Braidwood Crash Injures Five In One-Car Wreck
A Sunday early morning one car crash near Braidwood left five Aurora residents injured. Four remain in serious condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet, including Mary Jo Smith 17 Arvella Wylie 41 Clara Summers 20 James Proctor 23. Harold Woodard 22 improved to good condition. The 1969 Dodge Challenger was demolished after leaving Illinois 113 at Cemetery Road. The driver was not yet identified.
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Aurora
Braidwood
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Mary Jo Smith
Arvella Wylie
Clara Summers
James A. Proctor
Harold L. Woodard
Illinois
Kankakee
Cemetery Road
Patterson, Reeves and Des Rochers
Four Kuhnwalds Die in Racine Fire and Explosions
Four members of the Kuhnwald family perished in a Racine blaze that destroyed their home above a cafe and tavern. Two others and six neighbors escaped after a neighbor used a ladder to replace collapsed stairs. The cause is undetermined, with damage estimated at about 50 thousand dollars. Two firefighters were hurt by a blast outside the building.
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Racine, Wis
Der
Robert E. Kuhnwald
Jean
Jane
Diane
Kuhnwald
Ronald Kuhnwald
Richard
Ramiro Romo
Gary Pavlik
Ray Bannon Dies In California
Ray E. Bannon eighty of 318 East Jefferson Street owner of Bannon's Organ Center died Sunday in Doctor's Hospital Beverly Hills California He fell ill while on vacation and had been a patient in the hospital for several weeks Funeral arrangements will be announced by Fruland Chapel
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Ray E. Bannon
E. Jefferson St
Bannon’s Organ Center
Doctor's Hospital
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bannon
Fruland Chapel
Weather Forecast For Illinois Turns Warmer Tuesday
Fair and warmer weather favored Illinois today with a milder Tuesday forecast. Afternoon highs range from 36 to 42 in the north and in the 40s in the south with a fair night and upper 20s lows. Tuesday should be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the lower to middle 40s. Dresden Island Locks temperatures ranged Saturday high 24, low 9, and Sunday high 29, low 13. At 7 am Morris was 14 degrees and downtown 30 at 11 am.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Meningitis Spreads at Great Lakes Naval Base
At Great Lakes Naval Base authorities report another meningitis case among 8,500 seaman recruits in boat training, raising 2024 or 11 days total to seven cases in Recruit Training Command. One sailor, Thomas K. Deeds of Jumping Branch West Virginia, died February 7. Three sailors have died at Great Lakes in the last decade. Officials call the outbreak sporadic and no quarantine is planned.
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Great Lakes
Recruit Training Command
Thomas K. Deeds
Jumping Branch
W.va
Governor creates Office of Mass Transportation in Illinois
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie announced the establishment of an Office of Mass Transportation to aid financially troubled transit systems across Illinois. The office will be led by Robert J. Lehnhau sen, under the Department of Local Government Affairs, and will provide technical assistance and study local systems to recommend policies and actions.
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Chicago
Richard B. Ogilvie
Office of Mass Transportation
Illinois
Ogilvie
General Assembly
Two More U S Copters Downed in Laos Drive
Saigon AP reports two U S helicopters shot down in southern Laos with three dead and three wounded. U S gunships attacked nearby gun positions, boosting Laos losses to fifteen helicopters since operations began a week earlier.
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U.S
Saigon
Laos
Rail Clerks Reach Agreement Ends Major Rail Labor Standstill
The Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks reached a weekend agreement with railroads after an all night session led by Assistant Secretary of Labor W J Usery Jr The deal reduces the threat of a nationwide rail shutdown on March 1 and follows earlier pacts with other unions. Details await local ratification votes.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks
Labor
W. J. Usery Jr
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Workers
Clerks’ Union
Turks Kidnap U S Airman Near Ankara
U S Air Force Sgt Jimmy Finley 24 of Fort Worth Texas was abducted from an American base near Ankara by three armed suspected leftist extremists. The assailants entered the base fired on guards then fled with Finley in a base vehicle. the truck was found abandoned ten miles from Ankara with no sign of Finley or his captors.
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Ankara
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Jimmy Finley
Fort Worth
Tex
Finley
Aban
Doned
Dogs kill nine sheep at rural Minooka residence
The Grundy County sheriff reports a pack of dogs killed nine sheep at Raymond Brown's rural Minooka residence. Brown reported the incident at 8 a.m. Sheriff Marvin Olson investigated the case.
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Grundy County
Snicker A Day Shows Credibility Gap in Jury Duty Border
A humorous remark notes the gap between a boss's letter excusing an employee from jury duty and his later statements when seeking a raise. The line highlights tension between official justification and personal motive in workplace ethics.
Britain abandons old coins for decimal coinage
London reports a reluctant switch as Britain adopts 1 2 0 year tradition ending heavy copper pennies and penny shillings. Banks reopen after a two day shutdown to prepare for decimalization while shoppers slow to convert prices to new pence. Commuters taste decimal currency at ticket windows and a London subway rider questions the new money.
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London
Britain
First Ward Alderman Race Set Without Opposition
In Morris the First Ward alderman primary features only two candidates Democrat Charles W. Spivey and Republican Delayne Linn with no party contest. Spivey is a 38 year old barber and Navy veteran living at 724 E Washington St with his wife Eileen and four children. Linn a 40 year old salesman and Korean War veteran lives at 518 W Washington St with his wife Dolores and four children and stresses city growth and active council attendance.
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Walter Hundt
Charles W. Spivey
Delayne
del) Linn
Spivey
The
Sanitary
W. Washington St
First Ward
U. S. Navy
American Legion
Morris V.F.W. Post
Moose Lodge
E. Washington St
Eileen Watson
Edward
Diana Kay
Charles
Debra Lynn
Dolores Bumann
Washington St
Debra
Denise
Douglas
Diane
Linn
Morris
Powell Calls For Nonwhite Elimination In Britain
British MP Enoch Powell urged a program to keep Britain white at a Carshalton meeting. He warned nonwhite immigration must end and those here should be repatriated, predicting cities will be up to 40 percent nonwhite by mid decade and racial tensions will rise.
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London
Enoch Powell
Britain
Powell
Carshalton
U.S
Washington, D.C
Atlanta
Newark
N.J
Gary
Ind
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Commonwealth
Africa
Asia
Caribbean
Motel Zoning Decision Near Romine’s Station
The Morris Planning Commission schedules a B II I I zoning decision for 3 395 acres near Romine's Standard Service at Illinois 47 and Interstate 80. Standard Oil Co plans a 40 unit motel on annexed property owned by Mr and Mrs Wilbur Brown and Mr and Mrs Tom Brown. Committee reports are due on annexation and a workable program.
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Romine
Morris Planning Commission
Standard Oil Co
Morris
Wilbur Brown
Tom Brown
Tavern owner held on gambling charge in DeKalb
Richard Johnson, 33, owner of Johnson's Tavern in Sandwich, was arrested Saturday on gambling law violations after an undercover agent said he sold a chance on a gambling device. He was released on $1,000 bond by DeKalb County authorities.
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Sandwich, Ill
Richard Johnson
DeKalb County
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
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Foreign Ministry
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Steve Black
Art Patterson
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Omaha University
Corn Belt Chemical ‘6
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