Black Panthers seek exit from Cuba amid isolation
Raymond Johnson a 22 year old Panther lieutenant from Alexandria Louisiana says he and others in the Black Panther party are isolated imprisoned and unable to organize in Cuba. He accuses authorities of racial discrimination and reports forced labor and repeated arrests while calling for U S protest.
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Havana
Cuba
Eldridge Cleaver
Raymond Johnson
Alexandria
Johnson
Black Panther Movement
Panther
Panthers
Black Panther Party
United States
United Nations
National Airlines
New Orleans
Grocer Held In Deaths of Wife and Seven Children
Rafael Torres a 40 year old grocer was arrested after calling his brother to say he had killed his wife Maria 40 and six daughters and one son in Jersey City N J Police identified the victims Lillie 9 Annie 10 Victor 11 Fay 12 Carrie 17 Ann 19 Maria 20 A son Raymond 15 was hospitalized with stab wounds and another son Rafael 14 was staying at a grandmother s home
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Jersey City
N.J
Rafael Torres
Maria
Lillie
Annie
Victor
Fay
Carrie
Ann
Raymond
Jersey City Medical Center
Rafael
Harrisburg Violence Leaves Teenager Dead In Riots
In Harrisburg Pennsylvania a Negro teenager, Charles Scott eighteen, was fatally shot by Raymond Kertulis a white patrolman amid two nights of racial violence. Firefighters were struck by projectiles. curfew was set and police reported over twenty arrests and numerous injuries.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Martin Watts
Charles Scott
Raymond Kertulis
Watts
Kertulis
Ross McAlicher
Scott
Elmer Shover
Albert Straub
President Nixon to attend Seaway birthday rites
Nixon and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the St. Lawrence Seaway with ceremonies at the Moses Saunders Power Dam and Eisenhower locks. The event marks a reunion with the Seaway that opened U.S. and Canadian ports to deep draft ships.
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N.Y
St. Lawrence Seaway
Midwest
Nixon
Pierre Be. Trudeau
Moses-Saunders
Eisenhower Locks
Seaway
Washington
Queen Elizabeth
England
Eisenhower Lock
Canada
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Great Lake States
Atlantic
America
Upstate Assemblyman Mugged In Front Of Albany Apartment
Assemblyman Francis J. Boland Jr. of Broome County, 46, was attacked as he stepped from his car near his Albany apartment. He endured bruises and a hair pull, lost $60, a watch, and a ring, and was treated and discharged from Albany Medical Center.
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Upstate
Albany
N. Y
Upstate New York
Capitol
Francis J. Boland Jr
Boland
Columbia St
Whitey
Bland
William L. Burns
Romityville
Burns
House Halts Vote on Nixon Surtax Extension Bill
The House postponed action on President Nixon's surtax extension bill after leaders saw likely defeat. No date set. plan emergency legislation to maintain current withholding rate and surcharges until the extension passes. The measure would extend the surtax at 10 percent for six months and five percent for another six months ending June 30, 1970.
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Washington
Nixon
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Congress
Democratic Bloc
Ways and Means Committee
Oswego School Board Adopts 1969 Budget Near $7.1 Million
Oswego Enlarged City School District approves a 7,096,674.03 budget for 1969-70 by unanimous vote. The plan shows a nearly $2 million increase over the current year with a $3,360,000 real estate tax levy, while officials cite no tax rate increase based on true value.
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Everett Don
Board of Education
Enlarged
City
Poison in Rhine Kills Millions of Fish Seeks Source
Dutch scientists say an insecticide poisoned the Rhine killing millions of fish between Bingen and St Goarshausen and threatening water supplies in Amsterdam and German cities. West German officials questioned the Dutch report as authorities monitor for poison and warn residents to avoid the river.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Rhine
North Rhine-West- Phalia
Bingen
St. Goarshausen
Rhineland Palatinate
Amsterdam
Prime Beef Letter Urges Respect for Youth Baseball
A Fort Ontario youth baseball row prompts a call for parental sportsmanship after supporters of the K of C team insulted the city editor's grandson. The writer urges focusing on the boys and the game rather than trophies.
