Plattville and Yorkville Schools Prepare for Fall Term
Plattville Consolidated Grade School opens August 29 with about 90 pupils registered for roll. Yorkville High School also begins August 29, with roughly 430 students and new staff including Miss Scott Miss Ward Miss Thompson and Thomas Lester. New classrooms and entrance under construction add 5,000 square feet. Foreign exchange student Angela Rabello will join Yorkville High for her senior year, hosted by Raymond Knutson family in Millbrook.
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Plattville
Yorkville High School
Janice Scott
Illinois
Angela Marie Rabello
Brazil
Rabello
New York
Yorkville
Kendall County
Raymond Knutson
Millbrook
Rabelle
Mary Ann
David
Tulsa University
Tulsa
Okla
Stephen
Dartmouth College
N. H
Miss Rabello
Fresno
Calif
Stateville inmates to pursue bachelor’s degrees under plan
Illinois board approves a four year program proposed by Northern Illinois University to raise academic instruction for inmates at Stateville prison enabling up to 350 students to earn bachelor’s degrees. Warden Pate backs transfers from other institutions.
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Bloomington, Ill
Board of Governors of State College and Universities
Stateville Prison
Northern Illinois University
de Kalb
Frank Pate
Stateville
Pate
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Board of Higher Education
Western Illinois University
Macomb
Chicago Board of Education
Illinois Teachers College
Chicago- North
Northeastern Illinois State College
Illinois Teachers College Chicago-South
Chicago State College
Former Michigan Gov G Mennen Williams Hospitalized
Treat Williams of Detroit is under treatment for a mild kidney infection at Jennings Hospital. The Democratic Senate nominee entered the hospital Monday after complaining of stomach pains.
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Detroit, Mich
Michigan
G. Mennen Williams
Jennings Hospital
Williams
U.S. Senate
Man Charged Under 1965 Bomb Hoax Law
Clyde Harlan Mullinax 47 of Kankakee faces a civil charge under the 1965 bomb hoax law in federal court for remarks at O'Hare Airport April 17 about a Delta Air Lines passenger concealing a bomb. An FBI search followed but nothing was found, and no criminal charges were filed.
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Chicago
Kankakee
Delta Air Lines
Clyde Harlan Mullinax
Mullinax
O'Hare International
Research chemist fails Pacific swim toward Golden Gate
A 38 year old Chicago chemist Ted A Erikson was pulled from frigid Pacific waters two miles south west of Point Bonita two miles from his goal after 17 hours. Erikson attempted to swim from the Parallel Islands to the Golden Gate as the first to accomplish the crossing.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Farallel Islands
Golden Gate
Ted A. Erikson
Chicago
Point Bonita
San Francisco Bay Entrance
Crow d Attends Annual Picnic at Grundy County Rod and Gun Club
The Grundy County Rod and Gun Club held its annual picnic at the club grounds on Sunday with a fishing rodeo for youngsters, potluck dinner, and a sport program. Awards went to Doug Claypool for largest fish and Steve Claypool for variety of fish, among others.
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Grundy County
Local Winners Named in Various Sports Events
Lloyd Boss and Mrs. Walter Watchinski led the winners list alongside Debbie Shelton Mark Baker and Dave Stef fes who took first second and third in swimming. Pasture golf victors were Gene Golim owski and Jim Satorius while Paul Lucas received free dues for 1967.
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Debbie Shelton
Mark Baker
Dave Steffes
Gene Golimowski
Jim Satorius
Paul Lucas
Teen Driver Cited For Speed On Division Street
Leslie Matheny 18 of 808 Division St received a traffic ticket at 12 20 a m for driving his 1966 Chevrolet too fast for conditions. Officer Glenn Johnson issued the citation and Matheny is scheduled to appear in magistrate court August 22.
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Leslie Matheny
Division St
Matheny
Glenn Johnson
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Reuben
Hazel) Reinhardt
James Mann
Edward Stumbo
Mary Westphal
Vera Day
Norma Olson
Jean Stewart
Stumbo
Raymond Heap
Kinrad Johnson
Mis
Young Shoe
Sykes Bootery
Phillip Lewis
Oakland
Port Chicago Naval Ammunition Depot
Concord
Treat Williams
Bissell New Bissell
Sklut
Harry Sklut
Liberty Street
FBI
Bob Borchelt
Lloyd Boss
Fabel Borchelt
Harry Borchelt
Walter Satorius
Debbie Lucas
Gary Provance
Guy Christensen
Bob Borchett
Walter Watchinski
Office of
Stanley Graham
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