Illinois Servicemen Die in Vietnam Action
The Defense Department released the names of five Illinois servicemen killed in Vietnam. Army Spec. 4 John J. Kovanda of Chicago was listed as killed in action. Marines Cpl Humberto Lara of Chicago Lance Cpl Dwight F. Bennett Jr. of Melrose Park and Pfc Dale C. Brewer of DeKalb are noted as killed or wounded. Pfe John M. Ortiz of Chicago was initially missing but now listed as killed in action.
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Washington
Defense Department
Vietnam
Army
John J. Kovanda
Gladys Kovanda
Chicago
Cpl
Humberto Lara
Teodoro Duran
Lance
Dwight F. Bennett Jr
Dwight F. Bennett
Rice St
Melrose Park
Marine Pic
Dale C. Brewer
Blacas
DeKalb
Pfe
John M. Ortiz
Roman Ortiz
Book on Charles Middleton published by Eastern Illinois professor
Dr. George H. Jones assistant professor of History at Eastern Illinois University has published a new work titled Charles Middleton Life and Time of a Restoration Politician. The biography profiles Middleton's career and influence in the Restoration era.
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Charleston, Ill
George H. Jones
Eastern Illinois University
Charles Middleton
Junior Miss Pageant Sponsored by Linton Bloomfield Jaycees
Linton and Bloomfield Jaycees announce the second annual Junior Miss Pageant set for December 6 and 7 at Linton Stockton High School auditorium. High school seniors compete for over 500 dollars in prizes with judging based on scholastic achievement poise fitness arts mental alertness and values. The county winner advances to the state Jaycee Pageant in Frankfort with past participant Judy Blackmore returning from Greene County.
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Bloomfield, Ind
Linton and
Bloomfield Jaycees
Linton-Stockton High School
Frankfort
Judy Blackmore
Bloomfield
Greene County
Frelyn Sue Feutz
Jan Kay Camppbell
Janet Ann Woodward
Connie Elaine Ramsey
Jane Ann Haywood
Connie Tou Britton
Diane Laverne Mellis
Diana Jane Jordan
Sharon Hasler
Marsha
Girdley
Nancy Anderson
Brenda Schantz
Shakamak
Connie Griffith
Cindy Baugh
Linton
Carol Fllis
Linda Shelton
Jacinda Jones
Jane Phillips
Burglar Hits Two Bloomfield Taverns In Three Days
Greene County sheriff probes breakins at Tip Top Taproom and East Side Tavern in Bloomfield. cash totaling 15 dollars and 25 dollars respectively stolen. a 32 caliber Colt automatic pistol with holster and liquor missing. thief hid in attic after burglary.
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Bloomfield
Ind
Greene County Sheriff’s Department
Tip Top
A. Dale Horo
East Side
Search Continues For Duck Hunters In Sparland Ill
A search for two Glen Ellyn men missing since Saturday on a duck hunting trip continued in Marshall County. Ross Mayfield a 50 year old metallurgist and Donald Ghent 44 head of a drug firm personnel department are the missing men. A boat linked to them was found on the Illinois River in the Sparland Conservation District two miles north of Sparland and their car was found when the search began.
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Sparland, Ill
Glen Ellyn
Marshall County
Ross Mayfield
Donald Ghent
Mayfield
Ghent
Illinois River
Sparland Conservation District
Sparland
Four Indiana Men Die in Vietnam Action
Four Indiana service members are killed in Vietnam, raising Hoosier fatalities to 405. The fallen are Pfc Wesley D. Day from Granger, Pfc Charles P. Lirot of Bloomington, Pte Farr D. Miller of Butler, and S Sgt Jack P. Broadhead of Washington.
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Washington
Indiana
Defense Department
Wesley D. Day
David W. Day
Granger
Charles P. Lirot
Charles D. Lirot
Bloomington
Farr D. Miller
Juanita M. Miller
Butler
S. Sgt
Jack P. Broadhead
Leannah
Broadhead
Hoosier State Telephone Formed From Four Small Lines
The Public Service Commission of Indiana approved consolidating four small telephone firms into the Hoosier State Telephone Company Inc. Continental Tele phone Company will own all stock of Fairbanks Farmersburg Shelburn and Gill Township Telephone Companies serving Sullivan and Vigo counties. The system serves 2,025 dial users and 225 manual users with a $340,000 modernization plan.
