Riot Firefight Ends In Jackson State College Violence
National Guardsmen state troopers and city police cleared Lynch Street after a Negro riot at Jackson State College. Gunfire wounded Benjamin Brown who later died, and Cleothus Jackson was injured. Curfew imposed, 12 arrested as demonstrations continued.
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Jackson, Miss
Lynch Street
Jackson State College
Kilicu
Jackson
Benjamin Brown
Cleothus Jackson
Jackson State
Greenville
Miss
Brown
National Guard
University Hospital
all-Negro College
Dewey Weems
Allen Thompson
Paul B. Johnson
Thompson
Holiday on Ice comes to Civic Center in September
The lobby at City Hall displays a poster announcing the Holiday on Ice show opening September 13 at the new Civic Center arena. It runs through September 17. Chief Deputy Frank Kirby of Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Department celebrates another birthday on Monday May 15 with a planned courthouse celebration.
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Civic Center
Bill Lillyman
Ouachita Parish
Solon Expects Active Duty For Reserves
Washington Senator Henry M. Jackson says National Guardsmen and Reservists will be ordered to active duty to meet Vietnam manpower needs. He warns the decision cannot be postponed and notes the War's expansion may push troop levels toward 500,000. Other senators concur on forthcoming mobilizations.
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Washington (Ap
Henry M. Jackson
Vietnam
Washington Democrat
Park project gains volunteer effort in St Louis ward
Patrolman Joe Thomas and Lt Guy Caraway led a community effort to create a playground on a vacant lot across from the Lucas Avenue police station. Washington University students drafted a plan for a shaded recreation center with a 25 foot pool, swings, a tree house and brick surround. A May cleanup drew about 75 youths and nine officers, plus a 75 year old woman aiding the effort, while a suburban donor offered funds but brick costs remain the main hurdle.
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ST. Louis
Joe Thomas
Thomas
Lucas Avenue
Guy Caraway
Washington University
George Dickey
Rioting Reds Wreck Shops In Hong Kong
In Kowloon outskirts Communist led rioters attacked police, wrecked shops, set two police vans ablaze, and stormed a resettlement housing area. Police used tear gas and batons as mobs crowded streets. 20 officers and 60 to 70 rioters were injured, with no deaths reported.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Macao
Norman Tons
Tons
Mao Tse-tung
Ky Announces His Candidacy For President
DALAT Vietnam AP Premier Nguyen Cao Ky announced his candidacy for president of South Vietnam in forthcoming elections. He said a long talk with Gen Nguyen Van Thieu last week led him to run and that he informed his Cabinet Thursday. Ky said he would drop out if Thieu runs and cautioned that both men could split the military and weaken the war effort. The September vote will be followed by a national legislature election as Vietnam aims for a democratic form by year end. Ky has led via military coup for about two years, the most durable of several leaders, most of whom were ousted quickly.
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Jackson
Senate
Johnson
Vietnam
Senate Armed Services Committee
John Sherman Cooper
Mekong
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnams
Dalat
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Continued Warm Showers Today Across Northeast Louisiana
The weatherman predicts partly cloudy skies with widely scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tonight in Northeast Louisiana. Daytime highs should reach 85 to 92 while tonight’s low settles around 65 to 70. Thursday’s Monroe record stood at 92 with 74 as Selman Field’s early low. Winds mainly south at 10 to 20 mph shifting to north 8 to 18 mph tonight and Saturday.
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Louisiana
Monroe
Selman Field
Six Americans Die As Reds Hit Airfields
Communist rockets and mortars struck airbases near Saigon killing six Americans and wounding about 100. Bien Hoa and Phuoc Vinh suffered damage to multiple aircraft while Gio Linh and Con Thien endured heavy shelling. Helicopter evacuations and light ground fighting accompanied ongoing raids as 138 missions were flown against North Vietnamese targets.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Gio Linh
Con Thien
Peter Arnett
da Nang
Dong Ha
Bien Hoa
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Phuoc Vinh
North Vietnam
Poet Laureate John Masefield Dies at 88
London AP reports John Masefield, Britain’s poet laureate famed for sea poems, died today at his country home near Abingdon after years of heart trouble.
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London
John Masefield
Britain
Abingdon
Chuckles and a Ring Rope Mishap
A humorous caption recalls a bell-ringer who tangled in a rope and rolled off, delivering a light moment on a busy day.
Rescuers Search Caves For Youths
In Hannibal Missouri rescuers conduct a fifth and final sweep of Murphy's Cave for three missing boys Joel Joey Hoag 13 Billy 11 and Edwin Craig Dowell 14. After two days of searches, authorities and volunteers hope the trio are not inside the cave though no evidence has turned up.
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Edwin Craig Dowell
Hannibal
Hannibal, Mo
Murphy’s Cave
Joel Joey Hoag
Billy
Mississippi River
William Karras
Washington, D.C
National Speleological Society
Karras
Missouri
Illinois
Four Louisiana Officers Face Federal Charges
The Justice Department filed charges in U S District Court New Orleans against Jefferson Parish deputy sheriffs William J Miller and Lloyd Vallee and Gretna policemen John H Miller Sr and Henry F Deemer for mistreating two prisoners. The information says Lee Paul Gauthe and James T Dyle received summary punishment on Oct 24 after arrest in Gretna on attempted burglary charges. William Miller allegedly struck and injured Gauthe while John Miller and Deemer struck and injured Dyle on the street.
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Washington
Justice Department
Louisiana
Atty
Ramsey Clark
U.S. District Court
New Orleans
William J. Miller
Lloyd Vallee
Jefferson Parish
John H. Miller Sr
Henry F. Deemer
Gretna
Lee Paul Gauthe
James T. Dyle
William Miller
Gauthe
John Miller
Deemer
Dyle
LBJ Selects Girl Critic As His Aide
Doris Kearns a 24 year old Rockville Centre New York writer and Harvard graduate student was chosen as a White House fellow and reportedly told by President Johnson he wanted her as an aide after meeting her at a May 1 reception. The article she co authored with Stanford Levinson proposed a third party to siphon votes from Democrats in 1968.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Doris Kearns
Rockville Centre
N.Y
New Republic
Miss Kearns
Harvard University
Stanford Levinson
Harvard
LBJ
The
Star
Model Cities Rent Subsidy Requests Cut
The House Appropriations Committee cut Johnson's model cities and rent subsidy requests, approving only 237 million of 662 million for model cities and 10 million of 40 million for rent supplements. HUD would receive 1.9 billion of 2.5 billion requested, with urban renewal funded at 750 million.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Johnson
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Veterans Administration
House
Joe L. Evins
D-Tenn
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