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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1964
Page
7
Tokyo dispatch reports widespread talk that Mao Tse-tung may resign as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party amid questions of health. The 71 year old, revered by many while reviled by others, remains a towering figure in international communism.
Whitesburg Kentucky residents collect clothes toys and food from welfare groups and a nationwide TV appeal. Families like Eunice Stewart Adams and Opal Bailey describe help from welfare and Social Security funds while cooperation from Illinois New York Florida Ohio and California volunteers supplies gifts for 600 to 800 families in Letcher County and surrounding Appalachia.
Five people received minor injuries in a collision at 4 30 p m Saturday on Route 97 two miles north of Dix State police named Wilburn Lawrence 37 West Chicago as driver of the first car with passengers Verlia Lawrence 31 Wilson Cross 10 and Janice Cross 13 Loren Alderson 68 of Dix drove the other car All were taken to Salem Hospital for treatment and release A second minor injury occurred near Cave in Rock when Alice Hill 36 Cave in Rock a passenger in a car driven by Paul Hill 54 was hurt slightly The other vehicle was driven by Ollie Davis 18 of Rosiclare
Italian presidential electors remained deadlocked after 18 rounds seeking a president. Attempts to back Foreign Minister Giuseppe Varagat failed as Christian Democratic unity fractured. Saragat’s bloc voted solidly, but he fell short of majority with about 270 of 389 electors.
In Ripley Mississippi December 26 AP Mauney investigated the Christmas Carpenters incident after a night clash involving gunfire and firecrackers. Two students Jerry Von Noone and Dick Cooper were involved as Oberlin College students fled in cars claiming confrontations with a pistol wheeled by an unseen man.
U S Senator Frank Church, in Ramparts, urged neutralizing Southeast Asia and using the United Nations as custodian of regional borders. He called for large cuts to U S forces in Korea and argued there is no military need for a continued U S presence along the 38th parallel, urging withdrawal to leave Asia to Asians.
A 14 month old girl Tammy Lee Jones, believed dead by her mother after being left in a running car on Christmas Eve, was found alive after 60 hours in an open cottonfield near Mesa Arizona. Doctors say she is in extremely good condition and will be kept for observation. Police say Wayne Gregory, the mother, initially reported kidnapping and later altered her account. Sgt. Evan Wilson notes the child was found by two policemen and Mrs. Gregory.
Belgrade December 26 Yugoslavia and Bulgaria signed a trade protocol for 1965 calling for a twenty percent rise over 1964 trade. The two neighboring Communist nations totaled about 20 million dollars in trade in 1964.
Congressman Carl Vinson of Georgia ends a 50 year career with no regret. He returns to his Milledgeville farm and plans future work, offering to volunteer if needed. His tenure shaped military policy as Armed Services Committee chair since its creation, serving under nine presidents.
New York police report a pedestrian was shot to death on Madison Avenue near 37th Street after a traffic patrolman attempted to halt a fleeing motorist. Patrolman Patrick Crowe, dragged by a car for blocks, fired two warning shots and two at the vehicle, hitting Julius Ossey of the Bronx as he walked near a hotel. The green dark foreign car with Michigan plates fled north.
Riot erupts at the Hollywood Palladium on Sunset Boulevard as about 3,000 fans clash after midnight. Police, numbering around 25, quell two-hour melee while 2 attendees are hospitalized with cuts and bruises. Aretha Franklin performs after an 8 PM delay, followed by Gloria Lyne.
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