Hong Kong flu spreads nationwide forcing closures
The Hong Kong flu outbreak prompts school and college closures and high absenteeism across states. Adelphi University cancels undergraduate classes, Kings Point midshipmen take early vacation, and multiple institutions report large staff and student illnesses.
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Associated Press
Hong Kong
Los Angeles
New York City
Adelphi University
Garden City
Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point
National Communicable Disease Center
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Stock Market Rally After Fed Pause Drives Gains
The New York market surged as the Fed held fire on tightening credit. The Dow rose 4.04 to 81.17, stock leaders and merger talks fueling activity while the Associated Press average gained 1.2 to 368.8. Clevite jumped on a merger with U S Smelting. Glen Alden delays and Pan American mixed with airline news.
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NEW York
Federal Reserve Board
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Clevite
U.S. Smelting
Rapid American
Glen Alden
Armour
General Host
Pan American World Airways
American Stock Exchange
Christmas Spirit Liners with Faith and Deeds Faith
Florence Smith reflects on Christmas as a yearly glow that brightens lives briefly yet returns with renewed light. She urges faith and deeds to enkindle the eternal light in every heart.
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Florence Smith
Obituaries for Fred H. Seeley and Florence Bogetto
Fred H. Seeley 61 of Seneca died at Ryburn Hospital Ottawa after a three month illness. Burial services at Pfeffer Funeral Home with United Methodist and Assembly of God pastors. graveside at Thomas Cemetery Newport Indiana. Surviving wife Esther Macy two daughters mother and siblings. memorials to church memory book or cancer fund. Florence Bogetto 50 of South Wilmington died at home. Survived by daughter Pamela son John four Persack sisters and four brothers. funeral at Patterson Funeral Chapel and St. Lawrence Church with burial Gardner Braceville Cemetery. Funeral home hours and prayers noted. widow Dominic Bogetto preceded in death in 1967.
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Fred H. Seeley
Armstrong St
Seneca
Ryburn Hospital
Ottawa
Pfeffer Funeral Home
Wayne Lang
United Methodist Church
Marseilles
Roy Wilson
Assembly of God Church
Tangier
Ind
Edgar
Anna Hopson Seely
Esther Macy
Danville
DuPont
Robert Pennington
Yorkville
Gilbert Crenshaw
Anna Seely
Montezuma
Homer Seely
Emery Hollingsworth
Newport
Cancer Fund
South Wilmington
Dominic
Florence) Bogetto
Pamela
John
Helen Persack
Rose Marietta
Frances Valerio
Coal City
Marcella Schultz
Wilmington
Sam Persack
George Persack
Essex
Patterson Funeral Chapel
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
Gardner- Braceville
Council of Catholic Women
Boots Zambon Coal City native dies in Joliet hospital
John Boots Zambon 76 of Coal City died Thursday in St Joseph Hospital Joliet after a brief illness. Survived by two brothers James Coal City August St Charles one sister Mrs Mary Perona Joliet and many nieces and nephews. Born October 23 1899 in Italy he came to Coal City as a child. He was a former coal miner and never married. Funeral from Reeves Funeral Home Coal City to Assumption Church at 9 30 a.m. Monday with Rev George T Flynn officiating. Burial Mt Olivet Cemetery Braidwood. Chapel hours 7-10 p.m. Saturday and 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. Sunday.
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Coal City
John
Boots) Zambon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
James
August
St. Charles
Peter
Mary) Perona
Italy
Reeves Funeral Home
Assumption Catholic Church
George T. Flynn
Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Braidwood
Daniel M Cain Funeral Rites Held at Immaculate Conception
Funeral services for Daniel M. Cain were held at 9 30 a m Saturday at Immaculate Conception Church with Rev James Kinzig officiating. Mrs Donald Pellegrini was soloist and Mrs Christian Res ler was organist. Pallbearers included Nelson Walsh Theodore Bright Dario Sarti Harry Johnson Russell Battersby and Robert Kitter man with burial in Mt Carmel Cemetery.
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Daniel M. Cain
Immaculate Conception Church
James Kinzig
Donald Pellegrini
Christian Resler
Nelson Walsh
Theodore Bright
Dario Sarti
Harry Johnson
Russell Battersby
Robert Kitterman
Mt. Carmel Cemetery
Funeral services for Mrs. Chris Johnson to be held
Funeral services for Mrs. Chris Carrie Johnson are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church with Rev. Norval Wigtil and Rev. L. G. Hinderaker officiating. Mrs. Robert Hunt will be soprano and Mrs. John Peterson organist. pallbearers include Henry Johnston Ariel Anderson August Frank Richard Johnson John George and Orville Johnson. Burial will be in Saratoga.
