Word: guardsmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though relatively mild, the rampage panicked authorities. "We have a war!" cried Fire and Police Director Frank Holloman. Mayor Loeb slapped down a curfew, shuttered liquor stores, bars and entertainment places, and stopped the buses. Governor Buford Ellington rushed in 250 state troopers and 4,000 Tennessee National Guardsmen...
...popular vote - based on the 1964 elections - and is now led by the favored opposition candidate, Arnulfo Arias, 66, the wily politician who organized the ouster proceedings. Taking to television after Robles' refusal to step down, Arias called for "civil resistance." A few hours later, national guardsmen swooped down on his headquarters in Panama City, arrested more than 200 of his supporters and confiscated a small cache of weapons...
...shot to death by police in Omaha when a speaking appearance by Alabama's George Wallace touched off two nights of disturbances. A strike by garbage collectors in Memphis escalated into scattered disturbances and threats of rioting. And a proposed riot-control training exercise by Tennessee National Guardsmen in the state's four major cities brought angry protests and warnings from Negro leaders that the troops' appearance could touch off violence...
With that bit of hedging, the Secretary announced that the Army would start a special school in civil disorders for ranking Guardsmen later this month at Fort Gordon, Ga. To further lessen the chance of Regular Army troops being needed to quell city riots, the Pen tagon has established a unique logistics system that will supply Guard units with specialized riot gear not normally issued through regular channels. Protective body armor, bullhorns, search lights and portable tear gas dispensers have been stockpiled at scattered secret depots throughout the nation. Enough radio sets to equip two infantry divisions have been...
...producers of big-time athletes. But the demanding new mood of Negro students is no longer satisfied with athletic fame. Grambling student leaders recently shattered the serenity of the piney-woods campus in such a forceful protest over what they call "a second-rate atmosphere for learning" that National Guardsmen were summoned-and discontent over the incident is likely to last for years...