Doctors Find Ruby Had Eight Brain Tumors
Dallas AP report says Jack Ruby had eight brain tumors eight were large but doctors doubt they existed in 1963 when he shot Oswald. Ruby died January 3 with cancer, ruled from a lung origin, while a fatal blood clot from his leg caused the death.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Earl Rose
Rose
Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Belli
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Kennedy
Bill Decker
Parkland Hospital
Snow Cleanup and Oddities Mark Morris Weekend
Residents praised city efforts to clear snow and ice. streets were passable by last Saturday night. Mayor Hansen could not estimate costs due to missing bills while crews, including a grader from O'Brien Construction, worked on deep ruts.
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Aage Hansen
O’brien
Hansen
H. A
Swanee) Hexdall
Brother Files To Get Ruby's Belongings
Earl Ruby, brother of Jack Ruby, seeks court action to obtain control of Ruby's belongings including the pistol used in Earl Ruby’s killing. Probate Judge Thomas Murphy signed an order, summoning Dallas officials to appear April 3 at 10 a.m. for a show cause hearing.
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Detroit
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Earl Ruby
Dallas
Tex
Thomas Murphy
Atty
Henry Wade
Bill Decker
Wade
Weather forecast grows colder with light precip expected
The U S Weather Bureau predicts partly cloudy skies today becoming colder with a slow warming trend by Tuesday or Wednesday. Sunday's outlook stays partly cloudy and much colder with average highs near 28 to 36 and lows 11 to 20. Precipitation remains under one tenth of an inch around Tuesday or Wednesday. Collins Station logged 25 high and 19 low Friday, 24 at 7 p.m. and 26 in downtown Morris.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Connally urges legal mixed drinks with 5 cent levy
Governor John B. Connally proposed to the Texas Legislature legalizing sale of mixed drinks with a five cent tax per ounce of liquor. He argued the move would raise at least 15 million dollars for the 1968-69 fiscal year while prompting mixed reaction from bars, churches, and patrons amid Texas dry counties and evolving local option laws.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
John B. Connally
Connally
Four Americans Released From East German Prisons
Four Americans including Mary Hellen Battle and Moses Reese Herrin were released from East German jails on Friday night and crossed into West Berlin amid cries of Freiheit. The group, held since 1965 on escape-related charges, was aided by West and East Berlin lawyers and U.S. officials.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Freiheigt
Mary Hellen Battle
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Moses Reese Herrin
Akron
Ohio
Frederick Matthews
Ellwood City
William W. Lovett
San Francisco
Calif
Juergen Stange
East Berlin
Wolfgang Vogel
U.S. State Department
Vogel
U.S. U2
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Maxwell M. Rabb
New York
U.S. Committee For Refugees
Washington
Miss Battle
Herrin
Matthews
Lovett
Leipzig
Rabb
Freiheigt’ — Freedom
John Battle
Smoke killed Apollo 1 trio according to NASA
NASA deputy administrator Dr. Robert Seamans said the official death certificates list asphyxia from smoke inhalation as the cause of death for Apollo 1 crew members Air Force Lt Cols Virgil Grissom and Edward White II and Navy Lt Cmdr Roger Chaffee. He cautioned the cause remains unconfirmed and depends on a detailed, step by step examination of the spacecraft as the review board analyzes evidence.
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Washington
Space Agency
Robert C. Seamans Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seamans
Review Board
NASA
James E. Webb
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Edward H. White II
Navy
Roger B. Chaffee
Woman Hurt In Car Truck Crash Friday
Mrs. Lester Ferris of Rural Route 3 Black Street sustained back and leg pains after a 4 10 p m collision at Bedford Road and Division Street. Roy L Beckett 46 of Boone Iowa driver of a feed truck rear ended the Ferris auto. Ferris was admitted to Morris Hospital for observation.
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Lester Ferris
Rte. 3
Black St
Bedford Road
Division St
Morris Hospital
Morris City
Grundy County Farm Census Reports Decline in 1966
Grundy County shows fewer farms and residents in the 1966 census prepared by the Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service. 785 farms and 2,889 people on farm operators households reflect continued statewide declines, with average 3.5 persons per farm and a drop in farm numbers from 817 to 804.
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Grundy County
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Illinois
Grundy
Quints Begin Bottle Feeding After Fragile Start
Three of four Brooklyn quintuplets survive and start bottle feeding at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. The babies, born to Mrs Lionel Harris after fertility treatment, include a stillborn infant. the three largest gain strength on a special formula while small size prompts premature-style care.
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New York
Brooklyn
Lionel Harris
Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Auto Workers Split From AFL-CIO Rift Over Leadership Clash
Walter P. Reuther quits AFL-CIO vice presidency amid a widening dispute with George Meany. The Auto Workers stay in the federation but will review its relation and actions. The feud centers on leadership style and differing union philosophies between craft and industrial organizing.
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Washington
Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Labor Federation
Reuther
Industrial Union Department
Meany
Aflcio
Victor
Johnson
Central Intelligence Agency
Victor Reuther
Bronx
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Illinois to Eliminate Alternate U S 66 and Realign Several Routes
Illinois announces changes to six northern routes to reduce driver confusion. Alterations include renumbering Lake County 59A to 60, removing Cook Will 4A from Archer Avenue, extending Illinois 171 from 55th Street Summit to Joliet, eliminating alternate U S 66 in Will Grundy, extending Illinois 53 to Gardner, extending Illinois 7 from Lockport to Joliet via 53 Theodore Street and Larkin Avenue, and absorbing Illinois 5 into U S 20 toward Rockford with a Business Route U S 20 from Belvidere through Rockford. Temporary U S 20 removed from Mulford Road.
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Ill
Illinois
Ilinois Public Works Department
Lake County
Cook
Will
Joliet
Boone
Winnebago
Belvidere
Rockford
Mulford Road
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