Israeli and Egyptian air raids flare near Suez Canal
AP reports Egyptian planes attacked Israeli positions at El Qantara and Port Taufiq as part of intensified canal Sinai clashes. Israel says raids caused no damage or casualties. four Egyptian aircraft were involved, with limited penetration. Earlier, Israeli jets struck targets on the Gulf of Suez shore.
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Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
el Qantara
Port Taufiq
Sini Peninsula
Canal
Sinai Desert
Mediterranean
Gulf of Suez
Agnew Attacks Saturday Vietnam Protests in Speech
Vice President Spiro Agnew dismissed the weekend antiwar protests as a carnival in the streets and urged support for a silent majority. He spoke to the National Municipal League in Philadelphia as McGovern and Goodell announced plans to address the Washington rally.
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Bob Monroe
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Agnew
Nixon
America
Washington
National Municipal League
Philadelphia
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Charles Goodell
Rn.y
Senate
New Mobilization Committee
Board to Discuss Bowling Program and Fitness Use at MCHS
The Morris Community High School board meets Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the administrative offices to review requests to establish a bowling program and a men's fitness program using MCHS facilities. The agenda also covers church group facility use and approval of gold piping for athletic uniforms.
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Board of Education
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Weather notes show variable conditions with mild warmth ahead
Fog lifted to a cloudy morning with mist, tonight mostly cloudy with fog and a low near 38. Tuesday brings partly sunny and warmer weather with highs around the upper 50s. At Collins Weather Station the Saturday high was 55 and low 35, Sunday 47/39, 9 am 41 downtown Morris 42. Temperatures midweek cooler then brief warming and then cooler again late week. Rain is forecast total 0.25 to 0.50 inch midweek and again late week.
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Collins
Morris
Furniture heist nets $500000 at Chicago showroom
The John Strauss Showroom in Chicago was looted of about 500000 dollars in imported furniture. A janitor, Allen Clover, 66, walked in and was bound as thieves stole six truckloads. Police suspect eight hours of theft with two men loading a Hertz rental truck at 10 a.m. Many items were ornate European antiques or copies of modern masters.
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Chicago
Allen Clover
John Strauss
Strauss
Clover
Hertz Corp
Europe
Corbusier
Fatal Plane Crash Kills Two Rockford Students
Two Rockford College sophomores were killed when a small rented plane crashed on an Ogle County farm late Sunday. Victims were Fred Borghi, 22, and Russ Johnson, 20, both students at Rock Valley College.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford College
Ogle County
Fred Borghi
Russ Johnson
Rock Valley College
Rockford
14 Year Old Boy Tries Hijacking Delta Plane
A 14 year old Norwood Ohio boy threatened to hijack a Chicago bound Delta Airlines plane at Cincinnati airport with a butcher knife and a bottle of ink on a wick. He took a hostage Gloria Jean House 18 of Milford Ohio before surrendering to airport police with FBI questioning.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
Ohio
Delta Airlines
Greater Cincinnati
FBI
David Lawrence Booth
Gloria Jean House
Milford
Sweden
East
Mexico
Delta
Byron Dickey
Byron Kinman
Kinman
Booth
Miss House
Four Will County jail escapees at large after break in basement cell
JOLIET Illinois AP Four inmates escaped from Will County Jail early Sunday by forcing out a skylight in their cell. The four were held together in the basement of the county building and faced charges from rape to attempted murder. A statewide alert named two Joliet men, a Chicago man, and a Plainfield resident among the escapees.
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Joliet
Will County
Sheriff's Department
George Ellis
Chicago
Anthony Jones
Cleadus Stapleton
David Swaney
Plainfield
Nixon in Hospital for First Complete Physical
President Nixon entered Bethesda Naval Hospital for his first full physical since taking office. He flew from the White House by helicopter for the eight minute trip and was greeted by Captain William C. Turville, commander of the hospital.
