Sixth Illinois Con-Con begins
Delegates from Central and Southern Illinois gather as Illinois marks the opening of its sixth constitutional convention. Clifford Downen of Herrin, 25, notes history rests on the 116 sworn delegates while John Alexander of Virden and Stanley Klaus of Carlinville stress the moment’s rarity and public significance.
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Clifford, Downen
Herrin
Old Statehouse
Downen
House
John Alexander
Virden
Candidates file for Illinois March primary
Hundreds of candidates filed nominating petitions on day one for the March 17 Illinois primary. The Democratic slate led by State Treasurer Adlai Stevenson II was filed by mail with the Secretary of State. On the Republican side Sen Ralph T. Smith submitted petitions for the remaining four years of the late Sen Dirksen's term.
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Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson II
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Powell
Ralph T. Smith
Everett M. Dirksen
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Fires Hit Cairo in Third Day of Blazes
Two downtown Cairo businesses burned early today in a pattern of racially charged arson amid ongoing tensions. A record store owned by Van Ewing and a closed restaurant were damaged as heavy sniper fire hampered responders overnight. United Front leaders called for boycotts of white businesses, with threats reported and a pastor’s church rectory also targeted.
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van Ewing
NAACP
Preston Ewing
Ay Negro
United Front Organization
Manker Harris
United Front
Preston Hwing
Exwing
Gerald Monboy
Hospital vote follows cooling-off period urged in strike
The four of seven United Mine Workers locals approved a 45 day cooling-off period before an election to name a bargaining agent for Employes of Union Hospital in West Frankfort. The hospital has been closed since November 1 due to a strike. Locals welcomed the delay as support for hospital board president John Bowen, who threatened resignation if an immediate election was not backed. Doctors backed the board’s rejection of an immediate vote.
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Tmine Isan
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West Frankfort
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Old Ben Coal Corp. No
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Hospital Board of Trustees
Perod
John Bowen
Board of Trustees
Bowen
Teamsters Unitn
George Morris
Morris
Arthur Hodgson
District 50
UMWA
Joseph Yajblonski
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Ogilvie Urges Nonpartisan Illinois Constitutional Convention
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie urged delegates to the Illinois Constitutional Convention to pursue a nonpartisan, broadly stated constitution. He warned against detailed policy fixes and urged framing broad principles to constrain government power, aiming to restore public faith and ensure a document enduring beyond party politics. The convention plans eight months of deliberations with leadership under Samuel W. Wilwer, Thomas Lyons, and Edbert B. Smith.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Samuel W
Wilwer
Kenilworth
Thomas Lyons
Chicago
Edbert
Smith
Decatur
Ilinois
Percy rebukes Robb critic over Vietnam reporting
Washington AP: Former civilian combat correspondent Anthony R. Martin-Trigona had his credentials revoked after three weeks in Vietnam for alleged unethical conduct. Sen. Charles Perry sent a sharp letter criticizing his charges about Marines under Maj. Charles Robb. Robb said he knew of no incidents of Marines killing or injuring Vietnamese civilians.
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Charles Robb
Lyndon B. Johnson
Charles Perry
Anthony ‘R. Martin-Trigona
Champaign
Vietnam
Robb
Percy
Trigena
Marlin Trigona
Ilinois
Flrni
University of Ulingis
Martin-Trigona
Jack Anderson
Violence panel splits over civil disobedience tactic
The National Violence Commission divides for the first time over using nonviolent civil disobedience to overturn laws. A six member minority including two Black members argues such acts can be effective when nonviolent, while the seven member majority urges restraint until court rulings are clear.
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Washington
National Violence Commission
Houston
Leon Datvorski
Eisenhower
National Commission On the Causes and
Illinois decision questioned High court shows ethics suit
The Supreme Court refused a hearing to a Chicago woman alleging Illinois justices biased her Peoria bank trust case. The suit cited three justices as bank directors. two resigned after ethics disclosures. The case involved the Commercial National Bank of Peoria and funds from 1962 after the mother’s alleged senility.
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Peoria
Illinois Supreme Court
Claresa F. ‘Armstrong Brown
Ke U. S. Supreme Court
Brown
Clara K. Meyer
Commercial National Bank of Peoria
Iilinois Supreme Court
Ray K. Klinghiel
Civic Center Bank
State Supreme Court
Willard L. King
Klingbiel
Roy J. Solfisburg
Robert C. Underwood
Attort Mneys
Cation
Mississippi
Supreme the Commercial -National Bank
Three police shot in raid on Panthers headquarters
Los Angeles AP says police raided three Black Panther quarters. three officers were wounded as firing erupted. Panthers barricaded their main HQ, hours of sporadic gunfire followed, police issued an ultimatum to come out with hands up. One man emerged. others remained inside.
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Panther
Patice
Wrigley Field
Sirhan Sirhan Enters 11th Day Hunger Strike
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan, the assassin of Robert F. Kennedy, has been on an 11th day hunger strike at San Quentin's death row. He has subsisted on instant cocoa and coffee since November 28, with health deemed pretty good by Associate Warden James W. L. Park. A doctor visits daily and staff will monitor his condition with force-feeding as a last resort.
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Sirhan Sirhan
San Quentin
Calif
Apy
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
James W. L. Park
Park
Supreme Court upholds drug seller law in 1969 ruling
The Supreme Court today sustained the government’s power to punish unregistered heroin and marijuana sellers. Justice Byron R. White wrote the decision, rejecting the claim that the law was unconstitutional self incrimination. The ruling cites the Leary case and notes the unlikelihood that sellers’ names would be compelled for government action. Justices Douglas and Black dissented.
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Supreme Court
Byron R. White
White
Timothy F. Leary
William C. Douglas
Hugo L. Black
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