Protest camp under siege after tear gas and violence at Resurrection City
Poor People's Army protests persist as camp near Reflecting Pool endures night raids. Police fire tear gas after flaming projectiles and rocks strike vehicles. Rev. Ralph Abernathy accuses authorities of falsifying evidence. A white visitor is shot in the camp center. ambulance evacuates the leg wound.
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America
Park
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Resurrection City
Viet Cong hitSouth Vietnamese column. heavy losses reported
Viet Cong ambushed a South Vietnamese infantry battalion along Highway 20 about 60 miles northeast of Saigon, killing 44 soldiers and wounding 71 as American helicopters airlifted reinforcements. The day ended with 41 enemy dead and continued shelling around Saigon and nearby bases.
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Saigon
Ben Tre
Kien Hoa
North Vietnam
Air Force
Marine
Navy
De Gaulle Leads As First Round Of Elections Returns Come In
Early returns show Charles de Gaulle and his Gaullist allies gaining seats across France in the first round of National Assembly voting. Partial results point to a solid majority for the Union for the Defense of the Republic and allies, with runoff elections scheduled next week.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
Gaullist Union For Defense of the Republic
Republicans
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Boat Goes Over Hydraul Dam Near Dayton Eleven Feared Dead
Ten aboard a boat plunged over Hydraul dam near Dayton on Sunday. Four passengers were held captive in the swift water as the craft lodged mid stream. Rescue workers battled to reach survivors amid dangerous currents.
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Dayton
Abernathy Will Stay In Pulpit Despite Campaign Rumors
Mrs. Ralph David Abernathy spoke to the West Hunter Street Baptist Church in Atlanta clarifying rumors that her husband would resign as pastor to devote full time to the campaign. She cited campaign issues and said he would remain in his pulpit as pressure from the press and a top aide fueled speculation.
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Atlanta, Ga
Ralph David Abernathy
Abernathy
West Hunter Street Baptist Church
Washington
J. R. Butts
Jesse Jackson
Jackson
Weather outlook for Butte Anaconda area
Mostly fair today and Tuesday with a 20 percent chance of showers today and 10 percent tonight. Highs near 74, overnight low around 45. One year ago readings were 65 and 33. Weather table on Page 2.
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Butte - Anaconda
Postmasters Meet Opens in Butte At Finlen Hotel Tonight
The 34th Montana Postmasters convention opens tonight at the Finlen Hotel with a president's party from 6 to 8 and a no host dinner at 8 followed by a dance at 9. Registration starts at 6 with the first business meeting set for 9 am Tuesday. Mayor Powers will give the welcome, William Dawson will respond.
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Montana
Seattle
Delmore Lake
A. H. Wilkinson
Butte
Jack McGlynn
Whitehall
Chief Smashes Three BB Guns At Auction
Charlotte police chief J. C. Goodman Jr. intervened at a department auction when a BB rifle was about to be sold to a youngster. He marked three BB guns as No Sale and smashed them on the ground, saying future sales would be avoided.
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Charlotte
N.C
J. C. Goodman Jr
OEO denies arms stockpile link to Chicago gang grant
The Office of Economic Opportunity says it has no knowledge of weapons stockpiles tied to the Blackstone Rangers despite a $927 000 job skills grant. CEO Bertrand Harding rebutted Senate charges as sensational and defended on site monitoring while noting possible project failures.
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OEO
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Chicago
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Bertrand Harding
George Rose
Blackstone Rangers
Rangers
Rose
John Fry
First ‘Presbyterian Church
Harding
Former Butte man missing on flight
ex-Butte man and former chief engineer for Montana Power Co. SPOKANE Armor B. Martin and his wife Jean both 69 and pilot Larry Peck 29 are missing on a Spokane to Orofino Idaho flight. Twenty seven search planes combed central Idaho mountains with Civil Air Patrol and Western Air Command backing.
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Spokane
Western Air Command
Hamilton Field
Civil Air Patrol
Martins
Robert
Money Keeps Steel Contract Up in the Air
Pittsburgh talks shift to the national stage as negotiators press for a wage package for 450000 steel workers. The United Steelworkers Union yet to name a price tag, using terms like substantial and whopping to describe desired increases.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
Gun controls eyed amid fear after Kennedy shooting
Harold Glassen of Lansing argues against national firearms registration as a cure for crime. Senator Thomas Dodd, backing stricter limits, predicts eventual passage amid an “epidemic of violence.” Both spoke on Face the Nation about gun control, confiscation fears, and NRA opposition.
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Washington
Congress
Robert F. Kennedy
National Rifle Association
Harold Glassen
Lansing
Mich
Thomas J. Dodd
Dconn
Dodd
Sen. Dodd
Glassen
NRA
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