14 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1959
Page
1
A February traffic safety drive outlines six highway marker shapes and meanings to reduce accidents. The guide explains crossbuck, railroad crossing ahead, stop signs, diamond yellow warnings, square caution markers, rectangular information signs, and the inverted triangle yield sign. Emphasis is on recognizing signs to yield right of way and slow for danger.
Janet Carlson and Bernard Izzo star in In Operetta Time presented by Grundy County Community Concert Assn. at 2 30 p m February 22 in Morris Community High School auditorium. The program features Rogers and Hammerstein Kern Romberg and others with David Burk at the piano. Membership renewal and drive details are highlighted. Carlson and Izzo boast active concert careers with Chicago Symphony engagements and teaching credentials.
The U S Weather Bureau reports cloudy, colder tonight near 15 degrees before a fair Sunday with a low 30s high. Monday brings increasing cloudiness and a chance of rain by afternoon. Friday’s high was 39 and the low 34. at 9 am today it was 36. Precipitation through 5 pm Friday measured 0.22 inches at Pyatt Weather station.
Sam Kushner of Chicago, vice chairman of the Communist Party in Illinois, had his driving privileges revoked. Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier cited a concealment of identity via an alias on a license and noted a fatal Chicago pedestrian crash on July 10, 1954, where Kushner used the name Stephen Morse, later obtaining another permit as Philip Heller.
The Rev. Leon H. Sullivan a Philadelphia Negro pastor will exchange pulpits Sunday with a white Springfield minister as part of Abraham Lincoln’s birth centennial. Sullivan will preach at the First Presbyterian Church which has a Lincoln pew commemorating the President’s attendance.
Allan Varland won the Nettle Creek GOP constable nomination with 16 votes while John Hill had 13. Neeleen Ness was renominated for supervisor and Harry Hedrick son for road commissioner, each with 29 votes, in a race where GOP nomination mirrors election.
The Illinois River is rising, with Morris at flood stage of 13 feet and crest projections to 16 feet Monday. LaSalle 24 feet Tuesday, Peoria 17 feet Thursday, Havana 17 feet Wednesday, Beardstown 18.5 feet Thursday, as runoff and Dresden Island dam flow push water into lowlands and threaten crossings. Ice jams on the Kankakee near Bardwell Island worry Will and Grundy counties. officials monitor and prepare possible dynamiting to protect the Will County bridge. Mazon River iced over at times.
Fidel Castro vaulted to Cuba's premiership with broad powers to speed the social revolution. The 32 year old military commander takes charge of a restless nation after civil war, facing strikes in sugar and mass unemployment. He must decide the fate of Cubans who sought asylum in Havana embassies after Batista fled.
First 1958 59 State Distributive Fund claims are mailed to Grundy County school districts by County Superintendent Lillias K. Walker. The total Grundy County claim is 224325.10 dollars, to be paid in 12 monthly installments of 18693.76 dollars each.
A fast moving fire in Ashland Kentucky killed 11 people and left one missing in an old apartment building converted from a theater. Eight others were injured as residents fled through windows and a stairway exit failed. Among the dead were six members of one family including a pregnant woman who leaped from a second story window and died after delivering a stillborn infant.
Tokyo observes the 100th anniversary of the Protestant church in Japan with a week of services rallies lectures and music. Government counts show 332135 Japanese Protestants in 4312 churches amid debates over the true reach of the faith.
Secretary of State Dulles, diagnosed with cancer, will continue on leave while undergoing radiation therapy. A prior operation removed a small adeno carcinoma from a hernia sac, and no further surgery is planned. President Eisenhower expressed hope for successful treatment and recovery as Dulles remains hospitalized at Walter Reed.
Lyle Burger of Bretto Concrete Products Co. fell 20 feet from a bucket elevator at the West Chestnut street plant Friday. He suffered a crushed ankle and minor injuries and was taken by ambulance to St. Joseph's hospital Joliet for treatment.
Corn planter drag disc and other farm equipment for sale. Sleeping room for rent and large furnished housekeeping room available. Two bedroom house for rent. 1956 automobile for sale.
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