World Welcomes 1966 With Fireworks Prayers And Peace Hopes
The new year begins with celebrations around the world. West Germany plans $15 million in New Year fireworks. Moslems observe Ramadan day as kissing and drinking are discouraged. Pope Paul VI proclaims a jubilee in Rome. In Times Square a $10 000 illuminated clock marks the moment. President Johnson pursues talks to end the Vietnam war while Moyers notes no special plans at the LBJ Ranch. Quemoy troops are under orders to withhold gunfire for three days to allow a New Year celebration. Free coffee greets motorists on major turnpikes.
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Paul VI
Vatican Ecumenical Council
New York
Times Square
U.S. Naval Observatory
Johnson
Viet Nam
Lbj Ranch
Texas
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Quemoy Islands
Quemoy
Republic of China
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Weather turns cooler with mixed sun and showers
After warm spell April like temperatures the mercury is set to fall to about 20 degrees overnight. Saturday will be cloudy and cold with a high in the 30s. Sunday may bring rain or snow. Collins Weather Station recorded 57 degrees Thursday with 54 at night. 9 am today 58 in town, but 54 after 10 am in the business district.
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Collins
Auto Pollution Control Nears National Standards
The government moves toward federal air pollution rules for gasoline vehicles and light trucks starting with 1968 models. Changes can be proposed within 30 days, then HEW will revise and publish the regulations. California already adopts 1966 vehicle standards.
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Washington
Federal Register
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Welfare
John W. Gardner
California
Department
District of Columbia
United States
Dwight Teacher Named Illinois Education Association President Elect
Miss Jo sephine Wiegman a sixth grade language arts teacher at East Side Grade School Dwight was named president elect of the Illinois Education Association. The 1966 officers will take over July 1 1966 with Ruth Broom succeeding R V Minton as president. The association has 69000 members of Illinois school faculties.
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Chicago
Josephine Wiegman
East Side
Dwight
Illinois Education Association
Ruth Broom
Riverside- Brookfield High School
Riverside
Miss Broom
R.V. Minton
St. Anne
Dun and Bradstreet Measures Business Growth in Grundy County
E F Schenk of the Chicago Dun and Bradstreet office reports increased business activity in Grundy County over the past year. January 1966 tallies show 409 manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, up from 396 in January 1965, with 223 changes in listings including additions deletions and rating updates. Within Mars Coal City Gardner areas gains are noted in the reference book listings.
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E. F. Schenk
Chicago
Dun and Bradstreet
Grundy County
Schenk
Mars
Antec
Cess
Gardner
Fund Planned To Send Youth On Band Tour
A music scholarship fund is established to send John R. Tibbett Jr., a Morris Community High School junior, with the School Band of America on a four week Europe tour starting June 25. The fund aims to raise 929.50 per member, with 175.00 due by Feb. 1 and 754.50 by May 1. Contributions go to Grundy County National Bank or to Dale Wise at the school.
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John R. Tibbett Jr
MCHS
America
Europe
Dale Wise
Morris Community High School
Grundy County National Bank
Wise
SBA
Fox Children’s Center
Dwight
Morris
Twisters Hit
Morris Daily Herald Skips Saturday New Year Issue
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish Saturday January 1 and will resume with Monday’s paper. The notice informs readers of the New Year’s holiday break and return schedule.
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Morris Daily Herald
Yearend survey lists Viet Nam escalation and local tornados top News
The 1965 national top story is Viet Nam escalation with AP polls tracking other aims like Riots in Los Angeles and Selma march. Local Morris Daily Herald ranks Nov 13 tornado damage in Grundy County first, Morris Hospital drive status second, and Stratton tax case third with multiple monthly items.
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Viet Nam
Grundy County
Los Angeles
LBJ
Northeastern
Selma
Dominican Republic
Winston Churchill
Pope Paul VI
New York
India- Pakistan
Associated Press
Lyndon B. Johnson
Air Force
Edward White II
Science
Frederic C
Donner
Everett M. Dirksen
Sandy Koufax
The
Beatles
Mikhail Sholokhov
Lady Bird Johnson
Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Channahon
Streator
Preston Heights
Joliet
Herald
Morris Hospital
William G. Stratton
Chicago
GOP
Vine St
Rock Island
Dena Erickson
Stratton
Dresden
Aage Hansen
Marseilles
Somali life described by returned foreign service officer
Thom as R. Sykes, a Morris native and foreign service officer with the U S Embassy, recounts two years in Somalia detailing religion customs and daily life. He notes moslem dominance, four wives, no alcohol, oral poetry, and scarce literacy while mammoth camels, wildlife, and hunting features appear in his vivid account.
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Thomas R. Sykes
E. Jackson St
Somalia
Foreign Service
U. S
Mogadiscio
Sykes
Herald
Africa
T. Ronald Sykes
FE. Jackson Sr
Morris
Somali
Envoys Expand Peace Efforts Across New Capital Cities
U S envoys Harriman Goldberg and ambassador Vu Van Thai push talks as part of President Johnson peace campaign. Harriman negotiates with Tito in Yugoslavia while Goldberg meets De Gaulle in Paris and pope in Rome. Moyers notes discreet discussions with other governments.
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Washington
Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Vu van Thai
South Viet Nam
United States
Washinton
W. Averell Harriman
Arthur J. Goldberg
Johnson
U.S
Harriman
Yugoslavia
Tito
Brdo
Ljubljana
Adam Rapacki
Communist Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Goldberg
United Nations
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Pope Paul VI
Rome
de Gaulle
Indochinese
Laos
Cambodia
China
Ottawa
McGeorge Bundy
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Texas
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Joliet Spectator Ends Publication after 39 Years
The Joliet Spectator, a weekly paper attacking crime and corruption in Will County, folds after 39 years. Publisher William Johnson cites rising operating costs and a 32,000 gross circulation as factors. Led by Amelia J. Zelko and William B. McCabe, the paper known for bold campaigns ends with its last issue.
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Molly) Zelko
William B. McCabe
Will County
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Tal
Moscow
Kohler
Warsaw
Rapachi
Podgorny
India
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Indian Ocean
Japan
Tokyo
Philippines
Manila
Humphr
Marcos
Australia
Siberia
Humphrey
Hirohito
Sato
Dent Johnson
Dunn
Bradstreet
Edward T. Harn
Music Committee of the
People
Washington, D. C
Tibbott
John R. Tibbott
Washington St
Claysmith
Barbara Bossert
Kenya
Joliet Spectator
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