Chavez ends 25 day fast in Delano rally
Labor leader Cesar Chavez ends a 25 day fast with thousands of followers shouting Viva as he concludes a mass of thanksgiving in Delano. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy joins in honoring Chavez nonviolence amid the Delano grape strike. Chavez, 41, eats solid food for the first time since February 14.
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Delano
Calif
Cesar Chavez
Robert F. Kennedy
D.N.Y
Chavez
Kennedy
Viva la Union
Akers Named Acting President at Shimer College
Milbur P. Akers editor emeritus of the Chicago Sun-Times was named acting president of Shimer College effective immediately. He succeeds F J Mullin, president since 1954, who becomes president emeritus. Akers, Sun-Times editor for six years, retires in 1965 and remains executive director of the Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities. He also chairs McKendree College in Lebanon and has served on the Illinois Board of Higher Education. A fire bomb damaged a Chicago area elementary school as busing for Negro children began, causing about 150 dollars in damage to the principal's office.
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Mount Carroll
Milbur P. Akers
Chicago Sun-Times
Shimer College Today
Akers
F. J. Mullin
Sun-Times
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
Chicago
Dover
George Napier
Sixth Division
May and Spencer
Austin
Rockefeller urged to enter 1960s Republican race
More than twenty top Republicans including seven governors and New York Mayor John Lindsay pressed Gov. Nelson Rockefeller at a Fifth Avenue strategy session to run for the GOP presidential nomination as an announced and active candidate. Rockefeller plans to consult party leaders before deciding, with a draft viewed as nearly irresistible by some attendees.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
U. S
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
Tom McCall
Oregon
Richard M. Nixon
McCall
M Rockefeller
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Two hanged in Rhodesia under white minority rule
In Salisbury Rhodesia the white minority government hanged two black Africans convicted of murder while reprieving nine others who had faced execution since 1965. The action follows last week’s hangings and signals a possible death-penalty pattern for murder while clemency may apply to nonfatal terrorist crimes. Francis Chinese and Taka Jeremiah were executed for killing a tribal subchief. over 100 other Africans remain on death row as cases are reviewed.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Francis Chinese
Taka Jeremiah
Rhodesian
Zeigler to honor Vietnam hero Capt Riley
Zeigler will observe a Tuesday funeral for Marine Captain James Thomas Riley killed near Khe Sanh. A city proclamation asks businesses to close 9 AM to noon and flags to fly at half staff. services set for 10:30 AM at St. Aloysius Church.
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Zeigler
James Thomas Riley
Vietnam
Capt. Riley
St. Aloysius Catho
Lic Church
Royalton
Riley
Marian Gayer
Paul Gayer
Khe Sanh
Zeigler Water Department
Gayer Manufacturing Co
Weather and lake spillway readings with cloud cover
The report lists spillway levels at Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches below, Devil's Kitchen Lake 1 inch above, Little Grassy Lake 2 inches below, and Lake of Egypt inches below spillway. Temperatures and precipitation unavailable due to city employees at a Murphysboro court session. Northern Illinois shows partly to mostly cloudy with 20s tonight and 30s Tuesday. Southern Illinois remains cloudy with rain or snow possible and temps 30s tonight to 40s-47 Tuesday.
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Northern
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Devil’s Kitchen Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Lake of Egypt
Murphysboro
Illnois
Colder Weather Approaches From Atlantic Coast
Brief weather note indicates a cold front moving in from the Atlantic coast bringing lower temperatures. Forecasters expect a dip in daytime highs and potential frost risks inland as the system shifts southward.
