SDS Students Seize Two Buildings At Columbia
Protesters led by Students for a Democratic Society seized two Columbia University buildings and clashed with counterprotesters while jeering a sheriff. The action echoed last year’s crackdown as campuses nationwide report student turmoil and calls for broader Black studies and minority representation.
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SDS
Columbia
Associated Press
Students For A Democratic Society
Columbia University
New York City
Fayerweather Halls
Ernesto
Che” Guevara
Andrew W. Cordier
Stanford University
Encina
Finance and Public Information
Stanford
Stanford Research Institute
Defense Department
Boston State College
Black Students Association
Rochester
N.Y
University of Rochester
Naval Research Teharetare
Roehm Ua
Melee at Columbia Nuclear Sit-In Clashes Erupt
A group of conservatives attempted to force entry into Columbia University's mathematics building as a youth menaced students with a brick from a window. The protesters were backing a sit-in demanding an end to school ties with the military and open admission for Negro students.
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Brooklyn College
City College
Buell J G. Gallagher
Queens College
Queens
Manhattan Community College
Col
Umbia University
Levees Hold Amid Mississippi Flood Crest Near St Louis
Mississippi levees held as flood waters rose 2 to 6 feet above stage across Iowa Missouri and Illinois with 700 miles in flood status. The Army Corps warned of possible breaches upstream and noted precautionary levee work has saved towns from 1965 1967 floods. Crests on both rivers were forecast to merge later in the week.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Iowa
Missouri
Army Corps of Engineers
North Dakota
Minnesota
Burlington
Clarksville
Illinois
St. Louis
Jefferson City
St. Charles
Soldier Welcomed Home Turns Hero to Freemen
Caledonia Michigan AP report covers 21 year old Spec Thomas H Van Putten who escaped Viet Cong captivity after 14 months and was welcomed by hundreds as he rode through town. He later learned his girlfriend wrote a Dear John letter. He is to be released from the Army next month.
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Caledonia
Mich
Gram
Secretary of Defense
Hero
Levan Tee
Dom
Thomas H. van Putten
Era
van Putten
John
Edward J. Schip
Grand Rapide
Jared
Vietnam
Harry van Patten
Poly Ge Ag
van Patten
One Act Plays Slated Tonight at Central High
An evening of one act plays will be presented in the Central High School Auditorium at 8 pm. The Speech and Dramatics Department presents the program with help from the Masque and Gavel Society, directed by Ruth Goodman, speech and dramatics teacher.
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Central High School
Speech and Dramatics
Masque and Gavel Society
Ruth Goodman
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