Apollo 9 delayed by astronauts colds in Rome
Apollo 9 launch postponed from Friday to Monday as astronauts McDivitt Scott and Schweickart suffer sore throats and congestion. Doctors report physical and mental fatigue from training. mission now targets 11 a.m. EST Monday with emphasis on rest and recovery before testing the lunar module.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Space Agency
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
U.S
Charles A. Berry
McDivitt
Scott
Schweickart
Berry
MacDivitt
Frank Borman
Looters and Police Engage in Gun Battle at Madison Yard
Railway detectives and four looters fought a gun battle in the Illinois Terminal yard near Eagle Park Acres. About 30 shots were fired as four men broke into a box car containing sheet copper. Two suspects, J B George and Ronald Boyd, were captured after a high speed chase. two wounded Eagle Park Acres men face charges for attempted theft from an interstate shipment.
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Madison, Ill
Illinois Terminal
Eagle Park Acres
Madison
Venice
Granite City
Illinois
U.S
Springfield
Cornell Stephenson
Joseph Williams
Eugene F. Moore
Charles Mize
Johnnie Crook
J. B. George
East St. Louis
Ronald Boyd
Minooka Village Board approves easement contract
A special Minooka Village Board meeting passed a resolution to contract with Commonwealth Edison Co. for an easement along the south village edge. The land will serve the sanitary sewer line from the new high school to the sewage treatment plant. Village stickers go on sale 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the fire station, with additional sales 9 a.m. to noon on the next two Saturdays and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, March 15.
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Minooka
Commonwealth Edison Co
Weather Outlook With Modest Temperature Variations
The forecast shows partly cloudy skies tonight with a low near 30. Friday brings variable cloudiness and a high around 40. Saturday looks partly cloudy with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station logged a Wednesday high of 39 and a low of 23, with 9 am around 36 and 11 am downtown at 47.
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Collins Weather Station
Moxsis
Fines Total 1150 In Godley Prostitution Raid
Five defendants face fines after a January 29 Trophy Inn raid in Godley by state police. Charlotte Cary Kathy Christian Julie Martin all of Chicago each paid 200 plus 32.40 costs for prostitution while Frank Broome 65 of Chicago Heights paid 500 plus 32.40 costs for operating a house. Jeff R Johnson of Steger paid 50 plus 32.40 costs for lacking a firearm owner’s ID.
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Trophy Inn
Godley
Charlotte Cary
Kathy Christian
Julie Martin
Chicago
Frank Broome
Chicago Heights
Jeff R. Johnson
Steger
Broome
Coal City
James R. Fleming
Richard Wilder
Chester Winsor
Joseph Wilkinson
Morris Board Approves April 2 Bids and Tray Debate
The Morris grade school board approved final plans for an April 2 bid date for a 60,000 square foot middle school at Franklin School site. A 3-3 vote paused decisions on disposable versus permanent trays and utensils. Additional items include hiring a part time teacher’s aide, library books under Title II, and continued cost comparisons for cafeteria equipment.
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Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Austin Botuen
Gladys St
Illinois
Burton Roeth
Phillips and Associates
Roeth
Kenneth E. Hammer
Burkhart
Macomb
James Peterson
Gordon Lear
Gerald McTague
Ronald Bell
John Hynds
John Hendrickson
Leslie Tibbitts
James E. McElwain
Morris Community High School
Kenneth Hammer
Lisle
Sandwich
Plano
Weight voting in Illinois counties ruled illegal
Atty Gen Scott ruled weighted voting cannot be used for reapportionment in 84 downstate township county boards. He said the system violates one man, one vote as populations vary among supervisors and townships. Cook County’s board of 15 commissioners and seventeen downstate counties with commissions are affected.
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Springfield
Ill
William J. Scott
Downstate
Illinois
William Clark
Scott
Daniel D. Dougherty
Chicago
Tillinois County
Dougherty’s Commission
Cook County
Defense Rests in Clay Shaw Case
The defense rested its case after Clay Shaw testified that he never knew Lee Harvey Oswald or David Ferrie and did not conspire to murder President Kennedy. Assistant District Attorney James Alcock led a roughly hour long cross examination, with the state planning to present rebuttal witnesses later. District Attorney Jim Garrison, who accused Shaw in 1963, was absent during the questioning.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
James L. Alcock
Jim Garrison
Shaw
Kennedy
Clergy Careers Booth Draws Interest at Philadelphia Expo
At a Philadelphia exhibition of career opportunities a booth promotes the Roman Catholic priesthood. A spokesman for the archdiocese says the effort is aimed at reaching active applicants where the action is.
