Saigon sees lowest Vietnam casualty toll in three years
North Vietnamese attacks near the DMZ kill nine Americans and wound 17, including eight Marines. The week ends with 64 U.S. KIA and 900 WIA, the smallest weekly toll in nearly three years, hinting at possible troop withdrawals. In Paris peace talks no progress is reported. Czechoslovakia tightens travel, Greenland freighter Frida Dan sinks after iceberg collision. UN General Assembly sets debate on aerial hijacking under forcible diversion heading.
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National night of riots disrupts city with arrests and clashes
Rioters attacked police with chains and clubs, smashing windows in a wave of violence. At least 66 radicals were arrested. 22 more were seized during a Thursday protest at an induction center and a chaotic demonstration at the Federal Building.
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Sinatra and other leaders collide with tabloids in split reports
A Las Vegas editorial blasted Frank Sinatra as childish for forcing a hotel to pull ads from the Review-Journal after critical columns. The piece compared his star power to rivals and noted he once gave up a gambling license to maintain ties with a mob figure. The same report touches on a federal court case about a beaming pregnant Girl Scout poster, an exhumation bid for Mary Jo Kopechne, Reecky Marciano’s crash death, Eduardo Ciannelli’s Rome death, a balloon crossing attempt, moon missions in Belgium, Augustus Owsley Stanley III’s LSD conviction, and notable weddings and space-moon news.
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Governor deploys 2500 Illinois guards to aid Chicago policing
Governor Richard Ogilvie ordered more than 2,500 Illinois National Guardsmen to duty Thursday as a precaution to support Chicago and Cook County police. Rioters rampaged through the near north side Wednesday causing destruction.
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Richard Ogilvie
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L A Jetliner Hijacked To Havana With Major Leaguers Aboard
A Spanish speaking man hijacked a Los Angeles to Miami jet to Cuba on Thursday night, telling Royals catcher Dennis Paepke and four other major leaguers aboard he wanted to see his woman and child in Havana. The plane, with 70 aboard including Dave Marshall, Mike Corkins and Roger Craig, left Miami at 6 05 PM EDT, reached Havana at 7 59 PM, stayed three hours, and returned to Miami just before midnight.
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Independent Daily Notice Fragment With City Details
A damaged newspaper fragment lists misc publication data from Long Beach with dates May 7 1943 and October 6 1944, referencing delivery and filing details. It shows volume and issue markers but lacks a coherent news item or clear event.
Miles Davis Survives Gunfire in New York Arrests Made
Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis was grazed by a bullet in New York as a gunman opened fire on his parked car. Police arrested Davis and a 24 year old woman after marijuana was found, but the case was later dismissed for lack of evidence.
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New York
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Margarette Eskridge
Brooklyn
Groppi case accepted by Wisconsin Supreme Court
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to hear Reverend James E. Groppi's plea that his jail order by the state Legislature was unconstitutional. A hearing was set for a later date to be announced.
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