Late Lt GOP Convention OKs Ticket Three Injured In 1-80 Car Mishap
On Interstate 80 near Minooka Road a 1966 Ford driven by Claude Tatilon 30 Cheney Washington went out of control colliding with an International semi. Tatilon and two others were injured. Tatilon cited for driving too fast for conditions.
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Claude Tatilon
Cheney
Wash
Minooka Road
Tatilon
Morris Hospital
Christine Tatilon
Jerry Sisinger
Ind
Ernest Musgrave
Peru
Natreille
Talllon
Musgrave
Local Police Report Two Three Vehicle Collisions
Mor ris Policeman William Strum reported two separate three vehicle crashes Thursday. The first occurred on Division at Buchanan Street at 12 40 p m involving Herschel Goken and Robert Taylor Jr with Wilma Perkins also causing damage. The second incident on U S 6 near Illinois 47 involved Ben White Ronald Fleetwood and Ada Davidson with Fleetwood and Davidson each sustaining bumper and fender damage.
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Morris
William Strum
Division
Buchanan Sts
Mercury
Herschel Goken
E. Benton St
Dodge
Robert Taylor Jr
Smithville
Miss
Taylor
Buchanan St
Wilma Perkins
Rapid City
Iowa
Goken
Mrs. Perkins
Ben White
Chicago
Illinois
Ronald Fleetwood
Wauponsee St
Ada B. Davidson
Fleetwood
Woman Hurt in One Car Crash Near Seneca
A 24-year-old Ottawa woman Karen Coulter was treated at Morris Hospital for facial cuts after a 1963 Volkswagen ran off Interstate 80 three miles east of Seneca Road, hit a ditch and an overpass causing about 500 dollars damage. She was released after treatment.
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Ottawa
Karen Coulter
Morris Hospital
Seneca Rd
Coulter
Nasser Health Improves in Georgia Treatment Trip
President Gamal Abdel Nasser shows health gains after radioactive mineral water therapy in Georgia. Soviet doctors will assess him August 15 to decide when he can return to Cairo, Al Ahram reported. Nasser left Cairo July 26 for treatment of leg inflammation.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Soviet Republic of Georgia
al Ahram
Nasser
Indiana Marine Charged With Slaying 5 Vietnamese Civilians
A 20 year old U S Marine Lance Cpl Denzil R Allen of Lebanon Indiana faces five murder counts for killings near Hue Vietnam early last May The pretrial report details two executions by firing squad and a third man killed by strangulation and stabbing amid an ambush and later Viet Cong attack The case awaits Maj Gen Youngdales review with possible court martial expected in fall
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Lance Cpl
Denzil R. Allen
Lebanon
Ind
Hue
Carl A. Youngdale
1St Marine Division
Marine Legal
Martin R. Alvarez Jr
Detroit
Mich
Robert J. Vickers
Dothan
Ala
Manuel Cornejo
Brooklyn, N.Y
Lance
Allen
Weather forecast with showers and cooler temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau expects occasional thundershowers tonight with a low near 70. Saturday brings variable cloudiness and showers or thundershowers not as warm, high in the lower 80s. Sunday looks cloudy and cooler. Collins Weather Station logged Thursday high 89 and low 67. Precipitation totals 1.16 inches. winds calm at 9 to 10 am. Expect near normal temperatures Saturday through Wednesday and 0.5 to 0.75 inch of rain in showers and thundershowers.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Train Hits Gravel Truck in Peotone No Injuries Reported
Illinois Central Railroad reported its City of New Orleans train, en route from Chicago to New Orleans, struck a gravel truck in Peotone about 40 miles from Chicago. The railroad said no injuries to crew or passengers, though two diesel locomotives were damaged. The train did not derail.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central Railroad
New Orleans
Peotone
Chicade
Granger Nominated for Postmaster in Major Appointment
President Johnson announced the nomination of acting postmaster Robert K. Granger, 44, of 1108 Butler St., for a full postmastership. His name along with four others goes to the Senate for approval next month after civil service certification. Granger said the news was welcome and noted he has served since December 2.
