Knife Carrying Students Seize San Fernando Valley College
About 200 Black Student Union members seized the top floors of the administration building at San Fernando Valley College in Northridge for up to four hours. They held 34 people in the president’s conference room and guarded doors with knives and fire extinguishers amid alleged racist coaching and funding disputes. Officials met with administrators but police moved in later. students then left quietly. The college enrolls 18,500 with roughly 200 Black students.
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LOS Angeles
San Fernando Valley
State College
Blomgren
Donald W. Krimel
Northridge
Woman's Bathtub Remains in Housing Demolition Mix Up
Mrs Rayfield Scroggins was told her St Paul home would be demolished for a low cost housing project while she was in the tub. An 80 house list and about 25 homes owned by non consenting owners caused the confusion. The housing official called the incident an unfortunate coincidence and apologized.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Rayfield Scroggins
Edward N. Hetfield
St. Paul
Big Steel Balks at Increase in Prices
U S Steel Corp the nation's largest producer refused to follow Bethlehem Steel in cutting hot rolled carbon sheet steel prices by 23 per ton. It will keep its published price for hot rolled sheet unchanged for now citing future moves depend on competitive developments. Despite Bethlehem's cut imports rose to record levels this year due to inventory build up and looming strike risk. Domestic mills stay determined not to meet rising imports with price reductions.
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New York
UPI
U. S. Steel Corp
Bethlehem ‘Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem Sard
Bethlehem
Bearded man loses plea over job bias
Boston AP report: William E. Olmstead, 25, a bearded divinity student, failed to persuade the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination to hear his protest against the Boston School Department for not accepting his substitute teaching application because of his beard. Commission chair Erna Ballantine said the law covers race, religion, color, sex or age, not facial hair. Olmstead said a Miss Gene Wakefield declined his application, claiming bearded men do not command pupil respect, and he planned to retry later in the week.
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Boston AP
Massachusetts Commissions
William E. Olmstead
Boston School Department
Erna Ballantine
Conmission
Olm
Olmstead
Armored Cars Patrol Tense Jordan Streets
Armored cars and troops patrolled Amman as clashes left 16 dead and 40 wounded. King Hussein imposed an eight hour curfew and banned demonstrations while a crackdown targeted guerrilla leaders amid tensions with Palestinian groups. Egypt reported Israeli torpedo boats threatening two Egyptian tankers near the Gulf of Suez. U.N. envoy Jarring faced pessimism about progress toward peace.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Palestine
Israel
Arab Legion
Army T
Nan
Phalanges
Taher Dabian
Interior Ministry
Damas
Cus
Philanges
el Fatah
Phalanages
Beirut
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Gulf of Suez
Red Sea
Hurghada
United Nations
Woman crashes into gas pump at Dion service station
Silence AUBURN Maine AP Louis G Dion recalls a minor accident when his wife backed into a gasoline pump at his service station. The incident left little spoken details as he described the scene.
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Auburn
Maine
Louis G. Dion
Wilkes College President Farley to retire in 1970
Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College’s only president, will retire in 1970 after 34 years with the institution. Born in Phoenixville, Pa., Farley, now 69, previously led Bucknell Junior College before Wilkes received its charter in 1947.
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Wilkes-Barre
Eugene $. Farley
Wilkes College
Farley
Phoenixville
Bucknell Junior College
Wilkes
Prank Sign Near Idaho Penitentiary Sparks Warning
A prankster posted a sign on the approach road to the Idaho State Penitentiary near Boise as authorities report 25 prisoners have escaped this year. The AP photograph captures the moment, prompting security cautions for motorists and inmates in the facility's vicinity.
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Idaho State Penitentiary
Boise
Edison Hotel Sold To Lewisburg Broker In Union County
The Edison Hotel in Sunbury was sold to a Lewisburg broker Max Wagner who plans to run and renovate it into a first class modern hostelry. The sale marks a historic turning point for one of the United States early electrically lighted buildings. Net sales for the first nine months of 1968 were reported as $62,410,342, with prior years around $61,720,098. The Screw hotel, once known as the City Hotel, was associated with Bolt Corp., of America.
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Sunbury, Pa
Edison
Lewisburg
Union County
Max Wagner
Thomas Alya Edison
Pittsburgh
UPI
United States
Bel Sales
Screw
City
Bolt Corp., of
America
Hijackings Seen By Black Nationalists on Plane from Cuba
Passengers returning from Cuba recount a Boeing 727 hijack by a black nationalist who claimed the action was for Africa and that they would hijack one plane daily for 100 days. The hijacker ordered money collected from passengers and declared the money contraband of war, totaling 409 dollars. FBI questioned crew and passengers, withholding details on a listed passenger.
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Miami
Fla
APY — Airlines
Cuba
Jose Marti
Havana
Mortis “Bedlin
Miami Beach
Bedlin
Garrison
Vernon
Tex
Rome
Italy
Africa
Kook
Antone Hunter
Sandy O’brien
Miss O’brien
Robert Seely
Dallas
National Air Lines
Mr. H. Jackson
Baton, Rouge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jackson
Hunter
Miss O'Brien
New Orleans
Houston
O’brien
Andy
Veradero
U.S
Alem
Burglars Use DJ Requests to Target Vacant Homes
Police report a trend where burglars listen to disc jockey request shows for home addresses and then strike vacant houses. Details mention suspects in New Orleans and Houston connections, a hijacking incident near Cuba, and Cuban authorities moving to ensure safety after landing.
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London
API
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Jean-Claude Killy
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