Greek King Poised to Return as Mediation Hints Progress
A close confidant of King Constantine says with certainty the 27 year old monarch will return to the throne in Greece within days. Queen Frederika echoed hopes of a royal return as negotiators seek to restore Athens leadership after the December palace crisis.
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Athens
Constantine
Haralambos Potamianos
Frederika
Rome
Greece
Potamianos
George Papadopoulos
Junta
Papadopoulos
Andreas Papandreou
George Papandreou
Mikis Theodorakis
Zorba
Averoff
Ministry of Public Order
John Ladas
Leros
Yioura
Safety Regulations for Vehicles Proposed by DOT
The Department of Transportation sought public comment on 12 proposed safety rules for motor vehicles to apply to 1969 models made after December 31, 1968. Rules include headrests on all passenger cars, anti theft devices, improved head latch devices, concealed headlights standards, and windshield wiping and washing with two speeds. Public input due by January 26 will be reviewed by the National Highway Safety Bureau before final standards are issued by the federal highway administrator.
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Washington
Department of Transportation
Department
National Highway Safety Bureau
Federal Highway Administrator
Area Drivers Warned to Use Caution
Northern Illinois roads were reported icy with wind driven snow and slick glaze. State police urged extreme caution as Interstate 80 and I 55 showed wet spots and officials noted crews cindering and salting to keep main routes passable.
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Grundy County
Illinois
Noom
Earl Bradford
Morris
Illinois 47
Illinois 113
Collins
Joliet
Chicago
Bloomington
Rock Island
Interstate 55
Richard McTague
Weather Outlook and Daily Temperatures
The forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold weather with a low of 5 to 12 above zero tonight. Today's high 16 to 22, then Wednesday clouds with light snow possible and little change. Collins Station shows Sunday high 33, low 13. Monday high 35, low 4 below zero. an inch of snow fell Monday totaling .19 inches. At 9 am today Morris downtown read 9 degrees and 11 degrees at 11:30 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Elderly Coal City Man Fatally Struck By Car
Emil J. Vilt 77 of 345 W Oak St Coal City died after being struck by a 1966 Buick at S Broadway and Oak. Peter K. Spese 65 of E Chestnut St Coal City driven the car. Vilt, a Sunday churchgoer, died at Morris Hospital about 8 am. Funeral arrangements set for Reeves Funeral Home with burial at Braceville Gardner Cemetery.
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Coal City
Morris Hospital
Emil J. Wilt
Oak St
S. Broadway
Oak Sts
Peter K. Spese
E. Chestnut St
Gerald Bitner
Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Kankakee St
Wilt
Spese
S. Broadway St
Bitner
Vilt
Danny Kirchner
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Emil J. Vilt
Elgin
Jol
Iet and Eastern Railway
John
Josephine (Swartz) Vilt
Lola Red
Anton
Helen Bega
Cheryl Bega
Bessie Carter
Mary Galbraith
Joseph Vilt
Sister M Eymardine suffers broken collar bone in fall
Sister M Eymardine, a teacher at Immaculate Conception Grade School, was admitted to Morris Hospital with a broken collar bone after a fall on the convent steps at about 8 25 p m Sunday. She was released on Christmas Eve and reported feeling fine with her left arm in a sling.
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M. Eymardine
Immaculate Conception
Morris Hospital
Frigid Weather Spreading Across East and South
The Associated Press reports cold air sweeping the nation with -15 at Hibbing and Bemidji Minnesota -8 in Fargo North Dakota and -9 at Sault Ste Marie Michigan. The chill reaches central Texas and northern Gulf states as New York alerts cold wave. Snow and rain fall in New England with snow in Vermont New Hampshire and western Maine.
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Associated Press
Hibbing
Bemidji
Minn
Fargo
N.D
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Texas
Gulf States
New York
Atlantic Coast
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Rockies
Great Lakes
Appalachians
Christmas Traffic Toll Exceeds Last Year Yet Trails 1965 Peak
Traffic deaths during the Christmas holiday period reached 672 in a three day span from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, higher than a nonholiday weekend but below the 1965 record of 720 and far from the all time high of 784 set on a four day Thanksgiving in 1966.
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National Safety Council
Congress
The
Safety Council
Chicago
Associated Press
Launch date set for first unmanned Lunar Module
Caped Kennedy officials announced January 17 as the target date for Apollo 5 the first unmanned Lunar Module mission. The test on a Saturn 1 rocket will run about six and a half hours in Earth orbit to verify LM readiness for manned operations and engine viability following last January 27 fire deaths.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
U.S
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Twelve accidents over Christmas weekend in Grundy County
Six people were treated at Morris Hospital after 13 area accidents during the Christmas weekend. Among those injured was Ora S. Pearson, 70, of Marseilles, in fair condition after his car went off a road and he collapsed in the snow. Three Chicago residents were kept overnight after a head on collision on Interstate 80 near the Seneca overpass. Other incidents involved a Verona man, Timoteo Solis, and a Morris woman, Mrs Bernard Davidson, with varying injuries and dockets pending further investigation.
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Grundy
Morris Hospital
Ora S. Pearson
Rte. 2
Marseilles
Pearson
Finland
Olson
Chicago
Seneca Overpass
Kenneth Gould
Carol
Salone
N. Francisco St
Francis Cushing
Coal City
Sherman Hexdall
Timoteo Solis
Rte. 1
Verona
Hexdall
Solis
Davis
Bernard Davidson
Morris
Davidson
Sis's Drive Inn
Waupecan
Echo Bowling Lanes
Bedford Road
Morris City
Glenn Johnson
Mary A. Feeney
Price St
Truck Hits Traffic Light At Division Street Intersection
Authorities chased a southbound truck carrying farm equipment after it failed to stop and knocked over a traffic light at the Division and Washington Streets intersection at 11 55 a.m. today. Witnesses told city police the vehicle ran over the pole after making impact.
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Division
Washington Sts
Explosions Hit Moscow Building And American Car
Two blasts struck Moscow with a six story apartment house shattered and an Associated Press bureau chief’s car damaged. Police blamed a faulty gas main for the apartment blast and a separate bomb hit Henry Bradsher’s car. casualties in the building were unclear with reports of 10 to 20 dead.
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Moscow
Henry S. Bradsher
Associated Press
Cvn!osion
Kremlin
Tele
Bradsher
Monica
Keith
Neal
Three of Crew Killed in Freighter Fire
A Norwegian freighter named Dianet exploded in flames at Hudson River anchor off 87th street killing three crewmen and injuring 18. The captain and five others survived, with 29 aboard. the ship carried 8020 tons of sugar and arrived December 17.
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New York
Hudson River
87Th Street
Ostrica
J.J. Avligavlego
Dianet
Hudson
Yonkers
Christian J. Reim
Prsgrunn
Norway
Massive Red Supply Convoys Hit After Truce Ends in Vietnam
U S air forces blasted North Vietnam after the Christmas truce, destroying or damaging about 100 trucks and spotting more than 300 on major supply routes. Navy carriers reported convoys of 150 and 100 trucks, while a ferry carrying eight trucks blew up. Ground actions resumed as B52s joined the strikes.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Air Force
Navy
Marine
Tonkin Gulf
North Vietnamese
South Vietnam
da Nang
U. S
Morris City Council Reads Bids for Water and Sewer Extensions
Morris City Council will consider bids tonight for extensions of water and sewer mains. Meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall. previous bid openings were conducted yesterday.
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Morris City Council
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Tam Ky
Christ
Ught Snow
C.C
Los Angeles
John E. G. Olson
Walker’s Corner
DuPont Road
Council
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