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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1966
Page
7
Senate Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen returned to his office using crutches and a wheelchair after breaking his right thigh in a May 10 fall at Walter Reed Army Hospital. The 70 year old Illinois senator planned a news conference in the afternoon.
In Bakersfield California a mob of about 50 people attacked a Kern County Junior High School bus injuring the driver and several students. Glass shattered as pupils were discharged in a southeastern Lakeview Avenue area. Police and deputies arrested 35 men and youths amid earlier disturbances with fire damage around 15000 dollars.
In South Los Angeles a crowd of about 100 Negro youths gathered after a brick struck a police car. Police arrested four men, two white motorists were slightly injured in rock throwing incidents as the group dispersed. The Watts district remains a flashpoint from last August’s riots.
Arkansas police hunt for Glenn Stewart 30 of Marion after Larry Schmidt 30 was killed in a dismemberment near Arkadelphia. Bloodhounds from the state prison join a large swamp search. Stewart is accused of abducting a widow and two children for two weeks. He is believed armed with a rifle, pistol and knife.
All officers were re-elected at the annual board dinner meeting. Virgil Smith of Metropolis was named president, Earl Tanner of Carrier Mills as vice president, Mrs. June Snider of Gorham as secretary, and Paul Johnson of Herrin as treasurer.
Elmhurst insurance broker and former police commissioner Bosworth was shot to death in the Du Page County Memorial Hospital parking lot. Joseph Fox, a construction foreman for Illinois Bell, was found dead in a Chicago car with notes alleging a love affair involving Fox's wife Violet. Fox's death is ruled suicide. Bosworth leaves a widow and four children.
Embattled Chicago Schools Superintendent Benjamin C. Willis resigns effective August 31, nearly four months early. Willis, 64, had a four year contract ending December 1966 and had faced constant demonstrations by integrationists. He plans to serve public education nationally and in Chicago, earning 48500 annually. James F. Redmond named as his successor.
Illinois lawmakers push tougher water laws after a City Club of Chicago forum on The Water Crisis Getting Worse. Rep. Carl L. Klein, chair of the Illinois Water Pollution Commission, calls for statewide action to curb pollution and improve standards. Texas man killed in crash near Flora in a truck wreck on U S 50. Grover L. Logan 42 Burleson Texas died as his semi veered off the road and rolled over while transporting beads for Reflex Glass Bead Co.
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