Remarkable Recovery by Eisenhower Progress Steady
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows continued,remarkably smooth recovery after abdominal surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital. Doctors report stable vital signs and morale, with limited conversation and increasing oral intake as his son heads home and Mrs. Eisenhower visits. Time will tell the long term impact on his heart.
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Frederick J. Hughes
Hughes
John Eisenhower
Phoenixville
Eisenhower
Army
Heart Fund Reaches 4666 Dollars Countywide
The Heart Fund campaign this year has collected 4666.64 dollars including 368 dollars for memorials. The Heart Association remains a voluntary non-governmental health body funding research education and community services. Donations may be sent to the Heart Fund First National Bank or Miss Ethel Watts at 217 Fulton St. Local youth groups assisted, with Hillcrest 4-H Club contributing 5 dollars.
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County Heart Fund
The
Heart Association
United Fund
Heart Fund
First National Bank
Ethel Watts
Fulton St
MYF
First United Methodist Church of
Sticker Deadline Set for March 15 in City
The city council agreed that vehicle sticker display must finish by March 15. Acting Mayor Donald Davidson told license committee chair John Nelson he did not expect the deadline to extend beyond March.
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Donald Davidson
John Nelson
City Sidewalk Policy Adopted by City Council
The City Council approved a policy to pay for removing old sidewalks when residents replace or add new ones. The vote was 7 to 0, following a street and alley committee recommendation led by Acting Mayor Donald Davidson.
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Donald Davidson
Schweickert
Division of Waterways
Israeli Spirit Described by Joliet Rabbi
Rabbi Morris M. Hershman of Joliet spoke at the Morris BPW Club meeting detailing his Tel Aviv and Sinai trip during Christmas holidays. He described Israeli resolve, government officials seeking military aid only as weapons, and Israel's many daily newspapers in Tel Aviv. About 120 attended at the First United Methodist Church as plans for the 48th BPW State Convention in Chicago were announced and new members welcomed.
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Middle East
Morris M. Hershman
Joliet
Morris Business and Professional Woman’s Club
Jack Vismara
Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai
Mediterranean
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Rabbi Hershman
New York City
First United Methodist Church
Richard Shaw
Claude Bottomley
Rex Buckner
Richard Ferguson
Mabel Higgins
Ilda Olson
Frank Sereno
Lillias Walker
Gladys Funk
Ernest Peterson
Wilma Gehrke
Edna Shea
William Allan
BPW
Chicago
Mickey Brooks
Margaret Nelson
Porter Gobert
Barbara Hume
Julie Smith
Wismara
Edna Kay
Elmer McKibben
Paul Cable
Brooks
Larry Anderson
Edward Heppert
Springfield
Axis
Bank to Sponsor Farm Meeting on Agriculture in the 70s
The First National Bank of Morris hosts a 7 30 p m farm program in its community room with four panelists including J A Hopkins of the University of Illinois and former Bank of America executive. Topics cover financial and production management, new approaches, and farming's future. A Q A follows. public invited, no charge, refreshments served.
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First National Bank of Morris
J. A. Hopkins
University of Illinois
Bank of America
California
Hopkin
Judson McManigal
First National Bank of Chicago
Bennett Hauenstein
Chicago Bank
Ellwyn Hegland
Weather outlook for Morris area with mixed precipitation possible
Variable cloudiness tonight with a low in the lower 30s. Wednesday cloudy with a chance of light snow mixed with rain and a high near 40. Thursday shows a chance of rain or snow and little temperature change. At 11 a.m. the downtown Morris reading was 38 degrees. No report available from Collins Weather Station.
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Morris
Collins
Pastor Hugo Montanus In Critical Condition After Heart Attack
The Rev Hugo Montanus former pastor of the Morris Presbyterian Church is in critical condition at Fairbury Hospital Fairbury after a heart attack Monday evening He became ill at 9 15 p m while visiting his son Thomas and was taken to the hospital where he lies in the intensive care ward room all
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Hugo Montanus
Presbyterian Church
Morris
Fairbury Hospital
Fairbury
Thomas
Convict Couple In Wheaton Kidnap Case
A Riverdale couple Robert Marin 24 and Ethyl Marin 26 were found guilty of aggravated kidnapping in the September 18 abduction of 7 year old Hillard Marks grandson of hosiery magnate founder of Perfect Plus Hosiery. The conviction followed a six day trial in Illinois Circuit Court.
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Hillard Marks
Perfect Plus Hosiery, Inc
Hartsough
William Marks
Daniel C. Pieler
Chicago
Pieler
Marin
Young Marks
Illinois
California Floods Forcing Mass Evacuations Across Six Counties
Thousands fled floods and earthslides as a record rainstorm drenched California. About 6,000 people evacuated overnight in six counties from Fresno to the coast. San Luis Obispo reported 44 inches and Los Angeles 24 inches. blizzards closed roads and hindered rescue efforts. In Santa Paula 4,000 were evacuated as the Santa Paula Creek flooded the town’s east end.
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Santa Paula
Calif
Ventura County
Los Angeles
Sespe Creek
Nixon Supports Enlarged Market With Britain
London AP reports President Nixon reaffirmed U S backing for Britain joining a wider European Common Market and for NATO during a 2 hour 46 minute meeting with Prime Minister Wilson. Ziegler said Nixon’s stance followed a pledge to pursue European integration and security in talks alongside queenly lunch and Tory meetings.
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London
Nixon
Britain
United States
Europe
Ronald L. Ziegler
Harold Wilson
Ziegler
Trevor Lloyd Hughes
Wilson
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union
Living Costs Rise Slightly in January
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent rise in consumer prices in January with early February signs of a similar uptick. The overall cost index sits 4.6 percent above January 1968, driven by higher prices for services linked to auto operation, home ownership, and media.
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Washington
Labor Department
Teachers Get Scrip Checks At Kankakee
The Kankakee School District with a 300000 deficit will issue scrip paychecks today to 335 teachers across 14 schools. Superintendent Lee Grebner says the checks are negotiable and funded by borrowing from local banks at about 5 percent interest.
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Kankakee, Ill
Kankakee
Lee Grebner
Grebner
Ilinois
Steady Balloting Amid City Primary Turnout
Early voting shows about 60 percent turnout in the city primary with roughly 3 000 of 5 000 eligible voters in four wards casting ballots by midmorning. First voters noted in several wards as officials warned late results due to six Republican mayoral candidates and ward contests.
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Telfer Printing Co
Willliam D. Button
Benton St
Hexedale
Wauponsee St
John Snyder
Kiersted St
Clinton Darling
Milton Myers
Masonic Temple
Army Checks Casualty in Mixup Case
Elizabethton Tennessee AP reports Blanche Guinn learned her son Pfe Freddie Guinn, 20, died in Vietnam after being wounded, though a prior mistaken notification misled her in 1967 when Pfe John W Guinn was believed dead but later found alive. The Army says it double checked the identity before informing her.
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Blanche Guinn
Pfe
Freddie Guinn
Vietnam
Here
Army Pfe
John W. Guinn
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Tennessee
Kentucky
Guinn
Pfe. Guinn
Tichenor
Samuel Ly Tichenor
Louisville
Crash Kills Two Near Joliet on Interstate 80
AP reports two men died in a Monday crash on Interstate 80 near Joliet. Identified victims are Coy Lackman, 37, and Louis Surinak, 84, both residents of Shorewood. Each car had only its driver.
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Joliet
Coy Lackman
Louis Surinak
Shorewood
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