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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
2
Port police and Illinois National Guard units prepared for crowd trouble as the Democratic National Convention opened. AP Wirephoto accompanies the report detailing security measures and staged scenes outside the venue.
Nearly 1,000 demonstrators including Yippies and hippies clashed with police as they jammed four miles of Chicago streets during a day of protests against Vietnam war and other issues. The late night march down Clark Street halted traffic as protesters shouted Huey P. Newton and Ho Chi Minh slogans amid occasional clashes and few arrests.
Freshman orientation at Neville High School is scheduled for Wednesday at 9 a.m. in the school auditorium. Harry Pankey, the school counselor, says students will elect freshman cheerleaders meet new homeroom teachers and review fall class schedules during the morning session.
Chicago faced major travel disruption as transit workers and taxi drivers struck. The CTA bus walkout halved service on the South Side and reduced North Side service by 25 percent, with 18 arrests for assaults and bus damage. chartered buses and an auto pool were arranged for convention attendees.
About 80 to 100 new Ouachita Parish teachers were to attend a 1 30 p m orientation at the school board office with nine district officials speaking in the second floor conference room. The program aims to prepare them for the new school term beginning Thursday. A related 8 30 a m to 3 30 p m workshop for all teachers is set for Tuesday at West Monroe High School, with Professional Day activities there Wednesday morning. The first full day of school is Tuesday, Sept 3, after Labor Day.
Officials in Monroe report several detentions for crimes including issuing worthless checks, driving while intoxicated, and aggravated or simple battery. burglaries are under investigation at Honest John's Furniture Store and a second theft at Wedemeyer’s Gulf Station is noted. a window was broken and a gun taken.
MIT students drive a converted Chevrolet Corvair westward while Caltech students travel eastward in an intercollegiate electric car race. Both cars follow the same route with battery recharges at frequent stations and the winner based on elapsed time.
The Monroe Masonic Council No. 8 will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Monroe Masonic Temple. A P Knight publicity chairman said royal and select masters degrees will be conferred. Aba Nigeria reports say rebels abandoned the Biafran capital, signaling a possible end to the 14 month civil war.
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