Sit-in at Chicago U pushes for shared power in faculty hiring
Chicago U high sit-in draws up to 225 students protesting nonreappointment of sociology assistant professor. They demand equal faculty control in hiring and firing. guards allowed the occupation with no immediate police action. President Levy’s office reportedly faced intrusion rumors as officials urged disciplinary hearings. Meanwhile Baghdad radio reports American engineer Paul Bail arrested in Iraq on spying charges with possible release soon. Brezhnev message to Nasser discussed Middle East crisis as Al Ahram warns Nixon against Johnson policies.
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University of Chicago
University
Edward Levy
Associated Press
Baghdad Radio
Paul Bail
Iraq
Bail
Washington
Abdullah Samarrai
Samarrai
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Cairo
al Ahram
Gamal
U.S. National Security Council
Middle East
Nixon
Johnson
Muhammed Hassanein Heikal
Nasser
Evansville St Louis commuter air service begins Monday
Mt. Vernon will host twice daily flights between Evansville Indiana and St. Louis Missouri starting Monday February 3. Crescent City Aviation president Carl Swanson announced morning and evening schedules with arrivals at 7 30 am and 4 30 pm in Mt Vernon and return flights at 9 19 am and 6 19 pm. Both routes extend to Owensboro Kentucky and Nashville Tennessee.
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Evansville
Ind
St. Louis
Carl Swanson
Crescent City
Aviation
Dress Memorial‘ Airport
Swanson
Mt.Vernon
Owensboro
Nashville, Tenn
Swansons Aid
Trains collide in snowstorm near Seoul. 31 dead
Seoul AP report says a northern line collision of two passenger trains in a snowstorm killed 31 people and injured 77. Railway officials said the crash occurred about 60 miles south of Seoul with emergency crews racing to reach the scene.
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Seoul
Oil Leak Off California Coast Endangers Beaches
California officials report a seabed oil well leak near Santa Barbara releasing about 21 000 gallons daily and spreading a 200 square mile slick. Air drops and underwater efforts to seal the leak underway as government and Union Oil respond. marine life and air safety fears grow amid dispersant use and offshore drilling regulations being considered.
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Santa’ Barbara
Calif
Pacific Ocean
Washington, D.C
Walter J. Hickel
Ronald Reagan
Hickel
Union Oil Co
California
Marine Bio
Coast Guard
Divided Authority at Pueblo Inquiry Probed
Testimony focuses on Cmdr Lloyd Bucher’s control of intelligence work aboard USS Pueblo. Lt Stephen Harris, key witness, faces closed testimony about mission details amid a court of inquiry into the ship’s capture by North Korea. The panel weighs how authority split between Bucher and Harris influenced operations and material handling.
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Coronado
Calif
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
Pueblo
Stephen R. Harris
Navy
Bucher
Court of Five
Harris
Mt V Water Trouble Ends Basements Pumped Out
Mt Vernon city crews, facing the worst flood in ten years, pumped out 95 flooded basements using two large pumps at 19th and Perkins and one at Tenth and Bell. Harry Shehorn credited co operation among sewer water and street departments as crews worked 8 a.m. Wednesday to midnight, with six calls this morning signaling relief.
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Mt. Vernon City
Harry Shehorn
Sewer Department
Shehorn
19Th
Perkins
Tenth
Bell
Nixon orders study to end draft with special commission
President Nixon instructed Defense Secretary Melvin Laird to form a commission to develop a detailed plan to end the draft. The White House announcement, aimed at fulfilling campaign pledges, coincides with a planned Congress address and other steps to advance the goal.
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Washington
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
White House
Congress
Nixon Visits Riot Area In Slums
President Nixon toured a riot-wrecked section of Washingtons Negro slums guiding rebuilding plans and pledging action. He surveyed the 7th Street business district damaged in last springs riots after Kings assassination as a wrecking crane began demolishing Waxie Maxies Discount Record Department Store.
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Nixon
7Th St
Martin Luther King Jr
Maxie
New Pastor Named for Dahlgren and McLeansboro Parishes
Father Foley leaves as pastor of St. John's Dahlgren and St. Clement's McLeansboro after 1962 service. He will be succeeded by Father Joe Trapp from Enfield. Farewell receptions are planned in Dahlgren on Monday after the 7 pm Mass and in McLeansboro Tuesday evening.
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Tim Foley
Holy Rosary
Fairmont City
Dahlgren
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St. Clement’s
Foley
Joe Trapp
St. Patrick’s Church
Enfield
Father Foley
No Restriction Beyond Mile And A Half
Officials report Mt. Vernon plans to remove limits on village water sales to rural residents beyond a mile and a half from the city. City Manager Setzekorn proposes allowing re sale by Dix Woodlawn and Bluford, with the rest of the policy to follow after council action.
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City Hall
Kenneth Setzekorn
Bill Howard
Chester Lewis
State Health Office
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Woodlawn
Bluford
Setzekorn
Two Men Sentenced for Burglary at Belle Rive
Gary Gene McGill and Robert Leon Wheeler, both of Eldorado, were sentenced to 2 to 3 years in Menard Penitentiary by Judge Alvin Lacy Williams in Jefferson County Circuit Court. They pleaded guilty to burglary at Richardson Grocery in Belle Rive on Dec 9, with 133 cartons of cigarettes, 10 boxes of shotgun shells, 20 boxes of cigars, two cases of bacon, three rolls of lunch meat, 12 leather gloves, and $75 in change taken. Charges for burglaries at Foster Equipment and Green's General Store in Dix were dismissed.
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Gary Gene McGill
Robert Leon Wheeler
Eldorado
Menard
Alvin Lacy Williams
Jefferson County
Richardson
Belle Rive
Foster Equipment Co
Green’s
Dix
Murder Suicide Ends West Frankfort Couple’s Life
A West Frankfort couple, Clifford Mick aged 74 and Minnie Mick, died Thursday afternoon in an apparent murder suicide. Officials report Mick shot his wife in the head with a .32 caliber pistol before killing himself in the yard outside their home at about 2 36 pm. The couple had been in ill health and despondent in recent days. Mick was a former police officer who had recently undergone surgery.
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West Frankfort
Clifford
Minnie Mick
Mick
Massive North Vietnamese base uncovered near Saigon
American air cavalrymen report a four square mile base northwest of Saigon with hundreds of bunkers an underground hospital and a large supply center. Officials say it suggests preparation for a winter spring offensive potentially housing 750 to 1,000 bunkers and 5,000 or more troops.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. 1St Air Cavealry Division
Frank Henry
Franklin
N.C
Rick Merron
Henry
Merron
Henry A. Colavita
Arlington
Colavita
Limousines and 26 Secret Service guard Johnson trips
Chicago AP reports former president Johnson travels with 26 Secret Service agents two limousines and a pickup wagon. Rep. Charlotte Reid says government leases 15 additional vehicles for guards, mostly ranch wagons and pickups. Mrs Reid notes Johnson daughters receive no protection beyond age 16. Eisenhowers have 13 agents and five cars. smaller due to travel.
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Chicago Tribune
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R-Ul
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House
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Luci Nugent
Lynda Robb
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Mamie
Eisenhower
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