Riots Tarnish Boston Calm After Welfare Demonstration
Police kept an uneasy vigil in Boston's Grove Hall after a welfare demonstration sparked looting and rock throwing. At least 43 hurt, 1,700 officers deployed, 33 men and 11 women arrested amid window smashing and a welfare office siege led by Mothers for Adequate Welfare. The crowd numbered about 500 at the peak.
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Boston
Roxbury
Grove Hall
Mothers For Adequate Welfare
James Breedan
Massachusetts Commission On Church and Race
Teen-Ager Convicted in Yonkers Fire Murders
A teen-ager, 18, was convicted in White Plains of 24 counts of first degree murder and one arson count for the Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire that killed nine children and three adults. The jury deliberated 24 hours, and Ruppert showed no emotion.
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White Plains
N.Y
Yonkers Jewish Community Center
Thomas Ruppert
Junior Spacemen Emerge From Pacolet Home
A sister and brother, the only contact for two boys with a survival kit, spent most waking hours quizzing them on astronomy and rocketry at their Pacolet South Carolina home.
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Pacolet, S.C
Marines Press Attack On Ridgeline In Vietnam War
A veteran Communist regiment of about 3,000 on a fortified ridgeline in Quang Tin Province faced a sustained assault by more than 2,000 Marines aided by air and artillery. Reports say 372 Reds died in the prior 24 hours as Leathernecks moved through foothills east of Hue and assaulted the area, with another 2,000 Marines landing north and helicopters delivering forces inland. The Navy amphibious force landed ashore in dunes below the zone while air raids intensified north of Hanoi. The action targets ground control near the Street Without Joy and a clash with the 808th Viet Cong battalion was reported nearby.
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Saigon
Red
Quang Tin Province
da Nang
Hue
China Sea
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Navy
Demilitarized Zone
Quang
Soviet raid sparks elevated tensions over ship bombing claims
A Soviet claim that two U.S. jets bombed a Russian ship off North Vietnam, killing one crewman and wounding six, raised the risk of a Soviet response. Foreign Minister Gromyko delivered a protest to the U.S. Embassy after the Turkes tan was said to be anchored near Cam Pha north of Haiphong. The U.S. embassy offered no comment and passed the note to Washington.
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Moscow
North Vietnam
Turkestan
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
John C. Guthrie
Gromyko
Soviet Union
United States
Cam Pha
Haiphong
Levy Dismissed From Army for Disloyalty and Disobedience
Captain Howard B. Levy a dermatologist from Brooklyn was dismissed from the Army and sentenced to three years at hard labor for disloyalty and disobedience after refusing to train Viet Nam bound Green Beret medics. The court martial rejected defense requests for bail pending appeal. Levy was taken into custody in the courtroom and handcuffed.
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Columbia
S.C
Howard B. Levy
Levy
Brooklyn
N.Y
Charles Morgan Jr
American Civil Liberties Union
Earl V. Brown
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Mozambique
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Doyle Cottrell
Veterans Education
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Clarence W. Moody
Burlington Hawk-Eye
Moody
Coppolino
Sarasota
Fla
Carl Coppolino
Cappolino
Florida
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Mary
White Sands
N.M
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Europe
Blanding
Utah
Houston, Tex
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Randy
Younge
East Second Street
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Giant Bold
Savaday Bleach
Charmin
Heinz Ketchup
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