Delay in Senate Action on Safeguard Missile Defense
Democratic leaders postpone Senate debate on the Safeguard missile defense system until after a July 4 recess to reassess home state sentiment. Senator Mansfield reports mixed views from Montana, a potential ABM site, with polls showing both opposition and support. Other states show strong ABM backing, while debate rages over missile testing and defense funding.
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Washington
Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Thomas J. McIntyre
D-N.h
Edward W. Brooke
Rmass
Stephen M. Young
D-Ohio
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
ABM
Market Decline Deepens As Traders Cite Tight Money
The New York stock market fell sharply mid day with the Dow down 8.21 to 882.95. The Associated Press average slid 2.4 points to 315.1 as investors remained cautious amid continuing money-tight conditions. Most active issues on the NYSE and American Stock Exchange were lower, with few gains, led by losses in Colorado Interstate, Loew’s Theatres, and several industrials and steels.
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New York
Associated Press
Colorado Interstate Corp
Loew’s Theatres
New York Stock Exchange
Stockyard Union Strike Ends at National Stockyards
National Stockyards Co workers vote 135 to end an eight day strike after accepting a two year contract. An embargo on live rack receipts was lifted to end the work stoppage, with wage details not announced.
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National Stockyards, i (Ap
St. Louis
Earnel
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Ervice
Conact
Illinois Senate committee revives bingo for charitable use bill
Springfield AP reports the Illinois Senate Judiciary Committee revived bingo legislation for charitable uses after a 5 to 5 stalemate, then moved it to the floor with a 6 to favorable vote. The House had approved the bill which would license bingo under religious civic and fraternal groups while exempting it from anti gambling laws.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Boy Scout Exposition Draws 1000 Attendees in Grundy County
Cub and Boy Scout troops from Morris Elwood Wilmington Gardner Channahon and Braidwood showcased skills on First Aid Outdoor Camping Indian Lore and Pioneering at Elwood Community Park. Troops 476 458 457 earned President's Awards for archery relics rope bridge and dances while blue ribbons went to 462 472 459 460 along with packed displays by Cub Packs from several towns. Local merchants provided prizes and American Legion posts presented flags to all units.
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Grundy County
Elwood Community Park
Morris
Elwood
Wilmington
Gardner
Channahon
Braidwood
Methodist Church of
American Legion
Traffic Court Summaries From Illinois Speeding Citations
Randy S Shiner 20 of Skokie paid 18 plus 5 costs for 88 in a 70 mph zone on I 55 and Reed Rd May 11 by Trooper Alfred C Gallion. John A D Allesandro 27 of Chicago paid 10 plus 5 costs for 80 in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 80 by Trooper D A Wills May 29. Stephen W Skundrich Jr 39 of Wood River paid 18 plus 5 costs for traveling too fast for conditions on I 55 by Trooper John Moyer.
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Randy S. Shiner
Skokie
Interstate
Reed Rd
Alfred C. Gallion
John A. D. Allesandro
Chicago
D. A. Wills
Inter State
Stephen W. Skundrich, Jr
Wood River
Interstate 55
John Moyer
Stamps Authorized for Mail by Postmaster General in 1847
In 1847 Congress allowed the postmaster general to issue postage stamps for mailing. The five cent stamp bore Ben Franklin and covered up to 300 miles, while the ten cent stamp depicted George Washington and applied to distances beyond 300 miles and for excess weight.
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American Congress
Postmaster General
Ben Franklin
George Washington
Breadbasket Stand Against Income Tax in Peoria
The Rev. Jesse Jackson leading the Breadbasket motorcade arrived in Peoria to push for state aid to feed Illinois hungry. He urged Governor Ogilvie and local leaders to earmark funds for hunger relief and school meals, noting corporations should bear more tax burden. About 1000 people attended a Peoria mass meeting.
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Peoria, Ill
Jesse Jackson
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Peoria
Jackson
E. Michael O'Brien
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Gardner Lions Ladies Night Honors Officers in Diamond
Gardner Lions Club observed Ladies Night with installation of officers at Jo's Steak House in Diamond. Walter Hunt of Morris installed the new slate including Chester Huston as president and Merlin Sorensen as lion tamer. 56 members attended. Rev. Victor Rudden sang. Mrs. Hunt was a guest.
