Rioting in Buffalo Leaves 40 Hurt and $100000 Fire Damage
A second night of unrest on Buffalo’s East Side sent at least 40 to hospitals, with fire damage around 42 thousand dollars. More than 1,000 youths looted stores, shot guns, and set fires as police used tear gas. nearly 50 arrests followed amid a tense calm. Local clergy and NAACP leaders urged peace as the city grapples with the riot’s impact.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Lower East Side
Frank A. Sedita
Milton A. Williams
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mr. Williams
East Side
Robert B. Howard
Niagara Falls
Upstate
New York
Rochester
Sycamore Street
Frank N. Felicetta
Floyd J. Edwards
Howland sentenced to 30 years to life in Oswego murder
Frank H Howland a 61 year old Oswego bartender received an indeterminate sentence of not less than 30 years to life at Attica State Prison for the strangulation murder of his wife Catherine O’Brien Howland. He pleaded guilty June 9 to second degree murder with assault counts dropped. The body was found December 5 at their home on West Seneca Street.
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Pulaski
Frank Harry Howland
Second St
Oswego
Don H. Stacy
Attica
Stacy
Attica State Prison
Howland
Francis Sagace
James McDermott
Ego
Catherine O’brien Howland
Lee Memorial Hospital
Fulton
Charles
Seneca St
Cost of Living Still Climbing
The government reports continued rise in the cost of living with no peak in sight. Real spendable income for May averaged $77.38 weekly for a family of four after taxes and price adjustments since 1957-59, with CPI at 115.6 meaning $11.56 needed to buy goods worth $10 in 1957-58.
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Washington
Labor Department
Johnson Leaves Philadelphia For Texas Holiday
President Johnson flew to San Antonio for a funeral and to Texas for the July 4 holiday. He planned to sign the National Teacher Corps extension and visit Opportunities Industrialization Center to audit job training for the unemployed, mostly Negroes.
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Philadelphia
Johnson
Texas
National
Teacher Corps
Opportunities Industrialization Center
Senate
White House
San Antonio
Tex
Hoffmann Baines
Games to Lure Shopper Are Here to Stay
New York AP reports the billion dollar game promotions used by oil firms and grocers to attract customers. Executives say such contests will grow rapidly in 1967 and beyond, with schemes like Double Sweepstakes Bingo tying supermarket and gas station play. Winners win merchandise or cash up to 1000 dollars.
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New York
Mobil Oil Corp
Jerry Poncher
J&h International Corp
Chicago
National Food Stores
American Oil Co
Navy court refuses to determine blame in Liberty attack
A Navy court of inquiry declined to speculate on whether Israeli jets and PT boats knew they were striking the Liberty on June 8 in international waters north of the Sinai. The panel found the ship properly identified and in international waters, with 33 U.S. Navy personnel and one civilian technician killed and 75 injured.
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Washington
Navy
U.S
Liberty
Middle East
Pentagon
Sinai Peninsula
London
Malta
U.S. Navy
National Security Agency
RFK and Moss Prepare Lake Powell River Expedition
Democratic Senators Robert F. Kennedy of New York and Frank E. Moss of Utah plan a 115 mile river run from Moab to Hall’s Crossing, with a Navy-like boat standby to Rainbow Bridge National Monument. Kennedy's family joins for a hike to the arch while a 47 member party includes six Kennedy children and film crew.
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Colorado River
New York
Lake Powell
Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Glen Canyon Dam
Kennedy
Moler Elected President of Kiwanis International
James M. Moler a Charles Town West Virginia school administrator and banker became president of Kiwanis International at the Houston convention advancing from president-elect to top officer of the 275 000 member organization. Harold M Heimbaugh of West Hollywood California was named president-elect Ted Johnson of Denver Colorado and Jack Willis of Winnipeg Canada were elected vice presidents.
