Turnpike Stall-In Draws 97 Arrests In New Jersey
Ninety seven demonstrators were arraigned on disorderly conduct charges after a mass stall-in on the New Jersey Turnpike returning from a Washington peace rally. About 1,000 left their cars at the peak, a bonfire was built, beer was consumed, and cars were stopped for about five hours before police moved in near Bellmawr.
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Mount Laurel
N.J
New Jersey Turnpike
Washington
Mount Holly
Camden
Gordon Hecter
New Jersey
William Levine
Camden, N.J
Abi Eddy
New Britain
Bellmawr
Kennedy calls for universal federal health insurance plan
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy kicked off three days of Senate Finance Committee hearings urging a Health Security Act to cover all Americans under a federal policy. He criticized the health insurance industry for waste and high costs, arguing the plan would control costs with budgets and area wide planning while warning employers face higher premiums under competing proposals.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachuetts Democrat
Senate Finance Committee
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Hugh Scott
Kennedy
United States
General
U.S. Treasury
Congress Hears Militants Views in Peace Protests
The antiwar movement launches a two week campaign of nonviolent disruption with calls on congressmen and 24 hour senate sessions in a people’s lobby. Police remove 124 from a White House Quaker vigil as two groups clash over crowd size estimates, while NPAC and the People’s Coalition demand an end to the war by August 28 and a guaranteed income for families.
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White House
People’s Coalition For Peace and Justice
People’s Coalition
National Peace Action Coalition
NPAC
People's Coalition
Jerry Gordon
Capitol
Jerry V. Wilson
Bill Jepsen
Jepsen
Spiro T. Agnew
Washington
Agnew
Air Force C47 Crash Kills All Five Aboard in Cheyenne
A C47 transport crashed at Cheyenne Municipal Airport hours after delivering 15 Air Force Academy cadets to Colorado Springs. Five men aboard died. four in the crash site and one in an ambulance. The plane, returning to Warren AFB, exploded into flames near homes as cadets toured Minuteman Missile sites. A board of inquiry will investigate the cause.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Air Force
Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs
Colo
Jack Brounink
Brounink
Grand Forks
N.D
Air Academy
Warren Air Force Base
Warren
Academy
North Dakota
Quiet Weather Holds Across Tomorrow With Mild Temperatures
Little change in the weather is expected through tomorrow. Lows should be in the lower 40s tonight, with highs in the mid-60s tomorrow. Yesterday's high was 69 and this morning's low 40.
Enemies Step Up Attacks In Mekong Delta
In South Vietnam the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces intensified weekend assaults. An ammunition dump near the coast was destroyed for the third time since January, with heavy civilian and military casualties reported as fighting spread from Cam Ranh to Da Nang and near Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Mekong
Cam Ranh
da Nang
U.S. Command
Qui Nhon Ammuni
Viet Cong Calls for Nonattack of Rebel U.S. Soldiers
Viet Cong announced a new attempt to win over antiwar U.S. troops in Vietnam. The radio said forces should not harm Americans who oppose the war and seek to return home, promising rewards for supporters of the National Liberation Front and the Provisional Revolutionary Government. The broadcast urged aid and shelter for dissenting U.S. troops facing orders, discipline, or hardship.
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Hong Kong
Viet Cong
U.S
Vietnam
United States Command
Liberation Armed Forces
Saigon
Thieu-by-Khiem
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Barber shop beauty service craze hits Charlotte
Reporter attempts a full barber shop beauty treatment in Charlotte, gets mudpack and hair styling. Barber Claud Farr explains mudpack uses odorless cream to draw dirt, then cocoa butter, hot air to dry. Complete styling costs 7.50, mudpack 3, manicure 2. editor notes no visible improvement.
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John Belk
Charlotte
Claud Farr
FBI
Farr
Furr
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