Nixon taps Kissinger for national security post
President-elect Richard Nixon names Harvard professor Henry Kissinger as assistant for national security affairs to overhaul the White House foreign policy apparatus. He will guide a broad planning system to head off crises, with Richard Allen as Kissinger’s principal associate from the Hoover Institution.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Harvard
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Nixon
Kissinger
Germany
Richard V. Allen
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Allen
Walt W. Rostow
Johnson
National Security
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Rostow
Washington
South Vietnam declares 24 hour Christmas truce
The government announces a 24 hour truce for Christmas from 6 p m Saigon time December 24 to 6 p m December 25. The humanitarian pause applies only on Christmas and will be observed nationwide on radio and TV.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
First Big Snow Hits Grundy County With 1.5 Inches
The area reported its first major snowfall of the season, depositing 1.5 inches of wet snow across Grundy County. The event began around 9 30 a m yesterday and lingered into the afternoon with light flurries.
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Grundy County
Weather forecast and snowfall report for Morris area
The Chicago Weather Bureau predicts tonight cloudy with drizzle and likely rain turning to snow Tuesday. Temperatures stay in the 30s with light southerly winds. Weekend snowfall totaled .22 inches with 1.5 inches of snow in places. November precipitation reached 4.05 inches, warmer and colder days noted in early November.
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Chicago Weather Bureau
Collin
Morris
Navy
Hayakawa Faces Student Outcry as SF State Reopens
San Francisco State College reopened under a state of emergency as acting president S I Hayakawa confronted about 150 dissidents on campus. He urged a return to classes while warning officers would act quickly against disruptions and promised due process.
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San Francisco
S. I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Students For
Democratic Society
Nayakawa
Robert Smith
Russell Bass
Bass
Black Students Union
Third World Liberation Front
Grundy County Planning Commission Meets To Schedule Hearings
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will hold a 3 p.m. Tuesday session at the courthouse to discuss public hearings for township zoning. Planning consultant Joseph Abel is listed to attend.
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Grundy County
Burglars Break Into DX Service Station on I 80
Burglars entered the DX Service Station over the Seneca overpass Along Interstate 80 Saturday night stealing a Timex watch 18 cigarette lighters and six cartons of cigarettes Deputy Sheriff John Olson reported a more accurate inventory will be taken today with a possibility of additional items stolen No cash was reported missing
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Seneca
John Olson
Olson
Four Car Collision Injures Two Persons
Five auto accidents in Grundy County over the weekend were reported by the sheriff's office and Joliet state police. The incidents injured two people and prompted a weekend traffic watchdog update from local authorities.
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Grundy County
Sheriff's Office
Joliet
No Bids on Old County Rest Home
County home committee led by Supervisor Burl Gomham will decide on disposing of the 65 year old brick rest home five miles south of Morris and five miles west of Illinois 47 in Wauponsee Township. No bids were received at Saturday’s sale though furnishings sold in four hours for about 2700 dollars.
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County Home Committee
Burl Gotham
Morris
Illinois 47
Wauponsee Township
Gonham
Harry Henderson
Chicago
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ottawa
Gonnam
Hayden Tells HUAC to Stop Hearings
Tom Hayden urged the House Un American Activities Committee to go out of business calling it racist and out of step with the era He chairs the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and criticizes the hearings as circus like witnesses have appeared in bizarre outfits and one walked out during questioning
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Washington
Tom Hayden
Vietnam
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Hayden
National Mobilization Committee
Richard Schord
D-Mo
Congress
Chicago
Ichord
Richard Daley
Daley
North Vietnam
Schord
Santa Claus
Morris
Liberty St
Santa
Illinois 47 crash claims University of Illinois senior’s life
A two car collision on Illinois 47 four miles south of Mazon killed Graydon K. Comstock Jr. 21, a University of Illinois senior from Champaign. Sara Brown 22 of Mattoon skidded into the southbound lane after braking for a left turning car. Brown was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions and treated at Morris Hospital. The other driver remained unidentified. Coroner W. Clark Davis said Comstock died from a broken neck and multiple head injuries.
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Olson
Illinois 47
Pine Bluff Road
John Savant Jr
Spruce St
Lloyd Heineman
Interstate 80
Warren Radar Jr
Lincoln
Neb
Patricia Klabacha
Evergreen Park
Walter White
U.S
University of Illinois
Champaign
Gardner Blacktop Road
Mazon
W. Clark Davis
Graydon K. Comstock Jr
Fort Atkinson
Wis
Jack O'Hagan
Comstock
Sara Brown
Wabash St
Mattoon
O’hagan
Miss Brown
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Dale’s 66
Dwight
Fred Berg
Davis
Jury selection opens in Hamilton burglary rape case
Defense attorney James Fleming and State's Atty Richard Wilder began selecting jurors from 70 called for petit duty to try Kenneth Hamilton 26 Highland Indiana for burglary and rape tied to a January 28 incident. Circuit Judge David Oram presided as chambers sessions continued with no new testimony expected after a hung jury last June.
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James Fleming
Richard Wilder
Kenneth Hamilton
Highland
Ind
David Oram
Watseka
Hamilton
Philadelphia dealer to donate WWII armored carrier to Smithsonian
Auto dealer Joseph Reese will give his 24 year old M20 armored personnel carrier to the Smithsonian Institution. He kept the vehicle on his lot for two years under a placard saying One Owner Driven by a Little Old Lady after buying and renovating it three years ago.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Reese
Smithsonian Institution
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Henderson
Illinois
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Carpentersville
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Willis
Harry Forbes
Nevada
Iowa
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LeRoy
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Deventer
HUAC
President's Commission On Violence
Ata
Teresa Gilliam
Charles Gilliam
Tina Kaldheim
Nolan Kaldheim
Stefanie Michelson
Marvin Michelson
Kimberly Krapf
Eugene Krapf
Dean Johnson
Lloyd Johnson
Kara Jeanne Lee
George Lee
Wendy Darling
Wendall Darling
Tammy Ann Krugh
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