Christmas Eve and Day Church Services Planned Citywide
Area churches prepare for Christmas with multiple services tonight and Christmas Day. Immaculate Conception Church hosts a midnight Mass after 11:40 p.m. carols, while First United Methodist holds an 11 p.m. Christmas Eve worship led by Harry J. Naden.
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Immaculate Conception Church
First United Methodist Church
Harry J. Naden
Methodist
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Free Methodist Church
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
First United Presbyterian Church
Emanuel
God
First Baptist Church
Malnutrition Widespread Says Government Study
Washington AP and science report show malnutrition affects not only the poor but expectant mothers and middle class teenagers. Dr. Arnold E. Schaefer leads HEW funded work based on 30 000 examined, with 65 000 planned. findings stress nourishment over hunger and highlight iron deficiency and goiter issues.
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Washington
Arnold E. Schaefer
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
America
Schaefer
Texas
Louisiana
New York
Kentucky
HEW
West Virginia
Massachusetts
California
South Carolina
New York City
U.S.A
Citizens Board of Inquiry
Department of Agriculture
Ith Candidate Files for Mayor
The fourth candidate for mayor filed Sunday in Morris city clerk’s office. John Hendrickson seeks Republican nomination with primary Feb 25. Charles Roseland, already an alderman, filed last weekend. Others circulate petitions. deadlines and ward races noted.
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Morris City
John Hendrickson
E. Jackson
Donald Caisley
Charles Roseland
Fremont Ave
Phillip G. Marshall
Cedar St
Floyd K. Siron
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Elmo Ray Younger
Buford Willis
Fourth Ward
Obert Gilbertson and
Daveut
No Paper Wednesday Morris Daily Herald
No edition on Christmas Day due to holiday. publication resumes Thursday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Christmas Eve Across the World in 1968
The Associated Press reports on Christmas Eve 1968 as GIs in Vietnam join a truce, Pueblo crew return from captivity, Apollo 8 crews orbit the moon, and pilgrims gather in the Holy Land and Taranto. Pope Paul VI plans midnight Mass amid protests, while Johnson rests at the White House and Nixon prepares for Florida.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
World
Holy Land
Pope Paul VI
Middle East
Jordan
Israel
Pope Paul
Taranto
Earth
Moon
Johnson
White House
Nixon
Florida
Key Biscayne
Aristotle Onassis
John F. Kennedy
Greek Island
Skorpios
Jail Sentence For Driver With Suspended License
Charles Bryan of Chicago received seven days in county jail and fines totaling 20 dollars plus costs after magistrate Chester Winsor found him guilty of driving with a suspended license. The case stemmed from citations issued at 4 50 p m on December 19 by Trooper Richard Minick for fictitious license plates on U S 66 four miles south of Gardner.
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Charles Bryan
Chicago
Richard Minick
Bryan
Chester Winsor
U. S. 66
Gardner
Bronze Star Awarded to Morris Man Lieut Dolan
Lieut James Dolan of Morris has earned the Bronze Star and Army Commendation Medal for meritorious achievement in Vietnam on December 19. He serves as a platoon leader with Company A 1/508th Infantry 3rd Brigade 82nd Airborne. Dolan, 24, is the son of Mr and Mrs James W Dolan Sr of 607 East Jackson Street. He is married to Margaret Roost of Dwight Route 1. He entered the Army in 1966 and arrived in Vietnam February 16 this year. He is due home for a 30 day leave in February before six months extended duty. He is a Mazon High School graduate and attended the United Electronics Institute in Louisville Kentucky.
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Lieut
James Dolan
Morris
Vietnam
Lieut. Dolan
James W. Dolan
E. Jackson St
Margaret Roost
Rte. 1
Dwight
Dolan
1/508th Infantry
3Rd Bde
82Nd Airborne Division
Ft. Campbell
Republic of Vietnam
Mazon High School
United Electronics Institute
Louisville, Ky
Venus Sighted Not Apollo 8 Over Moon
Houston space center officials say the bright light reported near the moon is likely Venus and not the Apollo 8 spacecraft. They caution the moon ship cannot be seen with the naked eye.
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Space Center
Houston
Moon
Venus
Space Agency
Johnson to not seek reelection as Morris alderman
Morris council heard Alderman Lester Johnson announce he will not run for a second term in 1969. Acting Mayor Donald Davidson warned taverns about after midnight operation and possible gambling penalties as bids were approved for garbage units and zoning talks continued.
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Lester Johnson
Morris
Johnson
Donald Davidson
Davidson
Aurora Truck Body Corporation
Aurora Truck Body Corp
James Stine
Charles Roseland
Grundy
Robert Wren
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
State
Richard Wilder
Wren
White Christmas Weather Outlook With Light Snow Possible
The U S Weather Bureau predicts occasional light snow tonight with a low of 10 to 15 degrees. Collins Weather Station notes a Monday night low of 9 and high of 32 with 0.01 inch precipitation. Downtown Morris reports 12 degrees at 10 am. Christmas Day looks cloudy and cold with light snow likely and a mid 20s high.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Three Two Car Crashes Reported by Morris Police
Three two car collisions occurred Monday and were reported early today by Morris police. At 11 45 a m on Illinois 47 at the Rock Island Railroad crossing Manley Thorson of Newark struck the rear of Eugene Funk 57 Joliet in a slow moving 1961 Oldsmobile. A 9 45 a m crash in the 100 block of E Jackson St involved Loretta Brisbin 39 Rte 2 backing from the north curb and hitting Janice Swind 18 601 Armstrong St driving an eastbound 1967 Chevrolet. Ms Swind’s doors were damaged. Brisbin’s car was not. The 3 40 p m collision at Illinois 47 and U S 6 involved Frank Loomis 76 Yorkville pulling a 1967 Cadillac from a stop sign to left onto Illinois 47 and hitting Thomas Jerde 19 Ottawa in a northbound 1969 Chevrolet for der that was turning left onto U S 6. Damage was on both rear left panel of the Chevrolet and the Cadillac front left fender and head light.
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Morris
Jack Kopezick
Illinois 47
Rock Island
Manley Thorson
Newark
Eugene Funk
Joliet
E. Jackson St
Glenn Johnson
Loretta Brisbin
Rte. 2
Janice Swind
Armstrong St
Miss Swind
Johnson
Frank Loomis
Yorkville
Thomas Jerde
Ottawa
Cadillac
Gardner Soldier Wounded in Vietnam Recovering in Japan
Sgt. Daniel L. Anderson, a Gardner, Massachusetts soldier, is recuperating in a Japanese hospital after abdominal surgery from shrapnel wounds suffered December 14 in Vietnam. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Anderson of Gardner, received a letter from him. his current address is US54818165, Japan General Hospital 106 APO San Francisco 96503.
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Gardner
Daniel L. Anderson
Vietnam
Lester Anderson
Apollo 8 TV beams Earth images from lunar orbit
Apollo 8 astronauts Borman Lovell and Anders fire into lunar orbit on Christmas Eve and send live TV pictures back to Earth. They describe the moon’s backside and a gray plasterlike terrain as mission plan continues toward a Pacific Ocean landing after six days.
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Earth
Space Center
Houston
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Pacific Ocean
Anders
Borman
Lovell
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Lee H. Gibson
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Ith
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Terence J. Cooke
Bob Hope
United States
Morris Man
Donald Ward
Ward
American Legion
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Legion
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de Gama
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