Johnson Urges Citizens to Help End Domestic Riots
President Johnson appealed to Americans to support a nationwide effort to restore order after federal troops entered riot-torn Detroit. He cited clear evidence local authorities could not control the unrest and urged all cities to join in maintaining law and order amid political debate over the riots.
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Washington
Johnson
Detroit
Michigan
George Romney
Capitol Hill
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
U. S
Mansfield
Republican Policy Coordinating Committee
United States
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
De Gaulle Appeals for Free Quebec Sparks Canadian Tensions
Charles de Gaulle urged a free Quebec provoking protests across Canada. Prime Minister Lester B Pearson called Cabinet to weigh political implications. A federal spokesman called the situation serious as plans for de Gaulle's Ottawa visit faced scrutiny. An emergency Cabinet session was set after a Liberal MP urged canceling the rest of his tour.
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Montreal
Charles de Gaulle
Quebec
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Ottawa
Quebec Province
Tawa
Warren Allmand
de Gaulle
22 White Men Arrested in Va Weapons Seized
Police in Portsmouth arrest 22 white men amid warnings of potential street violence. Ronald E. Ivey, 25, of Portsmouth linked to Chesapeake Ku Klux Klan, among those detained. Officers seize rifles, pistols, and about 5 000 rounds. A city curfew began at 10 45 p m and may be extended as authorities assess the situation.
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Portsmouth
Ronald E. Ivey
Chesapeake
Hether
Ivey
Henry P. Crowe
Tornado hits Ashford Station. power, cabins destroyed
A tornado near Ashford Station in Cattaraugus County knocked down a summer cabin and a house, uprooted trees, snapped utility poles, and damaged a barn. No injuries were reported as residents evacuated minutes before the twister struck. seven western New York counties lifted the alert by 7 p.m.
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Ashford
N.Y
Ashford Station
Ellicottville
Cattaraugus County
Edward Dziekowski
Mock Capture at Camp Drum Leads to Three Arrests
A mock capture and search during National Guard training at Camp Drum resulted in three 369th National Guard Artillery Battalion members from New York City being arrested for marijuana possession. They were handed to local authorities, pled guilty to a misdemeanor, and fined $50 each. Names cited include Michael H. Feinstein, 23, Forest Hills. Martin K. Goodman, 24, Flushing. and Robert J. Unger, 25, Manhattan.
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Watertown
N.Y
National Guard
Camp Drum
369Th
National Guard Artillery
New York City
Michael H. Feinstein
Forest Hills
Martin K. Goodman
Flushing
Queens
Robert J. Unger
Manhattan
Republicans Push to Lower Voting Age to 20 at Convention
Albany AP Republicans pressed to have the Constitutional Convention recommend a minimum voting age of 20 but faced strong opposition from Convention President Anthony Travia who dismissed the effort as finished unless 18 or 19 are chosen. Democrats previously allowed a minimum as low as 18, while Republicans still favor 21 and lament the ruling.
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Albany
N.Y
Anthony J. Travia
Travia
Associated Press
Drunk on horseback on public highway case in Eureka
In Eureka California two rodeo enthusiasts were cited for being drunk on horseback on a public highway after attending a Fortuna rodeo. Jack Leroy Erwin aged 69 from Hydesville pled guilty Monday and paid a 56 dollar fine. Gilbert Dias age 44 from Petrolia posted 29 dollar bail. The California Highway Patrol reported they rode back toward Hydesville on Erwin's horse and mule about nine miles after the event.
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Eureka
Calif
Jack Leroy Erwin
Hydesville
Gilbert Dias
Petrolia
California Highway Patrol
Fortuna
Erwin
Soviet Baby Faces Stay in U S Hospital
Slava Perminov, born three months premature aboard a Soviet fishing vessel, remains in an incubator at Boston City Hospital after being airlifted by the Coast Guard. He weighed two pounds, two ounces at transfer, and faces a long hospital stay.
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Boston
Slava Perminov
Boston City
Coast Guard
Snipers Drive Firemen From Detroit Blaze
AP report describes a Detroit fire at Linwood and Vicksburg that escalated into a sniper attack. Firemen were stalled by crossfire, three police officers were shot, and National Guard units joined the scene. The firefight raged for hours as news crews sought safety amid shelling and gunfire.
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Detroit
Linwood
Vicksburg
Virginia Park Avenue
National Guard
National
Philadelphia
Racial Violence Spreads Across Toledo Citywide
Racial disturbances began in a Negro area on the South Side and spread to wide areas of Toledo with looting, fire bombings, and window breakings reported. Police said at least one injury occurred as roving gangs cause scattered trouble citywide.
