GOP Rioting Probe Call Triggers National Campaign Response
The Republican statement urged White House action and an emergency congressional inquiry into riot planning and ending civil disorder. National Chairman Ray C. Bliss announced unanimous approval by a coordinating committee, while Michigan Governor George Romney said he was not consulted. White House aides noted riot control is a state and local duty with federal help only on request.
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White House
Ray C. Bliss
Coordinating Committee
Michigan
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George Christian
Detroit
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Tinois
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Gerald R. Ford
District of Columbia
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William C. Cramer
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Thomas E. Dewey
Colorado
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Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
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New York Times
Republican Committee
Riots Kill Three as Disorder Spreads Across Cities
The Avalanche-Journal reports at least three dead as racial rioting erupts in cities including New York Newark and Minneapolis. In New York two youths die amid police gunfire and firebombs while streets gridlocked by rioters.
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East Harlem
New York
New Britain
American Broadcasting Co
95Th
Franklinton
Lincoln’ Lynch
Congress of Racial Equality
Conn
Arthur Naftalin
Minneapolis
National
Cairo
Burkart Manufacturing Co
A. L. Williams
Burkart
Tucson
Detroit Riots Escalate as National Guard Arrives
Federal troops move into Detroit after a night of gunfire and fires in the West Side. 4,000 Guardsmen join 800 police as curfew tightens, with 2,000 arrests and 1,000 injuries reported amid widespread looting and destruction.
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Michigan National Guard
Johnson
Guard
Detroit
12Th Street
Selfridge Air Force Base
Pontiac
Oakland County
William Hanger
Vance
National
Detroit Tiger
Forbes Field
Baltimore
Cavanagh
Romney
Windsor
Ont
United States
De Gaulle Addresses Montreal Crowd on Quebec Liberty
De Gaulle spoke to about 10,000 outside Montreal City Hall after a 160‑mile motorcade from Quebec villages. He urged French Canadians to seize their destiny and used the separatist slogan Vive le Quebec libre, signaling support for Quebec sovereignty while denouncing Ottawa.
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Montreal
Quebec
Canada
France
City Hall
Ram
St. Lawrence
Ottawa
Clovis Woman Anna Ewing Dies in Street Crash
Anna Mae Ewing 51 wife of Wally Ewing of Clovis Automative business operator died at Clovis Memorial Hospital from head and internal injuries after her car collided with a pickup and struck Miller Apartments on north Prince Street Robert Clea McCormack 51 of Clovis was turning left and not injured Funeral arrangements were pending at Steed Hodge Funeral Home
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Clovis
Clovis Street
Anna Mae Ewing
Wally Ewing
Zoning Study Recommends 50th Street Sign Limits
Planning Commission revisits 50th Street zoning with aims to curb heavy traffic and improve aesthetics. Proposes C-2A and C-41 districts, R-3 apartments south of 50th Street, and R-2 church sites, plus a public hearing after a joint session with the City Council. Authorities will study traffic discouragement and possible row houses as land use.
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Maeker
50Th Street
Tom Scarborough
Planning Commission
Avenue A
Indiana Avenue
Detroit
Elgin Avenues
Avenue
Slide Road
Chicago Avenue
Peoria
Salem Avenues
City Traffic Department
Macker
Lubbock
Looters Spark Massive City Fire After Rampage
Arsonists follow pillagers as stores are stripped of merchandise and a gas station blaze roars out of control with no firefighters available. Police scarce while crowds, looting, and smoke blanket several blocks around Bi Lo supermarket and Raimi Brothers Furniture.
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John Conyers Jr
Detroit
Bilo
Bi-Lo
Births listed for numerous families in Lubbock area
A series of birth notices from area hospitals records the births of children to multiple families. Details include birth weights, times, dates, hospital names such as Lauf Clinic and Lubbock Osteopathic Hospital, and occupations of fathers ranging from farm laborer to service station attendant.
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Oscar Guzman
Lubbock
Lauf Clinic
Jacinto Rios. Wilson
Laut
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