End of New York Transit Strike Brings Quick Restoration
New York ended its 13 day subway and bus strike as mediation produced a settlement. Transit Authority workers begin returning to jobs, with service restoration promised by noon. Justice Geller freed jail bound union chiefs and dismissed fines in a separate action.
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New York
Transit Authority
John V. Lindsay
Afl-Cio
Transport Workers Union
Amalgamated Transit Union
Lindsay
TWU
Supreme Court
Abraham N. Geller
Michael J. Quill
Geller
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
Douglas L. MacMahon
MacMahon
Subway
Industrial Arts Teacher Hired At Morris High School
Morris Community High School filled its industrial arts vacancy with James Ropp at a board meeting. Ropp, a first assignment graduate from Illinois State University, will start second semester and free space for driver education. The board also discussed vocational training plans with local industries, GE computer registration contract, holiday tournament, locks update, and an executive session on elementary land acquisition.
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Morris Community High School
James Ropp
Morris Community High School Board of Education
MCHS
Claude Rose
Gibson City
Rose
Agriculture Department
Roger Gordon
Guidance Department
General Electric Co
Knoxville Officer Suspended For No-Parking Violation
Assistant Police Chief Joe Fowler says a patrolman was suspended for one day for parking a police cruiser in a no-parking zone on the wrong side of the street in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Joe Fowler
Ambush Hits South Vietnamese Army Near Saigon
A large guerrilla force ambushed a South Vietnamese battalion and American advisers at dawn near Route 1 between Trang Bang and Cu Chi, injuring many and killing several. Crimp operation forces fought near Saigon, with Communists suffering heavy losses as 8 000 U.S. and Australian troops engaged in multiple clashes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam Press
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Trang Bang
Cu-Chi
Iron Triangle
First County sales tax yields October collection of 1503.83
County Clerk Nels P. Nelson reports the Illinois Department of Revenue computed October sales tax at 1503.83 for a half cent county retailers occupation tax adopted by the board in September. A check of 1443.68 less 60.15 admin fee will be sent to the county treasurer. October figures exclude quarterly prepayments. budgeted income is 25000 for the general fund.
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Nels P. Nelson
Ilinois
Nelson
Tibbott Music Fund Reaches Total of $230
The John Tibbott Jr Music Scholarship Fund has received $230 in contributions toward a $929.50 total objective for the SBA tour of eight European countries. Dale E. Wise of MCHS notes $55 remains due Feb 1 for reservation and $754.50 due May 1. Contributions may be left at Grundy County or First National Banks in Morris or at MCHS.
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Tibbott Music Fund
John R. Tibbott Jr
School Band of America
Dale E. Wise
MCHS
Tibbett Music Scholarship Fund
John Tibbett Jr
Grundy County
First National Banks
Morris
New Jersey Faces Shortage of Reservoir Sites
New Jersey must quickly buy up potential reservoir sites as housing developments consume the countryside, says Donald J. Kroeck supervising engineer of the State Division of Water Policy and Supply.
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New Brunswick
N.Q J
New Jersey
Donald J. Kroeck
State Division of Water Policy and Supply
Winter Storm Clamps Illinois Roads With Hazardous Travel
A major storm leaves sleet snow and ice across northern Illinois. Interstates 80 and U S 66 are clear in Morris area while U S 52 and U S 6 show ice and rough conditions. Snow plows and sand trucks operated in Chicago as snowfall totals reach up to a foot north of the city. Temperature drops to single digits tonight with wind and colder conditions expected.
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Morris
Illinois State Highway Garage
Illinois 47
Here
Chicago
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Illinois Highway Division
Judgments In 50 Tax Suits Entered By Circuit Court
Associate Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist entered default judgments on about 50 delinquent personal property tax suits. Citations issued. first group to appear January 27. Six cases set to be called each Thursday through February 24. Assistant State's Attorney James Peacock notes roughly 30 percent of suits filed before Christmas have been paid.
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Robert Malmquist
Atty
James Peacock
Peacock
Canadian Navy Ships, Planes Join Caribbean Spring Exercises
Four teen Canadian navy ships from the east and west coasts, ten patrol planes, and more than 3,500 men will take part in the annual spring exercises in the Caribbean area near Halifax.
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Halifax
N.S
Caribbean
Morris Elementary Board discusses dental program and merit pay
The Morris Elementary Board of Education met at Franklin School to review a dental health program for younger students and to discuss salary patterns for the 1966-67 year. A merit pay proposal drew concern and the superintendent was asked to draft a schedule while staff opinion was to be explored.
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Morris
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Franklin School
Dental Association
The
W. F. Dolezal
Stanley Graham
S. C. Liedman
K. A. Peckell
Professional Services
Proctor and Gamble
Kenneth Hammer
Barry Seng
Hammer
P.T.A
Johnson outlines vast agenda in State of the Union
President Johnson pledges to press a $112.8 billion budget and vows U S troops will stay in Viet Nam while aggression continues. He calls for crime control, a cabinet level transportation department, anti discrimination laws, jury reform, expanded health and education programs, urban rebuilding, tax changes, and stepped up defense funding. He seeks new foreign aid directions, broader trade, and possible additional revenues if needed.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
U.S
Viet Nam
Department of Transportation
Soviet Union
Europe
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Appropriations
House
Gerald R. Ford
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Finance Committee
Russell B. Long
D-La
Finance Committee
Frank Carlson
R-Kan
GOP
William Proxmire
D-Wis
North
South Viet Nam
South
Dirksen
Illinois
Peter H. Dominick
Rcorp
Snow and Ice Hit Grundy County Roads
Light snow and freezing rain left Grundy County highways glazed with ice creating hazardous driving conditions. Col line Weather Station logged 32/26, with precipitation at .55 inch as sleet snow and rain. Friday will be colder with highs in the upper 20s while Saturday warms slightly.
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Grundy County
Colline Weather Station
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Zimmerman
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