Violence erupts on campuses as 2000 clash with police
Associated Press reports 2000 students and police clashed on the University of California Berkeley campus amid the nationwide student unrest. 26 students and 13 officers injured, 14 youths and a girl arrested. Gov Reagan mobilized National Guard as regents prepared to reconvene. Other campuses saw protests, sit ins, and blockades including Roosevelt University, Clark, Wesleyan, and the University of Chicago as demonstrations spread nationwide.
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SIU trustees approve increases in room and board rates
SIU board approves on campus housing rate hikes for next year. Major units like Brush Towers Thompson Point Neely Hall in University Park raise quarterly rents from 202 to 327. University Park Triads from 292 to 512, Southern Acres from 267 to 287, VTL Dorm from 292 to 322. Group housing up 159 to 162 per quarter. Southern Hills adds 9 a month. trailer court from 24 to 28. Overall average about 11 percent. no dorm rise this year at SIU. A $3 per term campus housing fee was also approved to fund student activities.
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Nixon urges limited electoral reform not direct popular vote
President Nixon called for reform to/divide each state's electoral votes to better reflect the popular vote while stopping short of endorsing direct nationwide popular election. He suggested proportional or district-based plans, retaining state counts, and proposed automatic allocation by statewide results or a runoff if no candidate exceeds a threshold.
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De Gaulle proposes summit on new Europe replacing Common Market
French President Charles de Gaulle secretly proposes summits with Prime Minister Harold Wilson to discuss a new political system to supplant the six nation Common Market. British officials say they reject the central idea while offering talks on Europe and reaffirm Britain’s bid to join the Common Market. An inner council of France Britain West Germany and Italy would form a large European economic association in place of the current bloc.
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Truman Hospitalized With Flu in Kansas City
Former President Harry S. Truman was admitted to Research Hospital in Independence area at 11:40 p.m. Thursday with a simple gastrointestinal flu virus. Doctors reported steady improvement, a liquid diet, and planned home discharge in a few days as Mrs. Truman stayed at the hospital briefly. Secret Service guarded his private room on the sixth floor.
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Battleship to leave war zone in March after six month tour
AP reports the USS New Jersey, the world’s only active battleship, will depart in March after a six month tour off Vietnam’s coasts and may not return, signaling no de escalation. Ground combat continues along the Laotian frontier near Hue and Da Nang as Marines, aided by dive bombers, attack a North Vietnamese artillery base and bunker complex, with 88 enemy soldiers killed and two Soviet 22mm guns seized. The month long Dewey Canyon operation has left 695 enemy troops dead.
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Firebombing at St Louis Police Station Wounds Clerk
A district police station in west St. Louis was firebombed early today, injuring Lavita Pearson, 20, eight months pregnant, as two incendiary devices were hurled through windows. The 6th District has seen prior attacks linked to militants, though police said no arrests had occurred before the bombing. The attack followed earlier gunfire incidents connected to the Black Liberators.
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Illinois cuts spending goal to $100 million in five months
Governor Ogilvie ordered state departments to save $100 million by Sept. 30, an increase of $22 million from before. Departments must submit five major savings by next week and month by month forecasts by March 6. A hiring freeze except in two lowest pay grades was enacted and surplus vehicles ordered for disposal. In another move, Illinois will manufacture motor vehicle license plates out of state for 1970 and 1971, saving an estimated $630,000.
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Rain grows more general and heavier tonight into Saturday
Rain becomes more extensive and heavier through tonight and Saturday. Evening low temperatures will be in the low to mid 30s with Saturday’s high reaching the mid to upper 40s. Weather details on map page 17.
Blast Kills Two at Jerusalem Market
An explosion hit Jerusalem's largest supermarket killing two university students and wounding nine others including an Australian major. A police probe found a smaller bomb near the British Consulate, later detonated in a field. Police roadblocks separated communities as tensions spiked.
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Oswald Widow Testifies At Shaw Conspiracy Trial
Marina Oswald Porter testified for the defense in New Orleans as a key witness, denying prosecution claims about Lee Harvey Oswald’s life. She contradicted that Oswald lived with an eccentric homosexual and said he spent one night away from home when they lived in New Orleans.
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