Five City Auto Damages From Weekend Accidents
Morris police reported five traffic incidents causing auto damage over the weekend. Key cases include a Friday rear end crash on N Liberty Street involving Linda Berkland and Anna Whaler, a Saturday rear end collision at Eagle Discount Supermarket, a late Friday parking lot impact at Saratoga Inn, and a Friday noon Liberty Street two car crash injuring Thomas Anders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
N. Liberty St
Glenn Johnson
Linda Berkland
Rte. 4
Anna Whaler
Whaler
Lillie Heiden
Heiden
Saratoga Inn
Johnson
Richard McNabb
Liberty St
Grace Wharfie
S. Broadway St
Thomas Anders
Mooseheart Drive
Anders
Destroyers Begin Cruise In Black Sea
Two U S destroyers from the 6th Fleet sailed the Bosporus for a five day Black Sea coast cruise. Izvestia claimed the passage violated the Montreux Convention while Turkish and American officials called it routine and in conformity with the treaty. The ships anchored in the Sea of Marmara overnight under Montreux limits on night transit.
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Istanbul
Turkey
U.S
Bosporus
Black Sea
Dyess
Sea of Marmara
Turner
Izvestia
Sea of
Marmara
Montreux
Liquor Charge on Local Residents
Morris driver Kye Pointer aged 19 and passenger Cecil Johnson aged 25 were arrested at 11 p.m. Friday at the Illinois 113 and 47 intersection for illegal transportation of liquor. Trooper John Perona noted open beer in the car. They are set to appear in magistrate court at 9 am on Dee 30.
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Morris
Kye Pointer
Division St
Cecil Johnson
Illinois 113
Illinois 47
John Perona
Dee
Wall Street gains as steel orders lift market
The New York stock market advanced with the Dow up 1.31 to 979.55 and the Associated Press average 0.7 higher at noon. Industrials, rails, and utilities rose as steel order strength and anticipated 1969 sales fueled confidence. Gulf Resources bid for Pan American Sulphur failed, United Fruit fell after merger talks ended, and several names posted fractional gains or losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Dow
du Pont
U.S. Steel
Chrysler
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Pan American
Gulf Resources & Chemical
Signal Co
Rapid American
Polaroid
Chicago
Textron
United Fruit
Markets CAPR winhsevens Beahsheeh $1.08
Markets show limited readable data with fragmented figures and prices centering on oats and beans. The text includes ambiguous names and amounts, making precise interpretation difficult.
Chicago Butter Market Report Highlighting Wholesale Prices
AP dispatch from Chicago notes Mercantile Exchange wholesale butter and egg price movements. figures show mixed quotes with A whites and standard eggs cited and butter indices around 67 in the 3 score to 92 range, alongside various grade considerations and adjustments in recent trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Grain futures prices from Chicago market report
Wheat No 2 hard yellow 1.3712n and No 2 soft red 1.304n. Corn No 1 yellow 1.15 and No 2 yellow 1.15-1.1544. No 3 1.11-1.13, No 5 yellow 1.04. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 6949n. Soybeans No yellow 2.57n. Soybean oil 8.58n.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
68 Economy Sets Record High in State
