Carbondale approves council-manager government by wide margin
Carbondale voters backed a council-manager system by 1 901 to 943 in the Tuesday election with 19 spoiled ballots. The measure carries eight wards while three wards failed. city officials plan an ordinance to define the new structure and appoint a city manager.
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G. Schumacher
Southern Illinoisan
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
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Centralia
Salem
Cape Girardeau
U.S
International City Manager’s Association
Chicago
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Benton
Cairo
W. Willow St
Our Savior Lutheran Church
City Hall
West Tde Fire Station
Lantana Baptist Church
St. Andrew’s
Student Christian Foundation
D. Blaney Miller
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Citizens Committee
Baker Charge Is Quashed In Cairo Case
A judge in Alexander County Circuit Court dismissed the indictment against Howard Baker a 40 year old Cairo vending machine distributor. The state plans to reconvene a grand jury to seek a new indictment amid a crackdown on vending machine activities with several men indicted this month.
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Cairo
Alexander County
Howard Baker
Michael O’shea
Baker
Sheriff Nominee Wins Democratic Sheriff Bid in Dallas County
Wilson Baker former Selma public safety director who urged a moderate police action during last year’s voting demonstrations appears to have won the Democratic nomination for sheriff of Dallas County.
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Selma
Ala
Wilson Baker
Selma Public Safety
Dallas
Busy Space Week Begins at Cape Kennedy
Explorer 32 lifts off from Cape Kennedy on a 170 to 750 mile egg shaped orbit. NASA notes the booster burned too long and pushed the satellite about 200 miles higher than planned, potentially affecting experiments during one of the busiest seven day launch weeks.
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Fla
America
Orbiting Chemical Laboratory
Earth
Surveyor
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
OGO
Explorer
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Prisoner Objects To Attorney At Murder Trial
Judge Creel Douglass denied a defense motion to delay the murder trial of four Menard Prison convicts. John W. Stamps of Granite City rose and objected to being represented by attorney Richard Shaikewitz. Shaikewitz asked for a continuance until his partner Irvin Wiseman recovers from a heart condition.
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Menard
John W. Stamps
Granite City
Richard Shaikewitz
Alton
Stamps
Shaikewitz
Psychological views on Viet Nam war challenge deterrence
Senate hearings feature Dr. Jerome Frank of Johns Hopkins and Prof. Charles Osgood of the University of Illinois arguing punishment is not a deterring strategy in ideological wars. They warn unlimited power risks civilization, and stress that national behavior cannot be simplified to individual psychology. Dirksen presses Johnson for bipartisan briefing on Vietnam progress and stability.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Jerome Frank
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Frank
Rome
U. of I
Charles E. Osgood
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois
Osgood
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Johnson
Congress
Viet Nam
Dirksen
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Illinois Republican
White House
Crackdown on Blue Box Gambler Ring Seizes 16 Across States
FBI arrested 16 men in nine states in a nationwide raid on illegal interstate gambling information. The operation targeted a long distance device dubbed a blue box or multifrequency signal generator that prevents call records and toll charges, hindering law enforcement. Deputy officials called the actions a major blow to users of such devices.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Layman Thompson elected chief executive of United Presbyterian Church
William P. Thompson of Wichita Kansas was elected stated clerk chief executive of the United Presbyterian Church of the U S A Thompson 49 is the first lay man in the post since 1883 He won 502 of 819 votes against John W Meister and Hugh Miller Thompson previously moderated the church and the denomination backed dissent in antiwar protests criticizing methods that defamed protesters
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William P. Thompson
Wichita
United Presbyterian Church of the
U.S.A
Eugene Carson Blake
Thompson
General Assembly
John W. Meister
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hugh Miller
Dover
N.J
Soviets End Pacific Space Landing Tests
The Soviet Union announced the successful conclusion of a five month test of a space ship landing program in the Pacific Ocean.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pacific Ocean
Ky Regains Upper Hand Over Rebels
Hundreds of antigovernment demonstrators were dispersed by riot police and paratroopers in Saigon after a mayoral ban on a planned Buddhist march. Deputy Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s crackdown yielded gains as rebel forces in Hue surrendered leaders and returned to posts while police and troops clashed with protesters.
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Nguyen Cao Ky
1St Army
Hue
Phan Zuan Nhuan
Associated Presss
Bob Gassaway
Buddhist Struggle Movement
U.S
James R. Bullington
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nhuan
Nguyer Hua Co
da Nang
Dam Quang Yue
Ton That Tuong
Tinh Hoi
Buddhist Institute
Oregon primary sets Duncan Hatfield against Morgan
Duncan won Oregon’s Democratic senatorial nomination by a wide margin, facing Republican Gov. Hatfield in November. Morse hailed the result as a rebuke to Johnson Vietnam policy, while Morgan condemned U.S. involvement as a tragic error. Voters also weighed Miami in Florida and Burns in Kentucky races.
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Robert B. Duncan
Oregon
Duncan
Howard Morgan
Mark O. Hatfield
U.S
Southeast Asia
Senate
Sen
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Morse
Johnson
Hatfield
Viet Nam
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Morgan
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Congress
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Oklahoma
Kentucky
Miami
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Hayden Burns
High
Burns
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Associated Press
Tom McCall
Robert Straub
John Sherman Cooper
John
Weather forecast: fair to warm into next week
A brief forecast notes fair tonight with a low in the 50s. Thursday looks fair and warmer with highs around 80 to 85. Friday trend is partly cloudy and warm, with outlook for continued mild conditions.
Posse Kills Lad's Captor in Connecticut
In Bristol, Connecticut, a man abducted a 7 year old boy from a bus stop and held him for about three hours before a posse of officers killed the captor after the boy was returned in exchange for water. The kid was unharmed and his father said he was not crying. The suspected abductor, Albert Bunn, 33, a water company employee, appeared to be deranged.
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Bristol
Donald Albee
Albert Bunn
Water Company
Primaries Show Winners Across Several States
AP reports Oregon Democrats nominate Robert B. Duncan for Senate over Howard Morgan while Gov. Hatfield secures the Republican Senate nod. Tom McCall and Robert Straub contest the governor and lieutenant contest, with Florida, Kentucky, Oklahoma, and more naming winners in respective races.
Teens in South Side gangs rounded up by police
Twenty of 85 teenage gang members arrested in the South Side were held for court and juvenile authorities. Over 40 police vehicles patrolled two schoolyards where recruitment was reported. Weapons including a bayonet, ice pick, knives, and razors were seized. Three youths were parole violators released to the Audy Home. Seventeen others were set for Boys Court appearance.
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South Side
Audy
Open Housing Bill Hearings Conclude in House
Rep. Emanuel Celler said the House Judiciary subcommittee will begin work on the civil rights bill Thursday and expects it to clear the full committee by June with a housing discrimination ban. Sen. Everett Dirksen warned the measure may remain stalled into next year amid open housing opposition.
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Washington
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
House
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dirksen
Senate
Celler
Judiciary Committee
Helicopter Search Fails To Find Two Ocean Oarsmen
A helicopter search in Portsmouth Virginia failed to locate the Puffin and its two oarsmen attempting the Virginia Beach to England voyage. WTAR radio dispatched a helicopter after an unconfirmed sighting of the 15 foot craft three miles off Lynnhaven inlet Tuesday night in Chesapeake Bay.
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England
Norfolk
WTAR
Chesapeake Bay
Lynnhaven Inlet
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