Jail Holt and Wife Arrested After Eight Month Seclusion
Robert Holt and his wife Loyce were jailed on charges of keeping their daughters from school after an eight month religious seclusion in Dominguez. Holt cited God’s commandment as the reason for retreat.
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Los Angeles
Robert Holt
Loyce
Holt
Harry Shafer
Dominguez
Sally
Robbie
Shafer
Holts
Ralph
Ella Mae Johnson
Ella Holt
Greater Circle Christian Church of
Connally Says He Is Not a Defense Secretary Candidate
Governor John Connally of Texas said he discussed the defense secretary post with President Johnson in Washington but is not a candidate. He noted the talk was coincidental and part of a 24 hour trip. he was en route to Paris from Washington.
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Baltimore
John Connally
Texas
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Washington
Connally
Friendship International Airport
Paris
Defense Department
Cut in Guard Recruitment
The Army National Guard halted recruiting of men without prior service to reduce the ranks toward a 400 000 strength target by next summer. At October end the Guard listed 417 300 on its rolls and will still recruit those with critical prior skills such as medical technicians while others face a pause.
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Washington
Army National Guard
Army Guard
Resident arrays to ease city deficit with small check
Memphis lumber dealer Charles F. Wilson sent a $6.60 check to City Comptroller Charles Crutchfield amid reports of a $705000 deficit by next June. He described the deficit as averaging under $1.10 per resident and paid the amount for his family of three and another family of three.
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Memphis, Tenn
Charles F. Wilson
Charles Crutchfield
Wilson
Cloudy Weekend Outlook With Drizzle And Mild Warmth
Weather summary notes a cloudy, slightly warmer night with drizzle and a low in the mid 30s per the U S Weather Bureau. Saturday brings more clouds with possible rain or drizzle and a high around the mid 40s. Sunday remains mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Measurement updates include Collins Station high 39 and low 28 Thursday, 9 a.m. Morris 32, 11 a.m. downtown 34, precipitation 0.10 inch. Sunrise 7 01 a m Saturday sunset 4 23 p m. Temperatures through Wednesday forecast near normals 34 to 41 highs and 19 to 25 lows with about one quarter inch total precipitation mostly as rain on Saturday and midweek.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Foundation backs Rainbow Council scout camp drive
The U S Steel Foundation donated 20000 dollars to Morton Hollingsworth for the Rainbow Council camp development. Ford Co fund added 2000 dollars via Bernard Rodenhizer and Ford workers, Dow Chemical supplied 2400 dollars in styrofoam for docks. Camp near Morris progresses with water tank and facilities nearing completion. Rainbow Council participates in Will Kankakee Grundy community drives.
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E. C. Kinyon
Joliet
U.S. Steel
E.J. & E. Railway
Morton H. Hollingsworth
Rainbow Council
U.S. Steel Foundation
R. C. Tyson
Foundations
Scout
Bernard C. Rodenhizer
Jack Hoeferlin
Post 391
Moken
Ford Stamping
Chicago Heights
Ford Co. Fund
Will
Kankakee Counties
Ford
Will County
United Crusade
Kankakee
Grundy Counties
Red Cross Bloodmobile Coming to Morris Hall
The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at Ragles Hall in Morris on December 13 from noon until p.m. to collect blood donations from the public.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Morris
Ragles Hall
Hunter Dead in Blind At Coal City
A Coal City hunter, John Endist Jr., about 46, was found dead in a duck blind at the Coal City Recreation Area. Officials suspect a heart attack. Endist had a coronary history and was pronounced dead at a Coal City physician’s office. He leaves a wife Rita Girot and three daughters.
