Governor seeks federal troops to aid Detroit riot response
Gov. George Romney announced that President Johnson approved sending 5,000 federal troops to Detroit to back up 10,000National Guardsmen and police amid deadly rioting. Cyrus Vance heads to Selfridge AFB to coordinate with officials as tanks and armored vehicles move into a 175 square block west side district. Nine killed, fires consume blocks, snipers threaten police, and national guard helicopters monitor rooftops.
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Detroit
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Romney
Cyrus Vance
Defense
Vance
Selfridge Air Force Base
Jerome P. Cavanagh
National Guard
City Hall
President Johnson
Ramsay Clark
Michigan
Michigan National Guardsmen
Washington
West Side
Tornadoes Hit Midwest Killing and Wounding Residents
Thunderstorms and a cold front swept the Midwest causing fatalities and injuries in Illinois and Minnesota amid extensive storm damage. United Press International reports on the severe weather and its regional impact.
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United Press International
Midwest
Illinois
Minnesota
Thieves seize 500000 in art from Cleveland warehouse
A gang stole art valued at 500000 from a Cleveland warehouse weekend a 78 year old industrialist Thomas Fawick reported the burglary stating his collection valued at 35 million was damaged back rooms contained statues by Rodin paintings by Remington and Ming vases police said three or four thieves disconnected alarms forced a window and drove a truck into the building a complete inventory will be provided to detectives.
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Cleveland
API
Thomas Fawick
Fawick
Auguste Rodin
Frederic Remington
Quake Toll in Turkey Reaches Seventy-Two Dead
Turkish officials credit the evening stroll for limiting casualties as a 7 p.m. quake rumbled 300 miles from the Aegean to the Black Sea.72 dead with about 40 still buried, hundreds injured, and 80,000 displaced as residents were outdoors during the tremor. The official noted effects might have been worse if the quake struck later.
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Adapazari
Turkey
UPI
Aegean
Black Sea
De Gaulle urges Quebec to seize destiny in speech
In Quebec City the French president called for Quebec to assert its own political and economic identity and warned Canada to guard independence from the United States. His remarks followed a banquet at Chateau Frontenac as he travels toward Montreal on day two of a five day visit. Canadians react amid tensions between English and French communities. Supervisors refuse change in zoning in Neshannock Township. A gas station project on Maitland Lane and Wilmington Road was denied after reports misstate prior approval.
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UPI
Charles de Gaulle
Canada
United States
de Gaulle
Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Montreal
de Lys
Wolfe’s Cove
Chateau Frontenac
Neshannock Township
Maitland Lane
Wilmington Rd
Troops clash in Vietnams no mans land brief items
Sharon workers resume garbage collection after a court injunction forced them back to work. Kane fire destroys two lumber buildings owned by McChiskey Lumber Co causing about 100000 dollars in damages. Hoffa convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy seeks to challenge U.S. government use of wiretap evidence in a Supreme Court hearing. Obituary notices list names and ages of local residents.
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Kane
McChiskey Lumber Co
Chicago
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Supreme Court
FBI
DMZ clash and Mekong Delta hospital hit in Vietnam fighting
Fighting in the DMZ between North and South Vietnamese forces resumes with at least 25 Communists killed in the southern DMZ. In the Mekong Delta, guerrillas mortared the U.S. hospital wounding 17 and wrecking the tent complex at the base camp of the 9th Infantry Division. The action costs 22 U.S. lives and 39 wounded.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
No Man’s Land
Mekong Delta
Central Highlands
U.S
U.S. Army
9Th Infantry
Elks leader calls aid for Negro veterans growth
Gregory urges Elks members to recruit more Negro veterans for protection of rights. The meeting at Elks Home focused on reactivating the local group and boosting membership and finances. Gregory, active in veteran affairs, sits on the Advisory Committee of Veterans Affairs in Pennsylvania.
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Wilson Gregory
Department of Veterans Affairs
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
Elks Home
W. Home St
Gregory
Veterans Affairs
Scranton
Veterans drive seeks more Black representation in state
In a state veterans event, one third of members are Negroes and speakers urge remedies to secure rights for Black veterans. Attache case awarded to Wendell Hallman for Elkhorn and veterans work. Trophies given to Sara J. Johnson and Mauney for the membership drive. Elijah Doster and Ned Aldridge named to aid hospital auxiliary efforts. A cabaret fundraiser and a next year financial drive are planned.
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New Castle News
Wendell Hallman
E. Home St
Improved, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World
Elkdom
Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
IBPOE
Wilson Gregory
Harrisburg
Hallman
Sara J. Johnson
Pittsburgh
Charles E. Valentine
New Castle
Charlies Valentine
Northwestern
Elkhom
Veterans Department
Leonard Mauney
Ladies Auxiliary
Gregory
Valentine
Theodore Jackson Jr
Bessie Caldwell
Braddock
Haliman
Congress stalls on Johnson tax plan as committees doubt need
A UPI poll shows key House Ways & Means and Senate Finance members skeptical of a tax hike. Most would require spending cuts or more administration justification before supporting higher taxes, with few Democrats ready to back an increase. Several lawmakers warn the economy and Vietnam spending argue against immediate tax action.
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Michael L. Posner
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Congress
House Ways & Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House
Joel T. Broyhill
R-Va
James B. Utt
Rcalif
Finance Committee
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Lee Metcalf
D-Mont
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Ways & Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Vietnam
Senate
Russell B. Long
D-La
Long
John W. Byrnes
Wis
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Weather overview for Western Pennsylvania and Lake Erie
Western Pennsylvania remains mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers. Cooler and less humid in the north this afternoon and tonight. locally severe storms possible south this afternoon and evening. Highs in the 80s. lows upper 60s to 60s. Tuesday brings variable clouds and more showers, little temperature change. Lake Erie sees small craft warnings with southwest winds 18 to 28 knots today turning west to northwest 12 to 20 knots tonight. partly cloudy with thundershowers and brief higher winds.
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Memphis
Lansing
Mich
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Minn
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St. Louis
Nebraska
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Georgia
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Puerto Rico Votes to Retain Commonwealth Status
Puerto Ricans chose to keep the commonwealth status in a ballot that gave 425,081 votes to the commonwealth option and 273,315 to statehood, with 4,205 for independence. Leaders claimed moral victories amid debate over federal aid and tax impacts. FBI warned of possible pro Cuban Communist sabotage, but voting proceeded without incident.
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UPI
Puerto
Puerto Rico
Munoz
Statehood
Luis A. Ferre
Commonwealth
U.S
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FBI
J Edgar Hoover
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