Abernathy in Charleston Riot Charge Sparks Tense City
Civil rights leaders including Abernathy and Hosea Williams remained jailed on riot inciting and related charges after an unauthorized march to back striking hospital workers. Magistrate Barkowitz set bond at 50 000, while authorities planned patrols and a curfew to curb further violence. Abernathy vowed to fast in jail and pursue militant nonviolent protest.
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Donald Barkowitz
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Abernathy
Hosea Williams
F. Henderson Moore
Charleston
SCLC
McNair
National
State Medical College Hospital
Charleston County Hospital
John Conroy
Martin Luther King
Clark County School Board Names Kenny Guinn New Superintendent
Clark County Napa? Note: The summary preserves named individuals and key events: Kenny Guinn named new superintendent succeeding Mason. Mason left May 15 amid controversy over a textbook contract and a potential conflict of interest involving a $651 payment from EMR and a $1 million text purchase. Mason later took a post in Oakland before protests and resignation. Guinn, 4 years with district, came from Stanford background, previously assistant to associate superintendent in charge of facilities.
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Clark County School Board
Kenny Guinn
Mason
Wilkinson
Guinn
Las Vegas
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Oakland
Clark County
la Jolla
EMR
Payne Remains in Vegas Jail in Wyoming Murder Case
Emmalyn Payne 53 and Dr Martin Payne 53 disappeared June 11 from their Wilson Wyoming home. Their son joined them in March. Blood stains and a bloody axe and shovel were found in the couple's vehicle seven miles south of Jackson. Sheriff Cheney says bodies likely dumped in Snake River near Jackson. Bloodstains spotted on a bridge over the river.
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Toge
Emmalyn Payne
Martin Payne
Sunrise Hospital
Wilson
Wyo
Las Vegas
Wyoming
Jackson
Lawrence Cheney
Teton County
Snake River
Berserk Ex-Teacher Clashes With Lawmen
Police captured an armed former teacher after a siege in Abingdon where a two block stretch was barricaded and residents evacuated. Authorities recovered high powered rifles hundreds of handguns mortars an anti tank bazooka a live grenade and massive ammunition caches.
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Abingdon
Suspect Admits Two Michigan Coed Murders
In Nashville a 26 year old inmate Ernest Paul Sims, a former Eastern Michigan University student, confessed to two of the Michigan coed murders during questioning. Michigan officials confirmed details of the admission and said Sims mentioned a mysterious partner named Don who claimed to have killed several others.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Nashville
Nashville Tennessean
Ernest Paul Sims
Eastern Michigan University
Sims
Michigan
Don
Nixon aides unclear on Outback withdrawal plan
Key Nixon aides suggested he may be leaning toward a unilateral pullout from Vietnam without concessions by Hanoi. Observers warn such signals could jeopardize progress at the Paris peace talks, as pressure grows for a faster withdrawal and a fixed deadline. The plan envisions mutual withdrawal with an option to disengage if Hanoi resists, plus a rapid U.S. pullout alongside South Vietnamese replacement.
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Hanoi
Paris
Nixon
Vietnam
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
U.S
Saigon
Smith Wins Rhodesia Referendum and Hints Republic Move
Rhodesia’s Premier Ian Smith declared a landslide referendum victory for his white government and suggested a November proclamation of a republic with a constitution excluding majority African rule. White Rhodesians celebrated in pubs as sanctions threats from Britain and the United Nations seemed unlikely to change the course, while Smith dismissed sanctions as ineffective. The conference also touched on emigration and military service, with Conner noting deserters and volunteers during the Vietnam era.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPI
SDS convention erupts in bitter faction struggle
In Chicago the SDS delegates clash between Revolutionary Youth Movement led by Michael Klonsky and Progressive Labor Party led by Jared Israel. The convention aims to elect leaders and issue doctrinal resolutions while factions brand each other as fake Maoists amid security tightness and police surveillance.
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Chicago
UPI
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Revolutionary Youth Movement
RYM
Labor Party
PLP
National Committee
Michael Klonsky
Jared Israel
Harvard
Mao Tse- Tung
Klonsky
Black Panther Organization
Port Huron
Mich
Israel
County Paves Way for 807500 Emergency Hospital Loan
Clark County votes to back an emergency loan to buy land and a medical clinic for SNMH parking and office space. The hospital must demonstrate repayment plans, with options including higher patient charges or revenue from two new eight-bed wards to cover the five year loan term.
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Clark County
Southern Nevada Memorial Hospital
SNMH
Ralph Adams
Jim Ryan
Hospital Board of Trustees
Bill Cobb
Alturas St
Adrien VerBrugghen
Robert H. Clark
Medical Center
Jim Brennan
Brennan
Desertion Rise Blamed on Kooks Says Army Brass
Army personnel chief cites undisciplined recruits as the cause of a desertion rate increase from 1966 to 1969, while Lt Gen. A. O. Connor notes morale in Vietnam remains high. Testimony before a House appropriations subcommittee addresses early training desertions and corrective measures.
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Washington
UPI
A. O. Connor
Vietnam
William E. Minshall
Ohio
Connor
Minshall
Army
Heavy U S Forces Clash Across DMZ Battlefield
U S artillery and air strikes pounded regions inside and below the DMZ near Gio Linh Con Thien and Khe Sanh as B52 bomber waves hit two Communist camps. Marine batteries shelled targets after renewed ground fighting along South Vietnam's northern frontier with at least three Communists killed.
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Saigon
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Gio Linh
Con Thien
Police Nab 7 Vegans on Narco Charges
Clark County sheriff's narcotics officers arrested seven persons, including two 16 year olds, in two raids ending a week of investigations. Four suspects at Via Del Palma Drive were booked on marijuana possession after officers seized five lids of cannabis. Three others at Thurman Circle faced dangerous drugs charges after agents recovered 256 Seconal pills.
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Clark County
del Palma Dr
Roberta Rank
Pamela Pennel
John Debate
Thurman Circle
Roy Roberts
Dennis Frost
Nolan Lane
Navy drug problem grows among Marines in Vietnam
Navy release shows administrative discharges for drug abuse jumped from 611 in 1967 to 2372 in 1968, driven by marijuana use among Marines in Vietnam. Army figures report 2959 suspected marijuana users. 16 general court martial convictions in Vietnam, with additional narcotics concerns. Davis says improvements underway will yield dividends next year.
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Washington
UPI
Navy
Vietnam
House
G. M. Davis
Davis
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Connor
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Outback
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Rhodesia
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Trippe S. Corporation
George J. Madsen
Jack
Marilyn Staggs
Staggs
Pentagon
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