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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1969
Page
8
The University of Georgia approved the appointment of Ray Cohn Barrymore Rusk as professor of international law, paying Ray and President Fred C. Davidson substantial salaries. Rusk returns to Georgia after a career as secretary of state, with the post renewed yearly amid opposition.
Two Mattoon brothers, Allen and Roger Zike, are jailed in Coles County after a Sunday skirmish with Mattoon police that ended in a shootout. Allen, 22, faces kidnapping, armed robbery, and battle charges. Roger, 19, is charged with burglary, armed violence, aggravated assault, and intimidation. Police forced into a patrol car at gunpoint. six officers cornered the suspects in a Mattoon apartment. No injuries reported. tear gas used to end the standoff.
Vice President Spiro Agnew was warmly greeted at the Manila inauguration of President Ferdinand Marcos II. Security was tight yet a friendly crowd surrounded him after the ceremony. A separate nighttime protest near the U.S. Embassy led to charges against two University of the Philippines students for explosives possession. Marcos urged Asia to unity and shared burdens with the poor while calling for peace.
In the early hours of the Viet Cong New Year cease fire, a U.S. soldier was killed and several wounded by enemy mortar fire near Saigon. Across the area, enemy soldiers reported killed or wounded in skirmishes as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces continued operations. No allied casualties were recorded in a later reconnaissance engagement northwest of Saigon.
Judge James B. Parsons dismissed draft evasion charges against Dennis M. Gustavson a 26 year old Bloomington Illinois law student. The judge said Gustavson was denied proper procedure for conscientious objector status and noted a back page entry about a fight at Illinois State University. The ruling referenced remarks about college brats and suggested the Selective Service should fund supervisors rather than lawyers.
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