Israel Plans $150000 Morris Hospital Remodel to Add Beds
Morris Hospital board announces a $150000 remodeling program to raise capacity from 40 to 50 beds by repurposing space, moving entrances and services, adding a new kitchen, elevator and stairway, plus expanded storage and parking. A $40000 fundraising drive is planned with $110000 on hand including a Ford Foundation grant.
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Morris Hospital
Board of Trustees
Ford Foundation
Board of Trustees of
Chamber of Commerce Dinner Promotes Morris Hospital Plan
Morris Chamber of Commerce will host a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Morris Presbyterian Church to explain the $150,000 Morris Hospital program. George Baum and other hospital trustees will present, with a film on hospitals and musical by Rev. Hugo Montamis. Tickets from chamber members or Arthur Leach.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
William Stangland
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris Presbyterian Church
Chamber of Commerce
Stangland
Arthur Leach
George Baum
Hugo €. Montamis
Burglars Loot Two Kinsman Taverns Again
Thieves burglarized Art Vint's Tavern and Tim Carney's Tavern in Kinsman, taking 94 cartons of cigarettes and seven cases of whiskey across both sites. Vint's yielded 5 cases whiskey and 44 cartons cigarettes, Carney's 2 cases whiskey and 50 cartons cigarettes. Sheriff Olson and Chief Deputy Bell investigate.
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Kinsman
Art Vint
Tim Carney
Vint
Carney
Vint’'s
Carney’s
John E. G. Olson
James W. Bell
Five Cast Votes In Vienna Caucus
Verona Township GOP caucus held in Verona Town Hall from 7 to 9 pm on Thursday. Burl Gotham re-nominated for township supervisor. Reported results show five votes for each candidate: supervisor Burl Gotham assessor Edwin Wennerstrom town clerk Leonard Gilmoure justice of peace Morrison Finch willam Sproull constable James Collier Jesse Ashbaugh. All incumbents except Sproull.
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Verona
Republican Party
Vienna Township
Burl Gonham
George L. Knibbs
GOP
Burl Gotham
Edwin Wennerstrom
Leonard Gilmoure
Justice of Peace
Morrison E. Finch
William Sproull
Constable
James Collier
Jesse Ashbaugh
Sproull
Probers Split On Grimes Case. Coroner Fires Investigator
Investigators in the Grimes sisters case clash over sexual mistreatment allegations as a coroner’s office fires investigator Harry F. Glos after he claimed one girl was mistreated. Det Chief Patrick Deeley cites lab findings while pathologists dispute the charge amid ongoing inquiries into Barbara and Patricia Grimes, 15 and 13.
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Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Barbara
Patricia Grimes
Iuuipuag IBM Wy Wit
Harry F. Glos
Glos
Walter J. McCarron
Walter J McCarron
Patrick Deeley
Barbara Grimes
Claude Hazen
Police Department
Crime Laboratory
Newamen
Deeley
Hazen
Jerry Kearns
Kearns
Oak Park
Japanese Fiancee Defends Ottawa Soldier Accused in Fatal Shooting
Miss Haru Sueyama, 28, fiancée of Sp 3 C William S. Girard, defends the American soldier amid public scrutiny. Girard, from Ottawa Illinois, may have fired a warning shot that killed Mrs Nake Sakai on a firing range in KAGOHARA Japan. He is questioned but not charged, confined to camp Whittington as Japanese officials press for details.
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Ottawa
Kagohara
Japan
Bill-san
Turing Range
Haru Sueyama
Camp Whittington
Miss Sueyama
Army
Sp. 3
William S. Girard
West Morris Drive
Ill
Girard
Nake Sakai
U. S. Army
Bohlen Possibly Reassigned From Moscow Post
Washington reports Charles E Bohlen the U S ambassador to Russia may shift to a new diplomatic post. Lothar Thompson the American ambassador to Austria may succeed Bohlen as the Moscow envoy. Bohlen has requested a change and may have been offered another assignment. He is due in Washington February 21 to discuss the job.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Charles E. Bohlen
U. S
Russia
Liewelyn Thompson
Austria
Bohlen
Moscow
Algiers Violence: 73 Die 4 Wounded in Rebellion Fighting
In 24 hours violence tied to the Algerian nationalist rebellion kills 73 people and injures four. French forces report wiping out 60 rebels in mountain combat.
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Algiers
Morris Township Nominating Contests Set After Filing Deadline
Three candidates seek township supervisor and five seek justice of the peace and constable with four to be nominated for each office. Caucuses run Monday 7 to 8 p.m. in six precincts, then a court house convention at 8:30 p.m. Ballots list B O Neal Enger Ray Hansen and Walter R Greenfield for supervisor.
