Reinforcements Rush To Aid Da Nang Battled U S Units
Hundreds of U S infantry rushed to the Da Nang foothills to relieve two American companies battered by a North Vietnamese force amid heavy fighting across South Vietnam. The 196th Light Infantry Brigade suffered about 40 percent casualties, while U S forces reported killing 148 North Vietnamese.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Associated Press
Richard Pyle
Pyle
Cecil M. Henry
Rome
Hiep Duc
Henry
John Whittecar
Salina
Kan
William Gayler
Mineral Wells
Tex
Waukegan Board Backs Busing Plan Transfer Policy
The Waukegan Elementary Schools Board approves a six to two plan to transfer pupils from three majority Negro and Latin American schools to nine heavily white schools. Transfers are voluntary and students must stay in the new school through the term with a class cap of 28. One dissenter, Juan Rivera, cites local opposition. The system covers the first six grades.
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Waukegan, Ill
Waukegan Elementary Schools Board of Education
Juan Rivera
Waukegan
Braghini Leaves Hospital After Crash Injuries
Allen Braghini age 20 of Verona was released from Morris Hospital after treatment for head and chest injuries from a two car crash five miles west of Mazon on Grand Ridge Road. The collision killed Donald Klegman 29 of Coal City and injured two others, James Entwistle 11 and John Wilkinson 18, who were discharged earlier.
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Allen Braghini
Verona
Morris Hospital
Mazon
Grand Ridge Road
Donald Klegman
Coal City
Braghini
James Entwistle
Rte
John Wilkinson
Police Add to List in Tate Murder Case
Los Angeles police inspector Harold Yarnell said investigators are building a list of people to interview in the Sharon Tate murders and four others from August 8. He stressed those named are not suspects. Thomas Michael Harrigan, who has been named publicly, spoke with detectives for three and a half hours and said he knew four victims but had no information about the deaths. He was not detained.
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Los Angeles
Harold Yarnell
Sharon Tate
Yarnell
Thomas Michael Harrigan
Harrigan
Manhattan Beach
Weather Summary From Collins Station
Collins Weather Station reports yesterday high 87 and low 64 degrees. At 9 am today 80 degrees. Tonight fair and cooler with low mid 60s. Wednesday mostly sunny with high in 70s. Thursday partly cloudy with little change. Downtown Morris noon reading 8 degrees.
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Collins
Morris
Nicaraguan IFYE Visits Lisbon Family and Illinois Fair
Ramon Armando Mejia, 23, a Nicaraguan veterinary and agriculture inspector and 4-H IFYE participant, stays with Lisbon’s L. E. Knobeloch and visits the Illinois State Fair in Springfield. He discusses his work, soccer, music, and adapting to American life while awaiting a future 4-H program in Nicaragua.
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Ramon Mejia
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Nicaragua
L. E. Knobeloch
Lisbon
Ramon Armando Mejia
Springfield
Ramon
United States
Virginia
Illinois
LaVerne Johnson
Walnut
Koobeloch
U.S
IFYE
Illinois 4-H Foundation
Agricultural Extension Service
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock
Indictment in Ames Manslaughter Case Involving Former ISU Star
Story County grand jury charged Beth Ann Aronoff 20 with manslaughter in the May 23 shooting of Willie Muldrew 21 a former Iowa State football star from Chicago. Aronoff allegedly was shot by a U2 caliber handgun obtained from her escort after Muldrew accosted her near a married student apartment complex. Richard Lundvall 25 was charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
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Nevada
Iowa
Story County
Beth Ann Aronoff
Ames
Willie Muldrew
Iowa State University
Chicago
Miss Aronoff
Muldrew
ISU
Richard Lundvall
Photographer Oliver Noonan Missing After Copter Crash
AP photographer Oliver Noonan is missing after a helicopter was shot down near dusk about 30 miles south of Da Nang. Nine aboard were feared dead. Noonan had been in Vietnam five months reporting in the field and previously worked for the Boston Globe and Boston Herald Traveler.
