State Board approves commuter college plan with governance tweaks
The State Board of Higher Education unanimously backed a subcommittee plan for Springfield and Chicago commuter colleges opening in the early 1970s with junior and senior courses and some graduate work. Contested governance ideas about U of I and board roles were removed after protests by University leaders.
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Thomas Gregory Lindsay-Schaub
Chicago
State Board of Higher Education
Springfield
University of Illinois
David D. Henry
Public
Ray Page
Board of Regents
Board of Governors
Capital
Cook County
Henry
Page
U of I
Wiost Board
Robert W. MacVicar
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W. Morris
SIU housing rule change targets freshmen and sophomores
Dean Wilber Moulton proposes off-campus housing restrictions for SIU freshmen and sophomores to limit choices to conventional dormitory like facilities and small landlord homes. Juniors and seniors would be allowed apartments and non-landlord units. Grandfather clauses protect existing arrangements. final approval hoped for 1968-69 rules.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
Moulton
Rain Rain Develops Then Changes to Snow Friday
Rain develops tonight and continues into Friday with lows in the 30s and highs in the low 40s. Rain changes to light snow Friday night as temperatures fall, bringing a colder end to the week. Weather details on page 17.
Ice Breaks Up on Mississippi Near Chester
Ice on the Mississippi in the Chester area is breaking up as warmer weather arrives. The river remains largely blocked with ice and full of ice though movement is noted. limited barge traffic is reported while most traffic remains halted by the ice.
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Mississippi River
Chester
Evacuation Ordered in Que Son Valley near Da Nang
Residents in the Que Son valley about 30 miles south of Da Nang must evacuate their homes as the area has been affected. Local authorities are advising residents to move to safety amid escalating dangers.
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Que Son Valley
da Nang
Post Office to Merge Airmail with First Class at Six-Cent Rate
Postmaster General Lawrence F. O'Brien announced plans to end air mail as a separate service and switch all first class letters to air at a six-cent rate. He touted a growing nationwide airlift network of 500 cities and high on-time delivery, while noting 10-cent stamps will still cover air transport until a formal single class rate is established. He said Congress will be asked in 1969 to merge airmail and first class into a single priority service.
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Post Office Department
Lawrence F. O’brien
O’brien
the Post
Post Office
Congress
Pps
U.S
O'Brien
Brown seeks refuge at Cuban UN mission after incident
U S patrolman and H I Rap Brown clash outside the United Nations led Brown to take shelter for about six hours at the Cuban mission. The Cuban delegation protested to U Thant saying Brown and his aide were forced to return to the mission amid police aggression.
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H. Rap Brown
United Nations
U. N
U Thant
Brown
Lindsay
Johnson
Cuba
Jesus Jimenez
Thant
Robert Smith
NFO Begins All Commodity Withholding to Raise Farm Prices
The National Farmers Organization launches an all commodity withholding starting with grain to push prices higher. Oren Lee Stavely says meat and later milk will be added. other commodities, including vegetables, to be held. Targets set for corn at 1.50 per bushel and feed grains at 2.25 per hundredweight. Capitalized timetable kept secret to maintain surprise. The group has used similar actions before, facing a Justice Department anti trust suit over milk in 1963.
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Corning, Iowa
National Farmers Organization
NFO
Oren Lee Staley
Staley
NFC
Militant Farm Group
Justice Department
Bowles Seeks Neutral Cambodia Ties Amid Talks
U S envoy Chester Bowles meets Prince Sihanouk in Phnom Penh to reaffirm Cambodia's neutrality and territorial integrity. They discuss Vietnamese forces sheltering in Cambodia and a U S offer of two helicopters for the International Control Commission to patrol the border. Sihanouk brushes off Kennedy mission as a failure and warns Bowles to expect no breakthrough.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Chester Bowles
Nordom Sihanouk
United States
Bowles
U. S
India
Sihanouk
Johnson
South Vietnam
Jackie
State Department
Washington
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy
Venus
Wreckage of Marine plane found in Nevada canyon
The burned C54 transport crashed on Mt. Tobin during a blizzard en route from Denver to Seattle. Nineteen men listed as aboard, all presumed dead. Sheriff’s party and possible helicopter access attempted descent. wreckage found at daybreak after 18 hours.
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Battle Mountain
Nev
Nevada
Denver
Seattle
Wash
Mt. Tobin
Mt. Tobin Towers
George Schwin
Lander County
Quantico Marine Base
Virginia
Buckley Air Field
Colo
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Mittee
General Assembly
James Worthy
Ben W. Heineman
Education Board
SIU
Mississippi
Hudson
Hudson River
Tomkins Cove
Stony Point
N.Y
Ture
New Air Mail Service
Inside Classified
Family Living
Rap Brown
U.N
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