Humprey McCarthy clash over Illinois convention seating
Chicago AP report on fund-raising style for the Democratic nominating convention. Humphrey predicts on first ballot nomination and touts labor coalition. McCarthy campaigns to challenge Humphrey delegate seating while Mondale defends open convention and fair debate amid a steelworkers endorsement push.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Platform N'Pr
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Springfield
All
California
Illinois
United Steelworkers
Samuel Gompers
Steelworkers
Afl-Cio
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Mondale
McCarthy
Don McClure
Minnesota
McClure
Names Considered For Joliet Junior College In Joliet
The Joliet Junior College board weighs a future name as the district 525 plans a new college. Proposals include J Stanley Brown College Louis Joliet College Pioneer College Heritage College Five Rivers College and retention of Joliet. Public suggestions are welcomed at the Joliet office.
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Illinois
Joliet
J. Stanley Brown
Joliet Township
William Rainey Harper
University of Chicago
Louis Joliet College
Pioneer College
Heritage College
Joliet Dresden
Fear 104 Killed in Bus Mishap in Japan Alps
AP reports 104 feared dead after two tour buses carrying mostly women and children were swept into the Hilda River by a landslide on a mountain route in Gifu Prefecture. Divers found 39 bodies. 65 missing, with rescue operations ongoing. Prime Minister Eisaku Sato ordered a government investigation.
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Gifu
Japan
Hilda
Japan Alps
Eisaku Sato
Viet Nam battle at Tay Ninh tightens as evacuees leave
North Vietnamese troops pulled out of Tay Ninh after heavy fighting that killed more than 200. An American armored column and South Vietnamese troops swept the city, meeting little resistance on the exit. The clash marked four days of intensified operations across the region near Saigon and Da Nang.
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Saigon
Tay Ninh
Mekong
da Nang
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Dien Bien Phu
Paris
Weekend Heat and Humidity Bring Warm Morris Weather
Morris experienced a warm weekend with Saturday high near 89 and Sunday peak around 84. Overnight lows were in the high 50s to 70s, and total precipitation reached 0.9 inches from Friday evening. Tonight and Tuesday call for showers and continued warmth and humidity.
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Morris
Collins Weather Station
Driver Killed in Collision South of Morris
A 28 year old Gardner man Donald Dunlap died in a chain of crashes on Illinois 47 four miles south of Morris around 11 45 a m Saturday. Four other people were treated for minor injuries.
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Gardner
Illinois
Morris
Donald Dunlap
Pine Bluff
Ark
Joseph Meiser
Rte
Franklin
Arthur Anderson
Denver
Colo
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
Illinois 113
Taxi strike unsettles Chicago ahead of Democratic convention
Only a quarter of Chicago taxis ran as the Democratic National Convention Credentials Committee opened hearings. 5,400 drivers and 600 mechanics walked out, with negotiations stalled between Yellow and Checker Cab companies and the union. Independent cabs filled gaps, while mass transit avoided extra service despite airport gridlock and a looming Sunday walkout by dissident drivers.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Democratic Union Organizing Committee
Seafarers International Union
Checker
Sam P. Mazza
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Robert Haythorne
O'Hare International
Continental Air Transport Co
Chicago Transit Authority
International Amphitheatre
Eisenhower Remains in Extremely Critical Condition
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is in extremely critical condition at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Army doctors report he has had repeated episodes of irregular heart action since Sunday night. An implanted pacemaker was removed after failing to halt the spasms, marking a constant and critical hazard to his health.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Gordon Moore
Col
John Eisenhower
Gen. Eisenhower
SIU President to Take Final Action On 11 Students
Southern Illinois University President Delyte Morris will issue a final decision on 11 suspended students tied to a May student demonstration against an army recruiter. Morris stressed the case is central to university integrity and independence from faculty actions.
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SIU
Carbondale, Ill
Delyte Morris
Southern Illinois University
Morris
Robert MacVicar
Carbondale
MacVicar
Third Night Of Violence In Florida
In St. Petersburg Florida a third night of violence erupted in the Southside district with shotgun and pistol fire. The city council held an emergency meeting to decide actions to curb outbreaks as liquor and gasoline sales were banned in a 500 block area. Police reported 77 arrests and 18 injuries none serious as tear gas and an armored patrol vehicle helped disperse crowds.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Southside
Florida Highway Patrol
M.G. Colman
Colman
Hamilton Plea Of Not Guilty On 2 Charges
Kenneth Hamilton 26 of Highland Indiana entered not guilty pleas to criminal damage to property and a second burglary in a case tied to a January rural Morris home burglary and a rape accusation. A jury deadlocked previously on the burglary and rape charges. A trial date will be set after the September calendar. Hamilton faces four charges in all.
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Kenneth Hamilton
Howard Ryan
Hamilton
Highland
Ind
Morris
Ryan
Crash Claims Six in California Family Tragedy
Six members of a Lodi, California family were killed and two teenagers injured when their station wagon struck a curb and hit a railroad bridge abutment on U.S. 45 north of Stonefort. The Moody family was returning from a church conference in Dallas to Sidney, Ohio.
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Stonefort, Ll
California
U.S. 45
Stonefort
Lodi
Calif
Viola May Moody
Karen
Billy Gene Moody
Ruth
Jeffrey
Cheryl Ann
Doctors Hospital
Harrisburg
Denise Moody
Gary
Moody
Dallas
Tex
Sidney
Ohio
General Electric plant Groundbreaking Near Morris
An informal groundbreaking for GE Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant near Morris marks a multi million dollar project set to begin in 1970. Dignitaries include GE officials Dr. Paul Reinker Art B Carson and Stan Smolen. construction aims to employ about 150 workers, with completion in 1970 and site features a main processing building 80 by 130 feet on three acres with substantial shielding.
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General Electric
Midwest
Morris
Paul Reinker
GE Fuel Recovery Operation
FRO
Art B. Carson
Santa Clara
Calif
Stan Smolen
Sidney C. Carr
Grundy County
Charlotte Reid
Eugene Schubert
Nuclear Energy Division
San Jose
Morris Country Club
Fluor Corp
Los Anegeles
Fluor
Petrochemical
Carson
Morris Elementary School Board to Discuss Tax Warrants
The Morris elementary board of education will meet at Franklin School to decide on issuing tax warrants if county tax money arrives. Agenda includes continuing educational television service, new vision testing equipment, substitute salaries, Lincoln and McKinley remodeling, special education transport to Joliet, and coal oil bid decisions.
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Morris Elementary Board of Education
Franklin
Chicago
Lincoln
McKinley
Joliet
Record Crowd at Illinois Fair
Attendance at the Illinois State Fair totaled 1,099,577, the highest in the 10 day exposition. It marked the third straight year above one million. In the closing race Norm Nelson of Racine Wisconsin won a 100 mile late model stock car event with Parnelli Jones of Torrance California second and Don White of Keokuk Iowa third.
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Springfield
Norm Nelson
Racine
Wis
Parnelli Jones
Torrance
Calif
Don White
Keokuk
Iowa
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HHH
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John Maland
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Lyle Lincoln
Urbana
Anderson
John Olson
Reeves and
Finland
Olson
Elmer Wiechen
Standard
Sinclair
White Funeral Home
Ironton
Dresden
Ike
John £. G. Olson
Florida
Kankakee River
Illinois Fair
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