Truman Hospitalized After Gastrointestinal Flu
Former President Harry S. Truman, 84, was admitted to Research Hospital in Independence late Thursday night with simple gastrointestinal flu caused by a virus. He improved today and was on a liquid diet, reading a newspaper, and expected to be released in a few days. Secret Service guarded his room as family officials issued brief condition reports and avoided photos.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital Today
John P. Dreves
Truman
Independence
Drewes
Secret Service
Dreves
Rose Conway
Earl Warren
Harry S. Truman International Center For the Advancement of Peace
Jerusalem
Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Dlaine
Independence, Mo
White House
Adoption reforms may ease Illinois child placements
The Morris Daily Herald notes revised Child Welfare League of America standards could open adoptions in Grundy County. Illinois officials expect fewer restrictions, more agencies seeking placements, with 700+ adoptions last year and a rise in hard to place cases.
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Child Welfare League of America
Grundy County
Edward T. Weaver
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Illinois
Robert T. Williamson
Department of Children and Family Services
Weaver
Robert Malmquist
Malmquist
Bill to Hide Teachers Names From School Finances
Illinois House hears HB 296 to remove faculty names from treasurer reports while keeping totals, years of service, salary ranges, and category counts. Rep Washburn, R Morris, leads Education Committee with other sponsors Hoffmann Chapman Brinkmeier McClain and Peterson. The Illinois Press Association warns voters to defeat the bill to protect full expenditure disclosure.
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Illinois
James R
Bud) Washburn
Morris
House Education Committee
Illinois Press Association
Springfield
Gene L. Hoffman
Elmhurst
Eugenia S. Chapman
Arlington Heights
Robert E. Brinkmeier
Forreston
Elmo “Mac” McClain
Quincy
Peterson
Washburn
Education Committee
Arthur E. Simmons
Skokie
Arthur A. Teleser
Chicago
Philip W. Collins
John H. Conolly
Waukekan
Lester Cunningham
Belvidere
James “Pate
Philip
Elm
Cloudy Weather Forecast With Light Snow Chance
The U S Weather Bureau projects cloudy conditions tonight with light snow possible and a low near 30. Saturday brings further cloudiness with occasional rain or snow and a mid to upper 30s high. Sunday shows continued cloud cover with a chance of precipitation and little temperature change. At 1 am today Morris downtown logged 36 degrees. Collins Weather Station report unavailable.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Morris
Collins Weather Station
Shaw Defense Calls Widow of Lee H. Oswald
Marina Oswald Porter testified as the defense witness in Clay Shaw's conspiracy trial. She contradicted prosecutors by saying Oswald was not a beatnik and that she never heard him mention Shaw Ferrie or Russo.
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New Orleans
Lee Harvey Oswald
Clay Shaw
Marina Oswald Porter
Richardson
Tex
Shaw
Porter
Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
Perry Raymond Russo
Leon Oswald
Ferrie
Russo
F. Irvin Dymond
Mrs. Porter
Clem Bertrand
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Criminal District Court
Dymond
Haggerty
Absentee Ballot Totals For City Primary Released
City Clerk Donald Caisley reports sixty eight residents cast absentee votes for the Tuesday primary with eight additional applications not returned. Breakdown shows first ward five returned of five taken, second ward thirty seven of forty two returned, third ward eighteen of nineteen returned, fourth ward eight of ten returned. Deadline for mail applications has passed. in person requests due by noon Saturday at the City Clerk’s office.
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Donald Caisley
Caisley
Morris Public Library bond issue urged in Morris
The Morris Herald urges a yes vote on the library bond issue Tuesday. It argues the grant loss and property values impact justify investment in a quality community and warns against delaying for a costly future.
De Gaulle offers talks on new European market system
London reports President de Gaulle secretly proposed summit talks with Prime Minister Wilson to discuss a European economic association led by France Britain West Germany and Italy. He suggested a transition to a looser free trade area and urged French British talks on economics monetary policy and defense as a prelude.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
France
Harrold Wilson
Christopher Soames
Paris
de Gaulle
Wilson
Europe
Britain
Nixon
Soames
West Germany
Italy
European Economic Association
Morris Public Library referendum under review in Morris
Federal funds for the Morris Public Library could be redirected to another city if the referendum fails. The proposed $360,000 project would cost about $218,000 after a $90,000 grant and $52,000 existing funds, funded by bonds over 20 years with small tax impact.
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First National Bank of Morris
F. Wayne Graham
Morris Public Library
Melissa Kopczick
James F. Beasley
Beasley
Robert A. Freund
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Retired priest runs for Peru mayor amid Catholic town
The Rev. Leo L. Henkel, 72, retired pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in La Salle, enters Peru Illinois mayoral race. He seeks tax limits and graft control, labels himself conservative, and notes Peru may call him Lord mayor or Rey mayor if elected. Primary March 4 with runoff April 15.
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Peru, Ill
Leo L. Henkel
Father Henkel
St. Joseph’s
la Salle
Great Society
Peru
London
Rey
New Jersey to Depart After 6 Month Vietnam Tour
SAIGON AP reports the USS New Jersey the world only active battleship will depart in March after a six month tour along North and South Vietnam and may not return to the war. Repairs and retraining in Long Beach California could mean it is not needed depending on Paris peace progress.
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Saigon
USS
New Jersey
North
South
Vietnam
Long Beach
Calif
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
Navy
Johnson
Panhandle
Pentagon
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Hue
da Nang
A Shau
Morris Chamber Board Backs Library Bond Issue
The Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously urged members and Morris residents to vote for the library bond. They noted the city would retain bonding power after the project and saw the junior college increasing demand for library services, arguing against delaying action.
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Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Morris
Zoning OKs McCorkle Home Conversion to Duplex
Morris zoning officer Clyde Baker approves Polly McCorkle’s plan to convert 416 Washington St from a single to a double residence with a requirement for two off street parking spaces in the Azoning district. Lester J. Fosen gains approval to build a home on the empty 1207 Grant St lot.
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Andrew Carnegie
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