Big Ammunition Cache Found After Viet Cong Raid
Saigon reports U S B 52 bombers hit a Viet Cong base camp near Saigon early today and ground sweeps uncovered a large cache of arms including 90 000 rounds of ammunition mines and submachine guns plus booby traps The operation involved the 25th Division helicopters air strikes and artillery casualties on the allied side were light with two U S helicopters damaged but repaired and flown out The broader air war over North Vietnam involved 97 missions hitting storage depots bridges and other targets with a number of aircraft losses and multiple Soviet missiles sighted.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
USS. Air Force
Hanoi
U.S. Air Force
South
Viet Nam
Pleiku City
North Viet Nam
Governor Will Call Guard to Check Traffic
Governor Warren Knowles announced he will deploy 10,000 National Guard troops for five weekends to patrol Wisconsin highways after 24 traffic deaths over the last weekend. Guardsmen cannot arrest but their presence aims to deter speeding and unsafe driving. The weekend marked the state’s deadliest non-holiday period, lifting 1966 highway fatalities to 565, up 30 from a year earlier.
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Madison
Wis
Warren P. Knowles
National Guard
Knowles
Nation Guard
Wisconsin
Williams Faces Michigan Senate Nomination Fight
Former Governor Williams races Michigan Democratic Senate nomination against Detroit Mayor Cavanagh in a pivotal primary. Williams relies on party and union backing, while Cavanagh emphasizes broadcasting and independent support to deny him victory. Griffin awaits in November after McNamara’s death created the seat.
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G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Senate
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Williams
United Auto Workers
Cavanagh
Robert P. Griffin
Griffin
Patrick V. McNamara
George Romney
Romney
Zolton Ferency
Idaho
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Robert E. Smylie
Smylie
Don Samuelson
Cecil Andrus
William J. Dee
Charles Herndon
House
James B. Pearson
Robert L. Ellsworth
Weather Outlook and July Storm Totals
The U S Weather Bureau predicts tonight storms then a cool high in the upper 70s Tuesday with partial clouds. Collins Station notes 81/54 Saturday and 84/57 Sunday with 69 at 9 am and 82 downtown Morris at 11 30 am. July 1966 rainfall 2.55 inches. July 1965 4.04 inches. peak 1.33 inches on July 26 27. 14 days above 90 degrees. hottest day 102 on July 10.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Crowd Views Planes at Morris Airport Rally Stop
More than 150 people gathered at Morris Municipal Airport to watch the eastern leg of the fourth annual AC flight rally. The event linked Flint Michigan to Rockford with Morris as the second stop after Elkhart Indiana, featuring antique and home built aircraft.
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Morris Municipal
Morris
Flint
Mich
Rockford
Elkhart
Ind
Army seeks fix for backlog of National Guard recruits in training
The Army disclosed it is looking for ways to train over 130000 National Guard and Reserve recruits stuck waiting for basic training. The backlog rose by nearly 100000 in a year as regular trainees fill training centers. Some recruits receive limited at home pretraining, while others wait for full combat training credits.
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Washington
Army
National Guard
Guard
Johnson
City Park Squirrels Killed. Police Warn Archer
City police reported six dead squirrels found in Gould Park possibly shot with a bow. An accompanying witness, a boy seen shooting, was questioned and authorities warned arrests for future gun or bow actions in the park.
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James Gretencord
City
Gould Park
Speck Arraigned Pleads Not Guilty in Eight Murders
Richard Speck, 24, pleaded innocent to eight indictments charging he murdered eight nursing students. In Chicago's Circuit Court Judge Napoli approved Gerald Getty as attorney and set trial before Judge Paschen. Speck was escorted from the room. cameras were barred in arraignments.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Alexander J. Napoli
Napoli
Speck
Gerald Getty
Public Defender’s Office
Torney
Getty
Festivities at Gardner End With Parade
The 25th annual Firemen's Festival and Homecoming in Gardner ran Thursday through Sunday with a 6 p.m. Sunday parade from Treasure Implement Company to East Side Park. Bands from Lockport Grade and High School and Gardner-South Wilmington High School performed. Mrs. Robert Rossio won first prize for her parade float Red Roses For a Blue Lady and handed out 600 orchids. she also captured the traveling trophy. Sowers Grocery Store took second, 4-H third, and the Essex Fire Belles fourth. water fights occurred Thursday and Friday evenings and Sunday afternoon. Final winners were Newark first Reading second Braceville third.
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Treasure Implement Company
Main St
East Side Park
Lockport Grade
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Robert Rossio
Patin Gardner
Sowers Grocery Store
Essex Fire Belles
Newark
Reading
Braceville
Chicago Clash Leaves 60 Injured in Racial Riot
In Chicago's Southwest Side a Sunday confrontation drew about 3,000 white hecklers and civil rights demonstrators marching under MLK. Fifty-six injured including a nun and three police. cars set ablaze and police protected as tensions rose.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
Southern
Christian Leadership Conference
King
Marquette Park
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
CCCO
Conve
Yorkville Plattville Unit District Proposal Defeated
Voters defeated a proposed unit school district for Yorkville and Plattville. The incorporated Yorkville area approved 107 to 77, while the unincorporated district failed 164 to 236. Boundaries would have aligned with Yorkville High School District.
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Yorkville
Plattville
Fox River
Walker Road
Plattville Consolidated
Bloodmobile Visit Sets 100 Pint Goal in Morris
Grundy County Red Cross bloodmobile arrives at Eagle Hall Morris Tuesday from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m with a 100 pint quota. Call 942 1046 or 942 0950 to make appointments during the first visit of the fiscal year.
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Grundy County
Red Cross
Morris
Eagle Hall
John Harder
The
Sniper Kills At Texas University Tower Shootout
A gunman on the 26th floor of the University of Texas tower killed at least four people and wounded many others. Hospital officials reported thirteen shot, with a policeman among the critically injured. officers surrounded the tower as fire and police tried to flush out the sniper with water jets.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
Ben Tobias
Breckinridge Hospital
Associated Press
Union Members Demand Immediate Benefits in Airline Strike
Labor Secretary Wirtz told Congress the Johnson administration does not push or oppose a legislative end to the 24 day strike. He urged enacting Moise plan for a six month end to stop the walkout, as union leaders pressed for immediate wage and fringe benefits. The House and Senate labor committees weigh emergency measures to compel return to work amid calls for a swift settlement.
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Washington
W. Willard Wirtz
Senate Labor Committee
Johnson
Wirtz
House Labor Committee
Congress
Siemiller
William J. Curtin
House Committee
Union
Rank and
White House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Curtin
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-N.y
William H. Ayres
Ohio
Burglars Take $300 In Silver From Goose Lake Home
Sheriff Olson reports a break in at Orville Lyons residence in Goose Lake Township Sunday. A transistor radio and about $300 in silver were stolen after burglars cut the back window screen. An inventory is ongoing to determine additional missing items.
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Orville Lyons
Goose Lake Township
John E. G. Olson
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