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Gardner Lions Club
Jo’s
Diamond
Walter Hunt
Morris
Chester Huston
Charles Brownlee
Keith Howland
James A. Yatuni Sr
Don Brown Jr
Glenn Treasure
Merlin Sorensen
Lloyd Cato
A. W. Perkins
Lyle Sorensen
Edward Malek
Francis Halpin
Halpin
Huston
Victor Rudden
St. Lawrence Church
S. Wilmington
Man Charged With Disorderly Conduct in Morris Incident
Conduct Charge James Kupina 27 of Route 4 Morris was charged with disorderly conduct in a complaint signed Monday by Mrs. Alan Helland of 314 East Illinois Avenue Morris police removed Kupina from the Helland home at 3 20 p m he was taken to city hall The complaint was signed in the office of State s Attorney Richard Wilder Kupina released on 100 bail with a court date set for Thursday
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James Kupina
Rte. 4
Alan Helland
Illinois Ave
Morris
Kupina
Helland
Office of State
Richard Wilder
San Diego Ends Ferry Service With Opening of Bridge
The San Diego Coronado Ferry Co ends 83 years of service Aug 2 as the San Diego Coronado Bay Bridge opens. Captain Lester Miller, who has piloted the Crown City for six years, watches the five boats auction while pondering a toll taker job on the new bridge.
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San Diego
Calif
Lester Miller
Coronado
Bay
San Diego-Coronado Bay
State Toll Bridge Authority
San Diego Coronado Ferry Co
Miller
Crown City
State of
Javits Predicts Lindsay Will Win Election
New York AP report on a tight New York City primary pitting Mayor John V. Lindsay against state Sen. John J. Marchi with a wide field of Democratic contenders. Javits expressed confidence Lindsay would prevail.
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Javits
Lindsay
New York
John V. Lindsay
Robert F. Wagner
John J. Marchi
Wagner
City Hall
Mario A. Procaccino
Bronx
Hermano Badillo
U.S
James H. Scheuer
Norman Mailer
Marchi
Jacob K. Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Lt Colonel McAleer Promoted in the U S Air Force
Eugene R. McAleer receives a promotion to lieutenant colonel in the U S Air Force. He and his wife Liz Lyttle reside in Bensenville. Their son Stephen Benz arrived at Lackland AFB Texas and was assigned to the 3704 Basic Military Training Squad ron with the address Stephen Benz AF 68088482 CMR No 1 SQ 3704 Lackland AFB Texas 78236.
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Eugene R. McAleer
US Air Force
Liz Lyttle
Bensenville
Stephen Douglas Benz
Stephen Benz
Lackland Afb
Tex
CMR No
Negro Policemen List Grievances in East St. Louis
More than half the Negro officers on the East St. Louis police force published a list of 20 grievances and demands after failing to meet Police Director Ross V. Randolph. The signatories seek more Negro supervisory roles, better working conditions, and a greater balance of races on the 92-man force.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
East St. Louis
Ross V. Randolph
Randolph
Springfield
Ill
Downstate
Charge Actress With Cruelty
LOS ANGELES AP Tom Stern an American actor producer sues Samantha Eggar British actress for divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty He seeks custody of their children Nicholas 3 and Jenna Louise 2 Stern calls Eggar an unfit mother says she threatened to take the children abroad and hide them He states she has 500000 cached in European banks The couple married in 1964 Eggar appeared in The Collector in 1965 as an art student imprisoned by a butterfly madman.
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Los Angeles
Tom Stern
Samantha Eggar
Stern
Nicholas
Jenna Louise
Miss Eggar
U.S
Aretha Franklin Cancels Las Vegas Engagement
Soul singer Aretha Franklin, hospitalized last week for a throat condition, canceled her first Las Vegas engagement at Caesars Palace on Monday. She told Caesars Palace she had not recovered from a bronchial and thyroid illness.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Aretha Franklin
Caesars Palace
Fire Devastates Elias Brothers Warehouse In Cairo
Fire destroyed the Elias Brothers warehouse and contents causing about 300000 dollars in damage. Police say gunfire at responders came from Pyramid Courts as National Guard was sent earlier. Cairo police chief William Petersen, 51, faced the blaze on his first day in office amid racial tensions.
