Boston riot as 10000 youths flood downtown streets
About 10000 college age youths rioted for nearly three hours after a James Bond style trench coat offer for a Casino Royale preview at the Savoy Theater. Over 20 arrests, 10 hospitalized for cuts, two dog bites. One pedestrian, Dean J Scott of Brockton, killed in nearby hitchhiking incident. Police dispersed rioters with 75 officers aided by tactical unit. several cars and store windows damaged. looting efforts checked.
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Boston
Honky-Tonk
Joseph Hanley
Braintree
Dean J. Scott
Brockton
Savoy Theater
John P. Sullivan
Sullivan
Washington Street
Boston City
Metropolitan District Commission
Greater Boston
Hanley
Riots in Boston Reds Kill or Wound 100 South Vietnamese Civilians
Communist forces attacked Ham Tan the capital of Binh Tuy Province and the Trang Sap Special Forces camp in two raids causing heavy South Vietnamese civilian and military casualties. U.S. pilots reported losses, including three missing airmen, amid strikes near Hanoi and Ha Dong.
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Boston
Reds
Saigon
Ham Tan
Binh Tuy
U.S
Tracon
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
United States
James Lindbergh Hughes
Iowa
James Richard Shively
Texas
Gordon Albert Larsol
Minnesota
Trang Sap
Yen Vien
Ha Dong
World Journal Tribune shuts after union battle and losses
The eight month old World Journal Tribune ends with final editions amid union disputes and heavy losses. Art Meyer cites union intransigence as a cause, while leaders from the Printers Union and Newspaper Guild note internal owner tensions. Delays stem from a 140 day strike and a 21 percent wage rise plan, leaving 2,600 out of work in Manhattan.
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NEW York
World Journal Tribune
Art Meyer
Bertram A. Powers
Printers’ Union
Thomas J. Murphy
Newspaper Guild
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
The
New York Times
New York Herald Tribune
World-Telegram & the Sun
Journal-American
Meyer
Manhattan
Ara Piastro
Times
Daily News
New York Post
Sulzberger
C. Roy Chalk
el Diario la Prensa
Australian girl visits Long Beach sailor romance tale
Sandra Hilder, 20, spent her first full day in Long Beach alone while her American sailor sweetheart Bud Brewer, 23, served aboard the Coast Guard icebreaker Glacier. The pair met in March in Sydney and were reunited Thursday night as sympathetic Australian sailors funded her travel after she was found hiding aboard the USS Long Beach during a Sydney visit.
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Sandra Hilder
Australia
Searman Bernard
Bud” Brewer
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Hilder
Sydney Harbor
California
Bud
New York
Berard
Bud) Brewer
Coast Guard
Sandra
Brewer
Sydney
Seven Hundred U S Medical Personnel In Vietnam
American medical personnel in South Vietnam total 700 with about one third being women. The count reflects U S officials statement on current deployment in Saigon and surrounding areas as the war continues.
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U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
South Vietnam
No Organized Activity At Derby Says Dr.King
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said there would be no organized demonstration at Churchill Downs for the 93rd Kentucky Derby. He noted there could be some activity but emphasized no movement there to avoid disrupting the historic event. Police and National Guardsmen presence, arrests for disorderly conduct, and security concerns shaped the outcome.
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Louisville
Martin Luther King Jr
Churchill Downs
The
Downs
King
William Bindner
Kentucky
Teamsters Win 76-Cent Hourly Raise Across Nation
The Teamsters Union won a 76.04 cent hourly raise for drivers nationwide and ended a 12 day Chicago strike, amid $300 million local economic impact. The three year pact raises 25 cents first year and 15 cents in each of the next two years with health welfare pension and vacation benefits.
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Chicago
Teamsters Union
John Coulter
Chicago Association of Commerce
Louis Peick
Teamsters
Harriman Undergoes Surgery in New York City
Ambassador at large W Averell Harriman was reported in good condition at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after minor surgery on Thursday. A hospital spokesman said the 75 year old former governor and veteran diplomat was expected to return to Washington before the end of next week.
Sun Eclipse Visible Across North America Next Tuesday
Hayden Planetarium astronomer Dr. Thomas D. Nicholson says a sun eclipse will be seen across nearly all of North America weather permitting. It starts at 9:21 a.m. EDT May 9, reaches maximum coverage at 9:49 a.m. and ends at 10:19 a.m.
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New York
North America
Thomas D. Nicholson
Hayden Planetarium
FCC okays sale of Watertown station WOTT
The Federal Communications Commission approved the sale of Watertown New York station WOTT for 330000 dollars to R B G Productions Inc 100 percent owned by RMC Productions Inc.
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FCC
Watertown Station
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
WOTT
Watertown
N.Y
R. B. G. Productions Inc
RMC Productions Inc
Spellman Receives Sylvanus Thayer Award at West Point
Cardinal Francis Spellman, archbishop of New York and military vicar, is awarded the Sylvanus Thayer Award by the U.S. Military Academy Association of Graduates at West Point. He will address cadets at Washington Hall after a brigade review. He spent Christmas with U.S. troops in Vietnam, his 16th holiday visit abroad.
