Rend Lake Plan Goes to Voters in Central Southern Illinois
Illinois Junior College Board approves a Rend Lake Junior College district proposal and sends it to a resident referendum. Vincent Birchler urged postponement for a regional SIU study, but Dr. Kenneth Brunner doubts the study can be finished quickly. The Bend district spans Franklin Perry Jefferson and Hamilton counties and parts of White and Wayne.
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Chicago
Illinois Junior College Board
Rend Lake
Central
Southern Illinois
Ing
Vincent A. Birchler
Chester
Randolph County Schools
Southern Illinois University
Kenneth A. Brunner
SIU
Higher
Bend
Franklin, Perry, Jefferson and
Hamilton Counties
White and
Wayne Counties
Committee Acts On Plan To End Strike
The House Commerce Committee approved a bill to force 35 000 striking mechanics back to work on five grounded airlines. The 17 to 13 vote mirrors a Senate version and allows a 30 day work return by mandate with possible 150 additional days under presidential order. Amendments for immediate presidential action failed. Chairman Staggers voiced hope for weekend settlement to avoid broader fallout. He did not predict when the bill returns to the floor, suggesting next Wednesday as the earliest.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Senate
Labor Department
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Staggers
Congress
Weekend Showers Expected With Warm Temperatures
Cloudy periods with showers and thundershowers through Saturday. Lows near 65 to 70 degrees, highs in the lower 80s. Sunday looks partly cloudy with little temperature change.
Gunman opens fire in New Haven cafeteria injures four
A husky man with a .38 revolver fired in the Winchester Gun Club cafeteria injuring two men and two women before a police sergeant killed him. He died at a hospital. Police identified the shooter as Joseph Davis, linked to a separate back-slaying nearby.
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New Haven
Winchester Gun Club
Winchester-West
Ern
Olin Mathieson Corp
Olin
Joseph Davis
U S Planes Hit Haiphong Area as North Viet Nam War News
U S Air Force and Navy jets bomb targets within 14 miles of Haiphong while ground forces clash in the Central Highlands near the DMZ. An F8 Crusader from the Oriskany was the 11th American plane lost this week. The Uong Bi power plant near Haiphong is a primary target. In South Viet Nam ground fighting is lighter though two flashpoints report 783 Communist deaths in two weeks. Saigon says 102,500 North Vietnamese troops have infiltrated south, higher than U S estimates.
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Haiphong
Viet Nam
Central Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
Oriskany
Gulf of Tonkin
Uong Bi
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U.S. Marine Command
da Nang
U.S
Menard Trial Witness Faces Prosecution
John Gaston a 32 year old former Menard inmate testified about beatings by a inmate goon squad in the prison. He described scenes where a prisoner was held down while guards attacked him and named Lt. Lewis Paul as kicking the victim in the groin. Gaston said he participated in five major beatings for favors and defined goons as inmates aiding guards to subdue inmates.
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Springfield
Howard Clotfelter
Randolph County
Menard Penitentiary
Goon Squad
Menard
John Gaston
Gaston
Lewis Paul
Policemen Killed in Shepherds Bush Gunfight
Three police officers were shot dead in a street gunfight in the Shepherds Bush area of London near Wormwood Scrubs prison. Scotland Yard confirmed the deaths but offered no further details, and prison officials said there was no connection to the prison.
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Shepherds Bush
London
Wormwood Scrubs
Scotland Yard
Stocks Make Strength Gains In Early Rally
Electronics and glamor stocks led a market advance this afternoon as trading picked up after four straight losses. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks rose 0.7 to 303.0 with industrials up 2.1 while rails and utilities slipped. The Dow Jones industrial average added 4.90 to 842.81 at noon.
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Associated Press
Dow Jones
North Korea declares independence from pro-Peking line
North Korea announced break from its former pro-Peking stance, declaring independence within the world Communist movement. Rodong Shinmoon quoted the party as denouncing superior and inferior roles and rejecting guidance versus guidance.
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North Korea
World Communist Movement
Rodong Shinmoon
Two Capitols for State Move Faces Legislature
Illinois may adopt a dual capitol plan with a new multi million dollar General Assembly building near the current Capitol. The Legislative Space Needs Commission backs the plan over expanding the present Capitol at 8.5 million, with a final decision by the legislature expected next year.
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John Zakarian
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
Legislative
Legislative Space Needs Commission
General Assembly
Senate
Legislative Reference Bureau
Clyde L. Choate
Donna
Choate
Commission
Samuel Shapiro
Thomas A. McGloon
House
Capitol
Edward Armstrong
Capitol City Plan Commission
Armstrong
The
Harold Katz
D-Glencoe
Katz
Secret Romance Between FDR and Lucy Mercer Revealed
James Roosevelt says a published account of Franklin D Roosevelt and Lucy Mercer’s romance nearly split his parents' marriage and notes Mercer was an old family friend. The book claims the affair ended in 1918 and that polio deepened the marriage, with Roosevelt arranging special inauguration tickets for Mercer in 1933.
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New York
James Roosevelt
Lucy Mercer
Warm Springs
Fdr
Jonathan Daniels
Eleanor Roosevelt
Lucy
Franklin
Winthrop Rutherford
Daniels
Franklin D. Roosevelt
News and Observer
Raleigh
N.C
Roosevelt
Eleanor and
Herbert Hoover
Lucy Mercer Rutherford
Bars mull British trading stamps for drinks survey shows mixed reaction
A survey finds U S bartenders largely oppose trading stamps for drinks though a London pub has begun a stamp scheme: 10 for a pint 20 for a double. Rob Floyd of the Snifter Bar Boston doubts the idea while others warn of legal issues and domestic strife.
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U. S
London
Robert Floyd
Snifter Bar
King Arouses Hatred Says Wilson In Chicago Address
Police Supt O W Wilson says Martin Luther King Jr has stirred hate among some Chicago whites hindering Negro progress. King's aides dispute the claim, noting hatred surfaced rather than created. Protests resume in Southwest Side as King, ill in Jackson Mississippi, urges participation. Detroit reports limited violence and arrests as a racially mixed neighborhood quiets after three nights.
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Martin Luther King
Chicago
O. W. Wilson
King
Wilson
Jackson
Miss
Andrew Young
SCLC
Young
Southwest Side
Martin Luther King Jr
Detroit
Lennon apologizes for remarks on Christianity era
John Lennon seeks to clarify his Thursday remarks about Christianity saying he was misunderstood and deplored attitudes toward Christianity. He emphasized his words were not anti religious and noted that he did not mean to offend. Bonfires and boycotts followed his earlier comments.
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Margaret Scherf
Chicago
John Lennon
United States
Lennon
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