Viet Cong Attack Near Bien Hoa Base Sparks Toll
North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces overran a village near Tan Uyen, six miles from Bien Hoa air base, killing 14 South Vietnamese militiamen and 6 civilians, burning homes, blowing a market, and wounding 46 others before a dawn counterattack drove them off. Four American planes were reported lost in attacks on North Vietnam.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Uyen
Bien Hoa
North Vietnam
United States
Clear, cold with a gradual warmup upcoming
The forecast calls for clear, cold conditions tonight with lows from zero to five above. Monday will be mostly clear and not as cold, with a gradual warming trend later in the week.
10000 Troops Reported Near Cambodian Border
Bernard Weinraub reports from Dantieng South Vietnam that US officials estimate up to 10000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops are nearby in jungles around the division base camp 60 miles northwest of Saigon. The area has seen heavy fighting and infiltration, with battles near a fire support base and significant allied and enemy casualties. Military officials note Cambodian border sanctuaries and a village near the border with Cambodian flags on rooftops, suspected as enemy storage sites.
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Bernard Weinraub
New York Times
Dantieng
South Vietnam
Saigon
Cambodia
F. K. Mearns
Here
Mearns
Tayninh
U.S
Silverman indicted on charges in Illinois case
The Sangamon County Grand Jury indicted Sol S. Silverman, former Murray Children's Center superintendent in Centralia, on theft by deceit, deceptive practices, and violations of the state personnel code. Counts allege false claims of a PhD, false statements in applying for the job, and cashing payroll warrants. Silverman resigned on November 20 after union concerns and has since moved to New York.
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Springfield
Sangamon County
Sol S. Silverman
Murray Children’s Center
Centralia
Silverman
New School of Social Research
New York City
Ilinois State Employes Union
New York
Center
Cities face job shortages by 1975 says EDA report
Washington AP. The Economic Development Administration warns that central cities may face a severe job shortage by 1975 due to deepening rural poverty. The 25 largest metropolitan areas outside California could see a potential shortage of 29 million jobs.
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Washington
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Commerce Department
California
ACLU offers aid to Spock and four others
The ACLU offered legal help to Dr Benjamin Spock Yale chaplain Coffin writer Goodman Marcus Raskin Institute for Policy Studies director and Michael Ferber in an indictment charging conspiring to counsel draft aged youths to evade the draft. Spock said he would retain his own attorney. The group includes four others indicted Friday. The same report notes a separate U.S. wheat flour sale to South Vietnam under the Fund for Peace.
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New York
American Civil Liberties Union
Benjamin Spock
ACLU
Spock
Yale University
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Mitchell Goodman
New York City
Marcus ‘Raskin
Institute For Policy Studies
Washington
Chicago teachers reach tentative contract amid strike threat
Mayor Daley announced a tentative Chicago Teachers Union deal after a crisis that could trigger a Tuesday strike affecting about 577,000 pupils in 550 public schools. Details were not released until a later meeting of the union representatives.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Daley
House of Representatives
Chicago Teachers Union
Tne
Dew York
Civic Opera House
John E. Desmond
Sniper Hits Nuns in Columbus Courtyard
Janet Marie LaZarrus, 20, a former patient, fired from a third floor apartment in Columbus North Side, wounding Sister Mary Leonard, 83, in the neck and Sister Ricardo, 24, in the shoulder. Police reported no charges filed yet and that she offered no resistance. Sister Mary Leonard was hospitalized in serious condition. Sister Ricardo’s condition listed as good.
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Columbus, Ohio
Janet Marie LaZarrus
Columbus State Hospital
Mary Leonard
Ricardo
St. Francis of Assisi Convent
Mary
New Haven
Conn
Mount Carmel Hospital
LaZarrus
Fire destroys Chicago cafe and Notre Dame star’s trophy
A downtown Chicago cafe owned by former Notre Dame football star Johnny Lattner burned Saturday evening. Two people were killed and two injured as fire crews battled the blaze. One identified dead was Margaret Wallace. another victim and the injured were unnamed. The co owner noted a waitress vanished after the fire. Damages were estimated at half a million dollars and Lattner’s Heisman Trophy was among the losses.
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Chicago
Notre Dame
Johnny Lattner
Margaret Wallace
Robert Nivers
Nivers
Lattner
Train Hits Truck Kill 13 in England at Grade Crossing
In Hixon England a Manchester London express struck a 225 ton transformer truck at a grade crossing killing 13 and injuring 50. About 300 passengers were aboard as a locomotive and eight of ten cars derailed. Rescue operations and emergency crews, including helicopters, aided survivors and fatalities. The truck driver and mate escaped unharmed.
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Hixon
England
Stafford
British Railways
London
Inside the Southern Ilinoisan highlights and notices
A glance at Inside the Southern Ilinoisan with page references to history of the better postage rate on page 2, a smoking stand made from a door with hidden history on page 8, the Southern Illinois Open Hunt Club at Devil's Kitchen Lake on page 7, classes taught in Jackson County YMCA on page 22, and a bass fishing contest set for April on page 9.
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America
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Stude
Jackson County
1967 toll of 159 traffic deaths across 15 counties
Southern Illinois District 13 reports 159 fatalities in 1967, led by Franklin Randolph and Jackson counties. Most deaths were male, ages 16 to 53, with Rt 3 and rural roads as top accident sites. August and February were deadliest months. 46 single vehicle, 38 two car, and 21 car-truck crashes.
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Franklin County
Rt. 3
Randolph County
Ilinois
Southern Illinois
Pope County
District 13
Illinois
District
Franklin
Jackson
Randolph
Saline
Williamson
Perry
Union
Pulaski
Jefferson
Alexander
Gallatin
Mass
Johnson
Hardin
Washington
Missouri
Chester
Arkansas
New York
California
Kentucky
Jackson County
Rt. 13
Rt. Si
Ing
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U.S. Base
Landers
Family Living
Cambodian
Eliza
Beth Charles
Billie Charles
Carbondale
Steve Rice
Vietnam
Agriculture Department
Fond For Peace
Grand Tower Road
Rt. 2
Tokyo
Moscow Radio
Odessa
Black Sea
Massac
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