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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1966
Page
7
Joseph P. Kennedy aged 78, former ambassador, is listed in satisfactory condition at New England Baptist Hospital for a generalized circulatory condition. He was admitted December 5.
Anna Purdy 73 a former Coal City resident died Monday at her niece's home in Coal City. Survived by husband three brothers and two sisters. Born Aug 29 1893 in Coal City. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday Reeves Coal City with Rev John Hubner officiating. Burial Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Memorials to Mercer Methodist Church suggested.
Leonard Hansen of Mazon died suddenly Monday in Clearwater Florida where he and his wife were vacationing. The body is being shipped home and funeral arrangements are pending at Davis Funeral Home.
In the National Food parking lot at Washington and Franklin streets at 5 p.m. Monday, a backing collision damaged two vehicles. James Enger, 20, of Streator, had parked facing north when Milford Christianson, 54, of 603 Douglas Street, backing out struck his left rear fender. No injuries were reported.
At a council meeting on E Main St the private parking lot drew scrutiny as Mayor Hansen noted its impact on the city’s appearance. Eugene Funk questioned the two hour parking limit while Atty Adcock agreed to verify the ordinance. Stine pressed on 1 percent mile zoning amid junked cars by the Illinois River. Siron urged a new public hearing for authority. Adcock said two grain elevators near the river threaten municipal service cuts without annexation. Some details must be completed before final requests. The meeting adjourned at 8 30 p.m.
Chakravarti Raghavan of the Press Trust of India has been elected president of the United Nations Correspondents Association in New York. The election highlights leadership within international press corps and strengthens media coverage of UN affairs.
An Air Force B58 bomber from Bunker Hill crashed on a Kentucky farm near Stanford during a routine low level mission. Authorities said the unarmed craft left Bunker Hill at 2 45 p m and was due back at 9 55 p m. The pilot Maj Richard Franklin Blakeslee, 42, was among the casualties.
In Mentor on the Lake Ohio Capt. Floyd Edward Acker age 32 of Dixon Illinois and Capt. Clarence Dale Lunt age 29 of Williamsport Pennsylvania are named in a local notice.
In Decatur Illinois seven relatives contest the will of Eugene Millett an IRS accountant who left his 750000 estate to the Catholic Church Extension Society of Chicago. The relatives claim Millett was not of sound mind when he made the will and seek to have it set aside and the estate distributed among them.
Liberty Kentucky AP reports a student in a local art class started by women in the farming community had to withdraw due to an allergy to turpentine. The note highlights safety considerations in hobby activities.
Massachusetts hunters killed 3296 deer during the six day season according to the State Division of Fisheries and Game.
Choose President Washington AP Dr Russell E Teague Kentucky state commissioner of health has been chosen president elect of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers.
A Maywood Illinois fire killed sisters Jackie Sales 14 Sheron 9 and Pamela 4 in a one story frame house at 1224 Twelfth Ave. Their brothers Thomas 13 and James 11 were burned and treated in fair condition at Westlake Community Hospital. Parents and two other children escaped. Fire believed sparked in the kitchen and cause under study.
A Sunday 3 a.m. rear end collision on County Line Road north of the Kankakee river bridge damaged two cars. Edwin Burns of Wilmington stopped to turn left. his vehicle was hit from behind by James Ashcraft, 29, also of Wilmington, both traveling south on County Line Road.
The Burns car failed to stop in time, resulting in a collision with another vehicle. No injuries were reported, though both cars sustained damage.
Explorer Scouts of Post 476 Morris plan a trip to Philmont Scout Ranch in Arizona and raise funds by selling Christmas trees at Klinker's Service Station on N Division Street.
Morris volunteer firefighters were called at 11 a.m. today to 410 East High Street to respond to a stove in a garage that overheated. No damage was reported.
Army private Garry L. Harbin, son of Mrs. Georgia Mangrum of Aurora Illinois, was killed in action in Vietnam, the Department of Defense announced on Monday.
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