Carbondale Man Among 120 Arrested on Mule Train
About 120 people on a Poor People's March mule train heading to Washington were arrested in Douglasville Georgia. Mack Martin of Carbondale 24 was among those charged with taking nonmotorized vehicles onto Interstate 20 and walking on the interstate. Bond was set at $100. The mules and wagons were impounded and fed water denied. 30 participants stayed off the train to avoid jail.
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Douglasville
State Patrol
Mack Martin
Carbondale
Interstate Rt. 20
Norvell Haynes
Haynes
National Guard
Atlanta
Claude Abercrombie
Douglas County
Associated Press
Georgia 92
Resurrection City
J. H. Cofer
The
Georgia
Alabama
Viet Cong rocket attacks threaten Paris peace talks in Saigon
Western diplomats warn a sustained Viet Cong assault on Saigon could derail the Paris talks. U S officials urge North Vietnam to heed Ambassador Harriman’s warning that such terror could have serious consequences for the negotiations. A new barrage might push Johnson toward retaliation or pause the talks, while broader North Vietnamese bombings could prompt a suspension of proceedings.
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Saigon
Paris
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
North Vietnam
Harriman
Thuy
Johnson
Casualties Mount in Vietnam War as Paris Talks Continue
U S casualties in Vietnam could reach about 255,769 by year end if no truce. Through June 8, 177,716 combat casualties and 24,744 killed, 80,541 wounded needing hospital care, 72,431 lesser wounds. By year end estimates, 35,730 combat deaths and 115,284 hospitalized wounded are projected.
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U.S. Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
U.S
South Vietnamese
United States
South Vietnam
Spock trial sent to jury in antidraft case
The jury in the antidraft conspiracy trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others received the case after Judge Ford said conspiracy was the crucial issue. He stressed there is no defense for willful law violations on religious or moral grounds and that guilt requires active participation, not mere association.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S
Francis J. W. Ford
Ford
Rockefeller backed by Pennsylvania as GOP race shifts
Pennsylvania Governor Shafer solidifies support for Nelson Rockefeller boosting his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Delegation polls show Rockefeller leading with about 50 votes to Nixon 9 and Reagan 1, with four uncommitted. Michigan and Tulsa reports note Humprey support and platform work by Republican governors.
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Pennsylvania
Nelson A
Rockefeller
New York
Raymond P. Shafer
Pensylvania
Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Ronald Reagan
California
Shafer
Ohio
Michigan
James Rhodes
George A. Romney
Tulsa
Okla
Convention Platform Committee
Poor People's Campaign Camp Permit Extended
The National Park Service planned to grant an extension today to the permit for the Poor People's Campaign encampment near the Lincoln Memorial. The Resurrection City permit expires Sunday and the extension would be shorter than the 30 days requested by campaign attorneys. Rev. Ralph David Abernathy praised progress as demonstrators prepared a second round-the-clock vigil at the Agriculture Department to push for hunger relief programs.
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Washington
National Park Service
Lincoln Memorial
Resurrection City
Nash Castro
Castro
Ralph David Abernathy
Tracy Tornado Strikes Town Killing At Least Ten
A tornado crushed Tracy Minnesota killing at least ten and leaving more than 300 homes damaged. Dozens are missing and more than 20 hospitalized as National Guardsmen aid search and cleanup.
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Tracy
National
Bonn recalls ambassador amid Berlin crisis tensions
Bonn summoned home its ambassador from Moscow and plans talks with the United States Britain and France on the Berlin crisis. Analysts speculated Bonn might retaliate against East German travel limits by refusing to sign the treaty against the spread of atomic weapons.
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Kurtgeorg Keisinger
Moscow
Berlin
U. S
Bonn
West Berlin
Illinois Faces Cuts in Pet Projects Amid Public Works Bill
The House Appropriations Committee advanced a $4.5 billion public works bill trimming funding for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation to their lowest levels since the 1950s. Illinois projects include river and reservoir work in Rend Lake, Kaskaskia, and Saline River, plus planning and survey costs across several districts. An Atomic Energy Commission accelerator project near Weston, Illinois, saw a $17.9 million setback with the committee cutting proposed funds from $25 million to $7.1 million.
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Corps of Engineers
Bureau of Reclamation
Atomic Energy Commisssion
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Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
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Oakley
Rend Lake
Rock Island
Saline
Shelbyville
East St. Louis
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Illinois Waterway
Kaskaskia River
Mound City
Wood River
Degognia
Fountain Bluff
Grandtower
Kaskaskia Island
Mackinaw River
Mississippi River
Cassville
Prairie du Rocher
Shoak Creek
Spoon River
Upper Sangamon River
Washington
Weston, Il
House Appropriations Committee
Chicago
Pleasant Weekend Forecast With Warm Saturday
A weather forecast calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight turning cooler with a low in the mid to upper 60s. Saturday should bring considerable sunshine and pleasant conditions with a high in the mid 80s. Weather details on map page 18.
Woman in polka dot dress linked to Kennedy shooting
A witness testified that a woman in a polka dot dress smiled at Sirhan Bishara Sirhan in the Ambassador Hotel pantry before RFK was killed. The transcript release aligns with another bystander Miss Sandra Serrano who said she saw a polka dot dress woman run out shouting We shot him. Police sought the dress wearer in a nationwide bulletin.
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Ambassador Hotel Pantry
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Sandra Serrano
Illinois leaders fail to resolve state fiscal crisis
Governor Samuel H. Shapiro and legislative leaders failed to reach agreement on solutions to Illinois fiscal problems at their second meeting. A deficit of 170 million dollars was anticipated by July 1 1969.
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Springfield
Ill
Samuel H. Shapiro
Shapiro
General Assembly
Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Otto Kerner
Arrington
Oregon youngster seeks new heart for Becky Howland
In Hermiston Oregon 7 year old Becky Howland needs a heart transplant and has traveled to Stanford for evaluation by Dr Norman Shumway. A suitable donor is hard to find due to her small size and heart condition. Beckys father says the family is ready for treatment once a donor is identified.
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Hermiston
Ore
Rebecca
Becky” Howland
Becky
Oregon
Norman Shumway
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Shumway
John Bussman
Portland Ore
Bussman
University of Minnesota Medical School
Howlands
Elton Howland
Saigon Rocket Attacks Persist as U S Forces Rally
U S soldiers scouring Saigon’s rocket belt found 32 enemy missiles and killed 26 guerrillas. Viet Cong fired four rockets into Tan Son Nhut airbase, killing one American. Despite 12,000 allied troops, renewed threats loom as radar targets launch sites for counterfire.
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Saigon
U. S
Tan Son Nhut
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