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Sullivan, Ind
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Continental Telephone Company
Hoosier State Telephone Company, Inc
Continental
Fairbanks Telephone Company, Inc
Farmersburg Telephone Company, Inc
Shelburn Telephone Company, Inc
Gill Township Telephone Company, Inc
Sullivan
Vigo
Clark County Historical Society meeting to elect board
The December meeting of the Clark County Historical Society in Marshall Illinois will be held at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the City Council room. A board of directors will be elected and Mrs. Herman Miller of Marshall will present slides on History Homes of Marshall while Mrs. Fenton Fraker speaks on The Flag. All interested persons are invited.
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Marshall, Ill
Clark County Historical Society
Herman Miller
Marshall
Fenton Fraker
Indiana University Nutcracker Ballet at IU Auditorium
The Indiana University Ballet Department presents The Nutcracker from December 15 to 17 in IU Auditorium with Gilbert Reed as choreographer and Andreas Nomikos on design. Harry Farbman conducts the IU Concert Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s score featuring dances from Spain, Arabia, China, Russia, and the Sugar Plum Fairy finale.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University Ballet Department
Tchaikovsky
Gilbert Reed
Midwest
Andreas Nomikos
1.U
Harry Farbman
Clara
Doup Attending Chicago Meet for Farm Bureau Policy
Indiana Farm Bureau president George Doup of Columbus leaves for Chicago to join the Resolutions Committee of the American Farm Bureau Federation. The committee will craft policy recommendations for the AFB convention opening Sunday. Voting delegates from Indiana include Glenn Sample, Mrs. Guy Gross, Norman Cutter, Morris Evens, John Hackleman, Delbert Hart, Harold Myers, Robin Root, Dana Kwartzkopf, Perry Thornburg, and others.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Farm Bureau
George Doup
Columbus
Chicago
Resolutions Committee
American Farm Bureau Federation
Doup
AFB
Indiana
Glenn W Sample
Zionsville
Guy E.gross
Churubusco
Norman A Cutter
Rising Sun
Morris A Evens
Bainbridge
John
Indiana Congressmen Asked to Solve Redistricting Problem
A blue ribbon committee in Indianapolis shifts the redistricting task to Indiana’s 11 congressmen amid a deadlock over remapping. Democratic leaders blame Republican chairmen for stalling while Gov Branigin ties a special session to a remap agreement. bipartisan leaders expect possible agreement by Friday.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Gordon St. Angelo
Charles Hendricks
L. Keith Bulen
GOP
St. Angelo
U.S. Supreme Court
General Assembly
Roger D. Branigin
Hartke asks U.N. explain peace claim
Sen. Vance Hartke demanded the United Nations clarify reports that the United States blocked peace talks with the Viet Cong. Speaking in Bronxville at Concordia Collegiate Institute he urged a U.N. explanation and pressed for a peace plan and open negotiations with the NLF as a potential prelude to talks.
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Bronxville
N.Y
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
United States
United Nations
Hartke
National Liberation Front
NLF
Viet Cong
U.N
Arthur J. Goldberg
Concordia Collegiate Institute
Hello Out There to Be Staged at Eastern Illinois
A 5 p.m. Theater production of Hello Out There will be presented Wednesday December 13 in the Fine Arts Theater at Eastern Illinois University. Written by William Saroyan the play follows four men in prison as they wait in a doomed cell with a single small window and a chance to yell hello to the outside. Directed by Don Pritchard, a Harrisburg junior, the cast includes the doomed man and others in a stark cell setting.
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Charleston, II
Fine Arts Theater
Eastern Illinois University
Wiliam Saroyan
Don Pritchard
Junior
Harrisburg
Illinois Begins Year-Long Sesquicentennial Celebration
The Illinois Sesquicentennial Commission begins a year of events marking statehood on December 3, 1818. Officials hoisted a 21 star flag at Washington and Chicago ceremonies, with 1500+ events planned before December 3, 1968. The state legislature allocated $2 million for celebrations.
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Illinois
Sens
Everett M. Dirksen
Charles H. Percy
Washington
Sprague
Propethstown
T.ll
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Civic Center
Indiana Professor to Represent U S in Paris Conference
Walter H. C. Laves, professor of government at Indiana University, will represent the United States December 18 to 22 in Paris in planning a world wide conference on moral and civic education. He joins a 13 member working group from various countries at UNESCO headquarters.
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Bloomington
Ind
Walter H. C. Laves
Indiana University
United States
Paris
France
Laves
Unesco
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