Stokely Carmichael Attacks Lincoln and Calls for Armed Struggle
Stokely Carmichael, at a news conference in Havana, labeled Abraham Lincoln a white racist and urged U.S. Negroes to take up arms for freedom from New York to California. He backed urban guerrilla tactics inspired by Che Guevara and called for the collapse of capitalism, saying whites must join blacks to fight.
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Lunar Orbiter 5 on perfect course to moon
Lunar Orbiter 5 sped toward the moon on a near perfect egg shaped trajectory to photograph landing sites and lunar features. Launched Tuesday night from Cape Kennedy the 860 pound probe is healthy and on target, with a midcourse maneuver planned to fine tune its path.
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Calif
UPI
America
Cape Kennedy
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Riots Rock Six Cities As National Guards Patrol
Racial clashes erupted in six cities as police intervened between white and Negro gangs. Milwaukees sniping at a police post and Providence rioting led the day, with firebombings in Chicago Peoria Hartford and Wyandanch. National Guardsmen patrolled Detroit while federal troops withdrew and Congress opened ghetto riot investigations.
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Providence
R.I
Chicago
Peoria
Ill
Hartford
Motor City
Congress
Cambridge
Bryce G. Kinnamon
Johnson
New
Antiriot Commission
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Midwest Republicans push strict action to curb riots
Western lawmakers urged firm nationwide measures to deter rioting. Senator Milton R. Young of North Dakota and Representatives Melvin R. Laird of Wisconsin and Glenn Cunningham of Nebraska called for prompt, stern government action on all levels. Cunningham, representing the Omaha metro, noted growing rural resentment in letters.
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Washington
UPI
Milton R. Young
N.D
Melvin R. Laird
Wis
Glenn Cunningham
Neb
Cunningham
Omaha
Resi
Governor Hughes visits Cedar Rapids to view minority areas
Gov Harold E Hughes toured Cedar Rapids night spots with emphasis on Negro districts including Oak Hill Jackson area and an urban renewal zone He met Cedar Rapids Black leaders such as former state Rep Cecil Reed and left without releasing findings He cited letters from Nebraskans and Iowans urging action on riots while noting more than 120 killed and 4 500 injured in riots since July 1964 in national context
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Iowa
UPI
Harold E. Hughes
Waterloo
Hughes
Cecil Reed
Iowa Employment Securities Commission
Oak Hill - Jackson
Cunningham
Girl 11 Saves 5 From Fire At Keokuk
An 11 year old girl saved five younger siblings from a two story seven room frame house fire in Keokuk Iowa. Wanda Guymon smelled smoke and led the children out before calling the fire department. The house was destroyed and the family of nine was left homeless.
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Keokuk
Iowa
UPI
Ernest Guymon
Wanda Guymon
Last of 4700 paratroopers leave Detroit riot duty
Troopers and guardsmen completed nine days of riot duty in Detroit. About 1,800 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne left Selfridge Air Force Base en route to Ft. Bragg. The 46th Michigan National Guard was defederalized and returned to state control as 8,000 guardsmen ended duty. A witness to motel killings was questioned in the case. A citizens committee begins Detroit’s recovery after $250 million in damage and 40 deaths.
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UPI
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Selfridge Air Force Base
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Cyrus Vance
Johnson
Michigan National Guard
Cecil Simmons
Clarence Schnipke
George Romney
West Side Detroit
Hopkinsville
Mid East Trouble Flare Rolls Across Jordan River
United Press International reports Jordanian and Israeli troops exchanged machinegun fire for hours across the Jordan River near the Damyia bridge. Israel moved armored forces into the area while no Jordanian casualties were reported. The clash marks the third Israeli Jordanian exchange since the June armistice amid broader Arab efforts toward possible peace talks.
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UPI
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Lebanon
Middle East
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Beirut
Amman
Egypt
Yemen
Cairo
Khartoum
Odd Bull
Norway
United Nations
Plans River Trip Modern Day Huck Finn
Parker Seiler a 41 year old grade school teacher plans to row the Mississippi River next week in a 12 foot aluminum boat decked as a sternwheeler. He left Michigan for St Paul and will begin August 10 in New Orleans. The Cherri Belle carries a spyglass two way radio a small oven and a 10000 foot film camera. He uses a conch shell as a whistle and has a history of remarkable journeys including a 2350 mile trek to Alaska and 25000 miles of bicycle travel. He also creates massive snow sculptures for ski resorts in the off season.
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Mich
UPI
Parker Seiler
Mississippi River
Seiler
Michigan
St. Paul
Minn
New Orleans
Mississippi
Four die in Iowa highway accidents Tuesday toll rises
Four persons died in Iowa highway incidents on Tuesday including seven year old Kimberly Ney of Ossian struck by a car driven by 18 year old Michael Bentien of Monona. The state 1967 fatality toll reached 428, with Des Moines motorcyclist Otto Williams killed after losing control and hitting a street sign. Dean Judson of Lexington Nebraska died when his truck veered off U S 6 near Council Bluffs, fire destroying the vehicle.
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Monona
Kimberly Ney
Ossian
Iowa
Michael Linn Bentien
Postville Hospital
Highway Patrol
Otto Williams
Des Moines
Dean Judson
Lexington
Neb
Council Bluffs
U.S. 6
Two astronauts named to corps for new scientist-astronaut group
SPACE CENTER Houston UPI reports 11 scientist-astronauts will be named soon, enlarging the corps to 57. Among the group is Dr Donald Lee Holmquest, an intern at Houston Methodist Hospital, and Dr Karl G Henize, an astronomer at Northwestern University. The class includes two naturalized citizens, the first not born in the United States. The 11th class marks the sixth such group since the space program began.
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Houston
UPI
United States
Astronaut Corps
Donald Lee Holmquest
Houston Methodist Hospital
Manned Spacecraft Center
Holmquest
Space Agency
Karl G. Henize
Henize
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
Iowa Weather Outlook Clearly Partly Cloudy and Warm
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a chance of scattered showers or thunder showers. Not as warm Thursday with a low around 60 to 65 and a high in the 80s.
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Six Aircraft Lost In Vietnam UPI Report
Saigon reports show six American aircraft shot down and three accidental attacks on troops and civilians. Navy pilot rescued. Air Force RF101 Voodoo missing. One Air Force F100 killed southwest of Saigon. Three Army helicopters hit friendly forces 15 miles northeast of Saigon with one dead and seven wounded.
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