Senate approves broad crime curbs with wiretapping
The Senate, in a 72-4 vote, approves a crime control bill expanding federal grants for state and local police, authorizing wiretapping, banning interstate handgun sales, and overturning some Supreme Court rulings on confessions and identifications. The measure heads to a House-Senate conference for compromise.
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John W. Finney
New York Times
Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Senate House Conference Committee
House
Conference
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Justice Department
Johnson
Congress
White House
Stevenson backs Humphrey in Illinois endorsement
Daley knows Stevenson backs Humphrey as state treasurer Adlai E Stevenson endorsed Hubert Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nomination. Stevenson, Illinois’s leading vote getter in the 1866 primary, praised Humphrey’s action and noted Daley knows of the decision though Daley may stay silent until the Aug. 26 nominating convention. He supported Humphrey over McCarthy and Kennedy, saying Humphrey could unite diverse groups and would be the best qualified.
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Chicago
Adlai EB
Stevenson Tni
Hubert H. Humphrey
Stevenson
Humphrey
Hum
Phrey
Illinois
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Winds
Sen
McCarthy
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Samuel Shapiro
U.S. Court of Appeals
Shapiro
Hanoi accuses U S of escalating Vietnam war
North Vietnam charged the United States with intensifying the war in both halves of the country. In Paris spokesman Xiou Thuy said the claims came as Premier Pham Van Dong announced Viet Cong victories in the South. Dong insisted on firm terms for peace and opposed any de escalation that would halt bombing without an accord.
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Paris
North Vietnam
United States
North
South Vietnam
Xuao Thuy
Pham van Dong
Hanoi
Dong
Thuy
U.S
Weekend Forecast for Little Change, Mostly Cloudy
The forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with little temperature change through Saturday and several periods of showers or thunderstorms. Highs will reach the upper 60s to lower 70s, with tonight’s low near 60 degrees.
Richman vows fair hearings for SIU students
Jackson County state’s attorney Richard Richman said SIU students charged in a break in at Delyte Morris’s office will be treated like any other arrestees on serious charges. Six or seven will face preliminary hearings Monday to see if cases go to the grand jury on June 20. Defendants may testify. all represented by counsel. The group includes all African American defendants with one white student already waiving a hearing and another white student still at large. Richman said charges were filed by him, not SIU.
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Richard Richman
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University
Delyte W
Morris
Richman
Circuit Court
Mur. Physhoro
Siu
Stu
One killed and three injured in Rt 149 crash near Murphysboro
States police report one person killed and three injured in a car truck collision on Rt 149 seven miles west of Murphysboro at 12 15 p m today Names of the dead and injured are not immediately available The National Park Service says rain will not postpone the dedication of the Gateway Arch Saturday
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States
Rt. 149
Murphysboro
St. Louis
the National Park
Gateway Arch
U S presses aerial drive on invaders in South Vietnam
U S bombers pounded enemy staging areas and troop concentrations along the Laos border toward Dak To as North Vietnamese troops reportedly cross into central South Vietnam. Marines reported 203 killed and 86 wounded in a two day battle northeast of Con Thien, while intel warned of Pairs talks pressure and possible reinforcement movements from Khe Sanh toward Kontin.
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Saigon
America
Las
South Vietnam
Baz
Jaos
Cambodia
Central Highlands
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Leathernecks
Con Thien
Dak To
Khe Sanh
Kontin
Tank blasts injure about 30 in Missouri town
About 90 people were present when several gasoline storage tanks exploded in Morehouse Missouri injuring about 30 none seriously Gasoline leaked into the sewer system and forced evacuations Firefighters stayed on duty through the night as gas traveled into downtown sewers Most injured were treated at a hospital in Sikeston and released later
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Morehouse
Missouri
Simpson Oil Co
Sikeston
Gasvoline
SIU Senate Advances Black Students Column at Daily Egyptian
The Southern Illinois University Senate passed a bill to create a black students column in the Daily Egyptian and named Melvin C. Markham to write it. It also approved staff for the Egyptian supplement KA and rejected run-off elections, a fee increase protest, and a party recognition by-laws amendment.
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Southern Clingis University
Daily
Egyptian
Senate
Alsor
Ray Lenzi
STU Board of Trustees
Melvin C. Markham
Chicago
Markham
Sived EA
Buzz? Spador
John Wheeler
Jerry Finney
Carl Courtnier
Gary Kriseher
France faces paralyzing strike wave amid protests
France endures a broad strike wave as workers students and farmers mobilize ahead of President De Gaulle's address. Communists accept talks but fear more delays while farmers block roads with tractors and barricades. Riots intensify in Paris as authorities warn of armed extremist influence and border clashes flare over Daniel Cohn Bendit.
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Orday
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Tabor
General Confederation of Workers
Pompidou
French Confederation of Democratic Workers
Com- Re
Brittany
Paris
Christian Fouchet
General Confederation ‘of Workers
Schoals
Saarbruecken
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Cohn-Bendit
West Germany
Amsterdam
Danny the Red
Echo I satellite falls after eight years in space
Colorado Springs AP reports Echo I, the balloon satellite that provided nightly global shows and relayed messages for eight years since its Aug 12 1960 launch, decayed over the West Coast of South America. NORAD said no sightings followed the plunge. Decay estimated around 6:47 p.m. CDT, with Sunlight pressure ending its orbit.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Echo. I
America
American Air Defense ‘Command
NORAD
Echo I
Soo
Cape, Kennedy
Sens
Echo
Four pacifists sentenced in draft records case
The four defendants charged with bloodying draft records last fall were given prison terms. Rev. Philip F. Berrigan, 44, a Roman Catholic priest, and Thomas P. Lewis, 28, were sentenced to six years each in federal prison. A third defendant received three years, and a fourth was given a technical 18 year term with possible reconsideration after expert advice.
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Salfime
Philip F. Berrigan
U.S
Edward
Northrop
Rains cause evacuation of Poor People’s Camp
Heavy rain hit Resurrection City forcing the Poor People’s Campaign to evacuate about 2,000 residents from the shantytown as leaders planned to move women and children first. Rev Jesse Jackson said space was found in nearby churches and homes and a prayer vigil would be held at the Agriculture Department.
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Washington
Resurrection City
U.S.A
Jesse Jackson
Ralph David Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Jackson
Capitol Hill
Department of Agriculture
Department
Orville L. Freeman
Congress
Abernathy
National Welfare Rights Organization
SCLC
California
Edmund G. Brown
Floods Hit Southern Ohio Forcing Evacuations
Flooding from creeks and rivers inundated counties in southern Ohio. Emergency crews evacuated hundreds from homes and roof rescues were reported with highways and secondary roads blocked. Train derailment linked to high water in Circleville, Chillicothe, Logan and Scioto Clinton Fayette and Athens Counties.
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Columbus
Ohio
Circleville
Chillicothe
Logan
Scioto
Clinton
Fayette
Athens
Federal fee plan eyed to aid Southern Illinois recreation areas
Pending Senate approval a bill to earmark 110 million a year from offshore oil royalties for federal recreation areas would fund improvements at Southern Illinois sites including Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge and Shawnee National Forest. Congress rounding on entry fee changes aims to boost facilities with funds directed to federal areas rather than new sites. A wallet size pass costs seven dollars and daily vehicle permits are one dollar.
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Roger Hughes
Tional Wildlife Refuge
Shaw
Clinoisa’ Nee National Forest
Gray
Vison
Kenments
D.west
Frankfort
Wuay
U.S
House of Representa
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Saarbruccken
Germany
Echo Falls
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