2000 More Troops On Stand By For Riot Duty
Washington dispatch reports the Army has 2000 more troops ready on one hour notice, forming 11 brigades in alert as riots in U.S. cities continue. Provisional brigades mix engineers artillery and combat support with riot control training. Air Force transports around the country support emergency lift. 96 reserve C119 and C124 planes used. Brigades from Fort Bragg Fort Hood Fort Carson and Fort Benning have been deployed or positioned.
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Air Reserve
Army
Fort Benning
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Hood, Tex
Carson, Cole
Fte Benning
Soviet Luna 14 aims for moon return mission
Moscow reports Luna 14, an unmanned automatic space station, launched Sunday and racing toward the moon. Officials say it will study near lunar space and test communications as a precursor to possible manned flights. Further details were not released as the mission nears completion.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Moon
Earth
Baltimore Quiet Returns After Weekend Riots
Baltimore restored scarce quiet as Army troops and Maryland National Guardsmen enforced martial law after a weekend of looting and arson. Four deaths, 300 injuries, 1,351 arrests, and 420 fires were reported. Mayor D Alesandro and Gen Gelston provided figures and context while President Johnson ordered 1,900 troops to assist state police.
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Baltimore
Johnson
Spiro T. Agnew
18Th Corps Airborne Artillery
Maryland
Thousands Honor King in March in Kansas City
Thousands of Negroes and whites joined memorial marches in Missouri and Kansas for Martin Luther King Jr. The Kansas City event at Liberty Memorial Mall drew about 10,000 people as officials clergy and civil rights leaders praised King. A militant view urged action rather than quiet endurance. A Wichita rally of 1,000 featured criticism of nonviolence and a provocative remark about retaliation.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Martin Luther King Jr
Liberty Memorial Mall
Kansas City
King
John Wesson
The
Congress of Raccial
Memphis
A. L. Johnson
Council For United Action
Mec-Adams Park
Wichita
Jo Gardenhire
Martin Luther King
America
Chester I. Lewis
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hamburg Nazi Trial Sums Five For Polish Jew Killings
A Hamburg court sentenced five members of a former Nazi police battalion to prison terms up to eight years for aiding in the murder of 5,000 Polish Jews during 1942 43. Six other defendants were found guilty of aiding but were not sentenced as subordinates acting under orders.
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Hamburg
Germany
Library and culture book list from 1960s features
A catalog of nonfiction and fiction titles including Mortimer J. Adler’s inquiry into human difference, J Frank Dobie’s autobiography, Paul Hinnebusch on religious life, Milo Miloradovich on cooking herbs, Charles Einstein’s Little League coaching, and Chuck Stone’s critique of race reporting in the press.
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Mortimer J. Adler
Earth
J. Frank Dobie
Paul Hinnebusch
O.P
Milo Miloradovich
Charles Einstein
Willie Mays
Chuck Stone
Quiet Chicago mourns King as troops guard cities
Chicago marked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day with memorial services in dozens of churches while about 10 000 green clad soldiers guarded South and West sides to prevent further violence after two days of looting. Nine deaths and 10 million dollars in damage were reported, with 300 injured and 1800 arrested. Homeland aid poured in as 7000 National Guardsmen were joined by 5000 federal troops from Ft Hood and Ft Carson under Lt General Mather. The situation was described as mostly nonviolent but with ongoing concerns in the South and West sides, especially a three mile stretch of West Madison Street.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Hiot
National
Samuel Shapiro
Johnson
Shapiro
Otto Kerner
Florida
George R. Mather
3Rd Armored Corps
Mather
Suneday
Madison Street
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George M. Gelston
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Donald Strother
de LaSalle High School
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West Madison Street
Joe Blain
Library Notes
City Library
Sarah Morris
D. E. Stevenson
Elizabeth Taylor
Ramsey's
James Leigh
Richard Jones
Howards
Caxley
Royal Air Force Reserve
William J. Weatherby
Fulton Furniture Warehouse Outlet
Westinghouse
Ottawa
M-G-M
Judd Bernard-Irwin Winkler
Lee Marvin
Angie Dickinson
Avision
Caesar
Block
Sem
E. 2Nd St
Ft. Hood
Tex
Ft. Carson, Colo
Ottawa Uniersity Fine Arts Department
Mid-America String Quartet
Ottawa University Chapel
James Broude
Kansas City Philharmonic
Mortimer Alpert
Ottawa Little Symphony
Norman Hollander
David Danese
Carl Bobbish
Ottawa Herald
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