City votes to reinstate police chief amid walkout
Carbondale officials timetable a restoration of Jack Hazel as police chief while an impartial committee investigates his dismissal. The widespread employee walkout across police, fire, public works and sanitation prompted emergency measures to maintain water and sewer plant operations and city services.
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Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Hazel
David Keene
Citizens Advisory Committee
Fire Department
Public Works
William Eaton
Joseph Ragsdale
Richard Wilhelmy
C. William Norman
Wilhelmy
Norman
James Mayhugh
Mayhugh
Sanitation Department
Harold Hill
Southern Illinois University
John Lanin
City of
William Norman
City Public Safety
Eaton
Ragsdale
Police Department
R. E. Favreau
Department of Public Health
Plumbers and Pipefitters
Department of Public Works
Fire and Police Merit Board
High fliers pulled down amid market rally fade
Glamor stocks slipped as profit taking hit the market while gold mining shares rallied. The Dow erased a early gain and was down around 2 points at noon as Polaroid IBM Tele dyne Itek fell about five points. Benguet led golds higher on the AMEX with mixed price action.
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New York
Associated Press
Polaroid
IBM
Teledyne
Itek
Control Data
Gulf & Western
Republic Corp
Zenith
Benguet
American Stock Exchange
Washington Schools Closed by Teacher Walkout
Public schools in Washington D C were ordered closed as teachers walkout nationwide forces closures. The Washington Teachers Union urged a one day leave while a demonstration targeted Congress to approve a bill raising starting salaries from 5880 to 7000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Washington
D.C
Florida
Pittsburgh
Oklahoma
Manchester
N.H
William R. Manning
Washington Teachers’ Union
Congress
Vietnam War Toll Near Record as U S Reports 542 Dead
The U S Command announced last week 542 Americans killed in South Vietnam, nearly matching the war's peak weekly toll. Twenty four killed in ground fighting Wednesday and 48 presumed lost in a C123 crash near Khe Sanh. Communists suffered higher casualties per the U S tally, and air strikes targeted Hanoi Haiphong area.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Marine
Khe Sanh
U.S. Navy
Hanoi
Haiphong
Vietnam
Rhodesia to H ang six condemned Africans Friday morning
In Salisbury, Rhodesia, Prime Minister Ian Smith's government prepares to hang several condemned Africans, with six cases under review by the Executive Council for possible reprieves. Eight more nationalists were controversially sentenced to death, bringing the total condemned to 115.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Executive Council
Smith
Clifford Dupont
Dupont
Elizabeth
High Court
Rhodesian
Tanzania
Nigeria
Jan Smith
Rockefeller signals possible bid for GOP nomination
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller said he would enter the Republican presidential race if public and party calls demand an alternative approach. The statement, made after a Delaware River Basin Commission meeting, marks a sterner stance than his prior drafted nomination stance.
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New Yok
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Republican Party
Delaware River Basin Commission
Not so cold fair and not so cold tonight
Weather details note a low of 30 to 35 degrees with milder conditions overnight. Friday will be partly cloudy and mild with highs in the 60s. Map and further details printed on page 17.
Fire forces withdrawal at Calumet salt mine trapping 21 miners
A fire on the main floor of the Calumet salt mine forced a three man rescue team to withdraw after more than 36 hours with 21 miners trapped. Cargill Inc. vice president F Clayton Tannamaker called the news not good as rescuers returned to the surface.
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Calumet, la
F. Clayton Tannamaker
Cargill, Inc
Johnson Declines Primary Bids While Maintaining Noncandidate Status
President Johnson plans to stay a noncandidate through the Democratic convention while bypassing the Massachusetts primary. Officials say he will not file for 15 primaries but will not withdraw from Wisconsin Oregon Nebraska contests. He can campaign quietly without giving opponents equal media time and may travel freely as commander in chief. The White House denies a formal strategy.
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Washington
Johnson
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Oregon
Nebraska
United States
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Air Force One
White House
Helmet saves Marine at Khe Sanh from shell fragments
A U S Marine at Khe Sanh sustained a splitting headache and a minor arm wound when shrapnel ripped the helmet liner but failed to penetrate. An AP Wirephoto accompanies the report.
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U.S
Khe Sanh
South Carolina Students Rally Capitol Protest
About 150 Negro students from South Carolina State College in Orangeburg demonstrated at the South Carolina Capitol during a legislative session. Six were escorted from the building by State Law Enforcement Division agents as crowds blocked entrances and a threat of arrest loomed. The protest referenced a Feb. 8 shooting that killed three S.C. State students and injured 37, prompting a state of emergency and the withdrawal of National Guardsmen.
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Columbia
D.C
South Carolina State College
Orangeburg
State Capitol
State Law Enforcement Division
House
Senate
John West
Robert McNair
Capitol
McNair
S.C. State
South Carolina
College
West
Train wreck and fire near Agate Colorado
A Rock Island freight derailed early today near Agate about five miles northwest. Thirty new cars, many piggyback units, Army trailers and soybeans were destroyed as fire broke out from gasoline leaks. explosives in two boxcars prompted demolition crews. All 6 crew survived unharmed.
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Agate
Colo
Rock Island
Kenneth Wilson
Denver
Chicago
Chicago jail chief fired after grand jury finds deplorable conditions
Jack Johnson, 50, warden of Cook County Jail for 12 years, was fired after a grand jury criticized jail conditions as deplorable. Sheriff Joseph Woods asked for his resignation effective March 14, with Undersheriff C Bernard Carey named acting warden until a professional penologist is hired.
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Jack Johnson
Cook County
Johnson
Joseph I. Woods
Woods
C. Bernard Carey
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