Illinois business leaders say 1968 closed strong with rising employment and income and a favorable 1969 outlook. Unemployment stood at 3 percent, below the national rate, while farm income eased despite record soybean crops and higher meat production. Machinery and equipment industries are expected to upswing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Francis E. O’connor
Chicago Title and Trust Co
Illinois
O'Connor
O’connor
What You Can Do About Loose Fitting Dentures
Gum shrinkage causes loosening and slipping while poor fit brings sore spots and irritation during eating and speaking. A fortified denture adhesive powder named SUPER-DENT claims a no slip formula with a base resembling real teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Super-Dent
Dig Wouter
Obituary for Marion Crull and Spencer Hendrix
Marion M. Crull 67 of Morris died unexpectedly at home. Funeral held at Finland Chapel with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Survived by wife Nikoline Cockream, daughter, two sons, stepchildren, 11 grandchildren, siblings, and a Vietnam casualty son Dale. Spencer Hendrix born 1904 in Illinois, died after running Hendrix 66 Service Station in Gardner. Funeral slated Wednesday at Davis Funeral Home with burial in Braceville Gardner Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion M. Crull
Finland Chapel
Harold R. Dude
Evergreen Cemetery
Millard Olson
Ole Owen
George Kresse
Victor Kozlowski
Charles Cryder
Fred Wilson
Clinton
Calvin
Nancy Crull
Morris
Morris Paper Mill
Nikoline Cockream
Roy Rubyan Roe
Ronald A. Crull
Wilmington
Donald
Panama Canal Zone
Robert
Betty) Waters
James
Marilyn) Spiller
William
Jack
Harold
Gerald Cockream
Richard Cockream
Aurora
Annie Litzler
Springfield
James Crull
Pekin
Clifford Crull
Fort Madison
Iowa
Dale
Vietnam
Order of the Eagles
Spencer Sr
Saline Co
Ill
Samuel Hendrix
Saline County
Mayme Allen
Gardner
State Highway Department
Charles S
Anchorage
Alaska
Billy A
Kenneth E
Pauline Jones
Sacramento
Calif
Davis Funeral Home
Roger L. Fisk Jr
Braceville-Gardner Cemetery
Mrs Laverne Randall Rites Held In Plainfield
Private funeral services were held today for Mrs Laverne Leota Randall at Overman Chapel Plainfield. The Rev Ralph Miller officiated and burial followed in Plainfield Cemetery. She died Saturday at Morris Hospital aged 59 survived by husband Laverne son Lee mother Mrs Erwin Wright Joliet two sisters and two brothers. Memorials may be made to United Methodist Church Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne
Leota M.) Randall
Overman Chapel
Plainfield
Ralph Miller
Plainfield Cemetery
Randall
Chapin St
Morris Hospital
Lee
Erwin Wright
Joliet
Ralph
Frances) Miller
Oak Park
Warren
Dorothy) Bullard
Westport
Conn
Don
Long Beach
Calif
Frank
United Methodist Church of
Morris
Gardner Loomis Hen Drix, 64, Dies at Work
Gardner Loomis Hen Drix, age 64, of Gardner, died suddenly at noon Sunday from a heart attack while on duty at the state highway garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner — Loomis Hendrix
Gardner
State Highway
Mrs William Hockinson obituary in Braceville
Mrs. William Hockinson of Braceville 68 died Saturday in St Joseph Hospital Joliet after an extended illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Rodney Int-Hout New Lenox son William Joliet and three grandchildren. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday Patterson Funeral Chapel Braidwood. Burial Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Call today 7 to 9 p m. Born Custer Park April 23 1900. Member Braceville Methodist Church Women's Society of Christian Service and Retired Teachers Association.
