Hunger striker wins promotion in Vietnam unit
Winster Belton, a former hunger striker from Arizona, earns a private first class badge with the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division in South Vietnam. Captain R. E. Spriggs, who opposed Belton’s protest, praises his loyalty under fire as Belton carries messages and serves as radioman. Belton had faced a court martial and jail for the 196? hunger strike and suspended jail term if he proved himself in combat.
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Bencat
South Viet Nam
Winster R. Belto
Fort Benning
Viet Nam
Belton
R. E. Spriggs
Mexico
N.Y
Spriggs
Winslow
Ariz
U.S. Army
1St Cavalry
1St Infantry
28Th Regiment
Larry Kabriel
Summerfield
Kan
Trung Lap
Gabriel
Regional Library Talks Plan State System Involving Grundy County
A March 24 Morris meeting will map steps to form a state regional library system with Grundy County participation. One library board representative per district will join a regional system board as tentative by laws are discussed. Earlier, 10 librarians and board members from Joliet Wilmington Morris Bradley and Kankakee met Wednesday to outline proposed services.
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Grundy County
Morris
Gordon Gregg
Morris Public Library
Regional Library System
Wilmington
Gregg
Joliet
Morris, Bradley and Kankakee
Communists Off Balance As Saigon Says They Sit Tight
AP reporting from Saigon says Communist forces have not launched major campaigns recently as U S and South Vietnamese offensives keep them off balance. Infiltration remains about 4500 monthly. Estimated allied force presence runs around 20 000 in each four corps areas with 100 000 guerrillas and 40 000 political cadres nationwide.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Clay to Appeal Draft Reclassification Ahead of Terrell Bout
Cassius Clay's attorney announced an appeal of his 1-A draft reclassification. Promoter Ben Bentley said Clay will file within 10 days, making it unlikely he is inducted before the March 29 title bout with Ernie Terrell in Chicago.
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Chicago
Cassius Clay
Clay
Ernie Terrell
Ben Bentley
International Amphitheatre
Edward W. Jacko Jr
New York
Bentley
Jacko
Louisville
First Robin Reported In Yard By Mrs Loop
Mrs. Lloyd Loop reports sighting a bright red breasted robin in her yard at 1218 Spruce Street and believes it to be the first arrival from the south this season. Other robins have appeared in the past month with faded winter plumage noted by residents.
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Loop
Petitions Filed for Morris Community High School Board Seats
Two candidates filed petitions to run for the Morris Community High School Board of Education. Arden L. Chapple and Henry Smith submitted petitions, with Smith seeking re election. Two rural seats must be filled this spring. currently Smith and Wesley Jorstad are the rural board members.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
MCHS
Arden L. Chapple
Liberty St
Henry Smith
Saratoga Township
Smith
McHs Board of Education
Wesley Jorstad
Resistance in Congress to Johnsons School Aid Cut
In Washington AP reports growing congressional opposition to President Johnsons plan to slash 216 million dollars from a federal school aid program. The grant assists 2030 counties across all states and DC with public school operations near federal bases.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
District of Columbia
San Diego
Los Angeles
Texas
LBJ to Seek New Teeth in Rights Fight
President Johnson plans to ask Congress to strengthen federal desegregation laws and add about 100 FBI agents to handle rising civil rights caseloads. A drafted bill would empower the attorney general to sue for desegregation and curb intimidation of Negro students and parents in the South. The move follows a Civil Rights Commission report showing slow progress 12 years after the Supreme Court ruling.
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FBI
Johnson Administration
Attorney General
South
Johnson
Justice Department
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Congress
Commission
Thief Steals About $19 From Billfold in Collins Building
Laura Johnson reported about $19 missing Thursday afternoon from her billfold inside a purse in her Collins building apartment. Police say the intruder entered via an unlocked door while she visited a neighbor for roughly 30 minutes. Officers Button and Anderson questioned several suspects.
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Laura Johnson
Collins Building
Johnson
City
Jackson and Liberty Sts
William Button
James Anderson
Eight Killed in Soviet TU114 Crash at Moscow
Soviet Ministry of Civil Aviation said eight passengers died when a TU114 air liner ran into wet snow on takeoff at Sheremetyevo. Witnesses described the jet veering, scraping a wing in a snowbank, breaking apart, with the rear section burning. The dead included Alexander Petrov and Vladimir Smirnov. The flight was a 7440 mile mission to Guinea Ghana and Brazzaville to inaugurate service.
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Moscow
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Sheremyetevo Air
Aeroflot
Alexander A. Petrov
State Committee For
Vladimir I. Smirnov
Guinea
Ghana
Brazzaville
French Congo
Petrov
Slippery driving weather warning issued by weather bureau
The U S Weather Bureau warned of hazardous driving conditions tonight with blowing snow and drifting snow in the area. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph and a low near 5 above zero. Saturday remains cold and partly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries. Sunday partly cloudy and cold. The Collins Weather Station reported a high of 25 and a low of 19 on Thursday, with 26 degrees at 9 a m today.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Viet Cong Determined to Defend Base Near Bong Son
U S cavalry near Bong Son engage Viet Cong 10 miles south of the town, with 54 enemy killed and American casualties described as light. Air strikes and artillery support pound targets from Dien Bien Phu to the Ho Chi Minh Trail as U S forces press operations in the central coast region.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
5Th Cavalry Regiment
Bong Son
Phu Hai
25Th
Cu Chi
Nort Viet Nam
Vinh
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Mekong
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Indiana
Sheriff's Deputies
Indiana Girls School
Clermont
Ind
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Niagara
Roy T. Dodge
North Central Division
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Niagara Falls
Horseshoe
Dodge
Peter Arnett
Frederick Range
Dallas
Tex
Sprigg
Pleiju
Darlac
China
Hanoi
Terrell
McHs Board
LBJ
Associated Press
Rick Merron
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