Koreans Offer To Release Copter Crew
North Korea said the three American helicopter crew members shot down on Aug 17 are alive and offered their release in exchange for a confession and apologies from Washington. Maj Gen Lee Choon Sun cited medical treatment and past practices in a possible return deal tied to admitting spying.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Washington
Korean Armistice Commission
David H. Crawford
Pooler
Herman E. Hofstatter
Lowpoint
WO Malcom V. Loepke
Richmond
Ind
Lee Choon-Sun
Lee
U.N. Command
Pueblo
U.S
Weekend Temperature Outlook From Collins Weather Station
The forecast calls for near normal highs 77 to 83 and lows 57 to 62 from Saturday through Wednesday. Very warm Saturday and Sunday, cooler Monday, then warmer Tuesday. Rain chances total about one inch Sunday and Monday. Collins Weather Station reported yesterday’s high 86 and low 68, 9 am reading 79. Tonight partly cloudy and warm with a lower 70s. Saturday partly sunny, hot and humid with a high in the lower 90s. Downtown Morris noon temperature 85.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Auto bumper study linked to 1971 models and safety aims
A Morris Daily Herald Labor Day week feature compiles a Detroit based Automobile Manufacturers Association report on bumper research. It outlines aims for 30 mph crash tolerance, polyurethane shells, telescoping mounting, rear underride protection and federal standards while tracing bumper history from 1904 to 1960s.
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Morris Daily Herald
Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc
Detroit
Dan Fisher
Los Aneles Times
Ford
William Dugovich
Automobile Manufacturers Association
Dugoevich
Federal Highway Administration
Judge blocks state judiciary probe as unconstitutional
A Circuit Court judge issued a permanent injunction against the State House Committee investigation of the judiciary. Judge Walter P. Dahl ruled the seven-member committee, led by George Lindberg of Crystal Lake, unconstitutional.
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Chicago
CAP
Walter P. Dahl
Sevemorian
Step George Lindberg
R. Crystal Lake
Mazon Girl Would Miss Miss American Teen-Ager Pageant
Diane Zilm of Mazon, 14, unable to compete in Rockford pageant due to a communication mix up. She had shoulder and neck injuries from a water mishap and had not been informed despite mailing an application in April.
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Diane Zilm
Rte. 1
Mazon
Rockford
Daniel Zilm
Herald
Faust
Palisades Park
N. J
Diane
Michigan
Zilm
Mrs. Zilm
Mazon Township High School
Morris Daily Herald Off Monday for Labor Day
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish on Monday as employees join others in Labor Day celebrations. Publication resumes Tuesday with standard deadlines and schedules.
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris water sewer expansion tied to bond funding
The plan funds a water and sewer extension by bonds repaid from benefited properties. Costs are per acre and per front foot, with no charge to nonowners in the area. The project aims to attract industry and jobs near Interstate 80, including Standard Oil paying its share and contributing to bond principal over time. Voters will decide on August 15.
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Morris
Standard Oil
Communist purge in Yugoslavia called by Tito
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Tito announces a purge of the ruling Communist party ranks. He urges a selection process and removal of those lacking discipline among leading Communists. He warns of active class enemies and anti socialist elements, not naming individuals.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Communist Party
Union of Communists
Zadar
Adriatic
State Highway Plans Reviewed
State Rep. James R. Washburn spoke at a Grundy County Chamber luncheon on planned highway upgrades. Proposals include widening Illinois 47 from Yorkville to Dwight, resurfacing by 1970, a possible four lane, and U S 6 work east of Morris with an overpass across the Rock Island rail line. Grundy plans also cover Illinois 118, with tax policy notes and thanks to Washburn for prompt replies.
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Morris and Grundy County
James R
Bud) Washburn
Morris Country Club
Grundy County
Illinois 47
Walkers Corner
Morris
Washburn
Rock Island
Stratton State Park
Ken Wohlwend
James Baum
Chamber
Hijack of National Airlines Jet Near Key West
A National Airlines jet en route from Miami to New Orleans was hijacked forty five miles north of Key West by a man accompanied by a woman and three children. The hijacker ordered the pilot to Havana and the crew reported the situation to Miami control. Flight 183 carried 48 passengers and six crew members.
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Miami
National Airlines
Key West
Havana
Oat
Miami International
NAS
New Orleans
Houston
Broken Campaign Promise: Morris City Council Votes Tax Levy
The Morris City Council approved an 11 105 tax levy to fund bond and interest payments through June 1 1971 for a 1967 water extension north of Morris. A companion bond payout from a sewer and water improvement district fund totals 17 885, based on frontage and acreage fees.
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Morris
Tracy Adcock
Finance Committee
Morris Daily Herald
Standard Oil Co
Adcock
the Herald
Special Water and Sewer District
Standard Oil
Park Motel
Clark Oil
Mr. Quick
Charles Fisher
Shell
Shell Oil
Viland
Mcklvain
O'Brien
Chamlin Engineering
Detroit Trucker Dismantles Historic House for Move North
William Picknik a 55 year old Detroit trucker is dismantling his 16 year old two story house by hand to move it from southwest Detroit to Mullett Lake near Michigan's north edge. He bought the house for 4700 dollars and estimates reconstruction today would run about 1000000, planning to finish by Labor Day.
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Detrot
William Picknik
Picknik
Detroit
Mullett Lake
Michigan
Pedinsula Slove
Pieknik
Snicker-A-Day Employee Demands Raise Over Family Meals
An employee tells their boss that their kids learned other families eat three meals a day, prompting a comical demand for a raise. The line captures workplace humor about wages and living costs.
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Sui
Car Crash Kills 20 Year Old Near Braceville
A solo accident on Illinois 53 two miles south of Braceville at 6 p.m. claimed Gary A. Stamm’s life. Stamm, 20, of Wood River, died at the scene with head chest and arm injuries after his car skidded along a guard rail and disintegrated over the Mazon River Bridge.
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Motor Catalit
Gary A. Stamm
Wood River
Sherman Hex
Mazon River
Braceeville
Grundy County
Clark Davis
Sherman Hexdall
John Perona
Stamm
Illinois 53
Riviera Tavern
Hexdall
Gardner
Braceville
Davis
James Fortiner
St. Louis
Reddick
Russell Stamm
Moro
Davis Funeral Home
Morris
Smith Funeral Home
Whites Seek Law and Order Rally in Forrest City
In Forrest City Arkansas amid racial tensions about 300 whites formed the Concerned Citizens Committee to pressure the city for law and order They plan a white voter registration drive and escort service for night workers Pickets demanded resignations of Police Chief Marvin Gunn and Mayor Robert Cope The incident followed earlier clashes near the police station and City Hall with several men and women injured
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Forrest City
Ark
National
Concerned Citizens Committee
Law and Order
Lance
Sweet Willie Wine’ Watson
Memphis
The
Invaders
Watson
Marvin Gunn
Robert Cope
Gunn
National Guard
Galloway
Grundy County Fair Heads Into Last Four Days
The Grundy County Fair at Mayon enters its final four days with trophy presentations at 6 p.m. Saturday and the grand champion livestock show and parade at 6 p.m. Sunday. Nightly features include dances and stock car racing. a 50 car demolition race ends auto events at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Products will be on the track starting at 1 p.m. Sunday.
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Grundy County Fair
Mayon
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