Kerner Calls for Reorganization Plan Rises in Chicago Friday
Jack Ruby 55 died in Dallas after cancer and a blood clot ended his life. He was buried beside his parents in West lawn Cemetery as his body arrived at O'Hare. Wittinesses and officials commented on the Kennedy case and Warren Commission findings as Ruby’s death stirred debate.
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Chicago
Jack Ruby
West Side
John F. Kennedy
Ruby
O'Hare International Airport
Dallas
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Earl Rose
Rose
North Side
Earl Ruby
Detroit
Eileen Kaminsky
Eva Grant
Hershey Weinstein
Weinstein & Sons Chapel
Weinstein
Westlawn
New York
William F. Kunstler
Kunstler
Los Angeles
Joseph A. Ball
Warren Commission
Ball
Commission
Yorkville Cafe Explosion Fatal in Illinois
Donald E. Cutsinger aged 46 of Yorkville died at Copley Memorial Hospital from injuries suffered December 23 in a Yorkville restaurant blast. His 18 year old son Donald M. and 37 year old Max Riemenschnieder were hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Authorities said gasoline used in a tiling operation ignited accidentally.
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Aurora, Ill
Donald E. Cutsinger
Yorkville
Copley Memorial Hospital
Cutsinger
Donald M
Max Riemenschneider
Stolen Dulwich Gallery Paintings Recovered in London
Police say eight paintings including three Rembrandts and three Rubens worth 7 million have been recovered in London. Scotland Yard identified the works by the gallery curator after a Friday night theft at Dulwich College Gallery, Britain's oldest public gallery.
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London
Dulwich College Gallery
Rembrandts
Rubens
Gerard Dou
Adam Elsheimer
Scotland Yard
College Art Gallery
Britain
Rembrandt
Titus
Restrictions On Newsmen At Speck Trial
Judge Herbert C. Paschen in Peoria outlined possible limits for reporters and photographers covering the Richard Speck trial. Guidelines depend on exact turnout and may include bans on photos on the second floor and restricted courtroom access.
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Chicago
Peoria
Richard Speck
Herbert C. Paschen
Speck
Gerald Getty
Getty
Cook County
Paschen
Illinois Supreme Court
Peoria County
Weather Outlook Cold With Light Snow Flurries
The Weather Bureau forecasts tonight's lows from 10 to 18 degrees with less severe wind chills than Tuesday. Snow flurries possible this afternoon and evening. Thursday to be partly sunny and cold with highs in the 20s. Friday expected cloudy and warmer. Collins station reports 32 high Tuesday morning and 20 later. Tuesday night low was one below zero. Trace of precipitation noted. At 9 am Morris station read 18 degrees and 10:30 am downtown Morris 23 degrees.
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Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Sheep School On Farm Program At Grundy County
About 20 producers expected at a sheep production school sponsored by Grundy County Agriculture Extension Service today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Farm Bureau auditorium with University of Illinois sheep specialist Gary Ricketts leading the session. A follow up school is planned January 11 at the same location as part of a three month series.
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Grundy County Agriculture Extension Service
Farm Bureau
Gary Ricketts
University of Illinois
Grundy
Kendall
U. of I
Extension Service
Illinois Farm Account Book
Kankakee
Grundy County
Agriculture Department
MCHS
1967 License Deadline Set For Feb. 15
Secretary of State Paul Powell announces February 15 1967 as the license plate deadline. Motorists urged to apply by mail early for processing and delivery time. Delays due to a strike and breakdowns forced the later deadline. Plates available at Springfield and Chicago outlets and over the counter at 23 banks statewide.
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Paul Powell
Powell
Springfield
Secretary of State
Chicago
Centennial Building
Ninth St
South Grand Ave
W. Lexington St
S. Parkway
N. Elston Ave
Fire at Dresden Nuclear Plant Conveyor Overheats
Coal City Volunteer Fire Department was summoned at 7 15 p m to a Dresden Nuclear Plant construction site where a conveyor belt on concrete mixing equipment overheated. Workers extinguished the blaze before firefighters arrived and no damage occurred.
