Miami Audience Told Detroit Riot Was Victim of Its Progress
Former Detroit police aide Hubert Locke told an Oxford Campus audience that Detroit’s July riot showed the city’s urban renewal and poverty programs failed to prevent a wide spread, multifaceted riot. He argued a federally trained police unit could have contained it quickly, and warned against arming militant groups amid a new wave of civic unrest.
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Detroit
Missioner
Lews Hall
Miami University
Locke
Hubert G. Locke
Wayne
University
John Office of
Birchers
House GOP to force showdown on reduced spending plan
GOP leaders in Congress press to tie 1968 spending cuts to a tax hike. Rep. Bow seeks emergency funding bill as Democrats control committee. Mahon vows opposition. President Johnson mulls spending limits and a 10 percent income tax surcharge to trim the deficit.
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House
Johnson
Congress
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
GOP
Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Bow
Byrnes
American Bankers Association
New York
Com
Treasury
Henry Hmittee
Fowler
Weing
Guerrilla Warfare Topic Of Talk By Dr Mostafa Rejai
Dr Mostafa Rejai associate professor of government at Miami University will lecture Thursday at 4 p.m. in Johnston Hall. The talk titled Guerrilla Warfare is the first in a series organized by Middletown Campus with the Cincinnati Council on World Affairs.
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Mostafa Rejai
Miami University
Johnston Hall
Middletown
Cincinnati Council On World Affairs
Pasadena City College
Los Angeles State College
University of California At Los Angeles
Institute For Government and Public Affairs
University
Rejai
Miami
Iran
Car Flees After Wreck In Butler County
Wanda J. Cook escaped injury when her northbound car was struck on West Alexandria Road just north of Rt. 122 by a vehicle that crossed the center line and fled the scene. Butler County deputies report the crash occurred about 9:30 p.m. yesterday.
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Wanda J. Cook
Elk Creek Road
Butler County
West Alexandria Road
Rt. 122
Dayton Roth High face calm pledge after white parent protest
Racial unrest at Roth High in Dayton prompts officials to promise improvements by Monday. About 400 white parents pressed for safety measures while alleging ongoing beatings and hateful incidents at the predominantly Black West Side school. Superintendent Robert French ordered firm action and additional supervisors in halls, cafeterias and restrooms as the district vows control.
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Ohio
Roth High
West Side
Robert French
Roth
Walter Martin
Grass Fires and False Alarm Report in Middletown
At 2 55 p m a grass fire on Manchester Road at Miami University Middletown campus caused by a cigarette or match caused no damage. At 4 15 p m another grass fire on the 4600 block of Rt 73 believed to be cigarette related caused no damage. At 6 05 p m a false alarm was reported at 2714 Elmo Place.
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Middletown
Miami University
Rt. 73
Elmo Place
Italy Roughly Similar in Size to Arizona
The article notes that Italy is about the same land area as the state of Arizona, illustrating the comparison with an emphasis on geographic scale and regional proportions.
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Italy
Arizona
Code Booklet Distribution Is Arranged in Middletown
The Middletown Area Parents League led by Ray Witte plans to distribute 1,167 copies for sixth graders and 42 for teachers of the code booklet Let’s All Agree. The project guides social and moral behavior for grades six to twelve and costs 35 cents to obtain by writing to the league.
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Charlotte
N. C
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