Prisoners of war return to Clark Air Base Philippines
A total of 143 POWs freed from North and South Vietnam arrived at Clark Air Base in the Philippines aboard three US hospital planes. Navy Captain Jeremiah A. Denton Jr. led the group stepping from the plane, with doctors at the base hospital examining them. The release from Hanoi and Loc Ninh reduced the overall counts of Americans held captive in Vietnam.
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Clark Air Base
Philippines
North
South Vietnam
U.S
Navy
Jeremiah
A. Denton Jr
Virginia Beach
God Bless
America
Hanoi
US Air Force
Saigon
Clark
Loc Ninh
Sai
Gon
Bride's father escapes truck train crash at Morris crossing
One hour before his daughter's 1969 Ford pickup was demolished at Bungalow Road crossing, Vincent Kern of Morris narrowly survived a collision with Rock Island freight No. 97 while en route home from Federal Paper Board. He later attended his daughter's wedding at First United Methodist Church. The incident left the engine damaged but the train could proceed after clearing the tracks. Deputies and train crew reported the near miss occurred at 3 10 p.m. Friday as the train slowed through Morris.
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Vincent Kern
Rte. 3
Bungalow Red and Gun Club Road
Rock Island
Saratoga Township
Illinois Commerce Commission
Brisbin Road
Bungalow Road
Ashley Road
Herald
Morris
Shirley Sue Kern
Dennis Dale Turner
First United Methodist Church of
Grundy County
Kern
Chicago
Silvis
Fred Thiel
Fulton St
Romeoville
Federal Paper Board
Glenn Nowicki
Pete Martinez
Rockdale
Stott
Mazon Township approves unit school district in vote
Unofficial results show 601 to 311 in favor of forming a unit district within the Mazon Township High School area. The district will educate K–12 including Mazon K and Gades, with Kinsman Verona and part of Goodfarm included. Precinct tallies favored the measure in 432 to 102, while two other precincts opposed it.
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Mazon Township
Mazon
Kinsman
Verona
Goodfarm
Arthur V. Meadors
Grundy County
Wauponsee Township
Goodfarm Township
Vienna
Norman
Mazon High
Highland Township
Meadors
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Michael Bakalis
Board to act on salaries at Morris Community High School
Morris Community High School Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday to adopt a new professional growth policy and review salary schedules for 1973 74 for teachers custodians secretaries administration and cafeteria personnel. An executive session precedes the open meeting with 6 30 p.m. department visitation and 7 to 7 45 p.m. lay on the agenda. Inter district curriculum studies and potential associate membership in Grundy County Chamber of Commerce also on tap. A Student Council presentation on a different study hall plan is planned.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Grundy County
Verona youth killed in Wisconsin
Stephen Alan Stitt age 20 of rural Verona died Friday at St Joseph Hospital Marshield Wisconsin from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
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Verona
Stephen Alan Stitt
St. Joseph Hospital
Marshield
Wis
Weather Outlook With Snow Likely After Warmer Daybreak
Increasing cloudiness and warmer today with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Tonight cloudy with snow developing toward morning. low in the mid to upper 20s. Tuesday cloudy with occasional snow mixed with rain. highs in the mid to upper 30s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks had a high of 32 and low of 10 on Saturday, Sunday high 30 and low 13. 7 a.m. temperature 15, downtown Morris 10:45 a.m. 37. Accident near there Friday. In Wisconsin, a man to marry Miss Gloria Berthold of Greenwood. Born July 22, 1952, in Morris. son of Lyle and Lois Stitt. Survived by parents and three sisters. Funeral held at Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School auditorium. Burial Ward Cemetery. Sudden Thought: Good clear handwriting is a handicap if you can't spell.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Wisconsin
Gloria Berthold
Greenwood
Wis
Donald Berthold
Lyle and
Lois (Ames) Stitt
Verona
Mazon-Verona- Kinsman High School
Joliet Junior College
Stitt
Myrtle Stitt
Minnesota
Eugene
Marilyn ) Anderson
Blackstone
Richard
Nancy) Hagen
Joliet
Melville
Topsham
Maine
Paul
Manitowoc
Charles
Greeley
Cole
Jerry R
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
William Lewis
Weldon Burgess
Dennis Klepzig
Alan Anderson
Donna Fisk
Marian Taplin
Harold Brown
Dale Bixby
Philip Anderson
Norman Anderson
Steve Grover
Tim Williams
Ward Cemetery
Davis Funeral Home
County Appraisals Set by United Appraisal Co
Don Brown and three colleagues from United Appraisal Co of Cleveland will lead a mass Grundy County reappraisal starting in April from Kansas City. The effort targets all commercial properties and about 20 light industries to standardize valuations at 50 percent of market value. Field work ends in June, data processing in July, notices issued in August, with informal hearings offered but not influencing formal appeals.
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Don Brown
United Appraisal Co
Cleveland
Kansas City
Grundy County
Brown
Milton Carlson
Carlson
Staten Island Tank Disaster Leaves 26 Bodies Recovered
New York AP reports a large liquid gas storage tank at the Staten Island installation erupted in flames during repairs. Fire Chief John O'Hagan said the blast was not caused by product storage. By Sunday morning 26 bodies were recovered from the 61 foot deep pit, many burned beyond recognition while crews hoisted them in pine coffins. Fire crews work to reach 14 more missing as the cause remains under investigation.
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New York
Staten Island
John T. O’hagan
O’hagan
Newark Grade School tax referendum defeated again
Newark District 66 voters rejected a proposed tax hike by 140 votes with 305 against and 165 for among 473 ballots. three spoiled. The plan would have raised the rate from 0.92 to 1.22, adding about 153,345 dollars, to bolster the district's finances after a December defeat by nine votes.
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Newark
School Board to Meet Tuesday at Franklin School
The Morris Grade School Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Franklin School. The finance committee will present a recommendation on an administrative contract renewal. Reports due cover remedial reading, the forced entry of Shabbona School, unit study committee, joint district curriculum and a government task force. The building committee will report on industrial arts and a tentative 1973 74 school calendar will be presented for approval.
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Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Shabbona School
Junior women assist with Grundy Heart Drive 1973
The Morris Junior Woman's Club will aid the Grundy County Heart Association drive with a goal of $8,000. Mrs Bruce Deist named area chairman to select captains who will recruit volunteers to collect donations during Heart Week February 18 to 25. Contact Mrs Deist by Thursday at 942-2542.
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Morris Junior Woman’s Club
Grundy County
Heart
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Bonnie) Smith
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Republican Central Committee
Morris Community High School
Republican Women’s Club
Young Republican Organization
Teenage Republican Club
James R. Washburn
Shenefiel
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