Attica Prison Storm Ends In Bloodshed and Siege
Nine employees and others killed as state troopers National Guardsmen and sheriff deputies storm Attica Prison to end the four day uprising. Prisoners held 38 hostages. 28 inmates slain, 29 hostages freed. one employee and a guard killed, several severely injured. Decoyed by a helicopter barrage, tear gas and heavy gunfire opened the assault. Governor Rockefeller postponed trip and refused amnesty demand as authorities moved to secure the facility.
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Athoa
N.Y
UPNK
Attica State Prison
Ler
Puerto Rico
New York City
Woman to start long Baja trek
Sheridan Wyoming with UPI reports Mrs Marlene Phillips 31 plans a 1061 mile walk from Sheridan to Tijuana Mexico over four months carrying 40 to 50 pounds of gear. She aims for 12 to 16 miles daily facing 100 degree heat water logistics and two month food supplies with restocking at Santa Rosaria. The trek reflects personal adventure and touches on women’s liberation but remains a personal challenge.
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Sheridan
Wyo
UPI
Marlene Phillips
Baja California
Baja
Tijuana
Mexico
Santa Rosaria
Union City street dance erupts into wild melee
A Mexican Independence Day event in Union City ended in widespread violence after a daytime parade. About 100 police, with reinforcements from several counties, contained fistfights and stabbings. Seven youths aged 13 to 18 were arrested as property damage and scattered gunshot rumors surfaced. Police reported injuries and continued investigation into the chaos after 6 p.m. The dance permit expired at 8 p.m. and most attendees dispersed. Local officials stated no organizers were involved.
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Union Ova
South County
Dexoto
G Street
Lindgren
Comision Honorifica Mexicana Inc
Fire erupts at Economy Market as mob crowds scene
Firemen battled a blaze at Economy Market on East Street as a crowd of more than 100 watched from a nearby park. Police faced projectiles including bottles and rocks, while ten units and forty officers with riot gear moved in.
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E. St
E Street
Sixth Street
Bus boycott hits San Francisco school busing program
In Chinatown the court ordered integration faced strong resistance as buses carried few assigned students. Some routes delivered only a fraction of riders, with 671 pupils assigned and 149 actually transported. One bus carried a single child, amid tight picketing and no violence. The Board of Education hired 130 new yellow buses for 97 grammar schools as the NAACP-backed plan began.
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San Francisco
UPI
Chinatown
Colt
ALU
Navy
Treasure Island
Board of Education
Stanley A. Weigel
NAACP
Bay Area Towns Endure Unrelenting Heat Wave
The Bay Area and Southern Alameda County faced a multi day heat wave with a high of 109 in Pleasanton the hottest since 1939. Fire crews handled grass fires and 13 resuscitation calls in San Leandro as residents endured hot conditions and rising health concerns amid a violent weekend including a riot in Union City and a double murder.
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Pleasanton
San Leandro
South County
Union City
Weather in the 90s
The forecast calls for high eighty nights in the 60s to start the weekend. Temperatures stay near the upper 90s with only a drop to about 60 at night, according to the weatherman.
Business leaders urge retention of pricing board
Archie K. Davis president of the U S Chamber of Commerce urged keeping the Cost of Living Council to oversee post freeze controls, favoring a gradual winding down phase 2. He clashed with Meany who supports a labor public independent board. Davis defended the current council as best to guide inflation measures after the 90 day wage price rent freeze.
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Atl-Cio
George Meany
Board of Labor, Business
Nixon
Cost of Living Council
Treasury
John B. Connally
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
House
Ways and Means Committee
Spiro T. Agnew
National Governors Conference
San Juan
J. Arthur Goldberg
Senate Economic Committee
Supreme Court
U.N
Jess Alan
Nbc-Tv
Today Show
Menny
Borse
Couneil
Arnold N. Weber
New York Times Today
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