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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
11
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In Washington, House Foreign Affairs Democrats approved a measure to end all US military activity in Indochina by October 1 and demand Hanoi release prisoners and a ceasefire. Critics include Sen. Adlai Stevenson III and Mayor Daley, while telegrams urged reversing the policy amid a broader partisan clash over Vietnam.
Sgt. George M. Goodwin and Sgt. John Malacznik visit the U.S. Army Recruiting Station in Carbondale for three months to encourage enlistment. They promise recruits guaranteed service of at least 16 months with their unit.
Demonstrations over new Vietnam policies enter a third day with thousands marching and hundreds arrested nationwide. At the University of Minnesota, 200 National Guardsmen protected sites as clashes left five police and 30 protesters injured. Amherst College and Smith College leaders were among arrestees, while Capitol Square hosted speeches by aroused lawmakers.
Charles Hite 36, recently freed from Will County jail for foiling a jailbreak, was shot and killed by two off duty sheriff's deputies during a saloon robbery in Lockport. Illinois Nature Preserves Commission guides state lands additions to protect natural land types.
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