Riots Continue As Cleveland Braces For Martial Law Debate
National Guardsmen patrol the Hough area after days of shooting and arson. Gasoline bottles ignite fires as reports of threats and looting surface. A Negro man, Samuel Winchester, is fatally shot while waiting for a bus near the riot zone. Police and Guardsmen number in the thousands, with officials denying martial law but facing pressure from local leaders.
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Cleveland, Ohio
East Side
Hough Negro
Cleveland
M. Morris Jackson
Ralph S. Locher
Hough
Jackson
James A. Rhodes
Columbus
Samuel Winchester
National
Col
Dana Stewart
National Guard
Publicity office raid hits BBC for fifth time
The British Broadcasting Corp publicity office in London was raided for the fifth time in three months. A thief took cigarettes, food and cash and left a note saying Last
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London
UPI
British Broadcasting Corp
Negro Boy Is Killed In Brooklyn Riot
In East New York Brooklyn a tense racial clash with guns bottles and rocks erupted as residents and police fought, leaving an 11 year old boy dead from apparently sniper fire. The violence followed months of unrest in the tenement district.
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New York
Brooklyn
East New York
Joseph Heggarty
Appleton Youth Killed in Crash
A 20 year old Appleton man, Lee Gehring, was killed in a two vehicle crash northwest of West Bend on highways 28 and 41. The Milwaukee driver Wilfred Sauld was hospitalized with injuries. A Caledonia woman Bonnie Schwalst, 21, died in a single car crash in Oak Creek. A Baraboo wrecker operator Leonard Premo, 32, died when his tow truck hit a parked vehicle. Brownsville rider James Attenberger, 14, was crushed while riding a tractor on Highway 49. Sheriff notes no further details.
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Lee Gehring
Appleton
West Bend
Wilfred Sauld
Milwaukee
Bonnie Schwalst
Caledonia
Oak Creek
Leonard Premo
Baraboo
James Attenberger
Route 1
Brownsville
Highway 49
Robert Schultz
Tedge County
Sneaky pup ad leaves town in Lubbock classified
In Lubbock Texas a classified line reads Leaving town Friday Puppies to give away mother dalmatian father sneaky varmint. The terse note shows a brief pet offer tied to a travel departure, reflecting a quirky local ad item.
Questionnaires to Help Set Pay Boost for Legislators
Madison AP report on a blue ribbon panel studying lawmakers pay. The panel headed by William R. Kellett says the question is not if a raise but how much. About 49 of Wisconsin's 12 senators and assemblymen responded to a survey. The group plans a mid month recommendation and may consider compensation for income loss from public service and part time or full time status. The study uses UW computer analysis and interviews with former legislators and civic leaders. Continued on Page 16 Cel 6.
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Menasha Paper
William R. Kellett
Kellett
Warren P. Knowles
University of Wisconsin
Prisoner Exchange Possibility Explored in Vietnam War
US officials dismiss talk of a quick swap for 19 captured North Vietnamese sailors from Gulf of Tonkin torpedo boats. A State Department spokesman declined to say if they would be included in any prisoner exchange with American pilots. Plans consider Geneva convention talks via the International Red Cross with seven powers present. Nixon comments noted as coverage continues on Page 10.
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Washington
Comu
U.S
Saigon
United States
Gulf of Tonkin
South Viet Nam
State Department
Deal
W. Averell Harriman
U S
Viet Nam
Voice of America
Gustav Hertz
Hanoi
International Red Cross
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Philippines
North
North Viet Nam
South
Richard M. Nixon
Wisconsin professor derides working class lovers
University of Wisconsin social work professor Jack Steronach told a seminar that the average working class man is honest and virile with a joyful sense of humor yet prefers time with male friends to being with his wife. He labeled such men as louts or “lousy lovers” in his discussion of gender and social life.
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Madison
Wis
Jack Steronach
University of Wisconsin School of Social Work
Columbus Was Right They Assert Gemini 10 Astronauts Return
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Flashing smiles Gemini 10 astronauts Navy Cmdr John W Young and Air Force Maj Michael Collins landed at Cape Kennedy after a 91 minute helicopter flight from Guadalcanal They discussed their spaceflight which set guidelines for future lunar missions and military space programs Collins set records with two space excursions and retrieved an instrument package from a dead Agena They logged 70 hours 47 minutes in space and steered Gemini 10 to a near perfect Atlantic landing.
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John W. Young
Michael Collins
Guadalcanal
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Air Force
Young
Columbus
Collins
Mike and I
Space Agency
Kurt Debus
Kennedy Space Center
Vincent Huston
Air Force Eastern Test Range
House
Subcommittee
Agena
Atlantic Ocean
Speck Fate Will Be Left Up to Jury
CHICAGO AP Public defender Gerald Getty says he will enter a plea of innocent for Richard Speck accused of murdering eight student nurses. Getty will pursue not guilty by reason of insanity and leave the fate to a jury. Speck, 24, is recovering from wounds after an attempted death by self harm. Police linked him to the July 14 killings after a survivor identified his photo and fingerprints were found at the townhouse.
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Chicago
Gerald Getty
Richard Speck
Getty
Speck
William N. Norcross
City Jail Hospital
Norcross
Cook County Hospital
O.W. Wilson
South Chicago Community Hospital
Gloria Jean Davy
Dyer
Ind
Corazon Amarao
La Follette criticizes illegal agency meetings in Wisconsin
Wisconsin attorney general Bronson La Follette denounces informal sessions by governmental agencies as evading the state anti secrecy law and calls for new legislation to define what counts as a meeting and to void actions taken at illegal meetings. He cites recent gatherings in hotel rooms at night and on the roofs of bott bases.
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West Bend
Wisconsin
Bronson la Follette
la Follette
Marines Battle Red Elite Force in South Vietnam
U S Marines battled through the night against a large North Vietnamese elite division near the 17th Parallel. Dawn air support aimed to prevent a Laos retreat as eight day Marine drive reportedly surpassed 1 000 enemy dead. The North Vietnamese 24 Division, with 8 000 to 10 000 troops, was described as highly aggressive. Jets pounded nine oil depots in the North while two U S Marines were lost and one rescued.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
17Th Parallel
Laos
Saigon
North
South
Viet Nam
Balaton swimmer rescued after strange fish incident
At Lake Balaton a woman shouted for help and life guards pulled her from the water. She explained the scare was caused by a tiny fish slipping into her swimsuit, not drowning danger. Local crowd watched as she was assisted ashore.
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Budarna
Hungary
UPI
Lake Balaton
Government Run Airlines Bill Proposed in Senate
Emergency legislation proposed by Senator Wayne Morse would authorize government operation of airlines to end the strike. The proposal would require a declared emergency and allow the attorney general to seek an injunction in federal court while preserving union bargaining rights. Talks dragged with no progress as unions blame airlines for stalemate and mediators cut off a plan that threatened a breakdown.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
National Security and Welfare
Congress
U.S. District Court
Moore
Senate
Freid Stuetion
Reynolds
Seimiller
Siemiller
Ids
William J. Curtin
United
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trana World Airlines
Wright Brothers
Phan
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Watts
Associated Press
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Lubbock
Iphiyfe
Marines
Red
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Afi-Cio International Association of Machinists
James J. Reynolds
Winnebagoland
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