Stores Boarded Up Along The Boulevard Riot Aftermath
The Boulevard area in Los Angeles remained largely deserted as deputies patrolled the smoke filled street after a riot fueled by a Chicago moratorium. Merchants boarded windows and swept glass while a few laborers and deputies kept watch. Fire crews battled a rear blaze near a gutted building as residents described mixed feelings about the night’s events. Richard Ayala and Bertha Burns offered mixed reactions, noting both damage and livelihoods at risk. Mexican American youths spoke with deputies as tensions lingered and a flare was used at street level.
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Mast
Los Angeles
Silk Stare and Meat Company
Richard Ayala
Bertha Burns
Riot Blame Charges Fly In Los Angeles Riots
Reports from Los Angeles describe tear gas and gunfire as deputies clashed with demonstrators in a riot that killed KMEX news director Ruben Salazar. Dozens arrested on felonies, including Corky Gonzales, while officials discuss federal probes and civil rights reviews.
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Whittier Boulevard
Ruben Salazar
Salazar
Sheriffs
KMEX
Los Angeles Times
Sheriff's
Silver Dollar
Lagunz Pack
Jerris Leonard
Justice Department
Los Angeles
Nixon plans full review of race tension in Europe and Mideast
Nixon moves to dispatch top advisers to probe racial tensions among American troops in Europe and to review Middle East policy. He will lead a White House team including Kissinger Rogers and Brown to study the situation and recommend action.
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Martin G. Castillo
Nixon
Cabinet Committee of Opportunity
Los Angeles
White House
Europe
San Clemente Ti
Mideast
Washington
Dent Nixon
Leanaye Garment
Robert J. Brown
Rise in Black and White Service Member Incidents Cited
Exclusive NY Times report notes growing clashes between black and white servicemen with many cases going unpublished. White House concerns persist as President plans to visit camps in Europe and the U.S. Pentagon completes a three week investigation with Garment and Brown remaining ten days. Reports also mention Ku Klux Klan and Black Panther activity among servicemen.
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He Lem
England
Spain
Italy
Germany
Garment
Brown
Pentagon
Black Panther Party
Berkeley School Office Set Ablaze
Arsonists broke into Berkeley Unified School District's instructional material center and started fires with gasoline causing about 300000 in damage. They also tried to burn three buses, with only one seat spared. Fifty firefighters battled the one story brick building, none injured, no arrests reported. A Bank of America branch nearby suffered minor damage the night before from a similar attack.
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Berkeley
UPS
Berkeley Unified School District
Cemers
Bank of America
Hearing aid promises clear voices for all budgets
Japanese engineers unveil a simple wearable hearing aid with essential features at a fraction of costly instruments. The device requires no receiver and adjusts volume for clearer speech. Trome Hearing Aid Service, 207 East Broadway, Long Beach, offers free demonstrations by phone 432-545%.
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Trome
East Broadway
Long Beach
Deferments for Guard Under Fire
Alfred B. Fitt, ex assistant secretary of Defense, urges Congress to end National Guard draft deferments to curb the image of guardsmen as privileged. He notes only 11 percent of Guard personnel have served on active duty and argues guardsmen should be true volunteers. He also says the Guard's main mission is state service and disaster relief, not federal deployment.
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UPT
Secretary of Defense
Congress
National Guard
Guard
Vietnam
Alfred B. Fitt
Pentagon
Fitt
Yale University
Kingman Brewster
Pitts
City
Journal of the National Urban Coalition
John W. Gardner
Health Education and Welfare
Waitresses irked male staff for Nixon dinner in San Diego
In San Diego the Hotel del Coronado waitresses protest plans to replace them with male waiters for President Nixon's state dinner with Mexican President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz. A Western White House spokesman says the dining room will resemble Washington’s White House events. The waitresses claimed preparations like hairstyling and crash diets were in vain. They may appeal to Women’s Liberation headquarters.
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Nixon
Pat Kelly
Hotel del Coronado
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
White House
Washington
California
Ronald Reagan
Spiro Agnew
Miss Kelly
Women’s Liberation Headquarters
Javits Warns of Long War If War End Amendment Fails
Sen Javits warns that defeating the amendment to end the war could mean U S troops remain in Vietnam for decades. He contends Sen Stennis argues Congress cannot curb presidential moves in wartime, warning of a protracted conflict lasting 30 to 50 years.
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UPI
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Vietnam
Javits
John Stennis
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