Sniper Whitman Buried After Texas Tower Tragedy
Mass murderer Charles J Whitman and his mother were laid to rest in a simple funeral at Sacred Heart Church in Lake Worth Florida. The Rev Thomas Anglim urged that Whitman be judged mercy by God and by a nation famed for fairness, noting the slain man had lived a life of effort and care for others.
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Lake Worth
Fla
Charles J. Whitman
Thomas Anglim
Whitman
University of Texas
Austin
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Anglim
C.A. Whitman Jr
Johnson railed at steel price hikes amid space program funding
President Johnson condemned rising steel prices that threaten government spending on space efforts. He noted $2 to $3 per ton increases and urged responsible bargaining by business and labor to prevent inflation while signing a $5 billion NASA authorization for the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
NASA
Weather update with warm temperatures and chances of showers
The forecast calls for cloudy and warmer conditions with highs reaching the upper 80s. Partly cloudy skies bring a chance of showers today or tomorrow. Collins Weather Station recorded a Friday high of 83 and a low of 54, with Morris district readings at 78 by 8:30 p.m.
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Collins
Morris Business
Morris Boy Admits Starting Morris Store Fire
A 9 year old Morris boy admitted setting the fire that gutted Mathisen's Store at 708 Price St Friday evening. Firefighters fought flames for about 50 minutes while neighbors and the store owner Mrs Knute Mathisen received treatment. The youth was taken to the scene by Police Chief Donald Ward and later released to his parents.
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Morris
Mathisen
Price
Donald Ward
Morris Fire Department
Knute Mathisen
House Keeps Open Housing Provision In Civil Rights Bill
The House voted 198 to 179 to retain a key open housing clause in the 1966 civil rights bill. Rep. Charles Mathias Jr. urged Republicans to support the compromise amid Democratic backing and Johnson administration aims. Speaker McCormack called the measure a moral rights issue and emphasized leadership duties.
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Washington
House
Charles M. Mathias Jr
R-Md
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Carl
County wide TB testing plans outlined by county chairmen
Preparatory plans for a county tuberculosis testing program named County Operation Doorstep Experiment begin September 8. Town and township chairmen gathered at the courthouse to review house to house campaign materials and recruit volunteers.
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John C
Jane) Oson
Liberty St
Judge Rules in Favor of Union at National Phosphate Plant
MARSEILLES Ill AP a Circuit Court judge ruled Friday that striking workers did not violate an injunction preserving free entrance to and exit from the National Phosphate Corp plant Judge Leonard Hoffman ruled in favor of Local 743 International Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union which struck July 11 Complaints of picket interference and spiked plant obstructions led to Fridays decision A federal mediator Ralph Harper of Peoria will seek to restart talks The union seeks wage increases and new vacation pension and welfare plans The plant is run by management personnel
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Marseilles, Ill
National Phosphate Corp
Leonard Hoffman
International Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Hoffman
Ralph Harper
Peoria
Kenderdine Takes Command at Defense Personnel Center
Brig. Gen. John M. Kenderdine assumed command of the Defense Personnel Support Center in Philadelphia, the nation’s largest military procurement and distribution installation, marking a key leadership change.
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Philadelphia
John M. Kenderdine
U.S. Defense Personnel Support Center
Coal City man makes artificial flowers for decades
Joe Wilt began in 1929 by painting copper petals after a joke on his mother. He has crafted 218 artificial flowers of 13 kinds, none for sale, using retired copper boilers and careful study of real blooms. He also built a fairyland rock garden and plans his 50th wedding anniversary with wife Mary.
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Joe Wilt
Coal City
Joe
Vilt
Wilt
E. J. and E. Railroad
Atlas Wallpaper Co
Louis Tira
John Zerboglio
Mary
Herald Today
Herald
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