Prison Inmates Free Hostages At Atlanta Pen
Four armed inmates at U S Penitentiary released twenty one hostages after officials agreed to demands. The four held other inmates and gained access to the administrative area while negotiations continued. Hostages, mostly workers, were fed and a list of grievances was sought by reporters and prison officials.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Bureau of Prisons
William C. Xing
Journal
William B. Williams
Olin G. Blackwell
Blackwell
Williams
B. V. Wolfe
Frederick Freeman Leiser Jr
Assult
Ralph M. Lepiscopo
Hubert W.gorman
4 trust _company
Ivan Daniel Neighbors
U.S. Penitentiary
Willa B. Williamson
U.S. Peniten
Wirophote
Defector To Cuba Flees Back To U S
William Henry Nelson, a 25 year old U S citizen who defected to Cuba in 1963, was picked up by the Coast Guard after fleeing the island. He was taken to FBI for questioning and said he left the United States in July 1963. Two Cuban refugees with him were turned over to immigration authorities.
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Key West
Fla
William Henry Nelson
Cuba
U.S. Coast Guard
Nelson
U.S
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
FBI
Florida Straits
State Employes Union Pushes Overtime Boost for All Workers
The State Employees Union urges Governor Agnew to immediately implement time and a half overtime for all Maryland state workers including hospital and school staff retroactive to Feb 1, 1967. The call follows Supreme Court upholding the Fair Labor Standards Act and critiques past Maryland resistance.
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Spiro T Agnew
Ernest Crofoot
Maryland Council No. 67
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Crofcot
Supreme Court
Paris talks warned as Saigon rocket attacks rise
AP reports Harriman protested North Vietnamese rocket and mortar strikes on Saigon, funded by Hanoi troops. He warned of grave consequences for talks and noted U.S. gainsay of escalation, while Hanoi presses for bombing halt and de escalation. Le Due Tho attended as Paris talks extended.
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John M. Hightower
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Kuan Thuy
Harriman
Hanoi
Thuy
le Due ‘Sho
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Im-1
Johnson
Cong
Radin
Minimum Wage Law Decision Will Cost States Millions
The Supreme Court ruling extending federal wage rules to public institutions could cost states millions yearly. Estimates from Texas, Oklahoma, Maryland and others foresee large overtime payments as two million workers become covered by time and a half rules. Officials stress nonadministrative and nonprofessional staff are affected, while teachers remain exempt.
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Associated Fress
Supreme Court
Texas
Crawford Matin
Brian Upp
Oklahoma
Maryland
Nike
Michigan
California
Kansas
Colorado
Jay McGlon
Florida
Miriam Ringo
Ilinois
Poor People Campaign Priorities Outlined by Abernathy
Austin Scott David Abernathy spelled out six priority demands during a three hour briefing in Washington. The list urges expanded food programs for 1000 counties, free food stamps, summer jobs and Head Start, better health care, and abolition of dual school systems. It calls for housing bill passage, land ownership studies for Mexican Americans, and federal welfare standards.
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Austin Scott David Abernathy
Associated Press
Stati Peers
Washington
Dem
Ralph
Indiry
Freedom of Ehnice
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Abernathy
Mmnent
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Congress
State Department
Departments of Justice and Interior
Southwest
McCarthy Eyes State Democratic Conventions
Sen Eugene J. McCarthy resumes his presidential bid by courting delegates at Democratic state conventions after Kennedy's assassination. He plans Washington briefings, westward appearances in Idaho Montana and Arizona, and argues for changing Johnson administration policies while noting Humphrey as the likely nominee.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Minnesota
New York
McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
New York City
Itaho
Montana
Arizona
Western States
Johnson
Humphrey
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
South Carolina
Congress
Texas
John Connally
John G. Tower
Connally
Nixon
way Kop. Barratt ‘/O'Hara
Dill
Mancia Ue
Who Tost
Nixon Gains Delegates Amid Primary Scenarios
The Political Scene reports Nixon gaining blocks of delegates while Humphrey stalls, with Abner Mikya of Chicago mentioned. Everett M. Dicksen secures renomination for a fourth term as South Carolina see incumbents and opposition cases, and Hollings defeats Culbertson in the Senate primary. Rivers defeats Payton in Charleston as other incumbents face varying fates. McCarthy outlines strategy to win delegates. Rockefeller promises new leadership in a national TV address. Wallace draws strong reception in Memphis as he targets Republicans Democrats and the Supreme Court. Humphrey remains at his Waverly Minnesota home with plans uncertain until after the New York primary. Percy will not seek Illinois GOP favorite-son designation. Ogilvie defeats Altorfer in the Illinois Republican governor’s race.
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McCarthy
Humphrey
Lakesie
Waverly
Minn
Washington
Senate
Kennedy
White House
Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Paris
Abner Mikya
Chicago
Everett M. Dicksen
Sinois
O'Mara
South Carolina
Seni Ernest F. Hollings
John Bolt Culbertson
Greenville
Mendel Rivers
George A. Payton
Charleston
Nelson A. [Rockfeller
America
George Wallace
Memphis
Supreme Court
Charles H. Percy
Illinois
GOP
Cook County
Chicaga
Commission
Richard
Ogilvie
Peoria
Johy Joney Altorfer
Recommended Reading Inside Antietam Street School story
Inside Antietam Street School three Hagerstown generations attended closus years after 74 years. See picture story in Back Page Hagerstown youth charged in murder of Harold Bloom. County maps read improves ment projects for this year, Page 7 Amusements Classified. Obituaries Opinion Page Society Sports TV Programs.
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Antietam Street
Hagerstown
Harold Bloom
Mathias Pushes Tighter Firearms Law Plan
Washington AP Rep Mathias and Rep Moorra lead 16 House Judiciary votes in support of tighter firearm sale restrictions. Johnson's bill stalled in committee after a 16 16 tie.
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Washington
McC. Mathias
R-Md
House Juficiary Committee
U S Moves To Return James Ray
London AP report says a formal extradition petition for James Earl Ray, accused King assassin, was handed to the British Foreign Office. The U S Embassy offered few details, noting the documents cover murder and escape cases, with steps under British and U S law ahead of a judge review.
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London
James Earl Ray
Marlin Luther King Jr
Foreign Office
U.S
King
Ray
Missori
United States
Home Office
Theo
Scotland
Yard
Britain
Lisbon
FBI
Scotland Yard
Polce
Atlantic
Canada
Portugal
Hayway
Wandsworth
Brixton
South
Jold
Ring
Memphis
Tenn
Cracks Show in Resistance to Tough Gun Control Bill
Washington AP reports signs of cracks in the resistance to stricter gun laws as House Judiciary Chairman Emanuel Celler predicts approval at the June 20 meeting after a 16 to 18 tie vote. President Johnson, Sen George McGovern and NRA opposition frame the mounting pressure on Congress to restrict sales of firearms and ammunition.
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John Beckler
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
House
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
George McGovern
McGovern
South Dakota
Johnson
Coller
National Rifle Association
NRA
Robert T. Kennedy
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Horth
Dien Bien Phu
Sen. McCarthy
Carl P. Leyvesdorf
Mathias
Rep
Arch Moora
Wear
Virginia
James Ray
Colin Frost
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