Senators Hear Panthers Defectors Describe Violent Cult
Larry Powell and his wife Jean testified that the Panthers have become a cult of thieves exploiting the ghetto poor. They described sexual corruption of teens, murders, and children taught crime, with leadership shifting away from Black liberation toward capitalist exploitation. Powell testified about monthly takings of 50 000 to 100 000, stored by top leaders while bail for arrested members was refused.
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Washington
Senate
Black Panthers Party
Senate Permanent Investigations
Larry Clayton Powell
Jean
Powell
Mao
Panthers
Black Guard
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Stanley ‘White
Oakland
Calif
John E. Drass
Washington, D.C
White
Panther
Huey Newton
David Hilliard
SDS Convention Workshops Mar Youth Movement Debate
At the national SDS convention in Chicago delegates began four days of workshops after an argumentative opening session. A women’s liberation workshop replaced an education panel on the youth movement and male supremacy amid catcalls and police monitoring of a schoolroom across from the Coliseum. Bomb threats prompted patrols as several hundred delegates attended.
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Chicago
Democratic Society
Board of Education
Allies hold line as Viet Cong attack near camp
U S Army reports from the 25th Infantry Division say enemy troops from the Viet Cong 9th Division probed within 50 yards of the camp perimeter. Artillery blunted the assault with 35 enemy killed and six taken prisoner while 14 Americans were wounded. An officer noted movement at 11 p.m followed by midnight to 1 a.m artillery and a 2:20 a.m heavy mortar and rocket onslaught with small arms and RPGs.
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U.S. 25Th Infantry
TAC Officials Press FAA Reform After Miami Convention
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization with 7400 members criticized FAA safety rules at a Miami convention held May 27. The leader said members are fed up with lip service and outlined revised standards for safety regulation taking effect.
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Nator
FAA
Miami
Market dips as tight money worries weigh on stocks
New York stock market extended losses in moderate trading as investors fretted over monetary restraint. The Dow fell 4.33 to 882.76 at noon while the AP index slipped 1.3 to 313.9, with industrials and rails down and IBM edging higher amid uneven activity. American Telephone led NYSE declines as traders moved a large block.
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New York
Federal Reserve Board
Associated Press
National General
Loew’s
IBM
du Pont
American Telephone & Telegraph
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Public Aid Moves To New Offices
The Grundy County Illinois Department of Public Aid office relocates to Room 304 Baum Building. Mary Vismara county superintendent and three coworkers moved in by mid morning. New site offers about 800 square feet with soundproof carpeted paneled rooms and includes air conditioning heating and janitorial services.
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Baum
Grundy County
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Mary Vismara
W. Main St
Chicago goods prices report at Mercantile Exchange
Chicago buyers quote butter and whole goods with wholesale prices listed including grade A whites at 3312 and grades 25 30. The report notes various parcel codes and bid figures across dairy and car items.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Mailbox cracker report of firecracker blast near Pine Bluff Rd
Sheriff's deputies received a morning report of a firecracker exploding in a mailbox about 2 miles east of Pine Bluff Road at approximately 10 30 p m on Wednesday. The text also notes the skunk cabbage bloom and its strong odor.
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Sheriff's Police
Pine Bluff Rd
How Smart Are You Cancer Quiz Questions
A list of ten multiple choice questions on cancer awareness. Includes figures on survival, mortality, screening tests, and cancer control month with prompts to name warning signals.
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United States
Circle Your Choice: Scoring Guide for Cancer Quiz
This reads like a scoring instruction for a quiz on cancer knowledge. It specifies ten questions with ten points total for correct answers and two-part questions on items three and ten worth five points each. It notes that scores above seventy indicate high understanding of cancer concepts.
We Didn't Pay Our Bill Says Utah Power Blackout
In Salt Lake City a spokesman joked about the cause of a multi minute outage at Utah Power and Light Co main office. Employees sat in darkened offices as technicians investigated the blackout.
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Salt Lake City
Utah Power and Light Co
Obituary of John E Ryan 1902 67 Kinsman native in Chicago
John E Ryan aged 67 of Chicago previously from Kinsman died this morning at Swedish Covenant Hospital. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Kinsman 10 a.m. Saturday with Rev Donald Benzing. burial in St. Patrick Cemetery Ran som. Visitation after 2 p.m. Friday Pfeffer Funeral Home Seneca. Survived by sister Anna Vanderhill Lake Forest two nieces two nephews. preceded by parents Edward and Mary Neville Ryan and brothers Steve William Edward Jr. He worked for Marshall Field and Co in Chicago.
