Tentative Pact in Phone Strike Fierce Battles Near Hue
In the Vietnam War the northeast corner near Hue and Dong Ha sees intensified fighting for a fourth day. Allied losses total 1,139 enemy killed with 93 Americans and 449 Vietnamese wounded. air strikes continue as Marines battle through bunker to bunker.
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Saigon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hue
Dong Ha
3Rd Marine Division
Vietnams
U.S
A Shau
North Vietnam
Robert E. Cushman
North Vietnam rejects talks aboard Indonesian ship
A North Vietnamese spokesman in Vientiane denounces a U S proposal to hold preliminary peace talks with Hanoi on an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi demands neutral sites like Phnom Penh or Warsaw, says Jakarta-friendly setting blocks Johnson conditions and U S press access. Washington senators urge acceptance of Warsaw site.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Gul of Tonkin
Washington
Hanoi
Johnson
Indonesia
Jakarta
Sukarno
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
Co ed charged with arson at Northern Illinois University
Sharon Susan Harris, 18, of Rock Island, is jailed in De Kalb awaiting a preliminary hearing after being arrested for arson a few hours after a fire forced 2000 students to evacuate Grant Towers at Northern Illinois University in De Kalb. The blaze on the 10th floor caused minor smoke injuries to safety officials. damages are expected in the thousands.
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DE Kalb
Ill
Rock Island
Northern Illinois University
Donald Bruer
University
Sharon Susan Harris
Sycamore
Grant Towers
Patrick Ward
Board of Governors
Board of Regents
Ward
Beautification Plan Entries Expected for Route 47 Program
About 30 entries are expected in Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce Route 47 Beautification program before the June 1 deadline. The contest offers $200 and $100 savings bonds top prizes in residential and commercial categories. The Morris Woman's Club will help solicit support and plans to expand next year are under discussion. Property owners near Illinois 47 are urged to submit entries promptly for color photos. Extra entry blanks are available at the Chamber office.
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Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
Morris Woman’s Club
Illinois 47
Chamber
Weather outlook with warming trend and showers possible
The Weather Bureau forecasts variable cloudiness and warmer air tonight with a 50 to 55 degree low and a chance of showers or brief thundershowers. Friday should be partly cloudy with a high in the lower 70s. Collins station logged 68/32 for Wednesday. Morris downtown read 67 at 10:30 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Morris Community High School survey sparks parent interest
Student Council at Morris Community High School plans a five day observance featuring a class opinion poll on key questions. Activities include an essay contest with a $10 prize, a campus cleanup, Spirit Day prizes, and a lunch hour vote on a 14 question survey addressing voting, abortion, behavior, and social issues.
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Morris Community High School
Sue Ansell
Jeanette Fitch
Tom Chapple
Rick Purdue
Gloria Tascher
Nadine Tooley
Dave Hartmann
Vietnam
Johnson
Morris
Illinois Public Safety Chief Ross Randolph to Speak at Eagles Dinner
Ross V. Randolph director of Illinois Department of Public Safety will speak May 11 at a Freedom Under Law dinner in Morris hosted by the Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles. The event honors Grundy County police officers and their wives, with a Reverence for Law Award to a local officer.
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Ross V. Randolph
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles Club
Happy Hill Aerie
Seville Lovel
The
Eagles
Grundy County
Eagles Hall
Morris Eagles
Department of Public Safety
Wardens’ Association of America
American Correctional Association
West Central Wardens’ Association
Illinois Police Association
Society of Former Special Agents FBI Inc
National Sheriff’s Association
National Jail Association
102nd Birthday Observed For Mrs Woods In Raleigh
Mrs Carolina Woods marked her 102nd birthday in Raleigh praising the good Lord and corn bread with pot licker as reasons for her long life.
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Raleigh, N.C
Carolina Woods
Gold Prices Rise Sharply In Europe
In London and European bullion markets gold climbed to new highs amid Washington signals of possible action to curb the U S foreign payments deficit. London price fixed at 39 25 dollars, highest since April 1 reopening, with steady 10 day rise following McChesney Martins warning.
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London
Europe
Washington
Congress
U.S
Federal Reserve
William McChesney Martin
United States
Morris Man Killed in Vietnam War
Chief Warrant Officer Dale A. Crull 39 of Morris was killed in Vietnam when his helicopter crashed on a maintenance mission. He served 20 years, with tours in Japan Korea and Germany. Survived by wife Geraldine and three sons, funeral pending.
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CWO
Dale A. Crull
Morris
Vietnam
Geraldine
Phoenix
Ariz
Crull
U. S. Army
Opdyke
Morris Community High School
CWO Crull
United States
Japan
Korea
Germany
Geraldine Jones
Steve
Greg
Richard
W. Seldon Lane
Mrs King to Write Book on Life With MLK in 1969
Holt, Rinehart and Winston reports that Coretta Scott King has signed a contract to write a life story with her late husband Martin Luther King Jr. Publication is planned for early 1969.
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New York
Martin Luther King Jr
Holt, Rinehart and Winston Reports
Second Heart Transplant At Stanford
A heart transplant is under way at Stanford University Medical Center. The operation marks Stanford's second such transplant. Dr. Norman E. Shumway leads the team. no patient or donor details are yet released. The first at Stanford occurred Jan. 6 with Mike Kasperak, who died 15 days later.
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Stanford, Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford
Norman E. Shumway
Mike Kasperak
Kasperak
Shumway
Cape Town
South Africa
Phillip Blaiberg
Christian N. Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Barnard
Arabs Protest as Israel Marks 20 Years of Nationhood Parade
In Jerusalem Israel celebrated twenty years with a five mile parade of land sea and air units. Arab capitals held protests while Lebanon saw about 10000 demonstrators against the parade seen as harming Middle East peace. The march displayed Soviet made armor and American artillery amid dust and heat.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Lebanon
U.N. Security Council
Middle East
Sentence for Eichmann aide reduces murder liability in Bamberg
Franz Rademacher a former associate of Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to five years for aiding in the murder of 3300 Jews in World War II court credits four years two months already served and suspends ten months placing him on four years probation. Both sides plan appeals.
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Bamberg
Germany
Franz Rademacher
Adolf Eichmann
Rademacher
Third Reich Legation
Bell System workers win 3 year, 19.58 per cent rise
A nationwide Bell Telephone strike ends with a three year contract totaling 19.58 per cent in higher wages and benefits. The agreement covers about 600 000 workers and raises installers to 34 dollars more weekly by year three, with holidays pensions and medical coverage. Ratification in most areas to follow within 72 hours. Beirne calls it a substantial victory for the union after the walkout.
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Washington
Bell Telephone System
Bell System
Joseph A. Beirne
Afl-Cio Communications Workers of America
Beirne
Marathon
King Marker Dedication Draws Memphis Crowd in MLK Memorial Day
About 1,000 people gathered in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel courtyard for the dedication of a marble stone honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Mrs. King and Rev. Ralph Abernathy attended as the Poor People’s Campaign launch began. The event included a two mile route through Memphis slums to buses to Marks, Mississippi, site of the rural poverty drive.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
Marks
Miss
King
Ralph D. Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Lorraine Motel
Abernathy
Memphis
Willie Bolden
SCLC
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Northern
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Menard
Pontiac
Logan County
Benson, NL
Illinois State Normal University
Tunbridge, Ill
Kenny, Ill
Pontiac Penitentiary
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
J. Edgar Hoover
Rabbinical Society of Greater
Bob Hollenbeck
Vietnam War
Dale Crull
Eichmann
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