Frigid Front Drives Cold, Snow Across Nation
Cold air moved into Illinois dropping temps to lows in the teens with light snow expected around Chicago. Highs in the 20s north to 30s south, clear skies and a zero to five below forecast in Chicago area. Heavy snow bands hit the East with school closures and traffic delays. New York suburbs looked for 4 to 6 inches while North Carolina and the Great Plains faced ice and bitter cold.
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Chicago
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Great Plains
New York City
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Plainfield High School choir director resigns amid protest
Plainfield lr AP reports students protested the reported forced resignation of Enoch Estep after a special board meeting cited an off color remark during a rehearsal. About half of the 500 pupils refused to report to class as the board explained Estep offered to resign and they accepted.
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Plainfield
Plainfield High School
Enoch Estep
Estep
Plainfield Board of Education
Spearman
Tex
Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City
Utah
George Schroeder
Powell Faces House Action On Seating and Censure
Members of the select House committee on Adam Clayton Powell meet to approve a report recommending Powell be seated with censure loss of seniority and repayment of about 35000 dollars for alleged misused funds. The panel plans to unveil details at a news conference and file the report with the House clerk.
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Washington
House Committee
Adam Clayton Powell
Dot “I
Cross
Harlem
House
Powell
Congressional
Claude D. Pepper
Dfla
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Pepper
Florida
Committee On Education and Labor
Ninth Fire Victim Dies After Joliet Grand Hotel Blaze
Joliet officials report Gerald J. Franke died early today at Silver Cross Hospital after being burned over 100 percent of his body in the Grand Hotel fire that consumed the Joliet two story brick building housing 27 rooms on February 11.
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Joliet, Ill
Joliet
Silver Cross Hospital
Gerald J. Franke
Cold wave forecast with snow and frigid highs
The U S Weather Bureau predicts a cold day with high temperatures 15 to 20 degrees and snow possible. Tonight will be fair and cold with lows 0 to 10 below. Friday brings more cold sunny weather with 10 to 15 degree highs.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Schweickert Seeks Three-Year Term On Morris Elementary Board
Richard J. Schweickert filed a petition to run for a three-year term on the Morris Elementary District Board of Education. He has served since Oct. 12, filling the expired term of Dr. Barry Seng. Election is April 8 with three three-year seats and a one-year seat open due to John George Jan’s resignation.
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Richard J. Schweickert
Morris Elementary District Board of Education
Barry Seng
Janis Delockery
Franklin School
Schweickert
John George Jan
Elementary Board of Education
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Wesley Jorstad
Kenneth Davenport
Jorstad
MCHS
Henry Smith
Saratoga Township
University of Illinois Appeals Big Ten Coach Dismissal Order
The University of Illinois announced it will appeal a Big Ten Conference order requiring the dismissal of three coaches. Illinois faces the formal directive as part of a broader athletic department dispute. The university plans legal action to challenge the decision.
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U. of
Chicago
University of Illinois
Big Ten
Ferrie death linked to JFK inquiry stirs New Orleans
Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison publicly asserts Davis W. Ferrie may have held secrets about Kennedy's assassination. Ferrie was found dead in his bed from a cerebral hemorrhage in New Orleans. Garrison doubts suicide while noting possible murder remains on the table as he presses the probe.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
Davis W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Ferrie
Garrison
Nicholas Chetta
Sai Garrison
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Dallas
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Chetta
Washington Post
George Lardner
FBI
Edward Voebel
Oswald
Civil Air Patrol
Texas
Houston
Galveston
Alexandria
Boebel
Washington
Marguerite Oswald
Fort Worth
Detective Lewis Leaves Louisiana Amid JFK Probe Questions
David Lewis 26, a former private detective who claimed to have met Lee Harvey Oswald, reportedly left town with his family for an undisclosed location after saying he feared for his life in connection with the Jim Garrison inquiry into the Kennedy assassination and the Ferrie case.
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New Orleans
David Lewis
John F. Kennedy
Lewis
David W. Ferrie
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Ferrie
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Kennedy
Moon Orbiter 3 Photographs 211 Landing Site Pairs
Lunar Orbiter 3 near Pasadena completed 211 photo pairs of possible astronaut landing sites before ending a week of photography 11 hours early. Officials said all primary Apollo landing sites were photographed and objectives achieved. The craft, launched Feb 4 from Cape Kennedy, continues lunar orbit every 342 hours.
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Pasadena
Calif
Cape Kennedy, Fla
Moon
Trial to Five-Day Week in Speck Case
Peoria Ill AP Richard Speck's murder trial moves to a five day week from five and a half as juror screening continues. A panel forms with four jurors sworn in and others challenged. Prosecution defense debate insures extended proceedings amid concerns over courtroom coverage.
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Peoria
Ill
Richard Speck
William J. Martin
Herbert C. Paschen
Peoria County
Gerald W. Getty
Speck
William Martin
Illinois
Springfield
Illinois House
House Senate
Cook County Hospital Cuts Service Ahead of Nurse Strike
Cook County Hospital in Chicago halted new admissions except extreme emergencies as it reduces operations ahead of a looming strike by 500 registered and 400 practical nurses. Officials estimate 1,830 adults and 106 infants were in care, with plans to keep current patients while phasing out new admissions.
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Chicago
Cook County Hospital
County Hospital
Patrick Sullivan
William J. Norcross
Juror Excused After Speck Trial Hearing in Peoria
Harold Schwarz a water company employee was examined as a prospective juror in Richard Speck's trial in Peoria Illinois He said I have a habit of going to sleep and was excused.
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Peoria, Ill
Harold Schwarz
Richard Speck
Operation Junction City opens large Viet Cong strike zone
U S troops launched Operation Junction City the largest Viet Nam war offensive to date with about 45 000 soldiers including paratroopers and helicopters moving into War Zone C near Tay Ninh and Cambodia border. B52 strikes preceded the assault and Viet Cong cache findings raised fears of expanded artillery use.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh
William C. Westmoreland
Junction City
Cambodia
Cedar Falls
Iron Triangle
John R. Deane Jr
San Francisco
Jonathan O. Seaman
Tay Ninh City
South Vietnam
Mekong
la Drang
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North Carolina
Lardner
Louisiana
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Beate Leber
Germany
Henry Brown
Arizona
Tucson
Leber
Brown
Sasabe, Ariz
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