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Chris
Carrie) Johnson
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Norval Wigtil
L. G. Hinderaker
Robert Hunt
John Peterson
Henry Johnston
Ariel Anderson
August Frank
Richard Johnson
John George
Orville Johnson
Saratoga Cemetery
Widow Fails to Block Book Sale in Hem ingway Case
Mary Hemingway lost her bid to halt A E Hotchners biography Papa Hemmingway which uses conversations with Ernest Hemingway. The New York Court of Appeals ruled conversations may be reported within limits unless the speaker changes consent. The book published in 1966 by Random House describes tape recordings and notes made with Hemingways knowledge.
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Albany
N.Y
Ernest Hemingway
A. E. Hotchner
Papa Hemingway
Mary Hemingway
State Court of Appeals
Hotchner
Hemingway
Random House
Mother Shrimp Eats Own Eggs If Not Transferred Immediately
A mother shrimp will eat her own eggs if they are not moved to other tanks right after spawning.
Coal City Notes Kickoff Christmas Event In Braidwood
The Braidwood Council Knights of Columbus sponsor a Saturday 1 30 to 3 30 p m Christmas celebration for area children at Braidwood parish Hall and Church. The program features a guitar song fest mass readings by ICS eighth graders and a guitar mass honoring orphans in Bourbonnais and Bishop Ambrose of India.
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Braidwood Council No. 1574
Knights of Columbus
Braidwood
Joseph Burns
Immaculate Conception Church
Fortin Villa
Bourbonnais
Illinois
Ambrose
India
English surveyors Mason Dixon finish long 1767 work
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed four years of demanding surveying work in the summer and fall of 1767, concluding their historic expedition.
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Charles Mason
Jeremiah Dixon
Teen Driver Ticketed After Two Auto Crashes
Thomas Posey 16 of Macon was cited for driving too fast for conditions after his 1959 Thunderbird hit a parked 1950 Ford pickup on E Washington Street. Posey faces magisterial court December 26. Police also logged Leonard Soum 39 in a separate crash on E Main Street when his 1961 Chevrolet sideswiped a parked pickup.
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Thomas Posey
Rte. 1
E. Washington St
R. E. Baker
Macon
Posey
Washington St
Liberty St
Morris
Glenn Johnson
Jack Kopezick
E. Main St
Leonard Soum
Division St
Soum
Gerald Zullo
Arson Probe In Rockford After Major Downtown Fire
In Rockford Illinois an arson investigation began after a Thursday blaze damaged a three story building in downtown injuring six people. The third floor was destroyed and the rest of the structure suffered smoke and water damage. Five firefighters and a bystander woman were hurt. Residents on the second and third floors escaped unharmed. A restaurant and furniture store occupied the first floor. The fire occurred after two other blazes in the area within 24 hours and two arson suspects were being sought. Officials said the fire started in a third floor utility meter room.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Hamburg court scene ends with topless protest
In Hamburg a courtroom demonstration by seven young women disrupted proceedings after the arrest of a 23-year-old woman student charged with disturbing the peace. She was acquitted and joined the group in baring some undergarments while singing a Three Penny Opera aria.
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Hamburg
Germany
Franklin proposed daylight saving time as minister to France
Benjamin Franklin proposed daylight saving time during his tenure as United States minister to France. The anecdote highlights his early suggestion to adjust clocks to save candle usage and conserve energy.
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Benjamin Franklin
United States
France
Traffic Court Fines Paid in Magistrate Division
Several drivers paid fines in the circuit court magistrate division. Daniel Piazza 22 Crest Hill paid 25 dollars total for 90 in a 70 zone on I 89. Ronald Bogener 23 Peoria paid 25 dollars for 82 in a 70 zone on I 55. Robert Brackett 25 Winchester paid 15 dollars for 75 in a 65 zone near Gardner Road. Eugene Funk 31 Rte. 2 paid 15 dollars for 80 in a 70 zone. Carl Woie 48 Glenview paid 18 dollars for 83 in a 70 zone on U S 66. Charles Tucker 31 Ludlow Ky paid 10 dollars for driving without valid registration. Authorities report other citations and amounts as filed.
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Magistrate
Circuit Court
Daniel Piazza
Crest Hill
Interstate
Illinois
Herschel Goken
William Techter
Chicago
A. Hofmann
John Moyer
Ronald Bogener
Peoria
Interstate 55
Illinois 47
Francis Weidenbach
Robert Brackett
Winchester
Gardner Road
Charles Tucker
Ludlow
Morris
Max Babcock
Lincoln St
Navy
Eugene Funk
Rte. 2
Lawrence Dalton
Funk
Carl Woie
Glenview
U. S. 66
Gardner
Demonstrators Lose Delay in Prosecution in Chicago Case
A U S District Court judge refused to stop prosecutions of demonstrators arrested during Democratic National Convention week disorders. The Chicago Legal Defense Committee sought a temporary restraining order and a three-judge panel, which were denied. A hearing was set to review constitutionality of disorderly conduct and mob action statutes. Oct. 31. Trooper Thomas Watson issued the citation.
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Chicago
U.S. District Court
Chicago Legal Defense Committee
Richard B. Austin
Feigno
Austin
Legal Committee
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