Percy to address students at Joliet Junior College
U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy of Illinois will speak to students and faculty from four area colleges at Joliet Junior College on February 18 at 2 p.m. Public attendance is invited with invitations extended to Lewis College College of St Francis and Governors State University. Percy’s long career includes Senate service since 1966 and former leadership roles in Bell and Howell and Republican fundraising.
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U.S
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Joliet Junior College
Rend Lake
JJC
Lewis College
College of St. Francis
Governors State University
Percy
United Republican Fund of
Illinois
Republican National Finance Committee
Peru
Bolivia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Otto Kerner
Senate
Bedford liquor store burglary ends in surrender after tense standoff
Lewis James Casto 25 of Bristol Tennessee faced burglary charges after a dawn break in at Bedford Liquor Store on U S 6. Police staged a gun armed stake out in the 100 block of E Jefferson St as Casto surrendered to Chief Hendrickson with a .22 revolver. Bond set at 100000 and grand jury convened for February 14 with preliminary hearing planned for February 8.
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Bedford
Western Auto Supply
Hornsby’s
James Gretencord
Max Babcock
George Hendrickson
Tennessee
Knight
U.S
Lewis James Casto
Bristol
Tenn
Casto
Morris-Joliet
E. Jefferson St
Babcock
John Smith
Tom Collins
Hendrickson
the Herald
Morris
Harold Carlson
Hornsby’s Family Center
Division St
Carlson
D. R. Pershall
Bedford Liquor
The
Herald
State
Atty
Richard Wilder
Robert Malmquist
Malmquist
Wilder
Illinois thaw under southerly breeze forecast
A southerly breeze ended subzero cold in Illinois with an expected thaw in the afternoon. Tonight will be partly cloudy and warmer with a low in the lower 20s. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks and Dam showed 15 degrees high Saturday and Sunday with lows of -7 and -8 respectively, and 7 a.m. temp was 15 degrees.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Deadline looming for Morris special census registration
Morris residents not contacted in two weeks should submit a registration form from Page 3 of the Morris Daily Herald. Return to City Hall by Tuesday or mail to the Census Supervisor, U S Bureau of the Census, Special Census Office, 222 Wauponsee St Morris. Mayor Hendrickson warns an accurate count affects state income and motor fuel tax funds.
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Morris
Morris Daily Herald
U. S. Bureau of the Census
Special Census Office
Wauponsee St
Hendrickson
Jeanette Crossland
U.S. Bureau of Census
Crossland
Washington D. C
Offce Tres
Bureau of Census
Woman Struck by Car in Morris
A Morris woman identified as Ethel W. Bryant aged 59 was struck by a westbound 1962 Ford Galaxie driven by Charles W. Spivey 38 of 724 E. Washington St while crossing Washington Street at Franklin Street Saturday afternoon. Bryant was in fair condition at Morris Hospital. Spivey a Grundy County deputy sheriff was en route to work.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Washington and
Franklin Sts
Ethel W. Bryant
Washington St
Syd Reeve
Charles W. Spivey
Franklin St
Bryant
Spivey
Grundy County
Irving grand jury appearance postponed in Hughes pay case
Clifford Irving’s Manhattan grand jury appearance was postponed with no new time set. The probe centers on the $650,000 payment from McGraw-Hill for a Hughes biography and the handling of funds via Swiss bank accounts under aliases linked to Irving and his wife.
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New York
Clifford Irving
Manhattan
Howard Hughes
Dist. Atty
Frank Hogan
Irving
Maurice M. Nessen
Nessen
Grand Jury
McGraw-Hill Publishing Co
Hughes
Edith
Helga R. Hughes
Maurice Nessen
Zurich
Swiss Bank Corp
Hannah Rosencrantz
CBS
Flashing light theft on U. S. 6
At 1 12 a m Saturday Orville Bols saw two persons steal yellow flashing lights from road construction signs on U S 6 and flee west in a white or green Ford with a broken left taillight. Harold Sampson reported a stop sign knocked down at Five Corners Lisbon Road with the post torn up by a chain, the sign placed near Saratoga Road in Lisbon.
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Orville Bols
Bols
Sheriff's Department
Harold Sampson
Rte. 2
Five Corners
Lisbon Road
Sampson
Saratoga Road
Legion Opposes Amnesty for Vietnam Deserters
National commander John H. Geiger stated the American Legion strongly opposes amnesty for Vietnam deserters in Canada or Sweden. He noted the group has long opposed amnesty, dating to 1920, and spoke during a Ohio conference while outlining GI Bill expansion goals for Vietnam veterans and tuition aid.
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Columbus, Ohio
American Legion
Veterans’ Organization
Canada
Sweden
John H. Geiger
Asia
Geiger
Legion
Houston
Columbus
Morris Hospital Raises Daily Room Rates
Morris Hospital administrator Arthur Allaben announced rate increases effective Tuesday. Private rooms rise from 55 to 59 dollars daily, semi private rooms from 43 to 47 dollars, obstetrics nursery ward from 19 to 27 dollars, with a later note about Phase II compliance. The board approved the raise last fall, delayed by federal policy.
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Morris Hospital
Arthur Allaben
Reces
Allaben
Alaben
Eight District No. 3 GOP candidates profiled
Kenneth D. Benson of Mazon draws on Navy service and local ties as he runs for county board member. Arthur Bozue Jr. of Gardner, a Caterpillar employee and former Texaco operator, seeks the transition from rural to industrial county leadership. Peter Cacello, construction worker and World War II veteran, representing South Wilmington, lists veterans and civic memberships as he campaigns.
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Grundy County
Kenneth D. Benson
Uniroyal
Rte. 1
Mazon
Mazon American Legion Post
The
Loyal Order of Moose
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Lillian Hill
Benson
Kenneth Jr
Arthur Bozue Jr
Caterpillar
Bozue
Gardner Texaco
Hanover College
Hanover
Ind
Staunton
Coal City
Braceville
Machinist Union
Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Evelyn Olson
Monroe St
Gardner
Kenneth
Bonnie Pantalone
James
Peter Cacello
Fluor Corp
Gardner- South Wilmington High School
V. F. W. Post
American Legion Post
South Wilmington
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Union 76
Ae A
Iecord Nel Ak
Robert Seaman
Minooka
Seaman
Norman Jenkins
Parade
Melvin Day
U. S
Ohio American Legion
Albany
N.Y
New York Legislature
Congress
GOP
Member of
Lions Club, Phi Gamma Delta, Masons, Eastern Star Commandery, Royal Arch Shrine
Mercedes R. Pomotto
John P
Jean L
Cacellos
Rice St
Wilmington
Kenneth Benson
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