Soweto Riots Subside Amid Calm After Day of Unrest
In Soweto, police reported isolated arson and a single attempt to stop workers. The township saw at least three Blacks killed and 18 injured in Wednesday riots tied to protests over student leader detentions. Police reported two gunfire deaths and a trampling fatality, while nationwide bans and roadblocks kept order amid broader unrest and school closures.
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Howell Identifies Source of Information in Veppo Office Plans
Richmond AP Howell says a Presbyterian minister provided information on Virginia Electric Power Co plans for a 33 million office building. He handed it to the State Corporation Commission to probe potential customer impact and questioned theft of documents from a Richmond attorney’s office. The minister named was Rev Richard E Hildebrandt of Hanover County.
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Explosion at Armory injures three in Lynchburg
An explosion at a National Guard armory in Lynchburg injures three maintenance workers. Jerry Payne 20 and Kenneth Gentry 18 are in critical condition with third degree burns. Randford Farmer 18 is seriously burned.
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Lynchburg General Hospital
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