Racial unrest quelled in cities amid police actions
Nationwide tensions flare with National Guardsmen patrolling streets and tear gas used after arson looting and sniping. Cincinnati prisoners riot briefly while 12 face riot charges. 100 officers restore calm. MLK plans bread boycott if jobs drive stalls. protests erupt in Montgomery and Lansing with clashes and injuries.
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OY United Pléas International Peace
Guincinouti
Cincinnati
Statences
San Antonio Crime Rate Edges Down in Early 1967
FBI report shows San Antonio’s first quarter crime rate lower than the national 20 percent rise. City declines appear in four of seven categories with 19 forcible rapes, and rises in murder, robbery, and aggravated assault. Nationally, violence up 20 percent with increases in murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Edgar Hoover notes sub urban areas up 22 percent and rural up 16 percent.
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San Antonio
Alamo City
FBI
Tme
Edgar Hoover
On Vacation Hart Stilwell Poised to Return
Hart Stilwell writer of Texas Trails is on vacation. His column will resume upon his return.
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Hart Stilwell
Texas
Long defends Dodd citing new evidence of innocence
Washington reports a memo from Senate Democrats arguing that Thomas Dodd did nothing wrong and should not be censured. The memo asserts Dodd spent more from personal funds on political purposes than he received from testimonial funds between 1961 and 1965, challenging Dodd's claim that gifts were personal.
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Dodd
Louisiana Democrat
Senate
Long
Lyndon
Connecticut
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sen
LBJ Rail Plan Rejected Amid Labor Crisis
With a looming rail strike three days away, Congress debated long term settlement vs a simple extension. The House voted 189 to 105 to reject Johnson's plan, favoring a short extension and delaying a broader accord. The dispute centers on mediation and possible compulsory arbitration with unions.
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UPI
Johnson
House
Senate
Congress
Qreen
Thomas J. Dodd
Qrand
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Sey
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Sena
Morse
Yarborough
City Hall Blamed for Rioting in Tampa
Four leaders of Tampa’s 150 member City Youth Patrol said official indifference to job opportunities and recreation fueled two nights of violence. The teens, wearing white riot helmets, helped police themselves with no guns or nightsticks as Sheriff Malcolm Beard held back riot troops to test their self policing. Bennie Shuman, a local bondsman, directed one squad from a storefront command post near Central Avenue.
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Fla
Malcolm Beard
National Guard
Convinc
Beard
Usig
Bennie Shuman
Bondsman
Shuman
Central Avenue
Heir Cleared In Gigi Canary Death Probe
In Charlotte a probate inquiry into the death of heir Gigi the canary named in the estate ruling cleared the principal heirs. Veterinarian Freund and Dr Richard A Freund oversaw the investigation noting no foul play after examining the pet canaries and the MacMillan household.
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N.C
UPL
Gipi
Abernathy
Richard A
Ake
Shertock
Caretiker
Volmes
Tommie
Gigi
Freud
Willam HL Abernathy
Damages Awarded After Auto Victim Case In Liverpool
In Liverpool England a court awarded 185000 to an auto victim with severe brain damage after an accident. Autocar Transporters Ltd of Plymouth faced liability. the ruling cited no clear cause of death and noted extensive damages as a record. Names include William Fletcher aged 63 and Mrs Andrees Montet.
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England
Gigi
Tommie
Abernathy
CoCo
Andrees
Montet
Court Action In Ship Strike Appears In Federal Court
In New York AP report says shipowners and unions seek enforcement of an arbitration order that deck officers lead their strike, affecting about 30 freighters and tankers. A hearing on the owners' bid for confirmation of the arbitrator's four one-year contracts was set in Philadelphia.
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U.S
Service Committee
Trator
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Gulf Coast
Ice
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Mately
Walter
Gethorn
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International Organization of Gethorn
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Cent Arbitration Awards
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