White House civil rights conference backs war policy
The White House civil rights conference ended with unity as moderates and the administration blocked a CORE motion for U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. The vote defeated or ruled out of order the CORE resolution while delegates urged stronger enforcement of rights laws and continued wartime leadership for civil rights goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Herbers
New York Times
Washington
White House
Ben W. Hineman
Johnson
Homer A. Jack
Unitarian Universalist Association
Viet Nam
Two Nations End Dispute Between Indonesia and Malaysia
Indonesia and Malaysia have agreed to end their 1963 dispute sparked by Sukarno's anti Malaysia campaign. After three days of talks between Malaysia's Abdul Razak and Indonesia's Adam Malik, the nations plan to establish diplomatic relations and ease economic strains caused by the crisis.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Indonesia
Malaysia
Sukarno
Malaysian Federation
Malaya
Singapore
Borneo
Sarawak
North Borneo
Sabah
Tunku Abdul Razak
Adam Malik
Malik
Tribesmen Attend New Guinea Sing Sing Jamboree
Some 70 000 tribesmen gather for the annual sing sing in Goroka Papua New Guinea eastern highlands on May 14 and 15 1966 with singing dancing and cultural displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guineas
Goroka
Islands
Public Housing Projects Underway in Dongola
A $366,897 Dongola housing project will create two sites for ten buildings. Cross Street will hold six buildings with 12 units for low income families. Spring Street will have four buildings housing 12 elderly units. Construction is about 45 percent complete on both sites. The Union County Housing Authority plans to start elderly unit applications around June 15.
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Dongola
Cross Street
Spring Street
Union County Housing Authority
Former Resident Dies of Gunshot Wound in Libertyville
Fredrick E. Lewis, 28, formerly of Carbondale and Murphysboro, died near Libertyville from a gunshot wound in what police call an apparent self-inflicted death. An inquest is pending. Lewis, of Waukegan, and his wife were in a car when officers stopped. Mrs. Lewis said her husband had a gun. the weapon discharged as officers approached. Lewis, born January 24, 1938, was a member of the Liberty Street Baptist Church in Murphysboro and leaves a wife, Anita Mathews Lewis, children, his mother Anna Luce Lewis of Murphysboro, brother Robert Lewis of Aurora, sisters Margaret Passmore of Detroit and Ima Jean Brown of Murphysboro, and grandparents William and … Lewis of Murphysboro. Services set for Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Liberty Street Baptist Church, Murphysboro, Rev. F. L. Hightower officiating. Burial in Tower Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at Jackson Funeral Home in Carbondale after 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Fredrick E. Lewis
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Libertyville
Lake County
Liberty Street Baptist Church
Anita Mathews
Della
Victor
Frederick Jr
Kenneth
Jeanetta
Anna Luce Lewis
Robert ‘Lewis
Aurora
Margaret Passmore
Detroit
Mich
Ima
Jean Brown
William Lewis
F.L. Hightower
Tower Grove Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Grand Tower seeks house inspection and abandoned home cleanups
Grand Tower City Council plans an inspection by the Jackson County Health Department to condemn vacant houses seen as fire and health hazards. The council also approved hiring a truck to offer residents a one day pick up service for the annual cleanup campaign. War Mothers donated 341 dollars to the city cemetery fund after Memorial Day weekend.
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Grand Tower
Jackson County Health Department
Rabies Vaccination Notice for Franklin County Dogs
Dr. R J Wells, Veterinarian and Rabies Inspector, sets up free inoculation sites at Frankfort Heights Town Hall West Frankfort City Hall Royalton Baggett's Station Zeigler City Hall Walier City Hall Akin Boen Store dates June 4 7 8 with a 3 fee and potential fines under the Illinois Rabies Control Act.
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R. J. Wells
Franklin County
Frankfort Heights
Town Hall
Frankfort
Royalton—Baggett’s
Zeigler
City Hall
Walier
Akin—Boen
Joliet Cuts School Programs to Fund Teacher Pay
Joliet public grade schools ordered sweeping cuts to free more than 166000 for teacher pay raises after voters rejected a proposed 21 cent increase in the educational tax rate. The plan eliminates musical instrument instruction, inter school sports, band activity, school nursing, and many supervisory jobs, with a 50 percent cut in supplies.
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Joliet
Waukegan
Joliet Board
Funeral Saturday for Alex Novick
Funeral services for Alex Novick, 90, will be at 2 p m Saturday in the Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with the Rev Ellis Dugger officiating He died of heart disease Tuesday at Peacock Sheltered Care Home West Frankfort Burial is in Lithuanian Cemetery south of West Frankfort Friends may call after 1 p m today at the funeral home The Inter American Geodetic Survey has a 500 member task mapping South America for the first time.
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Alex Novick
Union Funeral Home
West Frankfort
Ellis Dugger
First Methodist Church
Novick
Peacock
The
Inter- American Geodetic Survey
South America
Unit 186 Adopts Tuition Form For Juniors
Murphysboro Unit 186 board on Thursday adopted a standard form for high school graduates to request district aid with junior college tuition. Supt. James Blackwood explained districts are not required to pay part of tuition, and costs depend on the junior college operation per capita amount.
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Illinois
Murphysboro Unit
James Blackwood
Blackwood
English rowers push toward England across Atlantic
Two English journalists David Johnstone and John Hoare in a 15 foot Puffin rowboat headed from Virginia Beach toward St Ives. They have progressed 98 miles since May 21, 64 miles since last seen, with average daily pace rising from eight to over fourteen miles in the last 40 days. The U S submarine Cutlass radar spotted them nine miles away prompting a patrol maneuver.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
David Johnstone
John Hoare
England
Virginia Beach
Cutlass
Lewis B. Sykes
Hoare
Johnstone
Sykes
Cape
Henry
St. Ives
Johnston
Grandfather of Maywood woman dies at 83
Charles E. Daniel 83 of Maywood died Wednesday at Hines Veterans Hospital in Chicago. A World War I veteran and retired master sergeant with 33 years service, he leaves his wife, two daughters, eight grandchildren including Mrs. James S. Medlin, and one great grandson. Funeral services planned Saturday at the Church of the Holy Communion Episcopal, Maywood. West Suburban Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Carbondale
James S. Medlin
Maywood
Charles E. Daniel
Hines Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Don Herold Dies Cartoonist and Writer at 76
Don Herold of Vero Beach Florida died on Thursday at age 76. He was a cartoonist and writer known for cartoons that appeared in the New Yorker Life and Judge magazines during the 1920s.
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Don Herold
New York Times
Vero Beach
Fla
New Yorkver
Old Life
Judge
Anna Chamber Dinner Set
The Anna Chamber of Commerce will hold its quarterly dinner at 6 30 p m Monday at the White House Restaurant Anna. Program chairman R Cory don Finch says Eddon Denford will discuss community industry relations. Open to the public, tickets are $2 at the Chamber office in Anna City Hall.
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Anna Chamber of Commerce
White House
Anna
R. Corydon Finch
Eddon Denford
Chamber
Anna City Hall
Mrs. White Dies at 88 in Tampa Funeral Planned
Mrs. Mattie Lillian White, 88, of Tampa Florida died May 28. A native of Needmore Kentucky she had lived in Tampa 11 months. She leaves two sons Paul H. White of Murphysboro and James G White of Tampa.
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Mattie Lillian White
Tampa
Fla
Needmore
Paul H. White
Murphysboro
James G
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