Detroit Testimony Details Self-Defense Claim at Algiers Motel
Detroit police Lt. Elmer J. Reed testified that patrolman Ronald August and another officer claimed self defense in the Algiers Motel killings during rioting. August and Patrolman Robert Paille face first degree murder charges for two victims, with a third youth’s death under investigation.
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Detroit
Algiers
Ronald August
Elmer J. Reed
Recorders
Reed
Robert Demascio
August
Aubrey Pollard
Robert Paille
Fred Temple
Paille
Pollard
Temple
Carl Cooper
U S Casualty Rate Drops in Vietnam War
American combat deaths and wounds last week fell to the lowest since January. US and South Vietnamese forces reported light, scattered contacts with ongoing small skirmishes and multiple enemy caches found near Tam Ky and Con Thien.
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Saigon
U.S. Command
Tam Ky
North Vietnam
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
Panhandle
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Cochise
101St Airborne Division
9Th Marine Regiment
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Long Tau
A Shau
An Lao
Harlem Rats Bill Frustration Sparks Political Action
Harlem and Brownsville delegations pressed for a rat eradication bill on Capitol Hill. Rep. John Conyers urged turning anger into political action while Jesse Gray blamed rats for unrest. Housing data cited 14 000 rat bites yearly in nine major cities.
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Washington
Harlem
Capitol Hill
John Conyers Jr
D-Mich
New York City
America
Con
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Gray
Congress
Frank J. Brasco
House
House Chamber
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Kennedy seeks to restore Alliance for Progress funds
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy backs Johnson and proposes restoring $72 million of the $172 million cut from the Alliance for Progress authorization for 1967 68. The move would raise the total to $650 million. debate in the Senate follows committee cuts tied to Vietnam costs and domestic unrest.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
John F. Kennedy
Latin America
New York Democrat
Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Senate
National Farmers Issue Ultimatum
The National Farmers Organization threatens a nationwide market boycott if food processors do not raise farm prices. More than 35 000 NFO members approve the plan with slogans like No prices no production. Target prices are listed for corn soybeans wheat milk hogs cattle and lambs and potential hold actions are authorized.
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Des Moines, Iowa
National Farmers Organization
America
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Rea
Ing
Staley
Des Moines
NFC
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Cmanhalllan
B. F. Fields Jr
Lewis Mauney
George Esper
Wyler
Rosweil
James C. Munn
Aid
Equitable Building & Loan Assn
West Third Street
P. Johnson, Jr
John W. Minton
Carl & McNally
Tom D. White
George H. Hunker, Jr
Radonna Bailey
Desmond
N. Main
Esaveiz
Hamburger
Peyton
SDA Choice
USDA
Uper
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