North Viet Infiltration Rate Down In South Vietnam
North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam appears to ease but still totals an estimated 20,000 men for August, with prior months showing 30,000 in May and July and 20,000 in June. U.S. and Saigon sources cite possible causes including unit limits, air strikes, and monsoon floods.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Defense Department
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
North
Dmz
Secretary seeks 50 percent Social Security boost
Wilbur J. Cohen, head of HEW, urged a 50 percent increase in Social Security benefits. He proposed a new minimum payment of 100 dollars per month, arguing the current 335 minimum is inadequate and leaves about eight million beneficiaries in poverty. He spoke to the Golden Ring Council of Senior Citizens on Tuesday in New York.
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New York
Wilbur J. Cohen
Health, Education and Welfare
Cohen
Golden Ring Council
Mt Vernon board considers West Salem school bids
Mt Vernon grade schools board of education will review bids tonight for the new West Salem school construction in three categories. General contract Haege Construction Co of Nashville Ill.. mechanical contract H H Plumbing Co of Mt Vernon. food service equipment Mars Sales and Equipment Co of Centralia. Bids opened last week were within the architects estimates. In other notes, farmer Leroy Rendleman reports pumpkin harvests rising as fields near Gorham to Wolf Lake yield high tonnages for Libbys contracted canning.
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Mt. Vernon
Wally Morgan
Leroy Rendleman
Morgan
Gorham
Wolf Lake
Rendleman
Southern
Illinois
Libbys
Southern Illinois
Morton, Il
Jackson Union County
Benton Pilot and Two Others Injured in Paducah Plane Crash
A light plane crash at Barkley Airfield near Paducah injures three men from Illinois and Missouri. Pilot David Barton 23 from Benton and co-pilot Terry Coan 27 of Wildwood Lake County, plus Hugh Robertson of St. Louis, were hospitalized at Lourdes. The Sun Airlines charter plane, taking off from Paducah for Louisville, had an unclear cause.
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Paducah, Ky
Illinois
Missouri
Barkley Airfield
Paducah
David Barton
Benton
Terry Coan
Wildwood
Lake County
Hugh Robertson
St. Louis
Lourdes Hospital
Sun Airlines
Robertson
Louisville
Spain's first heart transplant succeeds in Madrid clinic
A nine surgeon team led by Cristobal Martinez Bordiu performed Spain's first heart transplant at La Paz Clinic. The recipient, 44 year old plumber Juan Rodriguez Grillo, survived the 534 hour operation and remained in good condition.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Cristobal Martinez Bordiu
Spain
la Paz Clinic
Juan Rodriguez Grillo
Osteopath Sheppard Sued In $1 Million Wrongful Deaths
In Youngstown Ohio Dr Samuel H Sheppard and the Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital face two wrongful death lawsuits totaling over 1 million dollars. Martin L Duffy fire chief of Liberty Township sues for 685900 claiming negligent post operative care for Mary Duffy who died 16 hours after surgery. Marcia Lopez sues for 530000 asserting her husband Samuel died after Sheppard spinal operation. Sheppard previously spent nearly ten years in prison for a bludgeon death in 1954. a federal court ruled his first trial unfair and he was acquitted in a second trial.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
Martin L. Duffy
Mahoning County
Samuel
Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Thas
Marilyn
Cleveland
Hungry Thieves Hit Homes In Opdyke Texico
Mt Vernon area reports show a run of thefts Tuesday night involving hens, pork, and beef. Mrs. Joe Lamp of Opdyke says 15 white hens were stolen from her hen house and driven away in a getaway car. Clyde Beckham of Texico reports 50 pounds of pork and about 160 pounds of beef stolen in the last 30 days valued at 150 dollars. A bridge flooring theft was also reported Tuesday from a bridge two miles west of the Twin Stores on Waltonville road.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Bill Hill
Hill
Joe Lamp
Opdyke
Clyde Beckham
Texcio
Sheriff's Office
Nick Kniffen
South 15Th
Waltonville Road
Open 10 Miles of Superhighway in Illinois
Springfield Illinois the 10 mile I 70 segment from Greenville to Pocahontas opens Friday adding 111 miles of pavement from East St. Louis to east of Effingham at a cost of 11.8 million bringing Illinois total open Interstate miles to 1 005 including 150 on the toll system. Public works director Norbert Johnson said 38 miles remain under construction or in final engineering status.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Greenville
Pocahontas
Norbert Johnson
Ilinois Public Works
East St. Louis
Effingham
Illinois
Johnson
Salem to host U.S. weather station at Salem-Lekrone Airport
The Environmental Science Services Administration will build a high altitude balloon and radar tracking weather station at Salem-Lekrone Airport to aid national forecasts. Construction announced Tuesday, with operations expected by July 1 next year. Illinois’s only other similar site is in Peoria.
