Ban on Public Meetings Sparks Yugoslavia Riot Clash
Belgrade reports say Yugoslav communist authorities banned public demonstrations, meetings, and parades after two days of student clashes with police. Interior Ministry cited unrest and 38 injuries with over 120000 dollars in property damage. It blamed some actors for placing explosives and said the ban aimed to protect public order. Students demanded abolition of social privileges, unemployment relief through job policy changes, and related reforms.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ministry of the Interior
Uni
California Showdown Today For Gene And Bob
AP reports a dawn to dusk artillery exchange along the Jordan River on eve of the Arab-Israeli war anniversary. Israeli air and ground forces bombarded Arab positions, with casualties and fires seen near border villages. Jordanian fire and Israeli claims of mortars, tanks, and machine guns marked a third major Israeli raid this year, as fighters struck across the Jordan Valley and river settlements.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan Valley
Supreme Court bans venire exclusion in death penalty cases
In a 5 to 4 ruling the U S Supreme Court held that juries in capital cases cannot be screened for religious or conscientious scruples against the death penalty. The decision affects 25 Illinois death penalty cases including Richard F Speck and sends the Witherspoon murder case back to the Illinois Supreme Court for possible resentencing other than death.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Richard F. Speck
Supreme Court
William C. Witherspoon
High Court
Illinois Reme Court
Train Kills 3 On Chester Bridge
A Missouri Pacific train struck and killed two men and a boy on a bridge south of Chester. Two others jumped to safety. Victims were Robert Schopfer 38 Las Vegas Nev and Robert Saxenmeyer 38 and his son Craig 9 also of Las Vegas. Saxenmeyer worked for the Atomic Energy Commission. Joe Schopfer 13 and Jerry Bauer 14 from Las Vegas were hunting from the bridge. Joe survived unhurt and Jerry had minor injuries.
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Missouri Pacific
Randolph County
Robert Schopfer
Las Vegas
Nev
Robert Saxenmeyer
Craig
Saxenmeyer
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
Schopfer
Joe
Jerry Bauer
Bauer
Mt Vernon Council Adds Firefighter and Annexes North Broadway
In a brief meeting Mt. Vernon city council voted to add one firefighter raising the department to 15 full time and 28 auxiliary members. The council also annexed a north Broadway area from 27th to 31st streets and pledged to address unsanitary conditions in a southeast ditch and rat elimination. Mayor Joe Martin and council members voted yes to the fire department expansion.
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Mt. Vernon
Broadway
27Th Street
31St Street
Joe Martin
Abby Hurricane Aims Cuban Storm Toward Cape Kennedy
Hurricane Abby plowed across western Cuba and struck Punta Gorda Florida on a path toward Cape Kennedy. Five people were missing and a child died as floods rose, with warnings issued from Marco Beach to Tarpon Springs and a $28 million Saturn I rocket secured in its launch pad tower awaiting the storm’s track.
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Fla
Abby
Florida
Moonport
Cape Kennedy
Tampa
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Mioonport
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space
America
Marco Beach
Tarpon Springs
Daytona Beach
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
West Broadway to Rise 18-Unit Apartment Building
Mt Vernon Executive Services plans an 18 unit apartment building at 2020 Broadway on West Broadway. Ground breaking is set for tomorrow with permits expected today. The complex will include six two-bedroom six one-bedroom and six studios with balconies. Completion aimed for September 1. Other planned additions include two business office structures east of Prudential Insurance and Johnson the Florist.
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West Broadway
Mt. Vernon
Mt. Vernon Executive Services
Broadway
Prudential Insurance Co
K. E. Greene
al Swartz
Henry Reichert
Carl Lincoln Schweinfurth
Greene
Johrson the Florist
Mt Vernon Officials Plan Civic Center Meeting
Mt Vernon city council and a citizens committee will meet next Monday evening at Hunt's Lounge to discuss plans for a new civic center to replace the old post office building that had served as a community center until its sale. The dinner meeting begins at 6 30 p m.
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Mt. Vernon
Hunt's
Ing
West Broadway annexation and city ditch cleanup move forward
Kenneth Martin Russell Laur and Coy Viota are named in actions. The council voted unanimously to annex west Broadway from 27th to 31st street and two lots at 29th Street. A group agreed to cooperate on cleaning an open ditch at Bell and Tenth to curb sewer overflows and rat infestation, with City Engineer Setzekorn and City Manager Chester Lewis to survey the site. Lewis noted the Bell street channel is being cleaned and county aid may continue. rats are tied to the Fair grounds, and the city will seek help to eliminate them en route to sewer improvements and a west sewers project may seek bids.
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Russell Laur
Coy Viota
Woodrow Burnette
West Broadway
27Th
31St Street
Broadway
29Th Street
Bell and
Tenth
Kenneth Setzekorn
Chester Lewis
Bell Street
Tenth Street
Ninth Street
Lewis
Fairgrounds
Ilth Street
Newby
C. & E. Railroad
Johnson urges Soviet help in Vietnam peace talks
In Glassboro NJ, President Johnson repeats a push for closer US Soviet cooperation to ease the Vietnam conflict. He says the road to peace will be slow yet smoother if Moscow sides with Washington, cites initial Paris talks as proving Hanoi evasive. He envisions joint efforts from ocean floors to rain forests and asks graduates to help weave a fabric of peace.
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N.J
Johnson
Alexi N. Kosygin
Vietnam
United States
Russia
Glassboro State College
Paris
Hanoi
Soviet Union
Kosygin
Hollybush
Summersville Petitions Out On Annexation
Summersville seeks annexation to Mt Vernon with petitions circulating for a restricted area east of town. City Manager Chester Lewis offered no opinion on annexation likelihood and noted that if the area joins the city the water system would need extension to serve it.
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Chester Lewis
Mt. Vernon
Summersville
Lewis
Court House Roof Needs Immediate Repairs
Jefferson County officials study financing for urgent court house roof replacement and long term restoration. Architects estimate 417 422 to fully restore over five years, or 1 635 400 to construct a new building. Immediate bids will target the roof, flashing, and drainage as committees weigh bond or other funding options.
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Jefferson’ County Court -House
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Wilson, Hodge and Groh
County Finance Committee
Ernie Driggers
Mt. Vernon Township
County Building Committee
Lenty Chambliss
Webber Township
County Survey and Improvement Committee
Paul Dickerson
Dickerson
Jefferson County
Viet Cong Shell Saigon Again Amid Fighting In Capital
Viet Cong gunners shelled Saigon for the second night, firing about 20 mortar rounds in the southern district near Cho Quan power station and the 4th Precinct. The attack followed a prior barrage of rockets, with government forces launching a major counteroffensive in Gia Dinh and Cholon as U.S. and South Vietnamese units push to repel the Viet Cong. A major general was appointed to direct defense as intelligence notes possible Viet Cong cells infiltrating in civilian clothes.
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U.S
Cho-Quan
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
Gia Dinh
Cholon
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
U.S. 9Th Infantry Division
Nguyen van Minh
Com
Man Struck By Car in Belleville Tragedy
Michael Fellner aged 23 of Belleville was struck and killed on Monday night on Illinois 153 south of Belleville. Police said Fellner stepped into the path of the vehicle. the driver was not charged.
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Belleville, WI
Michael Fellner
Belleville
Mclinois 153
Fellner
Hanoi Says U S Is Losing Vietnam War
Paris AP Gen Vo Nguyen Giap Hanoi's defense minister declares the United States is losing the Vietnam War in an interview carried by L Humanite. Analysts see the Paris release as deliberate linked to peace talks.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
von Nguyen Giap
Hanoi
L’humanite
U.S
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