Mississippi march spreads to promote Negro registration
The Benton based Mississippi march to register Black voters expands across fronts after gunfire and an explosive incident near Canton civil rights HQ. Police report a white man shot and a Black leader C. O. Chinn arrested as plans grow for a Philadelphia rally tied to past killings. Leaders seek federal injunction and police protection for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Floyd McKissick with Stokely Carmichael to stay behind the line.
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Mississippi
Canton
Dan Thompson
C. O. Chinn
Thompson
Philadelphia
Miss
Benton
Hosea Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Floyd B. McKissick
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Williams
Stokely Carmichael
Militant
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Riots Ended in Pompano Beach Leaders Say
White and Negro leaders in Pompano Beach express confidence the two night race disturbances have ended. Reverend Samuel Collier says the final night involved only high school youths. Mayor Steiner Kester and City Manager Ellsworth Hoppe note calm in the Negro area and plan talks to prevent a repeat.
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Pompano Beach
Fla
Samuel Collier
Mount Calvary Negro Baptist Church
Collier
Stewart Kester
Kester
Ellsworth Hoppe
Power Out Halts SIU Campus Operations
A campus wide power failure at Southern Illinois University SIU began at 9 40 a m and cut off indoor work and study for much of the morning. Power was restored to some buildings within 20 minutes while others remained dark at noon as crews investigated the cause.
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Southern Ilinois University
Volunteers Offer Choice In Military Service
Elton Fay of the Associated Press explains how volunteering provides a service path with a six-year obligation similar to conscription but with control over branch and potentially less active duty. The article outlines benefits and considerations for volunteers.
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Elton Fay
Associated Press
Buddhist Revolt Over Ends as Troops Return to Field
South Viet Nam's 1st Army Division resumes combat after four months of politicking, destroying one Red battalion and crippling another in the northern province. Commanders report 319 Communists killed, 96 captured, 68 weapons seized while allied losses are light. NATO advisers call it a government victory.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St
Viet Nam
U. S
Maj
N. E. Andersen
Cranston, R.I
Joffre Boston
Falls Church
814Th
1St Division
U.S
Hershey Defends Drafting Men Through Age 26
Washington AP Lt Gen Lewis Hershey director of Selective Service opposed lowering the draft liability age from 26 to 24 and favored broader service for those over 26. He urged upgrading manpower and argued local boards should preserve deferments for education while denying a centralized system. He also disputed claims of racial disparity in drafting and highlighted reenlistment by Negroes. Rep Schweiker called the draft antiquated.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
House Armed Service Committee
Hershey
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
Ds.c
Hershey’s
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Weather outlook and temperatures for the area
The forecast calls for fair and warm conditions tonight and Friday with lows in the 60s and highs near 90. Saturday has a chance of showers. Wednesday's high 89 and low 60. Temperature at 10 am today is 74.
Illinois lawmakers urged home district offices and stipends
A legislative commission urged Illinois to provide home district offices and 16 000 a year for staff, plus 16 a day for meals and hotels in Springfield. If adopted for all members the plan costs nearly 4 million annually. The proposal includes monthly office space and staff allowances and would be reviewed in January by the General Assembly.
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Chicago
Illinois
Commission On Organization of the General Assembly
Springfield
Harris W. Fowell
R-Naperville
General Assembly
Commission
Jury Chosen for Manard Prison Convicts Murder Trial
A 12 member jury was selected in the Circuit court murder trial of four Menard prison convicts. The eight week trial includes 11 men and 1 woman sworn in, with two alternates to be chosen. Judge Creel Douglass urged care for the jury as 994 prospective jurors were dismissed, mostly for death penalty opposition. Defendants include John Stamps Granite City William E Bassett Fairfield Princess Ray Griffin Chicago and Alonzo Jones Manchester Tenn. They are charged with killing three guards during a riot at the prison on Nov. 23.
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Springfield
Menard
Creel Douglass
John Stamps
Granite City
William E. Bassett
Fairfield
Princess Ray Griffin
Chicago
Alonzo Jones
Manchester
Tenn
Mayor Lindsay cancels dinner for Faisal over Jewish remark
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay canceled a dinner with visiting King Faisal of Saudi Arabia citing a remark deemed insulting by many in the city’s large Jewish community. Faisal had told a Washington luncheon that Jews who support Israel aid enemies.
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New York (Ap
John V. Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Israel
U S Wins Vietnam War In Reporter Tiede’s View
Newspaper Enterprise Association writer Tom Tiede argues the United States is winning the war in Vietnam. He cites enemy casualties of 12,256 and American deaths of 1,221 in the first three months of the year as his basis.
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United States
Viet Nam
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Tom Tiede
Dirksen and Bust Face Off in Office Contest
Senator Everett M Dirksen and a prize bust of himself study each other in the senator's office. Dirksen comments on the bust's open mouth, noting it would be natural. The bust by Madeleine Dinges of Denver won first prize in the National Collegiate Sculpture Awards contest.
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Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Tural
Madeleine Dinges
Denver
Colo
Graduate schools face flood of applicants and staff shortages
New York University graduate programs warn admissions will tighten as applications surge. Experts including Yale and Southern Illinois University report record demand, with many programs unable to admit all qualified applicants. Goren cites lack of counseling and bureaucratic support as limiting expansion.
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United States
Arnold L. Goren
New York University
Goren
New York Times
John Perr Miller
Yale University
Yale
Miller
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Carbondale
End Seaway Tolls Kerner Calls for Tolls Elimination
Governor Otto Kerner of Illinois urged the removal of Seaway tolls, saying higher trade through the St Lawrence Seaway boosts the national economy. He spoke at an agricultural conference on Japan trade, calling the Seaway a boulevard of trade for the Midwest's 50 million people.
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Otto Kerner
Illinois
St. Lawrence Seaway
Midwest
Kerner
Japan
Chicago Seaport
Humphrey urges easing barriers to boost coal exports
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told a National Coal Association and Coal Exporters Association luncheon that European trade barriers must fall to allow more American coal exports. He noted 1965 coal exports were about 500 million dollars, 10 percent of U.S. production, and urged expanding foreign markets and cheaper transport while easing railroad freight rates.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
National Coal Association
Coal Exporters Association of the
United States
Humphrey
U.S
Ex-Aide Alleges Dodd Misused Campaign Funds
James P. Boyd Jr. testified before the Senate Ethics Committee that Senator Thomas Dodd misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds. Boyd said news reports in December 1964 about Dodd’s re election funds and his ties to Julius Klein changed his view.
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James P. Boyd Jr
Sen
Thomas Dodd
Boyd
Senate Ethics Committee
Connecticut Demoocrat
Dodd
Julius Klein
Senate
Bipartisan Committee
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Klein
Suit Settled For $450,000 In Texaco Case
Louis Young a 27 year old Fairfield farmer was awarded 450000 in a voluntary settlement by Texaco Inc after an accident on December 16 1958 in which he lost both legs Young accepted the settlement Wednesday in Circuit Court on the sixth day of a jury trial Dooley said it is the largest voluntary settlement ever reached in Chicago's Circuit Court.
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Louis Young
Fairfield
Texaco, Inc
Young
Texaco
James A. Dooley
Chicago
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Pittsburgh & Midway Coal Mining Co
Kansas City
Lamm
Herbert S. Richey
Valley Camp Coal Co
Cleveland
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