Viet Cong Tactics Return To Hit and Run Across Vietnam
AP war report analyzes a shift toward hit and run attacks by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces after the Tet and May offensives. In Tay Ninh Da Nang and Quang Ngai City the fighting was brief and aimed at engaging U S positions while attempting to move forces toward Saigon and regain the initiative.
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Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Saigon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Tay Ninh
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Tet
May
France detonates hydrogen bomb in South Pacific test
France becomes the fifth nation to test a hydrogen device, detonating at 2 30 p m over a lagoon in Fangataufa French Polynesia The announcement notes the test follows earlier atomic blasts and cites De Gaulle praising the achievement despite criticism of the program
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Paris
France
South Pacific
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
China
Defense Ministry
Fangataufa
French Polynesia
Cockburn Island
Charles de Gaulle
Shara
Algeria
Tahiti
Japan
de Gaulle
Moscow
DeGaulle
Marion council to open bids for lake capacity project
The Marion City Council will open bids at 7 30 p m for a 200000 project to raise the earthen dam by six feet increasing storage from 235 million to about 600 million gallons The plan adds forty more acres and easements allowing a daily supply of about one million gallons for a year without rain and avoids pumping from Crab Orchard Lake during droughts Eight contractors have requested plans and will bid with concrete spillway work planned next year after settlement of the raised dam
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Marion City
Crab Orchard Lake
Marion miner suffers burns in mine accident
Harold E. Rix of Marion suffered severe burns and arm and chest injuries while operating a parting machine at the Will Scarlett mine in Stonefort. A machine fault caused electricity to arc about 8 000 volts as he attempted to pull a fuse, and he was hospitalized in Marion Memorial after the incident.
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Harold E. Rix
Rt. 3
Marion
Marion Memorial Hospital
Rix
Will Scarlett
Stonefort
Peabody Coal Corp
Frank Scase
Pen Pal Helps Oku Attend SIU With Fund Drive
Katsumaru Oku, a Japanese student, has begun intensive English study at SIU while West Frankfort resident Mary Harper raises funds to cover his tuition. Despite earning a visa and partial support, Oku needs about 1500 for a first year, with no work or scholarship options under visa rules. Contacts for contributions are provided.
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West Frankfort
Katsumaru Oku
Southern Illinois University
Oku
Saitemaken
Japan
The
Daily American
Mary Harper
N. Douglas St
Evan Bowyer
SIU
Harper
Mt. Vernon
Robert Ellis
Business Research Bureau
Kanji Haitani
Mrs. Harper
Service club elects Brown as lieutenant governor
George E. Brown former president of the Carbondale Kiwanis Club was elected lieutenant governor of Kiwanis Division 16 overseeing nine area clubs. Verle G. Dollahan of Decatur was named 1969 governor for the Illinois Eastern Iowa district. Herman M. Haag received a district ambassador award for promoting international relations. Brown is a chemistry professor at Southern Illinois University.
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George E. Brown
Carbondale Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Verle G. Dollahan
Decatur
Iowa
Chicago
Herman M. Haag
Brown
Southern Illinois University
Trudeau to Let Chauffeurs Handle Official Driving
Ottawa reports Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau favors driving only for personal spins, using a chauffeured limousine for official duties. A close source notes he occasionally sneaks out in his Mercedes-Benz for unofficial jaunts.
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Carterville Youth Beaten by Trio, Police Investigate
Carterville resident Gary McKitrick 124 Walnut St appeared at the Carterville police station at 2 45 am Saturday reporting three boys beat him on the Johnston City Herrin blacktop road. The Southern Illinois University student was treated and released at Herrin Hospital. Police are investigating.
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Gary McKitrick
Walnut St
Carterville
Johnston City
Herrin
McKitrick
Southern Ilinois University
Herrin Hospital
Americans describe two days under Soviet occupation in Prague
Two U S tourists recount their early experiences in Prague after Soviet troops seized the city. They describe unlit streets, Russian tanks, quiet protests, and the sense of shock and powerlessness as residents faced occupation and rationing. The piece notes their departure toward the border with the U S Embassy in Prague and the loyalist signs seen on the road.
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Norman B. Ganter
Associated Press
Nuernberg
Germany
Prague
Vltava
Stalin
Mlana Strana
Charles
U.S
Herrin Woman Joins Rend Lake College Reading Program
Lois Mackey Herrin woman resigns as supervisor of Herrin schools remedial reading to organize a special program at Rend Lake College English department She will work with Dr Howard Rawlinson dean and Dr Barbara Luchsinger head of English Her background includes degrees from Southern Illinois University University of Illinois Western Illinois University and 28 years teaching experience in Herrin Lincoln Vailer Rosidlaire and other area schools She starts at Rend Lake College in Mt Vernon on Sept 3.
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Lois Mackey
Herrin
Rend Lake College
Western Illinois University
Valier
Rosidlaire
Mt. Vernon
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Conrad Optical
DR. R. Conrad—Optometrist
Monroe
Carbondale
South
Illinois
L. H. Jatre
Metropolis
F. Trumble
Varsity Theatre
MT. Vernon Loan
FSLIC
12Th and
Broadway
Mt. Vernon, Illinois
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Mechanicsville
Green Bay
Wis
West
Mammoth Cave
CarbondAle Savings and Loan Association
Logan
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