Guns in fatal breakout tied to Angela Davis purchases
The San Francisco Examiner reports Angela Davis bought a 38 caliber Browning pistol in January 1968 and a 30 caliber carbine in April 1969, both used in the San Rafael courtroom shootout aimed at freeing three black convicts. Accomplice Jonathan Jackson, Huey P Newton ally, died with Judge Harold Haley and others in Marin County.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Rafael
Angela Davis
UCLA
California Regents
San Francisco Examiner
Miss Davis
John Plimpton
Los Angeles
Jonathan Jackson
Black Panther
Huey P Newton
Jackson
Marin County
Harold Haley
San Quentin
John D. McClain
William Christmas
Marin County Community Center
Nerve gas loaded on ship for Atlantic tomb at sea
Stevedores begin loading 418 steel jacketed vaults containing GB Sarin and VX nerve gas onto the old Liberty ship LeBrannon Russell Briggs at Sunny Point North Carolina. The vessel will be sunk 16 000 feet off Cape Kennedy to dispose of the deadly cargo amid weather checks and military escort.
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Atlantic
Sunny Point
N.C (Ap
Anniston
Ala
Richmond
Navy
LeBrannon
Russell Briggs
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Briggs
Coast Guard
Army
Utah Proving Ground
Army Chemical
National Academy of Sciences
Elyria approves college incentive pay plan for police
The Elyria City Council finance committee and police union approve a pay raise and college incentive program for officers. Base pay rises to 8 554 with longevity impact, plus up to 96 per month for college credits and clothing allowance increase to 150. Program binding until January 1972. no officers eligible yet.
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Elyria
Council
Safety Service
James T
Tracey
William Cameron
Elyria Fraternal Order of Police
Scribner L. Fauver
Ratlarge
Finance Committee
Tear gas halts Akron rampage
Police used tear gas to disperse roving youths who damaged 16 cars with rocks smashed windows and firebombed a vacant house on Akron's West Side. Nine juveniles were arrested for curfew violations and two adults for abusing officers during the disturbances.
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Akron
API
West Side
S. Viets Battle Enemies Fourth Day at Fire Base O'Reilly
South Vietnamese forces pressed a fourth day of fighting with North Vietnamese at Fire Base O'Reilly in the northern region. They reported 96 enemy killed in two south engagements, while Saigon troops suffered heavy casualties in a subsequent clash. An outpost about a mile south of O'Reilly repelled a dawn North Vietnamese assault with 10 enemy killed. two South Vietnamese were wounded. Continued morning contact and mortar attacks plagued the Hue area as North Vietnamese troops massed west of the city.
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Saigon
O'Reilly
Hue
Traffic cop fired starts own riding business
Mexico City police say Motorcycle Police Lt. Luis Gonzalez, fired for continued absence, kept his uniform and revolver and now operates his own motorcycle business. Detectives found about 40 dollars in his pockets, believed to be a day’s receipts, and charged him with usurpation of a policeman’s functions.
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Mexico City
UPI
Luis Gonzalez
Gonzalez
U. S
Elyria approves Crestwood junior high contracts total 2.29 million
The Elyria Board of Education awarded Crestwood junior high contracts totaling 2,291,198 below original estimates. Chopke Construction Co. will build the Adelbert Street site for 1,140,000 with Hotcalt-Rode-Kaplan-Curtis as architects. Site development by John F Cleats Construction Co at 134,966. Electrical work by Ryan Electric 63,000. Plumbing and hvac by C W Barres 469,632. Other purchases include Renner Caden OL 31,699 and Capitol School Equipment 59,960.
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Elyria
Crestwood
Elyria Board of Education
Adelbert St - Griswold Road
Chopke Construction Co
Hotcalt - Rode - Kaplan - Curtis Archigent and Planners
Cleve and
John F Cleats Construction Co
C W Barres Inc
Ryan Electric Co Inc
Elyna
Lorain County Airpor Authority Seeks Hangar Loan
Lorain County Regional Airport Authority asks county commissioners for a 225000 loan to build hangars for 34 planes. Authority chair Harold West says hangars will boost business and move the field toward self support, with possible revenue bonds as an alternative. Commissioner Ludwig Mo Pincura suggests splitting the request among the county and two sponsors Elyria and Lorain.
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Lorain County
Harold West
Lorain
Authority
Beautiful Weather Between Warm Days and Clear Nights
The forecast calls for mostly sunny and warm weather today and tomorrow with lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Clear and cool tonight with improving conditions. Friday remains fair and warm. Slight rain chances at 2 percent today, 18 percent tonight, and 2 percent tomorrow. Details on Page 12. Elyria Health Department and Lorain Community Hospital provide the forecast.
Brady to run in 72nd heat at Akron Soap Box Derby
Lorain County champion Ed Brady will race in heat 72 on Saturday at Akron as part of six rounds. He faces Dayton and Bel Air entrants in lane three while other champs drew early positions. Brady and family, plus derby officials, prepare with trials and shows at Derby Downs.
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Brady
Lorain County
Akron
Ed Brady
Dayton
Bel Air
Robert Jones
Robert Harman
Mayflower Hotel
Derby
Mason Bell
Steve Souter
Midland
Tex
Ohio
Eptesylvania
Noah Brady
Derby Downs
John Ella
Linda Brady
Champ
FBI captures fugitive Jesuit priest Berrigan
The Rev Daniel J Berrigan, 49, a fugitive for four months, was captured on Block Island by FBI agents posing as watchers near lawyer William Stringfellow and poet Anthony Towne. He raised a V for peace as he was taken to federal detention before Lewisburg prison. The Catonsville Nine used improvised devices to destroy draft records on May 17, 1968.
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Providence RI
UPT
Daniel J Berrigan
Berrigan
Catonsville Line
Biock Island
FBI
William Stringfellow
Anthony Towne
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Catonsville
Philip 47
Daniel Berrigan
Earlir
United Methodist Church of
Germantown
Philadelphia
Phil Beringar
Society of St Joseph
New York City
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Floyd A. Sparks
Logansport
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Tyron
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Argonne Forest
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Bere Vermilion
Harber
Eerie
Oberlin i
Sam of the People
Ik Television
Elyria Municipal Con
Nienues
William F. Naegele
Fauver
New Hebrides
Washington
National
Today
New Hebrides Islands
South Pacific
Griswold
Robert W Stevenson
Ene Elementary
Renner Caden OL
Capitol School Equipment, Inc
Halsey - Waller, Inc
Firelands Floors, Inc
Jim Irwin Construction Co
Walter A. Godfrey
West
Airfeld
Howard Cleveland JR
Berrigans
Supreme Court
Southeast Asia
Daniel
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