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Coal City
John Endist Jr
Irving St
Coal City Recreation Area Club
Endist
John Girot
Anton Cerny
William Bell
Endrst
Personal Products Corp
Wilmington
Rita Girot
Linda
Janet
Janice
Davis
Reeves Funeral Home
Arthur Trotter
William Smith
John E. G. Olson
Storm Dumps Up to Foot of Snow in East
The storm brings heavy snow across the East from Virginia to New York with up to 12 inches in cities near the D.C. metro area. Ten deaths in Pennsylvania tied to the blizzard include traffic crashes and heart attacks while shoveling. Schools close and travel disruptions mount as flights are canceled and power lines fall.
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East
Associated Press
New England
New York
Seaboard
Lakes Country
Rockies
Washington, D.C
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York State
Glen Campbell
Montpelier
Roe
N.Y
Portland
Maine
Rocky Mountains
Utah
Bryce Canyon
Milford
Butte
Mont
Michigan
Keweenaw Peninsula
Dulles International
Washington
Washington National Airport
Friendship International Airport
Baltimore
Chantilly
College Park
University of Maryland
Alexandria
Arlington
Frederick
Salisbury
Baltimore Maritime Exchange
New Jersey Turnpike
New York City
Apparent Delay in UAW Strike on GM
A UAW GM council meeting indicates a strategy to delay possible strike until after the Christmas holidays. Leonard Woodcock signaled December 14 as a target date for a new three year GM contract, not a strike deadline, to keep workers on the job for holiday pay. Negotiations resume this week as GM seeks terms within Ford and Chrysler gains, with issues over job erosion and union committee duties likely to provoke resistance.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Union
General Motors Corp
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Woodcock
General Motors
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Reuther
Afl-Cio
Miami Beach
Fla
Walter P. Reuther
Federation
George Meany
Monet Terrace at St Adresse fetches record auction price
A London art dealer paid 1,411,200 dollars for Claude Monet The Terrace at St Adresse at Christies. The Rev Theodore Pitcairn and his Beneficia Foundation of Bryn Athyn Pa previously owned the 1867 painting. Monet had sold it for 41 dollars. The Agnew gallery bought the work with undisclosed bidding.
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London
Claude Monet
St. Adresse
Christie’s
Theodore Pitcairn
Pennsylvania
Bryn Athyn
Monet
Agnew Gallery
Saigon unveils Hamlet Evaluation System in Vietnam pacification
The U S Embassy announced the Hamlet Evaluation System showing 66.6 percent of South Vietnam’s 12 600 hamlets under government control, with two thirds of the population in secure areas. Komer says HES aims for objective pacification insight despite gaps and Viet Cong influence.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Robert W. Komer
HES
Bangkok
Komer
Corn Fire In Elevator Dryer At ADM Elevator
Firefighters battled a blaze at the ADM Elevator on N River Rd after corn in a gas dryer ignited. Earl Norris said burning corn was dumped to reach the flames and an endloader from O'Brien and Son Const. Co. helped move corn back. Cause suspected as foreign matter in corn. Damage estimate unavailable.
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Morris Volunteer
ADM
N. River Rd
Earl Norris
O’brien and Son Const. Co
Marines Drive North Vietnamese from bunkers near Con Thien
U S Marines repelled a North Vietnamese force in a close quarter four hour assault 2.4 miles northeast of Con Thien. total 26 NVA and 15 Americans killed 54 wounded. at Bu Dop three miles from the Cambodian border a weak U S infantry battalion faced a large Red force with jets called in to strike positions.
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Saigon
Con Thien
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Bu Dop
South Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Associated Press
John T. Wheeler
Canada Hikes Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes
Ottawa AP Canada's Liberal government raised tobacco and alcohol taxes by 10 percent and introduced a 5 percent income tax surcharge from Jan 1 to fund medical care insurance due July 1. Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp framed the move as inflation control, with a formula limiting the surcharge to those over $100 basic tax and a $600 maximum.
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Ottawa
Canada
Liberal
Finance
Mitchell Sharp
House of Commons
Sharp
Members of Commons
Lester B. Pearson
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ESSA
U. S. Weather Bureau
Robert McNamara
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