Maryland campus eyed for Black Panther convention
University of Maryland officials and student leaders weighed hosting the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention sponsored by the Black Panther Party. Rennie Davis urged space at College Park or use of the District of Columbia Armory, while campus leaders indicated Cole Field House as a secondary option, pending university sanction and logistics. Davis also spoke against the Vietnam War, threatening a mass protest if U.S. involvement continued, including a planned sit-in and actions if Ky visits Washington.
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South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Nguyen Cao Ky Would Be Arrested and Tried By A‘*Peoples’ Tribunal
Washington
Peoples’ Tribunal
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Rap Brown Sentenced In Absentia In 1968 Firearm Case
In New Orleans U S District Judge Lansing Mitchell resentenced Rap Brown to five years in prison for illegally transporting a firearm across state lines. Brown, on the FBI Most Wanted list, has been missing about a year. Bond of 15000 was forfeited after he failed to appear. Brown’s lawyer cited safety fears for his client.
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Lansing Mitchell
Brown
FBI
Mitchell
William Kunstler
Mandel Denies Slum Housing Interests
Governor Marvin Mandel refutes slumlord charges by saying he sold his stake 21 years ago in a real estate firm that owns five properties near Fast Baltimore. Republican challenger C Stanley Blair accused Mandel of omitting details in financial statements and pointed to Mandel as president of Springdale Realty Co as recently as last month.
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Marvin Mandel
Baltimore
Mandel
C. Stanley Blair
Blair
Maryland Penitentiary
Springdale Realty Co
Barbara
Sylvan Gilden
Lillian Gilden
Gilden
Springdale Realty
GOP
Army to cut troop strength by 45,000 by next June
The Defense Department plans a 45 000 man reduction cutting Army strength to 1 2 million by mid 1971, amid Nixon doctrine aims to shrink U S commitments abroad The move follows unit inactivations as troops withdraw from Vietnam and targets a total armed force of 2 9 million by June next year Source notes three divisions being dropped from combat forces and further cutbacks by phasing out support units with the overall force at just over 3 million now.
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Robert C. Moot
Defense Department
Moot
National Security Industrial Association
Defense Contractors
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Vietnam
Nixon
U.S
Sir Robert Webster Elected Chancellor at New South Wales
AP reports Sir Robert Webster has been elected Chancellor of the University of New South Wales after serving as Deputy Chancellor for ten years. The piece also notes there are 410 wineries in the United States.
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Saratoga
Cyprus
Egypt
Posi
Sydney
Robert Webster
University of New South Wales
U.S
Asphalt Shortage Delays Maryland Road Projects
In Greenbelt Maryland the State Roads Commission warns that a paving asphalt shortage could slow several highway construction projects totaling about 90 million under contract. Deputy chief engineer Lisley McCarl said work may be delayed until spring, affecting SRC plans.
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CAPA
Maryland
State Roads Commission
Lisley McCarl
SRC
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