France expects U S to leave NATO linked bases in 1966
Paris sources say President de Gaulle expects U S bases in France to be evacuated by year end 1966 with 26 000 personnel at 40 installations and 14 airbases to be phased out. SHAPE would come under French control by 1969 and France plans to remove troops in West Germany.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
U.S
Allied Powers
Europe
Versailles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Johnson
de Gaulle
NATO
Charles E. Bohlen
Foreign Ministry
Washington
West Germany
London
United States
Britain
Robber Gets $40 In Quarters After Bank Note Demand
A Brooklyn Savings Bank robber demanded $30,000 from teller Rita Higbie. She handed him a $10 roll of quarters and a $10 roll of half dollars, and the man fled without protest, police said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rita Higbie
Brooklyn Savings Bank
Coal City Driver Injured in Crash
James Kilbride of 95 S Kankakee St. was taken to St Joseph Hospital Joliet after a two car collision at 5 20 pm in drizzle and dusk. Linda Cinotto driving a 1966 Chevrolet struck Kilbride's 1964 Chevrolet convertible at Irving and First Sts. Both vehicles were badly damaged. no ticket was issued.
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Coal City
James Kilbride
S. Kankakee St
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Kilbride
Linda D. Cinotto
Marguerite St
Cinotto
Nick Bartley
Braidwood
Irving
First Sts
Birthday birth and gifts mark Gonzales family anniversary
Artesia report states Mrs. Isauro O. Gonzales gave birth to a baby boy last Tuesday, coinciding with her 25th birthday. The family notes five years earlier she welcomed a daughter on March 5, the birthday of her husband.
Tax plan advances as Congress sets hearings on quick changes
Congress moves to pass by Tuesday the excise tax and tax payment speedup bill to fund Viet Nam efforts and curb inflation. A joint committee will hold hearings with external economists on rapid tax changes and who would bear the impact. The measure also broadens Social Security benefits and updates withholding to better match liabilities.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
House
Senate House
Martha W. Griffiths
D-Mich
Treasury
Red Cross Drives $8721 Goal Set in Grundy County
The Grundy County Red Cross kicks off its annual campaign with a county pamphlet detailing a $8721 budget of which over 54 percent stays in county operations. Highlights include 581 pints of blood to Morris Hospital and 257 pints to Joliet and Chicago hospitals, plus 58 first aid, 34 life saving, and 291 swimming certificates. The drive notes Viet Nam service support, rising disaster costs, and a Blood mobile visit to Coal City New Hope Church on Monday from noon to 6 p.m.
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American Red Cross
Grundy County
Morris Hospital
Joliet
Chicago
Morrispool
Coal City
Viet Nam
Red Cross
New Hope Presbyterian Church
Democrats consider selling TV rights for national conventions
Democrats weigh charging networks up to two million dollars for broadcast rights to their national conventions. Wayne Phillips says the party may auction time to one network, similar to sports events, to recoup funds lost if Congress blocks business tax deductions for convention ads. CBS and ABC leaders call the idea astonishing or dismiss it, while the GOP has no plan.
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Washington
Wayne Phillips
Democratic National Committee
Phillips
Elmer Lower
American Broadcasting Co
CBS News
Richard S. Salant
Salant
Republican National Committee
GOP
Congress
Atlantic City
N.J
John J. Williams
R-Del
Richards gives up license after half century of driving
Eugenia Richards of Bay Shore New York has surrendered her driver license after fifty years behind the wheel. In a letter she states it is time to make room for younger drivers and to pass on the road.
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Bay Shore, N.Y
Eugenia Richards
Illinois junior college board upgrades Danville Junior College
The Illinois Junior College Board approved raising Danville Junior College from Class II to Class I enabling broader curriculum and more state aid. Danville, serving about 1,700 students since 1946, plans to expand into Iroquois and Edgar counties and seeks a March 30 hearing in Decatur on forming a Class I district across multiple central Illinois counties.
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Chicago
Illinois Junior College Board
Danville Junior College
Danville
Edgar
Vermilion County
Junior College Board
Decatur
Christian
Coles
Douglas
de Witt
Logan
Macon
Moultrie
Piah
Sangamon
Shelby
Johns Hill
Frank F. Fowle
Aurora
Kane
de Kalb
Kendall
la Salle
Will
Olney
Richland
Lawrence
Clay
Crawford
Cumberland
Edwards
Jasper
Wayne
Wabash College
Wabash
White
Illinois
Shelby, Fayette, Moultrie
Effingham
Edgar, Clark
Robinson
Crawford County
Clark, Jasper
Rend Lake
Jefferson
Hamilton
Franklin
Perry
Williamson
Washington Counties
Williamson, Franklin, Jackson
Perry Counties
Girl Injured in Two-Car Crash East of Coal City
A five year old Manhattan girl Regina Pearson was admitted to St. Joseph Hospital after a two car collision at Illinois 113 and Interstate 55 east of Coal City. Her father Howard Pearson 31 was unhurt and another daughter Sherri 3 was treated for bruises. The Grosvenor car driven by Leslie Grosvenor 26 Coal City spun after impact and struck a highway sign.
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Coal City
Manhattan
St. Joseph Hospital
Here
Regina Pearson
Howard Pearson
Rte. 1
Sherri
Leslie Grosvenor
Sarah Grosvenor
Dennis
Grosvenor
Pearson
Plan Annual Scout Dinner At Kankakee
James R. Neidhoefer will speak at the Rainbow Council annual appreciation dinner in Kankakee civic auditorium at 6 30 p m March 22. Morton Hollingsworth will serve as master of ceremonies for the event honoring four Silver Beaver award recipients and presenting unit leader plaques.
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James R. Neidhoefer
Boy Scouts of America
Milwaukee
Wis
Rainbow Council
Civic Auditorium
Kankakee
Morton Hollingsworth
Joliet
Robert Leckrone
Lester Ferris
Morris Methodist Church
George Malfatti
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Robert Malmquist
Harry Willis
Coal City
Meat supply to remain ample and affordable in year
Supply of meat on American markets will be good this year with lower prices. John Rundquist president of the Producers Livestock Marketing Association says strong domestic demand and rising military needs do not justify rationing or price controls.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Livestock Marketing Asociation
John Rundquist
Weather improves as weekend turns sunny
Clouds bringing Friday showers fade this afternoon with Sunday forecast sunny by the U S Weather Bureau. Daytime high near 60 today and cooler temperatures Sunday. Collins Weather Station records a Friday high of 52 and low of 41 with 6 pm reading of 45 and precipitation at .09 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Suharto seizes control in Jakarta amid Indonesian upheaval
In Singapore based reports General Suharto dismissed President Sukarno and took power in Jakarta after an army ultimatum to Subandrio. Sukarno would retain the title but lose real power as martial law looms, with Indonesia facing economic crisis and anti Communist purges.
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Singapore
Sukarno
Indonesia
Suharto
Jakarta
Subandrio
U.S
Marshall Greene
American Broadcasting Co
Dutch East Indies
Peking
New China News Agency
China
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Kenya
Mohammed Hatta
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Interstate 55
MCHS
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Boys’ State
Springfield
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Nettie Weidner
Kay Lindsay
Max Lindsay
William Haas
Clarence L. Haas
Kenneth Jorstad
Wesley Jorstad
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Lee Gibson
Susan Hopkins
Roy Hamburger
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