Rioting Forces Mexico City Schools to Close
Riots and threats shut down most universities and private schools in Mexico City on Friday. The Americas University faced police intervention after a carload demanded halting classes and the government warned of intervention amid a 45 day campus strike.
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Mexico City
Mexico
National University of the Americas
D. Ray Lindley
Texas Christian University
the Americas University
U.S
Italy
University of Rome
Madrid University
School of Political and Economic Sciences
University of Barcelona
Barcelona
Japan
Waseda University
Autonomous University
Tornadoes Cause Destruction as Texas Storm Toll Rises
A tornado near Fort Worth Christian College damages buildings while a Dallas drowning raises the death toll to 12 from two days of violent storms. Flooding hits eastern Texas with rivers at flood stage and SBA considers disaster declarations for Dallas area.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas
Turtle Creek
Gainesville
Weather Bureau
Abilene
Sweetwater
Small Business Administration
Elgin Crull
KTVT
Sabine River
Gladewater
Big Cypress River
Caddo Lake
Marshall
Southland
South Dakota
Montana
Minot
N.D
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Funeral Rites For Artificial Heart Patient De Rudder
Marcel De Rudder 65 a retired coal miner lived five days with a partial artificial heart after a ruptured left lung. He died after a six hour operation by Dr Michael E De Bakey. He was buried in Georgetown Illinois after funeral at Trinity United Church of Christ.
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Westville, Sr
Marcel de Rudder
Trinity United Church of Christ
Georgetown
Ill
de Rudder
Edna
Illinois
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Tex
Michael E. de Bakey
Two Men Charged With Stealing Wire Near Yorkville
Two men identified as Arthur Day and Clifford Edwards were charged with grand theft after being caught Thursday night stealing telephone wire belonging to Illinois Bell. They are held in Kendall County Jail on $15,000 bonds each. The wire, valued at $225, was found being stored at the location along River Road near Yorkville.
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Yorkville
River Road
Kendall County
Oliver Mundwiler
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Arthur Day
Springfield
Clifford Edwards
Peoria
Joe Barkley Transferred to Wayne County
Joe Barkley a soil conservationist for the U S Department of Agriculture in Grundy County since July 1953 is transferred to Wayne County in three weeks. He and his wife and two sons will move to Fairfield and he reports for duty May 23. George Hinman will carry out his duties until a replacement is named.
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Joseph Barkley
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Grundy County
Wayne County
Barkley
Dan
John
Fairfield
Kendall County
George Hinman
Yorkville
Morris Herald Launches Weekly Series on Illinois Scenic Places
The Morris Daily Herald will start a weekly series on scenic and famous sites to visit in Illinois. Articles with photographs are prepared by the Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development.
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Morris Daily Herald Today
Illinois
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
The
Herald
NATO ministers push plan to control 6000 atomic weapons across Europe
London reports five West nations proposed a chain of new commands to manage 6000 NATO nuclear weapons. The plan aims for direct US links with regional groups while preserving the US veto and would heighten consultation and escalation options in Europe. A July meeting in Paris may finalize proposals for NATO approval.
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London
Europe
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Britain
West Germany
Italy
Turkey
United States
Atlantic Alliance
Arctic Circle
Aegean
NATO
Paris
NATO Council
San Francisco Warehouse Fires Damaged City in Two Blazes
Two dramatic warehouse fires in San Francisco burned for over 10 hours injuring 24 firefighters. The Bonded whisky blaze at 605 Third St produced blue flames rising 150 feet and caused damage over $1 million. A second fire hit Halo Sales Corp and Hallmark Greeting Card candle division nearby hours later.
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SAN Francisco
San Francisco Warehouse Co
Third St
Halo Sales Corp
Candle
Hallmark Greeting Card Co
Jurors to Hear Cases Next Week
Two criminal matters are set for trial Monday in Grundy County Circuit Court. A third case is tentatively slated for May 9 with eleven civil suits on the docket. Judge Leonard Hoffman presides as cases begin in spring petit jury term.
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Grundy County
Leonard Hoffman
Charles C. Hooper
Marseilles
Hillard
Pierce
Judith
Coal City Trucking Company
Wilbert J. Dearth
Illinois
Coal City
Soviet China reconciliation possible after Mao death
Soviet officials say a Moscow Beijing thaw could follow Mao Zedong's death, healing the rift in the Communist world. China watchers at a State Department policy conference caution against assuming a permanent split, noting post Khrushchev strains and border tensions in Sinkiang.
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Washington
USS
Soviet Union
China
Mao Tze-tung
State Department
Peking
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Absentee Ballots Sent for Texas Primary by Johnsons
President and Mrs. Johnson have sent absentee ballots for the May 7 Texas Democratic primary. County clerk Mrs. Jef fy B. Furber confirms the action.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Jeffy B. Furber
Unsettled Weekend Weather with Cool Temps
Temperatures remain cool with scattered showers forecast for Saturday and Sunday. The weather pattern stays steady despite May 1 arriving tomorrow with 9 p.m. readings at Morris downtown of 60 and Collins Weather Station reporting a high of 64 and a low of 36.
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Morris
Collins Weather Station
Three 17-year-olds jailed for damage at White Willow Cafe
Two of three youths charged with criminal damage to property at White Willow Cafe north of Morris pleaded guilty. They received 18 days in Kendall County Jail, $133 restitution each, court costs, and six months probation. Allen Langer received a continuance for psychiatric examination. a third defendant was released on bond.
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White Willow
Morris
Kendall County
Robert Sears
Yorkville
Terry Olson
E. Jefferson St
Leslie Wicks
Newark
Allen Leranger
Oliver Mundwiler
Newark High School
Rosy U.S. population and GDP forecast by Cambridge firm
Arthur D. Little Inc officials predicted the U S population will rise to 358 million by 2000 and the Gross National Product will reach 1 9 trillion, implying a doubling of people and quintuple GDP from current levels.
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Boston
Cambridge
Arthur D. Little, Inc
U.S
State Official Warns France Too Big for Grand Design
Undersecretary of State George W. Ball accuses De Gaulle of aiming to make France a first class power while keeping other European nations subordinate. He warns Paris policy could revive self centered nationalism and weaken NATO deterrence with France's planned NATO pullout and unit removal from France. Ball notes U.S. duty to speak on Europe’s future after World Wars involvement.
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Washington
George W. Ball
de Gaulle
France
Charles de Gaulle
Ball
Paris
Europe
NATO
American Society of International Law
U.S
State Department
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Rhodesia Stand Firm in Talks with Britain over Independence
Prime Minister Ian Smith vowed Rhodesia will not concede on principle in forthcoming talks with Britain. Cabinet sources noted South Africa pressured Rhodesia to accept talks, while police reported seven Africans killed north of Salisbury in a clash with security forces. Britain seeks black participation in government amid oil sanctions and UN backing.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
Smith
Bulawayo
South Africa
Salisbury
Zambia
China
Lusaka
Navy fires new air to air missile Phoenix at Mugu
The U S Navy successfully test fired its newest air to air missile named Phoenix at the Point Mugu Pacific missile range in California.
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Point Mugu
Calif
Navy
Phoenix
Pacific Missile Range
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Edward Ritoff
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Joe Barkley
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