Maoists Seize Control of 19 Provinces
Tokyo AP reports Radio Peking claiming Maoist supporters control all of China’s 29 provinces autonomous regions and municipalities with revolutionary committees in Sinkiang Uighur and Tibet. Views on Maoist grip vary as clashes and resistance surface in Chekiang Kiangsu Henan Yunnan Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Radio
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
China
Sinkiang-Uigur
Tibet Autonomous Regions
Mao
Hong Kong
Chekiang
Kiangsu
Henan
Yunnan
Manchuria
Communist Party
Red Guards
People’s Liberation Army
Siankiang-Uighur
Red China
Miss Illinois and Miss Alabama Reach Miss America Finals
Miss Illinois Judith Ford 18 earned a talent prize with a trampoline act becoming the first to perform such a routine in Miss America history. Miss Alabama Dellynne Catching, 37 24 37, said she diets to stay slim yet enjoys hot fudge sundaes. Both advance alongside Miss Iowa and Miss Virginia as preliminary winners ahead of Saturday’s crowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N.J
Judith Ford
Belvidere
Ill
Dellynne Catching
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Illinois
Iowa
Virginia
Deny Project Fraud Charges Amid Senate Inquiry
The Rev. Arthur Brazier head of The Woodlawn Organization disputed fraud and forgery charges tied to a federally funded job training program for two South Side gangs. Senate testimony cited forged signatures on time records and checks, as an Office of Economic Opportunity grant of 927 341 dollars funded the Blackstone Rangers and Devil's Disciples from September 1967 to May 1968. Brazier said audits found forgeries began in mid April and urged more oversight rather than canceling the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Woodlawn Organization
TWO
South Side
Treasury Department
Arthur Brazier
Howard C. Coulder
Oak Park
Ill
Internal Revenue Service
Senate
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Office of Economic Opportunity
Blackstone Rangers
The
Devil’s Disciples
Coulder
Brazier
Congress
Hearing set for Mr. Quick drive in on N Division St
Morris Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m on Sept 18 in City Hall to consider a conditional permitted use request from Pontiac representatives for a Mr Quick Inc drive in restaurant on the west side of N Division Street near the U S 6 and Illinois 47 intersection. Written or oral statements in support or against the application will be recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Quick, Inc
N. Division St
Illinois 47
Morris Planning Commission
Pontiac
Weather outlook and temperatures across stations
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair and cool tonight with a low of 45 to 50 degrees. Saturday will be largely sunny with a mid 70s high. Sunday's forecast calls for a chance of showers and mild conditions. Thursday at Collins Weather Station reached 75 and 47.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Moxing
ManaiRseuod
Two Men Shot In Harvey Seek Gunmen
HARVEY Ill AP two men including a Minnesota sailor on leave were shot early today in Harvey both in serious condition at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Police pursue links to a third shooting with no injuries A shotgun blast hit John DeWald 22 Bemidji Minn a sailor stationed at the Naval Air Station in Albany Ga as he rode in his car with hitchhiker Victor Leech 19 of New Woodstock N Y describing a Negro shooter DeWald regained consciousness long enough to tell police he was shot in a telephone booth The second victim William Redmond 46 Harvey a truck driver was in his cab when a car approached and occupants opened fire ending the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey, Ill
Minnesota
Harvey
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
John DeWald
Bemidji
Minn
Naval Air Station
Albany
Victor Leech
New Woodstock
N. Y
de Wald
William Redmond
Redmond
AOL
Motormen in Chicago to Strike Monday
CTA faces a potential walkout by 250 motormen of Division 308 in sympathy with rebel bus drivers. The move follows a week of bus driver resignations and a court contempt case against 27 dissident leaders.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
CTA
Rapid Transit
Division 308
Amalgamated Transit Workers
Transit Woters
Division 241
Chandler to Run With Wallace in 1960s third party bid
Louisville newspaper reports former Kentucky governor A. B. Chandler, 70, would join George Wallace as running mate. The Courier Journal cites a reliable source and says an announcement is planned in Washington. Chandler declined direct comment while noting speculation.
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Louisville
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
George Wallace
Louisville Courier- Journal
Washington
Chandler
U.S
Courier-Journal
Wallace
Plan Backfires In Middletown Dog Catcher Falls Unconscious
Carl Creach the Middletown dog catcher passed out after his tranquilizer dose broke during an injection of a stray. He was sprayed by the serum and needed police help to be aroused after about an hour.
