Beallsville Ohio Faces Vietnam Cease-Fire Quietly
In Beallsville Ohio residents reflect on the Vietnam war toll of six local youths, including 20 year old Jack Pittman killed in 1966, as news of the cease-fire arrives. Town leaders and the Pittman family remember their losses with a solemn memorial at Beallsville Cemetery while some residents hope for returning prisoners of war.
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Rbeallsville
Ohio
UPI
Maegene Pittman
Vietnam
Pittmans
Jack
Pittman
Nixon
Beallsville Cemetery
Richard Perkins
Craters Multiply as Helgfjell Erupts on Iceland Island
Ivann Vestmannaeyjar faced widespread destruction as Helgafjell volcano roared to life. More than 16 craters opened, lava flows stretched 800 yards into the Atlantic, and the fishing port town with 5,000 residents evacuated. Frozen fish valued at $2 million was shipped to the mainland. Government warns the eruption may hurt Iceland’s economy.
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Helgafjell
Vestmannaeyjar
Heymaey Island
Iceland
Reykjavik
UPI
Ireland
UPL
Karl Jonasson
Tentative Truce In Teacher Strike
Negotiators announced a tentative settlement in the Chicago teachers strike that has closed public schools for more than 560,000 students since January 10. The deal requires board approval before ratification and may allow classes to resume Friday, while other cities remain on strike.
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United Press International
Chicago
Memphis Busing Quiet After Second Day Amid Boycott
Memphis school buses ran smoothly for a second day as white students largely boycotted classes in defiance of a federal desegregation order. Mayor Chandler praised the city while police and school officials reported no violence and prepared for attendance figures to be released next week.
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Memphis
UPI
Wyeth Chandler
Chandler
Kay Hubbard
Citizens Against Busing
Ruth
Saed
John Freeman
Knox County youth in murder probe held for questioning
Knox County deputies hold a 16 year old youth for questioning in the murder of Steve Hayes, whose body was found in a flooded quarry. A Cincinnati man, said to have admitted the Knox County murder, is also being questioned. The suspect is a mental patient missing from Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital in Knoxville for about a week.
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Knoxville
UPI
Knox County
Steve Hayes
Cincinnati
Eastern State Psychiatric Hospital
Boy, 9, Hangs Self With Bells in Bedroom
Knoxville police report a nine year old boy John Martin Prochaska accidentally hanged himself using two bells from a bunk bed in his bedroom. He was found by his parents. He is the son of Joseph M. Prochaska, a UT professor and director of the graduate school of planning research center.
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Knoxville
UPI
Robert Chadwell
John Martin Prochaska
Joseph M. Prochaska
Graduate School of Planning Research Center
University of Tennessee
Tennessee to Attend Lyndon B. Johnson Funeral
Tennessee leaders Governor Winfield Dunn named House Speaker Ned McWherter Lt Governor John Wilder and former Nashville Banner publisher James Stahlman to travel to Washington for Lyndon B. Johnson's funeral. Mrs. Buford Ellington will represent Dunn personally at the service. A separate incident reports a skeleton found in Nashville to be examined. police say bones indicate a white woman in her late 20s died at least two years ago and may have been stabbed.
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Nashville
UPI
Ned McWherter
John Wilder
Nashville Banner
James Stahlman
Tennessee
Lyndon B. Johnson
Winfield Dunn
Washington
Dunn
Buford Ellington
University of Tennessee
Momivide
Tom Cathey
Zeke Marlow
Metro
T. E. Simpkins
Cathey
Last Minute Crush As Introduction Of Bills Ends
In Richmond the 1474 legislative session neared its end as the last day for bill introductions passed Wednesday. The House saw about 10 new regulatory bills and the Senate added over 70. The Virginia state crime commission pushed a package of ten bills, including life terms for certain crimes and a life-without-parole option for second offenses involving illegal drugs, plus a study on the death penalty’s impact. Del. Ford Quillen and Oates City advanced a pregnancy abortion bill up to 24 weeks with medical necessity required thereafter. Quillen also proposed making a telephone owner liable for profane language used on that line.
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Virginia State Crime Commission
Supreme Court
Peace Watchers To Deploy In Vietnam Under Ceasefire
Washington reports 1160 troops from Canada Hungary Indonesia and Poland will form the International Commission of Control and Supervision to monitor the Paris ceasefire in Vietnam. The CCS will report violations, observe illegal arms movements, and oversee border entries from Saigon. An international conference is to be convened within 30 days to ensure peace and self determination.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
North Vietnam
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Canada
Hungary
Indonesia
Poland
International Commission of Control and Supervision
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Rogers
State Department
Charles W. Bray
South Vietnam
IUCS
Kissinger
ICCS
Saigon
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