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Piiladelpela AP
Philadelphia Archiocese
Lull in Major Offensive Against Saigon
Saigon sees easing in the new enemy spring offensive though analysts expect further action. Across South Vietnam Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces increase rocket and mortar strikes on about 50 towns and bases as the campaign enters its fifth day.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry
Paris
City Planning Evaluation Heads to City Council
A report evaluating the city planning program prepared for presentation to the City Council. Chairman Dr. Barry Seng will appoint a reviewer for the seven year program. Wednesday night discussion focused on the sign section of the zoning ordinance with changes under study. Attendees included Dr. Leng James Baum Richard Bauer Mrs. Everett Lois Mrs. Angie Patti Acting Mayor Donald Davidson Aldermen James Stine and Charles Roseland were absent. Next regular meeting set for March 26.
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Morris Planning Commission
Barry Seng
Leng
James Baum
Richard Bauer
Everett Lois
Angie Patti
Donald Davidson
James Stine
Charles Roseland
Students Attack Associate Dean During Chicago Protest
University of Chicago associate dean Dr. James M Redfield was surrounded and cursed by dissident students after a protesters meeting as security guards escorted him home. The unrest followed threats of expulsion for 31 suspended students and sparked similar disturbances at Chicago campuses including Chicago State College and Central YMCA Community College.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
James M. Redfield
Redfield
Chicago State College
Marth files for Morris Elementary Board seat
Don E Marth of Lisbon Road a local manager at Federal Paper Board seeks election to a three year term on the Morris Elementary Board of Education. Filing opened Wednesday and runs until March. Two three year terms and a one year term will be filled at the April 12 election.
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Don E. Marth
Lisbon Road
Board Mill
Federal Paper Board
Morris Elementary Board of Education
John C. Hendrickson
Leslie Wibbitts
Atty
John Hynds
Peter Gates
Hynds
Gates
Franklin School
Morris Community High School Board Terms Expire
Two Morris Community High School Board of Education terms expire in April. Incumbents Henry Smith of Saratoga Township and Raymond Christensen of 610 EE Chapin St are listed. Smith completes his second term, Christensen his first. Petitions due by March 22 at the high school office 1000 Union St with hours 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Henry Smith
Saratoga Township
Raymond Christensen
610 EE
Chapin St. Smith
Christensen
Union St
Haylift Aids Wild Mustangs On Snowbound Nevada Ridge
A Nevada haylift by helicopter saves about 35 to 50 marooned wild mustangs on a Pine Nut mountains ridge east of Lake Tahoe. Pilot Byron Clark and Ed Counts ran hourly flights at 170 dollars each to feed the starving herd as storms left them in wind swept, snowbound conditions with few feed sources and birds.
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Minden
Nev
Nevada
Lake Tahoe
Byron Clark
Sheriff's Posse
Ed Counts
Pine Nut
Clark
Nixon Visibly Bonds With Berlin and Promotes European Unity
President Nixon arrives in Rome after a Berlin visit marked by cheers and jeers as thousands of West Berliners endorsed U.S. defense commitments. In Berlin his car was pelted with snow. police arrested about 22 demonstrators. In Rome, he wins Italian President Saragat’s support for talks with Moscow and European unity including Britain. Nixon stresses U.S. pledge to defend freedom and a united Europe amid East West tensions.
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Rome
Berlin
Nixon
West Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial
Giuseppe Saragat
Italy
Moscow
Saragat
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Europe
United States
Eisenhower's Recovery Reported Satisfactory at Walter Reed
Army doctors said former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 78, continues satisfactory recovery after major abdominal surgery. He remains in the critical postoperative period at Walter Reed Army Hospital, with age and past medical history noted in the assessment.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eundey Aigud
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American Museum of Natural History
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Theodore Stolarz
Central Ymca Community College
John Bouseman
Josea Lindsey
Duncan Ymca
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Marth
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