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Coal City
Dresden
Hanoi Premier Signals Flexibility on Vietnam Talks
New York AP reports Premier Pham Van Dong in Hanoi says four point demands are a basis for settlement, not strict preconditions for peace talks. He argues Washington must take the first step and urges patience as hostilities could end, enabling broader discussion.
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NEW York
Pham van Dong
North Vietnam
Vietnam
New York Times
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
Washington
South Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Liberation Front
Caisley Frees Endress in McLean County Murder Case
Karl G. Endress, 42, of Bloomington, was freed on murder charges by Magistrate William T. Caisley after a preliminary hearing showed insufficient evidence. Endress had been accused of killing 49 year old Virginia Foley of Normal. State's Attorney Hugh A. Henry had sought a continuance.
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Bloomington, Ill
Karl G. Endress
Bloomington
William T. Caisley
McLean County
Caisley
Endress
Virginia Foley
Normal State
Hugh A. Henry
Leaders of Cuban Invasion Held in Key West Jail
In Key West Florida AP report says 30 exiles including Rolando Masferrer and Anton Constanzo are jailed on neutralit y law violations after a thwarted plan to invade Haiti and use it to attack Castro. Bond ranges from 2 500 to 5000 dollars. others include a Haitian priest and a former education minister.
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Key West
Fla
Haiti
Fidel Castro
Monroe County
U.S
Rolando Masferrer
Havana
United States
Castro
Cuba
William B. Meadows
South Florida
Masferrer
Immigration Service
Florida Keys
Constanzo
Jean Baptiste Georges
Duvalier
Meeting of Parents With Special Pupils
A Grundy County meeting to form a parents association for mentally and physically handicapped children is set for 8 p m Tuesday at 929 Liberty Street, hosted by Mr and Mrs Raymond Kopczick. Guest speaker Mrs Joseph Omega of Trinity School Joliet and the Illinois Association for Retarded Children will address forming ties with schools and the handicapped advisory committee. All parents and interested persons are invited.
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Parents’ Association
Grundy County
Raymond Kopczick
Liberty St
Joseph Omega
Trinity School
Joliet
Illinois Association For Retarded Children
Wire theft wipes $2,000 copper from Morris facility
Commonwealth Edison official reports salvage of $2,000 worth of solid copper wire missing from a Morris storeroom. Foreman Richard Bradley found the loss about 7:30 am after work began. theft likely occurred between Friday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Entry via washroom window next to the canal led to a possible escape route. Morris police note a string of copper thefts in the area. Deputies arrest two men in nearby Braidwood for a separate copper wire robbery attempt at Peabody Coal Co. This burglary is under local investigation.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Morris
Richard Bradley
Illinois Ave
Bradley
Will County Sheriff's Deputis
Braidwood
Peabody Coal Co
Morris City
Kerner proposes sweeping abolition of most elective offices
Gov. Otto Kerner urged the 75th General Assembly to abolish all elective state offices except the governor and lieutenant governor and call a constitutional convention. He asked for a series of reorganizations including a state board of tax appeals and a higher compulsory school attendance age, plus a freedom of residence law and new revenue measures focused on education.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
75Th General Assembly
Department of Financial Institutions
Illinois Youth Commission
Code Department
Illinois Athletic Commission
State Board of Tax Appeals
Revenue Department
Finance Department
General Services Administration
Treasury
Missile veers off course in test near Cuba
An unarmed Air Force Mace missile launched from Eglin Air Force Base Florida veered from its planned path and is believed to have impacted about 100 miles south of Cuba. The Pentagon said the test had no warhead and offered few details.
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Washington
Air Force
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Pentagon
Defense Department
Air Force Proving Ground
Eglin Afb
Fla
Fidel Castro
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