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Saigon
Vinh
U.S
South Vietnam
Mekong Delta
1St Corps
St. Paul
Constellation
Ben Thuy
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnam
Navy
Hanoi
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo
Rottern
Detroit
Mich
Jefferson Avenue
Seventh Ward
Tommie Wright
Calvin Wilson
Charles Ammons
New York
Spanish Harlem
Harlem
Manhattan
Bronx
el Barrio
Spanish
East Harlem
Upper East Side
95Th Street
121St Street
Third Avenue
Second
First Avenues
Lexington
Park and Madison Avenues
ABC
Injured on chartered bus near Syracuse
Thirty six passengers on a Capitol Trailways chartered bus bound for Expo 67 in Montreal from Harrisburg Pa struck an embankment five miles south of Syracuse on Interstate 81 during rain. Eleven exited through the door, five were admitted to Upstate Medical Center, and the rest treated and discharged.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Montreal
Harrisburg
Here
Capitol Trailways
Stanley Harvey
Upstate Medical Center
Ruth Amberger
Lebanon
William Hershey
Edith Stewart
Mary Brown
New Cumberland
Martha Furman
Troops Restore Calm In Detroit Riots After 48 Hours
President Johnson orders paratroopers to Detroit where 1800 Army troops join 7000 police and National Guardsmen to halt rioting. The action follows 23 deaths and widespread destruction. Governor Romney notes curfew and shutdowns stay in place while businesses are urged to reopen with caution.
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Detroit
Johnson
Vietnam
Cyrus Vance
Defense Department
George Romney
Vance
Jerome Cavanagh
Pileup Kills 50 Miners at Carltonville Shaft
Fifty African miners were killed and 49 injured in a crowded surge at the head of a gold mine shaft near Carltonville, South Africa. Workers rushing for shift access crushed others against a turnstile into elevator cages. The Anglo American Corporation reported no critical injuries among the wounded.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Anglo-American Corporation
Carltonville
West Witwatersrand
Pontiac Riots Leave Two Negroes Dead in Violence
In Pontiac Michigan riots left two Black youths dead and a policeman wounded. State Rep Arthur J Law fired a shotgun at youths after a market window was shattered, saying he hit one. A sniper wounded Patrolman Santiago Serna, and police found Bobby Reeves shot dead near Pontiac General Hospital.
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Pontiac
Mich
Detroit
Arthur J. Law
Law
Alfred Taylor
George Romney
Santiago Serna
Negro District
Bobby Reeves
Pontiac General Hospital
Maddox appoints 15 Negroes to Georgia draft boards
Gov. Lester Maddox has named 15 Black residents to Georgia draft boards as part of a state position in a federal court suit seeking broader minority representation. Civil rights groups have long criticized the limited number of Negro members on the boards.
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Atlanta
Lester Maddox
Georgia
Pope in Turkey for Peace Talk Meeting With Orthodox Leader
Pope Paul VI arrived in Istanbul on a two day mission to seek Middle East peace and unity between Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christians. He met President Cevdet Sunday and leaders, urging mediation between Israel and the Arabs. The visit marks a historic step as the first pope to Eastern Christianity’s historic citadel since 711.
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Istanbul
Paul VI
Turkey
Middle East
Jerusalem
Cevdet Sunday
Paul
Israel
Constantine I
Anatolia
Athenagoras
Postcard Delays 52 Years Reach Thorndike Maine
A Boy Scout mailed a postcard to his scoutmaster in 1915 saying he was in Boston. After both men died, the card arrived in Thorndike Maine 52 years late with both Boston and Portland postmarks. Postal officials offered no explanation for the delay.
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Thorndike, Maine
Boston
Mass
Thorndike
Maine
Edgar Farwell
Lewis E. Hogan
Hogan
Oscar Tweedie
Portland
U. S. Economic Losses Pass $169 Million From Riots
Nationwide damage estimates after racial violence total $169,853,000 in an AP survey with Detroit alone over $150 million. Readers note varied local figures including Newark 15 million, Cincinnati 3 million, Tampa 1 million, Dayton 850 thousand, Buffalo 250 thousand, Erie 150 thousand, and Cairo 100 thousand as federal funds remain unavailable.
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New York
Detroit
Associated Press
Tampa
Fis
Buffalo
N.Y
Newark
N.J
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fla
Dayton
Erie
Cairo
Ill
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington
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