Arbiter Air Parties Agree Yet Dressen Dies in Detroit
Charlie Dressen former pennant winning manager of Brooklyn in the early 1950s and later Detroit Tigers leader died in Henry Ford Hospital Detroit at 11 30 a m EDT. He had entered the hospital after a kidney infection following two heart attacks and would have been 68 next month. He is survived by his wife Ruth. Dressen’s career included guiding the Tigers after 1963 and earlier success with the 1952 1953 Dodgers.
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Detroit
Charlie Dressen
Brooklyn
Detroit Tigers
Henry Ford
Tiger
Dressen
Ruth
Bob Swift
Bob Scheffing
Walter O’malley
Dodger
Tigers
Decatur
Moline
Ill
Peoria
Cincinnati
30 Children Transferred To Dwight
A remodeled Ward 2-A at the William W. Fox Children’s Center in Dwight received 30 children from Warren G. Murray Children’s Center in Centralia. They arrived by chartered bus with staff assistance for the 210 mile trip. Eight more children will be admitted next week.
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William W. Fox Children's Center
Dwight
Warren G. Murray Children’s Center
Centralia
Murray Center
Doctor’s Convalescent Center
E. St. Louis
Dixon and Lincoln State School
Lois Johnson
Traffic Record Set On Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco officials report a bridge traffic record with 94,855 vehicles crossing last Sunday surpassing the previous high of 94,052 from June 12. The tally reflects a peak in weekend crossings and ongoing travel demand.
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San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
Kathryn Hansen elected president of College and University Personnel Association
Kathryn G Hansen daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Hansen of Gardner was elected to preside over the College and University Personnel Association at its 20th annual conference at Tulane University New Orleans. Hansen a University of Illinois official and author is slated to lead the 21st annual conference in 1967 at Laval University Quebec Canada.
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Kathryn G. Hansen
Harry J. Hansen
Gardner
College and University Personnel Association
Association
Tulane University
New Orleans
Grundy County
Gardner Schools
Miss Hansen
University Civil Service System of Illinois
Merit Board
Laval University
Quebec
Canada
Morris
Morris Business and Professional Women’s Club
University of Illinois
University Civil Service
Illinois
United States
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama
Central
South America
Intermittent Showers Forecast For Local Area
The Weather Bureau predicts cloudy skies with showers likely tonight, a low in the 60s, and cooler highs in the 70s Thursday. Friday looks partly cloudy with little change. Collins Station logs 78/62 for Tuesday. Morris reports 62 at 9 a.m. and 65 at 11 a.m. with rain.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Ben Blue Ordered to Stand Trial on Tax Evasion Charges
Comedian Ben Blue must face federal charges in Los Angeles for six counts of income tax evasion totaling $39 334.96. The trial is scheduled for November 15 in a Los Angeles federal court.
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Los Angeles
Ben Blue
Nationalists and Communists Accused in Hough Riots
A grand jury report in Cleveland alleges blacks nationalists and Communist youth leaders organized and exploited riots in the Hough Negro slum on July 18. It cites 2000 Ohio National Guardsmen deployed, 4 deaths, and property losses over 500000. The JFK House founder Lewis G. Robinson is named as a key figure.
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Cleveland
Hough Area
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Communist Party
Ohio National
Jomo Freedom Kenyatta
Hough
JFK House
Robinson
Communist Party of Ohio
Rights Leaders Postpone Cicero March
Civil rights advocates postponed two planned marches citing fears of violence, with Archbishop Cody urging reconsideration of methods for open housing aims. No march will occur today in the all white Bogan area or Cicero this week, while a new Cicero destination may be chosen later. Leaders stated plans remain for future actions in Chicago Lawn and Gage Park areas.
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Chicago
John Patrick Cody
Bogan
Cicero
Illinois National Guard
Cody
Chicago Lawn
Gage Park
Martin Luther King Jr
William J. Bogan
Jesse Jackson
James Bevel
King
Richard Ogilvie
Cook County
Chairmen Recruit CODE Volunteers in Grundy County Tuberculosis Project
County wide CODE campaign begins Sept. 8 with house to house visits to test and educate residents. Volunteers assemble 10 000 kits at Grundy County Courthouse and coordinate with nurses from across the state and local health staff.
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Grundy County
Grundy Co
John C
Jane) Olson
Liberty St
Bernard Harford
Mazon
Cochairmen
Saratoga
Greenfield
Vienna
Wauponsee
Morris
Olson
Josephine Chally
Arthur Narvick
Herbert Weitz
Greenfield Township
Lillias K. Walker
Raymond Erickson
Albert Ceruti
Willard Harper
Aaron Malmquist
Duane Larson
Lyle Claypool
Dorothy Dunn
University of Illinois
Mary C. Reed
Nancy Russell
Installation Rites August 31 for Joliet Bishop
The Rev. Romeo R. Blanchette will be installed as second bishop of Joliet by Archbishop John P. Cody at 4 p.m. on Wednesday August 31 in Joliet's Cathedral of St Raymond Nonnatus. The ceremony includes concelebrated Mass with Illinois bishops. Attendance is limited to clergy Bishop's family and diocese representatives. civic and other religious leaders will be invited.
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John P. Cody
Chicago
Romeo R. Blanchette
Joliet
Raymond Nonnatus
Cody
Blanchette
Illinois
Survival Plan Presented to County Board
Grundy County supervisors heard a 200 page Survival Plan presented by Mae Reagan director of civil defense aimed at coordinating actions for enemy or natural disaster emergencies. The board also approved a $980 fee for H C Speers and Son to assist in selling $750000 county home bonds and discussed creating a regional LETS teletype network for rapid interagency messages.
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Mae Reagan
Civil Defense
Grundy County
Neeleen R. Ness
Board of Supervisors
Reagan
Illinois
Russell Barron
Civil Defense Committee
H. C. Speers and Son of
Chicago
Thomas Coughlan
LETS
Law Enforcement Teletypewriter Service
Coal City Emergency Squad responds to Gay 90s owner collapse
Coal City Emergency Squad was called at 4 p.m. Tuesday when Phillip Burgess owner of the Gay 90s in Diamond collapsed at work. He was taken to Morris Hospital for observation, treated and released.
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Coal City
Phillip Burgess
Diamond
Morris Hospital
Plan Aims to End Airline Strike Through Arbitration
Washington representatives of grounded airlines and their striking machinists consider a voluntary binding arbitration plan to resolve wage disputes amid back to work pressure and a potential Congress driven bill. Union leader P L Siemiller doubts approval while Senator Dominick calls the move a hopeful pattern for essential public service settlements.
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Washington
Congress
Peter H. Dominick
Colp
Siemiller
New York
George Kleinman
William J. Curtain
Available Land Proposed For Hospital Nursing Home Complex
Atty. S. J. Holderman urged the county board to study a hospital nursing home complex to share facilities. He spoke as Morris Hospital trustee, noting land they own near the proposed site could be made available, not referencing any new land purchases.
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County Board of Supervisors
Atty. S. J. Holderman
Morris Hospital
Atty. Holderman
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John Hauschild
Harry Henderson
Peter Cacello
Joseph Chiapetto
Arthur Bozue
Herald
the College and University Personnel Association
Chuck Miner
Retail Merchants, Group
Princess Grace
Philadelphia
Monaco
Monte Carlo
International Association of Machinists
P.L. Siemiller
Staggers
Harley O. Staggers
D-W. Va
Senate
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