Coal City Community Calendar Items
Village board meets at 8 p.m. today in city hall. Band Boosters meet at 8 p.m. today in the grade school cafe teria. White Star Chapter CBS meets at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Masonic Temple. Assumption Mothers Club Christmas potluck and gift exchange at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Junior Woman's Club dinner at Jo's Steak House 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. WSCS lunch 1 p.m. Wednesday. PTA Christmas dinner 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Assumption Church events with entertainment. Wyomex Neighborhood meet Thursday at Boy Scout reservation. Readouts of local service members in Vietnam and hospital notes follow.
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Coal City
White Star
CBS
Masonic Temple
Braidwood
Assumption Mother’s Club
Ruth Jenkings
Morris
WSCS
United Methodist Church
PTA
Assumption Church
Eddie Chada
Santa Claus
Sisters choose juvenile hall over family mansion amid wild parties
In Santa Monica, Mary Ann 14 and Nancy 13 Brophy told a juvenile court judge they preferred life in juvenile hall to returning to their $300000 mansion, claiming constant uproar and wild parties. After four days there, they said the tale was exaggerated. Superior Court judge Edward R. Brand placed them on a year’s probation and ordered obedience to their mother.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Brophy
Mary Ann
Nancy
Superior Court
Ige
Edward R. Brand
Gloria Brophy Baker
Communist Party in Australia Sees Membership Drop
John Sendy vice president of the Australian Communist Party tells Melbourne University meeting that party membership fell from 25 000 to 5 000 over two decades. He says failure to attract younger generations and global communist pressure have forced a serious review of policies.
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RED Party
Melbourne
Communist Party
Australia
Australian Communist Party
John Sendy
Sendy
Melbourne University
Fishy Tale From Kalispell Anglers
Two Kalispell fishermen John Shoemaker and Dennis Thomas returned from a river trip with a quirky catch story. Shoemaker's pole vanished while he looked away and moments later Thomas snagged Shoemaker’s sinker. Shoemaker retrieved his pole and found a 2 1 2 pound trout and a bullhead on the line.
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Kalispell, Mont
Kalispell
Yellow Water Dam
John Shoemaker
Dennis Thomas
Shoemaker
Thomas
Local Man Norman Jorstad Receives Legion of Merit
Lt. Col. Norman D. Jorstad assigned as commanding officer of the 69th Signal Battalion in Saigon. He is cited for leadership as deputy chief and chief of the systems applications division at the National Military Command System Support Center from 1966 to 1968. He developed supporting files aiding data standardization and holds the Army Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters.
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69Th Signal Battalion
Saigon
Norman D. Jorstad
Floyd M. Jorstad
E. North St
Legion of Merit
National Military Command System Support Center
Defense Communications Agency
Joint Staff
Secretary of Defense
US Military Academy
West Point
Jorstad
University of Arizona
Stargazer Spacecraft Tests Under Way At Cape Kennedy
Stargazer the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory accelerates tests on star tracking as NASA confirms the craft is functioning. Controllers prepare to exercise the control system as six trackers aim at guide stars and the 11 telescopes switch on midweek.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
NASA
OAO
Elk Harvest Quotas Rise Across Fourteen States
Sportsmen in fourteen states may harvest about 75 000 elk annually beyond game reserves. Officials set quotas to balance wildlife and hunting demand, with states coordinating limits to manage populations and prevent overharvest.
Push to Raise Nixon Pay Faces Tight Timeline
The incoming Congress must act before Inauguration Day January 20 to raise President Nixon’s salary from 100000. Most pay increases for Congress judges and officials could take effect mid February if Congress does not act. A nine member commission recommended broad hikes across executive judiciary and legislative branches with President and VP raises also discussed.
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Washington
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
Executive
Judiciary
Nixon
White House
Commission
Congressional
House
Walker Report To Publicly Reveal Witness Names
Chicago lawmakers and officials debate publishing names of witnesses from the Walker report on violence at the Democratic National Convention. Rep. Roman Pucinski says records will be stored in the National Archives and made available under the Public Disclosure Act, despite calls to disclose identities to substantiate charges.
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Chicago
National Commission On
National Archives
U.S
Roman Pucinski
Richard J. Daley
Daniel Walker
Pucinski
Lloyd Cutler
National Commission
Walker
Illinois Democrat
Cutler
Senators Probe Credit Rating Firms in Senate Hearings
A Senate antitrust subcommittee chaired by Philip Hart will hear testimony on credit reporting practices this week. Witnesses include executives from Retail Credit, Credit Data Corp, and Associated Credit Bureaus of America, with concerns over misreporting conflicts of interest and industry concentration. The probe notes many cities have overlap between collection agencies and credit reporting firms.
