Denver hostage episode ends after 250 mile chase
A 26 year old Denver man Daniel Williams and his roommate Louis Maple hijacked a hospital van after a supermarket hold up. Williams threatened to shoot hostages as police pursued across eastern Colorado for seven hours. Morahan and officers finally coaxed surrender when the van ran out of gas. Hostages wounded but not seriously.
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Denver
Colo
Daniel Williams
Louis Maple
Lawrence P. Morahan
Colorado Plains
Williams
Sgt
Morahan
Andy Anderson
Anderson
Kenneth Schmidt
University of Colorado Medical Center
Carl Haynes
Kenneth Ward
Leroy Hebert
Charles “Chuckie” Doerr
Englewood
Schmidt
Johnson seeks higher GI loan guarantees and new public service subsidies
President Johnson asked Congress to raise the GI home loan guarantee to 10 000 from 7 500 and to broaden subsidies for veterans who train for teaching police fire fighting hospital work and anti poverty jobs. He proposed a 50 million program and a Veterans in the Public Service Act to aid veterans in rural and urban service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
Plans Approved for Morris Sewage Temporary Chlorination
State approval granted for Morris to install and operate temporary chlorination facilities at the municipal sewage treatment plant before effluent discharge to the Illinois River. The project covers sewerage improvements according to a release from the Public Health Division of Sanitary Engineering.
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Morris
Illinois River
Ua. of Public Health
Division of Sanitary Engineering
Fire Set in Coal Mine Union Dispute
Police said arsonists set fire to the Southern Labor Union hall in Clymer and burned the nearby Mears Coal Co. office in Dixonville as a 13,000 man strike drew together state officials. The offices served workers who recently chose an independent union over the United Mine Workers.
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Johnstown
United Mine Workers
Harrisburg
Southern Labor Union Hall
Clymer
Union Hall
Mears Coal Co
Dixonville
United Mine Workers, Afl-Cio
Morris Public Library Board Meeting Schedule
Trustees will gather for the regular February meeting at 8 p.m. in the library's children's room to review committee reports and discuss library affairs.
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Morris Public Library Board
Weather outlook with cooler night and mild Wednesday
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair and colder tonight with a low of 20 to 25 degrees. Wednesday will be partly sunny with a high in the upper 30s. Thursday is partly cloudy with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station logged 51/29 yesterday and 34 at 9 am, 36 downtown Morris at 10:30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Aid to Higher Education Receives $12.8 Million Here
Federal aid to Illinois higher education facilities totals 12.8 million for the year with roughly 10.16 million going to four year colleges and universities and the rest to junior colleges. Dr. Lyman Glenny notes last year’s allocation at about 22.1 million and says funding is cut about one third as an anti inflation measure. Allocations are set by a priority list based on enrollment growth instruction increases library area and community need. Junior colleges Thornton in Harvey gets 1 million Black Hawk College in Moline 1 million and Parkland College in Champaign 674 158.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Board of Higher Education
Lyman Glenny
Glenny
Zoning Setback Recommended at Minooka Hearing
A Minooka public hearing recommended a 10 foot setback variance for a parcel on Wabasso Street near Wapeila Street. Village Clerk Oliver Brinkerhoff said attendance was sparse and the variance was adopted as a matter of course. A variance permits deviation from the zoning ordinance terms.
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Minooka
Wabasso St
Wapeila St
Oliver Brinkerhoff
Dig for Bodies At Prison Farm
Skeletons of three men found in unmarked graves at Cummins Prison Farm prompt a state police inquiry. The prison physician warned more bodies could exist as digging continues. Prison officials cite inmate reports of killings and hidden burials dating back years.
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Cummins Prison Farm
Ark
Thomas O. Morton
Edwin Barron Jr
Little Rock
Phlician
Morton
Criminal Investigation Division
State Police
Murton
Reuben Johnson
Barron
Johnson
Jake
Tucker Prison Farm
Morris Daily Herald Publishes Building and Remodeling Section
A special 32 page building and remodeling tab will accompany today’s Morris Daily Herald. Home decorating and construction tips, repair guidance, and advice for owners fill the new edition.
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Morris Daily Herald
Ban on IMR ammunition for M16 in Vietnam tested
Secretary McNamara ordered a ban on IMR 5.56mm rounds linked to M16 jamming. Troops will use older ball powder cartridges after tests showed fewer malfunctions with the older propellant. IMR rounds, about 20 to 25 percent of stock, will be kept for training while production decisions await further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
McNamara
Panama
Pentagon
DuPont
Olin Mathieson
IMR
Blood Drive At First Methodist Church Nears Close
The Red Cross bloodmobile collected 20 pints by 1 30 p m today at the First Methodist Church. The unit will stay open until 6 p m for donations.
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Red Cross
First Methodist Church
Senate Split on Pueblo Rescue Debates U S Course
Senate leaders clash over how to recover the USS Pueblo and its 83 crew from North Korea. Mansfield warns against another Vietnam like blood bath while Dirksen denounces timidity and seeks no specific rescue plan. White House says diplomatic efforts continue with cautious deployment under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
United States
North Korea
Vietnam
Mansfield
Dirksen
Congress
Navy
U.N. Security Council
Pueblo
Bus White
Wonsan
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Frank J. Lausche
Dohio
Asia
Robert P
U N Security Council Deadlock Over North Korea Invitation
The United States blocks an unconditional invitation to North Korea for council debate over the Pueblo incident. Washington demands Pyongyang release the Pueblo and its 83 crew before any talks, while South Korea opposes recognition and bilateral talks with the North.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symington
Senate Foreign Relations
Armed Services
United States
North Korea
United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Platon D. Morozov
Pueblo
Pyongyang
Seoul
South Korea
United Nations
Morozov
Mediterranean Scanned for Missing Subs
From helicopters planes and ships searchers scanned the Mediterranean for the French submarine Minerve missing with 52 aboard and the Israeli Dakar with 69 aboard. Sonar echoes near verolles Island prompted renewed checks with no trace found. The U S 6th Fleet supplied air to the Minerve while the Dakar search continued south of Cyprus between Israel and Lebanon aided by a buoy signal.
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Toulon
France
Mediterranean
Dakar
Cyprus
Israel
Lebanon
United Fund to Present Awards in Grundy County
A Grundy County United Fund awards meeting is set for 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Farm Bureau auditorium in Morris to honor workers who contributed to the 1968 campaign. Officials are expected to announce that the $42,150 goal has been met. A Community Chest board meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. prior to the awards session.
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Grundy County
United Fund
Farm Bureau
Morris
Thomas Sheppard
Sheppard
Community Chest Board of Directors
Viet Cong Launch Major Tet Attacks Across Seven Capitals
Viet Cong forces launched a wide Tet offensive striking seven provincial capitals including Da Nang and five U.S. airfields. Gen Westmoreland called the truce a hoax as attacks disrupted the cease-fire, with fighting reported in Da Nang Nha Trang Pleiku Tuy Hoa and Qui Nhon.
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Saigon
Red
da Nang
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
1St Corps
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Hoi An
Kontom
Ban Me Thuot
Tuy Hoa
Qui Nhon
Associated Press
Robert D. Ohman
Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Khe Sanh
Thieu
North Vietnam
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Winthrop Rockefeller
St. Louis
U.N
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