Eisenhower Stable After Fifth Heart Attack At Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower remained alert and in good spirits as doctors reported no recurrence of pain since the episode on Saturday night. The 77 year old five star general’s heart rate and respiration stayed steady and no signs of heart failure appeared. Mrs. Eisenhower was at the hospital as the public bulletin said the general spent a comfortable night with stable condition. He had suffered five heart attacks since 1955 and the latest attack delayed his planned June 24 return to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Maj
George Foster
Walter Reed
Palm Desert
Calif
Gettysburg
Air Force
Johnson
Divided Court Allows Jailing of Alcoholics
The Supreme Court, in a divided decision, refused to bar jailing of chronic alcoholics for public drunkenness. Justice Marshall noted medical disagreement over alcoholism as a disease and warned against returning intoxicated individuals to the streets. Four justices dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Abe Fortas
William O. Douglas
William J. Brennan Jr
Potter Stewart
U.S
District of Columbia
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Supreme Court rejects rail rate cuts to meet truck competition
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 against allowing railroads to cut freight rates to compete with trucks and barges. The court, agreeing with the ICC, said the out of pocket cost standard could force ruinous competition and violate federal law by cutting below cost to beat alternatives. The dispute centered on 1965 below cost moves by Pennsylvania and Louisville and Nashville to $5.11 a ton for ingot molds between Neville Island Pittsburgh and Steelton Kentucky.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania
Louisville and Nashville
Neville Island
Pittsburgh
Steelton
Traffic Accidents Kill 4 in Illinois
Four people died in weekend traffic crashes in Illinois. Mike J. O'Donnell, 21, of Peoria, perished in a one car crash on Illinois 88 north of Lawnridge in Marshall County when his vehicle overturned. Waive Landers, 47, of Vandalia, died in a separate single vehicle crash striking a bridge abatement on Illinois 185 near Vandalia. Two more fatalities occurred in Chicago accidents.
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Illinois
Mike J. O’donnell
Peoria
Lawnridge
Marshall County
O’donnell
Waive Landers
Vandalia
Illinois 185
Weather summary for Morris area with mild highs
Temperatures reached mid 70s under partly cloudy skies. The Weather Bureau predicts tonight fair with a upper 50s low. Tuesday mainly sunny and near 80, Wednesday partly sunny and warmer. Collins station reports 83/49 Saturday, 0.12 inches precipitation. Sunday's high 78, low 51. 9 am today 67 at station, 11 am 73 downtown Morris.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Harlem Protester's Arrest Ties to School Dismissal
Civil rights activist James Meredith was arrested after trying to enter Public School 175 in Harlem during a parents protest over teacher Ralph Poynter’s dismissal. Poynter faced harassment and resisting arrest charges, while Meredith was charged with disorderly conduct as the group pressed for reinstatement amid a community participation dispute.
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New York
James H. Meredith
Harlem
Ralph Poynter
Harvey Nagler
Poynter
Meredith
Public School
Board of Education
Concerned Parents and
Deputy Killed Answering Call On Family Fight
East St Louis Ill AP Melvin Hasamear of the St. Clair County sheriff s office was fatally shot Sunday night when arriving at a house to aid in a family dispute He was 51 and from State Park Place Illinois Otho Power 55 was booked in the shooting Two Powers brothers 53 and 31 were held as witnesses They said the nephew Louis Powers had argued with Otho Powers and Hasamear was struck when Otho Powers fired at Louis Powers
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Melvin Hasamear
St. Clair County
Gilbert Powers
Otho Powers
Hasamear
Louis Powers
Child Injured in 2 Car Collision Near Morris Airport
Chief Deputy Olson reported a 9 55 a m Saturday crash at a rural intersection a mile west of Morris Airport. Harold M Williamson 339 Route 4 drove an eastbound truck that hit a northbound auto driven by Donna J Berkland 17 Route 4. Ronald Berkland a passenger was slightly injured and taken for x rays then released. There were 71 feet of skid marks at the scene.
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John Olson
Morris Airport
Harold M. Williamson
Rte. 4
Donna J. Berkland
Ronald Berkland
Morris Hospital
Olson
Denial of Bond Appeal for Anthony Insolata in Theft Case
Circuit Judge Walter Dixon denied a bond motion for Anthony Insolata 24 of Chicago filed by attorney Eugene Hayes pending appeal. Insolata was convicted by a Grundy County jury of stealing a 1967 Ford station wagon from the Coffee House Restaurant at the U S 66 and Illinois 47 intersection near Dwight on January 3. He received a two to ten year sentence at the Illinois State Farm in June.
