Tug Service Will Operate Despite Fire
The Morris Marine Services Inc tug D prepared for duty today despite a Friday fire damage to the forward cabin. Captain Donald Crowder said engines tested after the blaze showed they still operate. damage estimated at 2000 to 3000 dollars. The tug, docked on the Illinois Waterway near the ADM elevator, lost cabin steel, extinguishers, a welding machine, hoses, and more. Crowder fought the fire solo until Morris Fire Department arrived. diesel tanks nearby did not ignite. Cause undetermined though welding or electrical equipment were possible sources. Insurance likely not covering due to high deductibles. The service, formed last fall, shifts barges and vessels for local firms.
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Morris Marine Services Inc
Donald Crowder
the Herald
Crowder
Illinois Waterway
ADM
Morris Fire Department
Traces of Radioactivity Found in Spain
Spanish physicians checking wreckage recovery personnel found slight traces of radioactivity among several civil guards. Officials suspect a nuclear device from the crash spread a minimal amount of radioactivity. The devices were transported to U.S. 16th Air Force headquarters at Torrejon near Madrid.
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Almeria
Spain
U.S
Board of Nuclear Energy
16Th Air Force
Torrejon
Madrid
Plans for world's first global operational satellite system
Washington AP reports plans to launch two Tiros Operational Satellites from Cape Kennedy Florida three weeks apart to provide local daily cloud pictures and global cloud coverage. The system aims to map storm development ice flows and snow cover, marking a milestone in U.S space achievements and UN meteorological cooperation.
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Washington
Tiros
TOS
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Abraham Schnapf
Radio Corp. of America
Astros-Electronics Division
Princeton
N.J
U.S
United Nations World Meteorological Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Douglas cites 10 Illinois projects in Johnson budget
Sen Paul Douglas says President Johnson's fiscal year 1966 budget requests 9.912 million dollars for ten Illinois projects including 2.4 million for Argonne National Laboratory facilities and 1.9 million for a neutron generator at Argonne. Other items cover flood control, building construction at Rock Island Arsenal and Chicago Veterans Administration facilities.
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Sen
Douglas
Illinois
Washington
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Johnson
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Lemont
Belleville
Peoria
Rock Island Arsenal
Chicago
Food and Drug Administration
Veterans Administration
Cook County Hospital
Danville
Grundy County Planning Commission Sets Monday Review
The Grundy County Planning Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Farm Bureau building at 116 Fe Washington St. A final review of the comprehensive plan is expected before it is presented to the county supervisors February 8.
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Grundy County Planning Commission
Farm Bureau
Washington St
County Supervisors
Weekend Weather: Temps in 20s with Snow Flurries
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts little temperature change this weekend with highs in the 20s and ongoing snow flurries today and Sunday. Friday’s high reached 30 degrees after a low of 24, and 6 PM readings at Collins Weather Station showed 25 amid .29 inch of precipitation in snow flurries.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Italy Population Soars Since Unification in 1861
Rome reports Italy’s population has more than doubled since 1861 when the nation unified with 2.76 million people. The latest census estimate places Italy’s inhabitants at 52.875 million as of last October.
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Rome
Italy
Alternate Viet Courses Considered by Johnson
U.S. prisoner Newcomb Mott, 27, from Sheffield Massachusetts, killed himself aboard a train en route to a Soviet labor camp after being convicted for crossing the Norwegian Soviet border. The Embassy and State Department voiced deep regret and ordered a full investigation. The death occurred Jan 20 2021, with Mott’s body taken to Kirov morgue.
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Moscow
USS
Newcomb Mott
Mott
Sheffield
Mass
Arctic
Murmansk
U.S
Kirov
Howard Mott
Foy D. Kohler
Washington
State Department
U.S.S.R
Ural Mountains
Siberia
William T. Shinn Jr
Planning Process in Morris and Grundy County
This article explains the three phases of planning analysis design and implementation for Morris and Grundy County. It notes growth spillover from Will County affecting Grundy, the role of public input, and the use of zoning and subdivision regulations under Illinois law to guide orderly development.
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Morris and Grundy County
Illinois
McHenry
DuPage
Lake
Kane
Cook
Will
Will County
Grundy
Canal Commission
Morris
Urban
Planning Commissions
Soviet Espionage Ring Exposed in West Germany
Bonn AP report says a young West German scientist, blackmailed by Soviet agents, exposed a five member Russian espionage ring. The group sought atomic and electronic security secrets from North Rhine Westphalia but stole no state secrets. He supplied 16 papers, mostly on laser and space propulsion, none classified. West German authorities halted contact with the Russians but may still pursue charges.
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Bonn
Germany
Cloak and
Cologne Office For the Protection of the Constituton
North Rhine-Westphalia
Interior Ministry
East Germany
West Germany
Cologne
Iito
Illinois Supreme Court Chief Says Backlog Diminishing
Chicago AP The Illinois Supreme Court chief justice Ray Klingbiel stated the statewide court backlog is shrinking noting a two to three year path from filing to trial in many cases He cited cooperation with the federal court on legislative reapportionment and said other jurisdictions seek guidance on Illinois success.
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Chicago
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Ray I. Klingbiel
East Moline
Illinois State and
Chicago Bar Associations
Ing
Klingbiel
High Court
Federal Court
Supreme Court
Clues on McNamara Budget Request Spark Vietnam War Talk
Washington reports focus on McNamara plea for 12.7 billion to fund heavy weapons and troop support in Vietnam. Secret hints of potential resumption of bombing or escalation loom if peace efforts fail, with analysts weighing broader ground and air campaigns against Hanoi and Haiphong.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Viet Nam
North
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Sen
Ricard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dean Rusk
Pentagon
United States
Haiphong
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Ted Conley
James Baum
Lester Johnson
Joseph Abel
Carl Gardner and Associates
Donald Davidson
Barry Leng
Fred Patti
Floyd Siron
Vom West
Leo Borens
Herald
Plan
NASA
Space Sciences and Applications Office
Commerce Department
Environmental Science Services Administration
ESSA
Weather Bureau
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Central Radio Propagation Laboratory
Moon
Bell Areosystems Company
Huntsville
Ala
Soviet Union
McNarrar
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