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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1968
Page
5
The AH 1G Huey Cobra attack helicopter is showcased in a Vietnam demonstration at Longbinh. It seats two pilots, has a movable front gun turret, fixed wing mounted weapons, and can dive at 260 degrees while cruising at 160 mph, far faster than older Hueys.
Clayburn A. Dilday 72 of Collinsville died Saturday in St Marys Hospital East St Louis after a yearlong illness. He was a former Chester area farmer and a Pentecostal church custodian in Collinsville. He was born July 2 1895 to Albert S and Sarah Wheeler Dilday and married Effie Bridgett in Newport Arkansas in 1935. Survivors include wife Effie, son Charles of O Fallon, daughter Ruby Mehrer of Collinsville, brothers Henry B Dilday Chester and Lacy Dilday Caseyville, sister Mae Rohan St. Louis, ten grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services tentatively set 2 pm Monday at Welge Funeral Home Chester with Rev William Farmer officiating. burial Evergreen Cemetery Chester. Friends may visit after 4 pm today.
President Johnson planned a private Texas visit with Prime Minister Levi Eshkol of Israel to discuss Middle East issues and a possible peace, while pursuing a fundraising push for an Israeli bond campaign. Eshkol hoped the trip would advance peace amid concerns over Arab rearmament and the F4 Phantom jets.
Bitterness and stigma rise around South Africa's second heart transplant in Cape Town. Racial and financial tensions color the achievement as newspapers, including Die Transvaler, attack overseas commentary. English papers note overseas press overreaction while broadcasting censorship and checkbook journalism stir controversy.
Circuit Judge C B Wright says Illinois will tighten its uniform traffic ticket code after a state survey found collection problems with fines. Major changes require bail for all routine tickets, with options including a $25 cash bond or an approved bond certificate for out-of-state drivers, or posting an Illinois driver’s license. In-state drivers face similar provisions with bond forms expanding access at police and circuit clerk offices.
The Secret Service reports arrests for threatening the President climbed from about 60 after Kennedy to 425 by fiscal 1967, with figures showing a fivefold increase. Federal law makes threats to the President a crime with penalties including up to five years in prison and a $1000 fine. a Harlem youth was later found guilty for threatening Johnson at an antiwar rally.
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