Rioting Moves Into Brooklyn
In Harlem sparked disorders, violence spread to Brooklyn Bed‑ ford‑Stuyvesant as 200 riot police clashed with youths. Suspect looter Harry Britton, 36, was critically wounded by police fire in the Bedford‑Stuyvesant area. A second shooting occurred in Crown Heights when off‑duty officer James Barrentine, 24, shot William McDowell, 24, in a shoe store burglary. Over 10 people, including three officers, injured as chaos continued into the early hours.
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UPI
Brooklyn
Harlem
Bedford - Stuyvesant
Johnson
Robert F. Wagner
Spain
Harry Britton
Crown Heights
Bedford-Stuyvesant
James Barrentine
Barrentine
William McDowell
Wings County
Dr Sheppard Learns Today If He Is Free
Akron Ohio Dr Sam Sheppard returns to federal court as his murder case threads through a new trial bid after a judge ruled his 1954 trial unfair. The former physician, claiming innocence in his wife’s death, faces possible electric chair in a pending appeal while his personal life draws attention with a German pen pal bride.
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Akron
Ohio
UPL
Sam Sheppard
Wisconsin Heat Wave Worsens Across State As Temperatures Rise
Wisconsin's heat wave intensified with many cities hitting the 90s driven by high humidity. Eau Claire reached 95 while Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay hovered near 90 and sparse evening showers cooled southern regions. Nationwide the heat caused storms as Akron faced a possible building collapse and canal flooding amid torrential rains.
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Eau Claire
Lone Rock
Wausau
Burlington
Madison
Beloit
Green Bay
Racine
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Superior
Wisconsin
Death Valley
Calif
Redmond
Ore
Virginia
Olinas
Georgia
Akron
Ohio
Ohio Canal
Las Vegas
Nev
Philip
S. D
Rapid City
Phoenix
Ariz
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Uniontown
Poverty Bill in Senate Faces Battle Over Aid Grid
In Washington a $962.5 million antipoverty bill moves to a Senate clash between Johnson administration leaders and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. The measure would fund job corps, support community programs, create a Volunteers for America Corps, and aid rural and migrant families, with House hearings to continue. Goldwater calls it a political parece, while Senate Democrats defend its aims.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Mike Mansfield
Montana
House Rules Committee
House
Volunteers For America Corps
Sen
John G
Lie Detector Test Says Ruby Told Truth in Oswald Kill
Dallas report says Jack Ruby declared on FBI lie detector test that he decided the morning of Nov 24 to kill Lee Harvey Oswald. The test showed no lies, though full polygraph analysis was incomplete. Ruby claimed he acted to spare Mrs Kennedy distress and denied prior knowledge or conspiracy.
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Dallas
UPS
Jack Ruby
FBI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas News
Warren Commission
Ruby
Oswald
President Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Kennedy
Rights Tests Before Panel in Atlanta Civil Rights Suit
A three judge federal panel weighs two tests of the Civil Rights Act. One suits restaurant owner Lester Maddox who barred Black patrons. the other targets the Heart of Atlanta Motel Corp. Both suits seek to bar or enforce application of the act. Interstate commerce evidence from wholesalers supports the government case in Maddox matter.
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Atlanta
Elbert P. Tuttle
Fifth
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Lewis R. Morgan
Frank A. Hooper
AP. Wirephate
Lester Maddox
Maddox
U.S
Heart of Atlanta Motel Corp
Three Auto Victims Bring Toll to 561
Wisconsin's 1964 traffic toll rose to 561 with three more deaths. Virginia Scanlan, 22, of St. Paul, died when her fiancé's car collided with a fuel truck near New Lisbon. Rodney Lester, Waureka driver, was hospitalized. Marlin Massey, 4, and sister Sandra, 3, died in a separate crash near Mount Horeb, with grandmother Myrtle Massey also killed. Thaddeus Luke, a St. Mary's College student known as Ray Bohatron, died in a bicycle collision near Fountain City.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Virginia Mary Scanlan
St. Paul
Minn
Volk
Tomah
Marlin Massey
Wayne Massey
Madison
Highway 18
Mount Horeb
Sandra
Myrtle Massey
Thaddeus Luke
St. Mary's College
Winona
Fountain City
Buffalo County
Luke
Ray Bohantron
Christian Recibes
Fire Guts French Freighter Marquette In Atlantic Tow
A 304 foot French freighter the Marquette was gutted by intense fires off the Newfoundland coast. The Penelena ore carrier first rescued the crew of about 25 men and towed the stricken vessel toward the Azores as Coast Guard reports confirm.
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New York
UPS
Coast Guard
Marquette
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Montreal
Lisbon
Pentelena
Azores
Watchable City Councilwoman Named Watcher of the Month
In San Diego the International Society of Girl Watchers named councilwoman Helen Cobb watchable of the month. The group awarded a plaque praising her for being the subject of many hours of pleasant girl watching.
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San Dlego
Calif
Special Units Being Trained in South Viet Nam
The Vietnamese air force commander disclosed that South Viet Nam parachuted commandos into North Viet Nam and trains for a special mission including attack, support and paradrop missions abroad. He urged strikes against China to boost Viet Cong victory. US pilots reportedly flew Vietnamese air force missions and McNamara suggested bomber support may come. Continued on Page 1 Col. 4.
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Bien Hoa
Viet Nam
Modore Nguyen Caohy
China
United States
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Red China
Joseph Moore
South Viet Nam
Nguen Khanh
South
Khanh
Drowning at Ross Lake Claims Wisconsin Man
NEKOOSA AP Edward Steinke, 68, of Wisconsin Rapids, drowned while fishing on Ross Lake near Ne koosa Tuesday. His body was recovered after a search began when his rented boat was found anchored.
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Nekoosa
Edward Steinke
Wisconsin Rapids
Ross Lake
Police Use False Party To Nab Crooks In New Orleans
Undercover operation staged as a catered party on Canal Street led by detectives Robert Frey and George Hughes. Police reported 32 arrests, seizing stolen goods from 53 suspects as raids followed at ten homes.
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New Orleans
Robert N. Frey
George J. Hughes
Canal Street
Frey
Harry Long
Joseph J. Giarrusso
Hughes
Seve
Tndine
Giarrusso
Vietor Schiro
Assi Dist Atty
Frank Klem
I Are i Reed
Barry Faces Insurrection In Own Party
WASHINGTON. GOP nominee Barry Goldwater faced Republican dissent as New York’s Keating and Javits withheld support. Keating signaled an independent campaign if reelection looms, while Javits avoided bolting the party. Both urged policy changes to win their backing amid a broader rift over extremism and Johnson’s anti poverty bill.
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Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
New York State
New York
GOP
Kenneth B. Keating
Keating
Jacob K. Javits
Goldwater
San Francisco
Senate
Johnson
Madison Avenue
State NFO Okays Action For This Fall
Wisconsin Rapids delegates approve a forthcoming withholding action by the National Farmers Organization for 23 states. President Oren Lee Staley says the exact commodity and date will be kept secret and announced only as a surprise to shock the market. The meeting at Lincoln High School drew more than 5,000 delegates and was reported as confidential.
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API
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
Wisconsin
Lincoln High School
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Jain
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