Scores Arrested Anti-Draft Protests Hit 30 U.S. Cities
Antiwar actions across 30 cities drew arrests as thousands rallied against the draft. In Berkeley and Oakland California, scores defied court orders, with 125 arrests at the Induction Center and Joan Baez among those detained. Boston and New England saw 3,500 demonstrators, while Chicago Champaign and Portland reported arrests amid card burnings and disorderly conduct.
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Associated Press
New York
University of California
Berkeley
Oakland Army Induction Center
Joan Baez
Boston
Arlington Street
New England
Chicago
Federal
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Selective Service Center
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Portland
Ore
Selective Service
London
Slaying Case Heads to Jury in Meridian Conspiracy Trial
In Meridian Mississippi lawyers expect rights slaying case to go to a jury tomorrow as 18 white men face conspiracy charges in the 1964 civil rights murder. Defense attorney Travis Buckley of Laurel says only two witnesses remain.
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Meridian
Miss
Travis
Buckley of
Laurel
Buckley
Sam Holloway Bowers
J.C. Powe
Annie Coleman
Hop” Barnette
Leaf Pickup Experiments Could Cover All Four Wards
City engineer administrator David Johnson told City Council leaf removal trials show promise but not enough to set a regular schedule yet. Two crews with two machines could clear 800 to 1,600 cubic feet daily, reaching a ward per day on a dry week, weather permitting. Plans for next year rely on a $3,500 upgrade to two machines enabling a ward by ward schedule aligned with gar bage routes.
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David Johnson
Johnson
Corry
Wife 94 Fatal After Stop Sign Collision Near Sandy Lake
Mrs Charles C Stapel 94 of Conneaut Lake was killed when the passenger car she rode in failed to stop at a stop sign on U S 62 half a mile south of Sandy Lake. Her 90 year old husband, the driver, was seriously injured and at Grove City Hospital. Truck driver Albert Vignola 48 of Edinburg was not harmed.
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Conngaur Uane
Charles C. Stapel
Conneaut Lake
Sandy Lake
Grove City Hospital
Mercer
Stapel
U.S. 62
Albert Vignola
Edinburg
City Council Advances Erie County Regional Planning Board
Last night the council approved signing the articles of agreement for the Erie County Regional Planning Commission and named E. W. Feldt to the Advisory Board. Two candidates for the Commission's Executive Committee await selection, with a special Monday meeting set to finalize the two names.
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City Council
Erie
County Regional Planning Commission
William A. Peiffer
Percy Corbin
Dorr Clark
E. W. Feldt
Raymond
Associated Spring Corp
Feldty
Clark
Comsion
Clarke
Jets Bomb Haiphong Supplies 9000 GIs Open Ground Attack
United States forces launched a new ground offensive south of the DMZ after locating a Viet Cong tunnel complex 30 miles east of Saigon containing about 675 weapons and 20 000 rounds of ammunition. The operation followed a weapons cache discovery and included AP wirephoto coverage.
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DM Zone
Saigon
Medina Operation Opens in Northern Viet Nam
The United States announces Operation Medina a new ground offensive to ease pressure on northern Viet Nam provinces. In the first week 21 Marines and 44 Communists were killed with 167 Marines wounded while air forces strike a missiles base and SAM sites. About 5,000 troops including Marine battalions and South Vietnamese forces engage in dense jungle terrain near Quang Tri nine miles south of the provincial capital as monsoon rains hinder progress.
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Haiphong
Medina
1St Marine Regiment
7Th Fleet
Dmz
Quang Tri
Quang Tri Province
U.S
Editorial Brings Bill On Safety
Assemblyman Forest Hopkins introduced a Pennsylvania House bill to require a front oblique mirror on school buses to give the driver an unobstructed view of the area in front. The measure follows an editorial in The Corry Evening Journal and a Meadville-area student fatality. Supported by Wendell Good Frank Polaski and Marvin Weidner, the proposal aims to improve school bus safety for youths statewide.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Forest Hopkins
Hopkins
Corry Evening Journal
Meadville
Commonwealth
Wendell Good
Frank Polaski
Erie County
Marvin Weidner
Delaware County
Woman Hurt As Camper Overturns Near Spartansburg
Mrs. Helen Greer, 42, of Spartansburg, suffered multiple facial, lip and scalp lacerations, a fractured right leg, and bruises after losing control of a camper west of Spartansburg. She was taken by Hays Ambulance to Corry Memorial Hospital in fair condition. total damage estimated at $1200.
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Spartansburg
Corry Memorial Hospital
Robert
Helen) Greer
Hays
Carl Buckshaw
Corry
Police Seek Higher Pay and Benefits for Corry Officers
City police led by Chief Frank Carnegie urged City Council to raise pay, expand fringe benefits, and add equipment. They cited Warren as a benchmark with higher starting and prolonged pay, and argued Corry lacks paid holidays and sufficient vacation time. The push includes supporting a 40 hour workweek proposal and improved long term leave, with continuation on page six.
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Frank Carnegie
Council
Corry
Carnegie
Warren
McInnes July Deadline On Sidewalk
McInnes Steel Co. began an asphalt sidewalk project in front of a new plant addition in July 1965, sparking a dispute with City Council that may extend into July next year. A. Bruce Smith of East Main Street firm told the council that its concrete contractor was busy and hoped to finish by 1968, amid a city ordinance requiring concrete sidewalks.
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McInnes Steel Co
A. Bruce Smith
East Main Street
Smith
Disappearance of Key Witness in International Cocaine Case
A 23-year-old model Bunke Rita Bunne, a key witness in a major cocaine smuggling case, is believed kidnapped and possibly murdered to silence her. She vanished from her Manhattan penthouse after prior threats, with prosecutors seeking more time to locate her alive or dead as indictments stand against seven people, including three South Americans, for conspiracy.
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New York
U.S
Raymond B. Grunewald
Bunke Rita Bunne
Manhattan
Grunewald
Miss Bunne
Zayatt
Miss Bunner
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Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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