Two Women Die in Murphysboro Hotel Fire
Fire at the Central Hotel on Chestnut Street in Murphysboro killed two residents, Mrs. Bess Modglin Beal 67 and Mrs. Imogene Basden Duffield 38. Firefighters from Murphysboro and nearby towns battled flames that trapped tenants on the upper floors. one firefighter credited his visor for survival as bricks and heat blasted the hallway. The blaze, reported about 2:20 a.m., also damaged offices on the first floor and prompted evacuations. Mrs. Maude Worthen 70 was treated for smoke inhalation, and four others were rescued. Funeral services set for Sunday in Murphysboro.
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Tony Stevens
Murphysboro
Central Hotel
10Th and
Chestnut Streets
Bess Modglin Beal
Imogene Basden Duffield
John
Marnati
Chester Steele
Toby Berger
Maude Worthen
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Worthen
Harold Maerker
Murphysboro Civil Defense
Charlee Jones
Jones
Chestnut Street
Ralph Brunkhorst
Jerry Nellis
B. J. Staples
Gary McComb
Carbondale
Beal
Duffield
Allen Jackson
Maerker
Staples
Brunkhorst
Steele
du Quoin
Elkville
Carterville
Marion
Herrin
10Th
Chestnut
E. S. del Carmen
E. R. Rosenberger
Dr. del Carmen
S. 10Th St
Five states tornado cleanup begins after wounding and death
Tornadoes in Arkansas Iowa Illinois Indiana and Missouri killed 71 and injured 1 000 plus while millions in damage were estimated. Gov Rockefeller asked federal disaster aid as towns like Jonesboro Oil Trough Tuckerman and Mountain Home mobilized to clear debris and recover. Red Cross tallied 58 businesses and 172 homes destroyed in the region and National Guard aided cleanup.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Winthrop Rockefeller
Johnson
Jonesboro
Tuckerman
Mountain Home
Harold Hughes
Red Cross
Charles City
Oelwein
Maynard
National Guard
Freeburg
Ill
Leon Dickerson
Otto Kerner
Southern Illinois
Housing crunch looms as SCLC caravans converge on Washington
Washington faces a large housing squeeze as SCLC field staff caravans converge on the capital. Officials fear insufficient lumber donations and limited camp space near the Lincoln Memorial, with 700 already housed in churches and more caravans due to arrive from Boston Chicago and Pittsburgh. Top leaders say enough churches exist to shelter all temporarily but moving them quickly to camp is the challenge. Visitors drawn by news coverage add to the strain.
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Washington
Bernard Lafayette
Lincoln Memorial
Mississippi
Alabama
SCLC
Chicago
Boston
Maryland
Pittsburgh
SIU Trustees approve athletic grant policy and raise fees
Southern Illinois University trustees on the Carbondale campus adopted a policy of outright NCAA type athletic scholarships and approved a $10 per term student fee increase to fund costs. The change ends the old work program scholarships though some aid may remain partial.
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Ben Gelman
Southern
McAndrew
Rt. 51
SIU
Diplomats foresee compromise on bombing deal
American and French diplomats in Paris anticipate a compromise to end the North Vietnam bombing despite stalled Paris peace talks. U S supporters warn ending attacks without a North Vietnamese de escalation would allow massive troop and supply movements into the South and halt reconnaissance flights, artillery shelling, and border-area bombing. Harriman ties a buffer zone to halting all further hostilities while demanding genuine DMZ demilitarization.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Appeal
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi Radio
U.S
Johnson
Weather Tonight And Saturday Cool With Showers
Showers continue intermittently tonight with a cool low in the 50s. Partly cloudy and cooler Saturday with a high in the 60s. North South border news notes discuss U S and French hopes for a quieting accord and possible bombing halt linked to North Viet Nam restraint. Harriman and Thuy did not meet Thursday or today. no contacts reported between U S and North Vietnamese groups until Saturday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Thuy
U.S
State employee found slain in hotel room in Chicago
Charles R. Meader, 45, an Illinois Department of Public Health internal auditor from Springfield, checked into the Sherman House and was found strangled in his room. Investigators traced his movements after a night in the hotel cocktail lounge where he may have met strangers. His body was discovered with hands tied behind his back and a necktie knot around his throat, clad only in socks.
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Chicago
State of Illinois
Charles R. Meader
Springfield
Illinois Department of Public Health
Meader
Sherman House
Allies end month long sweep in A Shau Valley Vietnam
U S and allied forces conclude a 30 day operation in the A Shau Valley southwest of Huè killing 726 enemy troops. The tally includes 139 U S dead and 662 wounded with 21 helicopters destroyed or damaged. Monsoon rains threaten air support, prompting the move to end the offensive.
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Phu Bai
Vietnam
A Shau
South Vietnam
U. S
William L. Rosson
U.S
Hue
Delaware
Saigon
John J. Tolson
Air Cavalry
Hanoi
Railroads hire more workers amid featherbedding dispute
The five railroads Illinois Central Louisville and Nashville Chicago and North Western Kansas City Southern Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac offer to raise basic pay by about $3.45 while expanding crews on certain yard runs. The unions accuse railroads of creating unnecessary jobs to blunt wage demands amid the Railway Labor Act framework and a coast-to-coast dispute.
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Brotherhood of
Congress
Missouri Pacific
Seaboard Coast Line
Union
Illinois Central
Louisville & Nashville
Chicago & North Western
Kansas City
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Merle Jones
Church
Joseph A. Loftus
New York Times
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