Poet Allen Ginsberg Testifies At 1968 Convention Trial
In Chicago the trial of seven men for conspiracy to promote rioting at the 1968 Democratic National Convention shows jurors laughing during recesses as the defense prepares. Allen Ginsberg testified on Thursday and Friday, reading poems on sexuality and homosexuality, delivering an Indian prayer chant, and invoking Aum to calm crowds in Lincoln Park.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Alen
Ginsberg
Lincoln Park
US patrols ambushed near Cambodian border in Saigon area
Saigon reports that two American patrols setting up night ambushes on an infiltration route were surprised by North Vietnamese forces. A third patrol came under fire after a helicopter assault. Six Americans killed and nine wounded, five North Vietnamese killed. All near Hiep Hoa, 28 miles northwest of Saigon, six miles from Cambodia. Troops from the 25th Infantry Division suffered the division's heaviest 24 hour casualties in over a month.
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Saigon
U.S
Hiep Hoa
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Janesville Bookshop Owner Seeks Court Stop on Seizure
Myron M. Amato asked U S District Court to halt police action he says confiscates 800 books magazines and films as lewd and obscene. Police have charged him with sells lewd material and arrested three employees. Attorney calls it legalized harassment.
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Madison
Janesville
U.S. District Court
Myron M. Amato
James Doyle
Jerome Elliott
Mitchell urges full and equal police protection for minorities
In Hot Springs Arkansas Attorney General John N. Mitchell urged governors that policing must serve all communities with full protection for minority groups. He warned against repression and fear, stressing better police community relations are crucial in central cities where crime hits minorities harder. A separate federal court action concerns the Nativity scene at presidential events with church and state issues.
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Hot Springs
Ark
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Senate Bans Cigarette Ads on Radio and TV
The U S Senate passed a bill by 70 to 7 to phase out cigarette advertising on radio and television starting January 1 1971 The action follows the surgeon general report linking smoking to lung cancer and marks a major shift in U S advertising policy.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Antiwar Protests Hit University of Wisconsin Campus
About 250 antiwar demonstrators clashed briefly with campus police at the University of Wisconsin Madison as activism spread to five other campuses nationwide. Some protesters, linked to Students for a Democratic Society, sought to serve a people’s injunction on ROTC. injuries were minor, four students arrested. Other campuses reported strikes and takeovers, including Holy Cross College and Fisk University, with varied demonstrations over suspensions and demands for Black student representation.
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University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wis
Students For A Democratic Society
Officer ‘Training Corps
Robert T. Warren
Arhier
SDS
Prorest
Tions Warren
Black Students Union
BSU
College Judicial Board
General Electric Co
Nashville
Fisk
Tusculum College
Greeneville
Tenn
Monroe High School Christmas Concert Planned Dec 17
The Monroe High School music department presents a Christmas program featuring the Mixed Chorus directed by Jack Close and the Symphonic Band under Joseph Rieraldo. Highlights include Bach Magnificat and Britten A Ceremony of Carols with soloists LaVonne Dieckman Carolyn Weir Barbara Barth and Monica Herzberger. The program ends with the Russian Church sound by the Symphonic Band.
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Monroe High School
Jack Close
Joseph Rieraldo
J.S. Bach
Harsichord
LaVonne Dieckman
John W. Dieckman
Mary Alice Rieder
Dieck
Nancy Anderson
Edmund R. Anderson
Joy Trumpy
Harvey Trumpy
Nancy
LaVonne
Joy
J. S. Bach
Leipzig
Benjamin Britten
Britten
Carolyn Weir
James Weir
Barbara Barth
Monica Herzberger
Barbara
Ray Barth
Monica
Eugene Herzberger
Deborah Krauss
Monroe
Deborah
Ralph Krauss
Merryth Seaton
Goetz to Speak at Monroe Bosses Night Jaycee Event
Lt Governor James B. Goetz of Minnesota will headline the Monroe Jaycees Bosses Night set for Wednesday January 21 at Monroe Country Club. Co-chairs Leon G. Fernstaedt and Dr. David Wake note the event will honor outstanding junior and senior citizens and the outstanding farmer, with nomination blanks available at local banks and in the Monroe Evening Times.
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Monroe Jaycees
James B. Goetz
Minnesota
Monroe Country Club
Leon G. Fernstaedt
David Wake
Monroe
First National Bank
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Goetz
Midwest
Syracuse
N.Y
Harold Stasson
Jaycees
Jams and cookies sought for Monroe Christmas Stocking drive
Jams jellies and cookies are needed for the Monroe Women’s Club Christmas Stocking project. Junior High home economics classes assist under Mrs Horst Hart. donations accepted at 1766 Lake Drive Monroe or by calling 325-5718. Deadline December 19 for packing.
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Horst Hart
Monroe Women’s Club
Sue Schumacher
Judy Booth
Bernie Rast
Times
Monroe Women's Club
Lynn Severson
Peggy Dye
Donna Kleckner
Tueir
Sherman Hodgson
Lake Drive
Monroe
Hodgson
Breakfast program feeds Philadelphia pupils daily
Morton Walter funds and runs a breakfast plan at Drew Elementary for 550 students, costing 18 cents per child per day. He started with $1,000 in 1968 and, after raising about $10,000 from friends, argues breakfasts improve attention and behavior. He seeks broader funding from the USDA to extend the program citywide. A talk by Mr and Mrs Donald Weir on people to people relations is set for Dec 16 at Monroe High School.
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Philadelphia
Morton Walter
Walter
Drew
West
Miriam
Philadelphia School
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Monroe High School
Donald Weir
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