Bastogne Honors the Nuts Word at 25th Bulge Anniversary
In Bastogne Belgium locals celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge with the Nuts Museum and Nuts Fair. Brig Gen Anthony McAuliffe’s famed one word reply to surrender is memorialized in wax and on walls. The town cafes shops and monuments feature Nuts imagery while wartime scenes from the siege line the streets. The memorial cites Allied and German casualties across the 88 mile front with Bastogne rebuilt and thriving.
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Bastogne
Belgium
Nuts
Ardennes Forest
Place MacAuliffe
Anthony McAuliffe
Glis
McAuliffe
Father Christmas
Oswald Butler
127Th
Butler
Ned Moore
Ned
Yorkville Board Plans Building Additions and Costs
Yorkville Community Unit District 115 discussed converting the present library study hall to classrooms. Architect Leo Anderson to provide firm costs for two conversion plans at the January meeting. The new addition by Perkins Builders includes a library two guidance offices a large study hall work rooms and six extra classrooms. Forty allusions to skip day noted with truancy consequences.
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Yorkville
Yorkville Community Unit
Leo Anderson
Perkins Builders
Anderson
Charles Garrison
Barbara Ashley
Car Vandalism Reported in Morris On Saturday Morning
Mrs. Lola Jacobs reports a vandalism incident at 1122 Wauponsee Street where a rock struck her curbside car, causing a hole in the rear window and shattered glass. The event was logged with Morris police at 8 45 a m. on Saturday.
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Morris
Lola Jacobs
Black St
Wauponsee St
Slick Spot Blamed for City Accident
A slick spot on U.S. 6 at Lisbon Road caused one of four Morris police reported crashes. The 23 year old Morris man Roekis was uninjured after his 1969 Camaro skidded, struck a mailbox, and damaged the front fenders. other incidents involved Corbin Benson, and Arvid Johnson with various fender damages and citations.
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U.S. 6
Lisbon Road
Morris
Gary L. Roekis
W27
Coach Lite Manor
George Sr
J. F. Anderson
Roekis
Illinois 47
Glenn Johnson
Donald E. Corbin
E. Chapin Sr
George K. Benson
E. Main St
Corbin
Benson
Pontiac
N. Liberty St
Ward
George Kelley
Price St
Minooka Village Board Sets Special Meeting on Street Vacate
The Minooka Village Board will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Fire Station to consider and possibly approve an ordinance to vacate a portion of Waubena Street north of Mondamon Street, east of the Mortgaged Inn.
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North Central
Yorkville
Mlnooka
Minooka
Hong Kong Flu Epidemic Wanes In New Guinea
In Port Moresby AP reports the Hong Kong flu epidemic ends in Australian New Guinea after devastating central highlands communities. The disease caused pneumonia and many deaths among villagers, with the true toll unknown in rugged regional terrain.
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Hong Kong
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Australian New Guinea
Public Health Director cites toll over two thousand
Dr. Ray F R Scragg says the toll is something more than 2000 as the epidemic began in September. Polar bears can sprint up to 25 miles per hour on ice while baboons face high blood pressure and heart disease.
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T.V
Ray F.R. Scragg
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Yorkville Board
Educational Fund
Chicago
Giacometti
Art Institute of Chicago
Arvid Johnson
Verona
Kelley
Robert A. Singer
Ottawa
James Gretencord
EF. Benton St
Singer
Bobbie Brooks
Jonathan Logan
Butte Knit
Walgreens
Love, Chris and
Natilee
P.S
Mom
Dad
G. C. Willareth
FBI
Liberty Street
Fannie
Liberty Walgreen
Liberty St. Morris
Kroehler
Barwick
Westminster
Morris Dry
Cleaners
Court House
H. Mueller
Wedgewood
Lampson
Anyo Cheatlans
Morris, Illinois
W. Washington
Azury
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