Survivor’s Account Emerges in Chicago Nursing Massacre
Miss Corazon Amurao, 23, the sole survivor, recounts how Richard Speck slaughtered eight nursing students in a Chicago dormitory. Consul Gener al Generoso Provido relayed her description of the events and the she says the group urged resistance but chose silence hoping to avoid provoking the attacker. The case stays under tight court and police controls as Speck awaits arraignment.
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Chicago
Philippines
Corazon Amurao
Miss Amurao
Generoso P. Provido
Miss Amarao
Treat Speck
Richard Speck
William N. Norcross
Speck
Miss Amazon
Provide
Supreme Court
Nine Drivers Complete Course Here
Nine Grundy County drivers finished an eight hour defensive driving course sponsored by the Grundy County Farm Bureau Women's Committee. Led by Pat Asper and Gary Arisman the sessions covered accident prevention and the effects of alcohol and drugs on driving.
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Grundy County
4 H Winners Here in Grundy County
Five Grundy County 4 H members will go to the State Fair after winning demonstration and public speaking contests. Debby Trotter earned an A rating in demonstrations, with Bill Fillman and Karl Schaulin also A rated. Kathy Pogliano declined due to a trip to Washington DC.
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Grundy County
4-H Ag Club
Farm Bureau
Debby Trotter
Coal City Club
Bill Fillman
Karl Schaulin
Goodfarm Club
Kathy Pogliano
Goose Lake Club
Washington
Jerry Henke
Goose Lake
William Wollgast
Don Pfeifer
Goodfarm
Kenneth Jorstad
Saratoga Club
Larry Yunker
Minooka Ag Club
Roy Bohlander
Dale Burkhart
Washington, D. C
Mary Ann Slingsby
Minooka
Paula Esage
Pat and
Rich O’brien
Virginia
Rolando
Pamela Gill
Krystin Fillman
North Viet Nam to try captured U.S. pilots
North Vietnam says captured American pilots will be tried as war criminals not prisoners of war. Ambassador Tran Du Vinh cited by AP notes trials possible, fate to be decided by Vietnamese people. U.S. warns Geneva Convention applies and threatens consequences.
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Paris
Peking
USS
Tran du Vinh
North Viet Nam
United States
International Red Cross
Geneva
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
United Nations
Stolen mowers reported from Gardner dealership
Chief Deputy Sheriff Dick Pierce said three riding lawnmowers were stolen from the Treasures Implement Co in Gardner Monday night. The yellow and white International Cadet mowers were models 71 100 and 132.
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Dick Pierce
Treasure Implement Co
Gardner
Weather forecast and readings from Collins station
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair and cool tonight with lows in the lower 60s. Wednesday should be mostly sunny near 80, and Thursday looks fair and mild. Collins Weather Station recorded a high of 97 and a low of 67, with 79 at 9 a m and 85 at 11 30 a m today.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Girl Drowns at Crystal Lake Campground
Patty Chom age 12 from Woodstock Illinois drowned Monday afternoon while swimming in Crystal Lake near a Vilas County campground. The incident occurred in Saynor Wisconsin area as rescuers responded to the water emergency.
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Saynor
Wis
Patty Chom
Woodstock
Crystal Lake
Vilas County
Guardsmen Stay On Chicago Duty
National Guardsmen remain on duty in Chicago’s West Side after rioting ended with their arrival. A force of 1400 troopers patrolled the 140 block Negro district while city officials announced a crash program to add swimming pools and sprinklered hydrants.
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Chicago
West Side
Hubert H. Humphrey
Billy Graham
Johnson
Richard J. Daley
National Guard
Daley
Humphrey
National Association of Counties
New Orleans
Program Sunday At South Wilmington Firemen Beach
A special program is planned this Sunday at the South Wilmington Firemen Beach and Park Club with a water show starting at 2 p.m. Eight fire departments will participate in water fights at 4 p.m. followed by fireworks at 9 p.m. and a free dance at 10 p.m.
