Patriots Begin Camp as Nance Contract Talks Move Forward
The Boston Patriots opened camp in Andover with 20 rookies and 10 veterans at practice while Jim Nance’s contract talks proceed via his lawyer. Kansas City seeks Billy Masters, Harry Hornung eye clinic tests, John Morrow signs after holdout, Falcons deny Lankewicz claim as he remains with Wheeling.
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el Schuyler Jr
Associated Press
Boston Patriots
Feld
Andover
Mass
Mike Holovak
Jim Nance
AFL
Holovak
Nance
Patriots
Kansas City Chiefs
Billy Masters
Louisiana State
Hank Stram
Masters
Liberty
Green Bay
Paul Hornung
New Orleans Saints
National Football League
Scripps Clinic
la Jolla
Calif
Memorial Baptist Hospital
Houston
Paul
Tom Fears
Saints
San Diego
John Morrow
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Atlanta
NFL
Falcon
Georgia
Frank Lankewicz
Wheeling
Giant convict McCarthy escapes Ada jail after knifepoint take
Emmett Ray McCarthy, 34, six-foot-ten inmate with 33 arrests, overpowered a jailer at Pontotoc County jail Ada Oklahoma, tied him, and escaped through a window after a shower break. He had earlier escaped from University of Oklahoma Hospital and fled 150 miles. Roadblocks set, search ongoing. He faces six kidnapping charges with additional actions pending in Ardmore and McAlester.
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Ada
Okla
UPI
Emmett Ray McCarthy
Pontotoc County
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
McCarthy
Dist Atty
Gordon Nelson
Don Kaiser
Kaiser
Kaieser
McAlester State Penitentiary
University Hospital
Marryetta
Texas
Ardmore
Oklo
McAlester
University Merger in Hot Dispute
In Arkansas a proposed merger of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with Little Rock University stirs debate over funding, regional impact, and the future of higher education. Supporters call it a major advancement, while opponents fear drains on other colleges and question whether three top universities can be developed without sacrifice.
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Tommy Yates
Associated Press
Little Rock
University of Arkansas
Little Rock University
Arkansas
UALA
Arkansas State University At
Jonesboro
Conway
State College of Arkansas
LRU
E. L. Angell
State Commission On Co-ordination of Higher Educational Finance
Carey V. Stabler
Stabler
E. Grainger Williams
LRU Board of Trustees
Guy
Winthrop Rockefeller
John Capps
Searcy
Bill Foster
England
Clifton Wade
Fayetteville
John Rosso
UA Alumni Association
Rosso
Rockefeller
Two Louisiana Homes Bombed In Separate Attacks
In Baton Rouge and Port Allen, two homes of Victor Bussie, state AFL CIO leader, and Viola Logan, retired principal, were damaged by explosions. No injuries. A blue car was seen fleeing after youths claimed whites threw something on Bussie’s lawn. Logan active in West Baton Rouge Improvement Association amid school-board tensions.
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Baton Rough
Victor Bussie
Viola Logan
Bussie
Louisiana
AFL Cio
Parish School Board
Cohn High School
Port Allen
Merchant Guns Stop Robberies in Highland Park
Police Chief William E. Stephens cites armed merchants in Highland Park as the city of 35 600 sees no robberies in almost three months. Robberies had been 8 to 10 weekly. the department trained some merchants in firearm use to curb the holdups.
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Highland Park
Mich
William E. Stephens
Stephens
Detroit
Easy Does It Way of Presidents
Eisenhower and Johnson both favored a quiet, steady style over dramatic public showmanship. The piece contrasts their approaches, noting Johnson's rise in popularity after behind the scenes work and careful congressional action, while criticizing past overexposure during crises.
Newark Burying Its Riot Dead in Quiet After Violence
Newark and surrounding New Jersey cities seek calm after days of bloodshed. Funerals slated for three of 23 Newark riot victims as authorities hunt stolen arms and prepare to grand jury hundreds of indictments for concealed weapons and looting. Police and National Guard urged residents to surrender guns, with a noon deadline for 36 semiautomatic rifles stolen from a Middlesex factory.
