Brazil Battles Rage as Student Riots Rock Cities
Rio de Janeiro and four other Brazilian cities faced intense student rioting as tanks and armored troops patrolled streets after a deadly clash that followed a student protest. At least one killed in Rio, one in Goiania, with hundreds hurt. police used tear gas and batons while demonstrators clashed near U.S. missions and university campuses.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Rio
Goiania
Belo Horizonte
Fortaleza
Brasilia
U.S
U.S. Information Service
Porto Alegre
Arthur da Costa E Silva
Sao Paulo
Hospital Notes include wide list of admits and discharges
The record lists admitted patients Harold Edward Pigg Jr Helen Reba Day Mary Cecelia Smith Anthony Darrell Oldham and others. Discharged include Georgia Annie Dagg Ora Agnes Adcock Becky Clinton and many more from hospitals and nursing homes.
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Harold Edward Pigg, Jr
Benton Road
Helen Reba Day
Alma
Mary Cecelia Smith
Salem
Anthony Darrell Oldham
McLeansboro
Georgia Annie Dagg
Orchardville
Ora Agnes Adcock
Fairfield Road
Becky June Clinton
Inn
William Robert Degenhart
Warren
Frank Halfacre
Texico
Good Samaritan
William Brown
College
Florence Woodworth
Minnie Duensin
South
Franklin Daniels
Octavia Garrison
Hickory Grove Manor
Laura Diel
Casey
James McKeen
Ina
Myrtle Ferguson
Woodlawn
Judy Sutton
Keenes
Ronald Henderson
South Ninth
Ricky Panzier
Westcott
Norma Romani
Walter
Frieda Brown
Conger
Ruby Ann Williams
South 13Th
John Cannon
Gilbert
Howard Towns
Sarah Wilson
Belle
Nason
Emma Willis
Pat Johnson
RFD
Ruby King
Grant View
Local births in Granite City and area
Jr. and Mrs. Bill Redatz welcome a son John Andrew born March 21 at St. Elizabeths Hospital weighing eight pounds six ounces. Gus Liavengood and Mrs. Liavengood announce a daughter born at 12:35 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. Larry Wilson and Mrs. Wilson report a son born at 3:39 last night at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing nine pounds thirteen ounces. James Blagg and Mrs. Blagg share a daughter born yesterday at 9:39 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds four ounces.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
James Blagg
RFD
New York posts 1967 68 budget surplus of 11 786 dollars
Albany AP Albany budget figures show state ended the 1967 68 fiscal year in March with a surplus of 11 786 dollars. Gov Rockefeller reports expenditures of about 4 629 billion for the period.
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Albany
N.Y
New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Mayor Lindsay seeks emergency powers over riots in NYC
Mayor John V. Lindsay asked the City Council for emergency powers to ban sales of firearms and alcohol, impose a curfew, and declare a citywide or area specific state of emergency during civil disorder. The plan would allow control of traffic and closures of entertainment venues with written certification from the Emergency Control Board.
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NEW York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Emergency Control Board
Johnson exits and new alliances shape Wisconsin primary
President Johnson announced he will not seek re election prompting last minute moves by McCarthy to blunt sympathy votes in Wisconsin. Humphrey, returning from Mexico, signals possible bid with labor leaders leaning toward him. Nixon cancels Viet Nam speech to avoid clashing with Johnson’s peace bid and meets Volpe who hints at potential VP consideration.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
United States
Humphrey
Mexico
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Freeman
Harrison A. Williams Jr
D-N.j
Associated Press
Democratic Party
Thomas W. Gleason
International Longshoremen's Association
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Nixon
Manhattan
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Wall Street slips after Monday surge amid profit taking
Wall Street eased in early trading as investors took profits from Monday's gains. The Dow at noon stood 0.99 lower at 860.26, with losses slightly ahead of gains and the day showing subdued volume after a 20 point upsurge driven by news of President Johnson's peace move and withdrawal from the race.
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New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Johnson
Associated Press
North Vietnam
Polaroid
Bell & Howell
Fairchild
Chrysler
General Motors
du Pont
American Stock Exchange
Queen Elizabeth Front Seat Ride Sparks Safety Campaign
The Minis ter of Transport announced a safety campaign to keep passengers in the back seats from holding children on laps. A week later Queen Elizabeth II was photographed in the front passenger seat of her limousine with her son Prince Andrew, age four, in the royal car.
