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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1966
Page
1
In Cleveland Ohio authorities and community leaders seek to curb a new outbreak of racial violence after a week of sniping and incendiary fires in East Side slums. Police and National Guard helped restore order amid heavy rain as Police Chief Richard R Wagner urged calm and avoided prophecy.
Rioting last week left four dead and about fifty injured with heavy property damage. A biracial coalition formed over the weekend to address root problems, proposing an employment center for workers affected by looting. Police and National Guard patrols reduced as calm returned to the Hough area and surrounding neighborhoods.
Police and officials announced the Illinois National Guard units were deactivated a minute after midnight on the near West Side after a confrontation involving about 4,200 Guard members. Police Commissioner Wa Wilson and Maj. Gen. Francis Kane discussed release before making the decision.
In Carrizo Springs area seven miles north of town two cars collided on a curve Sunday night. Eight teenagers were killed. two others were hurt. Six victims were from Carrizo Springs: Jake Bustamente Jose Montez Ricardo Garcia David Garcia Valdez Victor Pena and Alfredo Lopez. Two others, George Martinez and Pedro Guerrero, were from Crystal City. Bustamente and Guerrero drove the cars. Jesus and Arnulfo Casarez of Crystal City were brought to a Crystal City hospital in satisfactory condition.
In East New York, Brooklyn, racial peace returns as the area lies quiet after nearly a week of high tension and sporadic clashes. No further incidents reported as authorities work to restore calm.
In Sarasota Florida Dr Carl A Coppolino 34 is held in the death of Lt Col William E Farber amid a secret indictment for first degree murder His wife Carmella Coppolino 34 died Aug 28 and is cited in the case Her autopsy and hospital stay followed Farbers exhumation and the New Jersey grand jury probe into the officer death.
AAP reports North Vietnamese leaflets attached to a helmet near Operation Hastings prompt remarks attributed to U S Senators Morse and Gruening. Marines, about 7,000 strong, search just south of the 17th Parallel while questions swirl over the deaths of Mrs Cappolino and Farber in Florida and New Jersey.
A Chicago publisher touts a simple memory technique that allegedly boosts self confidence poise and popularity in business and social settings. Readers can obtain the book Adventures in Memory mailed free by sending name address and zip to Memory Studies 833 Diversey Parkway Dept 521B Chicago IL 60614 via postcard.
The House Commerce Committee approved a broad auto safety bill 26 to 0, extending standards to used and new cars from 1968 models onward. It calls for the secretary of commerce to issue safety standards for all vehicles and aims to close loopholes while aligning with a Senate measure on labeling requirements.
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