National antiwar protest targets draft with nonviolent sit ins
The New Mobilization Committee plans a week of antidraft protests in about 70 cities including nonviolent sit ins at induction centers and draft boards. Participants will file paperwork to clog the system and some will register women by mail with initials only.
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Washington
UPI
New Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
New Mobe
Mobe
Senate Armed Services Committee
Curtis Tarr
Selective Service System
Charles J. DiBona
Philadelphia
Draft Board
Las Vegas strike ends after 94 hours of shutdown
The first gambling shutdown in Las Vegas history ends after a 94 hour strike settled. The Culinary and Bartenders Union gains a 31.5 percent pay increase. Each side says the walkout cost about 2 million dollars. Nevada loses about 0.5 million in tax revenue.
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Las Vegas
Nev
UPI
Culinary and Bartenders
Nevada
Idaho Farmers Torch Potatoes in Minnesota-Style Protest
Idaho growers burn millions of potatoes in a staged protest led by the National Farmers Organization to lift prices. The blaze near American Falls drew 400 onlookers as 3 million pounds were consumed, part of a plan to torch 10 million pounds across Idaho amid market pressures and processor controls.
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Richard Charnock
Boise
American Falls
Idaho
National Farmers Organization
NFO
del Ray Holm
Holm
NFC
Robert Mercer
R. T. French Co
Shelley
United States
Oscar Ellsworth
Lewisville
Epyé
Icehouse Blues Band roof collapse in Pasadena
The Icehouse Blues Band from Miami played as the building roof failed injuring no one. Owner Fred J. Clark blamed the collapse on reverberations and stated the 75 year old warehouse had survived three major earthquakes. About 75 people escaped unharmed.
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Pasadena
Calif
Miami
Fla
Fred J. Clark
Weather Update With Clouds and Rain Likely Today
Considerable cloudiness blankets the area with scattered rain and gusty winds. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with a few showers, cooler conditions.
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Archie Yager
Sandpoint
Sherman Davis
Mercer
Leon Jones
J. Re. Simplot, Co
Daho
Butte, Mont
Billy Graham
White House
Nixon
Julius J. Hoffman
Chicago
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
National Milk Producers Federation
Fédération
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
FTC
CWA
UPD
Communications Workers of America
Bell Telephone Companies
Joseph A. Beirne
Bell
Pete Thompson
Daily Bee
Roy Wise
George Strecker
Sandpoint Glass Co
Superior St
Sandpoint, Idaho
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