Dream Expo opens in Chicago amid gala and awards
A near capacity crowd attended the third annual Black Expo at the International Amphitheatre Chicago. The event featured workshops and entertainment with famed performers and honored NAACP leader Roy Wilkins, who received the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award. The story also notes a murder case in Petersburg Virginia and other diverse items from entertainment and local milestones including George Jessel's child support adjustment, Mel Lavergne buying Terlingua Texas, and Carl Albert Day at the University of Oklahoma with honors and ceremonies surrounding the U S House Speaker.
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International Amphitheatre
Chicago
Martly Luther King Jr
Washington
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Wilkins
NAACP
Carl Albert
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Se Ween Ancantain
Albert
Phi Betta Kappa
Rhodes
University Alumni Association
U. S.house of Representatives
University
Exemption Bill Aims Top Tax on Pets in California
California Senate panel approved a bill by Assemblyman Bob Wood to exempt all pets from property taxes, and even up to three cows or horses. State Senator James Wedworth warned assessors might target cats dogs and birds. Wedworth urged exempting the moomoo and the bow-wow.
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California
Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
Sacramento
Bob Wood
James Wedworth
Wedworth
US lifts reinforcements in bid to sieze two bases
A combined American and South Vietnamese helicopter lift landed 2,000 troops on both sides of the Cambodian border to seize two fire bases near Tay Ninh. North Vietnamese rockets struck near Lt. Gen. Thinh’s headquarters, killing six refugees and wounding about a dozen. U.S. losses for the week rose to 29 killed in action, the highest in over two months, with ongoing shelling and rocket attacks from North Vietnamese forces along Highway 2, 78, and 7. President Nixon’s Vietnam peace envoy Williams Porter told Hanoi and the Viet Cong they lack leverage to dictate terms, criticizing their military position and urging realism.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
United States
Thinh
Tay Nich
Krek
Avyers
Paris
Nixon
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Wiliam J. Porter
Porter
U.S
Mexico kidnappers free victim after ransom payment
Mexico City reports that industrialist Julio Hirschfeld Alamada was freed after family paid a ransom of 240000. Abductors warned they would kill him if money wasn’t delivered. Hirschfeld, freed after about 60 hours in captivity, spoke of his dark, spare cell and reading a list of political and revolutionary works. He met President Echeverria and described the assailants as educated youths who treated him well.
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Mexico
Federal Aviation Director
Wes
Julio Hirschfeld
Alamada
Yearald
Hirschfeld
Luis Echeverria
Tirschfeld
Hurschfeld
Che Guevara
Tlatelalco
Latin America
Yoko Loses Custody Hearing Over Nude Film Footage
Houston judge Peter Solito awarded temporary custody of Yoko Ono's daughter to Anthony Cox, Yoko Lennon given visiting rights. The custody case centered on a 1969 film showing Lennon nude bathing with Ono's child and others, Cox alleging exposure to drugs and nudity. Cox and Ono divorced in 1969. visits set for two weekends monthly in New York or Houston, Christmas day visit, and six weeks summer custody in London or New York.
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Houston
Péter S. Solito
John Lennon
Lennon
Yoko
Joho
Timothy Leary
Solie
Anthony
Cox
Solite
New York
Solita
London
Classified Ad Spotlight on Loan Columns Today
A concise local note highlights the day’s classified section focusing on loan offers. It draws readers to review listed loan options and payment terms, urging careful comparison of rates and conditions before committing.
Lost hunter found safe in Sierra near Hayward
Missing since Saturday in the Sierra, Calvin Bailey, 46, located by two hunters in Butte County Wednesday. He walked about 40 miles through the mountains before being found in apparent good health. Bailey refused medical attention and said his only food was a can of strawberry pop from the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
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Oroville
Sierra
Hayward
Calvin Bailey
Butte County
Bailey
Feather River
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Charles Carla
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