Quiet in LA Curfew Expanded Amid Riots and Rioters
The Los Angeles curfew faced expansion as looting and fires persisted. National Guardsmen joined police in Operation Clean Sweep to clear a 200 block zone in the southeast, centering on the Coliseum and USC while Gov Brown returned from Europe. 1,120 arrests were reported, including a deputy sheriff and a firefighter killed.
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Anderson
Coliseum
University of Southern California
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Turmoil Spurs National Guard Sweep
Rioters and looting hit downtown Los Angeles as fires caused up to 100 million in damage. Major Samuel W. Yorty and Maj. Marcell ordered curfews and a large Guard deployment expanding to 18 000 troops to back police in a tense manhunt along Central Avenue. No buildings entered, but arrests made and looters snatched goods amid fires and police with machine guns.
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Samuel W. Yorty
Central Avenue
Maj
Marcell
Los Angeles Rams
Dallas Cowboys
Ringling Bros. Circus
Los Angeles
Tension Builds Up in Springfield Protest
More than 250 singing and chanting Black demonstrators gathered in a park in Springfield Massachusetts, prompting concerns of rising tensions as authorities monitored the scene and sought to maintain order.
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Springfield. Mass
UPI
TallyHo’s For Sale Amid Gaming Standstill and Civil Rights Tensions
TallyHo’s hotel I owned by Equitable and Fidelity faces loss of gaming rights after two groups failed to win state approval. The property also has a history of non gaming operations and a $3.4 million lawsuit over a $9 million sale. Civil rights demonstrations outside City Hall drew arrests as riot police protected Court Square Park during a tense evening.
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State Gaming Commission
Cook
City Hall
Court Square Park
Reno Rain Record Sparks Light Flood Warnings
Reno endured 85 inches of rain in five hours, setting a short period August record for the northern state. No roads were fully blocked though drains clogged and a Mudslide on I Merstate Highway 80 east of Reno forced eastbound detours. Interstate 80 westbound remained clear as crews rerouted traffic.
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Reno
Sierras
Early Parole Bill Lets 32 Go Free
Carson City input notes the State Parole Board completed its quarterly meeting and set release dates for 12 inmates. The action grants freedom to 32 prisoners from 102 cases under the early parole bill, with Chief George Reed citing protection benefits from extending terms for dangerous prisoners while releasing hopefuls earlier.
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Law Society
Anderson named executive secretary of Nevada Human Relations Commission
Gov. Grant Sawyer appoints James Anderson a 50 year old Las Vegas ad public relations man to the newly created post in the Nevada Human Relations Commission. Anderson has held roles with Operation Independence the National Youth Corpsmen and the NAACP in Las Vegas as well as labor groups in Los Angeles and California. He served as a WWII Air Force identification specialist and has long been active in labor and race relations.
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Grant Sawyer
Las Vegas
James Anderson
Nevada Human Relations Commission
Anderson
Taladega
Ala
Muskogee
Okla
Los Angeles
Calfornia State Federation of Labor
AF of L
Los Angeles Central Labor Council
Southern Area Council
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
San Luis Obispo
San Diego
Las
Labor leaders tee up Sunday work dispute as meetings loom
The Teamsters challenge premium time on rest days amid a looming Tuesday morning bargaining session. Carpenters Local 1780 plans a Monday 7 p.m. contract vote at Carpenters Hall amid a five year proposal from Federated Employers Inc. offering 29 cent raises for three years with a three year re opener. Carpenters want a three year pact and cite late hour concessions by contractors mostly in administrative terms rather than wages.
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Teamsters
Carpenters Local 1780
Carpenters Hall
Federated Employers, Inc
Jane Fonda Marries Vadim in Las Vegas Ceremony
Actress Jane Fonda age 27 wed French director Roger Vadim age 36 in a brief Las Vegas ceremony on the Dunes Hotel 20th floor. Justice of the Peace James Brennan officiated with Christian Marquand as best man and Ardilouze as matron of honor.
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Roger Vadim
Dunes Hotel
Miss Fonda
Las Vegas
Henry
New York
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