Illinois campus arrest batch over housing protests at U of I
More than 300 students were arrested for criminal trespass after occupying and vandalizing lounges at the Illini Union at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Police, aided by campus and local forces, cleared the area after chancellor Peltason authorized the move to end the occupation.
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Urbana, Ill
University of Illinois
Illini
South
J.W. Peltason
Peltason
Urbana
Champaign
University
Champaign County
Project
Illinois Street
Illini Union
Grand Jury Probes Demo Convention Clashes
CHICAGO AP A federal grand jury probe orders review of demonstrations police action and coverage at the Democratic National Convention. Judge Campbell directs U S District Attorney Foran to provide all gathered material while Daley counters with a balanced TV program. The inquiry also targets alleged civil rights violations and possible use of communications statutes by networks including NBC.
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Daley
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Abbie Hoffman
Thomas E. Hayden
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Dave Dellinger
National Mobilization Committee
Rennie Davis
Center For Radical Research
Jerry Rubin
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Campbell
Thomas A. Foran
U.S
Grand Jury
NBC
Metromedia
WGN Continental
Marines Hit Viet Cong Near Rock Pile Uncover Heavy Cache
U S Marines report 34 North Vietnamese killed in two clashes near the Rock Pile just north of the Marine outpost. A bunker sweep west of the Rock Pile yielded more than 500 mortar rounds 2,200 pounds of rice and uniforms. Additional caches found 37 carbines 10 rocket launchers seven machine guns and nine flamethrowers. One American and nine Vietnamese killed with 24 Vietnamese wounded in five attacks from northern provinces to the Mekong Delta. Terrorist shootings in Saigon kill one teacher and wound others. U S pilots flew 116 missions. ground unit begins withdrawal of the 27th Marines to Okinawa en route to Camp Pendleton.
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George Esper
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Rock Pile
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
da Nang
Mekong Delta
Kontum
Highlands
My Tho
Delta
Ky Hung
Lam
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Vietnam
United States
27Th Marine Ea
Army
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Leatherneck
Okinawa
Camp Pendleiton
Calif
Nuclear Pact Session Fails To Draw Quorum
The Senate failed to reach a quorum on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty as only six of nineteen members attended. Acting Chairman John Sparkman set a new meeting for Wednesday while Sen. Albert Gore urged swift action. President Johnson and Secretary of State Rusk pressed for approval amid waning support after the Czech invasion and East European troop moves.
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John Sparksman
D-Ala
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Gore
Congress
Johnson
Senate
Europe
Mike Mansfield
Dean Rusk
U.S
Soviet Union
Voter Turnout Slightly Above 1964 Primary in La Crosse
The La Crosse Tribune notes turnout by 11 am with 2,466 votes across 21 wards, higher than the 2,155 tally at the same time in 1964. Weather aided participation with a sunny 57 degrees, highlighting ward tallies such as Ward 19 with 235 votes and Ward 13 with 188 votes.
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la Crosse Tribune
Harry Spence School
Stoffel Court
Emerson School
Ward
Fortas Hearing Faces Fresh Push In Senate
Senate Judiciary panel met in closed session with 16 members present but took no action on Abe Fortas nomination to chief justice. Grievances surfaced from Southern Republicans over alleged pornographic material linked to Fortas opinion work. Griffin urged reopening to probe Fortas involvement with the executive branch while serving on the Supreme Court.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Abe Fortas
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Fortas
Supreme Court
John L. McClellan
Dark
McClellan
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Eastland
Ses
Population shifts show La Crosse County towns decline in 1966
La Crosse County total rises to an estimated 54,000 in 1966 from 47,575 in 1960 as cities and villages gain while 11 of 12 towns lose population. Onalaska town increases to 1,890, up 179, amid rural-to-urban migration and annexations. Rockland declines. Holmen and West Salem rise modestly. Shelby and Hamilton show steep drops.
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la Crosse
Onalaska
Bangor
Holmen
Rockland
West Salem
Barre Burns
Campbell
Farmington
Greenfield Hamilton
Holland
Medary
Onalaska Shelby
Washington
la Crosse County
Navere
Crosse
Scott Alley
Association
Alley
Taxpayers Association
State Revenue Department
Department of Health and Social Services
Shelby
Hamilton
Tornado Damages Ida Structures. Civil Servant Bitten
A tornado struck Ida Michigan with no warning, destroying a storage shed and barn roof and damaging a silo. Monroe County Civil Service Director James Gilmore was bitten by a dog while assessing farm damage at the Alfred Van Wasshenova property.
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Ida, Mich
Ida
Monroe County Civil Service
James Gilmore
Alfred van- Wasshenova
Lower
Michigan
Humphrey Jr Tours Wisconsin in Bid for Father Vote
Hubert H. Humphrey II toured Eau Claire and Madison with a Minnesota to Maine bus trip as he urged replacing Hershey as U S draft director if his father wins the presidency. He labeled Chicago as a debate forum but denounced police–protester clashes as tragic. Attorney General Bronson La Follette campaigned in Marshfield urging fresh leadership and endorsed Humphrey Muskie for vice president.
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Associated Press
Hubert H. Humphrey
Wisconsin
Badger
Hubert
Skip
Humphrey II
Eau Claire
Madison
Minnesota
Maine
Lewis B. Hershey
U.S
White House
Humphrey
University of Minnesota Law ‘School
Vietnam
Chicago
Bronson C. la Follette
Marshfield
la Follette
Warren P. Knowles
Humphreys
Hubert H
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E.diukt
Philip A. Hart
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James O. Eastland
D-Miss
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Griffin
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HHH
Hershey
Hubert Jr
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