Senate Probes Blackstone Rangers Over OFO Grant
Chicago AP report details a Senate subcommittee hearing on the Blackstone Rangers to examine claims they are a formidable gang linked to a $927,341 Office of Economic Opportunity grant for basic education and job training. Witnesses describe the group’s Woodlawn base, youth membership, alleged influence, and complex community impact.
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Chicago
63Rd Street
Blackstone Rangers
Bqling
South Side
Senate
Office of Economic Opportunity
OFO
Federal Agency
Winston Moore
Cook County
Moore
John R. Fry
First Presbyterian Church
Wackstone Avenue
Timothy Daly
Chicago Polic Department
Woodlawn
Middle South Side
University of Chicago
Hyde Park
Englewood
Rangers
East Side Disciples
Hays Aerobatics Flying Starts in Hays Kansas
Thomas A. Kindswater starts the first aerobatics instruction school in Kansas at Hays municipal airport. Ten area pilots join an 11 hour course with nine hours dual and two hours solo in a Ciabria craft. Instruction covers barrel roll Immelmann loop and other maneuvers to boost pilot confidence and proficiency.
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Jack Chegwidden
Hays Daily News
Hays
Kan
John Darcey
Roger Wilson
Max Hoffman
Cecil Calvert Jr
J. Wilson
Mike Pivonka
la Crosse
Bill Eckles
Dodge City
Schoenchen
Kindswater
Ciabria
Nehru Style Set for Fall
New York AP reports Larry Aldrich and Marie McCarthy unveil Nehru themed fall fashion during New York Couture Group previews. Designs mix Rajah coats tunics and guru looks with sheer stockings and brown heels, transitioning from daytime dresses to opulent evening wear in gold brocades and jeweled accents. Bengali is noted as the primary language of 93 million people.
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New York
Larry Aldrich
Marie McCarthy
Aldrich
Today in History Mormon Leaders Slain in Carthage
On this June 27 in history, dates include the 1844 slaying of Mormon leaders Joseph and Hyrum Smith by a mob in Carthage, Brigham Young succeeding as church head, and other marked events from 1750 to recent years such as Wolfe’s Quebec landing, telegraph link between Boston and New York, Helen Keller’s birth, Roosevelt’s 1986 nomination, and various wartime and political milestones.
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Associated Press
Joseph
Hyrum Smith
Carthage
Til
Brigham Young
James Wolfe
Quebec
Boston
New York
Helen Keller
Tuscumbia
Ala
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
Long Island
N.Y
Korean Republic
Air Force
Turkey
Tran
Soviet Union
Levi Eshkol
Israel
Paul VI
Docking to Fly Chronic Alcoholic Is Road Menace
Gov. Robert Docking will lead a delegation to the Midwestern Governors Conference in Milwaukee with his wife Mere dith and three sons joining nine aides. In San Francisco, Dr. Melvin Selzer warned at the AMA convention that chronic alcoholics are the real highway danger, often with emotional problems, and that many fatal crashes involve alcohol addiction. He cited a study of 96 drivers who caused fatal accidents, 36 of whom were alcoholics.
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Topeka
Robert Docking
Milwaukee
Docking
Meredith
Bill
Tom
Paul Pendergast
Terence J. Scanlon
Department of Administration
James W. Bibb
Joe Nickell
Ronald Ji. Baxter
John Ivan
Robert Do. Harder
Delno Bass
Patrick Burnau
San Francisco
Melvin Selzer
American Medical Association
Selzer
University of Michigan
Highway Research Institute
Seymour Charles
The
Physicians For Automotive Safety
Bridge to Rebuild Over River Kwai
The missions board of the Christian Churches Disciples of Christ plans to rebuild a small bridge over the River Kwai headwaters in Thailand near the Burma border village of Sangkla not the one in the film.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Missions Board of the Christian Churches
Disciples of Christ
Kwai
Thailand
Burma
Sangkla
Dormitory Fees Raised at KU and KSU
The Board of Regents announced higher residence charges at the University of Kansas and Kansas State University. Dormitory room rates will rise from 800 to 900 dollars per year, effective June 1 1969 at KSU and Sept 1 1969 at KU. Married student housing will cost 75 and 85 dollars per month for one and two bedroom units respectively.
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Topeka
University of Kansas
Kansas State University
Board of Regents
Kansas State
Tax Refund to Non-working Girl in Canaan Vermont
A 17 year old girl Denise Duranteau in Canaan Vermont received a federal income tax refund of 3378.36 dollars though she had not worked or filed a 1967 return. The refund came from the IRS district office in Andover Massachusetts. Denise and her parents Romeo and Mrs Duranteau reported the error after graduation from Canaan Memorial High School. Forests cover 10 percent of Denmark's land area.
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Canaan, Vt
Denise Duranteau
Internal Revenue Service
Andover
Mass
Duranleau
Canaan Memorial High School
Romeo Duranleau
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Fang Treasury
Cook
Rrival Gang
Hood
Martin Luther King Jr
West Side
ALL Star
Cardiners
Dairy
Archway
Garden City
Kansas
Phil Davids
Wheat Lands
Fulton
Tag
Setome
Garden Civ Telegram
Newark
N.J
Paul W. Gikas
River Kwai
Ksu
Denmark
Garden City Coca Cola Co
East Fulton
Western Motor
Johnson
Pienes
Eerie Crea
N. Main
Otasco
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