Looking At America Series Shows Expectation Versus Reality
AP correspondent Peter Arnett and photographer Horst Haas tour the United States to test foreign images of America. They find Chicago police capable but not oppressive, West Oakland and Watts less dire than expected, and Los Angeles a vibrant metropolis. They meet hikers, dropouts, and businessmen, noting diverse attitudes toward race and crime and the contrast between myth and everyday life.
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Horst Haas
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Watts
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Europe
Asia
Open Doors Brought by House Amid Stifling Heat
Jefferson City AP. The Missouri House resumed session Monday with no air conditioning. Speaker James E. Godfrey of St. Louis urged door keepers to open doors to improve airflow. He noted the chamber had grown uncomfortable and joked about the air being gamey.
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Abernathy to Speak at King Jr Lecture in May
In Warrensburg Missouri AP reports Reverend Ralph Abernathy head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference will deliver Central Missouri State College's fourth Martin Luther King Jr lecture on May 5.
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Ralph Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Central Missouri State College
Martin Luther King Jr
Viet Vets Seek Out Congressmen
Several thousand battle-dressed Vietnam veterans shifted antiwar protests from streets to Congress offices in Washington. They sought meetings with House and Senate members to explain their shift against the war and pressed for aid for returning servicemen, jobs via the Labor Department, and NIH support. The scene at the Capitol showed a battle-zone air with uniformed vets and toy M 16 rifles, while reactions from legislators ranged from sympathetic to wary.
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Veterans protest at Capitol ends spring campaign
Care for drug plagued Vietnam veterans bivouac on the Mall before the Capitol. A federal appeals court lifted part of an injunction allowing sleeping there Sunday night. They held a memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and then marched to the Capitol with veterans in wheelchairs, on crutches, or using white canes. They plan another march Friday and will return their war medals to the government. A memorial service is set for Washington National Cathedral Friday night as this phase ends and the protesting shifts to other groups.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Washington National Cathedral
8 Year Old Nabs Holdup Man In Kansas City
An armed holdup was stopped after an 8 year old boy informed police about a robbery at South Troost Package Store. He observed a gun and alerted an operator, then watched the arrest as Patrolman Riggs confronted the suspect. Two liquor bottles, $108, and a .22 pistol were recovered. Store owner Mark Schroeger praised the outcome.
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South Troost
Larry Riggs
Mark Schroeger
Man Made Rain Used On Fires In Florida
Fires scorching Florida grasslands prompt forestry officials to test a man made rain device. A CL215 amphibious plane from Canada will drop water on Everglades fires to smother smoldering mud blazes. If trials prove effective, it could become a permanent tool. Fire statistics show 450000 acres burned statewide and 6292 blazes to date, with incidents in Dade and Monroe counties.
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Fila
Florida
Nature
Canada
Everglades
Robert Miller
Florida Division of Forestry
Lake Okeechobee
Miller
Dade County
Everglade National Park
Homestead Air Force Base
Monroe County
Respiratory Illness Spike Amid Smoke in South Florida
Health officials in Dade County report rising respiratory disease cases as wildfires send dense smoke over the Gold Coast. Air pollution readings reached danger levels even for healthy people. Twelve of 26 patients at the Dade Monroe TB and Respiratory Disease Association cannot attend due to staying confined indoors.
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Gold Coast
Dade County
Dade-Monroe County
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Grain Warehouse Rent To Go Up For Surplus Grain
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will raise rent for storage of government owned surplus grain by about 1.46 cents per bushel, effective July 1, raising the rate from the current 12 to 13 cents. An additional 0.5 cent per bushel rise is approved for elevator handling charges.
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Blood tests ordered in Sinatra paternity case
In Las Vegas a Clark County District Court judge ordered blood tests for Frank Sinatra Jr after Carol Sue Edmondston, 28, claimed he is the natural father of her son Victor Randolph, born in Chicago last April 20. The tests, requested to determine paternity, were ordered for Monday and Edmondston seeks birth expenses and support until the child reaches legal age.
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Victor Randolph
Chicago
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