Curfew Brings More Trouble In Memphis
Memphis endured a second night of violence after Mayor Loeb imposed an overnight curfew to quell unrest sparked by Elton Hayes's death during a police chase. Brick throwing, gunfire and fires damaged property as 45 people were arrested and over 200 fire calls were logged. Protesters at a church demanded removal and charges against 23 suspended officers.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Henry Loeb
Loeb
Elton Hayes
Hayes
Atty
Phil Canale
John Barger
Barger
Neruda Wins Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat with Marxist leanings, won the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature. He is 67, regarded as Latin America’s greatest living poet, and recently served as ambassador to Paris after Chile’s Marxist government took power. The prize totals $88,000. He is the second Chilean laureate, following Gabriela Mistral in 1945.
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Stockholm
Pablo Neruda
Neruda
Latin America
Swedish Academy For
Paris
Salvador Allende
Gabriela Mistral
Tax Structure Criticized by Kansas Governor Docking
Governor Robert Docking blasted Kansas tax structure as loopy and unfair at the Kansas State Federation of Labor AFL-CIO meeting in Wichita. He cited unequal sales tax burdens on families earning 8000 and 25000 dollars yearly, urged tax reform, and vowed to veto any repeal of the property tax lid while seeking its extension.
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Wichita
Kan
Robert Docking
Kansas
Docking
The
Labor Organization
Lending Rate Cut Fails To Stop Market Spin
New York banks trimmed the prime lending rate to 5 percent from 6 percent led by Morgan Guaranty Trust as Wall Street watched a broad stock market decline. The Dow Jones average dropped 12.78 points to 855.65 amid ongoing economic uncertainty, with analysts discounting the rate cut as a cause.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Bank of America
San Francisco
Chase Manhattan
Continental Ilinois
Chicago
Girard Trust
Philadelphia
Citizens & Southern
Atlanta
Wall Street
Morgan Guaranty
Justice Dept targets 141 would be hijack attempt cases
Since late 1969 the Justice Department has arrested 141 people who tried to board aircraft while carrying concealed deadly weapons, according to the Air Transport Association of America report.
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U.S. Justice Department
Air Transport Association of America
Mediators Seek Breakthrough In Three-Week Coal Strike
Federal mediators press to reopen deadlocked talks in the 80,000 miners strike that halted U S soft coal production. Union chief Boyle rejects a strike-penalty clause, while industry seeks wage and welfare gains and the right to withhold raises during the contract.
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Washington
U.S
Robert W. Donnahoo
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Bituminous
Boyle
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Agnew Says U S Aid to Greece Essential to Security
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew said Congress must not threaten Greece aid, arguing Nixon could override a ban for U S security. He called Greece an essential line of Western defense amid Soviet naval power, noting no Greek requests for more aid.
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Athens
Spiro T. Agnew
Congress
U.S
Greece
Nixon
United States
Agnew
Crete
Mediterranean
Disagreement on Car Insurance in Kansas
Topeka attorney and Kansas Bar Association president Phil Lewis told a joint legislative committee no-fault auto insurance is unnecessary in Kansas despite some suggested changes. University of Kansas Law School Professor William A. Kelly argued no-fault would shift more insurance money to claimants by reducing legal fees and outlined a National Conference on Uniform State Laws draft.
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Topeka, Kan
Phil Lewis
Topeka
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas
University of Kansas
Lewis
Bar
University of Kansas Law School
William A. Kelly
Kelly
National Conference On Uniform
Nixon to Nominate Friday and Lillie to Supreme Court
Senate sources say President Nixon will nominate Herschel H. Friday of Little Rock and Mildred L. Lillie of Los Angeles for vacancies on the Supreme Court. Friday is a Democrat and Arkansas school desegregation attorney. Lillie is a California Court of Appeal judge.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Little Rock
Herschel H. Friday
Mildred L. Lillie
Los Angeles
Supreme Court
White House
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Arkansas
South
Import Surcharge May Last Longer Than A Year
Treasury Secretary Connally said the 10 percent import surcharge could remain in force for more than a year as the United States seeks to fix its balance of payments deficit. He stressed the surcharge is temporary and that the nation will push for fair trading and a new world currency structure in talks with partners.
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Emmett G. Solomon
Crocker Citizens National Bank of
San Francisco
Nixon
Congress
Treasury
John Connally
American Bankers Association
John B. Connally
Connally
United States
Suspect placed in solitary confinement in Omaha slaying case
Robert Julian Jacobs, a 31 year old laborer, was jailed in Douglas County for the kidnapping and murder of 12 year old Allen Schmidt and kidnapping and stabbing of his 10 year old brother Leslie. He faced charges in Municipal Court and a preliminary hearing was set for November 15. Jacobs did not enter a plea as defense counsel was appointed. He was transported to Omaha by plane after being arrested in Missouri.
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Omaha, Neb
Robert Julian Jacobs
Douglas County
Omaha
Charles Terry
Jacobs
Allen Schmidt
Allen
Leslie
Walter H. Cropper
Thomas Kinney
Bennett Hornstein
Douglas County Public Defender’s Office
Cropper
Kinney
Betts
Monroe
Elec
A.K.C
Quil Kennels
Williamsburg
Kansas
Beryl Hobbs
Donna Watts
Cliff Hobbs
A. K. Watts
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