Restraining Racial Tensions Study Question Middle Class Negro Role
An UCLA sociology report indicates middle class Negroes show impatience with white freedoms and may fuel riots like Watts. It notes resentment toward police brutality and white exploitation by merchants and police across economic classes, challenging the idea that the middle class moderates racial conflict.
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Washington
Watts
Los Angeles
University of California At
Office of Economic Opportunity
UCLA
Fire Aboard Carrier Off Viet Kills 26
Aboard a carrier off Vietnam an enormous fire erupted on the Forrestal’s flight deck after a loaded fuel tank ignited by a steam catapult. Explosions and flames swept the hangar and deck as bombs rockets and fuel tanks detonated. Navy lines say the worst flames were contained after hours of effort amid continuing smaller fires.
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Ruperius
Tucker
Tonkin Gulf
Oriskany
Vietnam
Navy
Independence
Norfolk
Associated Press
Steve Stibbens
Forrestal
Harvey P. Lanham
Carrier Division II
Navy Yard
Tth
False Alarm At Indiana Car Fire Call
Firemen were summoned at 10 49 a m today to check a car near 149 N eth St where smoke was reported. They determined water from trees turned to steam by hot metal, and the alarm proved mistaken.
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Indiana
N.éth. St
Brooklyn Outbreak: 19 Arrests as Bedford Stuyvesant Streets Erupt
Roving youths smashed store windows in Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant area. Police deployed about 100 patrolmen to Nostrand Avenue and Fulton Street, containing the disorder until dawn. By sunrise the crowds dispersed, with no immediate looting reported and civil rights debates continuing among a few dozen youths.
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New York
Brooklyn
Bedford Stuyvesant
Nostrand Avenue
Fulton Street
Lloyd Sealey
Bandits Rob Former Wife Of Abrams Bandits Rob Former Wife Of Abrams
Atlantic City police say Blanche Abrams, ex-wife of Pittsburgh editor Al Abrams, was bound and gagged in a Boardwalk motel and robbed of more than 67000 in cash and jewelry including a 35 carat diamond ring. Two white men seized valuables and left her tied for hours before she freed herself.
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Atlantic City
N.T
Pittsburgh
Blanche Abrams
William Hagmaier
Hagmaier
Abrams
Squirrel Hill
Famedo Boardwalk
Atlantic Ocean
Saigon Beauty Contest Sparks Six Month TV Marathon
Saigon's government television station hosts a six month beauty marathon with weekly contests through November to crown Miss Vietnam Television. Contestants, often in swimsuits, pose for cameras amid live ad banners, with American advisers overseeing the fledgling production. Local papers mock the event with satirical poems and critiques, noting the contestants' modest behavior and mix of glamour and nerves.
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Saigon
Miami Beach
South Vietnam
Chinh Linh
Thai
House of Representatives
Senate
Police Recover Three From River
In Pittsburgh the bodies of a mother Agnes Abel 33 and daughters Lauree 5 and Janet 3 were recovered near the Ohio River after a motorboat collision with a coal barge. Cynthia 8 was found later the same night.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Agnes Abel
Lauree
Janet
Kerner Chosen To Lead Riots Causes Commission
Gov Otto Kerner named head of an eleven member presidential commission to study riots. A civil rights advocate and Army National Guard general, Kerner previously led the Illinois National Guard and served as U S attorney for the northern district of Illinois. He has directed Guard responses to Chicago area riots and ordered troops into Cairo Indiana housing disturbances. Mayor Daley asked Guard readiness for possible action in Chicago.
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Springfield
Otto Kerner
Army National Guard
Illinois National Guard
U. S
Ilinois
Cook County
Democratic Central Committee
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
William G. Stratton
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
Kerner
Fair Employment Practices Commission
National Guard
West Side
Cairo
Daley
Film Tonight At Graystone
The Graystone U P Church hosts a Saturday night festival for youth tonight at 7 with a film about Francis of Assisi starring Bradford Dillman. Senior high students are invited. A discussion and refreshments follow the film.
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Graystone U.P
Negro bands rove Wilmington causing store window damage
Police report roving Negro bands smashed windows on the West Side of Wilmington and a shot from a carload of Negroes injured a white man who was in a building. One non serious wound noted. Fourteen adults and juveniles were arrested as roving gangs were active Friday after a similar clash Thursday at a whites tavern.
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Wilmington
Del
Olice
West Side
Morning Curfew Imposed in Wilmington After Riots
Mayor John E Barbiarz imposed an early morning curfew in Wilmington as police arrested over 100 after roving groups of Negro youths damaged stores near 6th and Madison. Three white men were wounded by gunshots, two more by pellets, amid fires and looting in the West Side.
