Rainbow Boy Scout Show Planned at Mazon Fairgrounds
Shabbona district of Rainbow Boy Scouts revealed plans for a district Scout show on April 23 and 24 at the Mazon Fairgrounds. The 1966 goals include a May Camporee, leadership training, and a health and safety program in Gardner on April 16 to prepare for summer.
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Mazon Fairgrounds
Shabbona Distriit
Rainbow Boy Scout
William B. Norton
Morris Country Club
Gardner
Health and Safety Committee
Warming trend but cold highs in the 20s
The U.S. Weather Bureau reports tonight will be fair and not very cold while Thursday warms but highs stay in the 20s. Friday looks much colder with a chance of snow flurries. A cold Tuesday at Collins Weather Station saw a 13 degree high and zero low. At 9 a.m. today temperatures were 9 above zero.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Fall in Her Home on Tuesday Fatal to Woman in Newark
Mrs. Viola Norem 63 died after a Tuesday fall at her Newark home. Her husband found her at the basement stairs and she later died in Sandwich Community Hospital. Funeral services set for Friday at Newark Lutheran Church with burial in Fox River Cemetery. She taught locally for 30 years and held leadership in church groups. Survived by husband Harvey Norem four stepchildren 14 grandchildren mother Clara Rasmussen and several siblings.
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Newark
Harvey
Viola) Norem
Sandwich Community Hospital
Norem
Larson- Gabel Funeral Home
Newark Lutheran Church
O. Paul Hougen
William Hutter
Fox River
Donna Wohlfert
World Mission Prayer League
Pleasant View Luther Home
Viola Rasmusson
Miller Township
Silas
Clara Rasmusson
Norway Lutheran Church
ALCW
Harvey Norem
William
Nellie Mae) Hutter
Montgomery
Homer Norem
Clinton B. Norem
Blue Island
James Norem
Los Altos
Calif
Clara Rasmussen
Pleasant View
Luther Home
Ottawa
Floyd
Florence) Wohlfert
Aurora
Melvin
Beulah) Anderson
Charlotte Rasmussen
Racine
Wise
John
Gertrude) Mooney
Earlville
Russell
Corpus Chisti
Tex
Earl
Wheaton
Indira Gandhi Wins India Prime Minister Post
Indira Gandhi, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, elected today as India's new prime minister. She becomes the first woman to head a major nation and leads the Congress party with 355 votes to Desai's 169 in Parliament.
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New Delhi
India
Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Congress Party
Nehru
Homes for Foreign Exchange Student Sought at Morris
Morris Community High School invites families to apply as potential host homes for the 1966-67 American Field Service exchange student. Principal Ted Morgan says applications are open at the MCHS office and that host eligibility includes families without a current MCHS student or children. The New York office of AFS conducts the selection, with family children under consideration but not the main factor.
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Morris Community High
Induction Notices Sent for Local Selective Service February
Thirty six Grundy County young men will receive notices soon to report for induction into the armed forces in February. Mrs. Bernyce Heggen, secretary of the local Selective Service Board, reported today. Thirty other men will be called to report for their physical examinations.
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Grundy County
Bernyce Heggen
Selective Service Board
Ist National to Build New Bank in Morris Illinois
First National Bank of Morris announces purchase of three parcels on W Main Street between Wauponsee and Fulton Streets. Properties owned by Fread, Barkley and Helen Hynds families, including 204 216 and 222 West Main Street. Build a modern bank with drive in and parking. price not disclosed.
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First National Bank of Morris
W. Main St
Wauponsee and
Fulton Sts
Fread, Barkley
Helen Hynds
William B. Norton
Norton
Morris- Grundy County
Barkley
Guidance staff mails OJT data forms to area businesses
Roger Gordon of Morris Community High School announces distribution of questionnaires to businessmen and industries. The on the job training program relies on filled forms to shape the plan, aiming to best serve the community and students.
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Morris Community High School Guidance Department
Roger Gordon
MCHS
Gordon
Need for Step Up Seen by Planners
High level U S planners in Viet Nam urge tightening the war effort to compel a peace, favoring resumed bombings and extended talks. They warn against armistice guarantees that could allow Ho Chi Minh’s defeat to be avoided and push for hard timelines and South Vietnamese control rather than IC C oversight.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
United States
Hanoi
North Viet Nam
Washington
Ho Chi Minh
Peking
Johnson
International Control Commission
Nutria fur industry grows at Morris area farm
A Morris county farm six miles east of Morris on U S 6 breeds nutria for pelts, meat, and jewelry. Angelo and Mrs Tonet aim for 100 breeding females to yield about 1,500 offspring annually, while explaining their care, mating cycle, and market chain to New York and Italy.
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Morrison U
Angelo Tonet
Rte. 2
Amarillo
Tex
Illinois
Harry Melby
Goose Lake Township
Louisiana
New York
Italy
Tonet
Tenet
International
Nutria Marketing Association
Belgium
France
Germany
Streator
Kankakee
James Darkhuff
Angeo Tonet
Herald
Viet Cong declares lunar New Year truce amid refugee camp attacks
Viet Cong factions announced a four day New Year cease fire while they attacked a Tam Ky refugee camp housing 2 000 people killing 33 and wounding 54 as U S advisers described a scene of destroyed huts and scorched bodies near Da Nang Chu Lai and Tam Ky leaving Marines on alert and continuing operations.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
U.S
Tam Ky
U.S. 1St Infantry
Quang Tin
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Tu Hiep
Thang Binh
da Nang
Chu Lai
Okinawa
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Richard Wilder
Tracy Adcock
Peter Gates
Sisler
James McElwain
Waldo E. Bolen Jr
Parker Robinson
James Walsh
Robert MacDonald
Peter Trucano
James Christensen
Garry Lehmkuhl
Philip Ortis
Richard Alverson
Donald Parker
James Butz
Charles Bliefield
Howard Bates
S. Raymond Mitchell
Wesley Holm
W. E. Brown
Mack McMillen
George Malek
Louis J. Bruno
Coal City
Frank Anselmo Jr
Skip Wagoner
Shabbona
Mazon
Morris American Legion
Cone
EU Scihaun
Acaressor
U. S
U. S. 25Th Division
Banner
Vung Tau
Hawaii
Senate
Everett McK. Eirksen
House
Gerald Ford
Michigan
Ford
Supreme Court Chamber
Washington, D.C
Mrs. Gandhi
G.S. Pathak
Ist National
American Peoples Encyclopedia
Continental Distillery
Lemont
Leland
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