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London
Ministry of Transport
Elizabeth II
Prince Andrew
Markets Mt Vernon Hog Prices Hold Steady
Prices paid to 12 30 p m today were unchanged with top hogs at 18 50 18 75 and 19 00 for 200 to 20 lb meat hogs Sows were 16 54 for 300 lb down and 16 25 to 16 54 for 300 lb and over Boars quoted at 11 50 and 13 00 After 12 30 p m pricing will be based on next day prices.
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Quoted This Morning
Mt Vernon market notes show wheat at 1.34 soybeans 2.57 and shelled corn 1.11 as provided in the morning price quotes.
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Mt. Vernon
Poultry Price Report From Chicago Market
Chicago wholesale prices for live poultry show roasters at 25 to 27 cents per pound and special fed white rock fryers at 21 to 23 45 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain price report shows mixed futures
Chicago AP notes wheat No 2 hard at 1.53 percent, No 2 soft red at 1.45, corn No 2 yellow at 1.16, No 3 yellow at 1.11, No 4 yellow at 1.08, No 5 yellow at 1.04, oats No 2 heavy white 78 to 79, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.69, and soybean oil at 8.75.
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Chicago
Wyoming Equality State nickname origin quiz
A quick quiz asks why Wyoming is called the Equality State. It notes women gained voting rights in 1869, a year after territorial organization and decades before nationwide suffrage. It adds a fact about women's military ranks under a Lyndon Johnson era law.
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Wyoming
United States
Weather Roundup Mt Vernon Monday Forecast
Mt Vernon area reports a Monday high of 55 and low of 39 with ongoing rainfall totals in 1968 reaching 7.88 inches. Compared with last year’s 82/46 and ten years ago’s 82/10, Wednesday offers sunrise at 5 43 and sunset at 6 25 CST.
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Mt. Vernon
Illinois Weather Report From Associated Press
Rain splashed across Illinois as a warm front from the Great Plains moved in. Skies were cloudy in the north and central regions with temperatures in the 60s in the north and 55 to 60 in the south. Light rain continues tonight and Wednesday with lows in the high 40s to 50s. Early readings ranged from 32 at Moline to 48 at Cairo.
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Illinois
Associated Press
Great Plains
Minois
Moline
Cairo
Cars Collide At 6th Street On Jordan
An accident on Jordan Street at 6th involved cars driven by Danny M. Taylor 17 and Bill D. Inman 40. Inman was charged with failure to yield right of way.
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Jordan Street
6Th Street
Danny M. Taylor
Paula
Bill D. Inman
Inman
Collision Kills Two in Missouri and Texas Residents
A head on collision on U S 67 killed two people Monday. John S Lights 42 of Florissant Mo and Walter A Thompson 20 of San Antonio Texas were the sole occupants of the cars and were killed instantly police said.
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Greenfield
U.S
John S. Lights
Florissant
Walter A. Thompson
San Antonio
Tex
Cook-In For McCarthy At New York Discotheque
Several hundred McCarthy supporters gathered at a New York discotheque for a Cook-in event to raise funds. Actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward attended, with $50 per couple charged, while waiters in black outfits helped manage the overflow crowd.
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NEW York
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Paul Newman
McCarthy
Arthur
Pueblo Apology or Executions Threat Report
AP reports a Pueblo crew member warned 82 sailors face execution if the U.S. does not apologize for espionage. A letter said to be by Lt. Stephen R. Harris claims death is the penalty and demands U.S. confession, assurance, and apology for North Korea waters incidents.
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Tokyo
Pueblo
United States
Korean Central News Agency
Stephen R. Harris
North Korea
Harris
Melrose
Mass
Gold Price Down in Europe as Buying Declines
In London the morning fixing showed gold at 37.70 dollars per ounce, down ten cents from Monday. Paris quoted 337.66, down from 38.08, the lowest since the free market opened March 15. Frankfurt and Zurich eased while Hong Kong also fell. Speculators moved to cash as last month’s panic pressured the market.
