Hatcher's Woods Sold for Subdivision Development
A 150 acre tract known as Hatcher's Woods near Morris is sold to Jean A. McCoy and Sons of Pontiac for a four phase subdivision with 200 homes planned. First 26 acres begin work immediately with model homes by summer. Financing arranged by First National Bank of Morris. E W Conley Associates to handle exclusive sales.
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Hatcher’s
Conley
Grundy County
E. J. McCoy
William Diaz
Pontiac
Jean A. McCoy
Johnson asks Congress for 524 million for global health and education
President Johnson urged a 524 million expansion of worldwide education and health programs. He called for stronger international cooperation, student and teacher exchanges, and schools abroad. Proposed a Peace Corps in reverse with 5 000 foreign volunteers to teach in the United States. Also backed an international health career service and more manpower for developing nations to fight hunger and disease.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Peace Corps
United States
Prince Charles Opens 14-Week Term at Temertop School
In Melbourne Australia Prince Charles arrived in a government limousine to begin a 14-week exchange term at Temertop School Mansfield flags lined the main street as the heir to the British throne traveled 17 miles into the Australian Alps.
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Melbourne
Australia
Britain
Prince Charles
Victoria
Mansfield
Temertop School
Plan New Site For Restaurant
Joliet area plans shift for the Marina Inn Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge with two new outskirts sites east of Stratton State Park. Jerry Jorstad of Chicago says delays in legal arrangements prompted the move, while Ralph Black of Bensonville questions marina impact. Construction may press on near the original timetable once stockholders in Detroit and Philadelphia select a site.
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Marina Inn
Joliet
Morris
Jerry Jorstad
Chicago
the Herald Tuesday
Ralph Black
Bensonville
Morris Riverside
Stratton State Park
Jorstad
Detroit
Philadelphia
Nine Puerto Rican farm workers killed in Florida train crash
A Seaboard Air Line engine hit a farm labor bus carrying Puerto Rican migrants near Miami, killing nine teens and injuring fifteen others. Witnesses recalled the crash as engineers and rescuers freed victims amid wreckage, with the crossing already flagged for a warning light yet unfinished.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Puerto Rico
Edward B. Shaw
Seaboard Air Line
Shaw
Old George the Groundhog Sees No Shadow Near Canal
The groundhog known as Old George failed to spot a shadow at his den near Hatcher's bridge by the S. and M. Canal. This suggests six more weeks of winter, though Old George plans to sleep until February 16. The Old Guide doubts spring proves true.
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George
Old George
Hatcher's Bridge Over the S. and M. Canal
Cold snap expected with single digits tonight
After two days in the twenties the Weather Bureau forecasts colder weather tonight with lows near 5 above zero. Thursday looks partly cloudy at a high near 20 and Friday remains cold and cloudy.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Driver Burned When Gas Tank Exploded in Buick
Forest Gray of Braceville suffered burns to his hands neck and right side of the face Tuesday after a bottled gas tank exploded in his 1956 Buick sedan. Fire gutted the interior and the blast shattered the windshield sounding for blocks before the local fire department put out the blaze. The cause of the explosion was not determined.
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Braceville — Forest
Gray
Here
No Classes at Seneca Two Days
Seneca High School will cancel all classes Thursday and Friday February 3 and 4 to complete a new stairway in the 395000 remodeling program. Buses will transport grade school pupils at regular times and the cafeteria will be open for them.
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Seneca
Seneca High School
Masher drives through Bong Son amid heavy Viet Cong losses
Allied forces report more than 1100 killed or captured in Operation Masher along a 13 mile square front near Bong Son. Air strikes hit bridges roads and storage areas as fighting cools with B52s targeting western borders. Casualty tallies show Americans killed missing or captured rising, while Viet Cong losses run into hundreds.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
7Th Fleet
Ben Thuy
South China Sea
Vinh
Hanoi
Bong Son
Viet Nam
Cambodia
U S Viet Nam Peace Talks Bid Faces Likely Block at U N
The United States struggles to get eight of nine votes to place its Viet Nam agenda on the U N Security Council. Jordanian envoy Waleed Sadi asks postponement to decide support. Despite a debate, Soviet Union and France oppose, dampening chances for council involvement.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Viet Nam
Security Council
Council
Jordan
Waleed Sadi
U.S
Soviet Union
France
Directors to Be Chosen at 3 Meetings
Grundy County Farm Bureau Grundy Service and Grundy Producers Supply elect directors at annual meetings this Saturday at Mazon High School starting 10 a.m. John Fillman presides Grundy Service. Harry Roe presides Farm Bureau. W Everette Specht, St Louis Bank for Cooperatives, speaks on Opportunity.
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Grundy County Farm Bureau
Grundy Service Co
Grundy Producers Supply
Mazon High School
John Fillman
Grundy Service
Harry R. Roe
Farm Bureau
W. Everette Specht
Southern Illinois
Specht
St. Louis Bank For Cooperatives
Bank
Cooperatives
Illinois
St. Louis
Bank For Directors of Cooperatives
Producers Supply
Board of the
Russell Halkyard
James R. Purdue
Purdue
H. E. Baldwin
Albert Pilch
L. C. Berger
Better Foods
Poverty program activists accuse government of bowing to Mississippi politics
In Greenville Mississippi leaders of a 30 hour occupation of federal property charged the federal government with kowtowing to Mississippi politicians over antipoverty programs for Black residents. In Washington the Office of Economic Opportunity said a team would meet Governor Paul Johnson to assure rapid food distribution under the grant. Delta Ministry director Art Thomas said the OEO and Agriculture Department have bent to white power interests opposing relief for Black Mississippians.
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Greenville
Miss
Mississippi
Washington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Paul Johnson
Art Thomas
Delta Ministry
Department of Agriculture
Groundhog Day Snowstorm Hits Midwest and Plains
A Groundhog Day storm blankets Illinois to Ohio with heavy snow while bitter cold grips the Dakotas into Kansas. Cincinnati reports 13 inches, Belleville 12, Dayton 10, and Evansville 9. Relatively lighter relief for Maryland contrasts with Kentucky closures and Virginia digging out after days of freezing weather.
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Belleville
Ill
Dayton
Ohio
Evansville
Ind
Plains
Grand Forks
N.D
International Falls
Minn
Hutchinson
Kan
Cape Kennedy
Fla
New York State
Albany
Buffalo
Pennsylvania State Line
Maryland
Virginia
University of Cincinnati
Ohio Turnpike
Fremont-Port Clinton
Pennsylvania Line
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisville
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Tennessee
West Virginia
Frankfort
Lexington
Covington
Shenandoah Valley
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Mington
Del
Ask Funds For Global Health
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Wan
Chechee
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Guam
U.N
Cleo
Frank Inn
Sun Valley
Calif
Associated Press
Dakotas
Iowa
Kansas
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