Middle East peace talks hit snag as Jarring effort stalls
U N envoy Gunnar Jarring struggles to organize talks as Egypt Abdicates direct talks with Israel Egypt demands withdrawal before negotiations Israel signals readiness to meet but refuses to pledge land concessions George Kapusta to speak on fertilizer and crop production at Patoka High March 1 Police briefs cite two citations in Carterville and Du Quoin for speeding and right of way violations
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U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Middle East
Egypt
Israel
Jarring
Abba Eban
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Farring
George Kapusta
Southern Illinois University
Plant Industries Department
Patoka High School
Vocational Agriculture Department
Carterville
Thomas _ Glines
du Quoin
Thelma Galloway
Murphysboro Drivers Suffer Minor Injuries in Separate Crashes
In separate incidents early Sunday three drivers were treated for minor injuries after vehicles ran off roads in two counties. Loren C. Franklin, 25, of Murphysboro was released from St. Joseph Memorial Hospital after his car struck an embankment on Old Rt. 13. Clifford Brown, 21, of Harrisburg, was treated at Doctors Hospital in Harrisburg after his truck left Rt. 34 and entered a field south of Harrisburg. Gary Barwick, 23, of Herrin, was treated at Herrin Hospital following a crash on the Herrin Johnston City road near a bridge abutment. Also, 85-year-old Nettie Jack of Marion died at home. Burial will be at Cana Cemetery after services Tuesday in Marion. Police brief notes Charles R. Welch, 25, Pittsburg, charged for no operator's license.
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Murphysboro
Rt. 13
Loren C. Franklin
Rt. 3
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Clifford Brown
Harrisburg
Doctors Hospital
Rt. 34
Gary Barwick
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Herrin - Johnston
Nettie Jack
N. van Buren St
Marion
Goreville
John T
Ida Whitwell Gibson
Newton Jack
Goreville Baptist Church
Jack
Austin
Vienna
Virgil
Esther Dycus
Ruth Osborn
AP Editors Elected At Benton Meeting
The Southern Illinois Associated Press Editors Association elected D. G. Schumacher vice president for 1968-69 and he becomes president for 1969-70. James Johnston of The Centralia Sentinel will serve as president this year, with publisher John P. Hanafin retiring as president. Milburn P. Akers urged locating and marking the grave of Nathaniel Pope Cook at Kaskaskia, noting Cook’s youth and beard in 18th century Illinois history. He said Cook may be buried in Shelby county Kentucky.
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Southern Illinois Associated Press Editors Association
D. G. Schumacher
Carbondale
Schumacher
Southern Illinoisan
James Johnston
Centralia Sentinel
John P. Hanafin
Litchfield News-Herald
Holiday Inn
Benton
Ortin
Chicago
Milburn P. Akers
Chicago Sun-Times
Illinois
Akers
Nathaniel Pope Cook
Kaskaskia
Cook
Shelby County
Kentucky
Traffic fines listed for multiple towns in Illinois
Creal Springs Mary Street fined $15 for failure to yield right of way Thompsonville Arthur Rogers Jr. fined $20 speeding Marion Gerald McCarty fined $20 speeding Carbondale Michael Miller fined $15 disobeyed stop sign.
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Creal Springs
Mary Street
Thompsonville
Arthur Rogers Jr
Marion
Gerald McCarty
Carbondale
Michael Miller
State park work planned at Giant City lodge
Illinois Department of General Services awards contracts totaling 88526 for kitchen extension lodge improvements at Giant City State Park. R B Stephens Construction Co of Carbondale gets 24944 for general work. other firms include B and C Plumbing and Heating Murphysboro 10870 plumbing 11445 heating, Fowler Company Centrali a 12700 ventilating, Caldwell Electric Harrisburg 9898, Swain and Myers Assoc Decatur 17075 kitchen equipment, Brand Insulations Chicago 1684 pipe insulation. Joe Cockburn Anna named building construction supervisor.
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Giant City State Park Lodge
Illinois Department of General Services
R. B. Stephens Construction Co
Carbondale
B & C Plumbing & Heating Co
Murphysboro
Fowler Company
Centralia
Caldwell Electric Co
Harrisburg
Swain & Myers Associates Inc
Decatur
Brand Insulations, Inc
Chicago
Joe Cockburn
Anna
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Rockford
Tom Berve
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Pittsburg
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Modern Paper Co
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Murphysbore
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Afde Motel
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Chester
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Cape Girardeau, MO
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George Rogers Clark
Louis Joliet
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