New House Map Changes Reapportionment Plan Details
Democrats release a revised House reapportionment bill placing Jackson and Williamson in the 59th district. The earlier plan would have moved Williamson to the southern district and Jackson to the 57th with Randolph Perry Franklin Jefferson and Hamilton counties. The revision shifts other boundaries with Saline moved to the 58th and Franklin aligned with the 58th instead of the 57th.
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Jackson
Williamson
William
Son County
Randolph
Perry
Franklin
Jefferson
Hamilton
Saline
County
Franklin County
Paul Elward
Chicago
Social
House
Democrats Move Amended Illinois House Reapportionment Bill
Democrats push a heavily amended Illinois House remap bill to pass next week with a party line vote delaying the GOP plan. Rep. Clyde Choate cites population devi ation near 1 percent while Republicans accuse Democrats of breaking a social reapportionment pledge.
FEPC amendment and other bills in Illinois legislature
Republican senators introduced an amendment to the Illinois FEPC Act to permit job refusals to known Communists and to allow veteran pref erences and seniority based pay under a merit system. Other measures include age limits on marriage and constitutional changes affecting county offices and sheriff merit rules.
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Springfield
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Arrington
Illinois
Ralph Smith
Alton
House
Downstate
Rain For Southern Illinois Weather Update
Weather brief notes cloudy mild conditions with rain and locally heavy thunderstorms continuing tonight. A low in the 40s tonight. Friday rain ends and temperatures fall with highs in the 40s. Weather map details on page 21.
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Illinois
Burglars Bind 74 Year Old Woman for Three Days
Hillsboro Ohio February 11 AP a small sturdy farm woman Bernice Brown aged 74 lay bound on her kitchen floor for three days after burglars ransacked her home Reuters reports she endured no food or water yet was not hungry when found Authorities persuaded her to seek medical help Miss Brown living alone five miles from town was found by her nephew John Henry Brown and is in fair condition in hospital
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Bernice Brown
Miss Brown
John Henry Brown
U S Strikes North Vietnam Over Viet Cong Provocation
The United States and South Vietnam launched air strikes against infiltration bases in North Vietnam citing sustained Viet Cong ambushes and attacks. Officials signaled a broader, though limited, retaliatory action with tensions rising with the Soviet Union amid Moscow demonstrations.
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U S
Soviet Union
Southeast Asia
North Viet Nam
Moscow
St Louis Slayer Davis Given Life Sentence
Jasper Lee Davis, 19, a high school dropout, was sentenced to life in prison by a circuit court jury after being convicted of first degree murder in the stabbing death of James T. Ready, 26, a St Louis University student. Davis was charged with slaying Ready on a St Louis street last April during an attack by several youths.
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ST. Louis
Jasper Lee Davis
St. Louis University
Davis
James T. Ready
Ready
Christopher youth wounded in Pleiku attack and helicopter down
Charles Rowland, 19, of Christopher, a helicopter gunner in Vietnam, was wounded by shrapnel at Pleiku. Later the helicopter carrying him to hospital was shot down, causing two broken ribs. He recuperates at Clark Air Force Base Hospital.
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Christopher
Pleiku
Army
Rowland
Phillipine Air Force Hospital
Steve Rowland
Secretary of the Army
Christopher High School
Ft. Leonard Wood
Hawaii
Pleiku Attack Wounds 16 Soldiers Among Them Two Eye Injuries
Private Pfe from New York describes the Pleiku assault as raining metal. 16 U S soldiers were wounded when Viet Cong hit the Pleiku base, including 1st Lt Joe Rigby of Texas who lost blood from a leg wound and Harold Feldmann and Neal Phillips who suffered shrapnel and puncture injuries.
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David C. Crounse
Altamont
N.Y
Crounse
South Viet Nam
Belleville
Joe Rigby
Lockney
Tex
Pleiku
Rigby
V. C
Harold J. Feldmann
Oxford
Mich
Neal J. Phillips
Fairview Park
Ohio
Track coach and ACC dean Robert L. Chambers dies
Durham February 11 AP report states Duke track coach and ACC dean Robert L. Chambers died of an apparent heart attack at his home. He was 58 and a 1930 Illinois graduate who starred in football wrestling and track.
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Durham
N.C
Robert L. Chambers
Duke
University of Illinois
Four Navy Planes Lost In Viet Nam Retaliation Raids
About 150 U S and South Vietnamese warplanes attacked North Viet Nam targets from land and sea in reprisal for Viet Cong strikes. Four carrier planes and one pilot were lost, while the rest returned safely. Targets included Chan Hoa and Chap Le barracks near the 17th Parallel.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
Chan Hoa
Chap le
Dong Hoi
Hancock
Ranger
Coral Sea
17Th Parallel
da Nang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phuong Nguyen Luy
Phuong Lau Kim
Qui Nhon City
Hanoi claims pilot seized in raid over North Vietnam
Hanoi radio claimed it shot down seven U S planes and captured one American pilot named Robert H Shumaker with identity card No 9 131 615. The Pentagon said four planes were downed in raids into North Vietnam and one pilot was missing. Broadcast monitored in Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Radio
Hanoi
U.S
Pentagon
Washington
North Viet Nam
Robert H. Shumaker
Southwestern Bell and CWA Reach Wage Agreement
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co and the Communications Workers of America district 6 signed a new wage agreement Wednesday night providing raises of 2 to 5 dollars per week for 45 000 employees in six states including Illinois.
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St. Louis
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America, District 6
Illinois
Two Americans Rescued Alive From Qui Nhon Hotel Ruins
Amid Viet Cong bombing at a Qui Nhon hotel, rescuers pulled two American soldiers alive from rubble after hours trapped. One survivor reportedly had his leg amputated by a Korean doctor to free him. The blast left 1 American dead in the bar, another died later, 16 wounded, and many buried, with 12 Vietnamese servants among the victims.
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Saigon
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Taylor
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Johnson
United States
Thailand
Hong Kong
Defense Department
Washington
U. S
North Viet Nam
Vinh Linh
U. S. Army
Pentagon
Bilet
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