Wreck South Of Carbondale IC Train Slams Off Tracks
A southbound City of Miami train derailed on a curve near Makanda eight miles south of Carbondale after leaving Chicago. Three coaches, a dining car, lounge car and observation car left the rails as the train traveled about 45 mph. Six cars remained upright but sustained damaged equipment. Sixty-plus passengers were aided at local hospitals, with 32 injured, none seriously, including two dining car workers. Firefighters and state police directed traffic while investigators probed heat buckling as the likely cause.
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Bert Lunan
Southern Illinoisan
City of Miami
Illinois
Central
Makanda
Carbondale
Holden
Cannondale
Doctors’ Hospital
Mary McLean
W. Jim St
New York’ City
N. Y
Barbara Duff
Lydia Lane
Granite City
Holden Hospital
Jean Wilson
W. Goth St
Miami
Pla
Jean Cette Marquardt
Oak St
St. Petersburg
Fla
Leo Anderson
Mari- Twn St
Gary
Ind
Cecila Halsey
Harrison St
Des
7Th St
Chicago
Walden Hospital
Kirkwood
St. Louis
Harry HR. Koonce
IC Division
Koonce
Fulton
Koonee
Ernest J. Janey
Centralia
W. L. Moore
Johnson vows firm reply to aggression in air strikes
President Johnson declared peace requires a firm response to aggression as U S air strikes hit North Vietnamese forces. He told Red China to keep hands off and warned against widening the war. At Syracuse University he spoke at the dedication of a new journalism building funded by Samuel J Newhouse, and stressed the U S aims of peace while noting UN scrutiny of the Gulf of Tonkin incidents.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Johnson
U.S
Red China
United States of America
Journalism Building
Syracuse University
Samuel J. Newhouse
Washington
Gull Pee Tonkin
United Nations
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
U N Security Council Urgent Meet On Southeast Asia Crisis
The U N Security Council was summoned to an urgent session in New York over the Southeast Asia crisis triggered by torpedo attacks on U S ships and U S bombing of a North Vietnamese base. The Soviet Union delayed the meeting to 2 p.m. amid a lack of Moscow instructions while Adlai Stevenson prepared a 20 minute council address reporting on U S actions in the Gulf of Tonkin.
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New
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Council
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
French Miners Rescued as Drill Probes Mountain Mine
A giant drill continues to reach five miners buried under 270 feet of earth in a Jura Mountains limestone mine. Nine other miners were brought to the surface Tuesday, the eighth day of their imprisonment, all in relatively good condition.
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Mt. River
Jura
Weather outlook for southern Illinois cool and variable
Weather forecast for southern Illinois calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. Daytime highs near 28 to 94 degrees and overnight lows in the 70s. Full details and map appear on page 5.
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Tlinois
Retaliatory Raidship Installations On Coast
American naval forces carried out a major retaliatory strike against North Vietnam after a pair of torpedo boat attacks. U S aircraft destroyed or damaged 25 PT boats and damaged four bases and an oil depot. Johnson urged restraint while signaling a strong, limited response and McNamara detailed the carrier air campaign and reinforcement moves to Southeast Asia.
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Washington
U.S
Jobson
Syracuse
Pentagon
Robert S. McNamara
Gulf of Tonkin
McNamara
Ticonderoga
Johnson
Reds
United States
Southeast Asia
Ren
Pacific
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations Security Council
Senate
Asia
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Tisotderoga
Constellation
USS
Hhis
Red China
Maddox
Turner Joy
Navy
McNameara
Hongay
Red River
Haiphong
Loe Chao
Phuc Loi
Quang Khe
Vish
First
Atlantic
Western Pacific
First Fleet
Eastern Pacific
Thailand
South China Sea
Bodies of civil rights workers found near Philadelphia
Two of three bodies buried in a newly built earthen dam near Philadelphia Mississippi were identified as missing civil rights workers Andy Goodman and Mickey Schwerner. The third body was identified as James Chaney. FBI confirmed the identifications though full confirmation awaited. Schwerner had been active in a Meridian civil rights project and had driven volunteers to the area after returning from Oxford Ohio.
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Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
Andy Goodman
Mickey Schwerner
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Goodman
Schwerner
Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Greenwood
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Jackson FBI
James’ Chaney
Goodman and
Chaney
Neshoba County
Cecil Price
Meridian
Meridian Star
Olen Spurrage
Bur
Oxford
Ohio
Mississippi
Godman
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Viet Nam
LBJ
Tharans
Cam Boda
South Met
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Kennedy
Champagnole
France
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