Metro Lakeland proposed for Southern Illinois future
Arthur E. Prell of Southern Illinois University urges a metro government for Jackson Williamson Franklin and Perry counties. The plan envisions a 873 square mile urban complex named Metro Lakeland including Carbondale Murphysboro Herrin Marion Benton West Frankfort Du Quoin and Pinckneyville with phased steps to form borough councils and a central city administration.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
Arthur E. Prell
Prell
Bureau of Business Research
Chamber
Plan Commission
Metro-Lakeland
Jackson
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Elk
Somerset
Vergennes
Williamson County
Lake Creek
Carterville
Herrin
West Marion
East Marion
Blairsville
Perry
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Franklin
Denning
Six Mile
Tyrone
Browning
Goode
Benton
Frankfort
Chambers of Commerce
State Commission For Economic Development
SIU Bureau
Greater Egypt
Jackson, Williamson
Metro Lakeland
Metro - Lakeland
Commission
Carbondale- Murphysboro
Benton - West Frankfort-Bend Lake
Marion - Herrin - Orchill
du Quoin - Pinckneyville
Metro
U S seeks UN council action on Pueblo ship crisis
Ambassador Goldberg urged an urgent U.N. Security Council session to demand the immediate return of the Pueblo and its 83 crew from North Korea. He highlighted adherence to the Korean armistice and warned of potential Communist attacks over Vietnam.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Pueblo
U.N. Security Council
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Korea
Goldberg
Washington
Johnson
Council
Agha Shahi
Pakistan
South Korea
U.N
Security Council
U. S
Vietnam
North Korea warned against trying Pueblo crew as criminals
U S officials urged North Korea not to try the Pueblo crew as criminals and asked the International Red Cross to seek their freedom. The United States pressed for a peaceful settlement while mobilizing air reservists and seeking U N Security Council action.
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North Korea
U.S
International Red Cross
United States
Pueblo
Johnson
U. S. Navy
U. N. Security Council
U. S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Moscow
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Foreign Ministry
Congress
Paul Findley
R-Ill
High salaried banker to get private's pay
A man who called himself an airman in the Reserve and a $22,000-a-year banker in civilian life frantically phoned the Pentagon to learn his call up status. An Air Force major confirmed his unit was being called and ordered him to report by tomorrow midnight as an airman.
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Washington
Pentagon
Air Force
Price rises wipe out wage gains across 1967
Living costs rose 3.1 percent in 1967 and may reach 3.5 percent annual rate if trends continue, eroding wage gains for about 45 million workers. December CPI up 0.3 percent, with medical costs leading increases and farm prices jumping 2.8 percent.
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Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Weekend Forecast With Clouds and Mild Temperatures
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness tonight with a low around 35 to 40. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs Saturday reach the upper 40s to lower 50s. Weather details on map page 8.
Pro-Truce Clash Kills Americans in South Vietnam
American casualties rise as Communist forces attack multiple sites in South Vietnam. Twenty one U.S. servicemen killed and 137 wounded in a 36 hour period before the Lunar New Year cease-fire. Attacks hit Lai Khe base near Saigon and other bases, airfields, and a Marine convoy. The Lai Khe strike aimed at the officers club where five Army officers and others died when the roof collapsed.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Lai Khe
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
American Red Cross
Pulaski clerk fined and placed on probation
Virginia Humphrey, Pulaski County Circuit Court clerk, was fined 1000 dollars and placed on probation for one year on eight counts of official misconduct. She appeared before Associate Circuit Judge Everett Prosser of Murphysboro and resigned as clerk on Thursday. Ted Hester of Mounds was named to fill the remaining ten months of the term.
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Mound City
Virginia Humphrey
Pulaski County
Everett Prosser
Murphysboro
Humphrey
Ted Hester
Mounds
Marines Escape Captivity to Return Home in Vietnam
After two weeks in North Vietnam, Marines Cpl. Steven D. Nelson and Lance Cpl. Michael R. Roha fled a guard and trekked barefoot through jungle to safety near Da Nang. Nelson was later revealed alive after a false death report. Roha returns nine months early.
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John Lengel
Associated Press
da Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Steven D. Nelson
Elkhart
Ind
Lance
Michael Robert Roha
National City
Calif
United States
Roha
Nelson
Chua Luu
Midwest supersonic jet terminus eyed for Illinois
Arthur E. Prell suggests Metro Lakeland officials could study a Midwest major supersonic jet terminal in Southern Illinois. Howard Hughes plans a Las Vegas airport to serve Western states and major cities. Prell argues regional airports will grow as jets outpace current capacity and small Southern Illinois terminal could deliver passengers to Midwest hubs.
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Metro - Lakeland
Midwest
Southern Illinois
Arthur E. Prell
Bureau of Business Research
Southern Illinois University
Howard Hughes
Las Vegas
Nev
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Denver
Phoenix
Northwest
United States
Prell
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Perry County
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UN Security Council
Tass
Communist Party
Navy
Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
White House
Inside
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Pulaski
5Th Marine Regiment
Steve
Mike
Supersonic Jet Terminal
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