Hayden Denies Group Used Cherry Bombs
Washington AP report states Rep. Hayden faced questions from a House committee over antiwar protests at the Democratic National Convention. Hayden denied organizing violence and argued obscenity claims were taken out of context while defending demonstrators’ motives amid tense testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Thomas Hayden
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Albert Watson
Rs.c
House
National Mobilization Committee
Vietnam
DMO
Subcommittee
Chicago
State Closes New York School After Disorder
In New York City bands of students protested the lengthened school day amid ongoing unrest from a teachers' strike. Authorities closed JHS 71 in Brooklyn and shuffled assignments as clashes erupted in Manhattan and Queens, with Ocean Hill in Brooklyn under heightened scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Queens
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Brooklyn
Bayside
Stuyvesant High School
James E. Allen
Allen
Herbert F. Johnson
William D. Firman
Johnson
C. Herbert Oliver
JHS 71
JHS 271
Albert Shanker
United Federation of Teachers
Shanker
Five Aquanauts Pass Trial Depth Tests
Five aquanauts simulating a 1000 foot ocean dive passed psychological tests at Duke University’s hyperbaric chamber. Dr. Herbert A. Saltzman said results were very good as scientists measured responses to odd or even while the divers endured nap periods and music during the first night underwater. The group will remain at depth for three days then spend eleven days returning to surface pressures to avoid bends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N.C
Herbert A. Saltzman
Duke University
Alaska plane crash kills 39 on frozen lake
An Alaska twin engine airliner crashed into Spotsy Lake in Southwest Alaska killing all 39 aboard. Winds 55 mph and 11 below zero hampered recovery and investigation. FAA FBI Air Force NTSB teams to reach scene. plane bound from Anchorage to Iliamna and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Wien Consolidated Airlines
Air Force
FAA
National Transportation Safety Board
FBI
George Fay
Federal Aviation Administration
Zen
Spotsy Lake
Norman B. Kamhoot
Forsyth
Mont
David Stanley
Jerry Svengard
Sally Lamar
Iliamna
Big Mountain
King Salmon
Dillingham
Kamhoot
Wien Consolidated
Seattle
Wien Airlines
Northern Consolidated
Ray Peterson
Wien
Bill Kelley
KTVA
KBYR
Pedro Bay
Gang Leader Resigns $9,000 Job in Chicago Community Project
Blackstone Ranger leader Jeff Fort resigns from a $9,000-a-year post as youth coordinator for a South Side rehabilitation project amid a contempt of Congress indictment. Fort will continue working without pay. another Ranger leader, Charles Bey, remains on KOCO staff earning $8,000 yearly. Fort and 43 others were charged after a march turned violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Blackstone
Jeff Fort
South Side
Fort
Curtis E. Burrell JR
Kenwood-Oakland
Washington
Woodlawn
Burrell
Charles Edward Bey
KOCO
Bey
Weather clears as temperatures rise into the 40s
The U.S. Weather Bureau expects cloudiness to end by Wednesday with daytime highs in the 40s. Tonight remains cloudy and chilly with a low around 30. Thursday should be fair with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 39 and a low of 35 for Monday. At 9 am today Morris station read 37 and downtown Morris 40 at 10:30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
15-year-old boy charged in fatal beating of two girls
A 15-year-old boy, Harry Carter of Rockaway Township, was remanded to Morris County Youth Center on a juvenile delinquency charge after the fatal beating of Julie Rodriguez, 7, and Darline Copensky, 6, in a wooded area near their homes. Autopsies found no sexual assault. A formal hearing is set for Jan. 7 before County Juvenile Court Judge Bertram Polow.
