James Brown buys Augusta estate. seeks other land deal
Negro soul singer James Brown purchases a 115000 four acre estate on Walton Way in Augusta in a white neighborhood, plans to move from New York, and buys 20 more acres near the Savannah River plant for a recreation area. He also records showing property values in the area.
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James Brown
Atlanta
Augusta
Walton Way
Brown
New York City
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
Kissing Marathon Ends in Tie at Southwest Texas State
The kissing marathon at Southwest Texas State University finished in a tie, with two couples setting a new world record for the longest official kiss. Cadwell and Gabber of Texas and Ewing and Young of Texas won after nine hours and 17 minutes at 12:40 a.m. on the football field, surpassing the Notre Dame 1986 record.
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San Marcos
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Southwest Texas State University
Jos Cadwell
Austin, Tey
Deborah Gabber
Ballinger
Bill Ewing
San Antonio
Penny Young
Slereford
Notre Dame University
Southwest
Texas State
Lyndon B. Johnson
Notre Dame
Texas
Algerian authorities bar Cleaver Leary conference plan
Algiers refused to authorize an international news conference by Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver to introduce Timothy Leary, fugitive from U.S. justice, and Bernardine Rae Dohrn. Algerian officials cited lack of prior clearance and potential U.S. relations embarrassment as reasons. Leary and Dohrn stayed in seclusion, while Dohrn’s exact presence and asylum status remained unclear.
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UPI
Bildridge B. Cleaver
Timothy F. Leary
U.S
Cleaver
Black Panther Movement
Algeria
United States
Bernardine Rae Dohrn
Leary
FBI
Al-geria
Dohrn
Black Panthers
Miss Dohrn
Bernardine Dohrn
Fsi
Jennifer
Dar el-Beida
Lindsay Labels Church Takeover by Young Lords a Sacrilege
New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay condemns the seizure of First Spanish Methodist Church in Harlem by the Young Lords as sacrilege. He notes police cannot act without church officials’ approval and mentions a raid tied to the death of Julio Ratdan at The Tombs. The pastor Rev. Juan A. Valenquez authorized the protest.
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New York
UPI
John V. Lindsay
Young Lords
Lords
Harlem
Juan A. Valenquez
Valezquez
Campus Unit Taken Over by Students
Norfolk State College students seized the campus administration building in a protest led by the student body president. Police and state troopers faced a court injunction and dispersed about 11 am with no arrests or injuries reported. Inside the building were President Dr. Lyman Brooks and Police Chief Claude Staylor.
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Norfolk
Norfolk State College
Pam
Lyman Brooks
College
Claude Staylor
Thirteenth Arrest Reported in Kent State Riots
Kent State University student Peter C. Bilek, 22, Rochester N Y, the 13th of 25 indicted, was arrested on arson and first-degree riot charges and freed on a 5000 dollar bond. Campus workshops followed, addressing the grand jury report on the May killings and the role of outside agitators.
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Kent State
Kent, Ohio
UPI
Kent State University
Peter C. Bilek
Rochester
Kent
Grand Jury
Troops Patrolling Chile as Martial Law Expands
Chilean cities are patrolled under a modified martial law order as troops enforce security after the shooting of Army commander Rene Schneider. Curfews remain in effect from midnight to 6 a.m., and authorities threaten summary arrests and gunfire on noncompliance while Congress weighs Allende's election status.
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Santiago
UPS
Chille
Salvador
Allendé
Atacama Desert
Schneider
Congress
al Jende
Camilo Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Rockefeller Says Rival Offered State Job For Endorsement
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller alleges Democratic opponent Arthur Goldberg offered a $70 000 a year state job to secure an endorsement. Goldberg calls it a smear and denies any such person exists.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Rockefeller
New School
Manhattan
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Buffalo
U.S. Seeks Interview With Soviet Held Generals
The U S Embassy pressed the Soviet government to allow interviews with Maj. Gen. Edward C D Scherrer and Brig. Gen. Claude M McQuarrie Jr both held incommunicado inside the Soviet Union after a U S military plane violated Soviet air space near Soviet Armenia The four captives include Maj. James P Russell a U S Army pilot and a Turkish escort Col Donell The Soviet Foreign Ministry said they are in good health and the case is being treated as a penetration by a U S plane Tass said the plane violated Soviet air space
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Moscow
U.S
Tor
Armenia
Edward C.D. Scherrer
Turkey
Claude M. McQuarrie Jr
Soviet Union
S.S. Army
James P. Russell
Pinay Woods
Miss
Donell
Foreign Ministry
Tass
Two Missiles Launched From Vandenberg AFB
UPI reports two Minuteman II missiles were launched in a salvo from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Thursday, the third time such a test has occurred. The coastal base conducted the launches as part of nuclear deterrence testing.
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Vandenberg
Upi
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