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Washington
Nixon
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Bethesda
William C. Turville
Apollo 12 crews rehearse abort procedures in moon lander trainer
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Alan L Bean practiced emergency abort procedures in the lunar lander trainer vehicle coordinated with Mission Control Houston. Richard Gordon Jr studied lunar topography from a U S Geological Survey briefing and will photograph future landing sites during orbit. A Saturn 5 rocket launch remained set for 11 22 a m EST Friday.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan L. Bean
Mission Control Center
Houston
Tex
Richard F. Gordon Jr
U.S. Geological Survey
Gordon
Moon
Fra Mauro
LaLande
Descartes
Conrad
Bean
Court Affirms University Police Power Over Silent Protests
The Supreme Court upheld university police authority to arrest students for displaying disruptive antiwar signs during silent Viet Nam protests. It declined to review Robert K. Zwicker’s conviction for showing a picture of a Nepal child outside a campus placement office.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert K. Zwicker
University of Wisconsin
Oregon
Jurors Reconvene For Fall Session In Circuit Court
About 40 prospective jurors were scheduled to reconvene in circuit court at 1 30 p m today to hear civil suits. Judge Leonard Hoffman said the 2 3 million injury suit against the county by David Stinson was continued and not heard this session. No court will be held tomorrow for Veteran s Day.
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Petit Jury
Leonard Hoffman
David Stinson
Hoffman
Snicker a Day Remembers Medicine Wagon Era
A quaint reminiscence notes how medicine shows traveled to towns by wagon rather than modern television ads, capturing a bygone era with humor and nostalgia. The piece highlights change in how health remedies were marketed and perceived.
Daley summoned as witness in 1968 convention riot case
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley will appear under subpoena as a defense witness in the U S District Court trial of seven political activists charged with conspiring to incite riot during the 1968 Democratic Convention. A hearing on subpoenas and document requests was set for Thursday.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
U.S
Marvin Aspen
Julius J. Hoffman
Chicago Park District
Aspen
Hoffman
Park District
Leonard I. Weinglass
James B. Conlisk
Weinglass
Barbara Calendar
Jerry Rubin
Fatal two car crash at Shady Oak trailer court Joliet
An 18 year old Joliet man Richard Benson was killed and three other youths injured in a two car crash on the Interstate 80 frontage road by the Shady Oak trailer court. Lawrence Breen 18 and Jacky Conroy 14 were among those hospitalized. Authorities said Breen failed to yield while turning into the trailer court and collided with another eastbound car driven by Terry Grimes 19 of Minooka.
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Shady Oak Trailer Court
Lawrence Breen
Joliet
Richard D. Benson
Benson
Morris
Minooka
Terry Grimes
Grimes
Chef
John E. G. Olson
Saigon
Washington
Vung Tau
South Vietnam
Mekong
Central
Highlands
Tri Ton
Seven Mountains
S. Chicago Ave
Breen
Jodie Grimes
Kevin Grimes
Debbie Conroy
Jacky Conroy
Wilmington
Davis Ambulance
Morris Hospital
Jodie
Terry
St. Joseph Hospital
Sonntag-Wylie Funeral Home
Buick
Kneller
Standard
Ford
Olson
Sinclair
Richard
Rick) Benson
S. Chicago St
California
Joliet Central High School
Mazon High to Hold Owen House Open House
Mazon Township High School will host an Ameri can Education Week open house from 7 30 to 10 p m Wednesday. A 7 30 p m program in the gym starts the event with department visits to follow. Coffee and cookies will be served at 9 30 p m in the cafeteria and Future Teachers Association members will assist by registering guests serving and guiding visitors.
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Mazon
Mazon Township High School
Future Teachers Association
Artificial Eye Device May Let Blind See Within Decade
Beverly Hills AP reports eye research scientist Herbert Schummel of Albert Einstein College of Medicine predicts a miniature television camera implanted in the eye socket could yield functional sight in five to ten years with animal tests in 1971 72 and human tests by 73 74 The device would send signals to brain wires in the visual cortex to form images including motion depth and color Dr Paul Bach y Rita notes 40 blind students learned to see with a wearable skin tele-vision device during the seminar.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Herbert Schummel
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York
Science Writers
Schimmel
Research To Prevent Blindness, Inc
Paul Bach-y-Rita
University of the Pacific Graduate School of Medical Sciences
San Francisco
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