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University Daily Kansan
Page 0425_1 from reel: L 748 (1970-02-03 to 1970-07-28)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/77156

Title: State of Emergency Develops in Trinidad
Summary: Fullscale rioting including clashes between soldiers and coast guardsmen broke out in Port of Spain after government imposed state of emergency to cope with black power disorders.
Category: national news
Subjects: political unrest; Caribbean politics; civil disturbances
Named Entities: Trinidad; Port of Spain
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Blaze Destroys KC Tire Company
Summary: A three-alarm fire destroyed a tire company and heavily damaged adjacent businesses in Kansas City's racially tense east side.
Category: local news
Subjects: fire disasters; industrial accidents; Kansas City
Named Entities: Kansas City, Mo.; Bonner Tire Co.
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Aid From Kansas City
Summary: The Salvation Army set up a canteen in Lawrence serving sandwiches and coffee to firemen, police and national guard during curfew, with the canteen coming from Kansas City.
Category: campus news
Subjects: community service; Salvation Army; local assistance
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Lenin Centenary Celebrated
Summary: Cuban and Viet Cong leaders opened celebrations of Lenin's centenary in Moscow, with Cuban President Osvaldo Dorticos addressing 6,000 persons.
Category: national news
Subjects: communist celebrations; Soviet Union; international politics
Named Entities: Lenin; Moscow; Cuban leaders; Viet Cong
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Deferment Policy Suggestions Made
Summary: The Defense Department has prepared recommendations for Congress to limit occupational and paternal draft deferments and announce new policies.
Category: national news
Subjects: military draft; Vietnam War; government policy
Named Entities: Washington; Defense Department; Melvin R. Laird
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Charges Dropped Against Panthers
Summary: A Superior Court judge dropped contempt charges and suspended sentences for two Black Panthers charged with disrupting a pre-trial hearing for Panther leader Bobby Seale.
Category: national news
Subjects: Black Panthers; legal proceedings; civil rights
Named Entities: New Haven, Conn.; Bobby G. Seale; David Hilliard; Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt; Judge Harold M. Mulvey
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Photo: Ron Bishop
Summary: Photo accompanying Trinidad emergency article showing scene related to the disturbances.
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.7

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: Holiday Inn; Henrys; Hixon Studio; The Village Set
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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