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Salem, Tl
Salem-Lekrone
Environmental Science Services Administration
Illinois
Peoria
Nixon May Debate Humphrey Without Wallace
The Associated Press reports that Republican candidate Richard Nixon signaled willingness to debate Democratic opponent Hubert Humphrey but would not participate if third party candidate George C. Wallace joined. Nixon asked Humphrey to denounce what he called a smear.
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Richard Ae Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Humphrey
Humphrey Schedule Maps Springfield Visit Timetable
AP reports Hubert Humphrey's Springfield trip with events on Thursday night and Friday. Arrival at Capital Airport at 11:15 p.m. Thursday followed by an overnight at the Governor's Mansion. Friday includes a farm visit, a speech on Lincoln's home steps at 12:30 p.m., and departure at 2:15 p.m. for Louisville Kentucky.
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Springfield
Hubert Humphrey
Capital Airport
Governor's Mansion
Abraham Lincoln
Louisville
Nixon and Humphrey clash over election and war policy
In a developing dispute, Humphrey accuses Wallace backers and Southern Democrats of trying to throw the presidential race into the House. He criticizes Nixon for pressuring on the nuclear test ban treaty and calls him more hawkish than the Johnson administration on Vietnam.
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Wallace
House of Representatives
Humphrey
Nixon
Encephalitis Reported in Eldorado Illinois Case Update
One confirmed case and seven suspected St Louis encephalitis cases have appeared in Eldorado residents with one fatality in nearby Raleigh. A 74 year old woman died September 10. Lab tests from University of Illinois and Illinois Department of Laboratories show definite infection in one case and evidence in three others. Four more suspected cases are under lab review. Mosquito transmission, not human to human, is noted.
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Eldorado, Ill
St. Louis
Egyptian Health Department
Eldorado
Raleigh
Allen Kelley
Kelley
University of Illinois
State Division
Chicago
Hve
Rend Lake College to Sell $3.1 Million Bonds for Campus
Rend Lake College board in Mt. Vernon unanimously approved selling $3.1 million in tax bonds to Harris Trust and Savings Banks of Chicago and associates. Bonds mature in 12 years at 4.2024 percent net interest, with net interest cost about $1.032 million. Funds will back first phase building on the 350 acre campus south of Rend Lake, with early November bids and November 12 contract awards targeted under the Illinois Building Authority.
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Rend Lake College
Cate
Inn
Mt. Vernon
Harris Trust and Savings Banks of
Chicago
Rend Lake Board
Bend
College Board
Tlingis Building Authority
Springfield
Jefferson
Rend Lake
Stile Park
Rend Lake College enrolls 826 students this year
Registrar James Yates reported to the board that Rend Lake College has 826 enrolled students for the year, consisting of 796 regular students and 30 in practical nursing. This exceeds last year by 61 but misses the projection of 935 due to new attendance shifted to John A. Logan Junior College.
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James Yates
Rend Lake College
John A. Logan
West Frankfort
Hippie Colony Angel Loses Wealth Amid Court Fee Fight
NOVATO Calif AP The financial backer of a 45 member hippie colony faces a court impounding of his remaining fortune estimated around 200000 dollars on a 690 acre estate leased for 1000 dollars monthly McCoy 27 said God will provide and the colony will endure despite the suit brought by Arthur E Lang Mill Valley his former father in law representing others in the group
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Novato
Calif
Donald B. McCoy
McCoy
Jesus Christ
Arthur E. Lang
Mill Valley
Stevenson diferenças widen with Daley on Illinois politics
Adlai Stevenson the state treasurer sharpened rifts with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley over Democratic discipline and dissent during the convention week. He blamed party rigidity for violence and said parade permits were not issued in time to avert confrontations, calling for support for the Democratic ticket while criticizing Republicans as irrelevant.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Daley
Stevenson
Johnson
Vietnam
Democratic Party
Tate
Michigan Avenue
Strenson
Miami
America
Rabid Skunk Killed In Farrington Township
Jefferson county officials report a rabid skunk killed in Farrington Township. Dr. Farrell Puckett notes this is the second such incident this year in the township. The animal attacked a dog and four puppies at W. T. Paul’s Route 1 Bluford home. Puppies destroyed. older dog quarantined. skunk sent to Centralia lab. Residents urged calm and caution.
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Farrington
Jefferson County
Farrell Puckett
W. T. Paul
Route 1
Bluford
Harmony Store
Puckett
Farrington Township
Franchot Tone Dies in New York Home
Actor Franchot Tone, veteran Broadway and film star, died at his Manhattan East Side apartment Wednesday. The 31 line truncated article notes his long career and status in Hollywood and stage circles.
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Franchot Tone
New York
Manhattan East Side
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