Johnson defends war policy at VFW with no halt promised
President Lyndon Johnson told the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Detroit that the United States will not seek de escalation or end the bombing without Hanoi showing sincere intent to end the fighting. He warned critics and asserted the next move must come from North Vietnam and pledged no shift in policy before gaining convincing signs from Hanoi.
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Detroit
Johnson
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United States
Eugene J. McCarthy
George McGovern
Vietnam
Asia
Texas
Washington
U. S
Humphrey
Sen. McCarthy
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Wallace revisions tone from courtly to folksy in 1964 style shift
Wallace says his presidential run uses the same philosophy of government not race, but observations from Indiana and Fort Wayne show a shift from polished rhetoric to blunt humor aimed at hecklers. He targets “average people” with casual slang and mockery of bureaucrats while maintaining a broad outreach across the nation. Police briefs list two speeding infractions in Sparta and Carbondale with minor fines.
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Jules Loh
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Indiana
Dixie
North
University of Indiana
Fort Wayne
South
Albania
Frederick Edelman 68 Evansville Resident Dies
Frederick Edelman of Evansville Indiana died Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon He was born May 29 1900 in Covington Indiana son of Herman and Sophia Edelman He belonged to the Evansville Elks Club He left no survivors Two brothers Oscar and Bill preceded him in death Funeral services will be at 10 am Wednesday at Gilbert Funeral Home Christopher Rev Angelo Lombardo officiating Burial will be in St Andrew Catholic Cemetery Christopher Friends may call at the funeral home
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Frederick ‘Fritz
Edelman
Evansville
Ind
Christopher
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mt. Vernon
Covington
Herman
Sophia Werner Edelman
Evansville Elks Club
Oscar
Bill
Gilbert
Angelo Lombardo
St. Andrew’s Catholic Cemetery
Apollo 8 mission plan trimmed for early Earth orbit
NASA Apollo program chief says the first Saturn 5 flight will be a three man Earth orbit mission with Frank Borman James Lovell and William Anders aboard a lunar module free of lunar landing duties. The plan may pivot to a circumlunar option if the Oct 11 Apollo 7 flight succeeds.
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Air Force
Samuel C. Phillips
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Frank Borman
William A. Anders
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
Phillips
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Earth
Moon
Apollo Program
NASA
Class schedules ready at Herrin and Johnston City High Schools
Herrin High School will let seniors pick up schedules Monday juniors today sophomores Wednesday and freshmen Thursday at the office from 9 to 3 with $6 activity fees. Johnston City pupils may collect schedules. seniors Wednesday 9 to 11 juniors 1 to 3 and sophomores Thursday 9 to 11 freshmen 1 to 3, new pupils must register and freshmen health cards are required. Book rental $14 is due when schedules are issued. A SIU student reported a camera theft from 608 E College St Carbondale, reported Monday morning as theft over $150.
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Herrin High School
Kenneth Rushing
Rushing
Johnston City High School
Richard Cook
Southern Illinois University
SIU
E. College St
Carbondale
Nixon backs war policy in Ohio visit
Nixon defended as realistic President Johnson's bombing halt stance amid signs of reduced Viet Cong fighting. He said the U S should not pause bombing unilaterally without protecting troops and after meeting Ohio Governor Rhodes. He urged nationwide campaigning to secure a landslide victory. He also met Michigan's Gov. Romney who pledged to campaign elsewhere.
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Columbus
Ohio
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Nixon
United States
Vietnam
James A. Rhodes
George Romney
Michigan
Gym loan studied by Carbondale high school board
Carbondale Community High School board plans to allow the girls gym to be used one to two nights weekly by the Southern Illinois University Technical and Adult Education Division for adult fitness classes. A temporary lease would let Logan Junior College District use the auto mechanics workshop three evenings weekly for 400 per term. The board set up a four-member insurance spec committee and will invite bids for school insurance with a possible deadlock to be resolved by the board.
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Carbondale Community High School
Southern Illinois University Technical and Adult Education Division
CCHS
East Main Street
Logan Junior College
Paul Karber
William T. Holder
Warm Plains Weather With Night Showers Forecast
Warm temperatures persist as showers and thunderstorms are forecast tonight for New Mexico and the northern and central plateau regions. Snow is expected in higher elevations of the Great Basin areas.
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New Mexico
Pleateau
Debaters Hurdle TV Debate Deal for Democratic Front Runners
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Senator Eugene McCarthy near a national TV debate on Friday night pending format and equal time fixes. McCarthy pushes an open one hour show while Humphrey sides with a three segment plan.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Comtenders
McCarthy
Humphrey
Blair Clark
Clark
Ted van Dyke
George S. McGovern
Federal Communications Commission
Columbia Broadcasting System
McGovern
Meet the Press
Sen. McCarthy
Norval Reece
Red Cross frames new aid flights plan for Biafra
In Geneva the International Red Cross Committee drafts a mercy flight proposal after Nigeria blocks food and medicine flights into Biafra. Air transport experts from the Swiss group meet to discuss details while officials say talks with Lagos continue despite transiting restrictions.
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Geneva
International Red Cross Committee
Biafra
Nigeria
Lagos
Texas man receives second heart in Houston within days
A 50 year old shoe salesman from Amarillo became the world’s 32nd heart recipient in a 100 minute operation at Texas Heart Institute. Donor Mrs Gasper B Geaccone Jr, 37, Houston mother of two, died from a brain tumor. The prior day an 11 year old boy’s heart was implanted in Maria Giannaris, 5, of Hagerstown, who was listed as satisfactory and hungry.
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Houston
Tex
Carl van Bates
Amarillo
Texas Heart Institute
Gasper B. Geaccone Jr
Denton A. Cooley
Maria Giannaris
Hagerstown
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital
Board Rejects Shryock Auditorium Bids
The Southern Illinois University board of trustees rejected bids for remodeling Shryock Auditorium and called for readvertising. A June bid opening had no bids for general construction and mechanical bids exceeded the architect's estimate, following architects' recommendations.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Shryock Auditorium
Basin Forecast Brief With Mild Northeast Weather
Mild conditions expected in the Northeast as a forecasted high near 93 in the region. Overnight lows reach the low 70s with 10 am reading around 86 and sunset at 7 50. Lake levels show Crab Orchard Lake near spillway four inches below, Little Grassy three inches, Devil's Kitchen three inches, and Lake of Egypt one inch below spillway. Pollen count listed at 12 today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Lake of Egypt
Wade backs McGovern for Democratic nomination
Chicago AP Wade C Wade former head of the Illinois Kennedy for President Committee endorses Sen George McGovern D S C for the Democratic nomination saying his nomination offers the best hope of restoring peace and respect abroad and reconciliation at home.
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Chicago
Illinois
George McGovern
D-S.c
United States
Richard C. Wade
University of Chicago
McGovern
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