Violence Issue Tests TV Film Industries Policy Review
Hollywood reporting on the national debate sparked by violence in film and television. President Johnson forms a commission led by Milton Eisenhower to study whether media portrayals influence behavior, with networks CBS NBC ABC outlining cautious, self regulating stances and broader industry reflection on Italian Westerns and new brutality trends.
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Johnson
Commission On Violence
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Milton S. Eisenhower
National Commission On
CBS
Frank Stanton
NBC
Sen. Kennedy
ABC
Elton Rule
England
Washington
Jack Valenti
Motion Picture Association
Valenti
White House
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Producers Association
American International
Edgar Allen Poe
National Catholic Office For
Motion Picture
Students Call Boycott Over Violence in Media
Monroe High School students in Sepulveda placed an ad in the Los Angeles Times urging a boycott of media or products that glorify violence. They argue mass media desensitizes people to human suffering and death and appeal to parents and the community to join the campaign.
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Los Angeles Times
Monroe High School
Sepulveda
James Monroe High School
Newark Notes Highlights Graduates and Local Activities
Darrell Peterson graduated from Canton Community College in farm mechanical technology. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Claire Peterson and Marian. Howard Tuntland hosted 40 guests for Merle Tuntland’s Illinois State University Norman Normal graduation. He will teach at Leland High School. The Newark Busy Bodies 4-H Club met with Luann Lunde. program included solos by Luann and Chris Peterson, knitting and sewing talks, and Elizabeth Anderson reading. The next meeting is June 24 at 7 30 p.m. at the high school. Linda Brinegar served lunch. Debbie Fassiotto, reporter. A Newark Lutheran Church picnic drew about 140 after Vacation Church School concluded its two-week session with about 85 daily attendees. Briefs note Mrs. Eleanor Inderlien of Mora, Minn., visiting relatives in Newark. Art Monroe and family also mentioned.
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Canton Community College
Claire Peterson
Marian
Howard Tuntland
Merle
Illinois State University, Normal
Leland High School
Newark
Busy Bodies
4-H Club
Luann Lunde
Luann
Chris Peterson
Elizabeth Anderson
Linda Brinegar
Debbie Fassiotto
Newark Lutheran Church
Sportsmen’s Club
Joe White
Vernon Voights
Lloyd Sulzberger
Richard
Dwight High School
Dale Coughlin
Kankakee
Gene Coughlins
Gregory Peters
Milwaukee
Wis
Elanor Dunns
Dan Prindiville
St. Paul
Odell
Julia Kruger
Mike White
California
James Maier
Leo Dunn
Robert Carey
Vince Carey
Joe Copp
James Carr
St. Columbia Church
Ottawa
Milaca Visitors Visit Relatives Across Illinois And Minnesota
Milaca Minnesota residents recently spent time with Mr and Mrs Russell Johnson and visited relatives in Newark Morris Hinckley and Earlville Also Mrs Cyrus Thompson Mrs Claire Peterson with Mrs Tom Helland of Morris visited the Larson sisters and Margaret Helland at Manteno on Wednesday.
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Milaca
Minn
Russell Johnson
Newark
Morris
Hinckley
Earlville
Cyrus Thompson
Claire Peterson
Tom Helland
Larson Sisters
Margaret Helland
Manteno
Shooting Charge in Cahokia Man's Death
Jerome Wingfield 25 was charged Wednesday with the fatal shooting of Cahokia man Donald Shackelford 35 in East St. Louis police say Wingfield claimed self defense Shackelford was found dead in his car on June 11 Wingfield and another East St. Louis man were transported from Springfield where they were held for questioning after a burglary.
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Jerome Wingfield
Wingfield
East St. Louis
Donald Shackelford
Shackelford
Springfield
Vietnam Combat Casualties Drop
In South Vietnam a broad easing of fighting saw both sides suffer fewer casualties last week. U S and South Vietnamese commands report 324 Americans killed, 2,325 wounded with 1,247 hospitalized. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses totaled 1,613, while South Vietnamese forces had 286 killed and 1,189 wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
South Vietnamese
Kinsman celebrates 25th wedding anniversary at open house
Mr and Mrs Francis Coveny marked twenty five years of marriage with an open house at Kinsman School. Guests came from St Paul Joliet Chicago Pontiac Streator Morris Melrose Park Banfield Newark Dwight Seneca Kinsman Verona Ransom and other towns. Various relatives and friends attended Father’s Day picnic at Elwood Pfeffers and graduation celebrations for Charlene Jeff and Richard.
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Francis Coveny
Kinsman School
Clarence Daugherity
Marie Whalen
Irene McCambridge
Lawrence Manning
James Ribardy
Thomas Coveny
Kathleen
Jerilyn Mueller
Barbara
Anna Marie Coveny
Coveny
Leo Mueller
St. Paul
Minn
Joliet
Chicago
Pontiac
Streator
Morris
Melrose Park
Banfield
Newark
Dwight
Seneca
Kinsman
Verona
Ransom
Lee Ryan
St. Liborius
Stegar
Rube Thompson
Famiy
Gary Tolliver
Wisconsin
Floyd McCabe
Florida
John McCabes
Floyd Whorral
LeRoy Melvins
Jane
Mike Myers
Leo Ryans
Dale Coughlin
Kankakee
Gene Cough
Bank Robbery Prompts $1000 Reward in St Louis
The Gate way National Bank of St. Louis offers a $1,000 reward for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of bandits who robbed the bank of $7,900 last Monday. The Bankers Association of St. Louis and St. Louis County posted the reward from a special fund created a year ago to curb bank holdups. An association spokesman said this is the first reward since the fund’s establishment.
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ST. Louis
Gateway National Bank of St. Louis
Bankers Association of
Grant Court Fines To School Board
A St Louis Circuit Court ruling ordered $8,500 in fines paid by defendants for contempt of court during a 1963 civil rights demonstration be turned over to the St Louis Board of Education. Judge Michael J. Scott directed the clerk to pay the money to the school district after court costs. Seventeen peaceful picketers were found guilty of violating the court order barring interference with bank operations.
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St. Louis Board of Education
Jefferson Bank and Trust Co
Michael J. Scott
Circuit
Phelim O’toole
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