19 Aug 1967
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1967
Page
1
Cincinnati report quotes John H. Sengstack on how violence feeds itself and splits the black movement. He notes leaders arise weekly, confusing progress, while sorority delegates urge grassroots programs to channel anger and curb riots in 300 cities.
Baton Rouge clashes loom as Mayor McKeithen orders National Guardsmen with live ammo to deter riots sparked by a Bogalusa civil rights march. Massive show of force guards the 90 marchers while Klan rallies vow counterprotests and a tense Sunday test.
Federal agents seize militant Black Power advocate H Rap Brown as he leaves a Manhattan apartment and charge him with carrying a 30 caliber automatic carbine on flights between New York and New Orleans while under indictment. The arrest follows a claim of a huge bail request and imminent arraignment.
Weal Lee Weather reports cloudy and cooler conditions with showers tonight in the Miami Valley. Brown, 23, faces federal firearms charges for transporting an automatic rifle from New York to New Orleans and back to Baton Rouge, with potential grand jury hearings and multiple counts anticipated in New Orleans. Brown is a Baton Rouge resident and former Southern University student who was slated to speak at a civil rights march ending Sunday.
Washington critics say they will not move to rescind the Gulf of Tonkin resolution of 1964 cited by President Johnson as backing his Vietnam actions. Johnson claimed authority to conduct the war. supporters doubted feasibility and impact of any rescission.
Stearns County Sheriff investigates the deaths of Loretta Hoskins and her four children Julie Carla Linda and David found in the scorched farm house rubble. Husband David Hoskins survived with two bullet wounds and reported being assaulted by four to five youths who forced him outside and tied his arms to a clothesline.
In Pittsburgh a man named John Tumpson claims a $20,000 card prize scam linked to Esso gas stations. He says cards offering tiger heads or tails were stopped by Humble Oil, with no payout to him though many supporters and 13 year old helper aided a plan.
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