SIU Board reelects officers and approves race data records
The Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees meeting in Carbondale re elected Kenneth L. Davis as chairman and Lindell W. Sturgis as vice chairman. Melvin C. Lockard was chosen secretary. The board authorized keeping race and related data on students and faculty as required by government agencies and funding provisions while noting enrollment rise to 26 580 across Carbondale and Edwardsville campuses.
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Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees
Carbondale
Kenneth L. Davis
Harrisburg
Lindell W. Sturgis
Metropolis
Melvin C. Lockard
Mattoon
Martin van Brown
Davis
Sturgis
Lockard
Robert W. MacVicar
U.S. Dept. of Health Education and Welfare
SIU
McVicar
Board
Edwardsville
MacVicar
Brown
Westmoreland predicts new enemy moves
U S officials warn of a North Vietnamese buildup along the northern frontier as 35000 regulars mass in the buffer zone. Gen Westmoreland foresees renewed enemy initiative by month end amid talks and bombing pauses. Heavy fighting, Viet Cong attacks, and losses burn through the frontline in Vietnam.
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U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Saigon
Vietnams
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U. S
Johnson
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
U.S. Command
Mekong Delta
Air Force
Bao Giang
Johnson aims for April 1 tax Increase
The Johnson administration pursues a 10 percent individual income tax surcharge with an April 1 effective date and a retroactive January 1 start for corporations. Officials expect official dates Monday as Ways and Means reopens hearings, while Mills seeks a budget review before backing any tax rise.
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Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Allied forces harm three Cambodians in incursion
Information from well informed sources says American South Vietnamese forces penetrated Cambodian territory by more than 200 yards with air support. Three Cambodians were killed and one was wounded in the Thursday action near Phnom Penh.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Forecast warm trend returns with mild weekend
A warming trend develops tonight and Saturday with generally fair skies. Lows dip to around 30 tonight and highs rise to the mid to upper 50s on Saturday. Weather details on map page 13.
Social Security explainer series continues in paper
Another in a series of articles explaining the new Social Security law appears on page 8 of the Southern Illinois newspaper, guiding readers through changes and how they affect benefits and eligibility.
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Southern Illinoisan
Wilson Wins Key Confidence Vote Amid Party Split
In London the Labour government survived a crucial 304 to 9 confidence vote as Conservatives abstained. Twenty five Labour rebels abstained or protested the cuts in social welfare with 22 left wingers opposing health education and housing cuts. Loyalists warn the split could sharpen while observers note a Gallup poll showing some revival in support.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor
House of Commons
Wilson
Commons
Gallup
Daily Telegraph
Illinois Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Milani and Harris Cases
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld Joseph Milani's 1961 murder conviction and denied a rehearing. Milani, who pled guilty during trial for the 1960 Crab Orchard Lake slaying, faced a 150 year sentence. The court also rejected Charles Harris's appeal from 1964 murders at a Fairfield farmhouse and arson, with concurrent 60 to 75 year and 10 to 15 year terms.
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Springfield, Ill
Joseph H. Milani
Herrin
Illinois Supreme Court
Milani
Mary Lilly Ellen Roberts
Crab Orchard Lake
Springfield
Charles
Charlie
Supreme Court
Harris
Haylor
Parsons College May Regain Accreditation
Fairfield Iowa Parsons College prepares for accreditation review after North Central Association announces a visiting team will assess campus Feb 5 6. Acting president Dr Wayne Stamper said the procedure could restore the college's accreditation following the inspection.
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Parsons College
Fairfield
Iowa
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Wayne Stamper
Parsons
Norman Burns
North Central
Metropolitan government eyed for six county Chicago area
A Southern Illinoisan report notes more than 1 200 government bodies in Cook Lake DuPage Will Kane and McHenry counties with power to tax Population in the six county area is about 6 5 million While Chicago itself has over 3 5 million this sprawling jurisdiction spans park districts forest preserves and sanitary districts The COUP plan proposes an Urban Area Government Commission to study consolidations including a possible merger of Chicago and Cook County governments and the elimination of townships in favor of county control
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Cook County
Chicago
Cook, Lake, DuPage, Will, Kane and
McHenry
Tventy
Committee On Urban Progress
COUP
Otto Kerner
State General Assembly
House
Senate
Port
Commission
Chicago Park District
Recreation and Forestry
Springfield
Decatur
Rockford
Peoria
Champaign
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Carterville Teeen Fatally Wounded In Apparent Accident
A Carterville youth, 15 year old Charles Haynes of 112 Locust Street, died after a noon gunshot at Herrin Hospital. Officials say the shooting appears accidental. Investigators from Carterville PD Williamson County sheriff and state police are handling the case. An autopsy has been requested by the coroner.
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Carterville
Herrin Hospital
William MacKenzie
Williamson County
State official suspended over sun-blind hoax in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg AP. Pennsylvania health official Dr Norman Yoder state commissioner for the blind since 1959 admitted fabricating a story that six college students were blinded by the sun after taking LSD. Gov Shafer suspended Yoder who collapsed and was sent to a Philadelphia psychiatric hospital. Yoder, legally blind since a bat accident, confessed to Atty Gen Sennett and investigator West amid inconsistencies in case records.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Norman Yoder
Yoder
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John M. Hightower
The
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Eve
Philadelphia
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Dick Gregory
Legal Springfield
Richard Daley
Gregory
Byron O. House of
Nashville
Daniel P. Ward
Snake Daley
Ben Willis
Benjamin O. Willis
Illinois
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