Basic To Training Unemployed Reading Comes First
Stephen Tatarsky reports on Franklin and Williamson counties facing hard core unemployment. The Manpower Development and Training Act funds 200 of 1,000 trainees in four classes at Vocational Technical Institute teaching reading writing and daily life skills to prepare for vocational work and job placement.
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Stephen Tatarsky
Franklin
Williamson
Vocational Technical Institute
State Dept. of Public Aid
Southern Illinois University Manpower Development and Training Office
West Frankfort
William Nagel
VTI
Mixed Crew Vessel Claude V. Ricketts Departs on First Deployment
The guided missile destroyer Claude V. Ricketts sailed from Norfolk on its first regular deployment with a mixed nationality crew of 255. The ship, America's prototype for a multilateral force, heads to join 12 other 2nd Fleet ships to relieve 6th Fleet vessels in the Mediterranean. Crew hail from the United States, West Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Greece, and the Netherlands, with English taught as a priority.
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Rfolk
Claude V. Ricketts
U. S. Navy
Ricketts
America
Norfolk Naval Base
2Nd Fleet
6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
United States
West Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Greece
Netherlands
Cmdr
F. J. Reed
King Leads Selma March Over Slow Voter Registration
Nearly 1,000 Negroes gathered at the Dallas County Courthouse in Selma Alabama for a protest over registration delays. Dr Martin Luther King Jr left a sick bed in Atlanta to join the march while Sheriff James G Clark watched from a courthouse window. King called the demonstration magnificent but criticized the pace of registration as far too slow.
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Selma
Ala
Dallas County
Martin Luther King Jr
James G. Clark
King
L. C. Crocker
Atlanta
Mrs. Vanderbilt Dies After Custody Battle
Gloria M. Vanderbilt, 60, mother of heiress Gloria Van derbilt, died of cancer Saturday in Los Angeles. The death follows a public custody dispute within the family over the daughter who inherited 4 million dollars from Cornelius Vanderbilt, her grandfather.
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Vanderbilt
Los Angeles
Gloria M. Vanderbilt
Gloria Vanderbilt
Reginald C
Pre Vocational Class Inspires Students and Parents in Ill
A South ern Illinois grandmother in the Manpower program delivered her baby Tuesday and returned to her adult education class Wednesday. Teachers report stronger writing reading and personal growth as parents take pride in appearance and habits.
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Southern Illinois
Robert Thomas
Rt. 1
Carbondale
Dallas Silveria
Silveria
Bonn Cairo Split Looms Israel Urges Stand
West Germany warned it may cut aid to Egypt over Ulbricht visit to Cairo even as Israel rejected Bonn’s offer of compensatory aid for arms shipments halted under U A R pressure Prime Minister Eshkol accused Bonn of yielding to Egyptian blackmail and urged Germany to honor security aid commitments to Israel.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Egypt
Cairo
Walter Ulbricht
Israel
U.A.R
Levi Eshkol
Jerusalem
Ludwig Erhard
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Ulbricht
East Germany
Eshkol
Nasser
East Berlin
New Civilian Viet Leader Chosen
Washington reports indicate no hard evidence of a major Hanoi response after recent strikes. China and the Soviet Union weigh potential intervention while denying confirmed troop movements. Kosygin pledges more aid as Peking and Moscow call for unity. In South Vietnam fighting resumes with 27 enemy actions. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces inflict casualties, capture troops, and shell outposts.
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Washinton
Viet Nam
U.S
Hanoi
Red
North Viet Nam
Pekin
London
Formosa
Defense Ministry
Pei Yu-feng
Sunday Times
Alexie N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
North Korea
Peking
Moscow
Washington
United Action
Southeast Asia
Saigon
South
Binh Dinh
Quang Ngai
India
Poland
Canada
Major Steel Rift Doubted by Industry and Union Leaders
Washington reports a New York Times assessment after interviews with steel company officials and United Steelworkers leaders. Most observers expect relations to persist along the 1960s pattern, with no large upheaval regardless of the union election outcome, though a postcontract strike remains possible.
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John D. Pomfret
New York Times
Washington
Steel
United Steelworkers of America
David J. McDonald
J. W. Abel
International Union
McDonald
Abel
British SAC Bases Close After 14 Years
London February 15 AP The U S Strategic Air Command will close operations in Britain on April 1 and move its remaining B47 stratojet bombers to the United States. Brize Norton will be handed to the Royal Air Force for transport use while Upper Heyford remains a U S transit base as part of McNamara’s economy campaign.
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London
U. S. Strategic Air Command
Britain
Air Force
SAC
United States
Brize Norton
Royal Air Force
Transport Command
Upper Heyford
U. S. Air Force
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
FDA Curbs Free Sale Of Inhalers
The FDA announced that methamphetamine inhalers will require prescriptions due to widespread abuse. People extract the active ingredient from the inhaler wick for amphetamine-like effects, prompting the policy change effective Feb. 10. A 1959 statement previously placed similar inhalers on the prescription list.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Register
Counties Move Toward Home Rule in Illinois
In Springfield on February 15 the Illinois Association of Supervisors announced a push for a Home Rule constitutional amendment. If approved by voters, counties could reapportion supervisors, remove redundant officers, fix salaries, levy taxes under constitutional limits, and form joint ventures with nearby counties or cities. The group favors a charter system as a lasting, flexible solution, while seeking a stopgap reapportionment law if courts require it.
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Springfield
Illinois Association of
Khanh Prepares Transitional Regime in Saigon
South Vietnam’s strongman Lt. Gen. Nguyen Khanh aims to form a civilian government led by ex-foreign minister Phan Huy Quat with a 20 member advisory council including six officers. Quat, a former foreign minister under Khanh, leads a cabinet to draw broad support across factions while Khanh keeps real power as military commander.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Phan Huy Quat
Nuyen Khanh
Khanh
Quat
Nguyen Xuan Oanh
Tran van Huong
Major Issues Lead Stocks
New York February 15 The stock market extended a recovery in active trading with most major groups higher. Gains ranged from fractions to over a point, led by nonferrous metals chemicals and airlines with stronger moves in oils and electronics. The Dow at noon rose 2.54 to 91.01 as Anaconda Eastman Kodak and United Air Lines posted gains. Eastern Air Lines pulled back slightly after a strong prior week.
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New York
Dow Jones
Anaconda
Eastman Kodak
United Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines
Colder Weather Set for Southern Illinois Tonight
Increasing cloudiness brings a drop in temperatures to the mid 20s to mid 30s. Rain freezing rain or snow develops late tonight into Tuesday, then changes to snow with a Tuesday night ending. Colder Tuesday features highs in the mid to upper 30s.
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Illinois
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