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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1968
Page
4
A Saturday blaze damaged 14 stores and restaurants plus a block of the Boardwalk near the Miss America Pageant headquarters. Firemen contained the fire in about an hour with 250 firefighters. Damage estimated at 385000 with losses from the Labor Day weekend not included. no injuries reported.
Midland Texas police say Michael Moody a 24 year old Marine veteran and rookie officer is charged with murder after the body of Lori Margaret Gunn was found inside his step father Jack Walchers home Moody was the only person in the house at the time and the manhunt used the Walcher residence as a command post
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, bed-ridden after a seventh heart attack, passes the time reading shot em up Western paperback novels. Doctors report steady but slow progress as he rests with oxygen between sessions. Reading westerns has long been his favored relaxation.
Local 316 of the Building Service Employees International Union and student government officials join in opposition to the SIU board approved parking fee increase set to begin fall quarter. The union letter argues the hike may take up to 1,500 percent in some cases and could reduce wages. A petition by the Non Academic Employee Union is also circulating seeking a review and alternative solutions.
Constance the pig, reserve sow champion at the Wyoming State Fair, reportedly devoured the large cardboard sign proclaiming her title. Owner Chris Foster of Cheyenne called the pig a fickle female with peculiar tastes.
National Guardsmen fired tear gas as crowds gathered in Grant Park near the Conrad Hilton. The mobilization movement claims success in radicalizing participants and exposing police tactics while Daley's approach is debated.
President Johnson avoided the Democratic National Convention after leaders warned he would face a cool reception. He stayed at the LBJ Ranch while delegates booed or ignored mentions of his name and the Vietnam plank backed by his administration.
Waverly Minnesota reports Hubert H. Humphrey plans a grueling campaign framed as a concentrated version of the Kennedy Nixon 1960 race with tough nonstop schedule. Advisers expect intense state by state battles focusing on northern industrial states California and southern states while mobilizing southern moderates and Black voters.
Showers and thundershowers forecast today across the eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with cooler air. Friday high 84 and low 61, Saturday low 57, 10 am Saturday 66. Trace precipitation from Friday morning to Saturday morning. Sunset 7 32 pm, sunrise Monday 6 29 am, sunset Monday 7 31. Lake levels note Crab Orchard 3 in below spillway, Little Grassy 7 in below, Devil's Kitchen 2 in below, Lake of Egypt 9 in above spillway.
Thousands donned militia uniforms for a weekend drill as Romania bolstered combat readiness amid reports of Soviet armored concentrations near borders. Ceausescu pressed for a conference among ruling communists to address the Czechoslovak issue and non intervention guarantees, hinting at renewed ties with the Soviet Union.
Radio Prague announced the appointment of Jan Pelnar as minister of the interior in charge of police, replacing Gen. Josef Pavel who resigned. Both men back liberal Communist leader Alexander Dubcek, with Svoboda accepting Pavel’s resignation.
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