Rockefeller rejects Little Rock university split plan
Our Daily Bread decries attempts to create a Little Rock University campus as a private model and split from Fayetteville. Gov. Rockefeller argues Arkansas cannot fund a second campus, citing prior bond misfires and urging unity rather than division. De Gaulle’s Canada visit draws sharp editorial contrast on loyalty and unity.
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Phillips County
FBI Arrests Rap Brown on Riot Count
FBI agents in Washington arrested H. Rap Brown on Maryland charges of inciting a riot related to the Cambridge unrest. Brown, SNCC national chairman, appeared before a U.S. commissioner in Alexandria after speaking to about 400 supporters, as 1,000 others rioted and burned Pine Street buildings. Maryland National Guard units were deployed, with Baltimore civil rights leaders touring the area to discuss the situation with General Gelston.
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FBI
H. Rap Brown
Maryland
Cambridge
J. Edgar Hoover
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Washington National Airport
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
U.S
Alexandria
Pine Street
Baltimore
George M. Gelston
National Guard
De Gaulle Welcomed Despite Quebec Stand In Ottawa
President Charles de Gaulle faces an uncertain reception in Canada’s capital after a rebuke from Prime Minister Lester Pearson and protests over his support for Quebec separatists. He arrives for a five day visit with banquets and receptions. Pearson calls de Gaulle’s remarks unacceptable to Canada.
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Winston Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
London
Canada
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Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Quebec
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Montreal
Pearson
Canadia
Curiosity Leads San Diego Woman to Drug Find
Mary MacDonald received a package with her home return address in San Diego. She paid 1.85 postage due, opened it, and discovered three bricks of marijuana worth over 6000 on the illegal market. She turned it over to police, unaware why her address was used.
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San Diego
Calif
Mary MacDonald
Political clash over federal riot response and blame
Leaders slugged it out over whether President Johnson moved fast enough to send federal troops to Detroit and other cities. Republicans accused Democrats of political gain while Democrats charged Republicans with slaying politics as Congress weighs a 10 member inquiry panel into civil disorder and its root causes.
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Iton
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Robert P. Griffin
Reich
Senate
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House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
House Committee
Gereald R. Ford
Robbers Snatch Bag With $3,000 From Manager
Angeles Av bank parking lot robbery reported by apartment house manager James H. Anderson. He carried a plastic bag containing about $3,000 in cash and checks for deposit when a car sped by and someone reached out, grabbing the bag and fleeing.
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Angeles
James H. Anderson
Bank
Andereson
Priests Lead Latin Harlem Peace March Through Riots
In Spanish Harlem a 600 strong crowd including priests nuns and Puerto Ricans marched under rain singing Hail Mary after three days of rioting. A sniper fired, a fire bomb was thrown at a school, and one Puerto Rican was killed nearby by off duty officers. Monitors said police did not fire their weapons and no looting occurred. The march sought community peace as two deaths were recorded in the disturbances.
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New York
Mary
Spanish Harlem
el Barrio
South Bronx
Robert Fox
Harlem
Traffic congestion hearing set for S curve area
City board discussed traffic hazard at Third and Shover streets and authorized City Manager Garland Medders to attend a 2:30 p.m. hearing in Little Rock. Dorsey McRae of Foster Realty urged support, representing merchants in Village Shopping Center. State Highway Department handling since Third is a state highway.
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Garland Medders
Little Rock
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State Highway
Hope Furniture Co
South Main
Hope
Powell Sets New Date for Reporters
Harlem's elected but unseated representative Adam Clayton Powell Jr called newsmen to his retreat in the Bahamas for an announcement of importance. An aide said Powell would hold a news conference in a hotel.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Chuck Stone
Powell
Washington
Fight to Death Says Carmichael in Havana Visit
Stokely Carmichael told Prensa Latina that Negroes in American cities will wage a guerrilla fight to the death. He said Newark used guerrilla tactics and that urban groups are being prepared for defense in the cities as part of a Latino American solidarity conference agenda. He traveled from London to Prague to Havana for the meeting.
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Havana
Stokely Carmichael
U.S
Prensa Latina
New Gro
Newark
Carmichael
London
Cuba
Ernesto Guevara
Detroit Third Night of Terror Lifts Death Toll to 33
Detroit enters a third night of rioting as federal troops fail to stop clashes. Death toll rises to 33 with casualties across Michigan and neighboring cities. Reports indicate widespread property damage and sniper activity in Sag inaw Grand Rapids and Cleveland as authorities seek calm and accountability.
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Detroit
Property Loss Near Billion
DETROIT AP The cost of rioting in the three county Detroit metropolitan area could reach 1 billion, says Dwight Havens president of the Greater Detroit Board of Commerce. He calls the figure a ballpark estimate and notes it is only a rough guess at this point.
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Detroit
Dwight Havens
Greater
Bread Lines Set Up for the Destitute in Stricken Detroit
In Detroit's West Side, a church line stretches out to feed suffering residents after rioting left stores looted and streets ruined. Volunteers from the Virginia Park Rehabilitation Project distribute meals amid shortages, while officials say panic buying could worsen the food crisis.
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12Th Street
Robert L. Potts
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West Side
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Ith
Milton Jones
Edward Deeb
Monroe
Michigan-Ohio
Marine City
Detroit Riots Kill 33 as National Guard Battles Snipers
Police and National Guardsmen pressed a nightlong hunt through West Side streets and rubble as gunfire and tanks roared. Forty blocks west of the expressway, snipers kept up a brutal siege while arson and looting fed a crisis seen as among the worst in U.S. history.
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Detroit
West Side
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National Guardsmen
Morris Hed
Detroit Cpartment
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