Medina defense says no orders to massacre at My Lai
Associated Press reports attorney J. Bailey, representing Capt. Ernest L. Medina, claims no orders to slaughter civilians were given or issued by superiors. Bailey cites Medina’s account after the March 1968 attack, noting 25 to 28 civilian casualties and that Medina did not instruct to kill women or children.
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Associated Press
Aty
F.lee Bailey
My Lai
Bailey
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
Medins
Ft. Benning
William L. Calley
J. Bailey
Engane
Cailey
Holiday road toll reports steadier year in review
Traffic toll for the four day Thanksgiving period reached 684, lower than 764 deaths in 1968 but above the 1969 forecast of 700 to 800. A fatal multi car crash on the foggy New Jersey Turnpike killed six and injured 19. Illinois roads saw 27 deaths. Four family members perished in a Leland area car crash and bridge collision.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
New Jersey Turnpike
Illinois
Chicago
Northern Mlinois University
DeKalbs
Mlinocis
DeKalb
Leland
Weather map page hints cooler night and sunny Tuesday
The forecast notes a cooler pair and a tile colder night with a low in the low 30s. Tuesday looks mostly sunny with a high in the 40s. Map page 14 provides the details.
Desolation in Southern Illinois mines and farms
The piece portrays Eldorado mine cave in and ongoing rural poverty in Southern Illinois. It cites health officials and residents like Allen Kelly noting former mining employment as a symbol of hope now yielding to frustration, with counties such as Williamson, Jackson and Saline affected. It traces farming shifts in Franklin County from many small farms to fewer larger ones, rising land values, and aging farmers, as industrial decline reshapes the region's economy.
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Moyer Hughes
Bad Hagen
Pam Arnold
Illinois
Allen Kelly
Eldorado
Kelly
Saline
Gallatin
White
Williamson
Jackson
Alexander
Pulaski
Pope
Tinois
Franklin County
Franklin Cowmy
Perry County
Forces in Vietnam at two year low
American military strength in Vietnam fell below 480000 for the first time in two years as withdrawals continued through summer and into autumn. As of last Thursday 479500 troops were in country, a weekly drop of about 4900, with Nixon's year end plans hinting at further reductions beyond the 60000 already ordered this year.
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Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Nixon
Nore
U.S. Command
South Vietnam
Cam Ranh Bay
Hospital may never open after union strike action
A rising Illinois Supreme Court ruling that not for profit hospital workers can strike led to the dismissal of a permanent injunction against Union Hospital West Frankfort. Hospital officials warned the facility may never reopen, noting the strike by District 10 Local 12640 of the United Mine Workers has kept the hospital closed since November 1. The NLRB also concluded it lacks jurisdiction over the not for profit hospital.
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Carol Alexander
Mike Aaron
Southern Clino
Illinois Supreme Court
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
John Bowen
Bard
Bowen
District 50
United Mine Workers Union
Supreme Court
Randall S. Quindry
Fairfield
Benton
Pic
Keting
United Mine Workers of America
Quindry
UMWA
J. ©. Mitchell
District 80
Brst
Mitchell
Local 12649
John Daily
Emincation
National Labor Relations Board
St. Louis
NLRB
Joseph H. Solien
Solien
Washington
William Palmer
NFO halts Durham wheat sales to press higher prices
National Farmers Organization begins holding action on Durham wheat at midnight. President Oren Lee Staley urges members to store at harvest and block production to push up prices. Action extends to grains including previously announced sorghum hold.
Bypassed Southern Illinois towns lose trains and growth
In Johnson and Jackson counties Southern Illinois towns like Simpson Tunnel Hill Grantsburg Ganntown Reedsville and Bloomfield long reliant on timber and rail service face decline. Roads erode, services vanish, and young people leave for work or school as Grand Tower illustrates a shrinking population and limited local employment.
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Roger Hughes
Jim Glassman
Illinois
Simpson
Tunnel Hill
Grantsburg
Ganntown
Reedsvile
Bloomfield
Johnson County
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Nancy B
ADC
Nancy
Ilike Nancy
CIPS
Masters
St. Louis
New Orleans
William Halton
Jackson County Department of PublicAid
Halton
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Dinois
Diinois
Bob Hagen
Suzi Hagen
DeMaris
Betty
Murphysboro
Jim Hatton
Carbondale
James Glassman
Bell and Zoller Zeigler
Illnois
Mekong
Cambodia
By Prang
West Frankfort Hospital
Palmer
Charles Dones
Southern Illinois
Atymore
Otto
Tower Pove
Teeson - Williamson County Action Agency
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