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South Wilmington
Justice Douglas probe talk stirs in Congress
Two House committee chairs signaled any action on a resolution to investigate Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas's moral character would come much later. The measure, introduced by Rep. George Andrews, prompts renewed debate on judicial removal and possible changes to the impeachment framework. Douglas offered no comment, citing future plans.
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Washington
House
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
George W. Andrews
Dala
Douglas
Cathleen Heffernan
House Judiciary Committee
Andrews
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Smith
Judiciary Committee
Emanuel Celler
D-N.y
Celler
Senate
Paul Findley
Ill
Gooseprairie
Wash
Red China
Shay Brothers Plan Carry Out Restaurant
Shay brothers plan a carry out restaurant selling broasted chicken pizza and seafood in the old theatre building at 711 Liberty St. John Carlson renovates the site with completion hoped in about two months. The venture adds to Jack Shay’s expanding business empire including furniture and appliance stores and multiple new buildings nearby.
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Liberty St
Jack
Dennis Shay
Shay
Agnes
Mabel Gabel
John Carlson
Morris
Building and Loan
Coachlite Manor
Jack Shay
Illinois
Kathryn
Brown
Michael
Kelly
Tom
Timmy
Dennis Shay’s
Stephen
Sandra
Holly
Hollenbeck’s
Mendota Woman Among Five Killed in Two Crashes
Mrs. Ervin Guehler 58 of Mendota died in a head on crash seven miles north of Peru on U S 51 along with two other women. A second crash on U S 52 near Mendota killed two 16 year olds and injured another rider. Funeral arrangements are handled by Schwarz Funeral Home Mendota.
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Ervin Guehler
Mendota
Esther Chaon
Guehler
U.S. 52
William Hechstatter
Ralph Boelk
Morris Planning Commission approves zoning map and ordinance changes
The Morris Planning Commission approved multiple zoning map changes including reclassifications of Union Lisbon US 6 Wallace Sts to multifamily, Coachlite Terrace to multiple dwelling, riverfront area to M1, and various R3 to M1 and B3 shifts. The panel also endorsed reducing front and rear yard setbacks, dropping B1 size limits, and allowing two-family conversions in R2 with conditions. A two year planning program costing about 20 000 with local share around 5 000 was proposed for council approval.
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Morris Planning Commission
Union-Lisbon
U.S
Wallace Sts
Straton Park
Illinois Ave
Liberty and
Calhoun Sts
Metro Rubber
Washington St
Division St
Rock Island Tracks
Douglas and
Wall Sts
Armstrong St
Liberty
Waverly
Safety Service
Liberty St
Benton St
Central Business District
Osmanson
Illinois 47
Texaco
Morris
Morris City Council
Carl Gardner and Associates
Chicago
Abel
Jim Baum
Eugene Sorensen
Leo Borens
Barry Seng
Tom West
Donald Davidson
Aage Hansen
Art Narvick
Divers Recover Body After Camp Crowned Pageant
MARSHALL Ill RP divers recovered the body of Dennis McConchie 16 Marshall after he crowned at Stallings Lake five miles west of here Monday.
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Marshall, Ill
Dennis McConchie
Marshall
Stallings Lake
Here
Gemini 10 astronauts trim flight plan amid fuel shortage
Gemini 10 achieved rendezvous with Agena to set an altitude record and dock. Fuel shortages forced NASA to cancel two planned dockings and shorten a standup EVA planned for Collins.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Michael Collins
John W. Young
Collins
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Young
Agena
Glynn Lunney
Gemini 10
Marseilles Man Killed in Highway Crash
Kent A. Thompson 25, a salesman from Marseilles Illinois, died Monday after his compact car skidded off an I 90 overpass, crashed through a guard rail, and plunged 40 feet to railroad tracks near Madison Illinois AP report from Madison Wisconsin notes the fatal mishap and the victim's hometown and occupation.
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Madison, Wis
Kent A. Thompson
Marseilles
Ill
Madison
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