Tampa Braced as National Guard Quells Tampa Riot
Hundreds of National Guardsmen formed a perimeter around the Central Park Negro district in Tampa after rioting over the death of Martin Chambers. Gov Claude Kirk ordered 500 guardsmen with 80 police officers on scene as fires, looting and gunfire troubled downtown. At least 14 injured and a police officer died of a heart attack during the five hour violence.
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Tampa
Fla
National
Claude Kirk
Orange Avenue
Kirk
National Guard
Central Park Negro District
Highway Patrol
H. N. Kirkman
Malcolm Beard
Central Park
Carmichael Gunbattle Ends After Five Hours in Prat ville
National Guardsmen and State Troopers surrounded a small house in Happy Hollow Pratville and ended a five hour gun battle following the arrest of black power leader Stokley Carmichael. Three policemen and a Negro bloodhound handler were wounded as the Nonviolent Coordinating Committee declared war and Alabama was named as the battleground. About 150 guardsmen and State Police, sent by Gov. Lurleen Wallace, sealed off the area 15 miles north of Montgomery.
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Prattville
Ala
UPI
Happy Hollow
Stokley Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Montgomery
Carmichael jailed after confrontation at five room house
A clash led to Carmichael's disorderly conduct arrest and a jail hold while 25 African Americans surrendered after a pursuer was hospitalized. Ten others faced open charges as bond was set for Carmichael at 500 dollars and for the remaining detainees to be decided.
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Carmichael
SNCC
James Loftus
Loftus
Senate ethics panel rejects Dodd censure softening
The Senate Ethics Committee plans to fight any move to soften censure charges against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd. Three members said the panel will press for censure, citing findings that Dodd’s conduct violated morals, deranged public trust, and brought the Senate into dishonor. The committee found Dodd diverted at least $116,083 in political funds for personal use and billed travel expenses to the Senate and private organizations on seven occasions.
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UPI
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Senate
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Dodd
Bennett
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
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