Floyd Bracy, Southern Illinois Leader, Dies at Herrin
Southern Illinois loses Floyd P. Bracy a longtime public servant and civic leader. He served as Herrin city treasurer in the 1930s, chaired multiple boards, helped diversify industry, and supported regional development and community organizations. His quiet counsel shaped local decisions and civic life.
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Southern Illinois
Floyd P. Bracy
Herrin
Southern Illinois, Inc
Ordill
Bracy
Methodist Men’s Organization
Herrin Plan Commission
Deeper Problems Behind Viet Nam Coups
The Saigon political cycle continues with another coup, the tenth in 19 months, raising questions about stability and a viable path to the war’s end. The trigger is perceived bias between Catholics and Buddhists, highlighting Buddhism’s central role in South Vietnam politics.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
United States
Space-Age Coverage Pool for Space Shots
Fred W. Friendly urges the three major TV networks to pool coverage of future manned space launches. He notes pooling could improve public access and reduce wasteful duplication while benefiting audiences and networks alike. He cites last summer’s party conventions as an example of competitive coverage inefficiency.
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Fred W. Friendly
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Friendly
Tarheels Feud In Legislature
North Carolina faces a potential special session as an accrediting body threatens to strip state universities of accreditation unless a 1963 ban on Communist speakers is repealed. About 300 faculty members pledge support if accreditation is damaged, while the governor warns of a special session if the legislature fails action.
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Illinois
North Carolina
Unien
Roosevelts In The News And A Three Generation Morning
Dave Felts notes the Roosevelt brothers remain in headlines decades after FDR's presidency with Elliott becoming Miami Beach mayor and James serving California Congress again. He recalls Franklin Jr and John Roosevelt's varied careers and marriages, plus Theodore Roosevelt Jr and John Eisenhower in the hush of public life. A reader proposals on Sangamon River dam remnants seeks dam restoration for small lakes and canoe access.
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United States
Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
White House
James Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin Jr
John
Franklin
du Pont
Miami Beach
Florida
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
New York
Secretary of Commerce
Civil Rights Commission
California
Los Angeles
John Roosevelt
Franklin Deane Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Jr
T.R., Jr
Taft
Robert and
Charles
John Coolidge
Little Sister
Queen of Love and Beauty
Felts
Captain Kangaroo
Hugh Downs
Sangamon River
Decatur
Springfield
Illinois
Brain Research Scientist Uses Radio to Halt Charging Bull
In a New York Times scene, a scientist faced a bull in a ring and used a handheld transmitter to stop the charge. He pressed a second button and directed the animal to turn and walk away, avoiding injury to both.
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New York
Cordova
Spain
Jose M. R. Delgado
Yale University
School of Medicine
Readjustment benefits eyed for Cold War veterans bill
A Senate bill would extend readjustment benefits to veterans who served 180 days or more between 1955 and 1967, including Vietnam and Dominican Republic veterans, for education training and housing. Critics oppose peacetime benefits, while supporters note shared sacrifices and recruitment pressures. The measure faces House hurdles and June or July floor action is anticipated.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
U.S
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Berlin
Cuba
Senate
Senate Labor and Public Welfare Committee
United States
Kansas
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
House
Gap Left By Uncle Sam Fills Vacuum In Laos
Rene-George Inagaki surveys American aid to Laos since 1955, noting a $600 million total and about $45 million annual ongoing support. He highlights the strategic goal of preventing communism, the mixed results of aid, early corruption, and later improvements in Mekong valley projects, health, education, and infrastructure.
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Rene-George Inagaki
Associated Press
Vientiane
Laos
Sam
Indochina
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Thailand
United States
Kong le
U. S
Pathet Lao
Mekong Valley
Operation Brotherhood
Elm Trees No Longer Doomed Headline Ponders Species
A speculative note asks which elm trees are being referred to as no longer doomed. The discussion mentions Gemini twins McDivitt and White receiving medical examinations and hints at extricare medicare concepts. It also notes rockets using sold fuel and a rarity of parrot fever versus ptarmigan pneumonia.
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McDivitt and White
Medicare
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Boy Scouts
Southern Illinois University Foundation
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Tarheels
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Roosevelts
John Eisenhower
John Kennedy
Brain Research
John A. Osmundsen
New York Times
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Delgado
F. R. Hess
Switzerland
Rep
John Lindsay
New York City
Uncle Sam
Asia
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