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Michigan
Philip A. Hart
Subcommittee
Retail Credit Co
Atlanta
Justice Department
Retail Credit
Credit Bureaus Inc
Georgia
California
Francis Smith
W. Lee Burge
Harry C. Jordan
Credit Data Corp
House
TRW Inc
Credit Data
John L. Spafford
Associated Credit Bureaus of America, Inc
Associated Credit Local Bureaus
Queen Elizabeth Docks as Hotel on Florida Coast
The Queen Elizabeth, long a royal Atlantic liner, is being converted into a luxury hotel and convention center on Florida's Gold Coast. Cunard plans a permanent berth at Port Everglades in about six months after a successful docking maneuver.
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Queen Elizabeth
Florida Coast
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Gold Coast
Cunard Lines
Port Everglades
Canarl
Elizabeth
Cunard
Geoffrey Thrippleton Marr
Immunization Clinic Rescheduled to Dec 20 at Courthouse
The Grundy County Health Department will hold its monthly immunization clinic from 2 to 4 p.m. on December 20 at the courthouse. The date was moved due to Christmas.
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Grundy County
United Mine Workers Founded in 1890
The United Mine Workers union, representing coal miners, traces its organization to the year 1890. It established a formal structure to advocate for workers' rights in the mining industry.
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The
United Mine Workers, the
Coal Miner’s Union
Seneca High School Honor Roll Listed
Seneca Township High School releases its second six week honor roll. Freshmen named Eye Green Maierhofer Myre Perry Rear don Sealley Taylor Tendall Tesdal Thorson. Sophomores include Anderson Anderson Halverson Jackson Mulherin Myre Nickerson Peterson Petges Raighley Reardon Sheedy Swanson Widman Williamson. Juniors feature Ashcraft Baker Brewster Cade Capsel Claggett Green Hauge Hausken Lee Halverson Howe Huss Johnson Noel Palascak Petges Raibley Tesdal Thompson Thorson Ugolini Walker Wilson. Seniors listed Anderson Anderson Baker Barnes Ribbins Bottrell Carter Clark Danielson Egland Erickson Gorham Helland Helland Huss Johnson Johnson Peterson Progress Raibley Rivett Rooney Wilson.
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Seneca
Seneca Township High School
Gene Eye
Frank Green
Rob Maierhofer
Mike Myre
Sharon Perry
Dan Reardon
Susan Sealley
Linda Taylor
Bruce Tendall
Thomas Tesdal
Melanie Thorson
James W. Anderson
Lois Anderson
Philip Halverson
Cynthia Jackson
Deana Mulherin
Monica Myre
Pamela Nickerson
Bruce Peterson
Pamela Petges
Paula Raihley
Ed Reardon
Margaret Sheedy
Pamela Swanson
Robert Widman
Cliff Williamson
Joan Ashcraft
Roger Baker
Donna Brewster
Jerry Cade
Yvonne Capsel
Diane Claggett
Alice Green
Wayne Hauge
Gloria Hausken
Lee Hausken
Paul Halverson
William Howe
Judy Huss
Dale Johnson
Ed Noel
Greg Palaschak
Richard Petges
Margaret Raibley
Terry Tesdal
William Thompson
Dale Thorson
Cathi Ugolini
Harold Walker
Thelma Wilson
Michael Anderson
Randall Anderson
Robert Baker
Roberta Barnes
Edward Ribbins
Robert Bottrell
Steven Carter
Dave Clark
Karen Danielson
Mary Egland
Cheryl Erickson
Martha Gorham
Judy Helland
Shirley Helland
Rita Huss
Darlene Johnson
Willard Johnson
Janet Kuhn
Kim LeLowery
Sallie Morrow
Donna Myer
Janice Peterson
Jacquelyn Progress
Bernard Raibley
Cheryl Rivett
Barbara Rooney
Bill Wilson
Pickup of stray dog near Morris home
Morris police received a report from James Saller at 844 W. Jackson St. about a black part cockerspaniel seen near his home. Officers picked up the dog and turned it over to Morris Veterinary Hospital for safekeeping and eventual owner claim. The dog wore a leather collar.
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Morris
James Saller
W. Jackson St
Saller
Morris Veterinary Hospital
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Accident Investigation Board Sunday
Coal City Notes
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Boy Scout Reservation
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APO
San Francisco
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Jacksonville
Michael John Marsaglia
Donald Marsaglia
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Roy Joneson
George Steinberger
Felix Pichon
Silver Cross Hospital
James R. Rynearson
James Robert
Kathleen Nicoletti
Col. Swenson
160Th Signal Group
Ricca
Steak House
Ozark Lounge
Lindbergh Blvd
St. Louis
Wydown
ST. Louis, Missouri
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Elemee
Eastman Kodak
Liberty Walgreen
Burge
Robert W. Biccum
Morris and
SAVE
Morris Retail Division
Chamber OF Commerce
Seneca High School
Airpeusr
M. E
Hig Seperson
Hartford
Hartford Insurance Group
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