Heart Sunday Drive mobilizes Grundy County volunteers
About 200 volunteers in Grundy County plan door to door visits Sunday between 12 30 and 4 p m to collect Heart Sunday contributions for heart disease. Morris, Minooka and other areas join 5000 communities nationwide in the fund drive. proceeds aid research education and local programs with part staying in Grundy County.
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Grundy County
Morris
Robert Lindsay
C. A. Shaw
Howard Pinder
Paul Vogeler
Janet Black
William Gang
Morris Heart
American Legion Post
Howard Cook
Opal Jennings
Minooka
American Heart Association
United States
Cesk
Charis
Grendy Coftsty
Illinois Heart Association
American Legion Home
Zwanzig Enters Candidacy for 138th Judicial District
Ottawa lawyer William Zwanzig announces his bid for circuit judge of the 138th Judicial District. He joins three other Republican candidates for the three circuit court judgeships with no Democratic entrants yet declared. The race for the 13th District includes Grundy, La Salle and Bureau counties and is set for June 3.
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Ottawa
William Zwanzig
138Th Judicial District
Zwanzig
GOP
Louis Zearing
Princeton
Howard C. Ryan
Tonica
LaSalle County
Walter Dixon
Streator
Grundy
LaSalle
Bureau
Old Man Winter Returns to Grundy County With Bitter Cold
A severe cold wave threatens Illinois and neighboring states. Temperatures tonight may dip from 19 above to 32 degrees, with 9 am reading at Pyatt Weather station reaching 37 and the day’s high. Snow and wind are possible as the cold front moves through Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Indiana.
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Winter
Grundy County
Illinois
Pyatt
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
New Drugs Cut TB Hospital Stays Despite Rising admissions
Tuberculosis beds deplete as admissions fall in downstate Illinois. Doctors credit streptomycin PAS and isoniazid for shorter hospital stays from 18–21 months in the 1940s to 10–12 months now. Follow up remains years long with exams and continued treatment until full cure.
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Robert Goldstein
Associated Press
Downstate
Illinois
Chicago
Meyer Lichtenstein
Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Municipal
Carl Pfuetze
Chicago State Tuberculosis Sanitarium
Clifton Hall
State Health Department
Illinois Sanatoria
General Assembly
Rockford
Peoria
Duke of Edinburgh Is Made a Prince
London reports the Queen has declared Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh will be known as Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh. The move, approved by Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, clarifies the duke’s status while Charles remains heir apparent. Debrett’s editor Hankinson says the change clears the matter.
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Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip
Philip
Elizabeth
Edinburgh
Prince Charles
Gloucester
Windsor
Kent
Burke’s Peerage
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Charles
F. J. Hankinson
Debretts
Diem Narrowly Escapes Assassin in Saigon Attack
In Saigon President Ngo Dinh Diem survived an assassination attempt as a gunman fired a bullet. a government minister was seriously wounded. The 56 year old leader remained calm and continued with a speech while a bystander deflected the weapon and the shooter was seized.
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Saigon
South
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Young auto driver loses control near Grundy courthouse square
Morris police investigated a small crash in the courthouse square when five year old Philip Sterba, left alone in his father Charles Sterba’s parked car, accidentally backed into a Moss vehicle on a busy Morris intersection. The boy admitted fault and escaped injury with minor damage.
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Grundy Courthouse Square
Morris
Liberty and
Washington Streets
Philip Sterba
Charles Sterba
Trieo
Philip
Ronald Moss
Elmwood Park
Court House Square
Moss
Gordon Gregg
William Strum
Young Greek Cypriot Given Death Sentence in Cyprus Shooting
In Nicosia a British court sentenced 17 year old Fixons Lambrou to death for firing a revolver at four British Army officers last November. A Briton was slightly wounded in the attack.
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Nicosia
Fixons Lambrou
Washington's Unexpected Flight Then Unanimous Command
In June 1775 John Adams proposed forming the Cambridge army and naming a general. Washington, seated near the door, fled the room from embarrassment but later gained unanimous support, earning the title General when delegates returned for a decisive vote.
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Virginia
Washington
Adams
Assembly
Derailment Blocks Joliet Bridge Traffic
Four cars of a Rock Island freight derailed on a Joliet Illinois Waterway bridge after an air tank fell from a car. Both tracks were blocked with one cleared. waterway shipping was tied up as crews worked to lift the bridge and restore movement.
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Joliet
Ill
Rock Island Railroad
Ilinois Waterway
Firemen's Benefit Ball Tonight in Center Gym
The Morris Volunteer Fire Department hosts its 5th annual Firemen's Benefit Ball from 9 to 12 tonight at Center School gymnasium. Buddy Everett's Orchestra will provide music as tickets, $1.50, are sold at the door. Proceeds go to the Morris Community Fire Department Building Fund.
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Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Center School
Buddy Everett
Steve Benz
Morris Lions Club
Morris Community Fire Department Building Fund
Want Ads Through a Keyhole Housewife Advisory Work
Help wanted notice seeks a housewife for special advisory work. Also offers furnished three room and bath rental, a washing machine for sale in good condition, and a three bedroom home on a double lot for sale.
Youths Undergoing Lie Tests in Grundy Court House
Six or seven youths suspected of breaking in the Morris area are taking voluntary lie detector tests in Grundy County Court House. State's Atty. August B. Black said the portable device was obtained from the Department of Public Safety. Tests are not admissible in court and serve only as investigative aid to gauge guilt or innocence.
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Morris
Grundy County Court House
August B. Black
Department of Public Safety
Bombs Found Under Brenner Pass Rail Line
Workmen in Italy uncovered six unexploded U S aerial bombs buried under railway tracks used by daily trains on the Brenner Pass. Italian army experts safely exhumed the devices, which dated to World War II.
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Trento
Italy
U. S
Brenner Pass
Nation-Wide Polio Drive Planned By Foundation
The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis announced a winter and spring campaign to wipe out epidemic polio. Basil O Connor said 3,100 chapters may spend a third of March of Dimes net receipts on the drive to vaccinate 63 million Americans under 40, with 45 million already having one shot.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Basil O' Connor
Foundation
O'Connor
Swiss Move to Grant Women Vote Rights Proposed
In Bern Switzerland the government proposed a constitutional amendment to grant women the right to vote. The measure aims to extend political participation to all Swiss women and could spark a national referendum.
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Bern
Switzerland
Freedoms Foundation Awards Honor Hoover at Washington Ceremony
J Edgar Hoover FBI director received the George Washington Award during Washington birthday ceremonies at a historic shrine. The award includes a $5000 cash prize and a George Washington honor medal. Other recipients include Girl Scouts Junior Achievement and the U S Department of Defense with Illinois winners listed.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
George Washington
Girl Scouts of America
Junior Achievement Inc
U.S. Department of Defense
Foundation
Eisenhower and Dulles Regret Israel Not Yet Withdrawn
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles expressed regret that Israel has not yet withdrawn its troops from the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba, while saying the door remains open to further negotiations. Ben-Gurion insisted on guarantees against Egyptian attack before any withdrawal.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Israel
Egypt
White House
James C. Hagerty
David Ben-Gurion
Gaza Strip
Aqaba Gulf
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Gulf of Aqaba
United States
Ben-Gurion
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Eban
U. S
Gulf
Strip
Flock of Sheep Triggers Israeli Arab Border Clash
A flock of sheep from Jordan roamed into Israel Thursday night provoking a 30 minute firefight between Israeli troops and Arab Legionnaires. An army spokesman said no Israelis were killed but two frontier policemen and two civilians were wounded in three ambushes along the Jordan frontier.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jordan
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