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Europe
Paris
Frankfurt
Zurich
Hong Kong
Powell Admitted To Duke Hospital For Exhaustion
Adam Clayton Powell, 60, former Harlem congressman, was admitted to Duke Hospital in Durham after planning a second Duke University campus speech. Doctors reported symptoms due to exhaustion and Powell would stay overnight under observation in the cardiac care unit.
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Durham
N.C
Adam Clayton Powell
Duke Hospital
Duke University
Harlem
Henry McIntosh
Powell
Five Illinois War Deaths Named in Vietnam Actions
The Defense Department released a list of five Illinois soldiers killed in action in Vietnam. Cpl. Hans W. Brummer of Oswego. Spec. 4 Lawrence W. O’Meara of Chicago. Pfc. Robert L. Butler of Peoria. Pfc. William E. Carroll of Lockport. Pfc. Maurice Moore of Chicago. The Pentagon said Pfc. Ralph Sibley of Chicago was changed from missing to killed in action. Also listed as nonhostile action head was Spec. 4 Joseph F. Schlick of Wheaton.
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Washington
Defense Department
Winois
Vietnam
Hans W. Brummer
Patricia A. Brunner
Marina Village
Oswero
Spec
Lawrence W. O’meara
Wiliam J. O’meara
Sit South Wood St
Chicago
Robert L. Butler
William E. Butler
Joseph F. Schlick
Judy C. Schlick
East Illinois
Wheaton
Russian Nobel laureate Landau dies at 60
Lev D. Landau, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for 1962, died at 60 in Moscow. He suffered a severe brain injury in a 1962 car crash near Dubno and spent years in hospital before resuming limited work. A leading Soviet physicist, he studied liquid helium and superconductivity and collaborated with Bohr and Teller in the 1930s.
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Lev D. Landau
Landau
Dubno
Canada
Fritz London
Baku
Caspian Sea
University of Leningrad
Niels Bohr
Copenhagen
Edward Teller
Y.M. Lifschitz
United States
Exodus of Europe GIs Increase Move of 49th Wing
Frankfurt to Pope Air Force Base North Carolina. The 49th Tactical Fighter Wing will move from Spandahlme Air Base to Hollo man before July 1 and finish by August 31 with F4 Phantoms flown July 16 to 18. Other units start mid July. Withdrawal follows West Germany’s refusal to cover full foreign exchange offset costs for about 225,000 soldiers and 60,000 airmen.
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Pope Air Force Base
N.C
49Th Tactical Fighter Wing
Spandahlme Air Base
Holloman
West Germany
United States
Germany
Czech justice official found dead after disappearance
Dr Jozef Brestansky, top investigator of Stalinist crimes in Czechoslovakia, was found hanged five days after vanishing on his way from the Supreme Court to the Justice Ministry. Police say suicide is likely, while colleagues and a Prague newspaper question whether he was killed.
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TVNEC
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Jozef Brestansky
Supreme Court
Czech
Brestansky
Justice Ministry
Vladimir Janko
Josef Hambalek
Bratislava
Svobodne Slovo
Dr. Brestansky
Suburb Votes Open Housing in Birmingham Michigan
Birmingham Michigan residents approved an open housing ordinance by a slim margin of 386 votes after weeks of campaigning aided by Gov. George Romney. The city, population 27,000, had a turnout of over half of its 13,000 registered voters in the April vote. Only one Negro family is known in Birmingham.
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Birmingham, Mich
Detroit
George Romney
Bloomfield Hills
Birmingham
Michigan
U. S
Flint
Wisconsin in Politics Spotlight
In a televised election eve speech McCarthy praised Johnson, saying he would not seek renomination and that his de escalation of the Vietnam War showed peace commitment. The broadcast cost McCarthy’s campaign $72,000 and aimed to erase any political motive behind Johnson’s decision.
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Treasury
McCarthy
Vietnam
United States of America
City Police Chase Car At 115 Mph Speed
Police arrest Gary Moore 17 of RFD 3 on eluding and reckless driving charges after a 1963 blue Chevrolet sped through city streets. The pursuit began at 2 45 a.m. with speeds over 115 mph on 14th Street and Fishers Lane, then Perkins and Welkins, ending at 4 05 a.m. at city hall with three passengers.
