Brooklyn schools erupt in clashes with police in Ocean Hill Brownsville
Police charged a crowd of about 1600 youths in Brooklyn after bottles sticks and rocks were hurled from Ocean Hill Brownsville junior high to high schools amid protests over makeup classes. Several teachers and a principal were assaulted and subway cars damaged as demonstrations spread from Manhattan to Brooklyn.
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Teacher union chief warns of new strike in NYC
Albert Shanker, president of the United Federation of Teachers, warned of a coming citywide school walkout amid ongoing school system troubles. He cited daily violence, outsiders entering buildings, and persistent harassment of teachers, with attacks on staff by student gangs at several schools.
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Scrappy director roughed up as West Coast college opens
San Francisco State College reopened under state of emergency rules as Acting President S. Hayakawa faced jeers and shoves from demonstrators. Police impounded sound equipment and arrested two individuals for disturbing the peace and misusing a sound system. Hayakawa, atop a mail truck, cut the loudspeaker wires while urging order as 18,000 students returned to classes amid ongoing campus tensions and past Black Panther and Third World Liberation Front protests.
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Chicago riot report chief urges punishment for police rioters
CHICAGO UP I reports the federal task force head Daniel Walker urged prompt and severe disciplinary action against police found to have engaged in violence during the Democratic National Convention week. The 233 page study said the weight of violence was on the police, despite provocation, and warned dismissal of a few officers would not suffice to maintain community trust.
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Buffalo Diocese sues Lackawanna over housing bias
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed in federal court against Lackawanna alleging arbitrary rezoning blocks Negroes from moving into a white area. The suit targets 25 acres planned for sale to two Negro groups to build 138 homes with federal aid. It seeks to halt city condemnation and cites FHA verdict that land was feasible for a subdivision.
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