Judge Refuses Stay On Braves Expansion Dilemma
Milwaukee based report states Circuit Judge Elmer W. Roller denies a stay of his order directing the Atlanta Braves to return to Milwaukee unless the National League presents a 1967 expansion plan. The NL must submit by Monday noon or the Braves return. Contempt action looms if the Braves remain in Atlanta after a denial of stay.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Elmer W. Roller
Atlanta Braves
National League
Baseball
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Roller
Braves
Madison
Supreme Court
Wisconsin Atty
Bronson la Follette
Atlanta
Fulton County
Superior Court
U.S. District Court
Houston
FBI arrests Army deserter in Morris
Thomas G. Brown age 26 from rural Morris was arrested by FBI agents at Metro Rubber Products Co. where he worked. He is accused of deserting from Fort Campbell Kentucky on February 20 and was turned over to Grundy County authorities awaiting removal to the military.
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Morris, Ill
FBI
Thomas G. Brown
Morris
U.S. Army
Brown
Metro Rubber Products Co
Ft. Campbell
Grundy County
Defense Chief Denies Latest Charge In Bomber Debate
Secretary McNamara calls Heberts charge of Joint Chiefs favoring a new manned bomber baseless. Hebert releases classified testimony claiming Chiefs backed full scale development, while McNamara says subcommittee report distorts the record.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
House Armed Services Committee
F. Edward Hebert
Louisiana
Hebert
Joint Chiefs of Staff
McNamara
Joint Chiefs
Subcommittee
Congress
Air Force
John P. McConnell
Chiefs
Johannesburg Students Protest Ban on NUSAS Leader
In Johannesburg 2000 to 3000 students marched past City Hall in a silent demonstration against the banning of Ian Robertson, president of the National Union of South African Students. Authorities cited restrictions under the suppression of communism laws, allowing Robertson to finish his law studies but barring NUSAS activity and teaching within the Cape Town area.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Ian Robertson
Robert F. Kennedy
Y. Robertson
National Union of South African Students
Balthazar Vorster
Robertson
NUSAS
Cape Town
Weather outlook: cloudy and warmer with possible rain
The U S Weather Bureau expects tonight to be mostly cloudy and cool with a low near 40. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with a high near 50. Sunday shows possible rain. Collins station reported 46/39 yesterday and 41 at 9 am today with drizzle. Morris district noon reading was 44.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Robinson Drive
Grundy
Morris City
City Water Department
City Police
Sheriff's Department
Cemetery Road
Jerry Fostvedt
LaVerne Lundberg
Hershell Shreve
Henry Borens
Walter H. Hoy
McKinley St
Butler St
Joe Bates
Harvey Olson
Warren Webber
Robert Halderson
High St
Kathryn Shouk
Harold Johnson
Carma Erickson
van Petersen
Carl Olson
Rudolph Cotter
John J. Kowalczyk
Harold Bell
Louise Whitley
Roy Long
John J. Truty
Kiersted
Dresden Lock
Kankakee
Ray Webb
St. Louis
Illinois River
Webb
Division St
Liberty St
Union St
Lisbon St
Abductor sought in Shade Gap girl case
About 400 armed men join a three day manhunt for Peggy Ann Brodnick 17 and her kidnapper around Shade Gap Pennsylvania. Police report a Mountain Man sniper has injured two and remains at large as searchers comb woods and mountains with FBI help and hundreds of volunteers.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
FBI
Harrisburg
Peggy
Southern Huntingdon High School
Marines Smash Viet Cong Force In Big South Viet Nam Fight
U S Marines wiped out much of a Viet Cong force 18 miles southwest of Da Nang after a 10 hour battle near a Communist training camp. 120 Communist dead were counted, 175 Viet Cong killed in the larger clash, with light American casualties. Air and naval missions totaled over 470 sorties across North and South Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Red China
da Nang
3Rd Marine Division
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Air Force
Hanoi
Guam
Hue
State legislator to push AG on EIU construction probe
Rep. James P. Loukas says he will ask Attorney General William G. Clark to back a probe into allegedly improper construction at Eastern Illinois University. Loukas cites three named individuals and notes charges were no longer anonymous after a campus visit. Clark opposes broader investigation. audit commission gave Loukas authority to study the charges.
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Charleston
Ill
Eastern Illinois University
Illinois Attorney General
James P. Loukas
Chicago
Atty
William G. Clark
Loukas
James Thompson
EIU Business Department
Jon Woods
Gerald Cravey
EIU
Woods
Coles County
Clark
Illinois Legislative Audit Commission
College Students Maintain Sit In at University of Chicago
More than 350 students enter a third day of protest at the University of Chicago administration building. They oppose the university's policy of supplying class ratings to Selective Service boards for draft status decisions and barred all staff from entry while debating whether to remain encamped.
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Chicago
Selective Service
University of Chicago
Selective Service Boards
Auto Sales Down Over A Year Ago
Detroit based report shows major automakers GM Chrysler American Motors down in May 1-10 sales vs last year by about 15 percent overall. Ford reports a strong period with a 15 percent rise over 1965 openings as total industry slips.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford Motor Co
GM Auto
Ford
Flooded Morris area begins receding after 19.8 foot river peak
Rain and overcast skies linger as floodwaters drop in Morris Illinois after a 19.8 foot peak. Officials warn of high damage potential along Robinson Drive and nearby streets while volunteers aid evacuations and shelters open at Bethlehem Lutheran Church.
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Morris
Union St
The
Douglas Equipment Co
Grundy County
Gebhard State Woods Park
Saratoga School
Continental Grain Elevator
Morris Marine Service
Highland
Vienna
Saratoga
Richard McTague
Lisbon Road
Arthur Steffes
Morrison Cemetery Road
Andrew Bell
Aux Sable Locks
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois
Chicago
Des Plaines
Fox River
Weather Bureau
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Buchanan St
Ierald
Herald
State University
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Ak Ae
Canada
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