Johnson Says No Quick Viet Nam Victory After Texas Talks
President Johnson states there will be no quick victory in Viet Nam and the world must know the U S will not quit. Gen Westmoreland says additional troops will be needed in Viet Nam before year end after a 18 hour Texas visit. Norodom Sihanouk seeks to cancel ambassador Harriman trip while McNamara cites aircraft losses and war duration uncertainties.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Westmoreland
U.S
LBJ
Texas
Norodom Sihanoku
W. Averell Harriman
Cambodia
Sihanouk
Sen. Thruston B. Morton
Rey
CBS
Jacob K. Javits
Rn.y
New York
United States
Robert S. McNamara
Oregon
U. S
America
Constituent Assembly
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Two Morris Boys Hurt in Separate Bike Accidents
Gary Gooch nine and Jeffrie Struck seven were injured in bike crashes in Morris. Gooch, treated at Morris Hospital and released, was to see a doctor today after his bike collided with a car driven by Ethel Cryer. Struck remained in fair condition with head abrasions after his bike hit John Hendrickson’s car on Douglas Street.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Gary Gooch
Darrell I. Gooch
Division St
Ethel E. Cryer
E. Douglas St
Fulton St
William Button
James Gretencord
Jeffrie Struck
Joseph
Douglas St
John Hendrickson
E. Jackson St
Donald Ward
Jack Kopezick
Hendrickson
Reeves Ambulance
Farm Youth Day at Illinois State Fair Highlights Events
Illinois State Fair outlines Farm Youth Day with 8 a.m livestock judging at multiple pavilions for various breeds, a 9 a.m horseshoe tournament, 9:30 a.m high school band contest, 1:30 p.m harness races, 7 p.m horse show, and an 8 p.m stage show with Jimmy Dean at the grandstand.
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Springfield
Ill
Corriedale
Dorset
Jimmy Dean
Stevenson Ill Visits
Adlai Stevenson III state representative and Democratic candidate for state treasurer spoke at a Grundy County Democratic breakfast in Morris stressing Illinois government is near collapse. He urged reforms to streamline metropolitan and rural governments, criticized the proposed revenue article, and discussed potential taxes while noting his optimistic view heading into the November election.
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Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson Hil
Morris
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson III
Chicago
Grundy County
Colonial House
Stevenson
Herald
Joliet
Ottawa
la Salle
Marseilles
Adlai IV
Adlaii
Adlai I
Grover Cleveland
Lewis Stevenson
James McEvilly
Minooka
Martin J. Gleason
Rita Dullard
Norman Brown
Goose Lake Township
McEvilly
Coal City
Advisers Meet Saturday on CODE Project
Medical advisers for CODE gathered Saturday to plan tuberculosis testing in Grundy County. Dr. John B. Roth, Dr. John H. Meyer, and Dr. William R. Standard attended, with Dr. Radner absent. The project aims to test all residents over six months and everyone over 18, using state workers and local volunteers. A county-wide house-to-house canvass will recruit more volunteers to provide information and preregistration forms.
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CODE
John B. Roth
Morris
Grundy County
Coal CityYouth Held After Suspected Burglary
Jerry Krug age 18 of Coal City was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Robert Coleman on burglary charges for Curley’s Cleaners in Coal City dated July 28. Unable to post a $500 bond set by Magistrate Chester P. Winsor he was jailed. Richard Scerine owns Curley’s Cleaners.
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Jerry Krug
Coal City
Robert Coleman
Johnson Signs Bill Allowing 10 Percent Interest on Savings
The Associated Press reports that U S servicemen overseas will earn up to 10 percent interest on government deposits under new terms signed by President Johnson on Sunday.
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Associated Press
U.S
Johnson
U S Helicopter Downed in Ia Drang Fight by Communists
In Ia Drang Valley heavy ground fire from U S air cavalrymen and rocket strikes by Air Force planes failed to trap North Vietnamese forces who lost a rocket helicopter and two crewmen. Casualties were light for the U S, while enemy tolls remained unknown.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Ia Drang
North Viet Nam
United States
Mekong
North
South
Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
Airmobile) Divison
Chu Pong Mountains
Plei Me
Lunar Orbiter Set for TV Debut Thursday
Pasadena reports the Lunar Orbiter, an 850 pound space craft, tests its television transmitting system from a 117 mile lunar orbit. The craft will begin real imaging around midday Thursday and beam pictures to networks that night of a newly photographed eastern edge region of the moon.
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Pasadena
Calif
U.S
Lunar Orbiter
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chicago clashes mar civil rights marches injure sixteen
Police faced rock and bottle throwing as white crowds protested civil rights marches in Chicago. At least 16 people were injured and 21 arrested across three marches near Marquette Park and in Jefferson Park, with police firing into the air and making arrests to disperse the crowd.
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Chicago
Marquette Park
Jefferson Park
Bogan
Gage Park
American Nazi Party
John Patter
Japan
Israel
America
Patler
Patter
Warm Sticky Weather Grips Illinois With Near 90 Degree Highs
The forecast describes warm humid conditions across Illinois with daytime readings near 90 degrees. Tonight lows fall to the lower 60s. A cooler, sunnier Tuesday near 80 is expected, followed by partly cloudy Wednesday with little temperature change. The Collins Weather Station logged a Saturday high of 74 and a Sunday high of 83, with morning readings around 70 at 9 am and 80 by 11 am in Morris downtown.
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Illinois
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Airlines Strike Settlement Nears Striker Vote
A tentative three year contract valued at about 90 million dollars was reached after 20 hours of talks and would end the 39 day airline strike if 35 400 machinists vote approval. The agreement covers United Eastern Continental Northwest and Trans World plus local issues and return to work protections.
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Washington
James J. Reynolds
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
P. L. (Roy) Siemiller
Labor Department
Siemiller
Reynolds
White House
United
Eastern
Northwest
Trans l
Johnson
Congress
Burglary Charge Filed Against Kenneth Fisk in Coal City
A criminal complaint was signed against 18 year old Kenneth Fisk of Coal City by Police Chief Gerald Bitner over a burglary at Curley’s Cleaners dated July 28. Fisk was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriff Robert Coleman and awaits magistrate court today.
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Kenneth Fisk
Coal City
Gerald C. Bitner
Curley’s Cleaners
Fisk
Robert Coleman
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