Rusk Offers to Halt Bombing for Talks on Vietnam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he is willing to stop the bombing of North Vietnam to start peace talks. He said the United States is prepared to negotiate today without conditions, while noting there could be discussion of easing military actions.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
Senate
Rusk
U.S
Fulbright Rusk
Sen. J .W. Fulbright
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Tonkin
Fulbright
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Change of venue delays Carbondale injunction hearing
A change of venue motion for a permanent injunction against Carbondale city workers delays a 9 am hearing. City employees petition to allow some workers to return to police fire street water and sewage jobs as 94 signers support the move. New judge Trafton Dennis adjourned the session shortly before noon.
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Carbondale
Jackson County
Everett Prosser
Harold Zimmerman
Marion
First Judicial District
Southern Illinois
C. E. Wright
Peyton Kunce
Murphysboro
Murphyshoro
Richard White
Fletcher Lewis
White
Carbondale City Hall crisis unfolds in daily protests
A chronology details the Carbondale crisis with Haward Hazel dismissal, widespread walkouts by police and city workers, petitions for reinstatement, and a temporary injunction guiding return to work. Citizens form a investigation committee as hearings proceed and a city council seeks resolution.
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Carbondale
Jack Hazel
Public Safety
Richard Wilhelmy
Wilhelmy
Hazel
C. William Norman
Southern Illinois University
Police and Fire Merit Board
Public Works
Norman
Ralph Hogense
Tom Easterly
Charles Simon
Simon
Finance Department
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office
Herrin
Murphysboro
Prosser
Old Home Lumber Company
Rt. 51
Morris Castle
Jack Reno
Bill Colp
Colp
Reno
Castle
McCarthy assails Johnson backers in New Hampshire
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy accused Johnson supporters of lying about his stance on draft dodgers at a New Hampshire news conference. He charged Sen. Thomas McIntyre with accusing him in radio ads of honoring deserters and demanded an explanation or withdrawal of the spots as Nixon campaigned to boost GOP turnout.
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Manchester
N.H
Eugene J .McCarthy
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
McCarthy
Thomas McIntyre
D-N.h
McIntyre
Weather outlook with cool, cloudy week ahead
Cloudy conditions continue with cool temperatures through Tuesday. A chance of light rain by evening lasting into Tuesday. Lows tonight expected in the 30s and highs Tuesday in the 40s. Weather details on map page.
Senate approves landmark housing rights bill 71 to 20
The Senate passed a broad civil rights measure expanding anti discrimination protections in housing and adding riot and civil rights enforcement provisions. It includes federal penalties for interfering with rights and extends protections to American Indians. The bill heads to the House where fate remains uncertain.
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Washington
Senate
House
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Hart
Senate House Conference Committee
Judiciary Committee
Frontline clash near DMZ leaves 102 enemy dead
South Vietnamese infantry report 102 Communist casualties in an eight hour engagement five miles north of Dong Ha. U S. Navy base near the DMZ suffers ammunition stockpile explosions with light allied losses. Westmoreland creates a new command for northern provinces as heavy fighting looms.
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Saigon
Dong Ha
Cua Viet River
Dmz
U.S
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Khe Sanh
William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
University of Illinois leader urges campus growth and autonomy
President David D. Henry warned the state Board of Higher Education against restricting the university's expansion plans including new campuses and limited mission options. He spoke at the Centennial Convocation ending the University of Illinois celebration and urged growth over the next century.
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Champaign-Urbana
University of Illinois
David D. Henry
State Board of Higher Education
U of I
Higher Board
Chicago
Springfield
Henry
Illinois
University of Ilinois
U of I Assembly Hall
Southern Illinois University
Board of Regents
Springfield College
Board of Governors
Prison riot at Oregon State Penitentiary leads to warden’s ouster
In Salem Oregon rioters at the Oregon State Penitentiary won major concessions after setting fires that destroyed most of the facility. Warden C T Gladden was fired after inmates released four guards and demanded no reprisals. damaged areas included rehabilitation facilities cells food prep hospital and industrial plants.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
George W. Randall
Randall
C. T. Gladden
Gladden
Jails must desegregate in Alabama ruling
The Supreme Court unanimously upheld a federal court order forcing Alabama to desegregate all state prison facilities. The justices rejected Alabama's constitutional challenges and noted the desegregation order already issued in December 1966 by a Montgomery three judge federal court.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Alabama
Montgomery
NFO Begins Hog Burials in Union City Ind
National Farmers Organization staged a mass hog burial in Union City Indiana. A long line of farm trucks dumped 200 to 400 hogs into a bulldozed ditch as Spangler claimed current pork prices were 19 cents a pound with a goal of 23 cents.
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Union City
Ind
National Farmers Organization
L. L. Tex Spangler
Randolph County
NFO
Spangler
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Department of Public Works
Bill Eaton
Joseph Ragsdale
Eaton Ragsdale
Sidney Schoen
Gene Ramsey
City Atty
George Fleerlage
Westmoreland
Thien
Quang Tri
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