Court orders workers back Carbondale city employees ordered to return to work
A Circuit Court temporary injunction directed 99 city workers including police fire and public works staff to resume duties immediately pending a 9 am Monday hearing. Mayor Keene and City Manager Norman urged compliance as some employees disputed the order and guards patrolled the city.
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Carbondale
Fire and Public Works
Circuit Court
Everett A. Prosser
Don Johnson
Johnson
George Fleerlage
Prosser
Fleerlage
Jack Hazel
Hazel
Richard) Wilhelmy
Public Safety
C. William Norman
Wilhelmy
Norman
John Lannin
David Keene
Arkansas prison chief fired after Cummins Farm turmoil
Arkansas State Board of Corrections dismissed Supt. Thomas O. Murton on Rockefeller guidance amid criticism over Cummins Prison Farm. Four staff resigned. inmates warned of trouble. Victor Urban named interim replacement as controversy over human remains investigation continued.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Arkansas’ Prison
Thomas O. Murton
State Board of Corrections
Winthrop Rockefeller
Murton
Rockefeller
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Morton
Cummins
Victor Urban
Pardons and Paroles
Arkansas
Sixteen salt miners found dead after fire in Calumet mine
Five men remain missing as officials confirm sixteen bodies recovered from a salt mine on the Gulf coast near Calumet. Rescue teams searched tunnels 200 feet below ground after a Tuesday night fire, while relatives waited at the Cargill dock. Officials offered no word on recovering the five missing men.
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Calumet
Gulf of Mexico
Tonnamaker
Cargill
Tannamaker
HUD official outlines $10 billion urban housing plan
Under secretary Robert C. Wood of HUD spoke at the University of Illinois symposium on The Fate of the City. He outlined a 10 year plan to build six million federal urban housing units at an estimated cost of $10 billion, with a first five year segment of 2.3 million units costing $2.4 billion.
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Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Illinois
Humphrey challenges Nixon on Vietnam war solution
Vice President Hubert Humphrey urged Richard Nixon to reveal how to end the Vietnam war. He noted Nixon's pledge to end the war and questioned why the plan could not be shared now with the American people. Humphrey said Americans deserve to hear any proposed peace formula immediately.
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Springfield
Hubert M. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
Pacific
Weekend Weather Outlook Mild with Clouds Across Area
The forecast calls for continued mild conditions with partly cloudy skies tonight and lows around 40 to 45 degrees. Saturday brings considerable cloudiness and a slight shower chance in the afternoon, with highs in the mid to upper 50s. Weather details on map page 18.
Johnson outlines $1.2 billion conservation plan nationwide
President Johnson urged Congress to back a $1.2 billion program to preserve natural resources through clean water and air, land rehabilitation, and expanded outdoor recreation. He seeks authority to curb strip mining, grow national parks, fund waste treatment, and designate wilderness areas including California Desolation Wilderness and Colorado Flat Tops.
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Johnson
Congress
America
Potomac River
Washington
Maryland
Virginia
California—Desolation
el Dorado National Forest
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
San Rafael
San Gabriel
Colorado
Flat Tops
Arizona
Mt. Baldy
Pine Mountain
Sycamore Canyon
Spanish Peaks
Florida teachers end stalemate as union backs return
After a 214 week stalemate, the Florida Education Association urged teachers to resume classes Monday. The state Board of Education proposed a nine point plan including a 10.2 million dollar allocation from a 329 million education tax package, which became law at midnight Thursday. About 17,500 of Florida's 60,000 teachers were out Thursday. In Washington DC teachers returned after a one day pause to protest pay scales while Pittsburgh saw a classroom walkout continuing.
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Associated Press
Florida
Florida Education Association
State Board of Education
Pittsburgh
U S general takes charge of Vietnams northern defense
Gen. William C. Westmoreland orders a new command structure for the northern frontier of South Vietnam with Lt. Gen. Cushman in overall command of the five northern provinces and Lt. Gen. Rosson directing operations from Hue north. Rosson leads the 3rd Marine Division and major elements of the 101st Airborne and 1st Cavalry. Cushman commands the 1st Marine and Americal Divisions as Marines and Army units clash with North Vietnamese forces near Dong Ha and Khe Sanh. Casualties include 15 Marines killed and 124 wounded, with 138 NVA killed at Dong Ha and 123 NVA slain by South Vietnamese and 15 Marines on the other side.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Hue North
Rosson
Cushman
3Rd Marine Division
Army
101St Airborne Division
1St Air Cavalry Division
1St Marine Division
Americal
U.S
Highlands
Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Dong Ha
Dmz
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William Schwegman
Public Works
Schwegman
Northwest
James Mayhugh
Northeast
Mayhugh
Carbondale City
Lannin
Illinois
Police Department
William Norman
Richard Wilhelmy
Citizens Committee
Randall Nelson
Salt Mine
U of I
Housing Plan Administration
U. S
Vietnam
HUD
Indus
U. of S
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