Resume Phone Strike Talks Amid Sabotage Cuts
Negotiations between Illinois Bell and striking electrical workers resumed after a session on back-to-work rules stalled progress. The May 8 strike disrupted communications ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Sabotage intensified with five cables cut in Indiana and acid damage to a Chicago cable, disrupting service to about 500 phones.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Robert A. Nickey
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Clyde C. Boylls
Illinois Bell
Boylls
Nickey
Hammond
Munster
Ind
Otis
South
LaSalle Street
New Arrests in Plot to Kill Papadopoulos
Athens police intensified searches and arrested journalist George Drossos and ex director general Anastasios Peponis linked to the leftist Center Union party after an assassination attempt on Premier George Papadopoulos. Panagoulis was seized fleeing the scene as bomb blasts shook central Athens.
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Athens
George Papadopoulos
George Drossos
Anastassios Peponis
Athens State Radio
Drossos
Peponis
Center Union Party
George Papandreou
Andreas
Stockholm
Papadopoulos
George Panagoulis
Saronic Gulf
Panagoulis
Sponge-Cushion seeks setback variance for 25 by 134 foot office
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals approved the variance request 6-0 for Sponge-Cushion at 902 Armstrong St to add an office 15 feet from the property line in an M I district. Action approved will go to the City Council for final action after next week’s meeting on August 22.
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Sponge-Cushion
Armstrong St
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris City Council
Kenneth Sereno
Northwestern Corporation
Appeals Board
William Stangland
Willard Olson
Planning Commission
Arthur Narvick
William Norton
Wilbur Finfrock
Tom Sheppard
Dynamite Blast Damages Zion Baptist Church
A mild explosion at Zion Baptist Church in Louisville caused minor damage to a door while Rev. A D Williams King, brother of the slain Martin Luther King Jr., was away. The blast occurred early today at the church with King as pastor.
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Louisville
A.D. Williams King
Martin Luther King Jr
Zion Baptist Church
Weather outlook with cool tonight and warm weekend
Fair skies and cooler temperatures forecast tonight with a upper 50s low. Thursday will be partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon or evening showers and a high in the 70s. Friday trends warmer with a shower chance. Tuesday high 85 and low 59 at Collins Weather Station. 9 am today 70 downtown Morris 11 am 75.
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Collins
Morris
Chicago Area Bombings Spur Police Reinforcements
Across Chicago Heights and other cities a pattern of rock throwing and firebombings disrupted late Tuesday into today. In Chicago Heights 13 youths were arrested as streets were sealed near the Negro district and fire trucks prepared for possible lines. Kansas City reported eight firebombings with one $200 damage, while Little Rock saw a calm night and Gov. Rockefeller signaled a return to normalcy. In Watts Los Angeles there was minimal violence and a gas bomb incident disarmed by police after three dead in Sunday’s attacks.
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Associated Press
Chicago Heights
Ill
Fourteenth Street
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Winthrop Rockefeller
Los Angeles
Watts
Evacuation Ordered After Hot Train Derailment in Urbana
In Urbana Ohio authorities evacuated about 5000 residents from a half mile radius around a Penn Central freight derailment near downtown. 105MM shells and detonators were aboard the cars prompting Pentagon directed precautions with Army ordnance crews and National Guardsmen on site.
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Urbana
Ohio
Penn Central
Pentagon
Defense Department
Agnew Faces Court Challenge Over Government Vacancy
A Maryland circuit judge gave Gov. Spiro T. Agnew 30 days to show cause why his extensive out-of-state campaigning should not create a constitutional vacancy in the governorship. The suit, filed by Tax Rebellion Inc. and president Robert J. Edwards, seeks to withhold the governor’s $25,000 salary during campaign activity. Secretary of State Blair says Agnew’s temporary chief executive role does not constitute a vacancy.
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Annapolis
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Matthew S. Evans
Anne Arundel County
Tax Rebellion, Inc
Robert J. Edwards
Baltimore
C. Stanley Blair
Agnew
Grundy County Board Okays County Home Rate Rise to 280
Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved raising the county home rate to 280 dollars per month per patient, up from 250, subject to Illinois Department of Public Aid approval. The plan adds two full time staff, shifts a bookkeeper to full time, and includes other county admin actions.
