Chicago Teachers Union rejects plan and sets Thursday strike
CTU President John E Desmond rejected a six point offer from the Board of Education as inadequate for 19000 teachers. He said no layoffs guarantee and no automatic certification for substitutes fail to meet demands. The strike would affect about 600000 students across 523 schools and start schools with teachers earning about 7350 to 7700 dollars.
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Chicago
Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
John E. Desmond
Desmond
House of Representatives
Illinois
Redmond
CTU
Grundy County Tourism Talk Highlighted Goose Lake Plans
Robert C. Ellsworth urged Grundy County at the Chamber of Commerce meeting to pursue Goose Lake prairie preserve as a major tourism driver. He noted federal funding, expanded acreage, and potential economic impact while contrasting park development with industrial tax effects.
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Goose Lake Prairie
Robert C. Ellsworth
State Division of Tourism
Grundy County
Department of Conservation
Ellsworth
Golden Triangle
State Office
United States
Golden
Dave Reno
Chicago Tourism Office
Goose Lake
Mayo Clinic
Don Harwood
Reichhold Chemical
David Root
New Chamber
James Baum
Illinois House approves school aid bills in committee
Two separate bills to fund private and parochial schools cleared the Illinois House Appropriations Committee. Copeland's plan would pay $60 per elementary and $90 per high school pupil for secular services, while Matijevich proposes $26.5 million as parent warrants. Debate centered on constitutional grounds and potential impact on public schools.
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Springfield
Illinois House Appropriations Committee
Edward Copeland
Chicago
John Matijevich
North Chicago
House Education Committee
Copeland
Matijevich
Cecil Kraft
Evanston
Kraft
Citizens For Preservation of
Nixon Thieu Set Meeting at Midway June 8
President Nixon and South Vietnamese Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu plan a one day summit at Midway Island on June 8 to align on a peaceful Vietnam policy. Officials say topics likely include troop withdrawals and elections under international supervision.
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Washington
Nixon
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Pacific
Vietnam
Saigon
Thieu
Honolulu
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
William P. Rogers
Midway
Hawaii
Ohio State University
Spiro T. Agnew
White House
Rogers
Daley Declares War on Chicago Street Gang Violence
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley proclaimed a war on street gangs amid nearly 250 shootings and 25 deaths since January. He urged officials from city, school, and law enforcement to cooperate, promising protection for informants and planning another meeting next week.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Cooler weather in outlook with mid 40s lows
The U.S. Weather Bureau forecasts cooler conditions and partial cloudiness tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Wednesday and Thursday bring more cool, partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies, while Collins Weather Station reports 72/56 yesterday and 61 and 62 degrees at 9 and 11 a.m. in Morris.
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U.S. Weather’ Bureau
Collins
Morris
600 Offer Home For Hurt Puppy Reward Grows
The Animal Welfare League in Chicago reports over 600 offers to adopt a male shepherd puppy found abandoned in a cardboard box with ears partly cut. Rewards for the culprits now total 1,600, with the puppy to be released from hospital Wednesday before a suitable family is chosen. Police found the puppy May 11 on a highway in the southwest suburb.
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Chicago
Animal Welfare League
Allen A. Glisch
Glisch
Delbert Pearce
Welfare League
First Male President Named of Student Nurses Group
Detroit AP reports Frank J. Lang has been elected the new president of the National Student Nurses Association, the first man to hold the role in the organization's history.
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Detroit
National Student Nurses Association
Frank J. Lang
Senate Panel Rejects Bill to Abolish Pay Toilets
Springfield Illinois Senate Public Welfare Committee voted 11 to 4 against a bill by Rep. Edward Wolbank to end pay toilets. Witnesses from bus lines railroads hotels and retailers argued collected coins do not cover maintenance costs of washrooms.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate Public Welfare Committee
Edward Wolbank
Chicago
Braceville braces for four day homecoming festivities
Braceville volunteers including Mayor Glenn Hammond Braceville firemen Budd Gaddo Jr chief Bobby Jones and Braceville Community Club chairman finalize plans for the fourth annual homecoming from Thursday to Sunday. Boden Amusement Carnival Bushnell provides rides and a Saturday yard dance and Sunday parade cap the events. A queen will be chosen from Cullicks Store ballot Saturday with attendants in the parade. WSCS at Braceville Methodist Church serves a roast beef dinner Sunday noon at the Community Hall.
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Braceville
Glenn Hammond
Budd Gaddo Jr
Bobby Jones
Braceville Community Club
Boden Amusement Carnival
Bushnell
Cullick’s
Judy Wenger
WSCS
Braceville Methodist Church
Presbyterians Seek Cuban Recognition
The United Presbyterian general assembly urged U S recognition of Fidel Castro's Cuba and the removal of the trade embargo. A policy paper urged rethinking Washington's Latin America actions, while the assembly authorized a $50 million fundraising campaign for the poor to begin within a year.
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San Antonio
Tex
United Presbyterian General Assembly
U.S
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Latin America
Washington
United Presbyterian
United States
Blame Small Groups for Campus Unrest
Atty Gen. Mitchell links campus disorder to planning by small groups. He cites SDS and Black Student Union as organizers and says leaders seek to disrupt, close schools, and overthrow the establishment. He notes uprisings at Harvard Columbia Stanford American University and others and outlines federal role and upcoming conference.
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Washington
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
House Education
Students For A Democratic Society
Black Student Union
SDS
Harvard
Columbia
Stanford
American University
George Washington University
Northeastern University
Apollo 10 prepares for dangerous lunar orbit
Spaceflight update from SPACE CENTER, Houston. Apollo 10 crew led by Stafford and Young study lunar charts as they approach the moon for a high altitude rehearsal. Cernan handles navigation while mission control reports a successful midcourse burn and a routine rest period aboard the command ship.
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Stafford
Navy
John Young
Eugene Cernan
Madrid
Earth
Africa
India
Lousma
Mission Control
Houston
Cernan
Moon
Sea of Tranquility
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin
Lunar
Cape Kennedy
Young
Glenn Lunney
Volunteers Sought for Grundy Cancer Crusade Drive
Contributions total 8209 dollars toward the 1969 Grundy County Cancer Crusade. Workers will contact homes through June to reach a 6500 dollar goal. Urgent volunteers needed south of the railroad tracks and east of Liberty Street. Contact Mrs Kenneth Allen at 942-1642 or Mrs John Olson at 942-0212. Only completed kits are due now. Workers to finish contacts on incomplete lists before submitting kits to Mrs Allen.
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Grundy County
Liberty St
Kenneth Allen
John Olson
Allen
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Baum
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Chamber
Kenneth Sereno
Stephen Foster Singers
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Sereno
Fred Schaefer
Frank Condon
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