Missed birthplace survivor recalls European pause during bankruptcy
Jeanne Rice, Scottsdale High grad, 17, stranded in Europe after World Academy bankruptcy affecting 3 000-plus students. She and 34 classmates fled Paris to New York then Los Angeles on Capital flight, with many offered work and hotel stay. Rep. Rhodes and Sen. Fannin inquiring on Arizonans.
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Gordon Robbins
London
Jeanne Rice
Scottsdale
Europe
Arizona State University
Jeanne
E. Monterosa
Hauges
U.S
Rome
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Amersterdam
Cologne
Hunstanton
England
World Academy
World Airways
New York
Los Angeles
Capital
John ‘Rhodes
Sen
Paul Fannin
Arizona
Londonderry Celebrations Vie With Protestants Amid Riots
In Londonderry protests erupted as Catholics taunted Protestant celebrants during a Protestant holiday. Army and police contained the unrest with gas and security measures while two Newry officers died earlier from a boobytrapped car explosion. Parades and liquor sales were banned to curb violence.
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Londonderry
Northern Ireland
UPI
Newry
Samuel Donaldson
Robert Millar
Belfast
James I
Rioting Spreads Through Tombs Prison in Manhattan
More than 800 inmates at the Tombs jail in lower Manhattan rioted across four floors amid overcrowding and alleged maltreatment. Three guards were held hostage, two injured, and the disturbance prompted state transfer plans as authorities negotiated with holdouts on release terms.
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New York
UPI
Lower Manhattan
Beekman
Lindsay
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Farm bill faces Senate probe over sweetener resistance
Washington officials plan to resist Senate moves to reattach parity pricing to farm supports after the House passed a bill pegging feed grains and cotton to fixed dollars. Administration aides warn against major changes and stress upholding the 55 000 per crop payment cap and enforcement provisions to curb evasion.
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Washington
UPI
Nixos
Senate
House
National Farm Coalition
Senate Agriculture Committee
Arizona Cotton Growers Face $55 000 Subsidy Cap Impact
A proposed $55 000 cap on government farm subsidies would affect 152 Arizona cotton operations, cutting payments by $9.12 million. Pima and Pinal counties would bear the heaviest losses, with Pima losing 31 percent and Pinal 26 percent of 1969 totals. Wheat and sorghum payments remain smaller. Local growers question feasibility and may shift to other crops or lease arrangements.
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Arizona
Uncle Sam
Robert S
Wilbur Wuertz
Pinal County
Wuertz
Hardin
Pima
Newton Praises Panthers In Interview On Escape And War Stance
Huey P. Newton praised four Black Panther accomplices in a bloody Marin County courtroom escape attempt as true revolutionaries. He said the Panthers would aid North Vietnam and that the UN plebiscite could settle Negro problems in the United States.
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Revolutionary People’s Republic of
North Vietnam
Marin County
Newton
Jonathan ‘Jackson
Jackson
Harold Haley
Marin
Ronald Retana
Watts
Detroit
United Nations
Peace Organization
Eldridge Cleaver
Panther Party
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Jeanne Riée
Manhattan
George F. McGrath
McGrath
Newton Lands
Soledad
People’s Revolutionary Force
Sears
Scottsdale, Mesa
Phoenix
Nes
Tucson Mesa
Yuma Globe
Sey
Scottsdale Phoenix
Douglas Safford
Prescott Chandler
Mesa
Kenmore
SAVE
Sears, Roebuck and CO
McDowell
Scottsdale Rad
20Th St
E. Camelback Ra
Macdonald
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