Plan to Abolish Church Council
DETROIT AP A move to abolish the National Council of Churches in its present form and replace it with a broader umbrella of Christian cooperation was proposed at Cobo Hall. Dr R H Edwin Espy urged a General Ecumenical Council in the United States to include nonmember denominations while allowing them to retain self determination.
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Detroit
National Council of Churches
Organization
Christian Cooperation
Unve i
Southern Baptists
Roman Catholic Church
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
United States
Espy
Graham Named Head of U S Army Munitions Command
Brig. Gen. Erwin M. Graham Jr. APSA commander at Joliet since 1968 is appointed to head the U S Army Munitions Command in Dover New Jersey. He will assume the post in February and leads over APSA Edgewood Arsenal Fort Detrick Frankford Arsenal and Picatinny Arsenal.
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Erwin M. Graham, Jr
APSA
Joliet
U.S. Army Munitions Command
Dover
N.J
Graham
Munitions Command
Edgewood
Fort Detrick
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Picatinny Arsenal
Dover, N
Algeria
France
U.S
Redstone
Ala
Europe
Norway
Korea
An d
Aberdeen
Armed Forces Staff College
Norfolk
Naval War College
Newport
Leaders Try To Avert Rail Strike
Washington reports hopeful signs of averting a nationwide rail strike as Admin officials push around the clock talks with railroads and four craft unions led by AFL CIO groups. George Shultz warns of possible administration action if no voluntary deal by the Wednesday deadline.
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Washington
George P. Shultz
W. J. Usery Jr
Shultz
Nixon
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Brotherhood of Electric Workers, Sheet Metal Workers
Boilermarkers
Attempt to Form Club for Lung Disease Patients
A Morris area effort seeks to form C O L D Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease club for emphysema chronic bronchitis asthma and related conditions. Members and families would share problems and receive monthly talks from inhalation therapy staff doctors nurses and suppliers with Ivan Davis at Morris Hospital coordinating. A similar Muscatine Iowa club was recently formed under the American Association on Inhalation Therapy.
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Morris
C.O.L.D
Ivan Davis
Morris Hospital
Muscatine
Iowa
American Association On
Authorities Seize 65 Machine Guns in LA Area Raids
Federal agents in Los Angeles raid three locations and arrest four men on gun control violation charges. Seized were 62 foreign made machine guns, 50 000 rounds of ammunition, bomb components, Nazi paraphernalia, explosive det cord, and several Nazi marked items. One suspect, James Gary Steward, 32, a Rowland Heights teacher, faced additional weapons at his home. Authorities say the investigations targeted radical groups and that no link to paramilitary activity was proven.
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Los Angeles
Treasury Department
Treasury
Gary Stalla
Los Alamitos Reserve
Charles Hatfield
Buena Park
Maywood
Orange County
James Gary Steward
Rowland Heights
Steuard
Irwindale
Alan Ray Otto
Otto
Baldwin Park
Local servicemen updates list unit training and new addresses
Nine weeks of advance infantry training at Fort Polk Louisiana ends for Pvt Robert W Stacy aged 19 son of Everett and Mrs Stacy of Dwight. Airman Dennis A Cameron 20 completes a cooking course at Fort Lee Virginia after entering the Air Force last June and basic training at Lackland San Antonio. New and corrected addresses for service members Ole Greenley Edwin J Comrie Ronald E Hutchings and others are provided, with lives and assignments including USS Krishna ARL 38 and field force APO San Francisco.
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Robert W. Stacy
Everett W. Stacy
W. North St
Dwight
Ft. Polk
Dwight Township High School
Army
Dennis A. Cameron
Robert L. Cameron
Liberty St
Ft. Lee
Air Force
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Mary
Edwin J. Comrie
2Nd Civil Affairs Co
APO
San Francisco
Morris Herald
Ole Greenley
Ole Greenley Sr
Grant St
Krishna
P.O
San Diego
Calif
Vietnam
Conduct Charges Filed on Two Men in Morris
Two Morris men face disorderly conduct charges after an incident on Fremont Avenue. Keith Keeling and Delbert Couch are accused of being drunk and creating a disturbance. both were reportedly forcibly led to the police station. Complaints were signed by Officers Jack Kopezick and Max M. Babcock.
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Morris
Keith Keeling
Delbert Couch
Fremont Ave
Jack Kopezick
Keeling
Couch
Max M. Babcock
Amundsen Completes Northwest Passage With Gjoa in 1903
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen finishes the first navigation of the Northwest Passage by a single ship, the Gjoa, in 1903. The voyage marks a milestone in polar exploration and sea route history.
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Northwest Passage
Roald Amundsen
Five ISU Chorus Members From County Perform Messiah
Five Grundy County students will join ISU Community Chorus for Handel Messiah and Christmas Cantata at 2 30 p m December 14 at the Scottish Rite Temple Bloomington The Bloomington Normal area chorus includes two Wilmington students Sheila Fonck and Frederick Lestina Tickets required for admission and requests by mail or phone start today to the music department Messiah tickets Illinois State University Normal 61761
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Ilinois State University
Normal
Grundy County
ISU
Scottish Rite Temple
Bloomington
Braceville
Karrin Creech
Teresa Haacke
Rte. 1
Gardner
Cathy Joyce
Wilmington
Bloomington Normal
Sheila Fonck
S. Main St
Frederick Lestina
Rte. 3
Messiah
Illinois State University, Normal
Denver Schools Resume After Teacher Strike
Denver public schools reopened for 96 000 students after a two week strike. Teachers approved a contract lifting minimum starting pay from 6300 to 7000 and top scale from 11400 to 13000. Contingent on voter approval, top scale could reach 15000 and minimum 7500. The pact runs through December 31, 1970.
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Denver
Denver Classroom Teachers Association
Board of Education
New Air Force Nursing Education Program Announces Openings
Morris Joliet area recruits announce a four year nursing degree program for women 18 to 27. Selected applicants will earn a commission in the Air Force Nurse Corps after completing the final two years at a certified college. Eligibility requires 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours with C or higher. Openings for FY 70 available with entries in February June and September. Contact Sgt. Howard Andrews at Morris City Council room Mondays 9 to 12 or Joliet Post Office Building.
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Air Force
Howard Andrews
Morris-Joliet
Air Force Nurse Corps
Sgt. Andrews
Morris City
Joliet
Diesel Engine Invention Timeline Noted For Germany
The diesel engine patent was filed in Germany in 1873 by Rudolf Diesel and the first engine was constructed in 1897 marking a pivotal development in automotive and industrial propulsion.
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Germany
Rudolf Diesel
Woman Killed in Farm Accident Near Enterpr ise
Mrs. Maxine Walker, about 47, was killed Sunday on her son's farm five miles northeast of Enterprise when a tractor she was driving to help free a mired combine reared and toppled, crushing her. The incident occurred in Wayne County.
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Enterprise
Tll
Maxine Walker
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