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Gary Moore
RFD
Moore
14Th Street
Fishers Lane
Dale Martin
Perkins and Welkins
Dale Farley
Route 460
Log Cabin Road
Martin
City Hall
Four Youths Arrested Here In Church School Theft
Four area youths aged 15 to 17 were arrested by county officers last night in connection with the theft of sound equipment valued at 375 dollars from Bakerville Free Will Baptist church and Dodd's School on Saturday night February 10. They were lodged in the county jail with no formal charges filed this morning.
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Bakerville
Free Will Baptist Church
Dodd’s
Bombing intensifies along Vietnam Laos border
Air Force pilots report destroying seven trucks nine military storage structures and one bridge near Mu Gia Pass while targeting three radar sites north of Vinh as Johnson constrains bombardment. A 7th Fleet destroyer hits the Ho Cua highway bridge near Vinh. Thieu urges a rapid Hanoi response and hints at possible troop withdrawal by year end. In Saigon and Hue rockets hit Tan Son Nhut and other sites wounding nine.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
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Vinh
Dmz
Johnson
U.S
7Th Fleet
Ho Cua
Nguyen van Thieu
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Thieu
United States
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
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Hue
Mekong
Meat for Poor in St Louis to Be Inspected
About 30 600 pounds of processed meat shipped to St Louis poor will be inspected Wednesday by Mayor A J Cervantes. The meat was processed at the Missouri State Prison Farm and is being given away by the National Farmers Organization to raise the price paid to farmers for their meat produce.
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ST. Louis
A.J. Cervantes
Missouri
National Farmers Organization
Hotel Fire Damages Waste Basket At Emmerson Hotel
City firemen answered a 12 42 p m call at the Emmerson Hotel 819 Main St to a fire caused by a dropped cigarette in a waste basket room 310. Minor damage reported no further damage. An ambulance responded to 625 Samar Ave at 4 10 p m and the patient was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital with oxygen.
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Main Street
Samar Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Litton Ambulance
Woodlawn Bond Vote Set At Woodlawn Grade School
A $226,000 bond vote is planned for Wooddla wn with tentative additions. Funds from general obligation bonds would finance new additions and equipment. Voting will occur at the Woodlawn grade school building from noon to 7:00 p.m.
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Woodlawn
Bonnie to Elect Officers First Vote in 54 Years
Bonnie will hold its first election for village officers since 1914 with a president and clerk to be chosen. Special Illinois legislation allowed the circuit court to call a village election. Voting runs 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at a garage near the Alfred Knowles home, with Chalon Drennan as clerk and Grace Knowles, Buddy Allan, James Rightnowar as judges. The village has about 215 residents near Rend Lake and Highway 37.
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Ike Hicks
J. P. Hughey
Orval Wallace
Alva McCormack
George Marlow
John H. Williams
Bonnie
Thellinois
Circuit Court
Alfred Knowles
Williams
Chalon Drennan
Grace Knowles
Buddy Allan
James Rightnowar
U. S
Rend Lake
Mayors Stokes and Hatcher to be honored in Philadelphia
Cleveland mayor Carl B. Stokes and Gary mayor Richard G. Hatcher, first Black mayors of large U.S. cities, will receive the Philadelphia Fellowship Commission’s National Fellowship Award on April 3 for outstanding contributions to human rights.
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Philadelphia
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Richard G. Hatcher
Gary
Ind
Philadelphia Fellowship Commission
Fines levied in circuit court yesterday
Everett T. McKinney of 1004 South 19th Street paid $10 for faulty equipment. Ronald W. Gibbs of 829 South 19th Street was fined $25 for reckless driving. Kenneth Boldrey of 413 South 7th Street incurred $25 for no driver's license and $10 for driving the wrong way on a one way street. Ronald Wayne Hoelting of Warner Robins, Georgia owes $10 for speeding. Michael E. Stewart of Dale paid $10 for improper lane usage.
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Everett T. McKinney
South 19Th Street
Ronald W. Gibbs
Kenneth Boldrey
South 7Th Street
Ronald Wayne Hoelting
Warner Robins
Michael E. Stewart
Dale
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