Lewis Site Project Would House 5 000 Carbondale Residents
A $25 million Lewis Park Meadows residential development is planned on the late Dr. John S. Lewis estate east of Carbondale. The project would house about 3,000 students and 800 families with high rises, dormitories, duplexes and a small business area on a 102 acre site. Plans include annexation to Carbondale, zoning changes, and a loop road system with extensive street extensions to connect to Wall street and Grand avenue near SIU.
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Ben Gelman
Southern Illinoisan
John S. Lewis
Carbondale
Lewis Park Meadows
Lewis
Dr. Lewis
Elizabeth H. Lewis
J.W. McKinney
James E. Walker
Lewis Lane
Lopers
Southern Ilinois University
SIU
Tatum Heights
Wall Street
Grand Avenue
Walnut Street
College Street
Hester Street
University Park
Lewis Estate
Old Main
Southern Illinois Tourism Boost Aimed By Checchi Plan
Checchi's study urges an $8 million boost to recreation facilities and a $42.53 million river to river road from Grand Tower to Cave in Rock. Six core sites Carlyle Lake Lake of Egypt Bend Lake Pounds Hollow Cave In Rock Fort Kaskaskia would attract day visitors and overnight stays, potentially raising annual tourism income from about $24 million to $124 million by 1976.
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George Willhite
Southern Illinois
Checchi
Illinois
Cheechi
Grand Tower
Shawnee Hills
Cave In
Rock
Carlyle Lake
Lake of Egypt
Bend Lake
Pounds Hollow
Cave In Rock
Fort Kaskaskia
LBJ Voices Support in Chicago Fundraiser
President Lyndon B. Johnson and wife arrive in Chicago to attend the Cook County Democratic organization dinner at McCormick Place, paying 100 dollars a plate. They land at O'Hare at 4 30 p m and head to the Conrad Hilton for a 6 p m reception hosted by the President's Club of Illinois.
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Chicago
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cook County
Democratic Organization
McCormick Place
O’hare International
Kennedy Expressway
Conrad Hilton Hotel
President’s Club of Illinois
FBI agent killed during Peggy Ann Brodnick search
In Shade Gap Pennsylvania an FBI agent, Terry Ray Anderson, 42, Camp Hill, was shot and killed while aiding a weeklong search for kidnapped Peggy Ann Brodnick. State police confirmed the girl was sighted alive and ongoing investigation continued.
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Shade Gap
FBI
Peggy Ann Brodnick
Washington
Terry Ray Anderson
Camp Hill
Huntingdon Barracks
U.S. Backing Military Leadership in South Vietnam
After two days of talks the Johnson administration agrees to support a strong Vietnamese military role in any future Saigon government. Officials stress no personal endorsement of Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, while Rusk and Fulbright push differing angles on the crisis.
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Washington
Saigon
Nguyen Cao Ky
da Nang
Dean Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
Fulbright
National Press Club
U. S
He Cabot Lodge
Seoul
Chung Hee Park
South Viet Nam
United States
Air Cavalry Battles North Vietnamese Forces in Central Highlands
U S air cavalrymen reinforced by three battalions counterattacked a force of about 350 or more North Vietnamese regulars 15 miles west of An Khe in the central highlands. After two days of fighting the Communists reportedly were in retreat at nightfall with initial counts showing 28 enemy dead in six hours and headquarters estimating total Communist deaths around 85.
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Saigon
U. S
Central Highlands
An Khe
1St Air Cavalry Division
Gemini 9 mission postponed after Agena fails at launch
NASA announced Gemini 9 contingent would wait at least three weeks as the Agena target satellite failed to reach orbit after the Atlas rocket launch from Cape Kennedy. Astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan were to practice rendezvous and space-walk maneuvers for Apollo, but the mission was scrubbed following the Agena malfunction.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
William C. Schneider
Thomas P. Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Stafford
Navy
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Cernan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
George E
Mueller
Atlas
Atlantic Ocean
Mission Control
Houston
Agena
Tina
Shop unions press 20 percent raise for rail workers
Six shopcraft unions including Machinists and Electrical Workers call for a 20 percent wage boost, Good Friday off, and a 37 hour week with effect date January 1 1967. About 150000 workers would be affected as contracts are reopened.
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Chicago
Gunard Y. Larson
Grand Lodge
Machinists
Carmen
Oilers
Lodge Back To Viet Nam
Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge returned to South Viet Nam after a week of talks with President Johnson asserting no policy change. He said the United States would improve programs there and then proceeded to a stop in Honolulu before heading to South Korea to meet President Park.
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Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Sident Johnson
Lodge
Honolulu
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
Weather outlook shows cooler nights and mild midweek
The forecast calls for a clear to partly cloudy night with a low in the mid 50s. Wednesday brings fair to partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers late day and a high in the 70s. Thursday looks mostly sunny and pleasant.
Troops Move In as Ky Prepares for Rioting in Saigon
Elite 7th Infantry Division alerted to stand by for Buddhist unrest in Saigon as monks threaten hunger strike. Reports say 1,000 troops moved in from the south while dissident forces resist the government in the north. A Hue helicopter incident wounded a gunner, and U.S. officers briefed Ky amid tensions across the country.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
Saigon
Thhe
U. S
William Porter
Porter
United States
1St Corps
Hue
Huynh van Cao
Viet Nam
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Carbondale Plan Commission
City Council
Deve
Tourism Development
LBJ
U.S
Air Cavalry
Ky Sunday
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