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Io Morris
Justice of the Peace
Court House
B. O'Neal Enger
Ray Hansen
Walter R. Greenfield
Annie F. Wilson
E. Washington St
Melvin J. Hamilton
Justices of the Peace
Committees Back Ike Doctrine in Middle East Stance
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees urged quick passage of a resolution endorsing the use of armed forces if needed to resist Communist aggression in the Middle East. The joint report supports Eisenhower's policy and clarifies that U S aid would come promptly and forcefully if requested.
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Washington
Senate
Middle East
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Joint Committee
Pleas Entered in Grundy County Circuit Court
Three pleas of guilty and one not guilty were heard in Grundy County Circuit Court this morning before Judge Robert E. Larkin. Lester Johnson 19 Coal City pled guilty to burglary receiving 3 to 10 year sentence. Clinton Studyvin 18 Coal City pled guilty to burglary with a suspended sentence awaiting probation review February 21. Amill Smith 32 Butler Street pled guilty to arson 3 to 4 year sentence. Charles William Hayes 22 Chicago pleaded not guilty to grand larceny and malice with bond set at 4000 dollars.
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Grundy County
Robert E. Larkin
Lester Johnson
Coal City
Limas State Penitentiary
Johnson
Thomas W. Vinson
Joliet
Clinton Studyvin
August B. Black
Studyvin
James Peacock
Morris Law Firm
Peacock and Peacock
Amill Smith
Butler St
State
Smith
Atty
Charles William Hayes
Chicago
Hayes
Hermes Kitsos
Suitcase Bomb Explodes in Clinton Tennessee
A dynamite laden suitcase exploded in Clinton Tennessee damaging a Negro owned restaurant and injuring a Negro woman and baby. Witnesses described a white man placing the device and fleeing in a car. The blast marked the eighth in the area amid school integration disputes. Authorities offered no firm link to civil rights changes.
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Clinton, Tenn
Clinton
Clinton High School
Bomb blasts injure two women in Volado suburb
A powerful bomb exploded in the fashionable Volado suburb of Havana last night, seriously injuring two women. A smaller blast occurred in Guanabacoa near Havana with little damage reported.
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Havana
Cuba
Volado
Guanabacoa
Population of U S Reaches 170 Million
Washington reports the United States population at 170 million as of 11 am EST with blinking electric display in the Commerce Department. The display shows birth, death, immigration, and emigration rates, projecting 200 million within a decade while noting estimates may shift with census methods.
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Washington
United States
Commerce Department
Census Bureau
Louisiana
Kentucky
Syracuse
N. Y
Richmond
Two Hoko Tuna Ships Missing Off MISAKI Japan
The Hoko Fishery Co reports two vessels the Hoko Maru HI with 19 crew and the Hoko Maru VIII with 21 crew are overdue and feared lost after leaving for the South Pacific in December. A 40 member crew is unaccounted as Christmas passed.
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Misaki
Japan
Hoko Fishery Co
South Pacific
Gromyko Named Foreign Minister as Shepilov Steps Down
Andrei Gromyko replaces Dmitri Shepilov as foreign minister of the Soviet Union. Shepilov returns to the secretariat. The Central Committee also named Frol Kozlov as an alternate presidium member and Nikolai Patelichev as first deputy foreign minister.
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Andrei Gromyko
Shepilov
Soviet Union
London
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dmitri Shepilov
Soviet Communist Central
Amchmittaa
Communist Central Committee
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nikolai Semenovich Patelichev
White Russia
Gromyko
Israel Responds Favorably to Dulles Gaza Plan
Washington Israel has given a generally favorable reply to Secretary Dulles on pulling Israeli troops from Egypt but seeks further clarification. Ambassador Abba Eban will meet Dulles. Israel wants U S guarantees on free shipping through the Gulf of Aqaba and assurances that Egypt will not block the waterway after withdrawal.
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Washington
Israel
Dulles
Egypt
Abba Eban
U. S
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza Strip
Eban
United States
United Nations
U. N
Gulf
Gaza
U.S. Presses Unconditional Israeli Withdrawal in Gulf Talks
Cairo reports say U.S. Ambassador Hare told President Nasser the United States still demands unconditional Israeli withdrawal from the Gulf of Aqaba and Gaza. Dulles proposals are viewed as a U.S. compromise, while Al Gumburia warns Aqaba could spark World War III.
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Cairo
U.S
Raymond Hare
Nasser
United States
Gulf of Aqaba
Gaza
Dulles
Hare
U.N
al Gumburia
Aqaba
Weather outlook with snow and cold snap ahead
Occasional snow mixed with rain this afternoon and tonight. Light snow flurries may follow in the area with colder conditions Saturday. Saturday's high mid-30s and low near 20. Sunday remains cloudy and cold. At Pyatt Weather Station the 9 am temp was 32 degrees, the day’s high, and the night dropped to 23.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
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