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President Johnson
Morris
Robert K. Granger
Butler St
Senate
Granger
Chicago
Crawford to Attend Watertown Wedding of Adopted Daughter
Actress Joan Crawford will attend the Saturday wedding in Watertown New York of her adopted daughter Cathy Crawford to Jerome LeLonde of Clayton New York Cathy is 21 and LeLonde 23 and in the Navy he will report for training after a month’s honeymoon
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New York
Joan Crawford
Watertown
N.Y
Cathy
Jerome LeLonde
Clayton, N.Y
Cathy Crawford
LeLonde
Nixon Cancels Soviet Visit Before November Election
Richard Nixon announced he will not visit the Soviet Union before the election. He spoke to reporters in Miami Beach and said the trip cannot be taken now. Johnson called to offer congratulations and sympathy, and Nixon planned a meeting at Johnson's Texas ranch with Vance to be briefed on Paris Vietnam talks.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Nixon
Johnson
Texas Ranch
Cyrus R. Vance
Vietnam
Paris
Further Medical Tests for LBJ
President Johnson underwent additional medical tests at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio to gauge the extent of his chronic intestinal condition divericulosis. He said he would return next week for more exams to better assess the ailment.
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Austin, Tex
Johnson
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Brooke
Man Drowns After Fall From Barge in Des Plaines River
Edsel Anderson 26, Joliet, fell from a barge while repairing a hull near Interstate 55 in Joliet. He drowned about 3 p.m. and was pronounced dead around 4 p.m. by Deputy Coroner Charles Reeves after rescue crews recovered the body about 50 minutes later.
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Joliet
Edsel Anderson
Des Plaines River
Interstate 55
Anderson
Will County
Charles Reeves
Morris Fire Department
Robert Cecchi
Cecchi
Reeves
Morris
Channahon
Wilmington
State Fair Opens 10 Day Run Theme of Progress
Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro officially opens the Sesquicentennial Illinois State Fair in Springfield with a parade of 137 units and 41 floats. Highlights include youth and education focus, harness racing with a $530,000 prize, and a USAC 100 mile speed race featuring Bobby Unser. Lawrence Welk salutes the fair as Antique farm tools and period exhibits accompany the century and a half progress theme.
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Springfield
Ill
Samuel H. Shapiro
Ilinois
Franklin Rust
Everett Dirksen
Charles Percy
Gov. Shapiro
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Samuel Shapiro
United States Auto Club
Bobby Unser
Lawrence Welk
Nixon Won't Speak at Illinois State Fair
Springfield, AP. Nixon will not speak at the Illinois State Fair despite reports. GOP officials said the spread originated from Richard Ogilvie campaign headquarters and a Miami convention filter. A Chicago Ogilvie spokesman confirmed the mix up and blamed a misheard nickname Dick.
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Springfield
Ill
Nixon
Illinois State Fair
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Chicago
Miami
Daley Dedicates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Chicago
Mayor Daley unveiled the new sign for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Drive replacing South Park Way and South Park Avenue. The street crosses nearly 12 miles through South Side neighborhoods as bunting was unfurled and the mayor spoke of a city built on King's dream.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Martin Luther King Jr
Dr. King
South Park Way
South Park Avenue
Amphitheatre Shapes Up for Demos
Chicago AP reports the International Amphitheatre is taking on a convention hall look for the Democratic National Convention opening August 26. Newsrooms and broadcasting studios are being prepared with IBEW workers installing switches and phones, while a six foot fence seals a security zone around the site.
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Chicago
Francis J. Cunningham
Nixon Agnew to lead a new presidential bid at convention
At the 29th Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Nixon is embraced for a November campaign to install new leadership in the White House. Agnew secures the vice presidential nomination amid some liberal protests and Nixon vows victory as he departs for Mission Bay California.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Agnew
George Romney
Michigan
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Mission Bay
Calif
Ray C. Bliss
Bliss
National Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
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Tion
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New York Times
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