Violence Surges at Berkeley Howard confronts across campuses
Reports from Berkeley and Washington describe a new wave of campus unrest. Thirteen arrests followed three stench bombs and vandalism at Berkeley as the Third World Liberation Front pressed for minority education options. At Howard University, hundreds occupied the law school seeking talks, then dispersed after a court order.
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Associated Press
University of California
Berkeley
Howard University
Washington
Third World Liberation Front
Howard
Law School
U.S
Madison
Wis
H. Edwin Young
Hold Up at San Rafael Casino in Punta del Este
Seven men robbed the San Rafael gambling casino in Punta del Este Uruguay taking 160000 dollars in cash. Police suspect the attackers may be Tupamaros a secret pro Beijing Communist terrorist group.
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Punta del Este
Uruguay
San Rafael
Local State Cuts to 830 Highway Jobs Promised
Illinois Public Works Director William F. Cellini announced a plan to abolish 830 state highway maintenance jobs across the Division of Highways. The Morris garage staffing will be clarified after personnel orders. About 75 to 80 maintenance sections exist in District 3 covering Grundy LaSalle Livingston Putnam Marshall and Woodford counties. layoff notices for workers slated for Feb 28 are expected Thursday or Friday.
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Division of Highways
Illinois Public Works
William F. Cellini
Morris Herald
Morris
Grundy
LaSalle
Livingston
Putman
Marshall
Woodford
Public
Cellini
Weather forecast with steady temperatures and cold nights
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with little temperature change tonight and Thursday including a high in the mid-30s. Friday remains mostly cloudy with minimal shifts. Collins Weather Station logged a Tuesday high of 41 and a low of 19, with 9 am at 26 and 11 am at 27 degrees in Morris downtown.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Pollution Meeting on Air and Water Problems
An informal session titled Air and Water Pollution Every one s Problem will be hosted by Grundy County Extension at 1 30 p m Friday in the Farm Bureau auditorium Morris Prof Ralph Hay University of Illinois agricultural engineering specialist will discuss urban and rural pollution challenges.
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Grundy County Extension Office
Farm Bureau Building
Morris
Ralph Hay
The
University of Illinois
Speck lawyers urge Supreme Court to halt death sentence
Richard Speck’s attorneys ask the Supreme Court to overturn his executed sentence for the 1966 eight-nurses killings in Illinois. They cite juror objections to capital punishment and rely on the Witherspoon precedent to block the death penalty.
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Washington (Ap
Richard Franklin Speck
Supreme Court
Speck
Chicago
Gerald Getty
Cook County
High Court
William Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Massive Kane County narcotics raids arrest 18 in Aurora Carpentersville
Police Chief Donald Hutchinson says 70 officers from Aurora, Elgin and federal and state narcotics units hit 20 homes at 4 a.m. in Aurora and Carpentersville, seizing weapons, marijuana and paraphernalia. Eighteen suspects charged with illegal sale of narcotics with $10,000 bond each. Investigation ongoing since early 1968.
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Aurora, Ill
Aurora
Carpentersville
Illinois
Kane County
Donald Hutchinson
Elgin State
Hutchinson
Man Killed in Elgin Shooting
Raymond C. Koshman 44 was shot to death in his Sleepy Hollow home. A fugitive car description led state police to Geneva where Alfred P. Hinds 65 of Delavan Wis fired a gun to his head after declaring I did it. Police reported Hinds in critical condition at Geneva Community Hospital.
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Elgin, Ill
Raymond C. Koshman
Elgin
Geneva
Koshman
Sleepy Hollow
Geneva Community Hospital
Alfred P. Hinds
Delavan
Wis
Missing Gamble Flight Vanishes With 35 Aboard
Ground parties search the California Nevada border area for a DC3 carrying 32 passengers and 3 crew. The plane operated by Mineral County Airlines from Hawthorne to Burbank and Long Beach vanished before dawn Tuesday near Dyer Nevada and Montgomery Pass.
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Hawthorne
Nev
California-Nevada
Gamblers
Dyer
Montgomery Pass
Bishop
Calif
White Mountain Peak
California
Civil Air Patrol
Reno
San Bernardino
Air Force
Los Angeles
Burbank
Long Beach
Jerry Thornburg
Walker Lake
Civil Air Patrol Squadron
Mount Montgomery
Fred Hall
Ray Haner
Mineral County Airlines
Hawthorne Nevada Airlines
Israel Warns on Further Air Attacks
Israel told Arab nations and airlines to take immediate steps to prevent more attacks on its air routes. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel blamed Lebanon for the Athens and Zurich incidents and warned of chaos in Middle East air corridors if strikes continue.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Moshe Carmel
Knesset
Jerusalem
Switzerland
Lebanon
Beirut
Carmel
Athens
el al
Algiers
Zurich
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Middle East
Ogilvie proposes expansion of Illinois state police force
Governor Ogilvie urged the Legislature to create a Department of Law Enforcement and a Department of Corrections to curb crime. He proposed an FBI style Illinois Bureau of Investigation to target organized crime and to expand the state police by 200 officers annually for two years while raising salaries.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ogilvie
Department of Law Enforcement
Department of Corrections
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Federal Bureau
State Bureau
Illinois Public Safety Department
Illinois Youth Commission
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Vncar
Joliet Student Charged in Theft Case
Timothy James Ritoff a 22 year old Joliet student at Iowa State University faced a federal indictment for stealing a $2500 electronic computer from Argonne National Laboratory while in a training program at the time. The computer was found in his Iowa State room by the FBI, with a maximum penalty of 10 years and a $10000 fine upon conviction.
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Chicago
Timothy James Ritoff
Joliet
Himt
Argonne National Laboratories
Ritoff
Iowa State University
Argonne
St. Procopius College
Lisle
FBI
Iowa State
County Schools Face High Bus Costs and Safety Checks
County Superintendent Arthur Meadors reports 47 percent of public school students ride buses, with 2,929 of 6,229 transported daily. About 66 buses and nine cars cover 2,846 miles, while state reimbursements total roughly $73,649. Safety is emphasized via regular inspections and strict driver certification, with 99 drivers including 32 women.
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Melissa Kopczick
Arthur V. Meadors
Meador
Springfield
Meadors
Coal City Unit
Goose Lake
Terrance Sorensen
South Wilmington
Verona
Athlene Wright
Gardner
Kinsman
Mazon
Howard Wright
Mazon Township High School
Coal City
Goose Lake Elementary
Pete di Paolo
Antoinette Tweedt
Goodfarm Elementary School
Braceville Elementary School
Ralph Haldorson
Nettle Creek
Supt
L. W. Hodgeson
Saratoga
Minooka
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Kristina Cromwell
Paul S. Perveler
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Kenneth Hammer
Claude Rose
Morris Community High School
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