Violence in Atlanta Negro neighborhood sparks police firing
Crowds of about 350 youths pushed into a shopping center area in Atlanta’s Negro district throwing rocks and bottles at stores and police cars. Police halted the unrest by firing into the air. two injured, eight arrested. Stokely Carmichael had urged calm but was not seen at the scene.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Stokely Carmichael
John Casserly
American Broadcasting Co
Carmichael
Montgomery
Ala
State Capitol
Ira DeMent
Richard Boone
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
L. B. Sullivan
Earl James
Martin Luther King Jr
NBC
Slaying of Two Border Patrolmen Triggers Wide Manhunt
In San Diego County two U.S. border patrolmen, Theodore Newton and George Azrak, were found slain in a cabin. Investigators sealed the area as helicopters scoured ravines and hillsides while federal and local agencies mounted a large manhunt. The men were tied with handcuffs and shot in the head. Their government sedan was discovered nearby, and authorities suspect the killer remains at large with a potential 48 hour lead.
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San Diego
Calif
U.S
San Diego County
Riverside County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Theodore Newton
George F. Azrak
San
Los Angeles
Newton
Azrak
Thief Nabbed Pushing Loot In Wheelbarrow
James Green 28 of East St Louis was arrested Monday after police found a wheelbarrow containing an unopened safe a money order machine and 32 postage stamps. He was charged with burglary of an East St Louis pharmacy.
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East ST. Louis, Il
James Green
East St. Louis
Ill
Green
Auburn Man Killed in Moravia Collision
Francis J. Velardi, 23, of Auburn died in an automobile truck crash on Route 38 near Fin ger Lakes in Moravia New York. The AP reported the fatal Monday collision involved Velardi's car and a truck causing the fatality.
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Auburn
Moravia
N.Y
Francis J. Velardi
Velardi
Finger Lakes
Fierce clash near Saigon claims 169 Viet Cong
In a night battle 19 miles south of Saigon, 169 Viet Cong were killed and 28 American servicemen died. The Mekong Delta fight involved U S Army and Navy river forces with heavy fighting along the Rach Hui River as 9th Infantry Division units swept the area. Four American helicopters were shot down and 126 soldiers and sailors were wounded.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S
Rach Hui
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
1St Corps
Binh Dinh
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Auto Safety Sticker Turns Up Trading Stamps
In Salt Lake City an auto inspection sticker on Ralph Billingsly’s car was found not to be a safety sticker but a block of green trading stamps. The vehicle was impounded by Officer G W Maughan after the discovery.
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Salt Lake City
Ralph Billingsly
G. W. Maughan
Elmira College Denied 1.7 Million Art Gift
New Jersey Supreme Court rules Elmira College not entitled to a 1.7 million gift of an art collection from Mrs Geraldine Dodge aged 84. The court found she did not understand the signing of the May 1961 letter due to age loneliness and ill health.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey Supreme Court
Elmira College of New York
Geraldine Dodge
Madison
New York Lottery Draws Double Path to Winners
Holders of lottery tickets may face days of suspense before winner names and prize amounts are published. Officials explain the double drawing process for New Yorks horserace linked lottery, with 7 200 prizes ranging from 100 000 to 150 dollars.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Draft Bill to Let Students Defer Draft Education Focus Shifts
The measure would allow students to defer draft to finish undergraduate studies until age 24 or graduation, whichever comes first, with scholastic standards required. It would extend the current law for four years and prioritize 19 year olds after deferments end, pending Johnson's approval.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Senate
House
Missing Plane Hunt Widened Across State
Col. Robert K. Bing of the Civil Air Patrol says the search for a missing Beechcraft Bonanza from Montreal to Philadelphia has widened to southern and central Vermont and nearby areas. Officials identified the pilot as G. Boisvert of Montreal, with reports the passengers may include his wife and child. New CAP units from Vermont New York joined search planes from Massachusetts and Connecticut to cover the Green Mountains and Adirondacks.
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Burlington
Robert K. Bing
State
Civil Air Patrol
Bing
Montreal
Philadelphia
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
G. Boisvert
Green Mountains
Adirondacks
Vermont
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Alarm summons trooper to Rampton office during senate talks
In Salt Lake City AP report Gov. Calvin Rampton met with three Republican state senators when an emergency alarm activated. A trooper rushed to the governor's private chambers and found Rampton with Senate leaders Haven J. Barlow and others in discussions over 200 gubernatorial appointments awaiting Senate approval. The governor was described as in trouble, but not in danger.
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Salt Lake City
Calvin Rampton
Capitol Plaza
Senate
Haven J. Barlow
Rampton
Detroit
al Leggat
Michigan National Guardsmen
Michigan State Police
Leggat
Detroit Police Officers Association
DPOA
Fire hits U S Army supply point in Saigon region
A U S Army ammunitions and lumber storage facility at Duc Pho was destroyed by a fire today. Fourteen personnel were injured as crews battled the blaze with the cause under investigation and possible enemy action not ruled out by the U S Command.
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Saigon
Duc Pho
U.S
U S proposes five point plan for Middle East peace
United States unveils a five point program for peace based on Arab Israeli negotiations with possible third party mediation. Ambassador Goldberg rejects Soviet demand to condemn Israel and urges a new foundation for peace at the United Nations.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
Israel
Middle East
Alexei N. Kosygin
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
Washington
Kosygin
Assembly Hall
Goldberg
Noureddin Atassi
Abba Eban
Eban
U Thant
U.N
Rosygins
United Nations
Assembly
Soviet Union
Hope for Kosygin-Johnson Summit Meeting Advances
AP reports a tentative path to a Johnson Kosygin summit as U S and Soviet officials discuss possible meetups amid UN Middle East talks. Visibility of a high level meeting fades if leaders cannot agree on location.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Rusk
Gromyko
General Assembly Hall
General Assembly
U.S
Camp David
White Sulphur Springs
Hot Springs
United Nations
Kosygin
Orders Revision of D C Public School Policies
The District of Columbia Board of Education must overhaul policies deemed discriminatory after a federal court order. Judge James Shelley Wright demanded changes on student placement faculty hiring busing and attendance rules, a ruling hailed by civil rights leader Julius Hobson as improving prospects for poor black students. The board offered no immediate comment.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Board of Education
James Shelley Wright
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Julius W. Hobson
New York Lottery Names Retired FBI Agent Director
Albany AP reports Ernest T. Bird, after 25 years with the FBI, is appointed director of the New York State lottery. Bird recently retired and takes the helm amid state gaming operations.
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Albany, N.Y
Ernest T. Bird
FBI
Mansfield and Dirksen Agree Senate Is On Trial
Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield said the Senate itself is on trial in the Thomas Dodd censure case, aligning with Republican Everett Dirksen. He stops short of joining the debate on the committee’s censure resolution while noting parliamentary snags may delay a vote all week.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
House
Senate
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
New York
Central Park
Iowa Jima
Mansfield
Dirksen
Dodd
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate Ethics Committee
Sen
Russell B. Long
Connecticut
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Florida
J. Shelly Wright
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Lippman
Ernest Gruening
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Korea
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Netherlands
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Spain
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Mid-East
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