Educators Discuss Community Unit District at Morris Meeting
Sherwood Dees of the state education office spoke at Morris High School cafeteria on the community unit district. A panel with Arthur Meadors and Raymond Bradford examined feasibility, costs, tax impact, administration, and state aid for Illinois districts.
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Sherwood Dees
State Office of Public Instruction
Morris Teachers Association
Morris Community
Dees
Arthur V. Meadors
Raymond Bradford
Illinois
Joliet
Bradford
Meadors
MCHS
Hammer
Rose
Inez Anderson
Illinois Junior College Board
Will County
Circuit Clerk Unclear On Wife's Magistrate Salary
Circuit Clerk Robert T. Williamson objected to a Herald story about appointing his wife as acting deputy clerk in Morris magistrate court. He said she is part time, works nights, and earns up to 1500 annually. a salary schedule listed 3120 for magistrate clerk plus other deputies totaling 23130 for the office.
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Robert T. Williamson
the Herald
Williamson
Gerald Bitner
Coal City
Bitner
Morris
Richard Wilder
Sophie Thorson
Wilder
Rochelle bank embezzling plea filed by Margarite Van Hise
Margarite Elizabeth Van Hise of Rochelle pleaded guilty to embezzling about $6,000 from the Bank of Rochelle. A 10-year bank employee she admitted misappropriating funds and has made restitution. U.S. District Judge James B. Parsons scheduled sentencing for February 6.
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Freeport, Ill
Marguerite Elizabeth van Hise
Rochelle
Bank of
James B. Parsons
U.S. District Court
Berkeley Student Senate Drops Support for Strike
Berkeley AP The Student Senate and Daily Californian withdrew support for the campus strike after the Academic Senate voted confidence in Chancellor Heyns. Ten people including six nonstudents were arrested after a Navy recruiting protest, and Heyns plans to report to the Board of Regents as the strike heads toward end.
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Berkeley, Calif
Today
University of California
Berkeley
Roger W. Heyns
Heyns
Navy
Board of Regents
Associated Students of
The
Afl-Cio Federation of Teachers Teaching Assistants Unit
Daily
Californian
Burglars Hit Two Morris Businesses Monday Night
Morris City police investigated break ins at Morris Tire and Appliance Co. and Savon Gas Station. At the tire shop items including three new 19 inch motors and a used Zenith TV were stolen. At the gas station a window was broken and items such as motor oil antifreeze spare parts and batteries were taken. A broken key remained in the safe with no reported theft.
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Morris City
Morris
Morris Tire and Appliance Co
Division St
Zenith
Motorola
Savon
Franklin and
Jefferson Sts
Pennzoil
Blue Star
Rhodesian Crisis Deepens As Britain Presses Settlement Plan
Rhodesia condemns British terms seen as allowing a Quisling government with control of armed forces police and civil services. Cabinet rejects the plan after talks between Ian Smith and Harold Wilson, while sanctions loom and business gloom grows ahead of Christmas.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
Britain
Ian Smith
Harold Wilson
Smith
Wilson
United Nations
Rhodesia
Commonwealth Edison seeks permits for river crossing power line
Commonwealth Edison Co. has applied to the Illinois Division of Waterways for a permit to construct an electric power transmission line over and across the Vermilion River in Livingston County the Kankakee River in Will County and minor streams in Livingston Will Kankakee Grundy and Cook Counties. Public Works Director Francis S Lorenz released the information.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois Division of Waterways
Vermilion River
Livingston County
Kankakee River
Will County
Livingston
Will
Kankakee
Grundy
Cook
Public Works
Francis S. Lorenz
Viet Cong Surrender Reported as Refugees Seek Aid
In South Viet Nam 63 Viet Cong guerrillas surrendered in the Hon Chong area near the Gulf of Siam. About 2,250 peasants fled Viet Cong dominance seeking government and U.S. aid, with relief supplies arranged including rice and cooking oil.
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U.S
South Viet Nam
Hon Chong Twin Sisters
Gulf of Siam
U.S. Agency For International Development
North Viet Nam
South Vietnamese
Center School to Present Yale Concert Christmas Program
Center School hosts its annual Christmas concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the school gym. Two choruses and the junior high band perform a varied program with free will offerings for the band fund. Elza Allen directs the junior high band and the eighth grade chorus. Don Phillips leads the seventh grade chorus. Vicki Henson accompanies.
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Center School
Elza Allen
Charles Spinney
Merle Isaac
Don Phillips
Phillip Gordon
Clara Grundman
J. Olivadoti
Weather Forecast Turns Colder With Snow Flurries Expected
The U S Weather Bureau indicates a drop in temperatures with a chance of showers turning to brief snow flurries. Highs in the low 30s and upper 20s lows, with rain or snow possible Thursday. Collins Station logged 36 34 highs and lows. 50 at 9 am and 52 at 11 am in Morris district.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris Business
Victim Hit at Liberty St Crossing in Morris
Herman Vohringer 65 known as Herman the German was struck and killed by a Rock Island freight train at the Liberty Street crossing in Morris. The westbound train 234 with four diesels and 39 cars was traveling to the West Coast when the accident occurred around 3 08 p.m. Officials said crossing gates had been tested and were in good order. Vohringer, a Caterpillar retiree, lived at 823 Liberty St. Funeral services set for 9 a.m. Thursday at Davis Funeral Home with burial at Evergreen Cemetery.
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Liberty St
Rock Island
Herman Vohringer
Carson Hotel
Herman
Wohringer
Blue Island
West Coast
James Davis
Germany
Karl
Ursula
Held) Vohringer
United States
Cincinnati
Ohio
Morris
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Joliet
Lena Schloemer
Karl Vohringer
Caterpillar Plans Production Cuts Across U.S. Plants
Caterpillar Tractor Co announces production reductions at most U S plants due to weaker residential building and credit conditions. Overtime to be nearly eliminated though layoffs are not expected. Cuts affect highway and federal-funded programs as well. Plants listed across Illinois Iowa Wisconsin California Pennsylvania and more.
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Peoria, Ill
United States
Caterspillar Tractor Co
William H. Franklin
Caterspillar
Franklin
Caterpillar
Aurora
Decatur
Joliet
Pesoria
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Milwaukee
Wis
San Leandro
Calif
York
Planning Meeting in Grundy County Regional Commission
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m today in the Farm Bureau Building. Members of the plat committee and state's attorney have been invited to the session.
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Grundy County Regional Planning Commission
Farm Bureau
Plat
State
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New Jersey
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U. S
Kontum
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang Ching
Red China
Peking
New China News Agency
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Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
Washington
China
Gulf of Tonkin
Vasily V. Kuznetsov
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South
Yen Bay
Yale
Liberty St. Crossing
Billi Star
Gray
H. Vohringer
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