Governor outlines Golden Years programs at Herrin convention
About 360 people from at least 26 Illinois communities attended the first Senior Citizens Convention in Herrin where Gov. Ogilvie announced plans to make the Golden Years profitable with tax relief, home stead exemptions, and pension protections. The governor urged seniors to lobby for a circuit breaker and highlighted state efforts by the Illinois Development Authority to expand elderly housing and mobile bus services. Earline McEvers called the event a stepping stone toward larger future conventions.
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Illinois
Herrin
Richard Ogilvie
Senior Citizens
Nancy Auxier
Senior Citizens Center
McLeansboro
Auxier
Williamson County
John McVey
Ogilvie
Springfield
Gov
U.S
Ogil
Vie
The
Illinois Development Authority
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Ducing Society
Earline McEvers
Herrin Senior Citizens
Protests Across U S Enter Fourth Day of Vietnam Policy Fight
Demonstrations surge on college campuses from New York to Wisconsin as police arrest over 1,000. Princeton Yale Cornell Kansas Ohio State and New Mexico scenes report arrests and windows shattered while nationwide protests span at least 23 states. Police use tear gas and shots fired at New Mexico and Cambridge MIT.
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Associated Press
America
Institute For Defense Analysis
Princeton University
New Jersey
New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Military Sciences
Ohio State
Columbus
ROTC
Capitol
Washington
U. Nations
New York
District of Columbia
American Broadcasting Co
Lieberman Research, Inc
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Carbondale Officials Refuse Street Closure Tonight
City officials in Carbondale decide not to close the street near Southern Illinois University for tonight’s party after debate at the Ramada Inn. Mayor Eckert and SIU President Derge weigh curfew plans if violence occurs. regular patrols will continue downtown.
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Gary Blackburn
Ilinois
South Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
Bill Schwegman
Southern Ilinois University
Ramada Inn
Schwegman
Neal Eckert
Southern Illinois University
David R. Derge
SIU
Eckert
Derge
Carbondaale
Joe Dakin
Junior high students raid capital office
About 50 youths raided Rep. Pierre S. DuPont's capital office. Richard Evans said intruders took a ring and a billfold from an employee, raided the refrigerator, and otherwise looted the office. He noted five female staffers were present and were told the group came from a nearby junior high school. The congressman was absent.
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Pierre S. DuPont
R-Del
Richard Evans
du Pont
Evans
An Loc siege intensifies as B52 assault targets Vietnam
North Vietnamese forces press attack on An Loc despite 70 B52 strikes dropping over 1 700 tons of explosives. U S advisers suffer casualties as tanks push into the town while shelling and ground fighting continue around Quang Tri and Hue. Canadian ICC observers report Hanoi canceling civilian movement amid threats of air strikes.
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An Loc
Saigon
U.S
Chin Thanh
Quang Tri
Nixon
Wili
Demilitarized Zone
Associated Press
Lynn C. Newland
Quang Tri City
U.S. Navy
Hue
Birmingham
International Control Commission
David Jackson
Hanoi
ICC
Jackson
Weather outlook shows showers and storms into next week
Partly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows 52 to 58. Saturday brings variable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely and little temperature change. Highs 72 to 78. Sunday through Tuesday remain mostly cloudy with ongoing showers and stable temperatures.
Texas flood overran New Braunfels leaves eight dead
A 90 minute cloudburst unleashed a wall of water through New Braunfels. Authorities reported eight drowned and 20 to 25 missing as 3,000 fled homes along the Comal and Guadalupe rivers. National Guardsmen aided evacuations. 1,000 housed in an armory. River widths surged from 25 to 200 feet. Water receded at dawn.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Royce Couch
Comal
Guadalupe
Walter Fellers
Walker Testimony Invite Sparks Budget Cut Debate
House Speaker W. Robert Blair invited Dan Walker to testify before the House appropriations committee on cutting 500 million from state budgets. Blair and Rep. David Regner said Walker has touted waste cutting but must substantiate his claim or withdraw it.
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Springfield
House
Robert Blair
Dan Walker
House Appropriations Committee
Blair
Ships Divert From North Vietnamese Ports Amid Mine Blockade
Washington officials report several merchant ships headed for North Vietnamese ports diverted their courses after the U S mine action began. Some may have redirected to Chinese ports with cargo moved overland to North Vietnam. Thirteen of the 25 ships were Soviet flagged.
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United States
Moscow
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Andrei Grechko
Syria
Middle East
Washington
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Jerry W. Friedheim
U.S
Contempt sentences in Chicago 7 case reversed by appeals court
A federal appeals court reversed contempt sentences for eight defendants and two lawyers in the Chicago 7 trial, sending the charges back to district court for possible retrial. The court cited a 1971 Supreme Court ruling requiring disqualification of a judge in contempt proceedings if cited after trial progress.
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
Julius J. Hoffman
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panther Party
Seale
Hoffman
Chicago
Leonard I. Weinglass
Newark
N.J
California
Justice Department
Washington
John C. Fraines
Lee Weiner
Weinglass
William Kunstler
David Delliger
Jerry C. Rubin
Bernard C. Davis
Thomas C. Hayden
Abbie Hoffman
Froines
Weiner
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