Unemployment Worst Since World War II Hits 25 Cities
The Labor Department adds 25 major industrial centers to substantial unemployment areas with idle rates at or above 6 percent. Cities named include Philadelphia Cleveland Baltimore Los Angeles Newark St Louis Kansas City Peoria Akron Allentown Bethlehem Easton Asheville Corpus Christi Flint Knoxville Louisville Mobile New Brunswick Perth Amboy Portland Savannah Tacoma and others. Secretary Goldberg will begin five state on the spot tours of unemployment areas starting Friday per President Kennedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Newark
St. Louis
Kansas City
Arthur Goldberg
Kennedy
Goldberg
Chicago
Gary
South Bend
Ind
Lansing
Mich
Detroit
Columbus
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Peoria
Ill
Akron
Allentown
Bethlehem
Easton
Asheville
N. C
Corpus Christi, Tex
Flint, Mich
Knoxville, Tenn
Louisville, Ky
Mobile, Ala
New Brunswick
Perth Amboy
N. J
Portland, Ore
Savannah, Ga
Tacoma, Wash
Morris Grade School Upgrades Pay Schedule by 200
Morris Grade School board approved a $200 raise in the district salary schedule after discussion. The board also adopted the 1961-62 calendar with September 5 start and June 4, 1962 finish, and approved bids for summer maintenance at Lincoln, McKinley, and Center schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Kenneth Hammer
Supt. Hammer
Lincoln
McKinley
Center School
George Errietta
Coal City
Garfield School
Robert Milanich
Mazon
Pine Bluff
County Board of Trustees
Prentice County Lawyer Suspected in 250000 Fraud Case
Grand jury probes Len D. Spaulding Jr. for alleged misappropriation of about 250000 before his Jan 24 disappearance. Spaulding, 44, suspended from practice, is accused of forging promissory notes and faces two civil suits in Counts court. Police seek him after he vanished from Princeton Illinois amid reports of loans and double collections.
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Princeton
Ill
Len D. Spaulding Jr
Spaulding
Bureau County
Bureau County Bar Association
Donald C. Martin
Martin
Peoria
East St. Louis
Bar Association
Anniversary observance marks 25 years for Monsignor McDonough
Morris and area observe Monsignor FE P McDonough Day Sunday to honor 25 years as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church. An open house is set for 5 to 8 p m at Kenrick Hall with parishioners and friends invited.
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Kenrick Hall
Morris
Monsignor McDonough
FE. P. McDonough
Immaculate Conception
James McCormick
Arthur Maher
McDonough
Msgr. McDonough
Chicago
St. Mel's Grammar School
Cathedral College
St. Paul Seminary
St. Paul
Minn
Mser. McDonough
St. Columbanus
St. Basil
St. Margaret
St. Veronica
Gilchrist Wins Over Pickles In Township Caucus
Reports show all nine incumbent supervisors up for renomination. Gilchrist defeats Pickles 28 15 in Maine township GOP caucus while Dan Hill wins township clerk and Carl C Myers is renominated Democrat in Norman township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
John H. Gilchrist
Maine Township
Carl C. Myers
Norman
Maine
Gilchrist
Treasure Pickles
GOP
Dan Hill
Emma Huml
World Day of Prayer Observance Set for Feb 17
The 75th World Day of Prayer will be observed at 2 p.m. February 17 in St. Thomas Episcopal Church with Mrs. Edwin Garbutt as local chair. Initiated in 1887, the event now spans 145 countries with interdenominational services and gifts supporting schools, hospitals, and spiritual nurture worldwide.
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United Church Women of
National Council of Churches
St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church
Edwin Garbutt
America
Grundy County Farm Bureau and Service Company Meet Saturday
The Grundy County Farm Bureau and Grundy Service Company hold their annual meeting at Center School gym Morris starting 10 a.m. Saturday. Morning reports and financials are presented, caucuses nominate directors, and elections occur for both groups. John Lacey, ex AFBF and Illinois Agricultural Association secretary, is the afternoon speaker with door prizes and a noon lunch by the Farm Bureau Women’s committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Grundy Service Company
Center School
Morris
Farm Bureau Township
John Lacey
American Farm Bureau Federation
Illinois Agricultural Association
Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Mild Grundy County Weekend Forecast
The U S Weather Bureau forecast mild conditions for Grundy County through the weekend with lows in the 20s and highs in the upper 20s. The thermometer climbed into the 40s Wednesday afternoon. Fair tonight, partly sunny Friday, cooler afternoon, then mostly cloudy Saturday with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station temperatures not available today.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Kennedy proposes controversial health insurance for seniors
President Kennedy asks Congress to enact a health insurance plan for 14.2 million Americans aged 65 or older, costing about 1.6 billion annually in Social Security tax increases. The plan's first full year 1963 would see about 1.1 billion in benefits, with additional federal spending for health services, hospital research, medical training, and care for children and the disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Helen K Ryan Scholarship Established at Meeting
The Helen K Ryan Scholarship of 150 dollars a year was created by the Helen K Ryan Scholarship committee at a recent meeting. The Helen K Ryan Memorial Fund totals 3414.47 dollars and is set as a perpetual fund with earnings supporting the annual scholarship honoring the late Miss Helen K Ryan of Coal City who taught in Grundy county and then worked in state education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen K. Ryan
Coal City
Grundy County
Prospective Weger Jurors Excused In Ottawa Trial
In La Salle County Circuit Court in Ottawa Illinois twenty nine prospective jurors were questioned and excused as attorneys seek a jury for Chester Weger 21 accused of murdering Mrs Lillian Oetting Mrs Frances Murphy 47 and Mrs Mildred Lindquist 50 of Riverside a Chicago suburb at Starved Rock State Park on March 1 1960 Eight jurors have been seated from among 268 screened applicants.
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Ottawa
Ill
la Salle County Circuit Court
Chester Weger
Weger
Lillian Oetting
Frances Murphy
Mildred Lindquist
Riverside
Chicago
Starved Rock State Park
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Norman Walker
LaSalle County Circuit Court
Howard C. Ryan
Hisako Jomae Tannahiil
Braceville
Mary Krzysciak
Evette Stott
Richard Glenn Pinder
Gardner
D.A.R
Pickles
Robert C. Weaver
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Senate
Morris Community High School
Gardner - South Wilmington
Marseilles
Mazon Verona - Kinsman
Minooka
Seneca
Dale Steffen
Ethel Watts
MCHS
Ray
Florence) Peacock
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Morris Exchange
Ernest Hanson
Northern Illinois University
Farm Bureau
Service Company
Ham
Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
JFK
Ryan Oaship
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