Father Kills Four and Self at Welfare Office
A distraught father of 10 opened fire at a Christmas party in Carlinville Illinois welfare offices killing his estranged wife and three others and wounding four, then fled and died later in a St. Louis hospital. Investigators say the gunman Sherman Kline 38 targeted the party after marital separation.
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Carlinville
Ill
Welfare Agency
Sherman Kline
Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
Kline
O’fallon
Vernon Kline
St. Charles
Frank Wildgrube
Ronnie Albracht
Ann Keppler
Beard
Lorraine
Michael
Diane
Springfield
St. John’s Hospital
Gene
Judy
Keppler
Brussells
Don Jones
WSMI
Jones
Robert Stratton
Wildgrube
Stratton
St. Louis
Minooka Threatens to Delay County Zoning
An informal meeting between Grundy County officials and Aux Sable Township supervisors discussed zoning for trailer coach parks. Minooka residents aim to vacate Aux Sable’s ordinance to block the county map’s broader R III zones, with public hearings set for December 30.
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Carl Walter
Aux Sable
Aux Sable Township
Leonard Boss
Planning Commission
David Root
Root
Morris Herald
Bols
Minooka
Grundy County
Boss
Joseph Abel
Abel
Board of Supervisors
Commission
Minooka Township
Norman Township
Wallace Burroughs
Mohawks Post Bail After Bridge Block
MASSENA N Y AP All but three of 48 Mohawk Indians arrested after a two hour uprising that blocked the international bridge linking the United States and Canada were released on bond. Three remained in jail on charges connected with the shooting and demonstration that blocked the bridge in protest of Canada’s failure to honor the 1794 Jay Treaty.
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Massena
N. Y
United States
Canada
Cornwall City
Cornwall
St. Regis
Ernest Benedict
Benedict
John Jay
North Korea to Release Pueblo Crew, U S Says
A responsible U S source indicates North Korea has agreed to release the 82 crew members of the intelligence ship Pueblo in the near future. The confirmation follows continued diplomacy and heightened tensions in the region.
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Bulletin Washington
U. S
North Korea
Pueblo
Nine petitions filed for city primary as filing nears
At 11 15 a m nine of eleven nominating petitions for the city primary issued by the city clerk s office had been filed. The Feb 25 filing deadline is Dec 28. Phillip G Marshall 103 Cedar St obtained a petition for mayor but had not returned. Delayne Linn of Corn Belt Chemical Co circulated for first ward alderman against Glen Anderson. James Stine filed for second ward alderman. Third ward sees three petitions from John Nelson Ray Baker and Arthur Hornsby Jr. Robert Gilbertson and Dave Sklut filed for fourth ward alderman. City treasurer Robert White has filed for renomination and City Clerk Donald Caisley has filed his petition.
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Phillip G. Marshall
Cedar St
Delayne Linn
Corn Belt Chemical Co
Glen Anderson
James Stine
Third Ward
John Nelson
Ray Baker
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Robert Gilbertson
Dave Sklut
Robert White
Braceville Man Injured in One Car Crash in Gardner
Braceville resident Keith Pope was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after his southbound Oldsmobile left the road at Illinois 129 and East Ave Gardner, rolled over, and stopped upright. The damage described as extensive. In a second incident, Jennette Donohoe 19 Ridge Road Lisbon Street collided with a public utility pole on Ridge Road five miles north of U S 6, then was X rayed at Morris Hospital and released.
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Illinois 129
East Ave
Gardner
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Walter White
Pope
White
U.S. 6
Ridge Road
Jennette Donohoe
Lisbon St
Fire at Gardner restaurant due to pilot light
Firefighters say a pilot light on a dishwasher at L and W Restaurant on Depot Street started a blaze early this morning. Damage was limited to the kitchen floor and wall as the owner Walter Kingman found the fire while mopping. The building sits mid block beside Exchange Bank and the quick discovery likely saved nearby structures.
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Gardner
Depot St
Walter Kingman
Exchange Bank
Granddaughter 14 charged after fatal Pontiac crash
In Pontiac Illinois police report 75 year old George Reed of Odell died when the car he rode in crashed one mile south of Pontiac on U S 66. His granddaughter Margaret McMahon 14 of Odell was driving and ticketed for not having a license after being chosen to drive when her grandfather fell ill.
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Pontiac, Ill
George Reed
Odell
Pontiac
U.S. 66
Margaret McMahon
Weather Outlook: Snow Flurries and Cold Front Arrives
Snow flurries possible tonight as temperatures fall to the lower 20s. Winds 18 to 35 mph gusting northwest to west, easing Friday. Friday partly cloudy and colder with highs near 30. Collins station reported 34/33 Wednesday, 9 am 35 downtown Morris at 10:30 am. Precipitation measured.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Record Holiday Traffic Seen Nationwide
The Associated Press reports travel demand will rise nationwide with record crowds on roads rails and in skies as Christmas nears. Flu easing may spread traffic, but peak congestion is expected the weekend after New Year with many cities adding flights trains and buses to handle military and civilian travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Virgin McKibben
Greyhound Bus Co
Washington
McKibben
Philadelphia
Harry K. Malone, Jr
Atlanta
Malone
Fort Benning
Air Transport Association
Chicago
Dan Vucurevich
O’hare International
New York
Port of New York Authority
Greyhound
Trailways Bus Cos
New York- Baltimore-Washington
Penn Central Railroad
New York and
Dallas—American
Braniff Airlines
Federal Aviation Agency
Penn Central
Boston
American Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Florida
Los Angeles
T.W. Morgan
Los Angeles International Airport
Cambodia to Release 12 American Soldiers Christmas Freeing
Phnom Penh announces it will free 11 U.S. prisoners and a South Vietnamese detainee captured last July after a river boat entered Cambodian waters. A Viet Cong spokesman in Paris said three U.S. soldiers may be released as well.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Viet Cong
U.S
Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Phnom Penh
Cambodian
Paris
Thomas Nelson Jones
Donald JL. Smith
James W. Brigham
Bangkok
Norodom Sihanouk
Sihanouk
Johnson
Prince
Washington
Thomas Aged 84 Dies in Huntington Nursing Home
Norman Thomas, six time Socialist candidate for president and lifelong conscience of American politics, died at 84 in Hilaire Farm Nursing Home Huntington. He had been moved there after a stroke at Huntington Hospital and had long campaigned for his ideas despite repeated election losses.
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Huntington
N. Y
Norman Thomas
Hilaire Farm
Margaret Gottsegen
Huntington Hospital
Thomas
Herbert Hoover
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Socialist Party
Johnson
Vietnam
Picayune
LBJ
Barry M. Goldwater
United
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Baltimore
Self
Ray Unterbrink
Unterbrink
Don Churchman
Southsea
England
Gerry
Donald Caisley
Braceville
Keith Pope
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