Incumbents Dominate Township Caucuses Across Regions
Republican nominating caucuses frontrunners include Ray Hansen in Morris with 144 votes to defeat two rivals, Leslie Matheny and Larry Heilmeier. Incumbent clerks and auditors also led with 242, 219, and 175 votes respectively. Democrats held few caucuses while Republicans in multiple townships backed incumbents for supervisor clerk assessor and auditors.
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Ray Hansen
Leslie Matheny
Larry Heilmeier
Heilmeier
Edward Pack
Roy Helling
Arthur Stinchcomb
Willard Sheedy Sr
Rome Graham
Bryl Gonnam
Gonnam
Leonard Gilmoure
Ernie Finch
William Sproull
Robert Wooden
Finch
Sproull
W. J. Eagle
Vienna
Goodfarm
Don Householder
Paul Kruse
Vernon Rieke
David Constantine
Howard Nelson
Maine
John Gilchrist
James Lafferty
Emma Hume
James Wilson
Robert Krull
Earl Stevens
Joseph Residori
Angélo Ferrari
Dominic S. Viviani
John Hakey
Albert Boglio Jr
Greenfield
Saratoga
Saratoga Township
Henry Burgess
Lewis Johnson
Phillip C. Collins
Henry A. Smith
Curtis Rasmusson
John T. Anderson
Collins
Johnson
Smith
Rasmussen
Anderson
Erienna
Erienna Township
Ogilvie Orders Tight Controls as Illinois Faces Cash Crisis
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie told a joint session the state is near bankruptcy and must cut nonessential jobs, freeze capital spending, defer purchases, and trim administrative payrolls to save 10 percent. He warned cash could run out by July or August and will seek emergency budget reform and taxes if needed.
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Springfild
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Ogilvie
Bureau of the Budget
Nominating Deadline Set for Minooka Village Elections
Monday is the final day to file nominating forms for Minooka village offices to be filled in the April 15 election. Clyde Heap seeks village president, currently a trustee, while John J. McEvilly will not run again. Incumbents Oliver Brinckerhoff, Raymond Offerman, John M. Phillips and Lee J. Thompson face no opposition.
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Minooka
Clyde Heap
John J. McEvilly
Oliver Brinckerhoff
Raymond Offerman
John M
Phillips
Lee J. Thompson
Night to Thursday Outlook Near Clove Cloudy With Frost
The forecast calls for tonight mostly cloudy with a low in the low 20s. Thursday remains cloudy and cool with a chance of light rain or snow and a high in the 30s. Collins Weather Station reported a Tuesday high of 40 and a low of 12, with 4 a.m. today at 21 degrees and 10:80 a.m. downtown Morris at 29 degrees.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Chicago University sit-in enters sixth night as talks urged
Students occupy the University of Chicago administration building for a sixth day as negotiators try to gain concessions. The protesters demand the rehiring of Marlene Dixon, faculty involvement in hiring, amnesty for demonstrators, and pay protections, while officials avoid police action and pursue university procedures.
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Albert E. Jenner Jr
Chicago
Tion
Marlene Dixon
Appraisals Due On Goose Lake Prairie
Two private appraisers will report on Goose Lake Prairie in Grundy County as the Illinois Building Authority weighs state park and nature preserve purchase. Prices have surged from 400 to 1500 dollars per acre amid industrial interest. Five families own the land.
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Chicago
Goose Lake Prairie
Illinois Building Authority
Grundy County
Illinois
William Ford
IBA
Ford
William L. Rutherford
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway
Chicago Academy of Sciences
Hearing Ordered Over Morris Sewage Plant Financing
The Sanitary Water Board authorized a formal administrative hearing with Morris to address a missed deadline for a secondary disposal plant. No date is set. Federal Paper Board must show cause about discharging inadequately treated wastes into the Illinois River. Financing woes and referendum plans loom large as Marseilles and other districts face hearings.
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Sanitary Water Board
City of
Morris
Federal Paper Board Co., Inc
Illinois River
Federal Paper Board
City Clerk Donald Caisley Seeks GOP Nomination
Donald A. Caisley age 60 seeks a second term as Morris city clerk and will be unopposed in the February 25 primary. He has 26 years in city service including eight years as mayor and four as city clerk. He is a Morris native, graduate of Morris High School, and member of the First Methodist Church. He and his wife Elna live at 503 Vine Street with three children: Jean Chabut, William J., and Donald Caisley Jr.
