Nixon Leads With 445 Delegates At GOP Convention
Nixon holds 445 of 667 pledged delegates on first ballot based on primaries pledges and AP poll results. Rockefeller has 180 with 373 behind favorites and 219 uncommitted. Democrats Humphrey leads McCarthy 486 to 350 with 1,312 to win at Chicago convention. Humphrey wary of a McCarthy third party split. McCarthy denies plans to form a separate ticket.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Miami Beach
Antiwar leaders plan Chicago conference to back McCarthy bid
An emergency antiwar conference is planned in Chicago to back Eugene McCarthy or another antiwar candidate for the Democratic nomination. Organizers say the event aims to dramatize public opposition to war policies and discuss strategies to secure votes for a candidate not tied to Vietnam policy. The gathering at Sherman House starts at noon Saturday and continues through Sunday.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
Dump Johnson
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Allard K. Lowenstein
Long Island
Robert Powell
New Jersey
Sanford Gottlieb
National Committee For A Sane
Donald O. Peterson
Wisconsin
Sherman House
Funeral services held for Meyer 95 former funeral home owner
John A. Meyer a 95 year old former Murphysboro resident and owner of Meyer Denny Funeral Home retired in 1949 and moved to Lebanon. He belonged to St Joseph Parish and the Holy Name Society. He leaves a wife a daughter a son and several step and in law relatives. Also noted a Marion circuit court preliminary hearing for William Newbolds 32 on robbery and aggravated battery with a 7500 bond set for 10 am Thursday.
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Lebanon
John A. Meyer
Murphysboro
Meyer
Meyer-Denny Funeral Home
St. Joseph Parish
Holy Name Society
Mae
Ophelia Stoffel
Othmer
Virgil Dougan
Herbert Dougan
Mary Coch
Bertha Siedler
Clara Karadrew
St. Louis
William Newbolds
Marion
Lan Haney
Circuit Court
Haney
Newbolds
Ollie Feuquay Baker
Carterville
Airliner Hits TV Tower in Sioux Falls Landing
A North Central Airlines Convair 580 with 22 aboard made a safe landing after collision with a 2000-foot television tower during instrument landing in a thunderstorm. The tower collapsed, taking out two TV stations and a garage, but all 22 aboard survived with no injuries. Pilot Daniel Otten from Minneapolis shut off the damaged engine.
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Sioux Falls
North Central Airlines
Joe Foss
Daniel Otten
Minneapolis
Hostetler attends leadership institute on world affairs
J Craig Hostetler son of Allen C and Mrs Hostetler of 416 S 12th St Herrin takes part in the 23rd annual National Student Leadership Institute on World Affairs this week at United Nations headquarters New York and Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville N Y Hostetler attends the University of Illinois.
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J. Craig Hostetler
Allen C. Hostetler
S. 12Th St
Herrin
United Nations
New York
N.Y
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville
Hostetler
University of Illinois
Long holiday bill would set four more Mondays as holidays
The Senate approved a long holiday bill with minimal debate to place four additional holidays on Monday each year. If signed by President Johnson and effective January 1, 1971, Washington's Birthday would be on the third Monday in February, Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, Veterans Day on the fourth Monday in October, and Columbus Day on the second Monday in October, adding to Labor Day.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Defense spending likely to stay high despite Vietnam end
Treasury Secretary Joseph W Barr warned there is little chance of sizable defense cuts in the near future even if the Vietnam War ends. He noted continued foreign objectives from 1965 would require a persistent high budget, with defense near 80 to 90 billion dollars and competing with health education housing and city needs.
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Unce
Joseph W. Barr
Barr
Town Hall of California
Los Angeles
Eisenhower Joins Nixon Campaign as Youth Chairman
David Eisenhower 20, grandson of a former president, becomes national chairman of Youth for Nixon. He aims to enlist college students and young voters for Richard M. Nixon while his fiancé Julie 19 accompanies him on the circuit with her own Secret Service security.
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David Eisenhower
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Julie
David
Secret Service
Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry C. Fowler
Rites Held for Former East St. Louis Resident Parker
Funeral services were held in East St. Louis for John Elmer Parker 79 of 8322 State St. a former Murphysboro resident and retired locomotive engineer of the Terminal Railroad Assn. He died June 15 at Missouri Pacific Hospital in St. Louis after a two week hospitalization. He leaves Lula B. Murphy Parker his wife two daughters and three grandchildren.
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Rites IN
East ST. Louis
John Elmer Parker
State St
Murphysboro
Kurrus Funeral Home
Parker
Missouri Pacific Hospital
St. Louis
Terminal Railroad Assn
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Lula B. Murphy Parker
Theodore Y. Dunn
London
England
Joseph Triska
Signal Hill
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Oakland
Carbondale
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Hardware Mutuals Organization
ASUS
Murdale
Murdale Shopping Center
Country Life
Country Mutual
AMERICA FIRE AND MARINE @INSURANCE
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Makanda
UN Institute
Clausine Stiman
Dauhter
Claire Krajewski
Bob Kennedy
Paris
Robert Kennedy
Sargent Shriver
Tanzania
George Ball
U.N
United States
Ball
Earl Warren
Arthur Goldberg
Warren
White House
Evangelistic Rally
Marion Beach
First Assembly of God Church
15Th & SouTh St
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
DE Soto, Ill
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