Readers ask Focus Qs on schools and local life
The Gastonia Gazette invites reader questions on topics from school board land deals to postal rules and animal lore. Entries mention Clyde Wright and the City School Board debating property on 44 acres, postal truck privileges, jumping beans from caterpillars, purple martins to curb mosquitoes, and general schooling questions with names like Ashley High.
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Chisen Nak
Jake Sides
Clyde Wright
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Raleigh
Svhont
Wright
Mowe
Disturbances Spark Riots Rise Across Nation
Civil peace persisted amid federal state and local drives to solve racial problems but scattered violence flared in Wichita Kansas where a white man was wounded by a sniper. Great Bend Kansas where a Negro youth was fired upon. and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where teens rioted at a show. Leaders including TT Rap Brown of SNCC warned riots are forerunners of turmoil.
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Joseph A. Dooley
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Milwaukee
Harold Brier
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Macheler
Rioting to Be Big Issue in 1968 Election
Washington scholars assess urban unrest as a central factor for the 1968 election. Senators Kennedy, Dirksen, and Everett foresee clashes over housing, jobs, and federal aid as candidates press for order while addressing budget costs for city slum programs. Violent incidents ripple across Detroit, Pittsburgh, Great Bend, Wichita, and Providence as curfews and police actions intensify tensions.
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Planet Prize Torints
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Nytend
Deadly flood prompts mass escape across lakes and benches
129 people drowned as a sudden wave floods reached Ilapan causing residents to flee to benches risers and lakes. Temperatures hovered near 90 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday and Sunday amid the disaster.
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Tworyo
Ilapan
Saturcay
Dismissal in Gaston County Case Opens New Beginning
In Gaston County a lawsuit against the County Commissioners was dismissed as part of a move toward a fresh start. A fatal Gastonia incident occurred last night and reports reference Gary Martin’s status. Local elections loom with residents urged to vote on ABC and Clover area leadership and a new board.
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Cnty
Omer
Tay
Gazelle
Community Activities Schedule From Our Area
Local listings show Monday events including Public Keating Committee and Chamber of Commerce at 557 pmy, Bink Out Practice at Jaycee Building FT pms, and Dyening Optimist Chul with Vp Taycee Merling. Also Aleghalies Anonymous and All Saints Episcopal Chen at various venues, Kiwanis Club at Masonic Temple, TOPS Club Health Del, and King Solomon Lodge No 704 State Communication at Masonic Temple.
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Chamber of Communes
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Weather Hampers Vietnam Action
Saigon reports heavy fighting near Tong Le Chat northwest of the city as Communist forces attack a US Special Forces camp. Air strikes by U.S. aircraft hit targets across North and South Vietnam despite poor weather, with casualties reported on both sides and three U.S. planes lost. Navy and allied ships shell targets and provide support in coastal operations along the demilitarized zone.
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Hp Cain
Pinhandle
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Riskady
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Hon Mab
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Iy Konlum
Eisenhower Improves After Hospital Stay
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is again in Walter Reed General Hospital for a digestive tract ailment. Doctors say the issue is not serious and he is expected to be hospitalized briefly. He arrived Saturday from Gettysburg and by Sunday morning was alert, shaving and enjoying a light breakfast.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Whromler
Walter Reed General Hospital
Gettysburg
Hisenhower
Vietnamese Election Turns Warily Into Campaign Delays
Saigon reports 1000 civilians queued to hear presidential candidates as adverse winds forced a return flight of 125 miles to Saigon. Campaign logistics sparked accusations of government interference with candidate trips to Quang Tri, with the military arranging two car relays and police to guard the route while provinces warned of Viet Cong activity.
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Quang Tri Ehy
Vietnam
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Queng ‘Tri
Pew
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Kyad
Qiang To
Gard
Hijacked Airliner Aboard Castro Partisans Seize Flight
Cuban authorities display six Florida inmates captured during the incident and accuse them of planning to kill Fidel Castro. The hijacked plane carried about 70 aboard including four U.S. citizens. Captives, exiled leaders, insist they were trained by the CIA in Florida. Cuba plans to use the captives at OLAS talks amid regional tension with Venezuela.
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Pade Garcia Requela
Adseria Laucevies Dias
Eranelico Avila Aruly
Jose Roy Rodriguez
Wavena Rae
Sheir Hand
Picher Ternandez
Hosila
Merchants Protest Israel Unification Act
Protests against Israel unifying the West Bank rise as Arab merchants and shopkeepers in Jerusalem clasped doors and padlocked shops. Observers call the disruption near total, while wider regional tensions and later Arab summit plans in Khartoum unfold amid airline hijack news and regional unrest.
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Ochherisalem
Israel
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