Four prisoners escape Williamson County jail by overpowering guard
Four inmates escaped from the Williamson County jail after overpowering jailer J. Ravaltis. The men Roosevelt Baldwin, Zack Morris Jr, George Cunitz II and Leroy Evans fled the jail with nearly $300 and a key to the third floor, while disguises and a filing cabinet were used in the plan. Bloodhounds failed to track due to concrete.
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O. R. Walley
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
Roosevelt Baldwin
Carbondale
Zack Morris Jr
Jonesboro
George Cunitz II
Benton
Leroy Lee Evans
Oakland Calif
Russell Oxford
Joe Ravaltis
Herrin
Oxford
Theodore Brush
Bill Cadle
Cadle
Ravaitis
Vienna
Ravallis
Baldwin
E. Main
Bolden St
Pyramid Courts
Cairo
George Whiteside
Anna
Marion
Eddyville
Paducah
Morris
Inon County
Barry acUnion
Eastman
Herman Burnett
Cunitz
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson
Main Street
N. Goldheimer St
Vandalia
Franklin County
Harri
van Buren
Ark
Evans
Phoenix
Ariz
Noel Ford
Mercury
Arizona
Kansas
Country
Bell rate increase denied by Illinois Commerce Commission
The Illinois Commerce Commission rejected a 20 percent rate hike from Illinois Bell Telephone Co. After a 11 month study the ICC granted a 4 percent rise on selected services, boosting Bell’s intrastate revenue by 44.56 million. The company serves about three million customers in northern Illinois and Indiana. The order also sets monthly usage limits for residential and business lines and approves specific charges.
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Chicago
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
ICC
Bell
Illinois
Indiana
Pucinski projects Senate support for antibusing bill
Washington Star-News reports Rep. Roman Pucinski predicts the antibusing bill will pass the Senate and gain House approval next Thursday. He argues the bill limits court orders on busing without banning it, aligning with Democrats who want the issue settled before the campaign.
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Washington Star-News
Washington
House
Augustus F. Hawkins
Watts
Los Angeles
Senate
Roman C. Pucinski
DTI
Pucinski
Congress
Nixon
House Education and Labor Committee
Senate Rejects antibusing Amendment in Desegregation Fight
Senate votes 49 to 35 to kill Sen James Allen antibusing provision blocking court ordered busing and moves toward House action on a desegregation bill. House Rules clears measure allowing busing only as last resort with strict limits and up to 500 million in aid for inner city schools as alternative.
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Senate
House
James B. Allen
Ala
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Percy
Rules Committee
Allen
Weather Outlook Signals Warm, Humid Weekend
Humid tonight and tomorrow with highs in the lower to middle 90s. Saturday mostly sunny and hot with humidity. Partly cloudy and warm Sunday through Tuesday, with continued high temperatures and elevated humidity.
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Satuday
McGovern Eyes Rising Winds Amid Democratic Push
Democratic presidential hopeful George McGovern remains at odds with party regulars and public polls but asserts rising fortune as he tours Rhode Island and New York. Sen. Abraham Ribicoff calls his Hartford reception warm, while city officials in Providence acknowledge his strong showing among seniors and Italian neighborhoods.
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Providence
R.I
George McGovern
McGovern
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Hartford
Harry Truman
Vincent Vespia
Contempt Hearing Set For Chicago Delegates
Judge Daniel Covelli scheduled a contempt hearing for the 59 Chicago delegates who seated themselves against an injunction at the Democratic National Convention. The hearing is set for September 14, with all 118 delegates required to appear, including Mayor Richard J Daley. Covelli previously ruled that the delegates led by Alderman William S Singer and Rev Jesse Jackson were not elected under Illinois law and could not take seats won in the March 21 primary.
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Chicago
Daniel Covelli
Covelli
Richard J. Daley
William S. Singer
Jesse Jackson
Divnois
Daley
Air fare hike okayed by Civil Aeronautics Board
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a 2.7 percent increase in domestic air fares. The rise is optional, not mandatory.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Antiwar forces suffer defeat in House vote on withdrawal deadline
The House rejected by 228 to 178 an amendment demanding all American forces leave Indochina by Oct 1, boosting the Nixon administration. The vote undermines end the war efforts, while Senate moves to attach similar deadlines to foreign aid and military bills are expected to fail in conference. Prime Minister Tanaka reportedly invited to visit Beijing to discuss China Japan ties.
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John W. Finney
New York Times
Washi m
Congress
House of Representatives
Indochina
House
Nixon
Vietnam
House Foreign Affairs Com
Mittee
Senate
House Conference Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Vietnam
Doves
Carl Albert
Hale Boggs
Kakauei Tanaka
Peking
China
Japan
Gray Breaks With Party On Vietnam Pullout Stance
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray of West Frankfort supported a defeated House push to pull U S troops from Indochina and retain the Oct 1 withdrawal deadline. He said disengagement may free prisoners as bombing has not halted North Vietnamese flow, and noted Nixon and Eisenhower policies. Illinois senators backed HEW funding and opposed busing limits in a separate vote.
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Karen Rothe
Eisenhower
Nixon
Vietnam
Gray
U.S
North Vietnam
Johnson
Illinois
Senate
Department of Health Education, and Welfare
Charles Percy
Adlai Stevenson
Derge finds SIU mansion nice but lacking privacy
President David Derge of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale moved into a $1 million mansion and said it is nice but not as livable as his prior home at Indiana University Bloomington. He noted privacy is limited with seven of fifteen rooms private and the rest for guests and official entertaining.
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Carbondale
David Derge
Southern Illinois University At Carbondale
Derge
Indiana University At
Bloomington
Air Force sergeant convicted in spy case at Tyndall base
M. Sgt. Walter T. Perkins, 37, an intelligence NCO at Tyndall Air Force Base, was found guilty by a court martial of attempting to smuggle five secret defense documents to Soviet agents in Mexico City. The verdict was returned after six hours of deliberations by Col. Joe Peck, with Perkins waiving a jury. Perkins faced charges of possessing the documents, attempting to pass them to Soviet agents, and falsifying a destruction form.
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Tyndall Air Force Base
Fila
Walter T. Perkins
U.S
Col
Joe Peck
Perkins
Florida
Mexico City
Peck
Pekins
Grace Perkins
Air Force
Panama City
Fla
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George Cunitz
South
Pucsinski
Carl D. Perkins
Democratic Party
South Dakota
Sargent Shriver
Nancy Reagan
Fresno, Calif
Ronald Reagan
Nancy
Fresno County Welfare Department
Inside Classified
Church
Family Living
Rec Sports
Bradford House
New York City
Lawrence P. McGarry
Joseph A. Doorley
White House
Sen. McGovern
Pentagon
Tanaka
Tokyo
M. Sgt
Walter Perkins
Stockade
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