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West Point
N.Y
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Sylvanus Thayer
U.S. Military Academy Association of
Corps of Cadets
Washington Hall
Cardinal Spellman
Military Academy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
James B. Conant
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Vietnam
Douglas MacArthur
Vietnam
New York
Probe Cause of Crash of Plane Near Rochester
Investigators sought to determine why a Navy T34B Mentor training aircraft crashed in a wooded field near Rochester, killing pilot Lt Cmdr Darold M. Johnsonbaugh of Queens and civilian passenger Lyman D. Mills of Henrietta. The single engine plane went down minutes after takeoff from a private Henrietta airstrip. bodies found strapped in their seats amid burned debris.
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Rochester
N.Y
Navy
Rush
Henrietta
Cmdr
Darold M. Johnsonbaugh
Ozone Park
Queens
Naval Aviation
Lyman D. Mills
RFK and Udall Lead Families on Hudson River Whitewater Trip
Sen Robert Kennedy begins a 13 mile kayak run through dangerous Hudson River rapids north of North Creek with his family while Stew Udall, his wife, and Rivermen follow in larger rafts. The group plans a lunch break and a six hour journey as part of Whitewater Derk canoe races. Kennedy contemplates entering the Sunday race.
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North Creek
N.Y
Robert F. Kennedy
Hudson River
Here
Ethel
Stewart Udall
North River
Kennedy
Gooley Lodge
Indian Lake
Freckles
Mrs. Kennedy
James Whittaker
Mt. Everest
Caroline Kennedy
Joseph
Udall
Sealright Strike Ends at Fulton Plant
At Fulton the Sealright Co. strike ends as Local 54 members vote 673 to 170 to accept a proposed contract. Some 1,000 production workers will be called back to work early next week after union leaders Sam Vescio and Thomas Minota explained terms at G. Ray Bodley High School.
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Sealright
Fulton
Sealright Co., Inc
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Papermill Workers
G. Ray Bodley High School
Sam Vescio
Thomas Minota
International Union
Family of 13 Plans Europe Trip This Summer
The Palazzolo family of 13 from Cincinnati will tour Europe for four months traveling Iceland Ireland Sicily and Copenhagen by a Dublin pickup Volkswagen bus. They aim to meet Pope Paul VI Iceland President Asgeir Asgeirsson Vienna Boys Choir and attend an antique car parade in Lucerne.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Paul J. Palazzolo
Europe
Palazzolo
Iceland
Ireland
Sicily
Copenhagen
Dublin
Palazzolos
Laymen Take Control At Notre Dame U In Historic Shift
Laymen assume leadership of the University of Notre Dame in an historic break from Holy Cross rule. The move makes Notre Dame the first major Catholic university to entrust laymen with governance, aligning with Vatican II aims. Rev. Theodore Hesburgh signals a new era as the year begins.
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South Bend
Ind
University of Notre Dame
Holy Cross Fathers
Notre Dame
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Holy
Newsweek Editor Dies in Bronxville At 58
Fillmore Calhoun an editor at Newsweek magazine died Friday in Bronxville New York. The Kent Washington native was foreign news editor at Life magazine before joining Newsweek ten years ago after suffering a lung ailment in recent months.
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Newsweek
Bronxville, N.Y
Fillmore Calhoun
Newsweek Magazine
Kent, Wash
Calhoun
Life Magazine
Barry Sadler Leaves Army for Civilian Life
Fort Bragg AP report says Barry Sadler the singing sergeant famed for Ballad of the Green Berets ends military service to pursue civilian life in California with his wife Lovena and their 3 year old son Thor. He returns from Vietnam after being wounded and has received the Army Commendation Medal for recruiting work. He will continue to write songs and run his New York music publishing company.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Barry Sadler
Green Berets
United States
Vietnam
Sadler
Lovena
Thor
California
Air Force
Two Amsterdam men drown in Indian Lake accident
Two Amsterdam residents Tracy Bramer aged 39 and Louis Micilus aged 42 died in a boating mishap on Indian Lake near an Adirondack hamlet. They went Friday night to camp for a fishing party arriving Saturday. Their overturned boat and gear were found with both bodies recovered nearby. Indian Lake sits about 50 miles north of Amsterdam.
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Indian Lake
N.Y
Amsterdam
Adirondack
Tracy Bramer
Louis Micilus
Girl dies in pre-dawn house fire in Elmira
Margaret Ervin, 12, died in a north west Elmira fire that badly injured her mother, two sisters, and a firefighter. The blaze occurred before dawn at the family home.
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Elmira
N.Y
Margaret Ervin
Pope Paul VI Eyes Fatima Shrine Visit to Keep Secret Safe
Vatican sources say Pope Paul VI will visit the Fatima shrine in Portugal next Saturday and is not expected to reveal the 1917 Fatima secret. The written prophecy remains locked in the Vatican with Sister Lucy, now 60, a Carmelite nun. Early hints suggest the secret foresees an era of universal peace rather than doom. The trip on May 13 will take him to the site where Sister Lucy and two cousins reported visions of the Virgin Mary.
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Paul
Fatima
Vatican City
Paul VI
Portugal
Vatican
Papacy
Lucia Dos Santos
Lucy
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