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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1968
Page
1
The high court ruled 6 to 3 that draft boards may not strip divinity student exemptions using delinquency rules and that resistors without exemptions may challenge their 1-A status. It upheld limits on courts reviewing 1-A classifications and addressed related cases including Texaco Goodrich tire restraint.
U S authorities say seven North Vietnamese seamen were released offshore 13 miles northeast of Vinh as part of a goodwill gesture. Hanoi had not indicated plans to release American fliers. Moscow Radio quoted Hanoi promising Christmas releases without specifics.
Nixon surged into an early lead in the Electoral College today after the November victory over Humphrey. The 538 electors, free to choose, largely follow state results with few exceptions, as some discuss potential constitutional changes.
The forecast calls for increasing clouds and warmer tonight with a low of 25 to 32. Tuesday will be warm with considerable cloudiness and a chance of rain during the day, high 45 to 50.
A wave of freezing weather covered Florida with frost and damaged crops including vegetables and sugar cane. Overnight lows ranged from 20 degrees in the northern Panhandle near the Alabama line to 29 in North Miami Beach. Warren Johnson of the J S Weather Bureau in Lakeland called it possibly disastrous for agriculture.
Rep. Kenneth J. Gray of West Frankfort serves on the House Public Works Committee and travels in the Far East this week for international road conferences. He will visit Hawaii, Japan, and Hong Kong, with a return to the United States by Sunday. He plans a brief office stay on December 26 before Congress resumes. Two years earlier Gray attended highway conferences in Britain, France, Austria, and Italy.
President-elect Nixon meets with Republican congressional leaders and confirms J. Edgar Hoover will remain FBI director and Richard Helms will stay CIA director. The talks included Ray Bliss and focused on partisan strategy ahead of the new Congress.
The House Republican crime task force tells President Nixon to double manpower against organized crime and upgrade the Justice Department to a full division led by an assistant attorney general. It supports expanding strike forces in Buffalo Brooklyn Detroit Philadelphia Newark and Miami while urging selective use of electronic surveillance and tighter eavesdropping controls.
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen accepted Sunday the presidential emergency board plan to bargain crew by crew. Chicago Belt Illinois Central and Louisville and Nashville are involved. The board urged bargaining instead of federal expedients. BRT sought two switchmen plus engineer and conductor. railroads want authority to decide numbers. The government said it captured five Cuban exiles who landed December 2 on Cuba’s north coast, named in Granma.
Rio de Janeiro and other cities showed normal routine despite a weekend martial law move by President Costa e Silva. Reports said 200 were arrested and rights of opponents could be suspended while tanks and heavy gear were seen near capitals.
The Transportation Department proposes extended public hearings before final location and design decisions for federal highways. Backing comes from Agriculture and Interior departments and major city leaders. opponents include several state officials, the road industry, and Massachusetts Gov. John Volpe, though he is not expected to testify. Secretary Boyd pushes to pass the policy before the Nixon administration takes office.
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