Newsmen Beaten During March Violence in Watts District
Two Newsweek reporters, Karl Fleming and David Moberg, were assaulted by about 20 youths amid looting following an orderly march of 500 residents to a police station in Wales district Los Angeles. Fleming suffered a fractured jaw and possible concussion, treated at Oak Park Hospital and Daniel Freeman Hospital. Moberg had a black eye and bruises. A third reporter escaped with minor injuries as police responded with cars, noting earlier and similar disturbances in Watts.
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UPI
News
Trouble Town Wales
Karl Fleming
Newsweek
David Moberg
Watts
Fleming
Oak Park
Daniel Freeman
Inglewood
Maberg
Oak Park Hospital
Critics Call Nervous Nellies Over Viet Nam Policy
Washington and Chicago rally crowds heard President Johnson defend U.S. Viet Nam strategy against critics. He urged unity, warned against running from duty, and urged Democrats to stand firm as tensions with Red aggression persisted. The Chicago speech addressed about 7,000 attendees at a Democratic fund-raiser urging national solidarity.
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UPI
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Viet Nam
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Tex
U.S
Vietna
Nam
Chicago
Tennessee Today reports Ellington picks leaders and desegregation plan
Gubernatorial candidate Buford Ellington labels himself an old fashioned segregationist and names a Memphis Negro leader to a top post while H T Lockard joins a co chair in Ellingtons bid for a second term. A judge orders a mental examination for Henry F Bell as he seeks sentence reduction in a jury tampering case. University of Tennessee faculty wins malaria research funds and city schools desegregate with two Negro teachers assigned to white schools in fall under federal guidelines.
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Ellington
H. T. Lockard
Lackard Wilt
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Nashville
Charlie Worley
Bristol
Henry F
Buster) Bell
U. S
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Bell
International Longshoremen's Association
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Wiliam A. Sadler
Portia Culter
Humboldt Jr. High
A. P. Nunn
East End
Sadler
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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
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Best Anderson Furniture Co
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Healey
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DuPont Teflon
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