Summer Olympic plans at L W off to good start
Lincoln Way High School track coach Joe Rodriguez launches a summer program in which boys and girls compete in track and field events. Donations of 500 from Frankfort businessmen and 200 from New Lenox Lions help cover about 2000 in equipment and uniforms. The program ranges ages six to twenty with events from sprints to jumps and field events, mirroring Olympic events.
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Lincoln Way High School
Frankfort
Joe Rodriguez
Lincoln-Way
Lincoln- Way
Manhattan
Lenox Lions
Rodriguez Organ
Polar Bear Club
Lincoln Way
Rodriguez
University of Chicago Field House
Tere
Candidates Meet In Mokena Village Race Forum
About 60 Mokena residents attended the Meet Your Candidate program at Willowcrest School. Mayoral candidates Will Tuttle Delbert Crackley and Thomas A Deeb spoke while Alvin Sorensen sought re election as village clerk. Other candidates Chester Ebert Martin Thompson and two slate members Lyman Teague and Kenneth Warning participated or were referenced.
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Mokena
Chamber of Commerce
Willowcrest School
Chamber
James Cooper
Will Tuttle
Delbert Crackley
Thomas A. Deeb
Alvin Sorensen
Chester Ebert
Martin Thompson
Lyman Teague
Kenneth Warning
Tuttle
Ebert
Teague
Warning
Sorensen
Crackley
Rock Island Lines
Rock Island
McGovney St
Marily
Jimmy
Debbie
Deeb
Third St
Pat
Argonne National Laboratory
St. Mary Church
Revere Rd
Sherwin-Williams Co
Chicago
Moon Contest offers vacation prizes for Moon landing timing
A local contest invites entries predicting the exact moment the first America7 astronaut steps on the Moon. Prizes include a two week Earth trip for two, a two week stay at Cape Kennedy, a World Book Encyclopedia set, and five World Book 1969 Year Books. Entry blanks are available in this edition.
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Earth
Cape Kennedy
Alaska
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Gordon Richards
Corrine Smith
James Pitcairn
Mokena Public Library
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Ernest G. McMahan
Fred Steinhagen
Roy Newton
Newton
Wolf Rd
Ill
Will County
Tri County Publishing Co
Main St
Lemont, Ill
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