The Negro Veteran Comes Home Rioting Debate Shapes Homecoming
The article reports mixed views of black veterans on riots after King's death, with many opposing violence and stressing unemployment, discrimination, and bitterness over housing. Veterans and leaders like John McReynolds and Whitney Young describe rioting as harmful, while others fear prejudice and limited job access could fuel further unrest. Realities of Vietnam service, recognition, and civilian life are highlighted through personal stories.
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Thomas Corpora
New York
UPD
Vietnam
America
UPI
John McReynolds
Otilio Mighty
Urban League Veterans Affairs
Harlem
Urban League
Whitney M. Young Jr
Don
Joey) Williams
Memphis
Memphis Veterans Hospital
James Butler
Philadelphia
Samuel J. Winston
Saigon
Boston
Marin Vietnam
Luther King Jr
Roxbury
Jesse J. Parker
Pittsburgh
Army
W. G. Williams
Onslow County
N.C
Harry S. Franklin
McReynolds
Montgomery
Joey Williams
Watts
Lawrence Joe
Fort Bragg, N.C
Young
BAND
Parker
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rapland
Brown
Air Force
David James Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Carmichael
United States
Santa Monica renews threat to abolish jobs
Santa Monica City Council renewed its threat to abolish the jobs of striking trash collectors unless they return to work today. The council voted to outsource trash collection to private firms and rejected a reduced wage demand from 750 strikers. The offer of state mediator Tom Vittaich was rejected, but City Manager Perry Scott would meet with strike leaders to discuss a new proposal.
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Santa Monica
UPI
Tom Vittaich
Perry Scott
McCarthy regrets NAACP reception drinks cost in Atlantic City
Senator Eugene McCarthy says he regrets guests at a reception for NAACP delegates were charged one dollar per drink. He says they have to live off the land in any campaign and could not provide the drinks.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Eugene McCarthy
NAACP
Better Curves Ahead Dear Ann Landers
Ann Landers answers readers on weight loss dancing lessons and marital trust. A letter requests a plan to lose 30 pounds and learn to dance to please a husband traveling for business, with Ann advising realistic steps and reframing motivation.
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Ann Landers
Ness
Ann
Missing 5 year old boy searched in High Sierra camp
Mono County sheriff's deputies renewed the search for Jimmy Lee Hawks missing since Saturday from his parents camp at Twin Lakes in the High Sierra fifteen miles southwest of Bridgeport. Bloodhounds traced the boy within 50 feet of the site as divers dragged both lakes without finding him. Pictures of Hawks, son of Mr and Mrs Alvin Hawks of Inglewood, were distributed to campers to aid identification and tips.
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Bridgeport
UPI
High Sierra
Jimmy Lee Hawks
Alvin Hawks
Inglewood
Mono County
Doctor Blaiberg’s Transplant Patient Stable Again
Cape Town report says Groote Schuur Hospital released that Dr. Philip Blaiberg, the world’s longest surviving heart transplant recipient, remained in unchanged condition after Thursday night update.
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Cape Town
South Africa
UPI
Groote Schuur Hospital
Philip Blaiberg
Reagan Buys 771 Acres for Riverside County Ranch Home
Governor Ronald Reagan moves to build a weekend ranch home on 771 acres at Rancho California in southwest Riverside County. The 87,500 acre Rancho California, owned by Kaiser and Penn Central, spans across Highway 395 with undeveloped western lands and plans for future agricultural and utility improvements.
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Reagan
Riverside County
Ronald Reagan
Rancho California
Riverside
San Diego
California
Nation
Robert L. Unger
Vice Press
Dent
Real
Santa
Rosa
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation
Kaiser,Industries Corporation
Penn Central Company
Santa Rosa
Pmml Egculicz
Rancho
Puimery Nawaer Ihnac
Western Municipal Water District
Metropolitan Water District
Colorado River
Feather River
Cleveland National Forest
Walter Vail
Mahlon Vail
Mary Wilkinson
Vail
Britain ends foot and mouth epidemic after mass slaughter
Britain officially declared the foot and mouth disease epidemic over after the cull killed 210,500 cattle, 104,300 sheep, and 114,800 pigs. The long battle involved farming communities and government action to restore livestock health and market confidence.
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London
UPI
Britain
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