Wide Weather Divide Across Nation as 70s Hit the East
Boston reached a December record of 70 degrees while southern New England enjoyed sun. Meanwhile the central and western regions faced subzero readings in North Dakota and a cold snap in the Rockies with zero to 30 below. A Mississippi Valley storm was forecast to bring several inches of snow from Missouri to Michigan.
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New England
North Dakota
Texas Panhandle
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Michigan
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Texas
Wink
Tex
Lubbock
Ohio
Meridian
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
Cape Girardeau
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ind
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
Pacific Coast
California
Central
Morris Teachers Association Hosts Public Meeting on District
The Morris Teachers Association funded an informative meeting with Sherwood Dees, associate superintendent in the office of public instruction, to discuss the community unit school district. The group invited press and encouraged public input on pros and cons as part of the first concrete community outreach.
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Morris Teachers Association
Sherwood Dees
Office of Public Instruction
Snow Likely This Weekend With Cold Temperatures
Weather bulletin from the U S Weather Bureau notes snow likely over the weekend beginning today and lasting through tonight. Several inches may accumulate as temperatures settle around 28 to 35 degrees. Collins Weather Station logged 32 at Friday evening and 39 high, downtown 34 at Morris 7 30 p m Friday, Collins 32 at 6 p m.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Collins Station
East German family flees to West Berlin under gunfire
An East German couple and their three children crossed the border into West Berlin Friday in a predawn dash through three barbed wire fences. Guards fired from a watchtower and bunker as the family, ages 37 for both parents and children aged 7 10 and 18, escaped with minor wounds from rusted wire.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Sixth Woman Strangled in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a sixth woman in a year was found strangled in an elevator of a near downtown apartment building. Lula Kerrick, 80, lived alone on the fourth floor and was last seen at 7 a.m. at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral. A 29-year-old man was detained on probation violation charges. police said he is not yet a prime suspect. The case prompts fears and notes of increased gun sales and chain door locks.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati
Lula Kerrick
Russell Jackson
John McGlocklin
Miss Kerrick
St. Peter In Chains
UAW Plays Part Of Dues Amid AFL CIO dispute
Walter P. Reuther's United Auto Workers sent about 90 000 dollars to AFL CIO President George Meany delaying a three month suspension by a month. The partial payment highlights ongoing tensions between Reuther and Meany over union strategy and federation leadership.
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UAW
Afl-Cio
Washington
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
George Meany
Reuther
Meany
Labor Federation
Auto Workers
AFL
Latecomer Cio
Gunmen rob cafeteria during lunch in Des Plaines
Three gunmen robbed a Des Plaines cafeteria where about 500 people were eating. They seized between 3000 and 4000 dollars from two Thillens Cashing Service employees. An armored truck had left a cashier and guard at City Products Corp as the raid unfolded.
Morris MCHS Christmas Concert Set for Thursday Evening
Morris Community High School presents a Christmas concert at 8 p.m. in the MCHS auditorium. The 62 piece band, directed by Dale Wise, will perform six pieces followed by the 60 voice mixed chorus led by Mrs. Vernon Cornish. The event features traditional tunes, decorations by the art department, and a free will offering.
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Morris Community High School
MCHS
Dale Wise
Wise
Vernon
Betty) Cornish
Joseph Corsello
Campaign Begins in Rural Grundy County United Fund
The 1967 Grundy County United Fund rural division campaign opens next Monday with co-chairmen Kenneth Hunt and Allen Hoffman. Tom Sheppard, campaign chairman, says the goal is $35,000, with pledges acceptable if cash is not available. Rural drive aims to finish by end of next week.
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Grundy County
United Fund
Kenneth Hunt
Wauponsee Township
Allen Hoffman
Goodfarm Township
Tom Sheppard
Hunt
Hofffman
Brake system blamed for CTA train derailment in Chicago
CTA board president George Dement blamed an emergency braking system for the derailment that killed two and injured 26. Debris from a 150 pound strip was found near the derailment curve as the eighth car fell 25 feet and the seventh hung over the ground. Cook County coroner Dr. Andrew Toman said a blue ribbon inquest is set for January 11 with experts in railroad operation.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
George Dement
CTA Board
Dement
Andrew Toman
Cook County
Jan
Jack Ruby rushed to Parkland Hospital with pneumonia
Dallas AP Jack Ruby the Oswald killer was admitted to Parkland Hospital with a serious pneumonia case after a week of a stubborn cold. Dr John Callahan said the illness was a nervous cough with no fever and Ruby had been on antibiotics for three days. Sheriff Decker said isolation would be used and visitors would be limited.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Bill Decker
John W. Callahan
Callahan
Decker
Jack
Oswald
Atty
Henry Wade
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Louis Holland
Wichita Falls
Parkland
Kennedy
Eva Grant
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Morris Daily Herald
Saturday Review
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Dave Sklut
David Root
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Florence Smith
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