Guards Batten Down Ohio Penitentiary Amid Riots
In Columbus Ohio a riot and multiple fires hit the Ohio Penitentiary. Five guards were injured officials said and prisoners seized several hostages. A foreman Harold Holt said inmates forced a guard to guide them to a hiding point. Authorities including Governor James A Rhodes arrived as fires burned across hospital and other buildings.
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Ohio
Harold Holt
Jones
J. Richard Brooks
Maury Koblentz
Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Koblentz
Rhodes
Bank Building Opens with Mayor Conway at Ceremony
The formal opening of the expanded bank building was held Saturday morning. Mayor John O'C. Conway, shown at far left, performed the ceremonial ribbon cutting marking the new phase of the bank's facilities.
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John O'C. Conway
Extreme Left
The
Rite
Gaullists Set for Major Victory in Runoffs
Paris report says President Charles de Gaulle’s Gaullists show overwhelming gains in first round of national elections. They won 142 seats and lead in 150 other districts, signaling a potential majority of over 100 in the 487 seat assembly. Communists and non communist leftist ranks fall versus 1967, while center parties also slip.
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Georges Pompidou
Federation
Party of Modern Progress and Democracy
Rains End Northeast Water Shortage Threat
New York and surrounding states credit heavy May and June rains for easing drought fears. Hydrologists report record or near record stream flows in Ohio New Jersey and New York reversing prior declines. New York water supply sits above full capacity with storage to spillway levels noted by officials.
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New York
Washington
Ohio
New Jersey
Boston
New England
Presidential Hopefuls Air Views on Viet Nam Crisis
McCarthy hopes to meet North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris in July or August to probe a settlement. Humphrey calls for an immediate cease fire to ease talks, while Reagan doubts victory is impossible and Rockefeller urges self determination and no Communist Vietnam rule. Nixon criticizes the administration for resisting hard choices and pressing economic cuts.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Paris
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Ronald Reagan
Vietnam
Nelson A.kefeller
McCarthy
Arthy
Humphrey
New York Times
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Reagan
Johnson’ Administration
New York
Rockefeller
South Vietnam
Nixon
Danger of Conflict Police Start to Chase Poor Folks From Resurrection City
Washington police begin a sweep through Resurrection City after a 10 42 a m evacuation deadline. Thousands gathered near the Lincoln Memorial as officers and National Guardsmen prepared for possible clashes. Abernathy and Williams led demonstrations demanding jobs and housing, with tear gas used earlier and protests continuing toward Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Grant Wright
U.S. Park
Wright
Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Metropolitan and
District of Columbia
Metropolitan Police
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Agriculture Department
Department
Orville L. Freeman
Senate Agriculture Committee
Abernathy
Capitol Hill
Hosea Williams
Capitol
Congress
America
B52s Hit Viet Cong Camp Near Saigon
U S Air Force B52 bombers smashed a Viet Cong training camp 13 miles from Saigon marking one of the closest bombings to the capital. In recent days B52 missions have aimed at infiltration routes and troop centers near Phuoc Long Province as shelling in Saigon area declines. Government reports say two soldiers died and 15 civilians injured amid renewed fighting as Viet Cong shells hit airfields and government posts nearby.
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Saigon
Camp Area
Opertia
Ene
Phuoc Long
U. S
Premier Huong booed in Saigon lower house
In Saigon the premier Tran Van Huong was booed for about ten minutes in the lower house amid claims the protest was driven by a right wing effort to unseat the government. In Ohio a motorboat carrying ten people drifted over a dam and struck rocks. seven rescued, three missing and presumed drowned.
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Saigon
Tran van Huong
South Vietnam
Rockefeller Signs 125 New New York Judgeships
Gov Rockefeller approved legislation creating 125 new judgeships across New York State marking the first major judiciary expansion since the 1940s. Most vacancies will be filled in November elections with remaining posts by the mayor of New York City.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
New York State
New
Brandt says Berlin reunion and European unity inevitable
Vice Chancellor Willy Brandt of West Germany told the North Atlantic Council opening session that Communist efforts to isolate West Berlin will fail. He, a former mayor of Berlin, affirmed belief in ultimate reunification of Berlin and a broader European union.
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Iceand
Willy Brandt
West Germany
West Berlin
Germany
Brandt
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Berlin
Union
All Europe
Crippled Jet Lands Safely in San Diego Landing
Boeing 727 of Pacific Southwest Airlines landed safely after jettisoning a jammed wheel door during approach. Pilot Ed Ondre, 43, of San Diego, credited normal emergency procedures and thanked God they made it.
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San Diego
Calif
Pacific Southwest Airlines
Ed Ondre
Brush Fires Rage Across California Forests
California's first major brush fires of the year scorched thousands of acres of tinder dry park land. A 40 mile north of Los Angeles in Angeles National Forest Liebre Mountain area fire was 50 percent contained after burning over 40,000 acres since Friday. A second blaze about 16 miles east in Bouquet Canyon burned over 3,500 acres before being brought under control late in the day.
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Los Angeles
Callifornia
Angeles National Forest
Liebre Mountain
Bouquet Canyon
Argentina Stadium Stampede Kills Seventy One
At River Plate stadium in Buenos Aires, 71 fans die and 83 are injured as a crowd at Gate 12 stampsedes while leaving a River Plate versus Boca Juniors match. Officials blamed closed turnstiles and ignored loudspeaker warnings.
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Argentina
Lima
Peru
Gate 12
Estadio Monumental
River Plate
Boca Juniors
Boca Junior
Jose Maria Pereyra
Social Benefit Payments Hiked by Rockefeller
Rockefeller signs five bills to raise state social insurance benefits for workers. Two measures lift sickness and unemployment pay from 55 to 65 dollars weekly. A third boosts temporary total disability workman’s compensation from 60 to 85 weekly. Another increases benefits to injured workers or widows to at least 50 dollars weekly from federal and state sources.
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Albany
N.Y
Rockefeller
Garbage and Brewery Strikes Hit Toronto Area
In Toronto Ontario garbage piled up as a city garbage strike began, while a brewery walkout cut beer stocks and a 1200 strong Seaway strike tied up Canada’s main waterway. About 2700 brewery workers struck for higher wages and pension plans amid liquor store shortages and hotel surge.
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Ontario
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Way Authority
U.S
Week-Long AP survey links gunfire to 189 US deaths
The Associated Press report shows 189 gunfire deaths in the United States over a week, dominated by 109 homicides, 64 personal crisis cases, and 16 accidents. The survey coincided with the signing of a broad anticrime bill with gun control provisions. Texas led with 14 homicides. Illinois and California also reported multiple fatal shootings.
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F. Kennedy
Congress
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Illinois
California
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Ohio
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Georgia
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