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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1968
Page
1
Fair and pleasantly cool conditions persist tonight and Wednesday. Lows tonight range from the low to mid 60s with daytime highs Wednesday in the low to mid 80s to near 90s. Map page 9 inside headlines sections include classified comics bridge crossword editorials family living sports youth.
British court grants extradition of James Earl Ray, wanted in the United States for the killing of Martin Luther King Jr. Chief Magistrate Frank Milton orders Ray jailed to await extradition. Ray’s lawyers plan an appeal to Britain’s High Court within 15 days, with a court hearing likely a week later.
U S Air Force B52 bombers from Okinawa Thailand and Guam unleashed over four million pounds of explosives in heavy raids just above South Vietnam's border. Nine missions hit North Vietnam inside the DMZ and storage areas caves bunkers and artillery sites were targeted. The strikes aim to disrupt North Vietnamese big guns and slow war materials flow to South Vietnam.
Borg-Warner Corp announces sale of Norge to Fedders Corp for about 45 million in cash and securities. The deal keeps Norge as an autonomous division within Fedders while expanding its product lines. The Herrin plant in Illinois will continue operations with about 1,200 workers.
A second night of unrest in Seattle's Central District ended as reinforced police squads regained control early Tuesday. Bystanding crowds and roving bands of youths engaged in rock throwing, but authorities contained the disturbance without further violence reported.
Francis Cardinal Brennan who headed the Congregation of the Sacraments in the Vatican died at Misericordia Hospital. The Shenandoah native was 74 and had been in Rome for most church work after being named head of the Curia last January. He arrived in Philadelphia June 17 for tests and treatment. He was known as the Quiet American and rose to the highest Vatican post ever held by an American.
More than 1000 families evacuated from the Pope Air Force Base area as chlorine gas drifted from a water plant. Six people, including a woman and child, were treated for inhalation at Womack General Hospital. The gas escaped from a broken hose during cylinder changes and about 50 pounds were released. Authorities urged residents to stay away from homes with doors and windows open while winds carried the gas toward trailer courts and nearby districts. Evacuation centers were not set up. officials hoped residents could return later. An operations center at Pope AFB temporarily evacuated.
Eighty six passengers from an American jetliner hijacked to Cuba were flown back to the United States aboard a mercy plane. They landed at Miami International Airport and were questioned and cleared in a quarantine building. The hijacker remained in Cuba as Cuban authorities cited runway safety concerns for the 727 takeoff.
The White House said the Soviet government ordered the release of a DC8 chartered by the U S military carrying 229 Americans after an apology noting the flight violated Soviet air space near the Kurile Islands. The jet, diverted to Interup Island, had strayed en route to Japan from McChord AFB.
Minor Chicago street gangs have stepped up violence to win federal anti poverty money. A year long job training program aided two large warring gangs raising power and crime. Investigators testified a Presbyterian minister-backed legal aid effort pressured witnesses. Comdr. Griffin said crimes doubled since the program began. a Mafia like code of silence has emerged. Edward Spellar added details to the Senate probe.
New York District Attorney Frank S. Hogan announced the indictment of 37 people, including 19 current and former police, in a shakedown case alleging police protection for top bookmakers.
The Associated Press reports Moscow proposes disarmament talks and a general peace plan while signaling defensive aims. The move pressures the United States over Vietnam and postwar Europe as Kosygin and Gromyko outline limits on nuclear testing and delivery systems amid wary Western reception.
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