Memphis Braces After Rioting Surge On Beale Street
National Guard and police patrols flood downtown Memphis after violent clashes erupt during a King led march. A 16 year old Negro was shot dead after charging a patrolman with a butcher knife. About 62 arrested, 300 injured, 150 fires reported as looting sprees spread through the city. Authorities say the unrest resembled guerrilla warfare. The governor activated a 4000 strong Tennessee National Guard contingent to restore order in the Mississippi River port city with a 40 percent Black population.
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Frank L. Holloman
Memphis
Beale Street
W.C. Handy
Mississippi River
King
Tennessee National Guard
National Guard
Larry Payne
Israeli Air Attacks Hit Jordanian Front as Tension Rises
Israeli planes strafed a four mile Jordanian front and struck artillery and machinegun positions in the Beisan Valley and Gilad Mountains. Jordanian fire hit settlements at Gesher Beit Yosef and Yardena, with Israeli artillery returning fire. No Israeli casualties reported. A mine incident near Massada killed four Israelis and wounded an American.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan River
Beisan
Jordan
Gilad
Gesher
Beit
Yosef
Yardena
Massada
Lake Galilee
Airmail Flight Marks 50th Anniversary In Oregon
A 1920 Tate open cockpit bi plane will fly from Creswell to Eugene on May 16 to celebrate U.S. airmail’s 50th anniversary. Stamp collectors will have mail carried on board and Jetters will bear a commemorative stamp.
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Eugene, Ore
U.S. Airmail Service
Creswell
Ore
Eugene
Dock strike ends in Port of New York and New Jersey
After an 11 day walkout, longshoremen return to work in New York and New Jersey to move an estimated 500000 tons of cargo. The settlement includes mobility across sectors, emergency hiring through a shipping association, and extra pay for travel time.
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New York
New Jersey
Waterfront Commission
Register
Elizabeth
N.J
Shipping Association
Burton B. Turkus
Center
New York City
McCarthy and Kennedy edge toward Indiana primary clash
Senators Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy move toward a direct contest in Indiana on May 27 as both file signatures and mount anti Johnson campaigns. McCarthy supports Wisconsin primary campaigning while Kennedy presses farm policy and campus rallies across the nation. Nixon meets Rockefeller backer and Agnew in New York as Republicans seek a strategy on Vietnam and domestic issues.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Lyndon Johnson
McCarthy
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Johnson
Superior
Wis
University of Nebraska
America
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
New York City
Agnew
Vietnam
Argon Gas Used More in Specialty Metal Production
Argon makes up about one percent of air at sea level and is used in welding and is increasingly employed in specialty metal production.
Elevator shaft fall kills driver in New York garage
Police say Robert Gonzales, 30, of Brooklyn died after driving a car into an elevator shaft in a parking garage. He apparently believed the elevator was on the sixth floor and plunged six stories to the ground floor.
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New York
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