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da Nang
Americal Division
Noonan
Boston Globe
Boston Herald Traveler
Boston Press Photographers Association
Vietnam
Associated Press
Injuries Fatal To Wilmington Youth Monday
Ernest Joe Holmes 20 of Wilmington died at Silver Cross Hospital Joliet at 8 45 p m Monday from injuries after his car struck a train on the Peotone Wilmington Blacktop Aug 12 The engineer sounded the whistle and Holmes failed to slow down at the crossing and was in the center when hit Surviving are his wife Kathy a son Todd and his parents in addition to siblings and relatives Funeral services set for 2 p m Thursday at Des Rochers Funeral Home Wilmington with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Friends may call today and Wednesday nights
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Ernest Joe Holmes
Wilmington
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Peotone- Wilmington
Holmes
Will County
Kathy
Todd
Marion Strater
Chicago
Ernest QC. Holmes
Les Sorensen
Matthew
William H
Morris
Albert H
William
Miriam) Bagus
Oak Lawn
Sadie Holmes
Oklahoma City
Okla
Des Rochers Funeral Home
N. Main St
Oakwood Cemetery
Air Ambulances to Gulfport Evacuate Gulfport Veterans Hospital
Five ambulance aircraft will fly into hurricane struck Gulfport to evacuate about 600 patients from the Gulfport VA Hospital to facilities in Alabama and Georgia. Four aircraft depart Scott Air Force Base and one from Kelly Air Force Base near San Antonio. the S75th Aeromedical Wing at Scott directs the evacuation.
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Scott Air Force Base
Gulfport
Mass
Veterans Hospital
Military Airlift Command
Kelly Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Gulfport VA
Alabama
Georgia
S75th Aeromedical Wing
Scott
Morris Public Library bids come in under budget
Bids for Morris Public Library fall within the budget after a revised plan. Narvick Brothers of Morris submitted the low general contract bid at 192200, while Thorsen and Thorsen, Ottawa firm Charles Eickelkraut & Sons, and others bid higher.
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Morris Public Library
John Roth
Bob Freund
Crystal Lake
Narvick Brothers
Morris
Thorsen
Milwaukee Ave
Chicago
M. E. Electric Co
Rockdale
Henry Weppler
Cave Man Benjamin Ballinger Dies at 65 in Tennessee
Benjamin Hugh Ballinger known as The Cave Man died at 65 in Johnson City Veterans Hospital after a heart attack. He lived in a cave near Jefferson City for decades, earning about $300 yearly from carpentry painting and odd jobs. He recalled a romance with his fiancée Queen broken by a rival in a Model A Ford.
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Jefferson City
Tenn
Benjamin Hugh Ballinger
Queen
Ballinger
Veterans Hospital
Johnson City
Israeli Warplane Shot Down Over Suez Channel
TEL AVIV reports an Israeli warplane was shot down over the Suez Canal. The pilot parachuted to safety and was captured by Egyptians. Israel launched a 20 minute air strike after Egyptian artillery opened fire. The incident followed an Israeli patrol surrounding a hut in EL Mauzi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip seeking surrender.
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Tel Aviv
Cap
Suez Canal
EL Mauzi
Gaza Strip
Treat Woman Two Children After Accident
A mother and two of her four children were treated and released from Morris Hospital after their Volkswagen overturned on Interstate 80 five miles west of Illinois 47. Mrs. Carol Massey, 24, of Ottawa, was eastbound when a tire blew out, causing the crash. Massey received ankle treatment and was released. two children were examined and released. Damage to the car was estimated at 1,000 dollars. the auto was described as crushed by Romines Service Station spokesman.
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Morris Hospital
Illinois
Carol Massey
Ottawa
Snicker A Day Heathens Row Over Spirit Warders
A witty clash unfolds as local drum warders accused by car drivers of hindering traffic endure mockery from urban motorists who blow horns to scatter jams.
Medical Supply Plane Crashes In New Orleans
Rescue workers pulled 23 bodies from the Ri chelieu complex in Pass Christian as hurricane Camille devastates the Gulf Coast. A separate light plane crash at a New Orleans airport killed four aboard. Officials estimate total deaths may reach 150 to 200 with widespread damage along the coast.
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New Orleans
Gulfport, Miss
Gulf Coast
Weather Bureau
Camille
Kentucky
Tennessee
Richelieu
Pass Christian
Morris Planning Commission Meeting on Wednesday
Planning Commission set to meet at 7 30 p m at City Hall with no special business on the agenda. The session will cover regular items and public input as available.
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Morris
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Waukegan Board
Tate
North States
Kay Lindsay
Oll
Texas Instruments
Ron Jones
S. McLean Blvd
Elgin
Tri-City Electric
Ruby St
Ayers Electric
Atty
William Hynds
Illinois State Library Advisory Council
Freund
Roth
House Committee
Frank Condon
F. W. Graham
Atty, Hynds
Robert Macdonald
Mago Avalos
Arthur Meadors
Gordon Gregg
Suez
Pascagoula
Mississippi
Gulf Strip
Merle Palmer
Nap Cassidry
Cassidry
Philip Shaw
Civil Defense
War Council
Wade Guice
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Washington
Atlanta
Dobbins Air Force Base
Keesler Air Force Base
Biscoxi
Bay St. Louis
Nixon
Ede
Louisiana
Biloxi
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