Demonstrators Press U.S. Steel for Jobs and Halt on Skyscraper
A city march led by Michael Dismond forced entry at U.S. Steel headquarters in Pittsburgh demanding more jobs for Black workers and seeking a halt to the 65 story skyscraper. After clashes and chants the delegation met executives in a closed session as police guard the site.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Michael Dismond
Big Steel Company
Dismond
Edwin A. Gott
Gott
New York
Byrd Brown
Cortese
Fear Soviet Plane Crash Kills 15
A Soviet airliner crashed at Moscow Vnukovo Airport killing about 15 people and injuring many more. Witnesses said the belly landing sparked a fire, but officials offered limited details and conflicting accounts. Unconfirmed reports linked the Ilyushin 18 to 112 vacationers from Sochi.
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Moscow
Vnukovo
Intourist
Sochi
Black Sea
Weather Outlook District Wide With Warm Temperatures
Temperatures Thursday through Monday are expected to average 3 to 5 degrees above normal highs of 77 to 84 and lows of 57 to 63. Rainfall could total four tenths inch in showers this weekend. Collinsweather Station logged a high 87 and low 58 yesterday. Noon in Morris downtown was 82. Tonight will be fair with mid 60s. Thursday remains warm with highs in the 80s and a 5 percent shower chance tonight and tomorrow. Friday expects partly sunny skies and warm temperatures.
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Collinsweather
Morris
Appeals Board Sets Hearing Rules in Grundy County
The Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals voted unanimously that no decision may be rendered without three votes in favor and that testimony at hearings requires two present members. Regular meetings are set for 7 30 p.m. on the fourth Tuesday each month at the courthouse.
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Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals
Joseph Abel
Eugene Sorensen
Charles McDonald
Harold Punke
Edwin Burnham
Atty
David Root
Noble Collins
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission
Library of Root and Adcock Law Firm
Lincoln Lake No. 1
Half Moon Lake
Goose Lake Township
Robert Wren
Robert Drake
Root
Phillip Collins
Punke
Burnham
McDonald
Daniel Beal
Ground breaking ceremony for Morris public middle school
A ground breaking event for Morris public middle school will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the new site on School Street, north of Morris Community High School. Contracts were approved in late July and early August, with footings and foundations due within a week. Vital speakers include Rev. Andrew Siedsma the board president James Peterson a Phillips and Associates representative and Arthur Narvick of Narvick Brothers. The school serves grades 6 through 8 and aims for occupancy in September 1970.
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Morris Public Middle School
School St
Morris Community High School
Andrew Siedsma
Board of Education
James Peterson
Phillips and Associates of
Canton
Arthur Narvick
Narvick Brothers
Cite Youths for Truck Theft
Sheriff Richard Pierce filed theft charges against Ricky Bennett 17 of Seneca for stealing a pickup truck and a 1967 Chevrolet. Petitions of juvenile delinquency were issued for Rocky Carver 14 and Robert Anthony Carver 16 of Ottawa for being involved in the same alleged thefts. The trio was apprehended after their overturned pickup near Dwight. Bennett remained hospitalized and the Carvers were released earlier in the week.
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Richard Pierce
Seneca
Sheriff's Police
Morris Police
Ricky Bennett
Robert Phillips
Rte. 5
Dennis Creek
Verona
Rocky Carver
Robert Anthony Carver
Ottawa
Bennett
George Hendrickson
Dwight
Morris Hospital
Carver
Grundy Board of Review Lowers Two Assessments
Two assessment complaints were filed in the past week. The board cut real estate value for Coachlite Manor Morris from 243720 to 232720 and reduced Coal City Pharmacy Braceville Township personal property from 12000 to 8400. New complainants on real estate include Syrl Herman Nettle Creek and Fred Agazzi Lincoln Lakes Felix Township. Max Hummel filed a personal property complaint at 848 E Chipin Sr. The board will finish action next week per a spokesman.
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Grundy County
Max Hummel
E. Chapin Sr
LaSalle-Peru Board and Teachers Seek Contract Solution
LaSalle Illinois AP. Striking LaSalle-Peru Township High School teachers report progress in talks over contract end date causing delays to the first day of classes. Union and board met with mayors. a proposal including a $7,000 starting salary is to be presented tonight for union vote.
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Lasalle, Ill
LaSalle-Peru Township
American Federation of Teachers
James Risk
Snicker A Day: Dough and Cards Guide Daily Life
A light column notes how modern life leans on dough and credit cards beyond mere meals. It hints at financial habits shaping routines, shopping, and social customs in a bustling urban setting.
Kennedy Will Appear At Inquest
EDGARTOWN Mass AP district court judge James A Boyle said Sen Edward Kennedy will appear at the Sept 3 inquest into Mary Jo Kopechne s death even if subpoenaed His presence as a witness was deemed essential Kennedy s chief counsel Robert Clark Jr said the senator would be present at the inquest though no decision yet on taking the stand was announced A pre inquest hearing set ground rules including witness sequestration and cross examination motions A similar session was scheduled for Thursday with District Attorney Edmund Dinis attending
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Edgartown, Mass
James A. Boyle
Edward M. Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Boyle
Kennedy
Robert Clark Jr
Brockton
Atty
Edmund Dinis
Snipers Fire at Cairo Police Cars
Two Cairo police patrol cars were fired upon after midnight near the Pyramid Courts housing project but no officers were injured. A second car was hit by a shotgun blast five hours later in another area.
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Cairo
All Negro Pyramid Courts
William Petersen
Last Unit to Leave Vietnam on Thursday
The 9th Infantry Division sent 3000 more men to Hawaii as the final withdrawals near completion. Marine squadron 334 will finish transfer to Japan Thursday. Overall 22,700 moved out, with paroled liken numbers and 25,000 promised by end August. U.S. strength in Vietnam remains about 526,500, with tensions as two Viet Cong terror attacks kill 17 and wound 99 on the central coast and in Da Nang.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Hawaii
Nixon
Marine Corps
Japan
da Nang
Soviet Rocket Debris Sighted Over Western U.S.
NORAD reported lights over large areas of California Nevada and Arizona Tuesday night came from a burning Soviet rocket body. The rocket used to launch Cosmos 294 on Aug 19 was tracked by the Air Force facility in Colorado Springs. Observers had predicted breakup and any fragments would likely fall into the Pacific about 600 miles off Mexico.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
North American Air Defense Command
NORAD
Air Force
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
California
Nevada
Arzona
Father and Son Build Dragon Kites Win Top Morris Contest
The Kleinfeldt family of Narvick Ave Morris dominates the Morris Jaycees kite contest with two first prizes for unusual kites. Father Earl and son Art, nine, designed a 25 foot dragon kite inspired by Popular Science, later refining it to a tetrahedral form. Their workshop hobby includes piano restoration and woodwork, and they moved to Morris a decade ago with siblings Tom John Lee and Art.
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Earl Kleinfeldt
Narvick Ave
Kleinfeldt
Art
Jaycees
Ilinois-Michigan Canal
Popular Science
Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago
Dresden
Morris
Tom
John
Lee
Dragon Kier
Art Kleinfeldt
Earl
Carl Kleinfeldt
Alexander Graham Bell
Reinfelds
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