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Newark
New Jersey
Plainttela
Plainfield
New Brunswick
City Hall
Patricia Sheehan
Aldrage Cooper Jr
Paterson
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Leroi Jones
Grand
Lous Kaplowitz
Bella Vista Dispute Over Lodging Discrimination
Alonzo Hodge of Shreveport filed a U S civil rights complaint alleging denial of lodging at Bella Vista in Benton County after winning a three day vacation. He and his wife were told no vacancies and offered $100 for expenses, with only a restaurant open to Negroes at the resort.
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Morton Gitelman
Fayettesville
Arkansas Advisory Committee
Commission
Hodge
Bella Vista
Country Club
John Mac Smith
Little Rock
War Irks Those Who Want Action
AP dispatch reports congressional leaders from both parties express pessimism about Vietnam. Critics question McNamara's progress claims while agreeing more U.S. troops may be sent and a large military budget rise is likely. Byrd urges clearer allied troop requests. Laird notes casualty disparities favoring the enemy in some sectors. President Johnson cautions against ranking losses by day.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Asia
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Melvin R. Laird
Rwis
Byrd
McNamara
United States
Senate Armed Services Committee
Laird
House Republican Conference
Johnson
China Border Clash Report From Soviet Frontier
Pravda reports Chinese Communist Red Guards crossed the eastern Soviet border for several days taunting frontier soldiers. The article by Konstantin Simonov from Khabarovsk notes hundreds to about a thousand Chinese involved near the border, during a visit to the Far East city.
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Moscow
Pravda
Konstantin Simonov
Khabarovsk
Wife Sues Detroit Mayor Over Custody Battle
The wife of Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh, Mary Helen Cavanagh, 37, filed for separate maintenance in Wayne County Circuit Court alleging extreme cruelty and seeking custody access, spousal support, and protection from asset disposition. She claims he has deprived her of four of their eight children and interfered with her peaceful occupancy and use of assets. Details were initially suppressed but later released. the couple have not lived together since January 1965.
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Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Mary Helen Cavanagh
Wayne County
Cavanagh
Charles Farmer
G. Menned Williams
U.S. Senate
Fatal Shooting Investigated in Harrison Arkansas
Boone County Prosecutor Bill Dashier withdrew a first degree murder charge against Arvel Casey and asked the grand jury to investigate the shooting death of 25 year old Arlis Joe Mc Ninch at Casey's home. McNinch was Casey's stepson and the incident occurred Friday night. Casey remains free on $5,000 bond as the next jury session is scheduled for July 26.
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Harrison
Ark
Boone County
Bill Dashier
Arvel Casey
Arlis Joe Mc Ninch
Casey
McNinch
Outsiders Blamed in Jersey Riots
Plainfield New Jersey riot scene seen as sparked by outsiders. Olympic decathlete Milt Campbell, 33, born in the Negro neighborhood, says outsiders moved in and started violence. Campbell, gold medalist in 1956, travels from Toronto after clinic work in Culver City. He argues locals had no organization and demands negotiations may end the unrest.
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Plainfield
Milt Campbell
Campbell
New Jersey
Toronto
Canada
Culver City
Calif
Firebird Fire Burst Shakes Daytona Beach Rehearsal
Andre Previn led the London Symphony Orchestra at the Florida International Music Festival in Daytona Beach when a lightning crash struck the Peabody Auditorium during a Firebird Suite rehearsal. The strike knocked off a corner of the building, showering concrete onto nearby streets and yards.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Igor Stravinsky
London Symphony Orchestra
Andre Previn
Peabody Auditorium
Previn
Welfare Workers to Get Funds for Training Program
A $2.2 million grant was approved to continue Arkansas state Welfare Department work experience and training. More than 60 persons will train in 17 counties including Pulaski Boone Carroll Madison Marion Newton Searcy Franklin Johnson Logan Pope Scott Lafayette Little River Miller Pike and Sevier. Len Blaylock said the program helps needy people acquire or retain the ability to support themselves.
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Little Rock
State Welfare Department
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Arkansas
Pulaski
Boone
Carroll
Madison
Marion
Newton
Searcy
Franklin
Johnson
Logan
Pape
Scott
Lafayette
Little River
Miller
Pike
Sevier Counties
Len Blaylock
State Welfare
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Dale McCoy
Kenny Rowe
Jay Barrentine
Gary Rhodes
Jim Gunter
Ronnie Smith
Mike Huckabee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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