Nationalism Rises in Romania A Strain With Moscow
In Bucharest, Romania pushes nationalist sentiment to unite the country amid Soviet control. Nicolae Ceausescu assails Moscow backed leadership while Brezhnev visits, signaling tension over Bessarabia Bukovina and regional influence. The drive follows past clashes over territory and economic ties with the Soviet Union.
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Bucharest
Romania
Balkans
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Moscow
Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Bessarabia
Hitler
Bukovina
Soviet Moldavia
Ukraine
Romanian Communist Party
Nicolae Ceausescu
World Communist Movement
Ceausescu
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
King and McKissick Lead Chicago Civil Rights Rally Fight
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Floyd McKissick front a Chicago rally after a Soldier Field protest. They urge unity for Negro rights with city housing jobs and schools reform. King stresses nonviolence while McKissick defends black power as self determination. James Meredith calls for unity of civil rights groups. Crowd chants "black power" amid signs and a White-Black coalition message.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King Jr
City Hall
Soldier Field
Loop
King
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
Dr. King
McKissick
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Two Grundy County Cadets Set to Graduate ISP Academy
Police cadets Ralph E. Spencer of Mazon and Dale Allen Wills of 949 Armstrong St Grundy County are among 33 cadets statewide slated to graduate July 15 from the Illinois State Police Academy in Springfield. Cadet Class 36 has been in training since March 27.
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Grundy County
Illinois State Police Academy
Springfield
Ralph E. Spencer
Mazon
Dale Allen Wills
Armstrong St
Fire damages home after fallen wire in Coal City
Coal City Fire Department responded at 6 30 a m to Miss Edith Martis home to extinguish a fire caused by a fallen electrical wire. Minor damage was reported.
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Coal City
Edith Martis
Weather outlook reads warm and partly cloudy with storms
The U S Weather Bureau notes tonight will be partly cloudy and warm with a chance of a thunderstorm and a low in the 70s. Tuesday expects sunny hot conditions with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon or evening and highs around the mid to upper 90s. The Collins Weather Station reports 95 on Saturday, 59 low, 102 Sunday high, 65 night, and 75 inches of rain total.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris Business
Three Injured in Two Car Crash on Route 66
Saturday head on collision near Braceville left three people hospitalized. Albert Carlson 72 of Gardner and Angelo Passini 78 of Essex injured. Carlson’s wife 68 improved. Passini cited for improper lane usage. ambulance transported all to Morris Hospital.
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U.S
Braceville
Albert Carlson
Gardner
Angelo Passini
Essex
Morris Hospital
Carlson
Passini
John Perona
Davis
Three U S Helicopters Downed In Vietnam Conflict
Viet Cong forces shot down three American helicopters in South Vietnam. Four U S and nine South Vietnamese soldiers were killed, while two U S jets were lost in air combat. The attack followed renewed strikes on North Vietnamese fuel depots near Dien Bien Phu and along the coast.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Ca Mau
An Xuyen
Chu Lai
Reds
North Viet Nam
Dien Bien Phu
Vinh
Panhandle
Navy
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Sharing of Profits Asked by Workers
In Washington the AFL CIO Machinists pressed for profit sharing as airline strike talks reopened amid stalemate. Union leader Joseph Ramsey said no real negotiating had occurred since the walkout began, while airline negotiator William Curtin backed the emergency board framework and noted improved talks.
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Washington
Joseph Ramsey
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Congress
Ramsey
William J. Curtin
Eastern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
Emergency Board
House Burns Two Story Farm Near Seneca
A vacant two story farmhouse two miles south of Seneca was destroyed by fire at midnight Friday. Owners are Mr. and Mrs. James O'Brien and Mrs. Patrick O'Brien. Seneca Fire Department responded at 11 55 p m but could not save the building. Estimated loss unavailable.
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Seneca
James O’brien
Patrick O’brien
Seneca Fire Department
Grass Fire Suppressed in Pine Grove Subdivision
Mor ris Fire Department responded to a trash fire in Pine Grove Subdivision at 1:55 a.m. before rain cooled the blaze. Crews also handled three calls for down electrical wires during the storm in Morris locations including E Washington St Nettle St and Division St. At 10:45 a.m. a grass fire near a popcorn crib in Wauponsee Township caused no damage.
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Morris
Pine Grove
E. Washington St
Nettle St
Main St
Jefferson St
Division St
Wauponsee Township
Grundy County sales tax drops amid broad quarterly decline
Illinois Department of Revenue data show a $78 591 92 fall in Grundy County sales tax for January through March, offset by a 1966 total of $275 900 64, up $21 907 16 from 1965. Declines hit lumber and hardware and food, with Morris and other towns posting notable losses. Minooka, Carbon Hill and East Brooklyn bucked the trend with gains.
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Grundy County
Illinois Department of Revenue
Morris
Minooka
Carbon Hill
East
Brooklyn
East Brooklyn
Braceville
Coal City
Gardner
Kinsman
Mazon
South
Wilmington
Verona
Peterson Suffers Injuries In U S 6 Crash
Wayne Peterson 35 of 438 Mooseheart Drive is in fair condition in the St. Joseph's Hospital Joliet ICU with chest injuries from a 1:25 a m Saturday crash on U S 6 at Mound Road. He collided with Robert Seaborg 31 of Lockport who was traveling east on Mound Road. Seaborg also in fair condition. Peterson, a former tavern owner and father of four, was driving west. Garrick Ambulance Joliet assisted as both cars were towed.
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Wayne Peterson
Mooseheart Drive
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
U.S. 6
Mound Road
Edward Finn
Peterson
Robert Seaborg
Lockport
Mound Rd
Seaborg
Tornadoes Strike Illinois Overnight Into Heatwave
Night storms ripped through northern Illinois with 80 mph winds and hundreds of thousands lost power. Tornado sightings near Pekin and McHenry caused injuries in accidents while one house was struck by a fallen tree. seiche waves along Lake Michigan caused shoreline changes but no major damage.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Chicago
Commonwealth Edison Co
McHenry
Lake Michigan
New Buffalo
Mich
Indiana Dunes
Record Heat Breaks in Morris Area Then Severe Storm Hits
A northern thunderstorm with hail toppled trees, bent corn stalks, and caused power outages across Morris County after a 102 degree heat day at Collins Weather Station. Rain varied from 0.75 to 1.5 inches as crews cleared debris and restored lines, with Plattville and Coal City among hardest hit amid widespread outages and damaged infrastructure.
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Clorris
Grundy
Collins Weather Station
Collins Station
Illinois 113
Coal City
U.S. 66
U.S. 52
Illinois 47
Ottawa
U.S. 6
Morris
Channahon
Richard McTauge
Grundy County
Plattville
Commonwealth Edison Co
Joliet
E. Washington St
Nettle St
Main
Jefferson Sts
Division St
Diamond
Eileen
Wilmington
The
Edison Co
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Knox
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