Ku Klux Klan march in Selma ends with arrests
Riot police guard a 50 mile KKK march through Selma Alabama with armed leaders vowing to press on to Montgomery. Nearly 200 adults and 12 juveniles arrested for parade law violations as the group, echoing 1965 measures, faces possible future attempts to reach the state capitol.
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Ala
Emory Foimar
Ku Klux Khot
Selmia
Capitol
Bill Wilkinson
The
Invisible Empire
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
Phat Mhartas Ghindall
Swindall
Wilkinson
Selma
Edmund Pettus
Martin Luther King Jr
State Capitol
Bill Riccio
Weather forecast and records for the date
Cloudy with a chance of showers tonight near 55. Partly cloudy, breezy and cool with a few showers tomorrow near 75. Rain chance 30 percent through tomorrow. Sunset 8 10 p.m. Sunrise 6 09 a.m. High yesterday 66, low 52. Record high 96 in 1947, record low 48 in 1966. Average temperature 75, normal for date. Humidity 78 percent at 8 p.m. yesterday and 100 percent at 8 a.m. today. Winds southwest 5 to 15 mph tonight and tomorrow.
Escapee Gantz evades police then commits assault and rape
Police clamp down as escapee Gantz roams area after breaking from prison. He evades roadblocks, commandeers a Cadillac, and after a breakdown on I-84 near Fishkill, directs a couple to take him to Wallkill where he ties up the husband and rapes the wife before authorities intervene. The women in the Cassano family were released unharmed and a police command center operated near their home.
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Cosanno
Fishkill
Beacon
Ulster County
Wallkill
Tehran violence erupts as leftist group HQ seized
In Tehran militants besieged the Fedayan guerrilla headquarters after clashes at Tehran University injuring hundreds. Police and revolutionary guards used tear gas and shots, while a new press law imposed jail terms for insulting religious leaders. Separately guards seized the US Embassy from Moslem guerrillas who had held it since February.
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Tehran University
Pars
Fedayan
Tehran
Ayendegan
Mehdi Bazargan
Bamdad
Iran
Move Beating and Police Brutality in Philadelphia
The MOVE case has drawn extensive civil suits against Philadelphia and its police for false arrests injuries and job losses. The 1977 raid on MOVE headquarters ended with Policeman James Ramp slain and officers shown on camera beating a MOVE member. The Justice Department opened investigations into 35 brutality cases with 31 others under preliminary review.
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U.S
Griffin Bell
Bell
MOVE
James Ramp
Justice Department
Philadelphia
Showers bring relief by United Press International
Thundershowers dampened wide parts of the West, North and East with cooler air easing heat across the northern tier. The National Weather Service reported storms from the Great Basin to the Great Lakes with no severe weather forecast. Rain spread to New England and along the Southern Atlantic and Gulf Coasts while the Pacific Northwest saw heavy rain aiding firefighters battling major forest fires. Central Arizona experienced a line of heavy thunderstorms dropping 1.5 inches on Flagstaff and causing minor street flooding under generally clear skies with 50s overnight and 70s to low 80s by day.
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National Weather Service
Great Basin
Rockies
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
New England
Atlantic
Gulf
Pacific Northwest
Arizona
Flagstaff
New York
Pennsylvania
Tremor rattles Tennessee with light effects across three states
A 3.7 magnitude pre-dawn earthquake centered near McMinn County Tennessee rattled windows in southeast Tennessee, southwest North Carolina and north Georgia including Atlanta. USGS said the tremor lasted three to five seconds, with up to ten seconds reported. No damage or injuries were reported as Civil Defense and sheriff offices logged calls.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
U.S
North Carolina
North Georgia
Atlanta
USGS
National
End of decade of sectarian conflict in Belfast marked
Protestants and Catholics held weekend marches while streets in Belfast saw stone throwing and tear gas. IRA guerrillas were unveiled at a Casement Park rally as British troops stayed away. In Londonderry, Apprentice Boys and other Protestants displayed supremacy as violence loomed from prior days. About 1,937 deaths linked to the conflict have occurred. A London protest urged recall of British troops from Ireland.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Casement Park
IRA
London
Labor
Ireland
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