Albuquerque Quiet After Disorders
After two days of violent disorders that left 15 wounded by gunfire and millions in damage, calm returned to Albuquerque. Police report 630 arrests, including 117 juveniles, as National Guard reduced from 1,000 to 600. Fire damage alone estimated at $3 million. looting and vandalism may total over $1 million. Hospitals treated 40 in disorders. medical aid team reported 50 treated, mostly cuts. The unrest began after arrests at Roosevelt Park for public drinking.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Ray Kuhn
Bruce King
University of New Mexico
Roosevelt Park
Land Mines Kill 8 in Poland
War impacts linger as Poland battles a vast mine legacy after World War II. A blast in a village field kills eight youths amid 350000 mines found last year. 40 of 48 recent fatalities were children. Authorities deploy military teams to clear fields and restore safety across farms, towns, and forests.
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Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Jordan named head of Urban League in 1970
Vernon E. Jordan, 35, appointed successor to Whitney Young as executive director of the National Urban League. He plans to continue leading the college fund drive, while shaping a program seen as radical or moderate depending on interpretation. Jordan, born 1935 in Atlanta, has a record in black voter registration and civil rights work.
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Atlanta
Whitney Young
National Urban League
South
Vernon E. Jordan
Voter Education Project
United Negro College Fund
Jordan
Young
Lagos
Nigeria
Nixon
Washington
League
Urban League
Old Confederacy
DePauw University
Howard University School of Law
Georgia
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Harvard
Institute of Politics
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Metropolitan Applied Research Center
Shirley M. Yarbrough
Senate weighs multibillion bailouts for big firms
The Senate Banking Committee, debating a 250 million loan guarantee for Lockheed, also considered up to 2 billion in broad loan guarantees and Javits proposed up to 5 billion in emergency backing. Fed Chair Burns testified on aiding firms vital to the economy amid Rolls Royce collapse effects. Bankers Trust’s Moore urged approving Lockheed first before a larger fund.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
William H. Moore
Bankers Trust Co
Lockheed
Burns
Camden girl earns Southern State scholarship
Kellie LaJuan Foster of Camden has been awarded a 1971-72 academic scholarship at Southern State College. Director Bernard H. Polk notes the $300 award is among several given to outstanding high school graduates. Foster, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K Foster, will major in mathematics.
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Kellie LaJuan Foster
Camden
Southern State College
Bernard H. Polk
Southern State
Miss Foster
K. Foster
Giles Foster
Hope
Man Killed in Car-Bus Collision on River Bridge
Harold W. Shockey, 22, of West Memphis died as his car skidded across the median on the Mississippi River bridge and hit a farm labor bus carrying 20 people. Nine bus occupants, all Memphis residents, were injured. Roads blocked for two hours amid rain slickness.
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West Memphis
Ark
Harold W. Shockey
Mississippi River
Memphis
Shockey
Med Center Patients Get Poor Care
ACORN charged the University of Arkansas Medical Center with poor care after surveying 47 patients during June 7 to 11. The report highlights sample abuses mainly involving children and pregnant women, noting many did not want names used for fear of retaliation.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Community Organization For Reform Now
ACORN
University of Arkansas Medical Center
Miss Davis Denied Bail in Marin CountyCourt
Angela Davis, 27, a self proclaimed Communist and former UCLA philosophy instructor, has bail denied in a Marin County court. Judge Richard E. Amasor said California law cannot permit bail in capital cases, amid a pretrial phase for charges including murder, kidnapping and conspiracy tied to an August shootout that killed a judge and three others. Supporters packed the hearing and shouted calls of freedom after the decision.
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San Rafael
Calif
Angela Davis
Marin County
Superior Court
Richard E. Amasor
California
Miss Davis
University of California In
Los Angeles
San Quentin
Ruchell Magee
Angela
Two of Nonuplets Still Alive
Sydney AP report states two of the Brodrick nonuplets remain alive 84 hours after a 12 week premature birth. Doctors warn condition is critical due to extreme immaturity and tiny size while parents Geraldine and Leonard Brodrick, visiting in incubators, expressed mixed emotion at seeing the infants.
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Sydney
Brodrick
Geraldine
Leonard Brodrick
Youth Drowns in Saline River Near Fordyce
Clifford L. Goodwin, 16, of Fordyce, drowned Tuesday while swimming with two friends in the Saline River east of the town. He was the son of Rev. and Mrs. James Goodwin of Fordyce.
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Fordyce, Ark
Clifford L. Goodwin
Fordyce
Saline
Goodwin
James Goodwin
Arkansans Die in Missouri Two Vehicle Crash
OZARK MO AP Four people including two Arkansans died in a two car collision on US 65 near Ozark. Homer Woodall 70 and his wife Mabel 70 of Little Rock were killed along with Charlie Vidan 50 of Granite City Illinois and Lyliana Petrovic 5 of Paris France. Woodall vehicle attempted to pass when it struck Vidan's car.
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Ozark, Mo
Arkansas
US. 65
Here
Missouri Highway Patrol
Homer Woodall
Little Rock
Mabel
Charlies Vidan
Granite City
Ill
Lyliana Petrovic
Paris
France
Woodall
Vidan
Debris From Crashed C135 Found in Pacific
Honolulu AP report says sea vessels recovered debris believed to be from a C135 transport jet that crashed between American Samoa and Hawaii. No survivors found. 24 aboard, including 12 civilians. Aircraft on a classified mission tied to monitoring French nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
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Honolulu
Pacific Ocean
American Samoa
Navy
Destro Edwards
Amalric
Pago Pago
Hickam Ai Force Base
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio
Air Force
Washington
South Pacific
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Division of Social Sciences
Henderson State College
James Calderwood
University of Southern California
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Merlyn F. Watson
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Arkansas Council On Economic Education
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