Godfrey's 1924 Vision Started Morris Country Club
The Morris Daily Herald recalls Clare Godfrey as the driving force behind forming the Morris Country Club in 1924. Incorporation occurred Dec 1924 with a 12 member board and initial plans for a $16,000 clubhouse later reduced to under $12,000.
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Morris
Clare Godfrey
Morris Country Club
Morris Daily Herald
Fremont Ave
Morris Golf
Godfrey
Atty
Erwin Godfrey
Stacre
F. W. Gebhard
Earl Barnard
Springfield
William T. Ostrom
M. B. Hull
L. B. Sackett
Old Glengarry Club
Cold wave grips northwest with sharp temps across region
A cold wave warning extends to the northwest tonight with frigid air spreading south and east. Temperatures fall to 5 to 10 degrees headline a very cold period, with winds diminishing gradually. Saturday brings mostly sunny skies and cooler conditions with highs 15 to 22.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Newsmen Protest Saigon Blackout
The Association of Foreign Correspondents protests the U S military news blackout in Saigon lasting six days. It targets coverage of a major Laotian border operation and notes the embargo on the embargo itself despite acknowledgments from the Pentagon and White House.
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Saigon
Journalists’ Association
U.S. Command
Washington
Association of Foreign Correspondents
Pentagon
White House
Windy scene of snow and power outages across Illinois
The Associated Press reports furious winds up to 50 mph whip Illinois as rain, fog vanish into light snow and plunging temperatures. A shed collapses on Steger Road, a blue island area traffic artery is blocked, and a hospital worker is injured by a lamp post. About 15,000 customers in the Chicago area lose power briefly. Barrington sees 2,000 without power. Travel warnings issued as snow and subfreezing temps sweep the north, with 31 mile wind chill lowering to 12 below zero.
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Sauk Village
Chicago
Blue Island
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Barrington
Commonwealth Edison, Co
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Springfield
Ohio River
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Grenada
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Ala
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Sterling
Alden
Missouri
Kansas City
Joplin
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Atlanta
Plains
Midwest
Twisters Kill 8 In South
A major winter storm produced deadly tornadoes across the Deep South with eight deaths in Alabama and Mississippi. Grenada Mississippi reported seven fatalities, including six children, and Bear Creek Alabama saw one death and 12 injuries as the system swept into the region.
Women and Children First in Telephone Usage
A light editorial note argues that with millions of telephones in the nation the guiding rule should be women and children first. It reflects social norms of priority in resource use.
Unemployment Drops Slightly in January Report
Washington reports the national unemployment rate fell to 6.0 percent in January, with 5.4 million unemployed. Employment rose 400,000 after seasonal adjustment, led by retail hiring, while unemployment compensation coverage declined to 3.7 percent. Factory employment held steady and construction fell. Adult men improved to 4.3 percent, while women and teenagers stayed near December levels.
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General Motors
Nixon
Fire devastates three story North Michigan shops district
An extra alarm blaze in a three story North Michigan Avenue building across from the Drake Hotel caused severe damage to exclusive stores. Flames spread from the basement to the roof and three people suffered smoke inhalation or minor injuries. Stores included Martha Weathered, Bes Ben Inc, millinery, and Coral Fur Co.
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Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Drake Hotel
Martha Weathered Apparrel Shop
Bes Ben Inc
Millinery
Coral Fur Co
Shepard and Mitchell Land Safely on Moon
Apollo 14 astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell touched down in the Fra Mauro highlands after a tense descent nearly aborted by a faulty computer. They prepared a nuclear-powered science station, collected soil samples, and aired the first color lunar surface footage to viewers 238,275 miles away. Roosa orbited aboard Kitty Hawk as the crew began their moonwalks and science operations.
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Fra Mauro
America
Mitchell
Lunar
Stuart A. Roosa
Antares
Fra Mauro Highlands
Delta DC9 hijacked to Havana flight to Nashville
A Delta DC9 carrying five crew and 22 passengers was hijacked to Cuba after a man claimed nitroglycerin. The jet landed in Havana then Miami where a new crew resumed the flight to Nashville. the hijacker remains unidentified in Cuba. Notable aboard included country singer Bobby Goldsboro and Air Force Sgt. John B. Smith.
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Cuba
United States
Chicago
Nashville
Bobby Goldsboro
Air Force St
John B. Smith
Springfield
Tenn
Smith
Vietnam
Judy McGinty
DCS
Havana
Miami
Ogilvie Stock Profit Revealed in Public Finances
Gov Richard B Ogilvie exposed personal finances show a $10000 paper gain from a stock deal arranged by W Clement Stone. He also earned $3012 in a one day trade tipped to his wife, upon investing $750. Stone helped arrange a $30000 loan and signed as guarantor.
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Springfield, Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
W. Clement Stone
Stone
Ogilvie
Combined Insurance Co
Cook Couns Ty Board
Clem
Clem Stone
National Tape Distributors
Speed Nerve Gas Removal In Okinawa
Secretary Melvin Laird announced a faster removal of 13000 tons of GB VX and mustard gas from Okinawa to Johnston Island. The schedule hinges on using the same route as the previous shipment amid Okinawan protests and earlier demonstrations delaying progress. A start date for the next shipment will be set later.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Okinawa
Laird
Defense Department
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Minooka School Board Opens Bids for Bus Chassis and Body
Bids read for bus chassis and Ward body were opened at the Minooka High School Board meeting. Low chassis bid came from Kaufman Sales in Plano for a GMC bus with manual transmission at 4200 or 4900 for automatic. Ward body bid was General Coach Sales of Chicago at 3896.59 plus 106 delivery.
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Minooka
Minooka High School Board
Kaufman Sales
Plano
GMC
Hamilton Chevrolet
Oldsmobile
Plainfield
Broadway
Coal City
Fred Emich Ford
Joliet
Bill Jacobs Chevrolet
Wilson Chevrolet
Morris
Borens Ford
Pentier Sales
Peoria
Hausman Sales
Chicago
Bailey & Sons
Pontiac
Grundy County
Arthur Meadors
Rex Siron
Leona Clark
Phillips’ Hardware
Thelma White
Gerald Knudson
Harvey Lewis
Convict Two In Joliet Police Death
A Joliet jury convicted Anthony Rock and Glenn Hickman of murder in the death of Detective William Loscheider during a burglary investigation. Robert Papes was found guilty of lesser charges. a third defendant was acquitted of murder but convicted of burglary and criminal damage. The state noted none fired the fatal shotgun blast. all faces murder liability due to participating in the felonious crime.
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Loscheider
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