Fire destroys Cairo bank building and city records
An early morning fire at the First Bank and Trust Co. Building in Cairo destroyed the bank, 12 offices, and all financial records of the city and Cairo School District. Damage estimated at 2 million dollars. Two firefighters injured. Bank offices reopen at 10 a.m. in a nearby building. The cause was under investigation.
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Cairo
First Bank and Trust Co
City of
Southern Illinois
Bank
Cairo School Board
Jim Flanary
Certified Public Accountant
Tracy Cunningham
Flanary
Masonic Temple
Bill Egan
John Evans
Springfield
Weather outlook: warm with chances of thunderstorms
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with continued warmth tonight and Tuesday. A slight chance of afternoon and evening thunderstorms is expected, locally heavy on Tuesday with highs 90 to 95 and lows in the 70s.
Explosion damages Chicago Loop injures thirty
An explosion on the southern edge of Chicago's Loop leveled three buildings at 66 W. Van Buren St injuring about 30 people. The blast damaged an elevated transit platform and traffic was rerouted. No fatalities were reported and most injuries were minor. Police cited a jewelry store restaurant and cocktail lounge as the affected buildings.
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Chicago
Chicago’s
Loop
W. van Buren St
Chicago Transit Authority
van Buren Street
Anti U S Riots Hit London and Izmir
Demonstrators smashed American property in London and Izmir. In London 500 protesters attacked the Playboy Club and Hilton Hotel on Park Lane, injuring police and bystanders and arresting 48 through the day. In Izmir five youths were arrested for smashing the American library windows and seven others in Ankara attacked an American colonel. The Sixth Fleet visit sparked anti American sentiment.
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Associated Press
Playboy Club
Hilton Hotel
London
Information Service Library
Izmir
Turkey
West End
Hyde Park
Hilton
Park Lane
Edward Taylor
Aegean
Izimir
Ankara
Postmaster Outlines Four Day Delivery And Post Office Closures
Postmaster General W. Marvin Watson told the Senate post Office Committee of severe postal cutbacks driven by a government wide personnel reduction. Plans include four day delivery weeks on residential routes and the closure of 500 third and fourth class post offices by August end. Saturday residential service ends and no new home deliveries will be added unless exempted. Watson said 83 workers would be cut from a 741000 force over four years.
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Washington
W. Marvin Watson
Watson
Senate Post Office Committee
Congress
Post Office
Postal Service
Tax diversion vote looms as final week opens in Springfield
Lawmakers enter their last week with a split on diverting 60 million from the motor fuel tax to general revenue. Speaker Ralph Smith seeks enough Republican support to pass the measure with an emergency clause requiring a two thirds vote in both chambers.
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Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
General Revenue Fund
Senate
House
Ralph T. Smith
Smith
Samuel H. Shapiro
Shapiro
Harold A. Katz
Dglencoe
Demo chief may enter phone talks
Democratic national chairman John M. Bailey prepared to meet with both sides in the 75 day old strike by Illinois Bell Telephone Co. over union wage terms. The dispute delays equipment at the International Amphitheatre and risks Democratic National Convention plans in Chicago.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Co
International Amphitheatre
John M. Bailey
Chicago
Illinois Bell
Electrical Workers’ System Council
T-4
Robert A. Nickey
The
Telephone Company
Glad
Bailey
Democratic Party
James C. Worthy
Chicago Nonpartisan Committee
Giant show tent collapses at festival in Milwaukee
A wind storm toppled a giant tent at a Milwaukee festival drawing 2 500 spectators. About 40 people were hospitalized with injuries not considered serious and another 20 treated at a first aid station. Teenagers suffered most from falling poles as support lines and electric gear sparked amid the collapse.
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Cinewoman
Train Derails Near Denny Causes Track Damage
An Illinois Central freight train derailed near Denny in Perry County early morning. The wreck tore up about 200 to 300 feet of track and left five or six freight cars toppled alongside the rails. Two piggy back semi trailers were overturned in the incident.
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Illinois Central
Denny
Perry County
Combat GIs favor some gun control
An informal Saigon perimeter survey shows American combat troops favor moderate to strong gun control in the United States while arguing that registration and licensing could curb gun deaths. Some oppose confiscation. others doubt any laws stop criminals from obtaining weapons.
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United States
Saigon
Jerry Ballard
Kansas City
National Rifle Association
NRA
Alfred Pick
Dallas
Tex
Pick
Paul Young
Burbank
Calif
John Krumpus
Des Plaines, Ill
U. S
Ray pleads innocent in King slaying case in Memphis
James Earl Ray pleaded innocent today to murder in the King assassination and firearm charges. The arraignment set a trial date for November 12 in Shelby County Criminal Court with Sheriff’s officers guarding the session and about 70 people present including 50 reporters.
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Memphis
Enn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
London
England
Ray
Arthur Hanes
Birmingham
Ala
Shelby County
Arthur Jr
William N. Morris Jr
Dist
Phil Canale
Hanes
Tennessee
Harris poll shows Nixon trailing both Democratic rivals
Louis Harris reports two weeks before the GOP convention Nixon sits behind McCarthy and Wallace in a three way race, while Humphrey leads Nixon by two points in mid July. Wallace strengthens in the South around 35 percent with double digits outside the region. The survey spans July 8 to July 14.
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Louis Harris
Richard Nixon
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
McCarthy
Nixon
Wallace
South
New Viet Cong wave hits Saigon and provinces
A new Viet Cong violence wave struck Saigon and two provincial capitals injuring 92 and killing 13. Attacks included theater blasts near police HQs, a hazardous device in Phu Cuong, and theater incidents in Ben Tre. Allied reinforcements arrive as U S Marines battle near Khe Sanh and Con Thien.
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Saigon
Phu Cuong
Ben Tre
Mekong Delta
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
U. S
Debates Weigh In As Reagan Awaits Convention
McCarthy and Humphrey agree to at least one TV debate on Vietnam economics and policy though details lag. Hoff and Curtis say Humphrey refused a vice presidency resignation, Reagan cautions he will not announce before the convention, Nixon predictions loom over GOP unity.
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Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Humphrey
Johnson
California
Ronald Reagan
Blair Clark
McCarthy
McCarthy- Humphrey
Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Hoff
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Curtis
Edward M. Kennedy
Cincinnati
Reagan
Michigan
George Romney
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Los Angeles
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