Poverty Pays Well for Upward Bound Official in Oregon
Rep. Edith Green accuses Richard Frost of mixing roles with an OEO funded Upward Bound project in Oregon and serving as a $100 a day consultant. Frost says Green opposes transferring Upward Bound out of the OEO and defends his stance as a free citizen.
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Washington
Edith Green
D-Ore
Green
House
Richard Frost
Oregon
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Rep. Green
Frost
Upward Bound
Educational Associates
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Office of Education
Police Chief Denies Nonfeasance Charge in Newark Case
Essex County grand jury charged Newark Police Director Dominick A. Spina with four counts of willful nonfeasance for failing to crack down on gambling. Spina, 57, vows innocence and seeks an immediate trial. potential penalties include 12 years in prison and $4,000 in fines. He survived a shotgun attack at his home earlier in the week, sighting two gunmen described as Negroes possibly linked to black revolutionary groups.
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Newark
Dominick A. Spina
Essex County
Spina
Walter H. Conklin
Kennedy ends bid for Democratic vice presidency
Sen Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts withdraws from consideration for the Democratic vice presidential nomination citing family responsibilities after the assassination of his brother Robert. He says the decision is final and will focus on foreign and domestic policy.
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Boston
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Hyannis Port
Warden Answers Union Complaint Over Conference Pressure
Warden John Burke testified at a Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission hearing about a union complaint that guards were pressured to attend a correctional conference. The union said nonattendees were moved to less desirable posts. Burke said transfers were routine and decided before the conference.
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Waupu (Ap
John Burke
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission
Milwaukee
Burke
Mother and Baby Die in Duluth-Area Crash
A two car collision on Highway 61 south of Duluth killed Karen Pederson 25 and her 11 month old son Jay Stephen. Husband James Pederson survived. Clarence Roland 56 was injured. The crash occurred near Mahtown as the Pederson car passed another vehicle.
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Duluth
Pederson
Pedersson
Minnesota
Milwaukee appoints first Black to Fire and Police Commission
Mayor Henry Maier names Louis L. Miller Jr. 28 to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission. Miller, a contract compliance examiner for the Post Office and former president of the Milwaukee Negro American Labor Council, becomes the first person of his race on the panel.
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Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Louis L. Miller Jr
Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission
Miller
The
Post Office
Negro American Labor Council
Board Rejects Truax Site for Patrol Training Academy
Wisconsin legislators plan inspections at Camp McCoy to resolve the dispute over the location of the State Highway Patrol training academy. The Board of Government Operations rejected leasing at Truax Field near Madison and will review Camp McCoy facilities and Whitewater temporary housing before deciding on a permanent site.
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Madison
Camp McCoy
Highway Patrol
State Board of Government Operations
Truax Field
Army
Whitewater State University
Kyle Kenyon
University
Patrol
Kenyon
Sen
Raymond Johnson
Eau Claire
Truax
Whitewater
Fred Risser
Norman Anderson
Office of Economic Opportunity
McCoy Job Corps
Walter Hollander
R-Rosendale
Hollander
Dozen Injured by Vandalism In Chicago
In Chicago and Maywood, over a dozen people were injured as crowds vandalized a North Side food store and windows were smashed after tear gas dispersed demonstrators at Maywood Village Hall. Twenty five people were arrested in Maywood with three held on disorderly conduct charges.
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Chicago
Maywood
Parents Respect Both Sons Facing Vietnam War Dilemmas
Muskegon Michigan AP report on Lt Duncan Swenson 22 enlisting for officer candidate school and his brother Richard 21 refusing induction into the Army. Their parents Mrs Leland Swenson and Dr Swenson back both sons and praise each for duty and protest alike.
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Muskegon, Mich
Vietnam
Leland Swenson
Duncan Swenson
Richard
Swenson
Duncan
Judge Orders Heileman Brewery to Honor Old Contracts
A Wisconsin federal judge ordered G Heileman Brewing Co to maintain existing contract relationships with three Coulee Region beer distributors suing for 2 million dollars over alleged antitrust violations. The order bars changes to the June 18 1968 agreements and requires sales to continue per those terms.
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U.S
G. Heilerman Brewing Co
Coulee Region
la Crosse
Levi Chapiewsky
Bangor
Leonard F. Kilian
Black River Falls
Milner Homstad
Viroqua
Heileman
Heilleman
Chapiewsky
James Doyle
Doyle
Fluoridation petitions certified for La Crosse council action
La Crosse City Clerk Shirley Tomalka certified petitions from the La Crosse Jaycees asking the Common Council to fluoridate city water or schedule a referendum. The group produced 3,303 signatures, surpassing the 2,391 required to trigger action. The petitions go to the Council Judiciary Committee to expedite. full Council consideration is set for August with a referendum possible as early as November.
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Common Council
la Crosse
Shirley Tomalka
la Crosse Jaycees
Tomalka
Council Judiciary Committee
All Night Vigil and Curfew in Cleveland After Riots
National Guardsmen and police patrolled troubled Cleveland districts after a curfew with 30 arrests. Mayor Stokes held an all night vigil at City Hall and weighed a second curfew as fires looted stores and a clean out west of the East Side. Insurance losses reached 1.5 million as shop owners blamed or praised patrols amid suspicions of outside looters and staged protections.
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F. Richard Ciccone
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
City Hall
Glenville
Stokes
East Side
Joseph C. Boggins
Insurance Board of Cleveland
Benjamin Weiss
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John Herlitzka
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Mary Miller
Tribune Photo
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
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