Tension rises in Negro South End amid harassment after cafe slaying
Neighborhood residents on 14th and 14th Avenue report gunfire and taunts by whites following the June 2 slaying of Wayne Randall Chester at Some Place Cafe on S Main Street. They urge police action, form vigilance groups, and defend homes with weapons while criticizing slow responses and limited patrols. Local officials promise equal priority for all calls and offer meetings with residents.
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Ith Avenue
14Th Avenue
Wayne Randall Chester
Vannest Ave
Some Place Cafe
S. Main Street
South
South End
James Miller
14Th
Miller
Dan Kothe
Division of Police
Kothe
Democrats See Nixon In Trouble Over Prices And Taxes
Democratic strategists say rising prices and taxes threaten Nixon and the Republican party. Poll expert Peter Hart notes inflation weighs on voters in six states, prompting emphasis on economic issues in Senate and House campaigns. Democrats cite GOP governors’ tax problems to boost their own congressional prospects.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Peter Hart
Democratic National Committee
Senate
House
Alaska
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vermont
New York
GOP
Johnson
Canned Milk Used To Treat 14 Cows
In Savannah fourteen cows are treated for a vitamin deficiency with injections of canned milk. Farm agent Hinton Harris says the condition was caused by scarce hybrid millet grazing grass due to drought then heavy rain.
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Savannah
Hinton Harris
Chatham County
Sidney Woman Held In Baby's Death
A 21 year old Sidney woman Phyllis Siler has been charged with second degree murder in the death of her newborn daughter whose body was found near the Shelby County landfill last May. Siler was captured in Adrian Michigan and is jailed in Shelby County.
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Sidney, Ohio
Sidney
Phyllis Siler
Shelby County
Siler
Adrian
Mich
Undersea Expedition Sheds Light on Gulf Stream Life
Scientists aboard the submersible Ben Franklin completed a 31-day Atlantic voyage drifting 1,444 miles along the Gulf Stream. They reported fewer fish than expected, attributing it to higher sea temperatures, with sightings of tuna, sharks, and swordfish. The crew, led by Jacques Piccard, returned to Portland and prepared for a Washington news conference.
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Portland, Maine
Roswell F. Busby
U.S. Navy
Busby
Gulf Stream
Jacques Piccard
Fortland
Coast Guard
Cook Inlet
Bethpage
Piccard
Grumman Aerospace Corp
Washington
Tomic Nominated By Chilean Party For President Bid
The ruling Christian Democrat party named Radomiro Tomic, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, as its candidate for the September 1970 presidential election. Tomic would push for greater state control of foreign copper firms than President Eduardo Frei, who cannot run again.
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Santiago
Chile
Christian Democratic Party
Radomiro Tomic
United States
Tomic
Eduardo Frei
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Guardino
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