French wage accord fails to quiet one day strike
Paris reports scattered electricity cuts as workers reject the deal reached by union officials management and the government. The agreement raises minimum wage to 3 francs per hour, adds 7 percent June and 3 percent October boosts, cuts the work week to 40 hours and considers retirement age reductions. Protests persisted at Renault and Citroen plants with no clear acceptance timeline.
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Paris
Lyon
Marseilles
Nantes
Gas and Electricity Company
Seguy
Georges Pompidou
de Gaulle
France
Sangamon County crime probe opens hearings
Illinois Crime Commission began public hearings on organized crime in Sangamon County led by testimony from Sangamon County Sheriff Ed Ryan who admitted receiving a solid gold badge from a convicted gambler after his election. He denied campaign gifts from gamblers and noted a $100 donation from Merle Hornstein, among other probing questions on payroll padding prostitution and sheriff’s fee funds.
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Richard Icen
Lindsay-Schaub
Springfield
Illinois Crime Commission
Sangamon County
Ed Ryan
Commission
Charles Siragusa
Ryan
Merle Hornstein
Springfield Area
Sheriff’s Office
Eight Drown As 16 Foot Boat Capsizes Off Wells Beach
Coast Guard recovered six bodies after a capsizing near Wells Beach Maine in high winds. One of nine Springfield area men and boys survived. two remain missing presumed drowned. Eight victims were members of two families and the ninth a friend.
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Wells Beach
Maine
Springfield
Mass
Coast Guard
Weather brief for tonight and Tuesday forecast
Cool tonight with a low of 45 to 52 degrees. Partly sunny and a bit warmer Tuesday with a high in the 70s. Includes weather details and map on page 10, and references to Classifieds 13-15 Comics 19 Editorials 4 Family Living 6-7 Farm 5 Sports 11-12.
Woman Fires Shot at Wedding in Candlelit Church
At a wedding with over 200 guests in a candlelit church, a woman shouted that the couple were not married and fired a .22 pistol. Best man Lester Anderson, 22, was killed. Former wife Etta Usher, 29, was arrested for murder as witnesses described the chaos during the ceremony.
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Lester Anderson
Lorena Mae
Etta Usher
Clarence Stewart Jr
Edward L. Usher
Carbondale’s First Memorial Day of 1866 Highlighted
Memo notes from Woodlawn Cemetery in Carbondale recount the April 1866 Decoration Day events including a parade prayer barbecue and address led by General John Logan. The record cites 219 Civil War veterans marching to Woodlawn with wreaths from Colonel Brush’s garden and community hogs and bread donations for the BBQ.
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John Logan
J. W. Jane
Coneal Ingersall
Dilengers Boys
John Borgher
Branson
Russel
Logan
James Green
Woodlawn
Carbondale
John Alexander Logan
Murphysboro
Crab Orchard Christian Church
Carbondale Methodist Church
Daniel H Brush
Brush School
U.S. Post Office
Dillinger
John Borger
Supreme Court upholds draft card burning ban
The Supreme Court ruled 7 to 1 that a 1965 federal law making it a crime to burn or destroy draft cards is constitutional. Chief Justice Warren wrote the majority opinion. Justice Douglas dissented. The decision involved David P. O'Brien of Farmingham Mass, convicted for burning his draft card in 1966. The ruling also rejects symbolic speech arguments and upholds government power to raise armies. The Court also overturned a prior lower court view on the matter and addressed school desegregation plans in a separate ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
William O. Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Warren
U. S. Circuit Court
Boston
Congress
Douglas
David P. O’brien
Farmingham
Mass
South Boston
O’brien
Circuit
New Kent County
Jackson, Tenn
Gould, Ark
William J. Brennan Jr
U S Accuses Hanoi of Distorted War Loss Figures
U S negotiators at Paris charged North Vietnam with distorted casualty figures and pressed for a halt to bombing. Ambassador Harriman said over 200000 Northern troops have fought in the South, many becoming casualties or dying from disease as talks continued. The session lasted 4 hours and 10 minutes with Friday set for the next meeting.
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North Vietnam
Paris
United States
W. Averell Harriman
Xuan Thuy
U.S
Cyrus R. Vance
Washington
Johnson
South Vietnam
Airmen Raze Soviet Guns Amid Weekend Vietnam Fights
Airmen destroyed or damaged 16 Soviet long-range antiaircraft guns north of the DMZ as weekend clashes surged. Allied forces said over 1,000 enemy troops were killed across Saigon outskirts to the DMZ, with U S casualties totaling 54 killed and 192 wounded. Viet Cong movements and a possible 20,000 strong North Vietnamese buildup in the central highlands raised fears of a major cross country strike.
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Demilitarized Zone
U. S
Saigon
Hanoi
Paris
Dong Ha
Coed slain on campus at University of Wisconsin
Authorities investigate the death of 18 year old Christine Rothschild of Chicago, a University of Wisconsin sophomore, whose stabbed body was found on campus Sunday night. A male student found the body in bushes. doctors say she likely died Saturday. Christine is the daughter of Emanuel and (Mrs) Rothschild of Chicago.
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University of Wisconsin
Carbondale Plans Daylong Memorial Day Parade Events
Carbondale hosts a 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Memorial Day program led by the Memorial Day Association and Sesquicentennial Commission. Westphalian stallions, the Black Knights Drum and Bugle Corps, bands, floats, and Boy Scout units join a parade along Main Street to Woodlawn Cemetery. Rear Admiral J W Kelly and Arthur Godfrey are among speakers.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Memorial Day Association
Sesquicentennial Commission
Carbondale Community High School
Central
Rue Gene Starr Sr
Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission
Black Knights
Belleville
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Renault Automobile Works
Citroen
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Seguy
General Confederation of Workers
Benoit Frachon
Labor Confederation
Renault
Houston
Woodlawn Cemetery
Egypt
Kentucky
Tennessee
Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Little
Boston Court
Cates
Freedom of Choice
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South
Madison, Wis
Carbondale Memorial
Southern Illinois University
Arthur Godfrey
University Center
University Theater
Communications Building
John A. Logan
Adm
J. W. Kelly
Chief of
Navy Chaplains
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