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Eugene Hayes
Anthony Insolata
Chicago
Walter Dixon
Insolata
Grundy County
U. S. 66
Illinois 47
Dwight
Dixon
Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
Mass March Wednesday in Washington
Washington hosts Solidarity Day in support of the Poor People's Campaign with organizer Sterling Tucker and about 25 000 expected demonstrators. Backed by 75 to 100 groups including the United Auto Workers and National Student Association, speakers include Walter Reuther Roy Wilkins Whitney Young and Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. The Poor People's Campaign vigil at the Agriculture Department continues with a small turnout.
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Washington
Sterling Tucker
Chip Wood
Tucker
Washington Urban League
Resurrection City
National Student Association
Wood
United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
UAW
National Council of Churches
American Jewish Committee
League of Women Voters
District of Columbia Medical Society
Women
McCarthy
Sen
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Martin Luther King Jr
Poor People’s Campaign
Agriculture Department
Johnson Says Berlin Travel Restrictions Unjustified
President Johnson condemned East Germany for new Berlin border travel limits calling them unprovoked and unjustified. He told Chancellor Kiesinger that American support for free Berlin and a united German people remains firm despite the curbs and new freight charges causing highway delays.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
New Berlin
East Germany
Kurt Kiesinger
Free Berlin
West Germany
Russian Helicopters Shot Down Near DMZ in Vietnam
U S military says aircraft suspected as enemy helicopters were sighted near the DMZ with a daylight recon to assess damage. Vietnamese sources claim three M14 helicopters were downed by artillery and jets along the coast, nine shots Saturday and Sunday, raising questions about troop or cargo transport and recon missions.
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Saigon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Vietnam
Dmz
Ben Hai River
South Vietnam
South China Sea
U.S. Air Force
Hanoi
Green Beret
Viet Cong
Gia Dinh
Norman Thomas On Critical List After Surgery
Norman Thomas 83 longtime Socialist party presidential candidate was placed on the critical list at Huntington Hospital after surgery for a liver ailment. He had been admitted from a Long Island nursing home where he arrived last November following a minor stroke, his son said.
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Huntington
N.Y
Norman Thomas
Socialist Party
Huntington Hospital
Thomas
Evan
Long Island
Powell Favored In Harlem Democratic Primary Fight
Adam Clayton Powell remains the overwhelming favorite in the Haslem district Democratic primary against John Young. Powell’s long absence from Harlem and his contested seating history loom over Tuesday’s vote as supporters expect him to win renomination despite possible court complications and renewed questions about reclaiming his seat.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Haslem
John Young
Powell
Washington
Harlem
Student Killed While Aiding Stranded Motorists
Harold James Pope a 20-year-old Northeastern State College student from Tulsa was killed after stopping to aid two stranded motorists in Tahlequah Oklahoma Two teen sisters aged 17 were abducted and raped before escaping Pope was shot in the head and placed in his car trunk Two suspects Dale McDonald and Delbert Hopper faced murder and second-degree burglary charges backed by police reports
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Tahlequah
Okla
Harold James Pope
Tulsa
Northeastern State College
Dale McDonald
Delbert Hopper
McDonald
Baxter Springs
Kan
Hopper
Barnsdall
Oklo
Pope
Highway Patrol
Baron Fork Creek
Supreme Court rules CATV operators not liable for copyrighted broadcasts
The Supreme Court in a 5 to 1 decision holds CATV operators need not compensate for televised movies and other copyrighted content they relay to subscribers. Justice Stewart writes that CATV is not a performance under the 1909 copyright law, likening CATV to a viewer with a better antenna and noting operators merely enhance reception.
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Earl Warren
Hugo L. Black
William J. Brennan Jr
Byron R. White
Forthnightly Corp
Fairmont
W. A
William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan
Thurgood Marshall
Abe Fortas
Stewart
Court upholds 1866 civil rights law against housing discrimination
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 2 that the 1866 civil rights law bars racial discrimination in sale or rental of property, private or public. Justice Stewart declared Congress meant exactly what it said, confirming the law applies beyond public action to private housing markets.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Potter Stewart
John M. Harlan
Byron R. White
The
United States
Joseph Lee Jones
Barbara Jo
Paddock Woods
St. Louis
Stewart
Johnson
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