Rockefeller Calls For New Leadership In Campaign Drive
Nelson Rockefeller launched an intensive campaign to overtake Nixon with a theme of new leadership for a new America. He spoke at a National Press Club luncheon about a mood for change and criticized Old Politics for failing to act on concrete plans. Rockefeller said his bid offers a leadership to recapture control of events and restore national purpose.
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Riot Breaks At Penitentiary in Atlanta
Prison employees were evacuated as inmates held several corrections officers hostage. Warden Olin Blackwell reported the incident amid gunfire heard earlier and limited access for a reporter from the Atlanta Journal.
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US moves to extradite James Earl Ray from Britain
U S legal experts plan swift extradition of James Earl Ray to face murder charges in Memphis for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Ray, held in Brixton Prison, appeared in Bow Street Court on forged passport and gun charges. Extradition could involve legal appeals up to the House of Lords, delaying the process.
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High Court
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Memphis
Tenn
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Toronto
Johnson seeks study on limits of physical contact in campaigns
President Johnson urges a top level panel to study violence in America and consider if candidates should be limited in physical contact with voters. The White House meeting launched the one year commission created by executive order amid ongoing concerns about safety for public figures after Senator Kennedy’s assassination.
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Talks in Paris Focus on Possible U S or N Viet Moves
Paris reports cautious hope for progress as eighth Harriman Thuy meeting nears after a six day recess. Le Duc Tho arrives as special counselor while Ho Chi Minh’s 20 year fight pledge colors Hanoi’s public pressure on Washington to halt bombing. Johnson seeks limited strikes only with reciprocal moves.
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Paris Faces New Crisis as Riots Return After Killing
In Paris and provincial towns a Communist union militant Beylot, 24, died in a clash with riot police. Latin Quarter students built barricades while Peugeot and Citroen workers joined mass protests demanding higher wages and reform. Police injuries and student arrests rose as fear of a broader crisis grew.
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Assault Charge Against Jimmy Brown Dropped
Hollywood authorities dropped the assault case against former pro football star Jimmy Brown in connection with a model found injured beneath his balcony. A battery charge against a police officer may still be filed if future evidence appears. Brown was released on bond.
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Johnson Gun Control Bid Fails in House Panel
President Johnson’s push for a tougher gun control law was defeated on a tie in the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Emanuel Celler of New York expressed hope for a favorable vote next week.
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Tokyo tensions flare as base relocation urged and protests rise
In Tokyo a special cabinet committee urged the United States to relocate a U S air base. The Tokyo city council called for a ban on visits by nuclear warships while students blocked a gunpowder shipment, signaling rising anti military tensions in Japan.
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Baby Abandoned in Car Found Near Vails Gate
A newborn white male infant, about 7 pounds 4 ounces, was found wrapped in towels in a car seat at a shopping plaza in Vails Gate. Eric Huber of Cornwall discovered the child who is in good condition at Cornwall Hospital. doctors believe he was born shortly before the find.
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Policewoman Rescues Distressed Woman From Bridge
In Philadelphia a policewoman Patricia Baker aged 29 grabbed and saved a woman Mary D Wallace aged 48 who threatened to jump from a 300 cm bridge. The two nearly fell as bystanders helped pull them to safety. Wallace cited her husband’s failing health as the cause of her distress.
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Five-Year Terms Sought in Mafia Drug and Cash Rackets
In Palermo prosecutors urged five-year sentences for 15 of 17 defendants, with seven years for the remaining two, on charges of operating narcotics and currency rackets for Sicily's Mafia and the American Cosa Nostra. The trial opened three months ago.
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Ontario police seek Hofer family linked to rabies cases
Ontario police hunt a family from New York state now missing in Ontario after contact with cats dying of rabies in the United States. Mr and Mrs Leo F Hofer and their three children left McGuire Air Force Base New Jersey on June 7 en route to Ontario.
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Island Combed For Clues To Woman's Death
State Police searched Wellesley Island in the St Lawrence River for clues to the death of 25 year old Irene J Izak a former high school French teacher from Scranton Pa. Her body was found on a blood spattered embankment along Interstate 81 near the U S Canada border. Izak taught in Binghamton and Rochester and recently earned a master's degree at Laval University while en route to interviews in Montreal or Quebec.
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Hepatitis Infections Emergency Treatment For Blaiberg
Dr Philip Blaiberg, the longest surviving heart transplant patient, received emergency liver treatment at Groote Schuur Hospital. Dr Christiaan Barnard said Blaiberg’s condition is not critical and noted the complication follows his Jan 2 heart transplant.
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Kennedy's Widow Visits RFK Grave With Family
Ethel Kennedy and four of her children returned to the Arlington grave of Robert F. Kennedy at dusk Monday accompanied by Gen. Maxwell Taylor John Glenn and Rafer Johnson. Thousands visited the hillside tribute as memorials continued across both U S and Moscow scenes including a Russian university plaque.
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