Guard Criticism Uproar in Congress Is Mounting
Washington lawmakers denounced a Defense Department review of National Guard officer qualifications as an indictment by innuendo. They faulted press coverage for harming the Guard while defending Gen Throckmorton’s testimony that guardsmen were nervous and ordered to unload their weapons during riots.
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D-Mich
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Robio
Army
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Michigan National Guard
House Armed Services Committee
Michigan Guard
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Senator Urges Ghettos Wield Vote Power
Senator Edward W. Brooke urged ghetto communities to organize and exercise political power to push government to address their needs. He spoke at the National Urban League convention, arguing democracy must work for the have-nots as well as the haves and that riots stem from inequities.
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UPI
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
National Urban League
Brooke
America
Oldest U S light ship dims lamp at Ambrose farewell
The Ambrose Lightship, a famed New York harbor beacon, sailed away with a three whistle salute to end the nation’s oldest lightship tradition. Replaced by the Ambrose Offshore Light Station, the ceremony cited efficiency, economy and safety as reasons. The tradition began in 1823 with Sandy Hook guiding entry to New York Harbor.
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Sandy Hook
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Atlantic Ocean
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Job Training Bill Attracts New Support
Washington reports a $4 billion program to train and place one million unemployed in new jobs drew 25 new House cosponsors, totaling 77. Supporters call it a make-jobs plan to curb urban riots, with grants to fund training and job creation in local government services and fields like medical welfare education and public protection.
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Washington
James N. Scheuer
D-Ny
James G. O'Hara
D-Mich
Hugh L. Car+ey
Missile Contract for Hound Dog Inspections in Tulsa
Washington VPI A announces a 4.1 million contract to North American Aviation space division in Tulsa Oklahoma for inspection and repair of Air Force Hound Dog missiles. The program will require an additional 200 employees.
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VPI
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Space Division
Tulsa
Okla
Propaganda pamphlet urges Black people to kill whites in Vietnam
UPI reports U.S. officials weighing ban on a Peking published two page Crusader pamphlet by fugitive Robert Williams urging Black Americans to sabotage Vietnam operations and kill enemies if they protest. Court rulings limit suppressing foreign propaganda. title links to RAM and Castro era ties. Williams, 42, fled to Cuba then China after a North Carolina racial incident.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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Peking
Williams
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China
Monroe, N.C
Post Office Department
Phetto
Detroit
Justice Department
Supreme Court
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Fidel Castro
New Haven Curfew Eased as City Calms After Looting
Mayor Richard C. Lee relaxed the 11 p.m. curfew after violence in inner city neighborhoods ebbed to a near standstill. He toured predominantly Negro and Puerto Rican areas to gauge tensions from sporadic looting arson and vandalism across four consecutive nights.
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UPI
Richard C. ‘Lee
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