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Beef
Fort Ontario
Commandos reinforce surrounded Ben Het amid heavy clashes
Hundreds of American led South Vietnamese commandos were flown into Ben Het Special Forces camp as North Vietnamese artillery and infantry pressed around the outpost. A second allied convoy reached the camp from Dak To amid ongoing bombardment with casualties reported among both sides.
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Saigon
Ben Het
Barder
Juneles
Dak
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Judy Garland death ruled accidental by incautious self-overdosage
London AP coroner's inquest finds entertainer Judy Garland's death in Chelsea accidental from incautious self-overdosage of barbiturates. Jurors ruled out suicide or alcohol influence, noting no liver cirrhosis and that she often slept with pills, per husband Mickey Deans.
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Judy
London
Judy Garland
Chelsea
Deans
Miss Garland
Gavin Thurston
Murder Charge in Syracuse Shooting of Mother
In Syracuse New York a young mother was shot dead on a street early today. Police charged her estranged husband John H Murray 38 with murder for gunning her down with two shotgun blasts near her mother's home after she finished work at a General Electric plant. James A McDivitt resigned from active space flying and became manager at Lunar Landing Operation Studies at the Manned Spacecraft Center Houston.
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Syracuse
N.Y
John H. Murray
General Electric
McDivitt
Air Force
Active Space
Manned Spacecraft Center
Pope Paul VI Says World Seeks Easy Life
At his weekly audience in Vatican City Pope Paul VI argued that people seek an easy life and cited opposition to his birth control encyclical as evidence. He asserted he would not revoke the Catholic ban on artificial contraception, deeming it the law of God.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Fire damages Way side Inn at Four Corners Elbridge
An early morning blaze heavily damaged a three story restaurant in Elbridge near Syracuse. Deputy sheriff discovered the fire at about 3 a.m. The sprinkler system confined the flames to the dining room though other areas suffered smoke and water damage.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Cap
Elbridge
Four Corners
Lodge Returns to Paris After Three-Week Absence
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge flew back to Paris today after a three week absence from the Vietnam peace talks. Lodge had joined President Nixon at the Midway meeting in June and briefed the President and the National Security Council on the negotiations.
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New York
Henry Cabot Lodge
Paris
Vietnam
Lodge
Nixon
National Security Council
Reach Contract Accord in New York Teachers Strike Endgame
The United Federation of Teachers and the Board of Education reached a tentative three year contract with UFT President Albert Shanker predicting peace and stability. The final year salary ranges from 9400 to 13950, up from 6760 to 11150, and top scale after eight years instead of fourteen.
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NEW York
United Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
UFT
Albert Shanker
Bridge Jams Up After Freighter Collision in St Catharines
A Norwegian freighter struck the Carlton Street bridge in St Catharines cutting off northbound traffic. The Welland Canal bridge jammed in the up position. the ship was only slightly damaged and continued. Officials said operation would resume.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
Welland Canal
Dyvi Oceanic
Carlton St
Israeli jets strike Arab stronghold in Jordan after attack
Two Israeli jet fighters bombed a guerrilla stronghold inside Jordan following an Arab attack on an army patrol in the Beisan Valley.
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Jordan
Beisan
Methodist Minister Heads to Jail Over Draft Refusal
The Rev. Wrightson Tongue Jr., a 26 year old United Methodist minister from Friendship New York and his pregnant wife, will surrender in Roanoke Virginia to serve a three year prison term for refusing induction. Tongue, licensed but not ordained, was convicted after his June 1968 appointment by Bishop Ward. He had sought reclassification as a conscientious objector and faced an LA designation before refusing induction.
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Friendship
N.Y
Roanoke
U.S. Marshall
Wrightson
Tongue l Jr
New York
Tongue
Alfred Barksdale
Lynchburg
Friendship United Methodist Church
W. Ralph Ward
United Methodist Church
Woodbridge
Wrightson S. Tongue Sr
Kennedy criticizes U.S. handling of South Vietnam refugees
Senator Edward Kennedy told the Nixon administration he is dissatisfied with refugee policy as a Senate subcommittee opened hearings. He questioned claims of progress in resettlement and urged reduced violence as the only path to fewer refugees, citing observed camps and unequal living conditions.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
South Vietnam
Kennedy
Saigon
Senate
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