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William Hockinson
Braceville
William
Florence) B. Hockinson
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Rodney Int-Hout
New Lenox
Patterson Funeral Chapel
Braidwood
Braceville-Gardner Cemetery
Custer Park
Funeral rites for Mr and Mrs Randolph Eilertson
Double funeral services were held at 2 p m Wednesday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Lisbon for Mr Randoph Eilertson and his wife. Rev Ralph Chelsea officiated with soloist Mrs Rolf Anderson and organist Mrs Everett Hauge. Pallbearers included Orville Gunnerson Leonard Heggen Nels oi Larson Orville Orton Gus Ollefson and Shurden Brew e. Burial followed in the Lisbon Cemetery family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph Eilertson
Lisbon
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Ralph Chelsea
Rolf Anderson
Everett Hauge
Orville Gunnerson
Leonard Heggen
Nelso i Larson
Orville Orton
Gus Ollefson
Shurden Brewe
Lisbon Cemetery
Mrs Gustafson 81 Dies After Short Illness in Kankakee
Mrs Lucille Maria Gustafson 81 died Saturday at Riverside Hospital in Kankakee after a brief illness. Born May 4 1887 in Morris to August W Carlson and wife she studied at Morris Business College and became a court reporter for the 13th Judicial District. She married Rev David Gustafson in 1912 and served churches in DeKalb Chicago and St Paul before missionary work in China 1919. They returned 1925 and later lived in Morris. Survived by two sons Paul Wilbur of Saginaw MI two daughters Ruth Johnson of Kankakee Ethel Thorn of Elkhart IN a sister Mrs Charles Hodney now Okemos MI nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Memorial services were held Sunday in Kankakee at Central Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Luella Maria) Gustafson
Riverside Hospital
Kankakee
August W. Carlson
Morris
Gustafson
Morris Business College
13Th Judicial District
David Gustafson
DeKalb
Chicago
St. Paul
Paul
Wilbur
Saginaw
Mich
Edgar
Ruth) Johnson
Harold
Ethel) Thorn
Elkhart
Ind
Charles Hodney
Morris Now
Okemos
Donald Caisley
William Carlson
Central Christian Church
Mrs Carl A Carlson 71 Seneca funeral held
Funeral services for Mrs Carl A Carlson 71 of 364 E Lincoln St Seneca were held at Our Savior s Lutheran Church with Rev Kenneth W West officiating She died Friday morning in Morris Hospital Vocalist Russell Tendall organist Mrs Clara Tendall Pallbearers included Donald Baker Gerald Baker Dale Rosendahl Robert Rosendahl Robert Hollenbeck James Lange Burial followed at Mt Hope Cemetery Arrangements by Pfeffer Funeral Home Seneca
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seneca
Carl A. Carlson
E. Lincoln St
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Kenneth W. West
Morris Hospital
Russell Tendall
Clara Tendall
Donald
Gerald Baker
Dale
Robert Rosendahl
Robert Hollenbeck
James Lange
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Pfeffer
Farmer Killed on Mount Morris Farm in Corn Picker Accident
August C. Hagemann, 60, died when his clothing became entangled in a corn picker at his rural Mount Morris farm on Saturday. The AP reports the fatal accident occurred in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Morris, Ill
Farm Bureau urges dismantling federal crop controls
Charles B. Shuman of the American Farm Bureau Federation calls to end government farm programs and shift to market oriented supports. He proposes transitional aid, retirement land programs, indemnities, and loans to ease the move while doubling exports and cutting direct subsidies. He urges reorganization of agricultural research and restraint on spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles B. Shuman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Schuman
Farm Bureau
Shuman
U.S
Congress
Traffic Court Fines Paid in Circuit Court Division
The magistrate division reports fines paid for traffic violations. James Wren 17 paid 19 dollars plus 5 costs for driving 44 in a 25 zone on Union Street. Andres Lopez 28 paid 10 dollars plus 5 costs for no valid registration on Illinois 47. Thomas Wilhelm 18 paid 12 dollars plus 5 costs for 37 in a 25 zone on Tinion Street. Norman Deck 18 paid 25 dollars plus 5 costs for improper lane usage on Illinois 47 near U S 6, ticket by Trooper Meyer or City Officer Button.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magistrate Division
