Dewey Sentenced 20 to 50 Years for 11-Year-Old’s Death
Dewey, 25, of Rockford, received a 20 to 50 year term from Judge Charles Seidel after being convicted of murdering 11-year-old Susan Brady in December. The case moved venues twice. Dewey claimed he accidentally struck the girl with his car and panicked, burning the body in an incinerator behind his grandparents’ home.
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Sycamore, Ill
Russell Dewey
Rockford
Dewey
Charles Seidel
Circuit Court
Susan Brady
Sycamore
DeKalb County
Susan
James Brady
St. Patrick’s
San Diego
Calif
The
Rockford Labor News
Extension Head Named at New Hampshire Campus
Durham New Hampshire Edward Durnall, former Nassan College dean in Springvale Maine, is named director of the University of New Hampshire extension services and summer sessions.
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Durham
N.H
Edward Durnall
Nassan College
Springvale
Maine
University of New Hampshire
World Journal Tribune Ends Four Month Newspaper Stalemate
In New York the World Journal Tribune Inc. and the AFL CIO Pressmen's Union reached a tentative contract ending a four month stalemate delaying a new afternoon daily and Sunday World Journal Tribune. Union votes were planned and a 6 hour Saturday night shift dispute was central to talks with nine unions remaining.
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NEW York
The
World Journal Tribune Inc
Pressmen’s Union
Manhattan
Matt Meyer
World Journal Tribune
New Daily
Sunday World Journal Tribune
Post
Sunday Times
Sunday News
Herald Tribune
Aflcio Pressmen’s Union
Sunday News and Times
Meyer
Hearst Journal-American
Scripps - Howard
World-Telegram
Sun
Independent Morning
Sunday Herald Tribune
Strike Halts All Canadian Rail Travel
Ottawa AP A wage strike by 118000 transportation workers halted Canada’s rail system and telegraph links Friday. Parliament may order workers back to work. the walkout affects CNR CPR and five smaller lines, with passenger and freight disruptions and possible U.S. newsprint and metal ore impact.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadian National Railways
CNR
Canadian Pacific Railway
CPR
United States
John Diefenbaker
Lester B. Pearson
Liberal Party
Diefenbaker
Senate Voters Move to Raise Minimum Wage to 1.60
Chicago lawmakers report heavy mail from housing protests with Kluczynski noting near 1000 letters. Douglas Dirksen and Annunzio see varied mail flow on open housing bills as Congress debates wage reform. Senate okays 1.60 hourly floor by 1968 with broader coverage and farm worker boosts.
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Senate
Washington
Chicago
Congress
John C. Kluczynski
D-Ill
South Side
Frank Annunzio
House
Illinois Sens
Paul Douglas
Everett Dirksen
Kluczynski
Gage Park
Sen. Douglas
Sen. Dirksen
Annunzio
Barratt O’hara
University of Chicago
Harold R. Collier
Cicero
Cook County
Johnson
Afl-Cio
Ralph W. Yarborough
Dtex
Weather Summary From Collins Station Forecast
The report notes recently warm conditions with highs in the upper 80s. Sunday is expected sunny and warm. Collins Weather Station logged a 84 degree high and 52 low for Friday, with Morris district reading 76 at 8 30 p m Friday.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris Business District
Morris students sweep eight division posters awards
Morris Community High School art students won five of eight division prizes in the national Employ the Handicapped poster contest. Local winners include Debbie Wawczak first and Linda Nagra second in ninth grade, while David Hartmann second Dennis Knapp third and Richard Butz honorable mention in tenth to twelfth grades. Awards will be presented in October with final judging in Chicago the week of Sept 4.
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Morris Community
Galesburg Police Chief Resigns After Service Since 1961
William H. Miller, Galesburg police chief since 1961, submitted his resignation effective Oct. 1. City Manager Thomas Herring accepted it and said Capt. Al Rowe may lead until a successor is named. Miller cited no reason. staffing problems and low pay leave four vacancies in the department.
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Galesburg, Ill
William H. Miller
Galesburg
Thomas Herring
Miller
Herring
al Rowe
Evanston
Ill
Bethlehem to fill 333.5 acres of Lake Michigan shore
Bethlehem Steel Corp wins authorization to fill 333.5 acres of Lake Michigan near its Porter County Indiana plant. A steel bulkhead will enclose the landfill extending 2500 feet into the lake and 6200 feet along the shoreline as part of the Burns Waterway Harbor east arm project.
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Chicago
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Lake Michigan
Bethlehem
Porter County
Ind
Chicago District Office
Army Corps of Engineers
Burns Waterway
Old Grundy County Stone Bridge to be Dismantled
A crumbling stone arch bridge near Aux Sable Creek about five miles northeast of Morris is slated for destruction by Aux Sable Township after a youth safety incident. The plan includes blasting and reinforcing other bridges, with a $17,000 contract and preservation notes from local residents and officials.
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Grundy County
Aux Sable Creek
Morris
Russell Halkyard
Aux Sable Township
Gleaners Hall
William S. Lutzow
Oak St
Lutzow
Aux Sable Lock
Aux Sable
Clarence Tabler
Spector James Carkhuff
George Winterbottom
Winterbottom
Morris Liberal Reformer
Haley
Halkyard Farm
Darkhuff
James Carkhuff
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Bureau of Employment Security
Illinois State Employment Service
Department of Illinois Disabled American Veterans
Carol Prenzler
St. Francis Academy
Joliet Central
Lockport West
Lockport Central
William Lutzow
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