Battle Near Cambodian Border Kills 7 Green Berets Lead Irregulars
Saigon reports 16 soldiers killed and 39 wounded among Vietnamese irregulars led by U S Green Beret units in Tay Ninh Province near the Cambodian border. Spokesmen say two irregular companies met a larger enemy force. 150 fortified positions were destroyed.
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Saigon
Green Beret
U.S
America
Tay Ninh
South Vietnam
Colorado
5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Ft. Carson
Colo
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Peace Talks Hinge on End of Bombing in Vietnam
North Vietnamese diplomats hint talks may fail without a U.S. bombing halt. Johnson cites possible additional military moves as Hanoi accuses Washington of aggression. Harriman and Lau exchange sharp remarks while Hanoi officials warn patience could run out amid veiled threats.
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Paris
Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Dean Rusk
Rusk
United States
Saigon
South Vietnam
North
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Ha van Lau
Lau
Hanoi
Nguyen Thanh le
Ceiling on Farm Program Payments Set by House
The House approved a 20000 ceiling on payments to any one person for the federal farm program, 230 to 160, arguing it curbs corporate farming. Backers said the limit would drive big operators away and cripple extension chances beyond 1969 while noting 25 large farms received up to 4.09 million in 1966. The chamber also backed a one year extension beyond 1969, though Sen. Smith warned the Senate would reject the ceiling and end any extension. The basic program supports over 3 billion in annual land retirement payments and runs until the end of 1969.
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Washington
House
Federal Farm Program
Neal Smith
Iowa
Senate
Smith
Plan Meeting Held by Grundy County Commission
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission meets at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the court house. Joseph Abel, planning consultant, is scheduled to submit proposed standards for manufacturing districts.
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Grundy County
Weather forecast and today’s mapis station temperatures
Forecast calls for fair and cool tonight with a low in the mid to upper 50s. Friday expected partly sunny and near 80 degrees. Saturday shows little change as partly cloudy. At Collins Weather Station Wednesday high 78 low 57. 9 am temperature 64 at the station and 69 at downtown Mapis.
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Collins
Cs Genenapas
Mapis
Deere to Sponsor Global Dryland Farming Conference
Deere and Co announces a worldwide conference on dryland farming to raise crop yields in regions with 10 to 20 inches of annual rainfall. Under FAO Freedom from Hunger Campaign, it will gather government officials, scientists, and agro machinery technicians from dryland nations August 17 to 23, 1969.
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Moline, Ill
Deere & Co
Food and Agriculture Organization
Freedom From Hunger Campaign
Deere
Remains Serious for James Swartz After Bridge Rail Injury
James Swartz a 17 year old from rural area was injured early morning when his bridge rail on U S 6 about 4.25 miles west of Morris. He remains in serious condition at Morris Hospital.
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James Swartz
Rural
Morris
Morris Hospital
Kankakee Slaying Probed By State Crime Lab
State crime lab experts joined Kankakee police after the shotgun slaying of 15 year old Steven Fleming, son of Donald and Mrs Fleming. The victim was found in the back of the head near his home, about a block from his residence.
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Kankakee, Ill
State Crime Lab
Kankakee
Steven Fleming
Donald Fleming
Lus Hi
Soviet Czech talks expand to four more communist nations
The Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia will broaden discussions starting Saturday in Bratislava with four additional allies Poland East Germany Bulgaria and Hungary. The four day meeting aims to strengthen relations between the two Communist parties amid earlier tensions over Prague's liberal reforms. Romania and Yugoslavia were not invited.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Prague
Kremlin
Poland
East Germany
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Cierna
Alexander Dubcek
Pope Files First 1968 Property Tax Complaint
Donald Pope of Braceville presented the first 1968 personal property assessment complaint before the Grundy County Board of Review on Wednesday. The board logged 26 complaints on real estate assessments and Pope’s personal property case among those filed early that day.
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Donald Pope
Braceville
Grundy County
4th Steel Co Price Increase Signals Industry Move
Pittsburgh Steel Co announced a general price hike from 3 to 10 dollars a ton beginning August 8 on all products except two pipe types. The move follows a price rise by the three largest firms and comes as smaller producers hint at joining the parade after United Steelworkers won a record contract.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steel Co
Pittsburgh Steel
Steel
Bethlehem and
Republic
United Steelworkers Union
Rockford Driver Killed in U S 20 Head-On Crash
A head on collision on U S 20 Wednesday killed Loyal Boyd, 32, of Rockford. Police reported the fatal crash occurred in Rockford. The investigation continues with authorities identifying the victim.
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Rockford
U.S
Loyal Boyd
Fort Indicted in Contempt Charge Over Chicago Gang Program
Jeff Fort, No. 2 leader of the Blackstone Rangers, faces a contempt of Congress indictment after refusing to testify about a $927,000 antipoverty program linked to Chicago gangs. The case prompted the shutdown of remaining federal funds and sparked Senate investigations into alleged misuses of grant money for firearms and drugs.
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Washington
Jeff Fort
Chicago
Senate
Congress
Fort
Blackstone Rangers
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Ate Investigations Subcommittee
Justice Department
Office of Economic Opportunity
Nixon urges talks to end Vietnam war and shift strategy
Nixon calls for dramatic nonmilitary efforts to end the conflict, urging party support for U.S.-North Vietnamese talks in Paris. He backs a phased U.S. peace approach, smaller military role, and a new small-unit war strategy emphasizing police patrols and intelligence over mass firepower.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Republican Platform
Paris
Michigan
George Romney
White House
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U.S
Romney
Saif
South Vietnam
United States
Nixon
Republican Party
Rock Island to Cut Two Morris Passenger Trains
Two Rock Island Rocket trains serving Morris will be discontinued next Tuesday after an Illinois Commerce Commission ruling. Morris will have one eastbound and one westbound train daily, with No. 11 westbound and No. 4 eastbound removed. The remaining Chicago Morris train departs at 6 15 p.m. and arrives Morris at 7 29 p.m.
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Rock Island Railroad
Morris
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Rock Island Lines
Peoria
Seven Die in Wrong Lane Interstate 55 Crash Near Joliet
A southbound car in the wrong lane at 100 to 120 mph collided head on with a vacationing Arkansas family’s car on I 55 near Grundy Will line. Seven died, six from the Pea Ridge family. driver Riha of Chicago perished. Eubanks and Elliott families, plus a passenger, suffered fatalities.
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Arkansas
Will County
Grundy-Will County
Lorenzo Road
Pea Ridge
Ark
Reeves
Chicago
Michael Eubanks
Dallas
Tex
Richa
Joliet
Karl A. Sicinski
Bethel Drive
Riha
Sicinski
Ford
Elton Leon Elliott
Fairland
Elliott
Hobanks
Virginia Elliott
James
Vivian
Eubanks
Grell
Moberly
Wilmington
Desrocher’s Ambulance Service
Reeves Ambulance Service
July swimming attendance at Morris Pool rises above prior year
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool in Gould Park reported 17,480 swims in July, 2,013 more than last July, per pool manager Steve Benz. Year to date totals reach 28,580 swimmers, described as a good average. The peak day was July 18 with 1,150 swimmers amid a heat wave. Lifesaving classes wrap up this week with about 400 swimmers completing six weeks.
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Morris Municipal
Gould Park
Steve Benz
Beny
Red Cross
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Cambodia
Ceal At
Herald
4Th Steel Co
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