Circuit Court
James Wren
Washington St
Union St
William Button
Andres Lopez
Rte. 3
Dennis Meyer
Illinois
Morris
Thomas Wilhelm
Mazon
Button
Tinion St
Norman Deck
Wauponsee St
Illinois 47
U.S. 6
Meyer
Nuclear plant crane aids two 1000 ton lifts at Dresden
Reliance Truck crews of 10 to 18 men assisted the operation with Cecil Pelts, president of Reliance, arriving for the event. Ewbank helped design the rig as the double reactor lifts arose from a plan to install two large reactors within weeks. Dresden Unit No. 2 is set to start late 1969 with 800,000 kilowatts and total Dresden capacity rising to 1.8 million kilowatts after Unit No. 3 in 1970. Contract prices were about 76 and 79 million dollars for the first two units, with about 1,400 workers on site and peak staffing near 1,700 in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reliance Truck
Cecil Pelts
Terry
Ewbank
Reliance
Jersey Central Power & Light Company
Oyster Creek
New Jersey
Nine-Mile Point
Niagara Mohawk Power
Oswego
N. Y
Dresden
Edison
Lincoln Land College District approves 5.9 million bond
Springfield voters approve a 5.9 million bond issue by a 3 to 11 vote to fund the district's portion of a 17.8 million building program for Lincoln Land Community College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Lincoln Land Community College
Deer permit offense leads to fine in magistrate court
Clyde Keller of Elwood paid a $25 fine plus $5 costs in magistrate court this morning for possessing an invalid deer permit. He was cited November 23 in Sowpamp by Conservation Inspector Carkhuft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Keller
Elwood
Inames Carkhuft
Salad
Horses Trained for Work Since Ancient Times
Historical evidence suggests that horses began being trained for work over five millennia ago, reflecting early human use in transportation farming and warfare.
Three County Accidents Reported This Weekend
Grundy County deputies reported three auto accidents over the weekend causing minor injuries to Tom Carpenter and property damage. A 1969 Buick driven as a passenger car by Jack Wilson, 19, Coal City, was involved in a tire blowout on Pequot Road near Lorenzo Road Friday night. Cindy Hodgen, 18, Coal City, lost control on loose gravel and left the road into a ditch Sunday near Gay 90s. Dean Baines, 41, Coal City, and Donald Berkland, 23, Seneca, collided on U S 6 while passing, damaging the Rambler and Chevrolet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Tom Carpenter
S. Broadway St
Coal City
Lorenzo Road
Pequot Road
Jack Wilson
First Ave
Walter White
White
Cindy Hodgen
Marguerite St
U.S. 6
Morris
Robert Coleman
Dean Baines
Wauponsee St
Donald Berkland
Seneca
Baines
Chevrolet
Police Ticket Three Drivers
Morris police ticketed three drivers over the weekend. Steven Ferguson, 17, of 518 Kiersted St., cited at Tastee Drive-In on Illinois 47 at 10:07 a.m. Sunday for disobeying a stop sign driving a 1966 Ford Mustang. court at 2 p.m. today. William McCollum, 24, of 409 W Jackson St., cited at 1:55 a.m. Saturday for speeding in a 1957 Oldsmobile Tudor at E Main and Washington. court at 10 a.m. today. Charles Tucker, 31, of Ludlow Kentucky, cited at 8:30 p.m. Friday for driving a 1961 Volkswagen van without valid registration on Lincoln St. court at 10 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Steven Ferguson
Kiersted St
Tastee Drive-In
Illinois
Glenn Johnson
William McCollum
W. Jackson St
E. Main
Washington Sts
William Button
Charles Tucker
Ludlow
Ken
Lincoln St
Max Babcock
Miners Work All Day at 17500 Feet in Chile’s High Town
In Aucanquilcha Chile the highest town on earth Indian miners labor through a full day at 17 500 feet as visitors struggle to breathe and suffer dizziness amid the altitudinal ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chile
Aucanquilcha
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Chicago Cash Grain
Mrs. Laverne Randall
Loomis Hendrix
Mr. and
Mrs
Lennox
Liberty St. Lennox
R. L. Lyon
Don Lyon
Ed Kulig
France
Spaghett
Ano Mear Saus
Loin End
Campbells Pork & Beans
Betty Crocker
del Monte
Duncan Hines
Nabisco Pantry Graham
Liberty
Hunter
Morris Travel
E. Jefferson
VFW
Morris Theatre
Eugene Funk
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