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Morristown
N.J
Morris County
Harry Carter
Rockaway Township
Bertram Polow
Carter
Julie Rodriguez
Darline Copensky
Berger noted in satisfactory condition after abdominal surgery
L. C. Berger manager of Grundy Service Co was reported in satisfactory condition at 11 am today at Morris Hospital after undergoing abdominal surgery this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Berger
Grundy Service Co
Morris Hospital
Plan Library Referendum In February
A Morris library plan seeks a February referendum on a bond issue for a public library, with a separate April vote on a secondary sewage disposal plant. Alderman James Stine warned the board of nearing bonding limits and proposed a Feb 25 referendum date as part of a campaign plan with local committees and school officials. Circulation figures for November totaled 4465 with 2397 adults and 2000 juveniles, while fines and non-resident fees were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
James Stine
Library Board
Orris
Gordon Gregg
Citizens’ Committee
John Hendrickson
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Arthur Leach
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Board of Education
Hugo Avalos
Donald Zwiers
Gregg
Women of the Moose
Morris Woman's Club
Josie Johnson
John B. Roth
Frank Condon
Robert Macdonald
Conrad Weitz
Stine
Arthur Meadors
Price Dean
William Hynds
Eugene Hayes
Trophy Winner Miss Diedre Gibson at Chicago Horse Show
Miss Diedre Gibson daughter of Mrs. Jayne Gibson 600 Net tle St won a blue ribbon and trophy at the International Horse Show weekend event at the International Amphitheater Chicago. She took first in the children class for riders who have reached 11 but not 13 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diedre Gibson
Jayne Gibson
Nettle St
International Amphitheater
Chicago
Diedre
Truck Vandalism Reported in Morris Neighborhood
Gerald Thompson and Douglas Thompson report to Morris police that a pickup parked at Gerald’s home was hit by a pellet gun, creating a windshield hole. The vehicle belongs to Thompson’s sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Thompson
Douglas Sr
Morris
Thompson
Justice Ryan Begins Term on Third District Bench
Former Chief Circuit Judge Howard C. Ryan of Tonica took the oath Monday afternoon in Ottawa to become a justice of the Third District Appellate Court. He joins Justices Joy Alley and Allan Studer on the bench as the 13th District serves 21 counties. The ceremony was witnessed by about 200 people and featured John E. Hall as clerk.
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Howard C. Ryan
Tonica
Third District
Ottawa
Joy Alley
Peoria
Allan Stouder
Kankakee
13Th Circuit
Grundy
Bureau
la Salle
Ryan
John Coryn
Moline
Alley
John E. Hall
Sterling
Morris
Eugene Hayes
John
August Black
David Root
Robert Adcock
Leonard Hoffman
Robert Malmquist
Coal City
John Zerboglio
Appellate Court
Hayes
Prosecution Calls Two Witnesses in Hamilton Trial
A petit jury of seven women and five men listened as two prosecution witnesses Deputy Sheriff John Olson and Mrs. Karen Darling testified in the Kenneth Hamilton burglary and rape case. Judge Oram denied related charges and Hamilton faces only the original burglary and rape counts.
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Kenneth Hamilton
Highland
Atty
Richard Wilder
James Fleming
Coal City
John Olson
Karen Darling
Lincoln St
Wilder
Fleming
David E. Oram
Hamilton
Oram
Morris
Darling
Brothers sentenced to 40 to 75 years in Jordanian grocer murder
Michael Walton and Robert Walton were given 40 to 75 year prison terms after pleading guilty to murdering Jordanian grocer Abder Rayyan in Chicago. Muhammed Mustafa and Aaron Myers face charges as alleged hirel. Prosecutors say the killing stemmed from a family feud and followed Kennedy assassination news. Judge Thomas Fitzgerald issued the sentences.
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Chicago
Michael Walton
Robert
Muhammed Mustafa
Aaron Myers
Waltons
Abder Rayyan
South Side
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Thomas Fitzgerald
Circuit Court
Election loser sues over district canvass results
John F. Leon, a Democrat, files in Circuit Court alleging the board of canvassers altered vote totals. He says he was winner by 36 votes in a preliminary canvass on Nov 15, then lost by 14 votes in the official Nov 26 tally to Republican Jacob John Wolf. Defendants include Wolf and election officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Board of Canvassers
John F. Leon
Jacob John Wolf
Wolf
Sidney T. Holzman
Board of Election Commissioners
Harry G. Comerford
Circuit Court
United Fund Reaches Eighty Percent In Grundy County Drive
Carl Anderson reports Grundy County United Fund has reached about 40 000 of a 49 163 goal, about 80 percent. Notable contributions include Caterpillar Tractor Co Joliet 13301 and Uniroyal 10351, with AMAX Aluminum Co averaging 24 10 per employee from 150 contributors totaling 3800.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Anderson
Grundy County
Amax Aluminum Co
Planes Fire On In DMZ After Bombing Halt
U S command says 455 indications of North Vietnamese activity in the demilitarized zone since November 1 with American forces firing into the DMZ 122 times. The majority labeled insignificant. 30 incidents were deemed significant, including two machine gun attacks on an American reconnaissance plane. The 138th Army Regiment reportedly returned to the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Foreign Ministry
138Th Army
San Francisco State College to Remain Open Amid Unrest
Acting president S. I. Hayakawa vows classrooms will stay open despite protests. About 150 police on campus helped quell disturbances. six arrests and five suspensions followed. The Black Students Union led a strike seeking an independent black studies department and broader minority admissions.
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San Francisco
San Francisco State College
S. J. Hayakawa
Hayakawa
Black Students Union
Canada
Robert Smith
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