Shaw Jurors Hear Integral Film On Kennedy Assassination
In New Orleans prosecutors present excerpts from the Zapruder film and a Dallas plaza model to argue a multi gunner theory in the John F Kennedy assassination case against Shaw. Witness Buell Frazier testifies Oswald gave him a ride as defense fights admission of conspiracy evidence.
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New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
Dealey Plaza
Clay Shaw
Kennedy
Buell Frazier
Irving
Tex
Lee Harvey Oswald
James L. Alcock
F. Irvin Dymond
Edward A. Haggerty
Dymond
Haggerty
Jim Garrison
Warren Commission
Oswald
Shaw
David W. Ferrie
Garrison
Abraham Zapruder
Zapruder
Joe Berta Ill Named to State Post
Joe Berta Ill 53 of Maine Township named state superintendent of Illinois Agriculture Division of Soil and Water Conservation. He will begin duties Saturday and administer 98 districts across 102 counties from Springfield. He previously served as district director in Grundy County and is a director of the Mazon Elevator Cooperative and Coal City Area Club. He will not move to Springfield immediately.
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Joe Berta Ill
Maine
Division of
Soil and Water Conservation
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Springfield
Berta
Illinois
John W. Lewis
State Agriculture Department
Grundy County
Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Mazon Elevator Cooperative
Coal City Area Club
Bank to Sell Car Licenses Saturday
Grundy County National Bank will sell passenger car plates for renewal registrations with extended hours today until 8 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applicants must show 1998 ID cards or titles and have mounted 1969 plates by midnight Saturday.
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Grundy County National Bank
Uncertain Weather With Snow Chance Tonight
A dubious forecast notes warmer temperatures tonight under cloudy skies with a possible evening snow mix. The Weather Station reported a Thursday high of 29 degrees and a low of 11, with morning readings near 2 degrees downtown Morris.
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Igions
Morris
Absent ballots counted at city clerk's office
City Clerk Donald Caisley reported 42 absent ballots had been cast by 11:30 a.m. with more applications pending. About half were mail requests and half in person. The deadline for mail ballots is next Thursday and February 22 is final for in person applications.
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Donald Caisley
New Driver License Rules Stimulate County Exam Station
The Morris Daily Herald notes driver license renewals now require re examinations for one third of the 2.05 million licenses expiring this year under a new law effective Jan 1. Examinations vary by age and form notices distinguish written tests from driving tests.
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Marvin
Jake’ Olson
Olson
Secretary of State
Springfield
C.c
Morris
Drive Volunteers Activate for Grundy Heart Fund Drive
Set for Drive Volunteers started contacts Monday for the Grundy County Heart Fund drive which peaks next week ending on Heart Sunday February 23. Campaign workers contact neighbors to solicit contributions and distribute literature. Memorials go to treasurer Miss Ethel Watts 217 Fulton St Grundy County Heart Association.
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Grundy County
Heart Fund
Heart
Peruvian gunboat fires on U S fishing boats off coast
Rep. Thomas M. Pelly says a Peruvian gunboat fired on two U S tuna boats 23 to 40 miles from Peru. One vessel was captured and towed to a Peruvian port while a second escaped toward waters off Ecuador. Nixon aides confirm U S authorities are verifying the report and seeking Navy protection for the crews.
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Washington
U.S
Thomas M. Pelly
R-Wash
Ecuador
Pelly
Peru
United States
Juan Velasco Alvarado
Students End 15 Day Sit In At University Of Chicago
Chicago AP reports rebel students will end a 15 day occupation of the University of Chicago Administration Building this afternoon. President Levi welcomed nonviolent resolution while noting the administration offered an extension to sociology professor Marlene Dixon and protesters considered broader demands.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Edward H. Levi
University
Levi
Marlene Dixon
Dixon
Duke
Berkeley
New York
Loo City College
University of Miami
Florida
Knowles Adds To Wisconsin Police Force
National Guardsmen and police reinforced campus security as Gov. Warren P. Knowles brought in 1,000 additional Guardsmen to support 900 on duty at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Ten thousand marchers later gathered, then dispersed without incident, amid ongoing campus protests and national student unrest.
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Associated Press
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Warren P. Knowles
National
Durham
N.C
Duke University
University of California
Berkeley
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Dow Chemical Co
University of Chicago
State Capitol
America
Willie Edwards
Students For A Democratic Society
Morris Public Library cited for need of new facility
The Morris Public Library, serving about 10 900 residents from a 1913 building, faces crowding and space limits. It plans a ground level new structure with an elevator, expanded storage, adult space, and a must use lower level for programs and a crafts room.
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Morris Public Library
Melissa Kopczick
Morris
Joliet Junior College
Gordon Gregus
Carnegie
Gregg
Tharold Goldstein
Graduate School of Library Science
University of Illinois
Library
Gardner District 73 vote on education tax increase
Voters in Gardner District 73 in Gardner South Wilmington Township go to polls Saturday from noon to 7 p.m. at Braceville City Hall South Wilmington City Hall and Gardner and Wilmington High Schools to decide an education fund tax increase.
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Gardner
Gardner South Wilmington Township High School
Braceville City Hall
South Wilmton City Hall
Gardner and Wilmington High School
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Joe Berta
Soviet Union
Tass
Sovfoto
The
Morris Daily Herald
By Carl Walter
Kankakee
University of Illinois College of Engineering
Ford Motor Co
Kankakee County
Corder
Harold L. Nally
Henry W. Wulffe Jr
Herb Weitz
Weitz
Paul Powell
State Department
Navy
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Him
Ily
Mariner
San Juan
Knowles
Wisconsin
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