Turmoil hits colleges with bombing and arrests
A bomb damaged the new physical education building at Oshkosh State University as 11,000 students faced campus unrest. Police arrested about 200 students, many of them Black, amid demands for Black hires and a separate student union.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Oshkosh State University
Roger Guiles
James E. Groppi
Chico State College
California
Bluefield State
Lloyd Davis
Wendell Hardway
Hardway
Colorado State University
Fort Colline
Dow Chemical. Co
Kent State University
Ohio
Port closures deepen as 19 ships idle in port strike
Longshoremen refuse to unload in the No 5 hold amid PMA arbitration disputes over a grieved President Taylor. PMA renews no new crews as 19 ships idle, diversions to San Francisco noted, while crews continue handling military cargo and passenger baggage. Rescue and mine safety efforts ongoing as eight explosions rock the Mannington coal mine.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Union Focas
PMA
George Love
Local 13
Love
U.S. Department of Health
Ave F
The
Marine Exchange
Port of Los Angeles ship fumigation plea sparks work halt
A Port of Los Angeles official urged American President Lines to fumigate the freighter President Taylor after longshoremen accused it of rat infestation. Consolidated Marine sent the request via agent Consol idated Marine, Inc. The union and Pacific Maritime Association labeled the ship a preived ship and barred work in No 5 hold until decontamination, threatening weekend port-wide disruption.
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PMA
No. 5
Taylor
Los Angeles
American President Lines
John J. Parkinson
Consolidated Marine, Inc
Floyd Beri
Consolidated Marine Terminal
San Pedro
Parkinson
San Francisco
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacifice Maritime Association
Protesters greet Reagan at UC regents meeting
About 1,090 students and faculty protesters in San Diego welcomed Gov. Reagan as he arrived for a University of California regents session. Demonstrators carried placards opposing Reaganism and urging protection of the university from political interference during a silent vigil. Reagan declined to say if he would back a proposed modification to allow nonfaculty lecturers like Eldridge Cleaver to teach for credit.
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San Diego
Cleaver
Reagan
University of California Regents
Eldridge
Lower Voting Age Considered for State
California Constitutional Revision Commission voted 27 to 7 to add the question of lowering the minimum voting age to 18 or 19 to its January Pasadena agenda. Member John Sproul urged allowing the people to decide the legal voting age at the polls.
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San Francisco
UPS
California Constitutional Revision Commission
Commission
John Sproul
California
Pasadena
Devalue Franc as Aid OKd
The franc was devalued 17.55 percent to 4.93 per dollar after 4.20 previously. France's cabinet would set the rate in a Saturday meeting. The United States will provide 500 million dollars in credits in the rescue to curb speculators. West Germany tops aid with 600 million, Italy 3200 million, Britain 100 million, and others including Belgium Netherlands Switzerland Sweden Canada Japan contributing smaller sums. Paris watched developments with calm as devaluation was anticipated.
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Strauss
United States
West Germany
Italy
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Canada
Japan
Paris
Man Saves Family From Blaze In Hawaiian Gardens
Edward P. Morice awoke to smoke and guided his wife and seven year old daughter from a burning home. He reentered to rescue his stepfather Clarence F. Saintly who suffered second and third degree burns over 30 percent of his body and was listed in serious condition. Saintly crashed en route to hospital after driving the victim to care. Fire crews knocked down the flames causing about $6,000 in damage.
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Clarence F. Saintly
Usc County Medical Center
Edward“ P. Morice
Tilbury St
Morice
Sandy
Pioneer Hospital
Artesia
Americans Expelled by Soviet Union For Anti Soviet Leaflets
Moscow Pravda reports two American tourists identified as Thurber and Malsted were expelled from the Soviet Union for handing out anti Soviet literature while traveling in a car. The U S Embassy had no immediate comment.
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Moscow
APT
Soviet Union
Moscow Pravda
Thurber
Malsted
U.S
Cleaver discusses prison order at improvised California Hall
Eldridge Cleaver, subdued, tells about parole steps and meeting a parole officer as he faces return to San Quentin for parole violation. He recalls clashes with police, receives ovations, and donors contribute over 1000 dollars to defend him. The event moved from Hall of Flowers due to permit issues and champagne incident.
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UPI
Eldridge Cleaver
California Hall
Cleaver
Black Panther
San Quentin
State Supreme Court
Prison
Panthers
Oakland
Hall of Flowers
Executive Slain in L А Hotel Suite
Police investigated the murder of Robert J Fehskens 41 vice president for sales at Terminal Transportation Co of Atlanta found shot in his Los Angeles hotel suite after hosting about 200 trucking delegates at a National Industrial Traffic League convention. An associate said he carried about 400 dollars the night before. no cash was found and signs of a struggle appeared in his room.
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Los Angeles
Robert J. Fehskens
Atlanta
Fehskens
Terminal Transportation Co
National Industrial Traffic League
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