United Transportation Union Formed By Four Railroad Unions
Four railroad unions merged to form The United Transportation Union UTU with about 280 000 members. The merger carried 97 728 in favor and 15 067 against. Missing from the merger was the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
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Chicago
United Transportation Union
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Order of Railway Conductors
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Charles Luna
Cleveland
Luna
UTU
Afl-Cio
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Nobel Prizes Awarded to Five Americans and Kawabata
Five American scientists and Japanese author Yasunari Kawabata won 1968 Nobel Prizes for humanity’s benefits. The American laureates include Luis Alvarez at Berkeley for physics, Lars Onsager at Yale for chemistry, and biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, Har Gobind Khorana, and Robert Holley sharing physiology and medicine. Rene Cassin won the Peace Prize for human rights work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Yasunari Kawabata
Sweden
Gustaf VI Adolf
Luis Alvarez
University of California At Berkeley
Lars Onsager
Yale University
Marshall W. Nirenberg
National Heart Institute
Bethesda
Har Gobind Khorana
University of Wisconsin
Robert Holley
Cornell University
Ithaca
N.Y
Oslo
Nobel Committee
Rene Cassin
Institute For Human Rights
Strasbourg
Morris Elementary Board to Discuss Salaries and Plans
The Morris elementary board of education will meet in December at 7 p.m. in Franklin School to discuss janitors salaries and related items. Phillips and Associates, the school architects, will attend to review more definite plans for the middle school. Center School alarm installation bids are due.
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Morris Elementary Board of Education
Franklin School
Phillips and Associates
New Quarters For Chamber
The Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce will move to remodeled space on the second floor of the former First National Bank Building. Kenneth Sereno says the move should occur the weekend after Christmas. The three-room 620 square foot suite will house two offices and a storage area for expansion. The move aims to upgrade quarters, improve accessibility and efficiency for visitors and members who attend meetings or conduct Chamber business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
Kenneth Sereno
Chamber
Morris
Sereno
Serena
Pos
Hatcher Woods Added to Second Ward by City Council
Voters in Hatcher Woods subdivision west of Morris were placed in the city's second ward after a council decision. City Clerk Donald Caisley noted the action as part of broader redistricting discussion to equalize wards amid upcoming primary filing.
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Hatcher Woods
Morris
Donald Caisley
Weather forecast and high low report from Collins Weather Station
Tonight partial clouds with a near 30 degree low. Wednesday brings partial sun and warmer conditions with a high in the 40s. Thursday sees partial clouds and mild weather. Collins Weather Station logged a Monday high of 32 and low of 27. Today the station read 29 degrees and downtown Morris hit 30 at 11 am.
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Collins
Morris
Six Grundy County men report for induction today
Six Grundy County men reported for induction into the armed services today per Mrs. Bernyce Heggen from the selective service office. The group includes Thomas R. Hougas Morris, John D. Gilchrist Mazon, Verden E. Van Qualen Gardner, Kerry L. Gotham Mazon, and Walter J. Burns and Douglas P. Hanson Coal City. None reported for physical examinations. January’s Grundy County draft call has been determined.
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Grundy County
Armed Services
Bernyce Heggen
Selective Service Office
Thomas R. Hougas
Morris
John D. Gilchrist
Mazon
Verden E. van Qualen
Gardner
Kerry L. Gotham
Walter J. Burns
Douglas P. Hanson
Coal City
Fuller Is Given Two 70 to 99 Year Prison Sentences
Thomas Charles Fuller II 19 was sentenced in Coles County to two consecutive prison terms of 70 to 99 years for the April 27 killings of five Cox children on their farm near Mattoon. He pleaded guilty to all five murders and the court rejected the death penalty due to youth and rehab prospects. William Cox opposed the ruling, shouting in court as Fuller was moved to Joliet for confinement.
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Charleston, Ill
Thomas Charles Fuller II
Harry I. Hannah
Coles County
Cox
Hannah
Fuller
William Cox
Jolet
Cincinnati Youth Rescued From Mud Hole
Danny McCurk a Cincinnati youth slipped into a six foot mud hole at a local excavation site near his home and nearly sank to his neck. A friend freed him after half an hour then firefighters spent about another hour to pull him out before he was unharmed aside from his muddy ordeal.
