Kerner Says Illinois Faces 68.8 Million Deficit
Gov Otto Kerner warned Illinois faces a 68.8 million general revenue deficit for 1965-67 with 45 million needed for a working cash balance and 5 million un appropriated for Chicago schools He undecided on a special session and may wait on Atomic Energy Commission site decisions.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Atomic Energy Commission
Illinois
Chicago Board of Education
Sen
W. Russell Arrington
Truck Driver Injured as Soybeans Spill After Crash
A truck from Reddick sustained a knee injury after his load of soybeans spilled when his grain truck overturned on an icy road near Jennie's Tavern en route to Braceville. Dale E. Bookwalter was treated for a knee injury at Mazon. A separate accident north of Verona left Judith A. Hyslop with a head injury after her 1965 Plymouth struck a fence and a tree.
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Reddick
Jennie
Judith A. Hyslop
Dwight
Sheriff's Office
Verona
Gardner Children Escape House Fire
Five Morgan Tambling children aged 17 to four fled their Elm Street home at 6 15 Sunday as the two story frame house burned to the ground. The parents were away at work and only clothing was saved.
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Gardner
Morgan Tambling
Elm St
Tambling
Caterpillar Co
Joliet
Tam
Emil Nelson
Monroe St
Forces Attack Enemy Enclave On South Viet Nam Coast
U S cavalry and B52 bombers attacked a suspected Communist regiment enclave on the central coast of South Vietnam with tear gas and air strikes. A Navy destroyer shelled shore habitats while U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces pursued Viet Cong units nearby.
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Saigon
U.S. Cavalry
South Viet Nam
U. S. Navy
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Phuoc Valley
Bong Son
United States
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Orlock
Quang Ngai Province
South
Viet Nam
17Th Parallel Frontier
J. T. Stanley
New Boston
Tex
Henry S. Jorgren
Lisbon
Conn
da Nang
Hue
Bien Hoa
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Navy
North
Strategic Air Command
Bing Duong Province
Mrs Thomas Gilbert 99 dies in Mazon
Lois Gilbert born January 7 1867 near Lisbon died Sunday at her Mazon home. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral chapel with Rev Richard Blair. burial in Mazon Cemetery. Survived by three daughters Hosea Johnson Olive Gallagher and Pearl Thontlin a brother Alto Leach six grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and one great great grandchild.
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Thomas
Lois) Gilbert
Mazon
Davis Funeral Home
Richard Blair
Gilbert
Lisbon
Andrew
Mary Cody Leach
Thomas J. Gilbert
Chris
Ethel) Hansen
Hosea
Mable) Johnson
J. R
Olive) Gallagher
Topeka
Kan
A. W
Pearl) Thontlin
Alto Leach
World Day of Prayer Observed at First Methodist
World Day of Prayer will be observed Friday at 10 30 a m in the First Methodist Church Morris with Mrs Howard Temple chairing the committee. Ministers from cooperating churches take part and a luncheon is planned at noon. A children's service for grades four to eight is scheduled at 4 p m with Mrs Robert Mansmith leading.
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David H. Scott
Scott
Fred Spress
NASA
Morris
First Methodist
Howard Temple
Fred Baker
Harold McCullough
Mike King
Arthur Meadors
Edmund Pierce
Kermit Wheeler
Irwin Frischkorn
Guy Mosteller
Rochelle
William Dorn
Mazon
Robert Mansmith
United Presbyterian
Bethlehem Lutheran
St. Thomas Episcopal
First Baptist
Free Methodist
Washington's Birthday Is Legal Holiday
Several Morris area offices will close Tuesday for George Washington's Birthday, a legal holiday. The county courthouse and post office will be closed. the post office will not deliver except specials, while lobby access remains for boxholders. Some banks open, others closed, and public offices such as Farm Bureau and extension remain open. The Morris Public Library will maintain regular hours. Illinois Veteran's Commission at 120 West Main will close all day. Subscribers will receive the regular Morris Daily Herald edition.
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Morris
George Washington
Grundy County
ALCS
Henry Verfurth
First National Bank
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Grundy County National Bank
Grundy County Farm Bureau
County Extension
Morris Public Library
Illinois Veteran's Commission
W. Main St
Cold Three Day Forecast From U S Weather Bureau
The U S Weather Bureau predicts clear cold weather for the next three days. Local lows near zero and daytime highs in the 20s. At Collins Weather Station Saturday high 21 Sunday 20 with subzero night Saturday and single digit low Sunday. Readings show 10 to 11 above at morning observations.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Girl Survives Drive Through Building Collision
Miss Julie A Franklin 16 of Mazon escaped serious injury when the 1965 Buick Wildcat she was driving stuck the gas and plowed through a wood framed cinder building near the Grundy County Rest Home west of Illinois 113 and 47. She suffered facial and knee lacerations and a knee bruise and was treated at Morris Hospital in fair condition.
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Julie A. Franklin
Gene Franklin
Mazon
Grundy County
John E. G. Olson
Robert Coleman
Sheriff Olson
Franklin
Davis
Hansen Wrecker
De Gaulle Declares France To Lead Own Defense Command
Paris AP President Charles de Gaulle says foreign troops in France after April 4 1969 must be under French command. He signals progressive withdrawal from NATO, cites U S troops and bases in France, and asserts France will control its fate. He criticizes U S actions in Korea Cuba and Viet Nam but urges peace through open talks. France also touts a stronger economy with reduced foreign debt.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
United States
Bois de Boulogne
Versailles
Supreme Headquarters of
Allied Powers
Europe
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Korea
Cuba
Viet Nam
America
North Viet Nan
de Gaull
Johnson
Washington
Red China
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Five-County NFO Meeting Set for Tuesday at Union Hall
A five-county NFO meeting will be held at Union Hall on E High St at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Clarence Ewert, former NFO national director from Mountain Lake Minnesota, will be the keynote speaker. Open to all interested in agricultural problems. Grundy La Salle Livingston Will Kendall counties participate.
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National Farmers Organization
Union Hall
E. High St
NFO
Clarence Ewert
Mountain Lake
Minn
Grundy
la Salle
Livingston
Will and Kendall
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William G. Clark
William J. Scott
Chester W. Nimitz
Yerba Buena Island
San Francisco
RED Cross Blood Program
Morris Presbyterian Church
Guam
Morris Daily Herald
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