Federal Troops Arrive as Chicago Rioters Clash
Federal troops arrived in riot torn Chicago to aid city police and Illinois National Guardsmen amid sniper fire and looting on the second night of unrest. Major clashes centered on the near North Side and West Madison area with 9 killed, 1,100+ arrested, and curfews extended as guards and police attempted to restore order.
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Chicago
Illlinois
Johnson
Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois
Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Florida
Near North Side
Glenview Naval Air Station
Joseph Veceh
National Guard
Richard T. Dunn
White House
First Army
Bergstrom
Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Ft. Carson
Colorado Springs
Colo
63Rd Street
Madison Street
Daley
Dunn
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago Armory
Civic Center Plaza
Loop
King
James M. Rochford
National Guardsjymen
Madi‘son Street
Chicago Stadium
West Side
Jenner
Fire Department
Chicago Transit Authority
Ashland
Cicero Avenues
Roosevelt Road
Lake Street
CTA
83Rd Street
North Avenue
Division Streets
Trs
Downstate
West Madison Street
Sumimer
Standard Insurance
The
Insurance Bureau
West
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Nicholas Katzenbach
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Maxwell
Taylor
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Walt Whitman Rostow
National Security
Washington
Christian
Ignatius
Sey
Westmoreland
Crime Bill Pushes Safeguards and Federal Grants
The debate centers on arraignment delays and lawyer access during police questioning and whether the Supreme Court can review cases about voluntary confessions. Johnson urged Safe Streets measures to fund federal grants for training and equipment of state and local police. The Judiciary Committee approved provisions banning interstate handgun mail orders and sales to nonresidents, shaping an overarching bill amid votes by absent senators.
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Pape
Polic
Supreme Court
Johnson
Judiciary Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Rights Bill Faces Senate Vote In Civil Rights Clash
Nixon pressed Republican Rules Committee members to back a swift vote on a housing civil rights bill. Johnson urged immediate action and a fair housing law next week. The measure blends bans on discrimination, aid to civil rights workers, anti riot provisions, and expanded American Indian rights with wiretap and grant components.
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Nixon
Rules Committee
Gregor
MacGregor
Rules
Johnson
Congress
White House
House
John W McCormack
King
House of Representatives
Clarence Mitchell
NAACP
North Carolina in turmoil after King’s death protests
National Guard and police limited violence amid Friday night sniping at Hodgin Hall and disturbances in Raleigh and Greensboro. Curfews and liquor sales bans spread as authorities urged restraint and organized memorials for Dr. King.
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Hodgin Hall
National Guard
Raleigh
Shaw University
Memphis
Tenn
King
North Carolina
A&t
Greensboro
Dan Moore
Fort Mill
S.C
John C. West
York
Lancaster
Cherokee
Travis Tomlinson
Tomlinson
Human Relations Council
Memorial Auditorium
Henderson
Louis D. Horner
Bain
John Daniel Osborne
Ray Thomas Maness
High Point
Durham
Salisbury
Hickory
Dr. King
Charlotte
Ovens Avens Auditorium
Warner J., Hall
USS New Jersey Recommissioned Amid Seaborne Protest
In Philadelphia AP reports the battleship USS New Jersey, recalled from mothballs to bolster the Vietnam war effort, was recommissioned on Saturday as seaborne antiwar protesters circled the Delaware River. Patrol boats kept watch as sailboats operated nearby.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
New Jersey
America
Tate
Martin Luther King Jr
Paul R. Ignatius
United States
J. Edward Snyder
Naval
Snyder
Johnson and allies weigh talks and Vietnam role
President Johnson and aides discuss possible cease fire talks with North Vietnam and succession plans for Westmoreland as U S forces brace for broader actions in Southeast Asia. In Philadelphia the battleship New Jersey is recommissioned amid protests and a heavy security presence along the Delaware River.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
Westmoreland
White House
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Harriman
Southeast Asia
George Christian
Hartiman
North Vietnam
Denpa
London
Moscow
Christian
Vietnam
Army
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China
Peoples Industrial Loan Corporation
Sanville
Khe Sanh
U. S. First Cavalry
Ca Lu
South Vietnam
U. S
Carolina
USS
Panhandle
Republic of Vietnam
Coast Guard
Philadelphia Naval Base
James H. J. Tate
East Insurance Agency
Danville
Harry T. East
Riverside Center
Riverside DR
Virginia
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