Fuller trial set Oct 1
Thomas Charles Fuller 18 of Mattoon was ruled competent to stand trial for murdering five children at their farm home. Judge Harry I. Hannah set October 14 for the trial after psychiatrists reports found him competent. Attending were Fuller's mother and the Cox family, with one daughter sobbing as she left. The Cox children died in the April 27 shootings near Mattoon.
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Charleston
Thomas Charles Fuller
Mattoon
Harry I. Hannah
Fuller
Lucy
William Cox
Louise
Cox
Steel import curbs urged by Granite City firm
Granite City Steel Co. told President Johnston that to curb steel prices the volume of imported shipments must be reduced. The telegram argues price moderation requires substantial additional tonnage through Hartke bill import levels or long term contracts with the company.
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Granite City
Granite City Steel Co
Johnston
Johnson
Hartke
Stee
Granite
Junior college appeal filed in Illinois Supreme Court
Warren County landowners ask the Illinois Supreme Court to reverse a Circuit Court July 9 ruling denying a suit to separate from the Carl Sandburg Junior College District. Judge Keith Scott said the taxpayers failed to show authority for the district. The high court previously upheld the Junior College Act’s constitutionality in a Kankakee County case. Darrell Beasley, 17, speeding. Edward Norris, 31, speeding. Harry Crain, 39, speeding.
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Monmouth
Warren County
Carl Sandburg
Illinois Supreme Court
High Court
Keith Scott
Junior College Board
Scott
Kankakee
Herrin
Darrell G. Beasley
Cambria
Edward Norris
Harry Crain
Danville Praises Wilhelmy Police Consulting Work
Danville Mayor Al Gardner lauds Richard Wilhelmy for police consulting work in Danville. He says the service impressed both police and citizens and could be used annually to boost police effectiveness, record keeping, rescheduling, patrol activity, and overall professional development without extra staff.
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Carbondale
Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Danville
The
Illinois Municipal Review
al Gardner
Outdoor Education Workshops For Williamson Jackson Teachers
Elementary teachers in Williamson and Jackson Counties may attend two Outdoor Education Workshops this month under Title III. The first is Aug 12 to 16 at Washington School Marion, the second Aug 19 to 23 at Murphysboro Junior High. Participants receive 75 dollars for the week and in service credit may be granted. Sessions run 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in language arts science and arts and crafts. Registration via project office Marion 9971363.
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Williamson
Jackson Counties
Washington
Marion
Murphysboro
Steck Heads UF Committee in Union County Drive
Dr. R. C. Steck of Anna State Hospital is named chairman of the Union County United Fund budget committee. Ben Edwards of Anna serves as ex-officio. Other members are R. L. Rich Charles Glover Delano Mowery and James West. Union County drive to begin in October.
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R. C. Steck
Anna State Hospital
Union County United Fund
Ben Edwards
Anna
R. L. Rich
Charles Glover
Delano Mowery
James West
Union County
Pentagon Orders 13 800 Men Drafted In October
The Pentagon sets an October draft call of 13 800, a yearly low. All draftees join the army, with Illinois allocated 697 and September at 615, year-ago October 858. The dip follows fewer men rotating out of service.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Illinois Selective Service
John Hammack
Illinois
Dubcek Sees Free Course for Czechs in Bratislava
Prague reports a truce in the Soviet bloc as Czechoslovakia’s liberal leaders and Soviet press calm nerves after Bratislava talks. Dubcek pledges to stay on the reform path, saying there is no alternative for his republic and that the joint declaration offers a hands off stance.
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Soviet Bloc
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Prague
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Poland
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Slovakia
Republic
Hungary
Bulgaria
Illinois Guardsmen stage civil disturbance drill at Dove USA
A 16 hour exercise by the Illinois National Guard 66th Brigade simulates a full scale riot in a mock city Dove U S A. 252 artillery and infantry from Rock Island Macomb Monmouth Galesburg Rock Falls Dixon Rockford Freeport Ottawa Sycamore participate.
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Camp Ripley
Minn
Illinois National Guard
Dove
U.S.A
66Th Brigade
Rock Island
Macomb
Monmouth
Galesburg
Rock Falls
Dixon
Rockford
Freeport
Ottawa
Sycamore
National Guardsmen
James W. Pick
Yippies Plan Nude-In and Protests at Chicago Convention
Yippies expect 100000 participants to converge on Chicago for a five day holiday during the Democratic National Convention to stage a nude-in a Loop hotel protests and a Lincoln Park ride-in honoring LBJ birthday. An organizer named Frank Abbott outlined a cash bonfire and a $5000 leash fueled fire as part of the demonstrations.
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Chicago
Frank Abbott
International Amphitheatre
America
Abbott
Yippies
Lincoln Park
LBJ
Pope Clarifies Contraception Ban While Catholic Debate Persists
Pope Paul VI said the encyclical On Human Life bans artificial birth control but allows reasonable limits on family size and endorses research and therapy. He spoke to pilgrims near Rome as opposition among Catholics grows, noting the document is binding though not declared infallible. In the U.S. Catholic reaction ranges from support to outright opposition.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
Rome
Washington
Catholic University of American
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