Illinois House bids farewell to Speaker John Lewis
Illinois lawmakers bid farewell to retiring House Speaker John Lewis of Marshall as he ends 13 terms. The scene included an auctioneering bit and a moving speech praising his career and urging care in reapportionment. Also honored were retiring Reps. Miles Mills and Lloyd Curly Harris.
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Richard H. Ieen Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois
John Lewis
R-Marshall
Lewis
House
General Assembly
Senate
Miles Mills
D+ Effingham
Lloy D.curly
Harris
Granite City
Open housing bill advances in Illinois Legislature
The Illinois Legislature sent a bill sympathetic to open housing to Gov. Samuel Shapiro and adjourned the two week session. The measure would let municipalities enact fair housing ordinances while not mandating their passage. Supporters call it innocuous. opponents fear a foot in the door and erosion of property rights.
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John Zakarian Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
Samuel Shapiro
Assembly
House
Senate
Arthur R. ‘Swanson
Chicago
Joseph Krasowski
GOP
Supreme Court
Dennis Collins
R-Dekalb
Cecil Partee
Dchicago
State House
William C. Harris
State Auditor
Pontiac
Robert Coulson
Waukegan
Donald Carpentier
East Moline
Everett ‘Peters
St. Joseph
William Horsley
Elmer Mitchell
Johnston City
John Gilbert
Carbondale
Richard Larsen
Galesburg
Everett Laughlin
Freeport
Illinois Children and Family Services Department
B52s Raid Border Areas in Southeast Vietnam
U S Air Force B52s attacked enemy base camps along the Cambodian border north of Saigon and in the central highlands, flying in waves and dropping about 1500 tons of explosives. Two more fighter-bombers were lost and four crew were rescued, as weekly casualties showed a drop in U S deaths but higher wounded numbers. Twenty bombers targeted North Vietnamese regiments massing near the Cambodian frontier.
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Saigon
America
U. S. Air Force
Central Highlands
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
da Nang Harbor
North Vietnam
South
TV death rate soars in prime time and Saturday mornings
The Christian Science Monitor reports a seven day survey finding 372 acts of violence or threats on TV, with 81 killings in 85 percent of programming hours. Violence peaked 7 30 to 9 p m, with CBS listed as most violent in evenings and cartoons on Saturday morning flagged.
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Christian Science Monitor
Robert F. Kennedy
American Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
Weather brief showers and storms through Friday
A weather forecast notes showers and thunderstorms possible through Friday with little temperature change. Highs near 90 and lows in the 70s. Includes weather map and details.
Conferees urge 18 million for Southern Illinois public works
House Senate conference committee recommends 18 328 000 for U S Army Corps of Engineers projects in Southern Illinois including Rend Lake Kasaki a Saline and Ohio river works. Rend Lake 5 335 000 continued construction Kas kaskia canalization 11 931 000 Saline canalization 679 000 Mound City lock and dam 383 000. Need full House Senate agreement before bill goes to White House.
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House
Senate
Southern Illinois
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rend Lake
Kaskaskia
Ohio River
Kaskaskia River
Fors
Kenneth J. Gray
West Frankfort
Johnson
Mound City
White House
Federal official disputes Biafran corridor claim
A U S spokesperson in Niamey rejected reports of a 10 mile wide corridor from Enugu to Ogoja as a transmission error. He noted Ogoja remains largely inaccessible and argued food movements would be farther from Biafran lines if the corridor existed.
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Niamey
Niger
Enugu
Biafran
Ogoja
Ogoha
Evans Charged in Cleveland Sniper Attack
Police charged Fred Ahmed Evans with shooting with intent to kill possession of narcotics and possession of a carbine in connection with Tuesday night violence in Cleveland. Evans claimed a black nationalist plot spanning multiple cities funded by a federal grant.
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Fred Ahmed
Evans
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Akron
Detroit
New York
Ave
Hough Area Development Corp
Development Corporation
Ohio
East Side
Carl B. Stokes
Stokes
Sylvester del Corso
Adjutant General of
National Guard
Leo Jackson
Baxter Hill
Black Brotherhood
Riot leads to 14 arrests on Detroit's 12th Street
A crowd on Detroit's 12th Street smashed windows early today and police arrested 14 people on disorderly conduct and related charges. The 10th Precinct reported looting limited, with a dawn lift of a 5% tactical alert as calm returned.
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Detroit
12Th Street
10Th Precinct
Benton Harbor
U.S
Kerner Commission
Saluki mascot Sarra killed by automobile near Carbondale
Sarra the Saluki mascot for Southern Illinois University was struck and killed at 4 a.m. near Rt. 13 east of Carbondale. Veterinarian Dr. Leon Striegel and SIU official Joseph Goodman identified the dog, noting she was in good condition and had possibly hunted her own food.
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Sarra
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Rt. 13
Leon Striegel
SIU
Joseph Goodman
Striegel
Creal Springs
Kosygin Holds Kremlin Meeting Amid Prague Visit Skepticism
Soviet Premier Kosygin met Czechoslovak Foreign Trade Minister Vaclav Vales in the Kremlin amid reports that only part of the Soviet leadership remained in Moscow. Other Politburo members were not confirmed present, while Brezhnev and others were sighted in Slovakia, fueling uncertainty over the path to Prague and future talks with Czechoslovak leaders.
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Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vaclav Vales
Kremlin
Soviet
Communist Party
Prague
Warsaw
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Czechoslovakia
Zechoslovak
Slovakia
Belgrade
Politika Expres
Wladislaw Gomulka
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Stock Market Slips After Morning Rally Fades in NY
New York stocks retreated as blue chip weakness dragged the market after an active morning session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened noon trading down 6.38 at 1991.72 amid heavy institutional selling and a higher bond volume converting gains to losses.
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New York
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