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Donald A. Caisley
Charles
Pete) Muffler Jr
James R. Washburn
Morris
Morris High School
First Methodist Church
Elna
Vine St
H. M
Jean) Chabut
Detroit
Mich
William J
Bloomington
Donald Caisley Jr
University of Iowa
Iowa City
14th Juror Seated for Shaw Trial in New Orleans
The 14th juror for the Clay Shaw conspiracy trial was seated, completing a 14 day jury selection. Robert Brulet, president of a crane service company, sworn as second alternate. Judge Haggerty adjourned until Thursday as two motions await ruling before Jim Garrison opens. More than 1,100 prospects were examined.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Robert John Brulet
Criminal District Court
Edward Haggerty
Dist
Jim Garrison
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Navy
Garrison
Haggerty
Morris Education Association Backs Library Bond Vote
The Morris Education Association endorsed the February 25 Morris Public Library bond issue at a Morris Community High School meeting. County Superintendent Arthur Meadors said the bond would fund a new building on the current site as plans indicate constructing anew is better than adding to the present structure.
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Morris Education Association
Morris Public Library
Morris Community High School
Arthur V. Meadors
County Superintendent of Schools
Library Board
Morris
Meadors
Con
John Hynds
Joe Laughary
Laughary
Association
Director killed in garage accident in Springfield
Lawrence Purves aged 32 director of the Springfield office of the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services was killed when his car rolled onto him in the driveway at his home. He had stepped out to open the garage door when the vehicle began to roll.
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Springfield, Ir
Lawrence Purves
Springfield
Illinois Department of Child and Family Services
Purves
Tet Offensive Prep Cancel Leaves for Saigon Forces
Saigon government cancels all military leaves from Feb 10 to ensure South Vietnamese forces remain on duty ahead of Tet on Feb 17. Cease-fire planned by Viet Cong for Feb 15–22. U S says will join briefly. Air strikes kill 36 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. a Marine helicopter collision kills eight. Hanoi claims revolutionary committees in nine provinces and about 300 villages.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Nuyyen van Thien
U.S
U. S
da Nang
Marine Corps
U.S. 25Th Division
Hanoi
Radio
National Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Federal charges due on driver in kidnap case
Samuel Russell Talkton 35 of St. Louis was expected to face federal charges for transporting a woman against her will and is held in Livingston County Jail awaiting investigation. The U.S. Marshal's office ordered the Livingston County Sheriff to detain him after state police arrested him on U S 66 near Pontiac following a "help" note left by a woman in a Coffeehouse restroom at the intersection of U S 66 and Illinois 479 Dwight. The woman Thelma Jones 20 of Chie was released this morning.
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Samuel Russell Talkton
St. Louis
Livingston County
U. S. Marshal's Office
Peoria
Talkton
U.S. 66
Pontiac
U.S
Illinois
Dwight
Thelma Jones
Chie
Wlcheud Raed
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Hansen
Charles McDonald
Mary Lou Tomastick
Raymond Morris
Philip Allison
Wendell Christensen
Garfield Democrats
Felix
Felix Township
Jean Ferrari
Arthur Trotter
Raymond Marietta
Leonard Kodat
George Steinberger
Norman Township
Wallace M. Burroughs
Burroughs
John McGuan
Gladys Hohenshell
Herman Schaefer
Frank Carson
Vincent Dunn
Margaret York
Schaefer
Carson
Dunn
Norman
Nettle Creek
Nettle Creek Township
Sandy Hendrickson
Neeleen Ness
Leslie Hoge
Marshall Helland
Ray Towsley
Hendrickson
Ness
Garfield
Garfield Township
Robbie Griffith
MCHS
Judith Pobidinski
Herald
Goose Lake
Allan L. Poole
State Department of Public Health
the Herald
State Office
Poole
Marseilles
Havana
la Salle
North Utica
Seneca and
Beardstown
Donald Caisley
GOP
Donald
Aisley
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