Riots Linger In Nashville Negro Colleges Area
In Nashville a 30 block area near Fisk University and Meharry College saw two nights of clashes with at least 17 injured. Police raided houses linked to rioting and recovered Molotovs as shots and fires disrupted the night.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
Tennessee
Nashville Tennessean
Fisk University
Ernest Stephens
Tuskegee
Ala
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
George Ware
Atlanta
Stokely Carmichael
Vanderbilt University
Carmichael
Meharry College
Tennessee A&i
Powell Denied Appeal for Immediate Hearing on Powell Seat
The U S Court of Appeals refused Powell's request for an immediate hearing on a lower court ruling that the judiciary cannot order the House to seat Adam Clayton Powell. Powell's attorneys sought reversal of a district court decision upholding separation of powers.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Tosey
Judiciary
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
George L. Hart Jr
Private James H. Alford Assigned to Viet Nam Front
Private James H. Alford son of Mr and Mrs James W Alford of 1229 Hayes Street West Monroe has been assigned to the 820th Ordnance Company near Qui Nhon Vietnam He entered the Army in March 1966 trained at Ft Rucker Alabama before being sent to Vietnam Max Riley Southwestern Gas Company vice president and board member of the Monroe Chamber of Commerce is celebrating his birthday today Chit Chat notes age but keeps it secret.
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James W. Alford
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820Th Ordnance Company
Qui Nhon
Vietnam
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Ft. Rucker
Alabama
Max Riley
Southwestern Gas Company
The
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Pact Reached To End Strike At Networks
New York AP The tentative agreement ends the first ever radio and television strike affecting ABC CBS and NBC. Pickets remain outside NBC Rockefeller Center as union votes on acceptance loom after mediation and early morning settlement news.
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New York
American Federation of Radio and Television Artists
ABC
CBS
NBC
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Hollywood
ABC Tonight
AFTRA
Ralph C. Patterson
Four North Koreans slain in western frontier clashes
South Korean army reports two border gun battles on the western front in which four North Koreans were killed and no South Korean casualties. The incidents follow a cross frontier pattern, with Washington noting prior North Korean hits and defense plans intensified ahead of May 3 presidential elections.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S. 2Nd Infantry Division
Demilitarized Zone
Johnson lauds Humphrey Europe tour diplomat role
President Johnson welcomed Vice President Humphrey home from seven nations praising his role as Americas eyes and ears in Europe. Humphrey reported success despite protests over the Vietnam war and urged broader Asian participation in Western progress.
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Paris
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Netherlands
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Italy
West Germany
France
Belgium
Supreme Court Lets Stand Louisiana Retrial Order
The U S Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that Labat and Peret may face retrial or release after a 14 year battle over alleged racial bias in Orleans Parish juries. The state sought to overturn a finding of deliberate Negro exclusion and challenged the daily wage earner exemption as discriminatory.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Orleans Parish
Edgar Labat
Clifton A. Poret
Louisiana State Penitentiary
U. S. Supreme Court
District Court
Labat
Peret
U. S. Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Johnson hints at Latin aid spending outside U S borders
Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced after long bargaining that Alliance for Progress funds may be used outside the United States while keeping U S markets protected. The move signals a possible concession at the upcoming summit and leaves room for further negotiation on balance with capital exporting countries.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
United States
Johnson
U.S
Dean Rush
Alliance For Progress
Rush
Rusk
Patchy Clouds and Warm Temps in Monroe Area
The Monroe area shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change today and Tuesday. Widely scattered showers expected tomorrow. Highs reach 80 to 86, with lows around 58 to 60. Sunday record high 86 and early morning low around 58, south winds 8 to 16 mph.
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Monroe
Tusaeday
Johnson asks Congress to extend rail shop workers no strike period
President Johnson asks Congress to extend the 60 day cooling off period for railway shop workers by 20 days to avert a national railroad strike. Senate leader Mike Mansfield said leaders from both parties agree on the plan and discussed options including invoking the Taft Hartley Act for trucking. Mansfield noted Johnson may delay attending the Latin American summit, but supported honoring his commitment.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
White House
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Justice Department
Punte el Este
Uruguay
Pentagon Sets June Draft Call for 19 800 Men
The Pentagon announces a June draft for 19 800 Army inductees, the largest June call of the year. This builds on 18 000 in May and follows monthly drafts ranging from 10 900 to 15 000 earlier in the year, with six month total about 14 600. Secretary McNamara says 1967 draft levels will be smaller than 1966.
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Washington
Pentagon Today
Army
Robert S. McNamara
Angola Prisoners Prefer Vietnam
At Angola State Prison inmates voiced willingness to fight in Vietnam, corelating freedom with military service. The Angolite published the idea, Institutions Director Wingate White approved, and Senator Russell Long noted it could be considered if favorable.
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ST. Francisville
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Here
Vietnam
Econvict
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The
Angolite
Wingate White
Sen
Russell Long
Worth
Long
U.S
Richard Russell
Armed Services Subcommittee
Americans crush Viet Cong battalion near Saigon
UPI reports a major clash on the Saigon outskirts left at least 166 Viet Cong dead and 17 American wounded as troops trapped a Communist battalion against a river. Similar operations near Doi Ma River and in the Central Highlands produced heavy enemy losses.
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Gulf of Saim
Guam
Claymore Mine Injures Several in Mekong Delta Blast
In the Mekong Delta near Rach Kien a Claymore mine injured six people including two American correspondents David K. Snell of ABC and Robert Erlandson of the Baltimore Sun, photographer Nguyen Thanh Thai of UPI, a Vietnamese camelman, an American soldier, and two Vietnamese policemen. All were hospitalized except Erlandson.
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Saigon
Rach Kien
Mekong Delta
David K. Snell
American Broadcasting Co
Robert Erlandson
Baltimore Sun
Erlandson
Nguyen Thanh Thai
United Press International
Eriandson
Cowardly counterfeiter clings to first dollar ever made
A humorous note recalls a sly criminal who keeps the initial bill he produced, a memento of his counterfeit past. The tidbit highlights a quirky relic from a past misdeed and the enduring oddity of memory in crime lore.
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