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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1969
Page
14
Heat levels exceed typical readings across the Great Lakes region as LAP Wirephoto notes unusual warmth. Officials warn of unusual weather patterns and potential impacts on local ecosystems and energy demand in coming days.
Obituary notes Ben L Grant 64 of Mulkeytown died Monday at Herrin Hospital after a long illness. Born October 27 1903 in Williamson County he was a caretaker for the Herrin Saddle Club. Survived by wife and children, siblings, and seven grandchildren. Funeral at George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin 2 p.m. Thursday with burial in Lake Creek Cemetery Johnston City. Friends may call after 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Weather details show Monday 77 daytime, 50 overnight with 71 at 10 am and no precipitation. Obituaries note Arthur Plott 85 of Poplar Bluff formerly Union County, died Monday. J W Moore 76 of Marion died Monday. Virginia Parsons 57 of Sparta died Monday. Joseph P Vavra affiliated with Southern Illinois University receives leave. Edna Harvel 68 of Herrin. Fritz McConnell 38 of Herrin. Fred Holliday 83 of Ava. Ethel Carruthers 60 of Du Quoin. Funeral arrangements listed for multiple local towns and churches.
Up to 1,000 North Vietnamese have returned to Ap Bia Mountain scene of a bloody battle. Maj. Gen. John M. Wright Jr. says he is prepared to commit the entire 101st Airborne to storm the peak again if needed. 106 enemy killed in 10 days of Montgomery Rendezvous. 21 Americans killed and 130 wounded. Marines fend off another Da Nang area attack with 31 enemy killed.
At the International Communist conference in the Kremlin the final 42 page document called for unity against imperialism. Australia Italy San Marino and Reunion voiced support for the anti imperialism section but withheld approval on other analysis sections. The Dominican Republic declined to sign citing insufficiency of revolutionary content. A 13 party commission to prepare for a world anti imperialist congress was formed, with location and date undisclosed. Observers Cuba and Sweden did not sign, while Britain and Norway delayed until back home.
Iraqi artillery shells killed a New York woman, Shirley Anderson, 25, and wounded a California friend, Eileen Bonnet, 27, near the Dead Sea while two mission teachers returned home from the Congo. The attack, reportedly from Jordanian border firing, also wounded an Israeli civilian. Bonnet underwent surgery in Jerusalem Hospital and was recovering. The incident marked the first foreign tourist fatality since June 1967.
Carbondale Police Community Relations Board holds a 7:30 pm gathering at 217 West Main Street. Chairman Rev Lenis Turley says SIU narcotics expert Capt Carl Skirk will speak, with Sgt Donald Johnson discussing city crime and States Attorney Richard Richman possibly present.
On a West Coast tour of volunteer projects, Mrs. Richard M. Nixon and daughter Julie were greeted by antiwar protesters and a Witch group staging a rally. Paper fragments with hostile messages and a white-face march accompanied the scene as Nixon noted she did not get a clear look at the demonstrators.
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