Sabotage Suspects Arrested in York AMF Rail Incident
Five East Coast Conspiracy to Save Lives members from New Jersey were charged with malicious injury to railroads after pouring concrete into a Penn Central switch at the AMF York siding. They were jailed in York County Prison on $25,000 bail each, with a note found inside the concrete and a surveillance team report confirming the act.
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York
New Jersey
Conspiracy To Save
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel
Philip Berrigan
Penn Central
American Machine and Foundry Corp
Southeast Asia
York County
Emigsville
Eugene William Daniel Galvin Jr
Newark
Thomas Edward Korkames
New Brunswick
Rollin D. Kirk
Indochina
AMF
Laird says U S lifts bombing ban to North Vietnam
Defense Secretary Melvin Laird announces the United States has lifted restrictions limiting bombing to below the 20th Parallel, and air operations are underway nationwide in North Vietnam. He declines to give details to protect air crews.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
U.S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Laird
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
Saigon
White House restricts Washington Post social event access
The White House barred the Washington Post from covering three social events for President and Mrs. Nixon over the weekend and indicated the newspaper may be shut out until after the January 20 inauguration. Reporter Dorothy McCardle was excluded from the pools for a reception, a black-tie cabinet event, and a Sunday prayer service, a move the Post says was not personal.
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Washington
White House
Washington Post
Nixon
the Post
Dorothy McCardle
McCardle
The
Post
Gilbertson seeks re election to Morris fourth ward seat
Fourth ward alderman Robert Gilbertson declares run for a second four year term on the Republican ticket. He is a Morris native with a wife Jean and three sons, living at 1349 Park Blvd. Filing for the Feb 27 city primary opens Wednesday and closes Dec 30, with April 17 general election.
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Robert Gilbertson
Rock Island Tracks
Morris
Jean
Park Blvd
Robert
John
Paul
Gilbertson
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Charles O’brien & Son
Federal Paper Board
U. S. Army
U. S. Marine Corps
David Sklut
Arthur Hornsby Jr
James Stine
Glen Anderson
Robert White
John Hendrickson
Donald Caisley
Elton Monson
First Ward
del Linn
James T. Murray
Marjorie Warren
Main St
Nettle Creek
Liberty St
Hatcher Woods
Weather Outlook With Seasonal Warmth and Cold Weekend
Partly sunny and warmer today with a high in the low to mid 30s and a fair night ahead. Tuesday brings more sun and a high in the mid to upper 30s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks and Dam shows a high of 10 degrees and a low of 7, with Sunday at 29 highs and -3 lows. Morning readings: 7 a.m. in Morris 27 degrees, 10:30 a.m. downtown 37 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Yorkville considers PE addition to high school
Yorkville Community Unit District Board advances a pre engineered Straw Steel high school addition costing 96 000 to 120 000 for 100 by 80 feet. Officials cite lower cost rapid construction year round low maintenance and will solicit bids. The board also names a new negotiations chair and schedules a March transportation study and banking proposals.
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Yorkville
Dennis Hastert
Kankakee River Flood Forces Avon Subdivision Evacuation
The Kankakee River, frozen solid by ice jams, flooded along a 15 mile stretch from Wilmington to Momence. About a dozen Avon subdivision families near Kankakee were evacuated by boat as spillways at Dresden Dam could not relieve pressure. River Rest and Riverwood subdivisions faced ongoing inundation within 100 yards of the river.
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Kankakee
Ill
Avon Subdivision
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wilmington
Momence
Lyle Bunker
Corps
Joliet
Dresden Dam
Avon
Red Cross Blood Drive Set At VFW Hall In Grundy County
The Grundy County chapter aims to collect 135 pints of blood at the VFW Hall 309 McKinley St from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m Tuesday. Donors aged 18 to 65 may give. Appointments can be made by calling Morris Hospital at 942 2932.
