Arson Suspected In Two Indiana Blazes
The church and high school in Hammond and Indianapolis suffered heavy damage in fires Wednesday night. Church losses reached 500000 dollars with arson suspected. high school replacements may exceed 1 million. No serious injuries reported.
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Associated Press
St. Michael’s Church
Indianapolis
Ind
Hammond High School
Oliver Rapp
Hammond
Richard Kavanaugh
St. Michael's
Rapp
John J. O'Leary
Westside
O'Leary
Msgr
Kavanagh
Munster
Illinois
Lansing
South Holland
Gary
Morris Elementary Board Advances Garfield School Expansion Plan
Morris Elementary District No. 54 board approves an amended architectural contract to add 10 rooms at Garfield School, discusses bond referendum timing, and names O'Mara to the contract. The panel also expands tax-sheltered annuities to Metropolitan, authorizes a dental hygiene program, and schedules a third floor survey.
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Morris Elementary
Board of Education
Garfield School
Peter Gates
John Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Horace Mann Insurance
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Metropolitan
James Peterson
Gates
Tibbitts
Gordon Lear
Gerald McTague
William Stangland
Kenneth Hammer
Arthur V. Meadors
Illinois Office of Public Instruction
Center School
Hammer
Marguerite
Peg) Bergstrom
Violet Johnston
Morris
Bergstrom
Johnston
Gates Inc
Connecticut
O’mara
Supt. Hammer
IEA
Carmi
Cicero
DuQuoin
Mascoutach
North Chicago
Rantoul
Wood River
David Schmid
The
Illinois School Consulting Service
Christmas Home Decor Contest Coupon Reappears
The Morris Chamber of Commerce sponsors an annual Christmas home decorating contest notice in the Herald. Mail the entry coupon to the Morris Chamber of Commerce by Monday. Prizes include 100 dollars for first, 50 for second, 25 for third and fourth, plus 25 for best new entry.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
Herald
Weather outlook with cool nights and gentle warmup
The forecast calls for fair and cooler nights with lows in the low 20s and a Friday high in the low 30s. Saturday should be partly cloudy with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station logged a 37 degree high and 23 degree low on Wednesday, with 9 am readings at 25 degrees and 11 am downtown Morris at 28 degrees.
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Collins
Morris
Sorensen Named County Zoning Officer
Eugene Sorensen was appointed county zoning officer effective January 1 by the county board in action Wednesday. The salary for the post was set at $10,000.
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Eugene Sorensen
206 Pints Donated In Grundy County Blood Drive
Grundy County residents donated 206 pints in a Red Cross bloodmobile visit at Eagles Hall. From 6 p.m. to 7:20 p.m. a steady stream of donors and 42 volunteers worked, with 227 donors and 21 rejects for a net 206 pints.
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Grundy County
Red Cross
Eagles Hall
Gerald Bitner
Bitner
Donald
Wesley Haag
R.N
Morris
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Eagles’ Hall
Donald Misener
Mazon
Herald
West Gripped By Below Zero Weather
A severe cold wave grips the western states with lows from 22 below in Butte Montana to 1 below in Devils Lake North Dakota. Minnesota and Nevada report five to six below readings. The storm sparkles snow across the Desert Southwest.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Minnesota
Butte
Mont
Devils Lake
N.D
Nevada
Arizona
Mexico
Rocky Mountains
Flagstaff
Ariz
Grants
N.M
Colorado
Wolf Creek Pass
Utah
New Mexico
Board weighs rescinding anti conservation resolution
Grundy County Board of Supervisors mulls revoking a resolution from last April opposing further land diversion for conservation near Goose Lake amid talk of a state prairie park preserve. Some members seek neutrality while others warn against industry leverage or premature action.
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Chuck Wilfong
Grundy County
Wallace Burroughs
Earl Bingham
Henry Burgess
Burroughs
E Railroad
Burgess
Bingham
Springfield
Burl Gotham
Vienna Township
Goose Lake
Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
Morris Community High School approves teachers contract
The Morris Community High School Board unanimously approved a four page negotiation agreement with the MCHS faculty. The pact includes an anti strike clause and covers salary benefits grievance procedures and other education quality matters. A working contract will follow with further meetings.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
MCHS
Henry Smith
Robert Ciota
Smith
McHs Board of Education
Ciota
Lou Borer
Claude Rose
Rose
Autopsy Held On Heir of Famous Hope Diamond
Evalyn McLean heiress and former Dallas debutante is found dead at her Plano ranch home. An autopsy finds no foul play. Funeral planned. cremation to follow. She was daughter of John R McLean of Palm Beach and never married. The Hope Diamond was owned by her grandmother Evalyn Walsh McLean.
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Plano, Tex
Evalyn McLean
Hope
Miss McLean
Dallas
Justice of the Peace
B. B. Carpenter
John R
Jock’” McLean
Palm Beach
Fla
Friendly Acres
Plano
Washington
Evalyn Walsh McLean
New York
Harry Winston
Smithsonian Institution
Teens Drain 2375 Dollar Barrel of Pennies in Houston
John A. Garrett reported that teenagers in a car took about half of a 35 gallon barrel filled with pennies worth 2375 dollars kept in his garage. The incident occurred Wednesday in Houston Texas.
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Houston
Tex
John A. Garrett
Garrett
King Constantine Flees to Rome as Greece Cracks Down
In a post coup crackdown Greece ousted royalist elements and installed Lt Gen George Zoitakis as regent. King Constantine 27 fled with family to Rome after pledging constitutional monarchy would be preserved. Premier Constantino Kollias accompanied the royal family.
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Rome
Col
George Papadopoulos
George Zoitakis
National Defense
Papadopoulos
Athens
Constantine Kollias
Constantine
Greece
Elefsis
Crete
George Peridis
Stock Exchange
Athens Radio
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