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John E Ryan
N. Paulina St
Chicago
Kinsman
Swedish Covenant
Marshall Field and Co
Anna Vanderhill
Lake Forest
Steve
William
Edward Jr
Mrs Elizabeth Sparling 94 London Ont Dies
Mrs Elizabeth Sparling of London Ontario died Sunday evening after a nursing home stay of three years. Funeral services were held in St Marys Ontario with burial in a local cemetery. Survivors include eight children and many grandchildren. husband and parents preceded her. Row: Mrs Robert Sparling and Mrs Chester Winsor attended the service after the funeral.
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Chester Winsor
Union St
Robert
Elizabeth) Sparling
London
Ontario
Canada
Truck in Water Stuns Salt Lake City Crowd
A water skier surprised Mrs. Gerald Hicks as a pickup truck towing the skier went into the water in Salt Lake City. The unusual hookup drew attention from onlookers and spectators.
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Salt Lake City
Gerald Hicks
Jewish Youth Question Identity On U S Campuses
Houston AP report quotes Rabbi Ralph Simon of Chicago as saying college campuses threaten American Judaism. He notes about 90 percent of Jewish youths attend college, yet many colleges lack Jewish counselors and programs. Simon warns indifference risks Judaism despite Reform Conservative cooperation.
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Houston
Tex
U.S
Ralph Simon
Chicago
Rabbinical Assembly
Liberal Central Conference of American Rabbis
Simon
CCAR
Reform Rabbis’ Yearly Assembly
Second Fine for Carbon Hill Man
Walter Lee Leggons of Carbon Hill was fined 50 dollars plus 21.80 in costs for disorderly conduct on May 28. He had earlier been fined 200 dollars and sentenced to 15 days in county jail for battery after allegedly striking Deputy Sheriff Sherman Hexdall and kicking Deputy Calvin Hammond during arrest attempts. He appeared briefly before Magistrate Chester P. Winsor.
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Walter Lee Leggons
Carbon Hill
Vivian C. Smith
Leggons
Sherman Hexdall
Calvin Hammond
Chester P. Winsor
Suburban Granger Flood Delays Kayak Fun at Hicks Home
After a storm, knee deep water covered Lehi Drive in Granger. Mrs. Hicks recalls neighbors “were having a ball” but slowed for kayaks as they navigated the flooded street.
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Hicks
Lehi Drive
Granger
Traffic Court Summaries From State Patrol and Local Police
Multiple speeding fines and traffic citations issued across interstates and roads. John D. Guerrerr of Sterling paid $15 for 80 mph on I 55. William G. Shepley paid $15 for fictitious plates on I 80. Michael A. Knop paid $60 for 100 mph on U S 6. Patrick J. Barr’s van safety test charge was dismissed. Debra A. Schaefer paid $20 plus $10 costs for failing to yield at a stop sign at Jefferson and Illinois 47.
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John D. Guerrer
Sterling
Interstate
Ken Rinehart
Michael A. Knop
Mazon
U.S
Jack Kopezick
Danica Vending
Patrick J. Barr
E. Washington St
Debra A. Schaefer
Verona
Jefferson
Illinois
Morris
Glenn Johnson
Fatal Car Crash Claims Life Near Sycamore
A car left the road and rolled over on Wednesday night near Sycamore. Bobby L. Lovett, 22, of De Kalb, died in the accident. James Porter, 33, of Kirkland, was listed in satisfactory condition at Sycamore Hospital.
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Sycamore, Ill
Bobby L. Lovett
de Kalb
Sycamore
James Porter
Kirkland
Sycamore Hospital
Deer drive themselves to death on Granville bridge
Granville Ohio two deer leaped from a bridge as motorist Charles Evans approached. He told the sheriff that the deer suddenly jumped over the side of the span and were found dead beneath the bridge.
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Granville
Ohio
Charles Evans
Boycott Named After Captain Boycott in Ireland
The term boycott derives from Captain Charles Boycott, an English land agent, who in the 1800s ruled his Irish tenants harshly. Neighbors then refused to have any dealings with him or his family.
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Boycott
Charles Boycott
Captain Boycott
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