ICCS to Probe Viet Cong Bombing Claims in South Vietnam
The International Commission of Control and Supervision unanimously agreed to investigate Viet Cong charges that U S planes bombed areas inside South Vietnam. The United States denied the claims as ICCS delegates, including Canadians, Hungarians and Poles, voted to pursue the investigation. The panel also planned to probe shelling of an ICCS compound near Ben Cat and alleged North Vietnamese troop movements into the South.
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Saigon
International Commission of Control and Supervision
U.S
South Vietnam
United States
Michel Gauvin
ICCS
Commission
Gauvin
Ben Cat
City Council Discusses City Attorney and Department Heads
Mayor Donald Caisley announced he will recommend Atty. James Peacock as city attorney and keep Wilfred Dix as public works director. He also proposed Donald Ward to replace the late Tony O’Hooge as city engineer.
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Donald Caisley
Atty. James Peacock
Wilfred Dix
Donald Ward
Tony O'Hooge
Court orders transfer of Dean Watergate documents
Judge John Sirica ordered the clerk to seize and secure classified materials John W. Dean III had placed in a safe deposit box. He ordered certified copies be given to prosecutors and the Senate committee, with contents not disclosed at the hearing. Dean claimed top secret level handling via committed channels.
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Washington
USS
John Sirica
John W. Dean III
White House
Nixon
Sirica
Senate Special Committee
Dean
U.S. District Court
Charles Shafer
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Shafer
Mansfield
Alexandria National Bank
Earl J. Silbert
Capitol Hill
Elliot L. Richardson
Grand jury to weigh indictment for six defendants in Illinois
The Grundy County Grand Jury meets today to determine probable cause for indictments against six individuals. Chris Bermingham and Clifford Bermingham face burglary charges tied to an Illinois school break in. Debra Ross Janice Walker and Susan Simms are linked to shoplifting, with additional Kendall County theft charges pending. Marie A. Smith faces aggravated battery resisting arrest and driving with a suspended license. Bail set at 2500 dollars.
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Grundy County
Chris Bermingham
Clifford
Dixie Highway
Hazel Crest
Saratoga Grade School
Morrison Illinois
Berminghams
W. Fullerton Ave
Chicago
Morris
Liberty St
Kendall County
Marie A. Smith
Sycamore St
Ottawa
Coal City
Charles Marketti
Miss Smith
Skylab Lifts Off From Cape Kennedy With Three-Man Crew
Skylab America's first space station launches from Cape Kennedy with nine astronauts aboard for an eight month stay. The first three men prepare to launch Tuesday on a connecting mission to link with the station for a record 28 day orbital flight.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Skylab
America
Earth
Weather Update and Skylab Saturn 5 Launch Scene
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high in the upper 50s. Tonight will be fair and cooler with a low in the lower 30s. Tuesday through the day the high should reach the lower 60s. At Dresden Island Locks a weekend high of 67 and a low of 47 were noted, with 44 at 7 am downtown Morris and 48 at 10:30 am. Astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz observed a Saturn 5 rocket lifting a lab toward orbit, with a Saturn 1B on a nearby pad ready for a 1 pm Tuesday launch if conditions hold. Skylab 2 and 3 crews will inhabit the station for 56 days later this year.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Supreme Court to Hear Government Appeal on Veterans Education Benefits
The government won a Supreme Court hearing on preserving the federal rule that bars conscientious objectors from education benefits. A lower court had ruled benefits should apply to all who served alternative service, including objectors, but the high court will review that decision.
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Washington
Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. District Court
W. Arthur Garrity
Ice
Garrity
William R. Robinson
Veterans Administration
Robertson
Fairfax
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Supreme Court rules for Lt. Frontiero in dependent benefits case
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision, ruled that Air Force Lt. Sharon Frontiero and her husband must receive the same housing and medical allowances automatically granted to wives of male service members. The ruling rejects sex-based discrimination but leaves room for ongoing debate on equal rights.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Armed Forces
High Court
Air Force
Sharon A Frontiero
William J. Brennan Jr
William C. Douglas
Byron R White
Thurgood Marshall
Brennan
Warren E. Burger
Jus
Lewis Powell
Harry A. Blackmun
Powell
Potter Stewart
William H. Rehnquist
Frontiero
Maxwell Air Force Base
Alabama
Joseph
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
EPA Hearing Finds Federal Paper Emissions Within Limits
At the Illinois Pollution Control Board hearing in Morris EPA and Federal Paper Board dispute, with Laxmi Kesari of the Illinois EPA citing 0.88 lb per million BTU as the ash emission estimate versus an 0.8 lb limit. Independent tests by Sundberg of Air Resources, Inc. yielded gas emission readings around 0.46 to 0.60 LB per MMBTU, depending on method. Jerome Foreman chaired the hearing as Prisms 73 performs its spring concert at Morris Community High School auditorium with selections and a 50s band routine.
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Pollution Control Board
State of Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Paper Board
Federal
First National Bank of Morris
Assisant
Dennis R. Fields
EPA
James W. Gladden, Jr
Laxmi Kesari
Illinois Epa
S. Sander E. Sunberg
Air Resources, Inc
Palatine
Sundberg
Jerome Foreman
Prisms
Morris Community High School
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Cambodia
First National Bank of
Caisley
Public Works Building
Jay Heap
Second Ward
Morris Daily Herald
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Richardson
Earl L. Butz
Senate
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Washington Post
the Post
Gray
Giving
God
Morris Woman's Club
Grundy Area
Wilbur
Geraldine) Dolezal
Norman Gilmoure
Charles Allaben
Gilmoure
Allaben
Herald
Wilford Dix
First National Bank
Morris’ New Public Works
Debra Ross
S. Yates St
Janice Walker
Phillips St
Susan Simms
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