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Cincinnati (Ap
Danny McCurk
Cincinnati
Danny
Clifford Hopes Talks Lead to Withdrawal
Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said progress in the Paris peace talks could allow a mutual withdrawal of U S troops from South Vietnam within 40 days. He stressed he hopes for withdrawal but did not assert it is imminent and noted a possible North Vietnamese winter offensive. He also signaled a likely request for supplemental funds for the 1969 budget of 72 billion dollars.
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Washington
Clark M. Clifford
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Clifford
Creighton W. Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Mrs Ullrich Denies Personal Bid for Rest Home Museum
Mrs John Ullrich testified before Grundy County Board of Supervisors that a recent newspaper article overstated her $2000 bid for the old Grundy County Rest Home. She said the bid was personal and not made for the Grundy County or Illinois Valley Historical societies. If accepted, she would have allowed IVHS to use the building as a museum. The board approved quarterly financial reports and the county treasurer's annual report at the regular meeting.
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John Ullrich
Rte. 1
Grundy County
Ilinois Valley
Historical Society
Illinois Valley Historical Societies
Illinois Valley Historical Society
Board of Supervisors
Ullrich
County Superintendent of Public Schools
Poole Urges Bond Election For Sewage Plant Plan
Allan L. Poole sanitary engineer says a $250 000 general obligation bond referendum on April 5 is crucial to finance an $860 000 secondary sewage treatment plant. If defeated the Illinois Sanitary Board may order hearings and penalties as outlined by water quality criteria.
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Allan L. Poole
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Illinois Department of Public Health
Illinois Sanitary Board
Poole
the Herald
Morris
Tracy Adcock
John Nelson
Third Ward
Donald Davidson
Adcock
Sanitary Engineering
State Department of Public Health
Springfield
Floyd Siron
Siron
Walter Hundt
Davidson
Hundt
James Stine
Lester Johnson
Charles Roseland
Nelson
Order School To Reinstate Negro Pupils
Oshkosh State University faces a federal deadline after Judge Doyle ordered action on more than 90 suspended students, most Black, from a campus demonstration. Hearings must occur within a week and a university decision by December 20. reinstatement without due process is denied.
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Oshkosh
Wis
State University
Oshkosh State University
U.S
James E. Doyle
Eugene R. McPhee
The
State Universities System
McPhee
Doyle
Girl Confronts Defendants in Strangling Case
In Newcastle England an eight year old girl testified that Mary Bell 11 and Norma Bell 13 strangled two young boys, Martin Brown 4 and Brian Howe 3, last summer while playing in a sandlot. She described the defendants squeezing her throat and those of her companions.
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Newcastle
England
Pauline Watson
Mary Flora Bell
Pauline
Mary
Mary Bell
Norma Bell
Martin Brown
Brian Howe
Curb U S Bank Accounts in Switzerland Talks Begin
Washington AP sources say informal talks with Switzerland aim to curb secret accounts used by Americans to dodge taxes and stock trading rules. House Banking Committee hearings cited gangsters, casino operators, salesmen, corporation officials, and margin traders exploiting secrecy. Patman pledges bills to criminalize dealings with foreign banks not audited and to supervise all foreign banks in the U.S.
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Washington
Switzerland
Justice Department
Nixon
House Banking Committee
U.S
Wright Patman
Dtex
Patman
United States
Federal Reserve Board
United States Bank
Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission
Morris City approves 860000 sewage plant plan with bonds
The Morris City Council approved an 860000 plan for a secondary sewage treatment plant with 250000 general obligation bonds and 300000 revenue bonds. The measure, 4-3, includes 310000 expected grants and a 28 percent water rate increase to repay the bonds after construction.
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Okay Sewage Plant
Yale Art
Joseph Corsello
Morris Community High School
Morris Hospital
Lincoln Nursing Home
Terry Wickman
Sue Richards
Gayle Claypool
Tom Bednarik
Art III
Delta Phi Art Club
Morris Library
Herald
Mrs. Ullrich
Ben Hur the
Hippo
Chessington Zoo
Morris City
Water and Sewer Committee
Stine
Robert Wren
Library Board
William Strum
N. Liberty St
Bolen
Richard Schweickert
Waldo Bolen Jr
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