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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 02, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday september 1,1968 restraint in curbing Pis orders Muskie says Chicago Minneapolis Minn. A tile democratic vice presidential nominee Edmund s. Muskie said sunday that restraint and communications Are necessary in reacting to Urban disorders and that his impression is tha Chicago police overreacted against demonstrators last  Maine senator was asked if he subscribed to the state ment by presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey supporting mayor Richard j. Daley s handling of the Chicago  said he doubted that Humphrey who said saturday of Daley he did t condone a thing that was wrong had Given a Complete endorsement to the Way the Chicago mayor put Down the demonstrations at the democratic National Conven Tion. Muskie replying to a question on what orders he would give police if he were a mayor clearly emphasized the need for police restraint and the dangers of overreact  was interviewed on Abc s meet the press before returning to Maine on Vietnam Muskie said of the Johnson administration s policy it has not worked to achieve a negotiated Settle ment but he said no other policy hat been offered to reach goal. He repeated earlier state ments that we ought to be will. Ing to take calculated risks to achieve peace but he did not re. Sat his statement of last week at he would have favored bombing halt during the recent Vietnam fighting Lull. Negro killed cop Hurt in Newport news rioting Newport news a. Up a negro Man was killed and a police officer was badly beat nearly sunday during a four hour spree of violence that swept Thi Atlantic coast City. Officials estimated property damages at $1 million and about 10 arrests were made. Heavy patrols of City police state troopers and state beverage control agents cordoned off the predominantly negro trouble Section near downtown Newport news where gangs of negroes smashed windows and set several stores afire during the pre Dawn disturbance. Order was restored before Dawn. The Newport news Cit Council met in emergency session sunday afternoon to give police chief w. F. Peach Broad Powers to contain an further trouble. The trouble area was quiet after Daybreak sunday however and no curfew was  said the situation was Well under  said the trouble was sparked when patrolman Gar land j. Boswell tried to arrest a negro woman on drunkenness charges inside the Jefferson movie theater shortly after Midnight. As the woman resisted crowd of angry onlookers gathered and Boswell was airline accidents decreased in 67 Washington up the total number of accidents involving . Domestic scheduled air lines dropped in 1967, but the number of deaths were up the National transportation safety Board said  attributed the drop in the number of accidents to increasing use of faster and larger Jet liners which it said Are More reliable than Piston driven air  1967, the scheduled airlines had a total of 43 accidents eight of them fatal. They claimed 254  1966, there were 50 Acci dents four of them fatal i which 72 persons died. The airlines carried a total of118,663,542 passengers in 1967, compared to 97,745,568 in 1968. Discrimination ruled negro granted raise Topeka Kan. A the Kansas civil rights commission has ruled that a City employee of Topeka had been discriminated against because of his  ordered the City to pay Ken Neth e. Hill a negro $20 per month from March 1, 1987, until his employment ended this year. The commission ruled that Hill had not been Given the Sam Opportunity for pay raises or pro motion that was a forded White employees. Beaten As he radioed for  was in satisfactory condition at a local  patrolman s revolver fell to the sidewalk during the fight and was scooped up by a Negib Man. Police said the Man opened fire at officers arriving at the scene and they Shorback killing him. The Victot was identified As Floyd a Price 54. When the slaying occurred gangs began roaming the area hurling rocks bottles and firebombs. Several businesses were set afire and firemen battled the fires until late. Sun Day morning. Clothing stores among the businesses hit were clothing stores restau rants and Pawn shops. The windows were broken  if liquor store and state agent were assigned to stand guard Over the Stock to prevent  about 75 state troopers we recalled in to help the City s 85 policemen half an hour after the trouble began at 12 20 . A spokesman said they would remain on hand for several Days. Cool four month old chatter is a might persistent Raccoon. And when his begging be comes urgent enough Harold Lewis 5, has to give up even something As Good As an ice Cream Cone. Chatter and Harold Are whiling away summer in Independence Kan. A awol i seized shoots self Fresno Calif. A a awol Soldier recaptured Sun Day after a three Day manhunt whipped out a hidden gun at the Fresno county courthouse an shot himself in the stomach. The sheriff s office said the fugitive Darrell David Chavar Ria 18, of Klamath Falls ore.,was taken to a Hospital in critical , a ranch family near Tranquillity had notified a con stable after Chavarria turned himself in at the ranch House about 9 30 . A squad car rushed him to the courthouse in Fresno. The sheriff s a i d a gun was overlooked when Chavarria was searched. He jerked it out As he stepped from the police car in the underground garage of the courthouse. Chavarria had escaped thurs Day night after his arrest near Greenfield on a stolen car War rant. Using a pistol he had hidden in his clothes he disarmed two military policemen and abducted a Greenfield patrolman us let go to Santa be and ugh see hippies Santa be . A the Santa be chamber of com Merce s monthly bulletin say there has been a change among sightseers in new Mexico s Capi  tourists used to come to Santa be to see the indians the bulletin said. Now the indians Are coming to Santa be to seethe  ing him As a hostage to escape in a squad car. After evading pursuers an exchanging the police car for a commandeered pickup truck Chavarria allowed the officer to get away  armed the fugitive fled on foot into the Hills while Law officers mobilized one of Central California s biggest Man , absent without leave from it. Bragg n.c.,since aug. 12, was believed to have been sighted just South of Mendota saturday night. Art Hicks a Farmer told police he was slugged by someone when he halted his pickup truck at a Highway Stop sign. Hick said his assailant ran apparently after catching sight of the Farmer s Rifle. Posses patrolled Highway Sand Rural roads in me Lota through the night. Discounts of him Wallace shows Confidence Louisville by. A former gov. George Wallace of Alabama said on National television sunday that his chances of becoming president have no been Hurt by the democrats Choice of Hubert h. Humphrey their candidate. Wallace who is head of the american Independent party was answering questions from John Scali and Bob Clark on a network discussion program Abc s issues and answers the alabamian had come to Louisville for a fund raising Din Ner and Public rally which Drewan estimated 14,500 people. Wallace said the voters knew Humphrey was going to be the democrats Choice in Advance and this knowledge had not deterred him from drawing Large crowds. During the hour Long inter View he predicted he would carry every state in the Southern governors conference and Dis counted sen. Edmund Muskie influence on polish americans. Muskie is Humphrey s running mate. Wallace also predicted he would carry Michigan Wisconsin Ohio Indiana Pennsylva. Armoured car burglarized Baltimore my. A burglars took eight Moneybags from an armoured car saturday i downtown Baltimore As the two men assigned to the truck at breakfast across the Street. Early reports from police indicate the bags May have contained As much a $95,000, but Complete audit in t expected until  two men assigned to the bonded armoured Carrier corp truck said they picked up the eighth bag from a drugstore put it into the truck with those collected from other business Sand went across the Street for breakfast after Locking the vehicle. Nia new Jersey Minnesota an Kansas. He also described his Chance As excellent in Cali fornia. Wallace repeated his charge that there was not 10 cents Worth of difference Between Hie democrats and republicans and once More blamed the two Par ies for kowtowing to Ever y anarchist group in the  it was these anarchist groups Wallace said that wore responsible for Congress passing an open housing Law. He said a would have the Law repealed when elected president. Pie lab Maiuu also score what he called Federal intervention in the running of school Sand local affairs. He called health education and welfare department offi Cial group of hawsers from Washington who meddled in local  m going to give Buck to the states the right to run their own school system said Wallace  
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