Perry County Fair Season Highlights Big Nine Day Du Quoin
Perry County hosts a July 10 to Labor Day fair season with two headliners at Pinckneyville Fairgrounds and nine days at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds. The lineup includes the American Thresherman Association event, Hambletonian harness racing, national auto racing, and acts by Steve Lawrence Edie Gorme Perry Como. Landmarks include the Groundhog mine shovel and historic Perry County homes and churches. Visitors may contact local chambers for details.
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Perry County
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Southwestern Coal Company
Captain Mine
Cutler
Illinois
American Thresherman Association
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Chief du Quoin
Truax-Tract
United Electric Coal Companies
Captain
Truax
Calvin Ichendahls
Kimsey Crossing
Tamaroa
U. S. 51
du Quoin State Fair
Steve Lawrence
Edgie Gorme
Perry Como
Dormitories at UMass named for five presidents
AHERST Mass AP five new 22 story dormitories at the University of Massachusetts will be named after George Washington John Adams John Quincy Adams Calvin Coolidge and John F Kennedy making the tallest buildings outside Boston.
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Aherst
Mass
Massachusetts
Boston
U.S
University of Massachusetts
George Washington
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Calvin Coolidge
John F. Kennedy
Sea veteran sails inland route in 14 foot boat
Conrad Gustafson a 68 year old ex seaman from Gefle Sweden begins an inland waterway voyage to Miami aboard his 14 foot self built boat named Alice after his wife. He survived four shipwrecks in a career at sea and once helped 5 of 19 crew members escape a sinking ship in 1919 before a 500 mile voyage to safety.
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Waukegan, Ill
Conrad Gustafson
Miami
Alice
Gustafson
Gefle
Sweden
United States
South America
Copenhagen
Weekend TV Schedule Snapshot with Daytime Lineup
A partial guide lists noon to late evening broadcasts including News 7 Hoppery Hooper Sea Hunt and Ensign O Toole. Highlights feature westerns dramas and movies across channels 2 5 7 9 with a Sunday block including Meet the Press Biography Lassie Perry Mason and True.
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Meet the Press
Kup
Sea Hunt
Walls rise on Hamiston Keeling Co distribution center
One year ago walls were completed on the Hamiston Keeling Co distribution center on U S 6 west of Morris. The Kankakee Joliet Army Ammunition plant reactivated to replace stockpiles for Vietnam effort. Morris City Council amended rules on storage of liquid explosives in residential areas. The board planned to fill vacancies by Sept 2. CCC service could accept enrollees any day and camp. Chicago cash grains listed No 1 hard wheat at 1.11 and No 1 yellow corn at .74.
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Hamiston Keeling Co
Morris
Kankakee
Joliet
Morris City
Chicago
Gardner voters approve $187000 bond for new school
Ten years ago residents of Gardner Grade School voted 301 to 78 in favor of a bond issue totaling 187000 dollars to purchase a school site and erect a new building.
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Gardner
Drowning Case Ties Illinois Coal Firm to Joliet Youth
The weather station at Pyatt recorded 49 degrees after a 78 degree high. A $20,000 damage suit was filed in Grundy County Circuit Court against Northern Illinois Coal Corporation over the drowning of a Joliet youth in a strip mine pit near Coal City in August 1955.
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Pyatt
Grundy County
Northern Illinois Coal Corporation
Joliet
Coal City
Five Morris High teachers resign including Coach Rex Benoit
Twenty five years ago five teachers at Morris High School resigned their positions, among them renowned coach Rex Benoit, signaling a major staff shakeup at the district.
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Rex Benoit
Morris High School
Anti-Chicken Thief Association Hears From Local Resident
Charles Wallett of West Ottawa says cooperation among farmers can help trap chicken thieves. The Royal Theatre advertised entertainment featuring Dustin Farnum in Captain Courtesy and Mary Pickford in The Foundling. Saratoga Township awarded contracts for two new one room schools in the west part of the township at 1795 dollars each.
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Anti
Charles Wallett
Ottawa
Dustin Farnum
Mary Pickford
the Foundling
Royal Theatre
Saratoga Township
Woman Receives Stop Sign Ticket in Morris City
Lois J. Wix of Riverdale was cited for running a stop sign at Vine Street and Fremont Ave at 4 20 p m Friday. She is ordered to appear in magistrate court August 24 at 10 a m. Officer Jack Kopczick issued the citation.
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Morris City
Lois J. Wix
Rve. 3
Vine St
Fremont Ave
Jack Kopczick
Ann Landers Letters Offer Plain Marriage Advice
A reader’s column features Ann Landers addressing readers on helping others, hitchhiking judgment, and a cautionary tale about a couple in love with a married person. A draftsman explains lipstick smudges raising suspicions, and a caller suggests asking Landers for guidance in marriage matters.
Today in History August 20 1966 highlights
On August 20 1966 the day marks several historical events. Highlights include 1930 television reception first demonstrated in New York City and 1741 Alaska discovery by Vitas Bering. Other entries cover 1898 Spanish American War aftermath, 1914 Brussels occupation, 1934 U S Labor Organization member, and later notes on Eisenhower Johnson and Caudle.
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Associated Press
New York City
Alaska
Vitas Bering
U.S
New York Harbor
Brussels
United States
International Labor Organization
Red
Mail Delivery Halted Over Abandoned Mine Risk in Kansas
The post office suspended mail delivery to about 80 homes in Kansas City Kansas due to danger from an abandoned limestone mine. Dozens of cave-ins have damaged homes and residents may pick up mail at a branch office or place mailboxes outside the danger area.
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Kansas City, Kan
Army to bury missile graveyard at White Sands
The Army plans to bury a ten acre site at White Sands Missile Range New Mexico where spent missiles will be dumped and covered with desert sands. Recovered parts will later be stripped of hazardous components and sold as salvage.
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White Sands
Missle Range
N.M
Army
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Lee Phillip
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Ensign O’toole
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Donna Reed
Maverick
Lawrence Welk
Press Review
Catholic Hour
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Lee Phillips
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