Michigan Declares Emergency in Grand Rapids Amid Race Tensions
Governor George Romney proclaimed a state of emergency in Grand Rapids after arson, rock throwing, and harassment of firemen. A dawn to dusk curfew and controls on guns and gasoline were ordered as National Guard units were alerted. In Cleveland, leaders warned of escalating racial tension after three police officers were killed.
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George Romney
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Lower Michigan
Chris Sonneveldt
Mexicans Claim Police Brutality Protest
About 2 000 students seized historic school buildings and blocked more than a dozen city buses in a demonstration against alleged police brutality in Mexico City. Rioters disrupted traffic in the old university district and near the National Palace and Metropolitan Cathedral, while Mayor Alfonso Corona del Rosas watched from his office by the Zocalo.
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Zocalo
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Brazil Plans $1.9 Billion Power Expansion by 1970
Brazil's government controlled Eletrobras announces a plan to invest about $1.9 billion to expand electrical facilities across the country through 1970. The program aims to boost capacity and infrastructure nationwide.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Eletrobras Power Co
Israelis and Jordanians Trade Fire Near Beisan Valley
Israeli and Jordanian forces exchanged fire across the cease-fire line in two incidents on Saturday. Two Israeli soldiers were killed when their armored car hit a mine near Kibbutz Gesher in the Beisan Valley. The first clash occurred near the Yardena settlement as Jordanian forces opened fire and Israeli troops returned fire.
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Kibbutz Gesher
Beisan Valley
Yardena
Beisan
Mother-in-law slain as hostage crisis unfolds in Australia
In Sydney area, Kenneth Freeman, 21, barricaded in a brick cottage with his wife and baby after killing his mother-in-law. Police used tear gas and guns to rescue Robyn Freeman, 17, and infant Vicki as Freeman fired on officers and motorists.
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Australia
UPI
Kenneth Freeman
Rivesby
Robyn Freeman
Vicki
Freeman
Wallace Mellish
Mellish
Customs Inspector Abducted Near San Ysidro Border
A U S Customs inspector named Howard Nolan, 56, was abducted Saturday after stopping a car at the San Ysidro border station to question occupants. Nolan released about a mile from the border, with a gunman and two accomplices involved. Police found amphetamine pills and marijuana in the abandoned car at Otay, six miles north.
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San Ysidro
Howard Nolan
Nolan
Route 101
Otay
Firemen Use Foam on Explosive Truck Blaze near Sharonville
Firemen blanket a burning tractor-trailer loaded with 40,000 pounds of explosives including napalm bombs and shells with foam near Interstate 275 and Ohio 42 in Sharonville. Police ordered evacuations within three miles. no injuries reported as normals return after 5:45 p.m. all clear.
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Sharonville
Ohio 42
Hamilton County
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