Tragic Car Crash Claims Athens Residents
Memphis postal worker John E. Wilson Jr. is killed in a car-ambulance collision near Moulton. In Limestone County a wreck injures Massey as Goldberg and Smith are ejected. Jimmy McCrary reports discovering the scene as authorities begin a dawn search for the missing trio. Families of Goldberg and Smith hold funeral arrangements as investigations continue.
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Memphis
John E. Wilson, Jr
Moulton
Elizabeth Sparkman
Hartseller
Hartselle
Sammet
Jimmy McCrary
Athens 7
Limestone County
McCrary
Massey
Goldberg
Smith
M. W
Buddy) Evans
Ben Jaffe
Athens
McConnell Funeral Home Chapel
Birmingham
Temple Emanuel
Helen Marshall Goldberg
Judith Ann Goldberg
Sadie Goldberg
New York
Explosion rocks eastern Indiana city killing bystander and injuring many
A blast ripped through a sporting goods area in an eastern Indiana city after gunpowder stored for hunters exploded. Dozens waited in a National Guard armory morgue as police and National Guard cordoned streets. A woman near the debris died from a piece of iron, and several others were treated at Reid Memorial Hospital. FBI and state police investigated gas leak as a factor.
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FBI
National Guard
Leo Collins
Sporting Goods
Westmoreland meets Johnson as violence erupts nationwide
In Washington General Westmoreland briefs President Johnson on war progress while uprisings sap cities from Chicago to Newark. Nine dead in Chicago amid fires and taunts. National Guards, curfews, and sporadic clashes spread chaos across Detroit, Boston, New York, Pittsburgh, and beyond.
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Vietnam War
William C. Westmoreland
White House
Johnson
Chicago
West Side
Martin Luther King
Seattle
Pacific
New York
Atlantic
King
Minneapolis
Washington
7Th Street
Washington Monument
82Nd Airborne Division
Detroit
North Carolina
Michigan
Newark
Hugh J. Addonizio
Boston
National Guard
Times Square
Pittsburgh
Memphis
North Carolina National Guardsmen
Greensboro
Raleigh
Shaw University
North Carolina A&t University
Nationwide unrest and King assassination aftermath reported
Federal troops and National Guardsmen flood major cities including Washington Memphis Baltimore and Atlanta as rioting looting and arson erupt after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. death. Four to nine deaths reported with hundreds injured and thousands arrested across the affected areas.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Johnson
Richard Daley
Washington
Baltimore
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Pittisburgh
National Guard
Atlanta
King
Detroit
Night of riots leaves Washington reeling with fires and casualties
Virtual four deaths were attributed to disturbances with a 14 year old boy shot by a police officer. Hospitals logged 758 injuries including 23 policemen 17 firemen and two soldiers. Over 200 fires gutted small stores across multiple wards as embassies and government buildings remained protected. Soul sign culture and food shortages marked the chaos amid mass looting and transportation failures.
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Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Pine Bluff
Arkansas River
Seattle
Denver
St. Louis
Tennessee National
Mobile
Savannah
Albany
Macon
Atlanta
King
Georgia National Guard
Atlanta University
North Main Street
Hartford
Conn
New Haven
7Th Street
14Th Street
Long H Street
Suey Sang Lung
Washington
Chinatown
Northwes
Embassy Row
Shaw
Cardozo
White House
Capitol
James Brown
George Creel
Pentagon
Chevy Chase
District of Columbia
Ben Lacy
King's Funeral Draws Global Attention and Mourners
Dr Martin Luther King Jr is mourned as world leaders and thousands gather in Atlanta. President Johnson delays address to Congress as funeral plans unfold with dignitaries from across politics and religion. Dr King will be entombed at South View as crowds remember his nonviolent legacy.
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Johnson
Ralph D. Abernathy
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
White House
Congress
Dr. King
Bach
Spelman College
Morehouse College
Abernathy
Hubert Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Memphis
Tenn
Montgomery
Birmingham
Selma
Alabama
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Hawaii
Sisters’ Chapel
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse
Ina
South View
Unclear snippet hints at Vietnam leader prospects
Fragmentary note quotes a figure linked to Vietnam’s prime minister and views on the country’s future. The readable portion suggests discussion of political stance and expectations for Vietnam’s direction.
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Dllingwood
Vietnam
Injunction Granted Over Tuskegee Campus Unrest
Circuit Judge L J Tyner granted an injunction at 9 p m barring interference with the Tuskegee board of trustees meeting and restricting campus access after weeks of student unrest. Attorneys for the college said students and faculty had been barred from classes and property damage occurred including a generator wired to doors to shock entrants.
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L. J. Tyner
Opelika
L. H. Foster
Tuskegee
Foster
Tyner
Board of Trustees
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