Burial of Soledad Brother George Jackson Sparks Tense Vigil
In Mt Vernon Illinois a burial for George Jackson drew a tense crowd of Black Panthers and mourners. Lester Jackson called for a Kent State style inquiry into San Quentin and California prison conditions while his wife denounced reporters and preachers. A photographer was assaulted and cameras damaged as panthers and supporters cheered with red, white and green symbols.
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MT. Vernon
Ill
Soledad
George Jackson
Lester Jackson
Pasadena
Calif
San Quentin
California
Georgia Jackson
Jackson
Jonathan
Marin County
Ruchell MaGee
MaGee
Angela Davis
Marin
John Clutchette
Fleeta Drango
Soledad State Prison
Miss Davis
UCLA
San Francisco
St. Louis
Lambert International Airport
Illinois
Torres
Yvonne King
Chicago
Huey P. Newton
Black Panther Party
Janitor with Four Degrees Plans New Path After Wayne State
Elmer Fischer started as a janitor at Wayne State University 31 years ago and will retire at 65 with four academic degrees. He earned a history bachelor’s, mortuary science, sculpture, and a master of fine arts, later teaching and supervising in the mortuary science lab. He envisions teaching art, opening a studio, or becoming a funeral director in a small town.
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Detroit
Elmer Fischer
Wayne State University
Fischer
Ford Motor Co
Lloyd Richards
Richards
Fisher
Tourism Slow in Washington Probes Hotel and Convention Business
Washington tourism and convention activity sagged in 1970 with hotel occupancy down about 9.1 percent from 1969 figures as suburban motels draw visitors away. Gray's Tours and major monuments showed similar declines while hopes remained for a rebound beyond 670 conventions in 1970.
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Washington
Floyd Kirby
Capitol
Leonard Hickman
Hotel Association of
District of Columbia
Hickman
Maryland
Virginia
Gray
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
White House
Washington Convention and Business Bureau
Martin Luther King
Model Finance Mini-Loan Advertisement at Bedford Plaza
Dave Dougherty, manager of the Model Finance office in Morris Illinois, offers a Mini-Loan of 100 dollars with no red tape for two weeks at a cost of 1 40. Call 942 3403 any time to tide you over until payday. Avoid embarrassment and loss of friends with Model Finance.
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Dave Dougherty
Model Finance
Bedford Shopping Plaza
Morris
Ill
Leopold dies in Puerto Rico
Nathan F. Leopold, once part of the notorious Loeb murder case, died at 66 in a San Juan hospital. He had spent years in parole, worked in Puerto Rico, and donated his eyes to the University of Puerto Rico eye bank after death. He endured heart trouble and diabetes and had recently received medical observation in Chicago.
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San Juan
Nathan F. Leopold
Leopold
Puerto Rico
Trudy Feldman
Baltimore
Mimiya Hospital
University of Puerto Rico
School of Medicine
Chicago
Ramon Suarez Jr
Illinois
Richard Loeb
Bobby Frank
Loeb
Leopold-Loeb
Frank Boy
South Side
Sears Roebuck
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Gaverly
Adlai Stevenson
EPA orders car makers to detail maintenance of emission controls
The Environmental Protection Agency issued regulations requiring auto makers to inform owners how to maintain exhaust, crankcase, and evaporative emission control systems. Effective in 1973 for main provisions, the rules stem from the Clean Air Act to ensure vehicles stay compliant through five years or 50,000 miles of useful life.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Gunman Kills San Francisco Police Desk Sergeant
A gunman using a 12 gauge shotgun stormed the Ingleside police station late Sunday, killing desk sergeant John V. Young and wounding clerk Ellen Lipney. Officers later manned eight stations as a tall Black suspect was reported. A Bank of America branch nearby was bombed less than an hour earlier.
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San Francisco
Ingleside
John V. Young
Ellen Lipney
Young
Charles Ellis
Bank of America
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Black Nationalist Party
Marcus Garvey
Kent State University
Ohio
Joe Swift
Washington D.C
National United Front
Bruno Torres
United Press International
Gary Blankenship
Gilbert Blankenship
Newark
Ilinois Association of Future Farmers of America
Effingham
J. Logan Patton
Glenarm
FFA
Gary
George Allen
North Atlantic National
Coal City Notes
Virginia Quinn
Charlton
Braidwood
Rose Maland
Coal City
Long Island
N.Y
Alex Viteri
Red Cross
Coal City Area
Jean Louisa
Joliet
Essie Louisa
Drayton
N.C
Margaret Stellen
Marcus
Johnny
Kaleen Wills
Robert Wills
Illinois State University
Morris Dry Cleaners
Court House
SLIM
Liberty St
David R. Daugherty
Moscow
Tower of
Moscow University
Oscar Mayer
Libby
Can
Nestle’s
Eveready
New
Riz
S.F
Lennox
Electronic Air Cleaners
National Bureau of Standards
R. L. Lyon
Don Lyon
Ed Kulig
Liberty
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