McCarthy Wins Big In New York Delegates Rally
Sen Eugene McCarthy gains a strong delegate lead in New York as partial returns show him ahead of Kennedy and Humphrey. Paul O Dwyer shocks in a three way Senate race, defeating Nassau County executive Nickerson for the McCarthy slate. O Dwyer leads 264,808 to 248,450 with 12,341 districts reporting.
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Albany
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
Kennedy
McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Senate
Paul O’dwyer
New York City
Eugene H. Nickerson
Nassau County
Joseph Y. Resnick
Upstate
Ellenville
Jules Feiffer
Theodore Bikel
Murray Kempton
O’dwyer
New York
Nickerson
Resnick
New York State
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Queens
Nixon
Rochester
Rockefeller
Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Congress
O’dwyner
U.S
Jacob K. Javits
GOP
Murray Baron
Joliet Dentist Replaces Dr Liedman at Tratt Clinic
Dr James Rasmussen of Joliet replaces retired Dr Sidney Liedman and begins practice at the Tratt Clinic on Bedford Road. Rasmussen, 30, a Joliet native, graduated from UMKC Dental School in 1965 and served as a U S Air Force captain and dental chief at the Sioux City base. He plans to move his family to Morris.
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James E. Rasmussen
Joliet
Sidney C. Liedman
Tratt Clinic
Bedford Road
Morris
University of Missouri
Barbara Ann Kiep
Walter J. Kiep
Dr. Rasmussen
Harold
Dr. Liedman
U. S. Navy
Mild temperatures forecast with lazy warm spells ahead
The U S Weather Bureau predicts mild days with tonight fair and cooler conditions. Collins Weather Station notes a Tuesday high of 87 and low 56, Morris downtown at 10 30 a m reading 77. Temperatures Thursday to Monday near 80 86 high and 59 64 low with rainfall likely totaling three quarters to one inch in periods Thursday night Friday and Sunday to Monday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Shapiro Urges Open Housing in Illinois
Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro urged a statewide open housing law in the July session. He noted many Illinois communities have local open housing laws but gaps remain. He discussed a federal court suit over Capitol reconstruction and possible crime legislation tied to stop and frisk. He spoke on school funding, taxes, and uniform relief standards with no new taxes needed to fix the fiscal crisis.
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Springfield
Ill
Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois
Shapiro
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
John Kennedy
Illinois Department of General Services
Otto Kerner
Harold O. Swank
Department of Public Aid
Ray's Lawyer Will Not Fight Extradition
Atlanta AP The attorney likely to defend James Earl Ray says he will not contest extradition from England to the United States for the King assassination trial. Arthur J. Hanes notes he will travel to Washington to check passport plans and does not expect to seek a venue change in Memphis. He adds he has no personal knowledge of Ray.
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Atlanta, Ga
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
England
Arthur J. Hanes
FBI
Birmingham
Ala
Washington, D.C
Arthur J. Hanes Jr
WSB
Hanes
U.S
Ray
Memphis
Tenn
Tennessee
Gas Station Owner testifies on foreknowledge of contest winners
Nicholas del Spina of a Mobil Station in Orange testified in Newark before Superior Court Judge Nelson Mintz. He claimed pre knowledge of the winning gas coupon slip while seeking permanent injunctions to bar four other firms from running the oil company contests. He did not reveal how he identified winners.
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Newark
N.J
Nicholas del Spina
Mobil
Orange
Nelson Mintz
del Spina
Verbal Clash Over Motives in Paris Peace Talks
In Paris the North Vietnamese ambassador Xuan Thuy accused the United States of bad faith in peace talks. W Averell Harriman countered with a strong denial of U S aims, citing increased air strikes from 2500 in March to 4700 in May and urging a Geneva accords based settlement. He outlined a five point U S plan emphasizing military disengagement and demilitarized zones. Thuy had earlier claimed U S escalation and targeted bombing in Saigon.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
U.S
Xuan Thuy
W. Averell Harriman
Johnson
Harriman
Thuy
Saigon
Vietnam
Youth Escapee Surrenders At Kewanee
One of five youths who escaped from Channahon State Boy's Camp turned himself in at Kewanee Police Department. Robert Aby, 17, of Kewanee, is returned to Joliet reception for reevaluation and possible recommendations to the Illinois Youth Commission. Remaining absentees are Coady, Davis, Witcher, and Wright of Chicago.
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Channahon
Kewanee
Joliet
Ronald Upchurch
Robert Aby
Upchurch
Aby
Illinois Youth Commission
Michael Coady
Jesse Davis
Clarence Witcher
Stephen Wright
Chicago
Morris
Minooka
Marines Repel North Vietnamese Near Khe Sanh After Daylong Battle
U S Marines artillery and air power pressed a force of North Vietnamese regulars nine miles south of the Khe Sanh base, killing 128 enemies as they pushed to breach defenses. Eleven Marines died and 30 were wounded after a day of fighting that followed a prior clash nearby. The action forms part of ongoing efforts to cut Highway 9, the main overland supply route to Khe Sanh, amid sporadic Viet Cong shelling of Saigon.
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Saigon
U.S
Khe Sanh
South Vietnam
Illinois lowers August draft call to 1042
Illinois will issue an August draft call of 1,042, according to Selective Service Director John Hammack. He expects no one under 20 to be conscripted and notes the national August quota is 18,300 while July’s Illinois quota was 873 and last August’s was 1,714.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Selective Service
John Hammack
Grundy County Extends Home Nursing to All Residents
Grundy County Health Department operates home nursing for any resident in need, not limited to seniors. From Dec 1 1966 to Nov 30 1967, 55 patients received 1,691 visits. services cost about eight dollars per visit and are reimbursed by Medicare.
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Grundy County
County Supervisors
County Board
Plgsman
Vito Danese
L. R. Graham
Carol Gaddo
William Reed
Medicare
Grundy County Board of Review Sets Weekly Sessions
The Grundy County Board of Review met Monday to hear 1968 real estate and personal property assessments and will convene each Wednesday from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the basement of the Grundy County Courthouse. Milton Carlson is clerk.
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Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
Rainy Washington march marks Poor People’s Campaign rally
Thousands gathered in Washington to press for jobs housing education and welfare benefits. Walter Reuther led a group toward the Lincoln Memorial as police and guards stood on high alert amid a peaceful but sizable turnout near Resurrection City and the Reflecting Pool.
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Resurrection City
Lincoln Memorial
Walter Reutheer
United Auto Workers Union
Washington
John B. Layton
Ossie Davis
Martin Luther King Jr
America
King
Ralph David Abernathy
National
Patrick V. Murphy
Capitol
Abernathy
Washington Monument
Independence Avenue
West Capitol Park
Congress
Bernard Lafayette
Worker Injured at Morris Construction Yard
A 25 year old rural Newark man suffered a head laceration in an early morning accident at the Charles O'Brien and Son construction yard south of Morris. He slipped and fell while working on an asphalt machine and was treated at Morris Hospital before release. Davis Ambulance transported him.
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Newark
Morris Hospital
Charles O’brien & Son
Morris
Bermel
Davis Ambulance
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N.Y
J. E. Rasmussen
DeFoe Shipbuilding
Navy
Melville
County Board of Review
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