Detroit Police Commissioner Girardin resigns amid grand jury probes
Detroit Police Commissioner Ray Girardin resigns after two grand jury investigations of the city police. He cited serving until the probes concluded and received a six month extension to finish matters. Mayor Cavanagh supported the resignation, noting the probes drew intense publicity.
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Detroit
Ray Girar
Police Commission Board
Sioner
Girardin
Giraffiu
Detroit Police
Alll
Grand Jury
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Gener
Vietnam War DMZ clashes deepen after heavy air and ground strikes
U S and South Vietnamese forces pressed a broad strike against North Vietnamese positions around Con Thien and the DMZ. B52 bombers and Stratofortress aircraft hammered trenches tunnels and concentrations while Marine defenses held against renewed infiltration. Westmoreland hailed a crushing defeat though warned of possible resurgent effort as fog of war and political scrutiny continue.
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Gio Linh
North Vietnam
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
da Nang
Geo
Robert E. Cushman Jr
Vietnam
Red China
Pentagon
Hanoi
Saigon
Haiphong
Westmoreland
Cushman
Ameri’can
U.S. Senate
Washington Star
Dien Bien Phu
France
Indochina
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Missing Child Found Safe in Georgia Hills
A year-old boy named Billy Hardeman, missing since Monday, was found Wednesday night in rugged hill country about two miles from home. He was in reasonably good health and taken to Cartersville hospital for examination. Volunteers including National Guardsmen had searched a six-square-mile area northwest of Atlanta for 53 hours, aided by a sound track of his parents calling. One of the two dogs with him at discovery. A searcher found him as he slept on a slight hill with one dog nearby.
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Cartersville
Billy Hardeman
Shirley Elrod
National Guardsmen
Atlanta
Nunez rules on Taylor Law strike in New York case
Judge Nunez applied the Taylor law to a public employee strike, holding labor leaders liable for up to 30 days in jail and fines while the union faces a $10,000 per day cap. The ruling marks the first test of the act replacing the Condon Wadlin law, with a hearing on dues checkoff suspension scheduled for Oct. 18.
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Nunez
Shanker
George Altomare
David Wittes
UPT
Numez
UFT
Britain aims to push for Geneva talks amid war protests
The article reports British leaders urging renewed peacemaking at Geneva and urging protests to shift toward Hanoi. Brown, cochairman of a negotiating effort, blames the other side for stalled progress and calls for concrete steps to halt bombing. He stresses democracy and indicates Hanoi shows little interest in restoration.
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Fiseeneye
Brown
Cochairman
Geneva
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Britain
Greece
Nigerian Troops Capture Enugu Capital in Biafra War
Nigerian federal troops announced the capture of Enugu, capital of the secessionist Biafra, after a week of fighting. No word on rebel leader Odumegwu Ojukwu’s whereabouts. reports place him possibly in Umuahia. Enugu radio urged Biafrans to rally and aid in defense.
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Lagos
Nigeria
Enugu
Biatpa
Lover Radio Nigeria
Odumegwu Ojukwu
Biafra
Umuahia
Ojukwu
Nigeria Radio
Britain vows socialist shift amid Greece support rhetoric
In a speech reflecting on Greece and working class study groups, the speaker warns that bloodshed would impose heavy responsibility. He pledges Britain will pursue a socialist system while promising to free British industry from American domination, drawing cheers from the crowd.
Senate strips 2.8B emergency job plan from antipoverty bill
In Washington the Senate killed the larger 2.8 billion emergency job plan added by the Labor Committee and approved a reduced 925 million version. The vote closed 54 to 28 on the bigger plan and 47 to 42 on the smaller. The debate touched on funds for defense installations in Kansas and migrant welfare, with opponents arguing for economy without harming districts. The measure aims to extend the antipoverty program for another year and adjust the Follow-Through program under the Office of Education.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Winston L. Prouty
R-Vt
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Clark
George Murphy
Calif
Ronald Rea Fan
California
Prouly
U.S. Office of Education
Robert C. Byrd
West
Virginia
Trains Reach Flooded Wreckage After Severe Downpour
Rescue workers fought darkness as floodlights failed and bodies lay scattered along the wreckage. They could not determine which train carried each victim amid a night of heavy rain and stalled equipment.
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Pattie
Bolton Park Center
Ennoys
Penney Days
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Kansas
Mahon
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