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County Home Committee
Grundy County
Gotham
Board of Supervisors
Newsman Willis O'Rourke Dies in Chicago at 62
Willis O Rourke 62 longtime Chicago American staffer died Tuesday night after a two month illness. He retired in 1955 after 25 years from cub reporter to assistant city editor. Survived by widow Veronica. Mass Friday at St Mary of the Lake Church then Ridgewood Cemetery Des Plaines.
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Chicago
Willis O’rourke
American
O'Rourke
Cub
Veronica
St. Mary of the Lake
Ridgewood Cemetery
Des Plaines
Hydrogen sulfide blamed for five fishing boat deaths
In Fort Myers five men died after peering into a boat hold as hydrogen sulfide was identified as the lethal gas. Pathologist Dr. Wallace Graves Jr. said autopsies and tests traced the deaths to the gas, which can be produced by decomposing organic matter. A sixth man survived.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Wallace M. Graves Jr
Fort Myers
The
Novelty
Protein Product Co
Charlotte Harbour
Lawrence Finley
Francis D. Webb
Peace Dale
R.I
Graves
Lee County
James Loeffler
Webb
Deputy Approved For Night Patrol In Grundy County Hires Walter White
Grundy County Board approves Sheriff Pierce request to hire Walter White as a night patrol deputy. Start date Sept 1 with patrols 11 PM to 7 AM. Financial committee to arrange a supplemental appropriation for the deputy fund. Jailer Hendrickson handles day radio and bailiff duties.
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Grundy County
George Hendrickson
James Bell
Soviet Warn East Bloc Against Mult party Change
The Pravda article from Moscow warned East Bloc nations against establishing a multiparty system or permitting dissident opposition. It argued such moves threaten the Communist system and the prewar social order, insisting Soviet style communism must remain dominant in Eastern Europe. Ceausescu in Vienna urged Warsaw Pact matters be settled by each country's parties and people.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Vienna
Austria
Romania
Communist Party
Nicolae Ceausescu
Surgical Award Settled Over Left Intraabdominal Forceps
Los Angeles. Mathilde Clem, 59, filed suit after forceps were left in her abdomen following a July 24 1962 operation. A later X-ray revealed the instrument and a second operation removed it. She sued Dr James I Wargin Dr William G Caldwell and St Vincent Hospital for 175000. settlement reached for 64000 in damages.
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Los Angeles
Mathilde Clem
ACLU Sues for Rally Permit at Sol dier Field Chicago
The ACLU filed suit in U S District Court to force the Chicago Park District to grant a permit for the Coalition for an Open Convention rally at Soldier Field the day before the Democratic National Convention. Miller forecasts a favorable ruling amid past park protests and calls for standard criteria disclosure.
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Chicago
Chicago Park District
Coalition
Soldier Field
Lake Front
U.S. District Court
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Jay Miller
ACLU
Miller
Johnson
Paul Offner
Hubert Humphrey
John Bailey
Democratic National Committee
Humphrey
Oliver
Tropical Storm Cuts U S Air Missions
Allied forces report large Viet Cong weapon caches north of Saigon as they hunt for guerrilla strongholds before the third offensive of the year. Tropical Storm Rose reduced U S air missions over the southern North Vietnam panhandle to 31, the lowest in over two years.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S. 11Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Cau Dat
5Th Infantry Division
Rock Island Adds Two New Stops on Chicago Peoria Route
The Morris station gains two daily stop options as Rock Island and Charter Coach Co. launch a train bus service from Chicago to Peoria. Peoria bound passengers can board the 9 10 a m train in Chicago Joliet Morris Ottowa or LaSalle and transfer at Bureau to a bus to Peoria. Regular rail fares apply and a single ticket covers the whole trip.
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Morris Station
Chicago
Peoria
Bureau
Morris
Omaha
McGovern seeks calm at Democratic convention in Chicago
Senator George S. McGovern urged the Democratic Party to ban noisy floor demonstrations at its Chicago convention August 26 to 30. He told Democratic National Chairman John Bailey that decorum should reflect the serious business of nominating a candidate. He also urged no committees to summon candidates and delegations to vote with minimal local advertising.
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Washington
George S. McGovern
Chicago
McGovern
John M. Bailey
South Dakota
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Root and Adcock
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Hydrocarbon Transportation Corp
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