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Marsden
Pyramid Courts
Elias Brothers
National Guard
William Petersen
Cairo
Petersen
Alton, Ill
Carl J. Clutts
Percy Eyes East St. Louis as Hunger Hearing Site
Sen Charles H Percy proposes East St Louis as a potential site for a Senate hunger hearing if the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs approves a probe into Illinois malnutrition. He argues federal hunger programs are failing to help the hungry population, especially children.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
East St. Louis
Senate
Illinois
Percy
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Needs
Funeral for Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis Set
Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis will be buried privately at Windsor Castle next Tuesday in St George's Chapel. The former supreme allied commander in the Mediterranean during World War II died Monday at 77 with no memorial service planned.
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London
Earl Alexander of
Tunis
St. George’s Chapel
Windsor Castle
Alexander
Mediterranean
Chicago man held on license and liquor transportation ticket
James Bell, 26, of Chicago is in Grundy County Jail on a $60 bond for a failed license and illegal liquor transport ticket. He was ticketed Monday on I 55 one mile south of Reed Road by Trooper John Moyer. Court date set for June 30.
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James Bell
Chicago
Grundy County
Bell
Reed Road
John Moyer
Rough World Wheat Market Faces Long Rough Spell
Washington experts warn of a prolonged rough world wheat market due to huge crops and fewer buyers. Australia and other exporters push carryovers near 237 million and 800 million bushels, signaling a tough year for U S wheat exports and a potential 1 billion bushel surplus by mid 1970.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Australia
Canada
France
Argentina
U.S
Department
United States
Kansas
Nixon
Contractors Hit By Labor Strike
About 3,200 members of the Common Labor Union walked off in Illinois on Monday affecting roughly 10,000 workers. Strikes halted negotiations with contractors after talks broke Friday, delaying over 30 million dollars in central and northern Illinois construction projects.
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Springfield
Ill
Common Labors Union
Illinois
Kankakee
Macomb
Galesburg
Bloomington - Normal
Pontiac
Monmouth
Marcon
Watseka
Gibson City
Roanoke
Voters decide on constitutional changes in Zambia
Voters in Zambia cast ballots today with symbols a hand for yes and a foot for no, marking a key constitutional referendum. The vote determines whether the changes proceed as proposed by authorities.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Passenger Killed in Wonder Lake Crash
John C. Ganopoulos aged 22 from Antioch was killed Monday night in a McHenry County accident near Wonder Lake. The car’s driver and another passenger were injured.
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Wonder Lake, Ill
John C. Ganopoulos
Antioch
Wonder Lake
McHenry County
Chicago Attorney Sentencing Set
CHICAGO AP A Chicago lawyer will be sentenced June 26 for drafting a fraudulent will tied to a multi million dollar estate. S Edward Bloom, who was convicted in a 1964 bench trial and sentenced to two years in prison, won a new trial after appealing to the U S Supreme Court for a jury trial. He pleaded guilty Monday after three jurors were selected. Bloom was charged with dating a will he drafted July 14, 1964, eight days after candy firm executive William A Melody's death.
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Chicago
Edward Bloom
U.S. Supreme Court
Bloom
William A. Melody
Princess Irene Makes First London Piano Debut
Princess Irene of Greece, who began serious music six years ago, gave her first London concert crediting Gina Bachauer as tutor. The program included Bach Concerto No 2 while exiled King Constantine and Queen Mother Frederika attended with Prince Charles and Princess Anne as the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra accompanied the performers.
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London
Irene
Greece
Gina Bachauer
Festival Hall
Constantine
Frederika
Prince Chars
Anne
Britain
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Kiesinger Nixon Bonn visit rescheduled to August
The West German government says Chancellor Kiesinger and President Nixon will meet in Washington on August 4 and 5. The talks were first set for early June and delayed twice due to a European money crisis and Apollo 11 launch preparations.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Nixon
Washington
Kiesinger
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Clarence Kingman
Hatty Howland
Frank Sowers
Raymond Yatuni
Westminster
William
Vietnam
James A. Yatuni
Glenn A. Yatuni
Philadelphia
Milton Kepplinger
St. Mary’s Hospital
Streator
Thomas Carmack
Ralph Fischer
W. Washington St. Morris
Brazil
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Lamarca
Sao Paulo
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Liberty St
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Jerry Belt
THE
Morris, Ill
Richard Francis Graham
F. Wayne Graham
Fremont Ave
University of Illinois
U. of I
Champaign - Urbana
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Omicron Kappa Upsilon
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