Word: riot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Race riot in Watts...
THIS outraged statement notwithstanding, Newark's business leaders had little reason to be shocked by last week's indictments. Crime and corruption have long been blatantly evident in what may well be the Mafia capital of the U.S. After the city's bloody 1967 race riot, for example, a special Governor's commission laid much of the blame to "a widespread belief that Newark's government is corrupt...
...part, the order prohibits the demonstrators "from inciting, promoting, or participating in any riot or tumultuous assembly, or making any loud and excessive noise that interferes with the conduct of normal activities on Harvard's premises." The order also applies to "all persons in active concert or participation" with...
...Addonizio's hopes for Newark were shattered in the city's bloody racial upheaval in 1967, which lasted six days and left 26 dead and more than $10 million in property damage. A special Governor's commission set up to look into the causes of the riot laid much of the blame for the upheaval to the "pervasive feeling of corruption" in the city. Last week Addonizio's own career and reputation stood in sharp jeopardy. The mayor was summoned before a grand jury to answer questions about his ties to the Mob. Federal investigators wanted...
...restraining order, which went into effect immediately and will be in effect until a hearing next Tuesday, bars occupation of University Hall, the Gund Hall construction site, the Faculty Club, or any other Harvard building. In addition, it enjoins "inciting, promoting or participating in any riot or tumultuous assembly, or making any loud and excessive noise that interferes with the conduct of normal activities on Harvard's premises...