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W. Virginian
Kiwanis International
Houston
Tex
James M. Moler
Charlestown
W.va
Moler
Men’s Service Organization
Harold M. Heimbaugh
West Hollywood
Calif
Ted Johnson
Denver
Colo
Jack Willis
Winnipeg
Canada
Jayne Mansfield Dies In Car Crash In New Orleans
Actress Jayne Mansfield her lawyer and a Mississippi youth died when their car hit a trailer truck on U S 90 in eastern New Orleans. Three Mansfield children were hospitalized, two others not with her, police said.
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New Orleans
Jayne Mansfield
Mississippi
U.S. 90
Charity Hospital
Marie
Miklos Jr
Zoltan Hargitay
Parsons College accreditation stays in force for now
In Fairfield Iowa U S District Judge Juli us J Hoffman deferred an injunction as the North Central Association keeps Parsons College accreditation pending a July 7 ruling The association had ordered withdrawal of accreditation as of July 1 while executive action in Oneonta New York ousted president Millard G Roberts a move the board says may be temporary Roberts plans to return to Fairfield and insists the board must employ a two thirds majority to dismiss him
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Fairfield
Iowa
Parsons College
U.S. District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Chicago
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Association
Parsons
Hoffman
L. Dow Nichol Jr
Oneonta
N.Y
Millard G. Roberts
Roberts
Rockefeller Urges GOP Governors to Back Romney
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York urged fellow Republican governors to back Michigan Gov. George Romney for the 1968 GOP presidential nomination. He said he will not bid for top place and reiterated his wholehearted support for Romney. Rockefeller met with Govs. David F. Cargo and Tom McCall who praised him as best qualified and electable against President Johnson.
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Jackson Lake Lodge
Wyo
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Michigan
George Romney
Rockefeller
Remy
David F. Cargo
New Mexico
Tom McCall
Oregon
Johnson
Rumors of Ky stepping down amid dissension in Saigon
Rumors spread of dissension within South Vietnam's military government with a possibility that Premier Nguyen Cao Ky might resign. Informed sources said the Armed Forces Council gave Ky a new confidence vote at a morning meeting, though the exact issue was unclear as the council met late into the day.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Armed Forces Council
Bank robber in Buffalo takes over five hundred dollars
A husky man walked into an east side Marine Midland Trust Co. branch in Buffalo on Thursday and fled with more than $500 after handing a teller a note reading I have a gun Give me the money Police traced the incident as the second robbery at the same branch since March.
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Buffalo
N. Y
the Marine Midland Trust Co
Jerusalem Annexation Sours LBJ Hussein Talks
U S officials say Israel's annexation of the Old City of Jerusalem soured President Johnson and King Hussein's first conference since Israel's victory. They claim the move aimed to coincide with the meeting and cast a pall over talks. White House and State Department warned against rapid annexation and said the U S would not recognize the merger.
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Jerusalem
Old City
Israel
Jordan
Moshe Shapiro
David
Soviet Union
Britain
Vatican
United Nations
United States
Old Jerusalem
State Department
White House
Hussein
Amman
Yugoslavia
Emergency General Assembly
Egypt
Syria
Abba Eban
New Jerusalem
Washington
U.S
Johnson
George Christian
Middle East
Actress Jayne Mansfield Killed In Truck Collision
Silence followed the fatal crash as actress Jayne Mansfield died after decapitation near New Orleans when her car ran under a truck on the Old Spanish Trail. Driver Richard Rambo, 40, Pensacola, said the car appeared from behind and hit the truck. Mansfield’s children were observed at Charity Hospital with non critical injuries. Mansfield had recently appeared in Biloxi and planned a TV appearance in New Orleans. Her life included a high profile lawsuit over a lion incident involving her son Zoltan and a prior adultery accusation against her lawyer Samuel S. Brody.
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Field
Samuel S. Brody
Ronnie Harrison
Mississip City
Ississippi Gulf Coast
Miss Mansfield
Biscoxi
Miss
New Orleans
Richard Rambo
Pensacola
Fla
Rambo
Charity Hospital
Mickey
Gus Stevens
Biloxi
Beverly Hills
California
Zoltan Hargitay
Jayne Marie Mansfield
Los Angeles
Brody
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Saudi Arabia
Danilo Lekic
Johnson Washington
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