Remap Bar Under Fire From Liberals
Washington Aug 15 Northern liberal senators pressed the fight to delay reapportionment of state legislatures as Democratic leader Mike Mansfield warned adjournment before the Democratic convention is unlikely. He proposed returning Aug 31 if needed, while the Senate battles a 3.3 billion foreign aid bill and a medicare measure tied to social security taxes. Dirksen said he would “sweat out” the liberal effort to kill the amendment.
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Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Congress
Supreme Court
Senate
Atlantic City
N.J
Everett McKin Jey Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Sparta Woman Dies at 81 in Sparta Hospital
Mrs. Mary J. Schott 81 of Sparta died Friday at Sparta Community Hospital after a three week illness. Born January 2 1883 in Randolph County she was married December 27 1899 to Fred J. Schott who preceded her. She leaves two sons, two sisters, eight grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Services 3:30 p m today at Trinity Church with burial in Caledonia Cemetery. Friends may call Walker Colonial Funeral Home in Sparta.
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Mary J. Schott
Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Schott
Randolph County
John
Martha Thompson Hood
Fred J. Schott
East St. Louis
Alice Winterbottom
Trinity Church
Robert W. Stewart
Caledonia Cemetery
Walker Colonial Funeral Home
James M. Sanders
Libertyville
Marion
Lake County Hospital
Waukegan
Williamson County
James
Jane Sanders
Leona Singleton
Robert
Gary
Ind
Harvey
Paul
Indianapolis
Maggie Barth
Holly Grove
Ark
Mitchell Funeral Home
C. R. Walker
Maplewood Cemetery
Estes Seeks Comeback With Nationwide Plans in Abilene
Billie Sol Estes, facing bankruptcy and possible prison, outlines a broad revival scheme from Abilene Texas. He envisions a nationwide hotel and motel chain, themed tourist towns, and overseas gas outlets while pursuing life insurance control and other ventures. He remains free on bail as appeals proceed and vows advisory roles pending bankruptcy resolution.
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Abilene
Texas
Billy Sol Estes
Europe
Estes
Dallas
West Texas
Billy Sol Estes Enterprises
Police Probe Bombings in McComb Mississippi
Police and FBI probed an early morning explosion at a Negro grocery store in McComb. No injuries reported. It was the fifth racial bombing in recent months. Windows and a canopy were damaged. a gravel street hole measured about 9 by 28 inches. No arrests. Nearby SNCC activity noted. a Freedom School operated across the street. Nearby Natchez saw a Negro tavern destroyed by fire after an explosion next door to a SNCC house.
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McComb
Miss
FBI Today
Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee
Freedom
Natchez
SNCC
Two Sparta Women Hurt In Rt 154 Crash Near Sparta
Two Sparta women Carrie Bul liner 61 and Dorothy Adams 59 were admitted to Sparta Community Hospital Saturday after their car left route 154 a mile east of Sparta and hit an embankment at about 1 40 p m. Hospital staff described their conditions as not serious. Driver Irene Meridith 40 of Sparta received minor injuries and was released.
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Sparta
Sparta Community Hospital
Rt. 154
Carrie Bulliner
Dorothy Adams
Dist
du Quoin
Irene Meridith
Detroit Auto Sales Outlook Sees Strong 1965 Pace
Detroit forecasts for 1965 expect auto industry sales to match or exceed this year’s record pace. Economists cite 8.1 million units as a likely domestic total with about 450 000 import sales, while labor contracts and forthcoming 1965 models temper optimism amid a looming strike risk.
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New York Times
Detroit
Mich
United States Automobile Industry
Air Force Army Feud Moving Toward Settlement
In Saigon a dispute between the U S Army and U S Air Force over air strikes is near a settlement. The plan would have Army escort helicopters and Air Force fighters share mission requests and central control, reducing bureaucratic delays and enabling interchangeable air units. Maj. Gen. More and Brig. Gen. Oden will sign for a truce aimed at unified air support and coordinated calls by Vietnamese corps commanders.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
Air
Air Force
J. H. More
Army
Delk M. Oden
U.S. Air Force
Corps Tactical Operations Center
Marion Man Charged With DWI and License Alteration
Hamilton Wright, 42, of 910 College St., Marion, is jailed in Marion on charges of driving while intoxicated and altering his operator's license. Assistant chief John Kelly arrested him Friday night on South Court Street. Police Chief Charles Edwards filed the second charge Saturday.
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Hamilton Wright
College St
Marion
John Kelly
South Court Street
Charles Edwards
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Wallace Dillinger
Funeral services for Mrs Minnie Wallace Dillinger of Royalton area set for 2 p m Monday at Royalton Christian Church. Dillinger, 77, died early Saturday at home after living in Royalton then Carbondale. Coroner Floyd Crawshaw to conduct inquiry. Born March 16 1887 in Boskydell. Survived by husband Will H. and daughters Wilma Royster and Sylvia Heinz, sister Effie Brewer, brother Joe Rowe. Burial Herrin City Cemetery. Len Faull to officiate. Friends may call after 1 p m today at Moeller Funeral Home.
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Minnie Wallace Dillinger
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Royalton
Lady Bird Johnson Urges Youth to Grasp Complex World
Salt Lake City Aug 15 First Lady Mrs Lyndon Johnson told 600 graduates at the University of Utah that the test of her generation is understanding a complex society and taking action to right wrongs. Her remarks followed a day of travel from Jackson Lake Wyoming and a tour of mining to resort development in Utah. The speech stressed no easy answers amid social, growth, and spiritual challenges. The article also notes Cyprus Russia and Mediterranean power dynamics linked to a Soviet pledge to defend Cyprus if invaded and to begin negotiations, affecting Makarios bargaining power in a regional crisis with Turkey and Greece.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Lyndon Johnson
University of Utah
Johnson
Jackson Lake
Wyoming
Teton Mountains
Utah Peak
Monument
Salt Lake Valley
Brigham Young
University Stadium
Republic of Cyprus
Mediterranean
Turkey
Greece
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Cyprus
Makarios
Carterville Reckless Driving Fine for Snyder E Herrin Jr
Snyder E Herrin Jr of Carterville was fined 25 dollars after a reckless driving charge. The case details show a simple citation with the monetary penalty listed by the local court.
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Carterville
Snyder E. Herrin Jr
Marion Youth Fined 135 Dollars for Disorderly Conduct
Mitchell Dean Davis, 18, of Marion, was fined 100 dollars and 35.30 dollars costs in Williamson County Circuit Court on a disorderly conduct charge. Arrested August 5 by Marion police behind the Pepsi-Cola Bottling plant, he and two others faced curfew violations. Eight days already served against the fine.
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Mitchell Dean Davis
Marion
Williamson County
Ready To Use Force In Laos
United States prepared to intervene if Pathet Lao troops move toward the Mekong River border with Thailand. Analysts see possible river-region action after Johnson ordered retaliatory air strikes on North Vietnam following Gulf of Tonkin attacks. Past events show Kennedy sending forces into Thailand in 1962 amid Laos tensions.
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Pathet Lao
Laos
Mekong
Thailand
Johnson
North Viet Nam
U.S
Gulf of Tonkin
Kennedy
Plaine Des Jarres
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