Riots Turn Violent in Burlington Central NC
One teenager identified as Leon Mebane was killed by police during looting at a small grocery in Burlington along with two wounded as National Guardsmen clashed with up to 10 youths. The city faced daytime disturbances and fires at a grocery and two service stations. Guardsmen remained on duty with police after a school disturbance led to arrests of 14 pupils at Jordan Sellers High School amid protests over integration and cheerleaders.
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Young
Leon Mebane
North Carolina
Mebane
Burlington City
State Bureau of Investigation
Richmond Hills
Jurlinete
Alamance County
All Negro Jordan Sellers High School
Burlington National Guard
Bob Scott
National Guard
The
Highway Patrol
Williams High School
Williams
Thieu Seeks Nixon Meeting for Unified Policy
Saigon President Thieu says a meeting with President Nixon is necessary to set a common policy amid current military and political tensions. He met Friday with Secretary of State Rogers and prefers Washington, if Nixon agrees, to discuss aligning lines beyond the eight point peace plan.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thien
Nixon
Thien
William P. Rogers
Washington
Thiew
Thieu
Rogers
North Carolina lawmakers eye June 14 adjournment
Raleigh AP legislative leaders plan to end the General Assembly by June 14 after hours of debate on the state budget and Gov. Bob Scott’s tax package including a five cent cigarette tax. House Speaker Earl Vaughn and Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor cite slow progress on interest rate changes and constitutional revisions as delaying adjournment. The session began in January with a target date of June 3, now unlikely.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Bob Scott
House
Earl Vaughn
Vaughn
Pat Taylor
Senate
Taylor
Apollo 10 Astronauts Readied for Moon Flight
Cape Kennedy Florida AP crew tightens launch, countdown resumes after fuel system fix. Stafford Young and Cernan prepare for a 237000 mile flight aboard Saturn V, aiming to pave way for Apollo 12 lunar landing in July.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Astronaus
Stafford
Spiro T. Agnew
Thomas 0. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agnew
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Faye Stafford
Barbara Young
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
George Hage
Charles Berry
Donald K. Slayton
Young
Cernan
Short Line Railroads Drive North Carolina Freight
Staff photographer Dick Swaim reports on a trip with the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad. The Sunday Enterprise begins a series on the state short line railroads, from Morehead City to Murphy, noting these lines keep freight moving and remain thriving.
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Morehead City
Murphy
North
Carolina
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Dick Swaim
Hpt&d
Sunday Enterprise
North, Carolina
Weekend escalation warned as Saigon braces for Viet Cong action
AP reports ahead of Ho Chi Minh's birthday 79th occasion, military sources say over 1,000 U.S. troops pulled back from the Cambodian border toward Lang Binh Bien Hoa to counter a Viet Cong threat near Saigon. Tan Son Nhut restricts 10,000 airmen while Rogers tours Tan Son Nhut briefing. Analysts foresee heightened shelling risk but no major ground offensive anticipated.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
North Vietnam
Lang
William P. Rogers
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
Soviet twin Venus six mission reports data sendback
The Soviet Union announced that Venus 6 reached Venus 24 hours after Venus 5 and transmitted atmospheric measurements. Both crafts entered the planet's atmosphere, with Venus 6 describing a five minute descent and relaying instrument data to Earth. Previous flights in the series had mixed radio contact and landings.
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Soviet Union
Venus
Tass
Earth
Scure
Several Wounded In Saigon Blast
Seven persons wounded tonight by a terrorist grenade near a civil defense station in Saigon police sources reported. The explosion occurred in the citys 4th Precinct across a river from the main downtown district.
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Saigon
Watchdog Bill Okay Expected
RALEIGH AP The House moves toward approval of a watchdog bill to create a nine member legislative fiscal research committee to review the state budget and report possible reductions or eliminations A director and staff would be employed The Senate must act later in the week Also discussed were curbs on the Supreme Court liberal trend and delays for Gov Scott housing program pending further action
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Raleigh
House
Jack Baugh
Mecklenburg
General Assembly
Appropriations Committee
Norwood Bryan
Cumberland
Senate
Julian Allsbrook
Halifax
U.S. Supreme Court
Bob Scott
Apollo 10 to get color and smoother TV camera
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP astronauts will transmit from space next week using a Westinghouse designed camera that sharpens movement and adds color to Earth views. The new 25 scan line system replaces the earlier 200 line flicker, promising more natural motion though most spacecraft gray interiors miss color.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Westinghouse
Stanley Lebar
Apolllo
Red Cross
Lebar
Dissent Rises From Berkeley Park Clash At SRI Invasion
Campus unrest spreads from Berkeley to Stanford as guardsmen and highway patrolmen quell protests at Sproul Plaza. Injuries number in the dozens after gunfire and tear gas. Police and SRI report extensive damage and plan prosecutions.
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Sproul Plaza
Stanford
Charles A. Anderson
SRI
Institute
Hanover Street Center
University
Kenneth §. Pitzer
Anderson
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Ellsworth Bunker
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F. T. Macfeely
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Berkeley
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New York
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