Pickets March as Fires Fan Racial Tensions in Springfield
Fourteen demonstrators staged a predawn march before police headquarters in Springfield as four fires struck a Negro neighborhood, heightening racial tensions in the city of 180000. Civil rights leaders accused police of brutality and sought reassignments of seven officers. some protesters planned more arrivals from Boston and New Haven.
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Mass
Henry Twiggs
Los Angeles
Twiggs
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Cotelucca
Boston
New Haven
Conn
Rioting Grips Watts As Police Arrest Man
A 21 year old black man, Marquette Frye, was arrested on drunken driving charges prompting a riot in Watts. The disturbance drew 1 500 participants on the first night, followed by 7 000 more and injuries including comedian Dick Gregory. National guard troops aided police as unrest continued into Friday.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Marquette Frye
Watts
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Congress
Johnson
Departement of
Federation of Malaysia
Singapore
Paratroopers Meet Montagnards in Vietnam Village Handshake Ending
U S paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade entered a Montagnard village south of Route 19 in South Vietnam seeking guerrillas. After tense moments and fires in huts, villagers emerged, smiles and handshakes followed as helicopters lifted off.
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Plei HO Drong
South Viet Nam
U.S
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Highlands
Pleiku
Rioting Grips Chicago's West Side for Second Night
Chicago police fought with hundreds of rioters on Pu laski Road in Garfield Park injuring 18 officers and 47 civilians. About 100 arrests followed as looting and brick throwing disrupted the area amid civil rights protests after a white officer was slashed and a bystander killed earlier.
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West Side
Chicago
Pulaski Road
Garfield Park
Robert Wiens
Dessie Mae Williams
Lawrence Landry
Eisenhower Expressway
Search for American sailor deepens as seas hinder find
A fleet of amateur searchers prepared to resume for Robert Maury aboard the 1314 foot Tinkerbelle after four days without sighting. Strong winds and heavy seas hampered air and sea scouts off Falmouth Cornwall as his family waited.
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England
Robert Maury
Atlantic
Cleveland
Ohio
Cork
Robin
Douglas
Manry
Ieland
Syrane
Manay
Royal” Air” Force
Sas
Theeekend
SBA To Visit Winchester Aug 20 For Small Firms Aid
Small Business Administration representatives will visit the Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce next Friday from 9 am to 3 pm. They will assist local small businesses in obtaining financing upgrading management and selling to the Federal Government.
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Small Business Administration Financial and Management
Winchester-Frederick County
Linwood Dehaven
Chamber of Commerce
SBA
Chamber
Winchester Chamber of Commerce
George Washington Hotel
Outbreaks and Injustice Tangle Watts Riot Rhetoric
Psychiatrists link riot anger to perceived injustices toward Negros in Watts Willowbrook. They cite self-hatred and calls for punishment of white police as misdirected retaliation. The 1964 Youth Opportunities Board report notes low education, high dropout, many parolees, and heavy crime in Watts Willowbrook, home to about one sixth of Los Angeles County's 623,000 Negro residents.
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Youth Opportunities Board
Watts-Willowbrook
California Youth Authority
Los Angeles County
Draft Card Bill Rushed To Johnson
President Johnson has received a bill to impose stiff penalties for willful destruction or mutilation of Selective Service registration cards. The Senate passed the measure by a free vote after rapid passage in both houses amid protests over U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
U.S
Whitacre Family Reunion and Funeral Gather in White Hall
Mrs. Albert Whitacre and daughter Jen kins visited Earl Whitacre's family over the weekend. Attendees at the Harry Whitacre funeral included several Whitacres and relatives. the Whitacre Reunion drew about 140 people. Carter Luttrell hosted a birthday dinner for Harry Luttrell with most of his 18 children present. The Whitacres and Kinresidents from Winchester shared visits with Luttrell and Shaw families during the week.
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Albert Whitacre
Jenkins
Earl Whitacre
Harry Whitacre
James
James Viel
Fairfax
Curtis Jenkens
Dolen Whitacre
Bill Holliday
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