrested as firebombings and sniper fire continued in other areas. City leaders blamed outsiders while Negro leaders urged restraint.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Justus Tucker
W. C. Benton
J. T. McMillan
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Statesville
North Carolina
Dan Moore
Thomas W
PUC Delays Permit for Corry Radio Service
After eight months the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission approved Charles Slocum’s plan to operate a communication answering service in Corry. He must now await FCC clearance before opening, with operation possible about six weeks after approval. Slocum will base at Lindsey Hollow road and connect base to mobile units within roughly fifty miles.
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Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission
Charles Slocum
Corry
Slocum
Journal Today
PUC
Federal Communications Commission
Stolen Caustic Soda Alert Issued Near Mill Village
Erie Lackawanna Railroad police seek three one quart bags of dangerous caustic soda stolen from a battery well near Mill Village. The chemical is highly corrosive and can cause severe burns or blindness. Authorities warn schools and state police and urge tips to Lt. F. D. White at Meadville railroad station.
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Erie Lackawanna Railroad
Mill Village
F. D. White
Lt. White
Waterford
Union City
Corry
Meadville
Tobacco shop owner linked to grisly assault and murder
Philadelphia police charge Stephen Weinstein, 29, in the strangulation death of University of Pennsylvania freshman John Walker Green 3rd. Five teens report similar abuse and killings at Weinstein's tobacco shops, with two more potential victims named. Green's body was found in a trunk in the Delaware River.
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University of Pennsylvania
John Green
Delaware River
Philadelphia
John Walker Green
Green
Des Moines
Iowa
Stephen Weinstein
Weinstein
John F
Five slain in Montana murder suicide at Hauck home
In Sumatra Montana Phillip Hauck shot dead his wife a 2 year old daughter and both parents in law then crawled under a truck and killed himself. Sheriff Andrew C Schulenberg said the killings followed a marital dispute with Mrs Hauck having filed for divorce. The Nugents of Miles City had come to assist.
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Sumatra
Mont
Phillip Hauck
Andrew C. Schulenberg
Hanck Home
Schulenberg
Apples laced with blades spark Halloween scare across several regions
Police investigated multiple Halloween incidents in Virginia New Jersey Ottawa and Toronto where children found apples containing blades pins and needles. No serious injuries were reported though some youths cut mouths and fingers. No common pattern or link could be confirmed by investigators.
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Virginia
New Jersey
Ottawa
Toronto
Canada
Timmy McKee
Springfield
Mount Holly
N.J
Salem
City Eyes Two Groups for Downtown Parking Push
City officials weigh a two pronged plan for more downtown parking. The Parking Authority and a Chamber of Commerce committee back razing the Barlow Building on North Center Street to create space with access to the municipal lot behind it. The Chamber seeks detailed cost figures before recommending.
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City Parking Authority
Chamber of Commerce
Richard Frye
Barlow
North Center Street
Parking Authority
Chamber Committee
Chamber
Viet Cong Attacks Loc Ninh In Prolonged Assault
After days of fighting 5 000 defenders at Loc Ninh faced a heavy Viet Cong assault. Reports say three Americans and several Communists were killed with dozens wounded as U S forces defended with artillery air strikes and C 47 gunships. Marine pilots targeted Yen Bai air field amid poor weather limiting operations.
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Iriel
Law Ninh
Loc Ninh
25Th Infantry Division
U.S
Saldon
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Panhandle
Yen Bai
Hanoi
Dems Say Outmaneuvered SS Benefit Increase Faces Tax Hike
Democratic lawmakers warn they may be politically outmaneuvered as a panel advances a record Social Security boost, pairing bigger benefits with higher taxes. The measure would raise both payroll tax rate and taxable wage base to fund the expansion, with 1967 to 1968 changes under debate and potential campaign implications.
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Washington
Wae
Finance Committee
John J. Williams
Delaware
Williams
Senate
Congress
House
Johnson
Plan to Force Statewide School Integration in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the Department of Public Instruction and the Human Relations Commission coordinate to desegregate racially imbalanced districts. They require each district to draft an integration plan, conduct a student racial census, and seek funding for an expert desegregation consultant with a July 1988 submission deadline.
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Aarrisburg
Department of Public Instruct
Human Relations Commission
DPI
Lost blue Oldsmobile listed as missing
Police searched for a 1962 or 1963 blue Oldsmobile with primer on one side after a local man borrowed the car and left the key in the ignition. The vehicle remained listed as lost at the start of the shift.
Pioneer Submariner Sloan Danehower Dies at 82
Old Lyme, Conn. Sloan Danehower 82 a pioneer submariner who skippered the original Nautilus on a 1931 Arctic expedition died Wednesday. He was born in Annapolis, attended the U S Naval Academy, entered submarine service in 1909 and left as lieutenant commander.
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Pioneer
Old Lyme
Conn
Sloan Danehower
Danehower
Navy
Annapolis
U.S. Naval Academy
Submarine Service
Man Charged in Lab Shooting at Clarion Club
Harold Eugene Hackel 43 of Sligo is charged with murder after shooting his wife Donna Lou 4 in a lab and wounding her escort. Ronald E. Magness 90 died from bullets at the Clarion Veterans of Foreign Wars Club. Hackel carried a .22 pistol and fled into the lounge after the attack. The wife remains in guarded condition at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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Clarion
Harold Eugene Hackel
Sligo
Donna Lou
Pittsourgh
West Penn Hospital
Ronald E. Magness
R. D
Hackett
Clarion Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
Three Days Of Trouble At Oliver High School
A small turnout greeted Oliver High School as police guarded a third day of disturbances linked to a Negro boycott. Residents report some pupils walked out after start of classes while others attended under heavy supervision.
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James Slusser
Pittburgh
Oliver High School
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