Newark quiet after riot as guards quell unrest
Newark's most violent days subside with National Guardsmen on patrol along Springfield Avenue. Three more riot deaths raise the total to 24 as gunfire and looting shift to nearby Plainfield, Jersey City, and East Orange. Authorities discuss police brutality reviews, welfare relief, and food delivery while plans for a medical school near City Hospital move forward.
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Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Plainfield
Jersey City
East Orange
Springfield Avenue
Richard J. Hughes
Giveaways Illegal Says Saxbe
Ohio Attorney General William B. Saxbe ruled that promotional giveaway contests in commercial establishments are illegal. The opinion, delivered at a news conference, states that tokens earned by purchase or by passing through a checkout line to obtain a participation token constitute a lottery. It also labels any on site token scheme as a scheme of chance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Franklin County
C. Howard Johnson
Chuckle A bores is a guy who is here today
The item notes a lighthearted description of a man present today and expected again tomorrow in a casual, fragmentary line. It reads like a joking remark suitable for a small community column.
Newark Riot Blame Rests on Unmet Promises and Police Brutality
Newark leaders blame the riot on unkept promises for housing, schools, and jobs plus policing injustices. They contrast it with past uprisings in Watts and note widespread protest across other cities, while Gov Hughes cites a small criminal element driving the violence.
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Newark
N.J
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston
Cincinnati
Ohio
Tampa
Fla
Buffalo
N.Y
Lofton
U.S
John W. Smith
Richard J. Hughes
America
Guns On The Suez Canal Silent For Second Day
The Suez cease-fire held with both sides silent for a second day as U N observers prepared to monitor the line. Egyptian and Israeli forces placed observers and headquarters along the 104 mile waterway while talks in Cairo and Tel Aviv delayed the start of U N patrols.
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Associated Press
U.N
Suez Canal
United Nations
Cairo
al Ahram
Tel Aviv
Oddbull
U.N. Palestine Truce Organization
Dennis Neeld
el Qantara
Bull
Egypt
Ismailia
Ronald Skinner
Haaretz
Israel
Five Day Weather Outlook With Scattered Thunder Showers
Partly cloudy conditions with slight temperature change and scattered thunder showers likely today. Low temperatures 56 to 62 with Tuesday cooler after showers end. Sunday high reached 78 and midnight low 60. Forecast averages just below normal with highs near 80 north to mid 80s south and lows near 60. Scattered afternoon thundershowers average 0.25 to 0.5 inches from north to south.
Rail Strike Shuts Major Rail Lines Across Nation
The nationwide rail strike halts commuter traffic and blocks arms flow to Vietnam, with 400,000 daily riders affected and 30 railroads entirely shut. White House pressure and near-term legislation seek to end the walkout by tonight.
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White House
New England
Scarsdale
New York
Winnetka
Chicago
Robert
McNamara
Vietnam
Secretary of Transportation
Alan S. Boyd
Lawrence O’brien
O’brien
Convicts' Florida jail fire claims 37 lives at road camp
A locked barracks fire at a Florida state prison road camp killed 37 prisoners and injured several as a brawl sparked a gas leak and a fluorescent lamp blaze. The fire destroyed the aging WWII era barracks eight minutes after detection near Jay, eight miles east.
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Jay Fla
Road
Century
Pensacola
G. C. Mayne Jr
Mayne
Jay
Florida
Panhandle
Alabama State Line
Surveyor 4 May Have Crashed On Moon
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 4 halted contact 7 p.m. before a planned lunar landing near Sinus Medii. Officials consider a possible crash or other failure, with rescue contact resuming later at Goldstone tracking station.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Moon
Howard Haglund
Surveyor 4
Goldstone
Barstow
Haglund
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sinus Medii
Central Bay
Surveyor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
United Community Corp
James Hooper
Hooper
City Hospital
Serge
Hugh J. Addonizio
American Hospital Association
Saxbe
Oliver Lofton
Newark Legal Services Project
Los Angeles
Watts
Withdra
Newark Wath
Blaioy
Newark City Hall
Teena
Heloise
THE
W. J. Staudenmaier
Philadelphia
Lewis W. Menk
Northern Pacific
Department of Transportation
Whiting Field
Harvell Enfinger
Enfinger
Lunar
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