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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1967
Page
1
The Vietnam War has claimed nearly 3000 U. S. aircraft including 1401 planes and helicopters destroyed by enemy action and 1555 lost to accidents attrition or hostile action in Southeast Asia. Pentagon notes losses are light versus World War II and Korea.
More than 1,000 antiwar demonstrators gathered at the Whitehall induction center in Lower Manhattan. Police arrested about a third, including Dr Benjamin Spock and poet Allen Ginsberg, as the five hour protest dispersed.
The Supreme Court in an 8 1 decision held that United Mine Workers unions may hire lawyers to represent members in compensation claims, reversing Illinois limits. Justice Black cited First and Fourteenth Amendment protections, stressing associational freedoms and public justice safeguards. A dissent by Justice Harlan warned it intrudes on state control of the legal profession. The ruling also strengthened workers rights to file NLRB charges, barring states from disqualifying laid off workers from unemployment benefits for such filings.
U S officials report about 20 killed and 30 wounded in Dak Song in a Viet Cong attack on a Montagnard hamlet near Saigon. Reports vary on totals with initial guesses of 300 dead later adjusted. Homes burned, guerrillas estimated around 400.
A 62 year old Detroit man Eugene Ec tor held nine people and police at bay for 16 hours inside a fortress home. Two detectives hiding behind a minister captured the grieving father after a brief struggle. He surrendered without his weapons as officers described his actions as a serious show of force.
A special committee of the Illinois Board of Higher Education proposes location and nature of two new senior colleges. One near Springfield northeast of the city, another near Weston in a Weston area development. Plans include junior and senior courses with some master’s degrees and potential doctoral work later. An urban education research institute is urged for the Chicago Circle Campus and coordinated efforts to serve disadvantaged communities.
The General Motors Corp in Detroit donated a DC-3 airplane to Southern Illinois University, boosting SIU to 2 4 operational aircraft. The 14 000 hour plane with two engines at 90 and 300 hours will be remodeled to 21 seats and used for athletic team travel and training.
Illinois couple Olive D. Gerstenecker 64 and James Gerstenecker 84 were hit by a pickup on U S 51 four miles north of Union City. Olive died at the scene, James was in satisfactory condition in a Union City hospital. Troopers said the pickup crossed the center line and sped away. The couple were traveling from their home to Florida.
Joplin Missouri AP Robert Clifton 34 a policeman was shot and killed while on a routine stop of a car with Texas plates carrying four men and a girl. The suspected slayer was wounded twice by Patrolman Paul Bowlby and was listed in critical condition.
Veteran diplomat Charles E. Bohlen will leave his post as ambassador to France and replace Foy D. Kohler as deputy undersecretary of state for political affairs. Kohler retires to join the University of Miami center as professor. no replacement time given for Bohlen in Paris.
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions continue tonight and Wednesday. Mild temperatures persist with overnight lows ranging from 38 to 44 degrees. Details and map are on page 16.
A Greater Egypt advisory committee recommends forming a five-county public health department serving Jackson Williamson Franklin Perry and Jefferson to improve services and attract high quality staff. Estimated annual income of about 263000 could fund salaries and operation with state aid and local taxes, though Perry and Jefferson counties must join before formation.
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