Protests Amid Troop Guarded Washington D C
Antiwar demonstrators clash with police around Washington while about 2000 Marines and Army troops guard the four Potomac River bridges. By 7:30 a.m. more than 50 protesters arrested as traffic largely flows. Authorities constrain force to minimum and monitor the scene.
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Key Bridge
George Washington Parkway
Kent State vigil marks anniversary with planned protests
Kent State memorial events run through Monday with 10 p.m. lantern vigil at the four killing sites as on campus demonstrations and a Washington march unfold. Dick Gregory and Scranton Commission member James Ahern scheduled to speak. Julian Bond urged action through protest. Police brace for possible sitins near ROTC buildings.
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Kent State University
Dick Gregory
Scranton Commission
Washington, D.C
Georgia State
Julian Bond
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Gregory
James Ahern
New Haven
May Day Coalition
Freight Train Kills 9 In Boy's New Car Near Covington
Ten youths rode in Danny Henderson's new car when a Georgia Railroad freight train struck the vehicle at a country crossing near Covington. Nine died at the scene or later. Sharon Belcher survived in critical condition. Victims ranged from 12 to 16. Henderson, 16, was the driver. The group lived within blocks of each other in Covington, about 35 miles east of Atlanta. The car, less than three weeks old, was wrecked as the train, about 45 mph, hit broadside.
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Covington, Ga
Danny Henderson
Jimmy Norwood
Almethin
Peggy Ann Fuller
Susie Ann
Sharon Belcher
Atlanta
Georgia
Newton County
Henry Odum
Sam Cowan
Henderson
Uicie Gilstrap
Dira Williams
Harold Tuggle
Sheilia Height
State Patrol
Covington
Kentucky Caves May Be Largest In United States
Ray Love reports discovery of a cave system near Mountain State Park in Whitesburg that could be the nation’s largest, potentially spanning 60 miles with 400 foot ceilings and a 20 foot deep underground river. A 325 foot vertical shaft ranks as the second deepest in America. officials plan tourist access via Highway 119 and road development near the cave entrance.
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Whitesburg, Ky
Ray Love
United States
Mountain State Park
Love
America
New Mexico
Letcher County
State Parks Department
Bob Collins
Whitesburg
Breaks
U.S. Forest Service
Clear and cold night with frost likely
Forecast calls for a frost risk tonight as temperatures dip into the upper 20s. Tomorrow will warm to the mid 60s with reach of a sunnyday. Yesterday’s high reached 57 and the low this morning was 38.
Kent Council Candidates Offer Voters Wide Choice
In Kent Ohio Kent State mourns four student deaths from last year as memorials are held. Primary voters select council candidates including Lowell Davis Roy Thompson and Ron Weissenberger a former student accused of inciting to riot. Weissenberger campaigns on traffic and sewer issues hoping to become mayor.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
Lowell Davis
Roy D. Thompson
Ron Weissenberger
Weissenberger
Harpo Marx
Davis
Thompson
Francis Kerwin
Wissenberger
Money Lasts A Long Time If You Just Fold It
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee heard from James A. Conlon director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing that the American dollar bill endures more wear than foreign notes. US currency withstands about 8,000 folds before wear versus 2,000 for European money, with an estimated life of 18 months. larger denominations last longer due to less frequent use.
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Conlon
Old Letter Shows Things Not Changed
A 1865 letter in Charleston archives urges recall of West Virginia Union troops from near Richmond. R. S. Northcott of Clarksburg asks Gov Boreman and Gen Pierpoint to press for veterans’ return, arguing nine months of campaigns left them exhausted and that Ohio troops could replace them locally.
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Vietnam
West
West Virginia
Ohio
Richmond
Chuckle Sign in Elevator Warns With Quirky Text
A self service elevator displays a humorous emergency note advising not to panic and to press the alarm button, though a misspelling slips in as batter. The sign blends practical safety guidance with a lighthearted misprint drawn from an unintended typo.
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