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Wilmington
Del
John E. Barbiarz
al’ Club
Ship Sold To Train Seamen
The S S North American, a 54 year old lake excursion ship, was sold at auction for 48000 dollars to Al Kerr acting for an unidentified party. It will head to the Atlantic Coast within 30 days to be used to train merchant seamen after three years at Erie public dock. The vessel once faced foreclosure by Security Peoples Trust Co and was tied to Canadian Holiday Co. The land deal offer of 5000 acres in Tennessee collapsed over title issues before foreclosure.
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Erie
Atlantic
al Kerr
Oradell
Kerr
Security Peoples Trust Co
Canadian Holiday Co
Canadian Holiday
Tennessee
Rats Do U S Damage From Infestations
Washington AP reports a House Banking and Currency Committee estimate puts the U S rat population at about 90 million with each rat causing roughly 10 in damage annually. A federal official warns the psychological toll on slum dwellers may be equally costly.
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Washington
America
House Banking and Currency Committee
U.S
Allan W. Donaldson
U.S. Bureau of Disease Prevention and Environmental Control
Donaldson
New York City
House
Johnson
Officer Acquitted in Viet Death
An Army court acquitted 1st Lt. John L. Patrick Jr. of premeditated murder in the slaying of a suspected Viet Cong prisoner by his platoon in Vietnam. Capt. Paul C. Ogg was acquitted of murder. Ogg and Patrick faced multiple charges amid a trial that also saw three enlisted men convicted of various offenses.
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AN Khe
South Rienata
Wap
John L. Patrick Jr
Ogg
Patrick
Wytheville
1St Air Cavalry Division
Nguyen Chi
Bong Son Plains
Walter Griffen
East St. Louis
Ill
Raul Garcia
Houston
Tex
Hill
Garcia
Griffen
David L. Woods
Lawton
Oklo
Woods
Vietnam
Jim Yelton
Piney Flats
Tenn
Capt
James Mercurio
Saint Louis, Mo
Mercurio
Yelton
Thont
Wood
Obituary notices from Indiana area include marine death and locals
Obituaries report CPL Gary Wayne Stern 18 of Indiana RD 2 Fulton Rat killed in Quang Tri Vietnam on July 21 1967. He served in Second Platoon Co M Third Division US Marine Corps and was a high school senior in Indiana Area. Survived by parents siblings grandparents and an uncle. Services planned at Robinson Lytle's with Marine Corps rites at Greenwood Cemetery. Additional notices for Nick Jurcic John Zofchen Viola Moorhead Eck enrode Jettie McKee list death dates and funeral details with local church services and interments in Indiana area.
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Lance Cpl
Gary Wayne Stern
Davey
Anna Fisher Stern
Indiana RD. 2
Fulton Rat
Quang Tri
Vietnam
Co. M
U.S. Marine Corps
Indiana Area
Indiana
Merle
Randy
Sally Ann
Frank Stern
Coral
Irene Bennett
Toledo
Robinson-Lytle's
Nick Jurcic
Clara Verbanic
Jurcic
Clune
Yugoslavia
Mike
Theresa Urbanic Jurcic
R & P Coal To
St. Gertrude's Roman Catholic Church
McIntyre
John Yurack
New Alexandria
John ‘Mary) Kubala
Ferdinand
Pete
Youngstown
Ignac
Canada
Helen Juricic
Tworandsons
Robinson-Lytle’s
St. Gertrude R.C
St. Bernard's Cemetery
John Zofchen
Chambersville
Indiana Hospital
Helen Munch Zorchen
Robinson - Lytle's
Indiana Evening Gazette
Jettie Florence McKee
Phila
Indiana County
Francis and
Esther Mangus Faith
Clark Muc Kee
McKee
Graystone
U.P. Church of Indiana
Goodwill
Sons of the Union Veterans Auxiliary
Grace McKee
Dorothy Yuckenberg
Muriel McKee
Bell ‘Funeral Home
R. Byron Crozier
Oakland Cemetery
Shafer Extends Wishes To Ky Shafer Extends Wishes To Ky
Gov Ray Mond Shafer of Pennsylvania sent a letter to Premier Nguyen Cao Ky expressing best wishes for the final victory of the Vietnamese people The Vietnam Press quoted the letter noting Shafer compared Vietnamese hardships to Pennsylvanian Civil War struggles and said the Republic of Vietnam will win the just cause.
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Saigon
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Employment Increases In Pa
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania's June employment rose by 77,800 to 4,793,300, a new high for June. Labor Secretary Hart notes June figures are typically higher due to student influx into the labor market, surpassing the 1968 June peak.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William J. Hart
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