De Gaulle Urges Five Power Conference on UN Charter
President de Gaulle proposed a Geneva meeting of five permanent Security Council members including China to revise the UN charter and backed a new world monetary system beyond the dollar and pound. He urged European settlement of German reunification and cautioned the United States and Britain in a broader Europe. Johnson said he would study the proposal after review.
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France
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Soviet Union
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Germany
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Urals
United States
Washington
Johnson
Farm Price Support Improvement Urged by President Johnson
President Johnson told Congress farm price support programs should be continued and improved. He cited 30 years of Roosevelt era programs and noted they boosted net farm income by about a billion dollars annually over four years. He urged parity of opportunity for rural Americans and outlined steps for extending soybeans and other crops, with long term cropland adjustment and continued authority for price levels.
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Congress
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Secretary of Agriculture
Jenkins Skips Baker Hearing
Walter Jenkins, former top White House aide to President Johnson, failed to appear before the Senate Rules Committee in the Bobby Baker probe. Jenkins' lawyer Peyton Ford and psychiatrist Dr. Leon Yodelson sought to excuse him from testifying in a closed session.
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Washington
Walter Jenkins
President Johnson
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Jenkins
Peyton Ford
Leon Yodelson
White House
Stock Prices Push Higher To Record High Ground
New York February 4 The stock market moved into record high ground in active trading as the Dow Jones industrial average rose .77 to 907.07 at noon.
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New York
Weather outlook for Southern Illinois warms into Friday
Fair to partly cloudy skies give way to a slow warming trend through Friday. Low temperatures dip to 12 to 20 degrees tonight. Highs Friday rise from the mid 30s to around 40 degrees. Map and details on page 17.
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Illinois
Former Cop Wounded By Ex-Partner In Decatur
James E. Ratcliff a 32 year old ex Decatur police officer wounded seriously today after breaking into an appliance store. Ratcliff was hit multiple times in the thighs and legs by pellets from a police riot gun fired by patrolman Donald R. Scales. A private watch service member spotted him inside the store and police surrounded the scene firing a warning shot before Ratcliff fled through the front window.
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James E. Ratcliff
Force
Donald R. Scales
Ratcliff
Remap Census Basis Debated by Illinois Officials
Republican reapportionment experts push using current census estimates for district redraws while a House committee weighs 1960 census figures. The Citizens Reapportionment Committee promotes population basis, contiguous compact districts, and respect for Chicago suburban boundaries to curb partisan gerrymandering.
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Ralph H. Johnson
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
House
Leo Pfeffer
D-Seymour
George T. Bogert
Chicago
Roger L. Kelly
Peoria
Citizens Committee
Cook County
Public probe urged into Illinois General Assembly corruption
Chicago February 4 AP an Illinois Crime Investigating Commission member called for a public investigation of alleged corruption in the General Assembly. The panel has received a bribery and conflict of interest report from Sen Paul Simon and Rep Anthony Sciarano. Commission director Siragusa expects hearings within weeks.
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Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Illinois General Assembly
Ture
Paul Simon
Troy
Anthony Scariano
Park Forest
Charles Siragusa
Siragusa
Power realignment urged in Illinois higher education board
Controversy over capital appropriations and control of public universities flares as Heineman requests a special Feb. 17 meeting. SIU presses for 26.4 million, up from 18.8 million, while debates on Master Plan amendments seek to shift board power to university trustees and state officials.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Ben Heineman
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Southern Illinois University
SIU
Delyte W. Morris
STU
General Assembly
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Johnson restates Viet Nam policy in news conference
President Johnson reaffirmed the U S commitment to help the people of Viet Nam preserve their freedom and to continue current policy. He dismissed Paris reports of North South talks as unfounded and said a U S pullout is not anticipated. He noted Bundy's Saigon visit as ongoing Washington Saigon talks on the Vietnamese situation.
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Viet Nam
Alexei N. Kosygin
Hanoi
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Saigon
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Albert Gore
D-Tenn
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Congress
Soviet Union
Humphrey
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Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Malcolm X Visits Selma Amid Civil Rights Tensions
Malcolm X warned Selma students that the nonviolent route may fail and a more militant movement could emerge if whites and federal leaders fail to grant equal rights. In Perry County protests continued with about 200 arrests as Dr. King remained jailed. Coretta King visited and praised the students' courage.
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Ala
Malcolm X
Perry County
Martin Luther King Jr
Alabama
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