Gangs on Rampage in Buffalo Fire Damage Reported
Gangs of about 350 youths roamed Buffalo's east side Tuesday night setting fires looting businesses and tossing objects at police. Nine fires were started and a dry cleaning shop sustained about 40000 in damage. Police made 23 arrests and 7 people including 4 officers were injured as 400 officers used riot gas to disperse the crowds.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Frank A. F
Felicetta
Michigan
Sycamore
Needy Losers Amid New York Welfare Crisis
Rochester unrest ends with four arrests later released as city officials promise expanded playgrounds and recreation. In New York, 650,000 welfare recipients face hardship as 80 percent of welfare case workers join a contract dispute, reducing staff and delaying aid for evicted and hungry families.
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New York
Rochester
N.Y
Mark H. Touhey
Touhey
Manhattan Street
Johnnie Monroe
Monroe
Department of Welfare
Welfare Department
Debt Limit Bill Heads to Johnson for Signature
Congress sends to the White House a bill to raise the national debt limit to 358 billion dollars, with a planned rise to 365 billion by July 1 1968. President Johnson is expected to sign by Friday after Senate approval 60 to 30.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Johnson
Senate
Expect Approval of Vote for Youths at 18
Albany AP reports members of New York State Constitutional Convention committee show deadlock on lowering the voting age to 18. The Bill of Rights and Suffrage panel adjourned after two days of talks and will resume July 5 with expectant support for 18-year-old suffrage.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Andrew Tyler
Manhattan
Red Chinese diplomat and three aides die in crash
East Berlin charge d affaires from Red China and three staff members were killed in an automobile crash in northern East Germany. A fifth diplomat was hospitalized in serious condition. Names were not released.
American Planes Bomb Red Infiltration Routes in Viet
B52 bombers pounded Red infiltration routes in Quang Tri and Kontum provinces as U S forces battle rising enemy pressure. More than 300 paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade conducted patrols, killing six North Vietnamese and taking one prisoner in Kontum. In Quang Tri, 10 Marines died and 27 were wounded amid ongoing clashes near Khe Sanh as Marines stepped up patrols to deter assaults.
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Saigon
U.S
Quang Tri
Demilitarized Zone
Kontum
Dmz
Highland
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Kontum Province
Khe Sanh
Leathernecks
Blast Damages Alabama Civil Rights Leader J L LeFlore Home
The Mobile home of 62 year old civil rights figure J L LeFlore was shattered by a blast at 1 20 am. Police report a dynamite odor and car track clues. LeFlore, who survived with a minor eye cut, has faced prior attacks in 1959 and 1964. He has held multiple civil rights positions in Mobile and statewide.
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Mobile
Ala
J. L. LeFlore
LeFlore
Donald Riddle
Subway Seats Cold Miniskirts Stir London Transit
London Transport faces complaints over experimental fiber glass seats on the Inner Circle line. Rail Union magazine notes miniskirted riders find the seats hard and cold, while Transport officials say they will consider public reaction and comfort.
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London
Railway Review
National Union of Railwaymen
London Transport
Inner Circle Line
Decision Making Brings Con Con Suddenly to Life
Albany report says key committees set the Constitutional Convention on a new course after a two week recess. Proposals include creating a state department of criminal justice with a governor appointed chief, and keeping a two house legislature with longer terms for lawmakers. Debate on lowering the voting age to 18 ends in deadlock.
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Albany
N.Y
State Department of Criminal Justice
Rockefeller
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
New York City
Senate
Assembly
New York
Nuclear Pact Talks At Geneva Dominate U N News
United States and Soviet Union plan to submit a joint proposal for a treaty to curb the spread of nuclear weapons at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Negotiations on safeguards remain unsettled as Rusk and Gromyko meet after Johnson Kosygin talks.
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United Nations
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Geneva
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.N
Rusk-Gromyko
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Rusk
Gromyko
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cabinet
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Kosygin
Moscow
U.N. General Assembly
Middle
Israel moves to unify Jerusalem sectors under one city
The Knesset approved laws merging municipal services in the Old City and the Jordanian sector, pledging protection for Christian and Moslem holy sites. Officials cited 24 hour water, ongoing electricity, and soon resumed postal and welfare services as steps toward equal municipal coverage for all residents.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Israel
Jordan
Knesset
Bethlehem
Foreign Ministry
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Kosygin Castro Talks Signal Disagreement in Havana
Soviet Premier Kosygin and Cuban leader Castro clashed on several mutual issues during a frank exchange in Havana. Tass noted the talks were friendly but did not reveal subjects, while Cuban military leaders joined the delegation indicating topics included defense matters.
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Havana
Alexei Kosygin
Fidel Castro
Alexei N. Kosygin
Tass
Kosygin
Defense
Raul Castro
Fidel
Juan Almeida
Sergio del Valle
Guillermo Garcia
Raul
Castro
Plane Crashes in Niagara River. Pilot Rescued
A single engine seaplane ferrying to Canada for missionary work crashed into the upper Niagara River about three miles above Horseshoe Falls. Pilot Alvin Davis Jr., 48, of Chatham Massachusetts, was rescued by two Chippawa volunteers and treated for forehead and hand injuries at Greater Niagara General Hospital. Davis reported a Rudder lock caused the loss of control after takeoff from the river at about 800 feet. Witnesses saw the craft plunge and split. he remained on the tail section until rescued. Davis planned to ferry the plane to St Pauls Episcopal Church in Kenora Ontario for northern Ontario missions.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Canada
Niagara River
Horseshoe Falls
Alvin Davis Jr
Chatham
Mass
Chippawa
Davis
Greater Niagara General Hospital
Niagara Fils
Gene Sonerville
Ernest Willich
St Paul’s Episcopal Church
Kenora
Ontario
UN Mideast Talks Near End With No Agreement Reached
The U N General Assembly nears the end of its general debate on the Middle East crisis with no agreement in sight. Delegates from 122 nations discuss three rival resolutions from the United States the Soviet Union and Albania as private consultations continue.
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UN Mideast
United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
J.M.A.H. Luns
Netherlands
Georges Hakim
Lebanon
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Afghanistan
United States
Soviet Union
Albania
Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
U.S
Dean Rusk
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