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Middletown
Ohio
Carl Creach
Avert Teacher Strike in Philadelphia Clears Way for Fall
The city struck a $27.6 million, two year pay deal averting a Philadelphia teachers strike. Beginning salaries rise to 6,700 with top wages at 13,200 as 12,500 teachers gain new terms. Fall term opens today for 290,000 pupils. Nationwide, districts still face walkouts delaying openings in Michigan Indiana Rhode Island Connecticut New York schools.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
Michigan
Montgomery County
Clarksville
East Chicago Heights
Rhode Island
Cumberland
Cumberland Teachers Association
East Haven
Conn
New York City
United Federation of Teachers
Second Accident Victim Is Dead
William E. Fowler 19 of Montrose Iowa died in a Peoria hospital from injuries after a car truck crash that killed another man. James H. Wince 45 of Pontiac driver of the truck died at the scene on Illinois 116 near Cullom. Douglas Kerbill 20 of Donnelson Iowa was injured riding in the passenger car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Ill
William E. Fowler
Montrose
Iowa
Peoria
James H. Wince
Pontiac
Illinois
Cullom
Douglas Kerbill
Donnelson
Fowler
Re Hear Evidence In Panther Case
The Oakland jury in Huey Newton’s murder trial halted deliberations to re-hear testimony from two prosecution witnesses. The panel asked to view Newton’s abdominal wound and continued studying the transcript of Henry Grier who claimed to see Newton shoot officer Frey. Heanes testified he did not see Newton with a gun as the seven women and five men pressed on for hours without a verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Huey Newton
Newton
John Frey
Herbert Heanes
Henry Grier
Grier
Frey
Heanes
Charles Garry
Agnew Criticizes Warren Resignation Timing
Spiro Agnew, Republican vice presidential nominee, blasted Chief Justice Earl Warren's resignation as precipitous. He said the move put the GOP in an uncomfortable position and should have waited for the next president to be inaugurated before stepping down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Maryland
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Abe Fortas
Senate
Agnew
Fortas
Grundy County Grand Jury Plans Monday Session
A 23 member Grundy County Grand Jury and an eight person supplementary panel will convene Monday morning per Circuit Clerk Robert Williamson. They will receive instructions and inspect the jail, with no criminal matters scheduled for the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Grand Jury
Robert Williamson
Security costs mount for 1968 Democratic National Convention
Chicago officials estimate a large tab for convention security and policing with taxpayers bearing a major share. The nonpartisan committee backing the event says it provided 750000 in cash and 160000 in services. About 5500 Illinois guardsmen and federal agents deployed in Chicago cost taxpayers 75600 daily totaling 529200 for the week of active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
John Meek
James C. Worthy
Illinois
Harold Patton
Daley seeks prime time to present view on convention protests
Mayor Richard J. Daley will appear in at least eight cities to discuss demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention. He has accepted prime time offers from two networks and a Chicago documentary program, with airing dates to be announced. Daley declined other prime time formats as not balanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
National Press Club
Washington
Allan W. Cromley
Dia Television and Radio Network
New York
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Kansas City
WGN Continental Broadcasting Co
Denver
Duluuh, Minn
Columbia Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
Viet Cong Use Children as Shields in Saigon Area Battle
In northwest of Saigon, a Cu Chi Regiment assault hit the 101st Airborne, leaving 31 Americans dead and 27 wounded as Viet Cong used women and children as human shields. Viet Cong losses numbered 31 with heavy fighting continuing into the day. 25th Division forces reported other clashes nearby with casualties.
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Saigon
Cu Chi
U.S
101St Airborne Division
Saigo
Max Nash
Ap Trang Dau
25Th Infantry Division
25Th Division
Nash
9Th Division
State Official To Speak on City Plant
R. J. Pohl of the Illinois Sanitary Water Board will discuss the city's position on a secondary treatment plant at the City Council meeting at 7 30 p m in City Hall. No federal funds will be available for the project which must operate by July 1 1969. The city project would receive 250 000 to 300 000 dollars or 30 percent of the facility. The state representative was invited by the city water and sewer committee led by Walter Hundt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Pohl
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
City Water and Sewer Committee
Walter Hundt
Van Rolls Over Near Braceville
A 28 year old Crest Hill man suffered minor injuries when his 1966 GMC van rolled onto its side on a gravel road north of Braceville. James Hittman 23 Crest Hill was treated and released at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. The van owned by Home Juices Company Joliet was towed away by Hileman Wrecker.
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Crest Hill
GMC
Braceville
Richard Pierce
James Hittman
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Hittman
The
Home Juices Company of
Hilemana Wrecker
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Miss Illinois
Walter Atherton
Mike McKenna
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hollywood Hills
McKenna
Lee Rush
Forest Lawn
Clellan
Salem
Mass
Ted Dully
Boston Globe
Temple Sharon
Panther
Liceman
Jury
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