Cattle Rescued As Illinois River Crests Near 17 Feet
River crested near 17 feet overnight and was falling Sunday. Arthur and Donald Steffes planned to rescue 50 to 55 Hereford cows marooned on a small island south and east of Evergreen Cemetery using boats and hay lading.
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Ray Webb
St. Louis Weather Bureau
George H. Goode
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Jerry Steffes
Arthur Steffes
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Illinois
Ottawa
King Field
John E. G. Olson
Joliet
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal
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Butterfly Dam
Lockport
Des Plaines
Commonwealth Edison Co
Material Service Co
Exact
Christmas Truce Fails As Viet Nam War Resumes
A 30 hour Viet Nam cease fire collapsed as 84 significant Viet Cong actions were reported and U S and allied forces officially resumed hostilities. Pope Paul VI voiced hope for a peaceful Christmas effort and sent messages to Ho Chi Minh and Nguyen Van Thieu. Luci Baines Johnson announced engaged to Patrick Nugent after a family gathering at the LBJ Ranch. Christmas traffic deaths reached 700 in the holiday period. Berlin shootings at the wall marled the season as East German gunfire killed and wounded. Despite tension, 75 000 West Berliners visited East Berlin during the pass period.
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Associated Press
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State Department
Morris County High School announces second six weeks honor roll
The Morris Community High School released the A and B honor rolls for the second six weeks. A list includes Jody Bury John Trucano and Karen Willett as top students with A grades in most courses and no Band Chorus or Physical Education D or lower. B list includes seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen meeting the no below B in most courses rule with no lower than C in those excluded subjects.
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Morris Community High School
Jody Bury
John Trucano
Karen Willett
Andrew Anderson
Danny Beeler
Mary Ellen Behrens
Barbara Bossert
Craig Egeland
Linda Fosen
Linda Girot
Christy Guinn
Susan _ Householder
Linda Jenkins
Phyllis Kleinmaier
Jay Larson
Linda Love
Douglas Lucas
Linda Olson
Elaine Reeves
Peggy Shreve
Diane Sutton
Barbara Wiltermood
Stephen Benz
Thomas Berkland
Janet Bernstein
Frank Black
Steven Dummitt
Michael Griffith
George Wiliam Haas
Ronald Hamburger
Loreen Hildy
Susan Hopkins
Deborah Hubner
Norman John
Weather Outlook Turns From Cold To Cloudy
The forecast from the U S Weather Bureau shows a very cold night with a low around five degrees and continued fair but cold conditions through Tuesday with a high in the low 20s. Wednesday looks mostly cloudy but warmer and precipitation totals near 2.03 inches were recorded at Collins Weather Station amid recent Christmas Day and Sunday readings of highs around 37 and 30 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Three Hurt in Weekend Crashes in Morris Area
A 65 year old Morris truck driver Thomas W. Ryan remains in Morris Hospital with facial lacerations after a Friday two car crash at Washington and Wauponsee Streets. Barbara Eddy 17 and Sharie Viland 16 were involved in separate incidents with injuries reported along Washington Street and Illinois 47. Janet Sakol of Arlington Virginia injured in the Christmas Eve crash on Illinois 47.
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Grundy County
Washington St
Wauponsee St
Barbara J. Eddy
Douglas St
Hansen Wrecker
Ryan
Gerald Geosling
Melrose Park
Liberty St
Sharie A. Viland
E. Jackson St
Anthony M. Canavino
Leyden Township
Chicago
William Button
Viland
Illinois 47
Pine Bluff Road
Janet Sakol
Arlington
George Hendrickson
Orville G. Mickelson
Rte. 1
Carl C. Myers
Rte. 5
Mickelson
Sheriff's Office
Humphrey Sets Out for Far East on Oversea Trip
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey begins a week long journey to the Philippines Japan South Korea and Nationalist China. He says Viet Nam will dominate private talks with four allied governments and the trip could bolster his domestic image. Johnson will accompany him with aide Jack Valenti while Humphrey frames his role as communicating government policies.
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Japan
South Korea
China
Viet Nam
Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Earl Warren
United States
Winston Churchill
White House
Congress
Far East
Jack Valenti
Mutual Broadcasting System
Ice Clings to Illinois After Weekend Winter Storm
Illinois faced a new cold front with temperatures from the low teens in the northwest to the low 40s near Cairo. Skies cleared north while the south stayed cloudy as ice crusted streets linger after the weekend storm that caused widespread power outages on Christmas morning. In Chicago suburbs Robbins and Markham, flooding from the Little Calumet River isolated homes but conditions were improving toward normal.
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Chicago
Illinois
Cairo
Robbins
Markham
Food Stolen From Salvation Army in Joliet Burglary
Burglars broke into Salvation Army headquarters in Joliet over the weekend and took 22 bags of food intended for the poor. Capt. Ross Vargas said the bags were valued at $15 each.
Collins to Join Farm Bureau Trade Mission to Mediterranean
Phillip Collins of Saratoga Township sails from Chicago on January 4 to Athens as part of Illinois Farm Bureau second foreign trade development mission. The 45 plus member group promotes Illinois farm products in Greece Lebanon Israel Italy Spain and Portugal with exhibitions and meetings. Bulls calves will be presented to Spain and Greece cooperatives and to Italian and Portuguese groups as goodwill gestures.
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Phillip Collins
Saratoga Township
Chicago
Athens
Greece
Illinois Farm Bureau
Illinois
Lebanon
Israel
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Two Soldiers Charged With Aiding Enemy
NAHA Okinawa AP The U S Army charged two GIs Sgt George E Smith of Chester West Virginia and Spec 4 Claude McClure of Chattanooga Tennessee with aiding the Viet Cong and prepared writings and documents for them They were captured in November 1963 at Hiep Hoa camp northeast of Saigon and released last November 27 at the Cambodian border They will remain on Okinawa as cases are reviewed for possible court martial defense attorneys have been provided
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Okinawa
U.S. Army
George E. Smith
Chester
W.va
Claude McClure
Chattanooga
Tenn
United States
U.S
Smith
McClure
Hiep Hoa
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Bangkok
Holiday Deaths Break Records
The nation records a three day Christmas holiday traffic toll of 707, surpassing the 706 tally set in 1956. States report severe numbers with Ohio posting 49 deaths the highest weekend toll of 1965 and Louisiana 32 deaths marking the worst since records began 25 years ago.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Ohio
Warren C. Nelson
Louisiana
Thomas Burbanks
Pause in North Vietnam air war as Marines press ground actions
U S Marines report killing 63 Viet Cong in ground skirmishes around Da Nang and Quang Ha No 1 and No 2 during a brief Christmas truce. Air attacks limited to suspected Viet Cong concentrations in the south as Washington extends the pause amid rising U S casualties.
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South Viet Nam
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
Quang Ha No. 1
Quang Ha No. 2
South
Viet Nam
Washington
Hanoi-Haiphong
Ho Chi Minh
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Sa Dec
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