Morris Library Trustees Vote to Join Regional System
Trustees of the Morris Public Library vote unanimously to participate in a state regional library system serving Grundy Will Kankakee Kendall and Livingston counties. The move aims to create a shared reference center and expanded services with per capita grants and taxes to fund participation.
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Morris Public Library
Illinois
Gordon Gregg
Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Kendall
Livingston Counties
Steel price hikes draw wary response from major U S firms
Facing government pressure, Bethlehem and Inland Steel unveiled price increases for structural steel framing. Most large makers studied the move while sales and shares showed mixed reactions. Officials ordered agencies to buy at the lowest prices and to push prime contractors to do likewise, aiming to curb inflationary effects.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Inland Steel Corp
Bethlehem
Colorado Fuel & Iron Crop
Tion
United States Steel Corp
Congress
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Inland Steel
Gardner Ackley
President's Council of Economic Advisers
McNamara
LeRoy Collins
Woman To Be Questioned In Bad Check Case
Deputy Sheriff George Hendrickson will question Linda J. Morgan 21 in Ottawa or Streator over a 98.63 bad check drawn on United Funeral Chapel Chicago. Morgan was picked up in DeKalb after a state alert by La Salle County and Streator police. The check was cashed at Kroger's store before Christmas with other local dares in Ottawa and La Salle County.
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George Hendrickson
Ottawa
Streator
United Funeral Chapel
Chicago
Linda J. Morgan
DeKalb
la Salle County
Kroger’s
Final Report On Annexation Of School District 238C
Grundy County Board of School Trustees held a quarterly meeting to finalize the annexation of the former Erienna Consolidated District 238C to Nettle Creek Milton Pope and Morris Elementary districts. The district’s dissolution was approved last April 5. routine matters were discussed by board members Jens Spander Arthur Meadors John Hauschild Kenneth Wilkinson and Frank Roeder.
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Joliet
Mazon Township High School
Gardner and
Mazon
Women of the Moose
Morris Woman's Club
Lillie Hume
Price Dean
John B. Roth
Children's Department
Arthur V. Meadors
Erienna
Grundy County
Viet Cong strike back near Tuy Hoa in heavy fighting
Large Viet Cong forces attacked South Korean marines and Vietnamese paratroopers near Tuy Hoa, 240 miles northeast of Saigon. Eight guerrillas killed and eight captured. total Communist deaths in the operation tallied at 180.
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Saigon
Tuy Hoa
U.S
Mekong
173Rd
Bien Hoa
Mekong Delta
Cambodian
Cambodia
South Viet Nam
Prince Nordom _ Sihanouk
U.N
U Thant
Cambodian National Congress
United States
U. S
South
Viet Nam
Johnson plans extended Viet peace pause as Hanoi weighs talks
President Johnson expected to press ahead with the Vietnamese peace offensive including the bombing pause to give Hanoi ample time to decide on entering peace negotiations. U.S. policymakers see a split in Hanoi between seeking a negotiated end and continuing the war, with China and the Soviet Union influencing North Vietnam. Alexander Shelepin’s Hanoi visit is seen as a possible push for peace, though American officials remain hopeful.
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Washington
Johnson
North
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
China
Hanoi
Alexander N. Shelepin
Communist Party
Moscow
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Kosygin
Shelepin
Reagan Ready To Enter California Governor Race
Film star Ronald Reagan announces his bid for the Republican nomination in California. He plans a televised half hour film to disclose his decision and faces rivals George Christopher Laughlin Waters and William Patrick with conservative and moderate factions aligning behind different candidates. Brown seeks third term as governor.
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Reagan
California
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Death Valley Days
George Christopher
San Francisco
Laughlin E. Waters
U.S
Edmund G. Brown
Barry Goldwater
Bus and Subway Strike Enters Fourth Day in New York
Union leader Michael J. Quill and eight officials were jailed for contempt of court after defying an injunction blocking the 34,400 transit workers strike. Civil contempt citations were issued as negotiations resumed with the city facing a $216 million two year package and a $25 million settlement offer from the Transit Authority. Traffic and commuter disruption mounted across Queens, Brooklyn, and Manhattan as Mayor Lindsay urged residents to stay away unless necessary.
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New York
Michael J. Quill
Quill
Afl-Cio Transport Workers Union
Transport Workers Union
Afl-Cio Amalgamated Transit Union
Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
Geller
Commerce and Industry Association
John V. Lindsay
Queens
Manhattan
Bronx
New York Central
Long Island
Henry A. Barnes
Amalgamated Transit Union
Afl-Cio
Transit Authority
Witness says he burned Ku Klux Klan records in 1964
John D. Swenson of Bossier City Louisiana testified before the House Committee on Un American Activities that he burned all records to keep them from the enemy. He cited Communist danger and refused to answer questions about Klan membership.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
John D. Swenson
Bossier City
Swenson
Grand Dragon
Knights
Ku Klux Klan
House Committee
Rep
Edwin E. Willis
Weather Outlook Shows Slight Warmup Ahead
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts little change for the next three days with warmer temperatures. Highs near the 40s and lows in the low 30s are expected. At Collins Weather Station Monday, the high was 33 degrees and the low 24. at 9 a m today it was 31 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Mercury
Collins
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Royal B. Young
Donald T. Appel
Young
Murray H. Martin
Grady Wilder
Robert Fuller
Monroe
Klan Bureau of Investigation
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