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Grundy County
The
American Red Cross
VFW_ Hall
McKinley St
Morris Hospital
Apollo 17 on track for Pacific splashdown homecoming
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cer nas Harrison Schmitt and Ronald Evans finish packing and housekeeping as they near a planned 2:24 p.m. EST splashdown in the South Pacific. The mission passes the halfway point from Moon to Earth at 3:26 p.m. EST with 120,138 miles remaining to both celestial bodies.
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Moon
Earth
Inmate Dies After Pontiac Prison Disturbance
Two inmates die at Pontiac State Prison following a Thursday disturbance. Guards union president accuses gangs of running the facility. warden Petrilli acknowledges gang presence but denies control. One inmate, Leon Kent, 22, Rockford, died. another, Herbert Stewart, 22, Chicago, died from wounds. Security tightened as 25 to 30 inmates involved. union calls for stronger safety measures and gang crackdown.
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Pontiac, Ill
Pontiac State Prison
Prison Guards Union
John J. Petrilli
Sgt. Emmons _ Isenberg
Petrilli
Chicago
Leon Kent
Rockford
Herbert Stewart
Horse Upstairs Stuns Grandview Family in Missouri
Roy Scroggins woke to find Mirazah the 800 pound Arabian gelding in the upstairs area of a house converted into a barn in Grandview. The family had stalls in the living room and kitchen and hay stored in the upstairs bedrooms. After neighbors gathered, the horse backed down the 12 steps with a rope and was led out safely. The Scrogginses keep seven horses total and joked they prefer children to horses.
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Grandview
Roy Scroggins
Mirazah
Scroggins
Truman’s condition improves slightly in hospital update
Harry S. Truman, aged 88, spoke for the first time in over a week though remains in very serious condition at Research Hospital. Doctors report his kidneys have deteriorated, his heart weakened, and lungs retain fluid, with careful treatment avoiding dialysis to not risk heart balance.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Truman
Wallace Graham
Graham
Hunter slips injures Downers Grove man in Verona hunt
Norman N. Newberger of Downers Grove was treated at Morris Hospital and transferred to Hinsdale Sanitarium after shooting his right foot with a 12 gauge Browning shotgun while slipping on ice near the Santa Fe tracks during a Sunday hunt in the Verona area. Deputy Nowicki's report cites the accident as the cause with witness Richard Schuhmacher of Warrenville.
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Downers Grove
Verona
Morris Hospital
Hinsdale Sanitarium
Sheriff’s Office
Les Enger
Norman N. Newberger
62Nd St
Newberger
Glenn Nowicki
Browning
Minooka unit transfer hearing set amid district boundary dispute
A 1:30 p.m. January 12 hearing in Will County Circuit Court will address a motion to transfer a suit delaying the Minooka unit district to Grundy County. Petitioners Joliet Township High Schools Troy Consolidated District seek an injunction. Grundy County officials represent the defense amid related detachment and attachment challenges involving Joliet and Minooka areas and the new Mobile oil refinery.
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Will County
Minooka
Grundy County
Joliet
Arthur V. Meadors
Minooka Unit
Joliet Township High Schools
Troy Community Consolidated District
Wayne Johnson
Richard Buck
Minooka High
Channahon
Mobile
William County Board of School Trustees
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Patricia
Princeton
Monica McKig
Princeton Theological Seminary
James Regan
Vietnam
Kissinger
Haiphong
Spirit
Santa
Mrs. Claus
Morris Daily Herald
William
Carol) Kramer
E. North St
Kramer
Herald
Halterman
Illinois
Motor Valet
Delbert Gabel
Donald Stewart
Kendall County Cooperative Extension Service
Apollo
Isenberg
American Federation of State
Sunday
Hunter
Richard Schuhmacher
Batavia Rd
Warren Ville
Unit
Lee Thompson
Ralph Coop
Harvey Lewis
William Davidson
Gerald Knudson
Roy A. Todd
Ray Hulbert
James Stirniman
Rex A. Siron
Gerald Flatness
Meadors
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