Reactions to Attica deaths split families and towns
Families of slain Attica hostages react to autopsy findings that most died from bullet wounds, challenging officials' accounts of prison carnage. Anger and disbelief spread through Batavia and nearby Attica as relatives question how deaths occurred and fault authorities for the assault. The small town and prison community grapple with trauma after a violent raid.
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N.Y
Carl W. Valone
Batavia
Carl
Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Gist
Genesee Laboratory Company
Valones
Monroe County
James Nardie
Hechester
Hardie
Attica Prison Riot Deaths Highlighted by Officials
Guard William Quinn, 28, died from injuries after being thrown from a window as 1,000 inmates rioted. Oswald defended hostage deaths, noting gunshot wounds from rifles, pistols, and shotguns. Officials described hostages in prison garb with bound hands and facial injuries as they investigated.
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Oswald
Aldes
Edland
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wolland
McGovern Attacked by Saigon Demonstrators at Church
In Saigon a mob of about 150 anti American demonstrators hurled stones and fire bombs at a church where Sen George McGovern was meeting with dissidents. U S military police and embassy guards evacuated him and aides to safety as he condemned the violence. The attack, linked to the Committee for the Improvement of Prison Regime in South Vietnam, followed a day of anti American protests in Saigon and Hanoi.
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George McGovern
U.S
Ellsworth Bintker
McGovern
Due
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San Francisco students see rise in integrated schools amid bus boycott
In San Francisco attendance in newly integrated elementary schools rose to about 63 percent on Tuesday, with Shaheen estimating 63.3 percent and an overall district rate at 62 percent. Thousands of parents in Chinatown and beyond continued the peaceful bus boycott while officials said the protest would wane as more Chinese pupils were bused in.
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Congressional Teaders
Afriea
San Francisco
UPI
Chinatown
Thomas A. Shaheen
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Don Johnson
Virgin Wales
Jean Parker
Shaheen
Nader Pushes $50 Tax Refund for Each Taxpayer
Ralph Nader urged Congress to back a $50 refund to every taxpayer as part of opposing Nixon tax proposals. Farn leaders pressed for early end to import surcharge while warning of effects on farmers and consumer advocates criticized the plan as benefitting higher incomes and corporate cuts. The House Ways and Means Committee planned hearings as industrial groups endorsed the tax proposals.
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UPI
Farn
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Ralph Nader
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Nixon
U.S
White House
Nader
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
National Association of Manufacturers
Senate Delays Vote On Defense Bill Amid Lobbying Blitz
Stennis warned of irrevocable loss if the Senate blocks the House negotiated defense bill. Pentagon aides tie the lobbying surge to fears of a serious manpower crunch for the armed forces. Senate Democratic Leader Mansfield says there is a good chance the bill will be tabled Thursday, effectively rejecting the conference report and sending it back to conference for revision possibly this year.
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Senate
Pentagon
Laird
Mike Mansfield
Senate House
Conferess
Russia Warship Dumping Oil Off Hawaiian Waters
UPI reports a Soviet guided missile destroyer from a seven-ship task force discharged an observable amount of oil about 2 miles southeast of Honolulu. The Coast Guard, after anchoring the fleet Monday night, photographed the act from a helicopter and notified the Russian task force commander.
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Russia
Hawaiian
Here
14Th Coast Guard District
Paul G. Prins
Ussr
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Soviet Union
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Zhitomir
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McCain Dy
U.S
Pacific
Maui
Mau
Hawaii
Brown Berets quell riot as police quell disorder
About 250 Mexican Americans burned rocks at officers and set six fires during a second night of unrest. One apartment blaze caused $20,000 damage. Police, aided by Brown Berets, contained the disturbances early Tuesday amid ongoing surveillance of the naval fleet off the islands.
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