Tornadoes strike Missouri and Illinois towns. casualties rise
A line of tornadoes tore across Missouri Illinois and parts of Arkansas early Thursday causing three deaths in Potosi Missouri and 39 injuries in Washington County. Reports placed damage at Percy Breese Viburnum Bixby and Cadet with homes barns and businesses damaged and power lines down.
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Potosi
Missouri
Illinois
Arkansas
Missouri Highway Patrol
Washington County Civil Defense
Percy
Chester
Breese
Centralia
Cadet
Willow Springs
Burnham
Viburnum
Bixby
Clark National Forest
Weather Bureau
Missouri-Illinois
St. Louis
Rantoul
Jerseyville
Tornadoes Hit Chester Area Causing Damage and Injuries
Tornadoes struck Chester and areas east of Percy causing injuries to Mrs. Veejay Reddy and her infant son, damaging multiple homes and a trailer, and leaving power lines down with damage exceeding 100000 dollars. Additional reports cited a railroad boxcar overturned, a mill elevator damaged, and several structures including Beldix Airport buildings flattened.
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Chester
Percy
Rt. 3
H.C. Cole Milling Co
Veejay Reddy
Reddy
Art Meyers
Southwestern Coal Co
Campbell Hill
Leroy Bruns
Cutler
Beldix
Pinckneyville
Weather Warning: Cold Wave and Snow Tonight
A cold wave and traveler warnings are issued as showers mix with snow tonight across most of the area. Snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches expected before ending late tonight or early Friday. Lows 15 to 25. Friday will see partial clearing and colder highs in the 20s. Weather details on page 18 with a map.
Tornado Watch Issued for Southwestern Illinois Counties
The Cairo weather bureau announced a tornado watch until 7 p.m. for Williamson Johnson and Pulaski counties in southwestern Illinois. Earlier a watch covered an area 60 miles on either side of a line from 30 miles west of Little Rock to Vandalia, in effect 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Cairo Weather Bureau
Illinois
Williamson
Johnson
Pulaski
Little Rock
Ark
Vandalia
New Charge Filed Against Kennedy Conspiracy Suspect
New Orleans AP Dist Atty Jim Garrison charges a 49 year old North Hollywood man with conspiring to murder President Kennedy. The man denies involvement and criticizes Garrison. This is the second conspiracy charge against Kennedy’s assassination. Clay Shaw had a similar charge earlier.
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New Orleans
Jim Garrison
North Hollywood
Calif
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Dallas
Kennedy
Clay L. Shaw
Dropout from Illinois faces drug lab case near City Hall
John McClendon, a chemistry major and former Illinois student, is accused of renting a loft near City Hall to run a lab producing up to 800000 dollars weekly of psychedelic drugs. Agents found 14 pounds of ecmescaline and 3.5 pounds of other stimulants, with about 2 million dollars in retail value.
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University of Illinois
City Hall
John McClendon
U. S. Atty
Robert M. Morgenthaum
Federal Drug Abuse Control Bureau
McClendon
Morgenbhaum
John Adams
Martin Sinnot
River Jordan
Adams
Sing Sing
Communist missiles miss U S bombers in DMZ action
Communist forces fired three Soviet built missiles at U S B 52 bombers in the DMZ but all missed. U S command reported heavy air counterstrikes as monsoon weather closed in and ground fighting intensified in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U. S. Command
U. S
Washington
Pentagon
Sams
Soviet Union
North
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Cobra
Mekong Delta
Student burns draft card during Illinois trustees meeting
Ray Pollock allegedly burned a draft card in the University of Illinois trustees room while Ray Page urged compliance with the Selective Service Act. Pollock left the room to applause from supporters and was condemned by Trustee Earl Hughes as an attempt to harass the proceedings.
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Patricia Sibbert
Lindsay-Schaub
Stan
Ray Page
University of Illinois Trustees
Ray Pollock
Trustees
Page
Pollock
Earl M. Hughes
Woodstock
U.N. Security Council seeks extension of Cyprus peace force
The United Nations Security Council races to extend the Cyprus peace keeping force’s six month mandate. With 4,700 troops, the expiration next Tuesday could leave no buffer between Greek and Turkish communities. Cyprus, Turkey, and Greece urged support as debate began on a three month renewal.
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United Nations, N.Y
U. N. Security Council
U.N
Cyprus
Turkey
Greece
Casualties and tolls dip in Vietnam Week
U S and South Vietnamese commands report a weekly decline in casualties. 187 Americans were killed and 932 wounded in the seven days to last Saturday, with enemy dead at 1,685. Total American KIA reach 15,646 and total wounded 97,678. 472,000 U S personnel in South Vietnam with new arrivals.
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Saigon
U. S
South Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
11Th
SIU Willing to Block U of I Bid for Springfield College
SIU appears pleased that the University of Illinois bid to run both Springfield and Chicago senior colleges was rejected, urging balance among state schools. A 5 year plan would keep Springfield under a Regents or Governors board, with SIU offering support for establishing both campuses. The Board of Higher Education will forward recommendations to the Governor, who oversees $3 million in planning funds for the 1972 openings.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Chicago
Martin van Brown
Carbondale
SIU
Illinois
Springfield College
Board of Regents
Board of Governors
U of I
Field
John S. Rendleman
Board of Higher Education
University of Illinois
Johnson Thieu Back Viet Policy After Dinner Talks
President Johnson and South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu affirmed that Thieu would discuss with parties linked to the National Liberation Front and that peace talks could be informal. A joint statement stressed no clash over policies and noted Australia’s pro American stance. Johnson planned memorials in Melbourne and talks with Wilson before returning home.
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Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Johnson
Vietnam
Thieu
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Front
Washington
NLF
Australia
Melbourne
Harold Wilson
U.S
Rome
Paul VI
Parliament House
King Constantine Signals Return Under Junta Timetable
King Constantine said he would return if the junta set a firm timetable for restoring democracy. He urged an acceptable publication date for a new constitution, an early referendum, and assurances Greeks could elect a new government. The junta seeks restoration of parliamentary rule and recognition as the legitimate government.
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Greece
Constantine
Junta
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Tommy Davis
Murphysboro
Stuart Erwin
California
Beverly Hills
New York
Dmz
Reds
Viet Cong 2Nd Delta Regiment
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Springfield
LBJ
Thien
Canberra
King
Athens
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