No End in Sight Riots Cost Nation 169 Million
Racial violence across U S cities continues with preliminary damage estimates totaling 169 853 000 in an AP survey. Detroit led with over 150 million in losses and Newark recorded 15 million. Tampa Cincinnati Buffalo Dayton Erie and Cairo also listed sizable figures. Housing officials note no federal funds for repairs while victims plan varied futures.
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Stanley Johnson
New York
Detroit
Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Buffalo
N.Y
Newark
N.J
Cincinnati
Ohio
Dayton
Erie
Cairo
Ill
Minneapolis
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
Detroit riot shifts from color to consumer loot
AP reporter Austin Scott notes Detroit's second day of upheaval features broad cooperation between Negroes and whites as shoppers swarm Grand River Avenue for stolen goods. Looters fill basements with portable TVs and furniture, reflecting a shift from racial protest to material grabs amid the unrest.
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Austin Scott Detroit
Detroit
Riot in Detroit described as theft wave across mixed neighborhoods
Reporters faced little resistance as looters moved through Detroit, Chicago and other cities while white homeowners and residents watched. Residents across Detroit described a patchwork of white and Black neighborhoods fueling the unrest with thefts, not a race riot. A police sergeant called the events a riot of thieves amid a festive but volatile mood.
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Detroit
12Th Street
Mother Of 7 In World War Dead At 85
Mrs. Oletta A. Waller 85 of Taylor Wisconsin died July 23 at Grandview Home Blair after a long illness She had lived at the home since April She was born in Abrahams Coulee near Galesville to Andrew Anstensen and wife She married Melvin H Waller Sept 2 1906 in Galesville They later moved to Taylor Seven of her eight sons served in World War I and she christened a ship named the Waller in Duluth on July 14 1945 Services set for Taylor Lutheran Church with Rev Winkler and visitation at Jensen Funeral Home Hixton and at the church prior to services on Thursday
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Taylor
Wis
Oletta A. Waller
Grandview
Blair
Abrahams Coulee
Galesville
Andrew Anstensen
Melvin H. Waller
Edwin
Winton
Marie Dale
Coon Valley
Emil
Arnold Lien
Melford Nelson
Westby
Joseph
Rockford, Il
Marvin
Boscobel
Elwood
Kennewick, Wash
Jule
Lowes Park
Ill
Lester
Dickeyville
Frank Pasch
Kennewick Wash
Louis Austensen
Albert
Waller
Duluth
Jensen Funeral Home
Hixton
Goodyear and URW Reach Tentative Three Year Contract
A tentative three year contract was reached in Cincinnati on Monday between negotiators for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co and the United Rubber Workers Union. The agreement covers about 21 250 URW members in 11 cities nationwide with a wage rise of 43 cents over three years plus 10 cents for skilled workers. Uniroyal remains unsettled with talks ongoing in Cincinnati covering about 21 670 workers.
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Akron, Ohio
Cincinnati
United Rubber Workers Union
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
URW
Uniroyal, Inc
Uniroyal
Goodyear
Akron
B. F. Goodrich Co
General Tire & Rubber Co
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
King Says Jobs For All Would Avert Violence
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr warned at a news conference that Congress must act now on a large scale job program. He proposed a national agency to provide work for every person in need and argued that only drastic changes for the poor can restore order and reduce urban violence.
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Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr
Congress
King
Johnson
Soldier Killed in Vietnam Named Fischer
OSHKOSH AP Army Sgt. James R. Fischer 21 died July 23 of metal fragment wounds from combat in Vietnam. His wife Linda of Oshkosh was informed by the Defense Department.
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Oshkosh
Ap) — Army
James R. Fischer
Vietnam
Linda
Defense Department
Rail Board Begins Negotiations to Settle Wage Dispute
A White House board led by Sen. Wayne Morse opened talks to establish ground rules with union and railroad negotiators over the wage dispute that sparked last week's nationwide strike. The panel, created under emergency law, seeks a voluntary settlement within 90 days ending Oct 16.
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Washington
White House
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Johnson
W. Willard Wirtz
Morse
Wirtz
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Frederick Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Theodore W. Kheel
Meany
Michigan Legislator Fires on Riot in Pontiac Killing Youth
In Pontiac a white state legislator Arthur J. Law fired a shotgun at several Black youths after a trash can was hurled through his market window. A 17 year old Alfred Taylor was killed and two others injured as violence flared around the market damaged by earlier fire bombing.
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Pontiac
Mich
Arthur J. Law
Alfred Taylor
Law
Detroit Quiet After Paratroopers Move In To Restore Order
U S Army paratroopers and National Guardsmen, 1,800 from the 101st and 82nd Airborne, shut down rioting in Detroit after 48 hours of arson and looting. Gov Romney and officials urged reopening while maintaining curfews and gasoline station closures. casualties near 1,000 and thousands displaced as sniper fire and destruction persist.
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Tion
George Romney
Vance
Jerome Cavanagh
Cavanagh
101St
82Nd Airborne
Vietnam
De Gaulle Prods Quebec Independence Sparks Canadian Clash
President Charles de Gaulle incites protests by shouting Vive le Quebec libre in Montreal prompting fierce political reaction in Ottawa. Prime Minister Pearson convened Cabinet and weighed how to handle the visit amid calls to cancel and expel the French leader while Diefenbaker denounces the remark.
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Stephens Broening
Montreal
Charles de Gaulle
Quebec
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Ottawa
Warren Allmand
de Gaulle
Ing
John Diefenbaker
France
Quebec City
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Newark Businessmen’s Emergency Committee
Insurance Information Institute
General Adjustment Bureau
East Orange
P. Bernard Nortman
Office of Economic Development
Harlem
Austin Scott
Grand River Avenue
Central Park
Chicago
Watts
Cleveland
San Francisco
Oletta Waller
Rail Board
Michigan
Frank Joseph
Cyrus Vance
John Throckmorton
101St Airborne
Pres. Johnson
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