Five people killed in Wisconsin neighborhood
In Sheboygan a 19-year-old youth is held as a material witness after five people were found shot to death in a quiet residential area. Victims include Naomi Rammer 50 and her sons John 16 Paul 11 and Tom 10 and Warren Dean. The Rammer girl survived and was at school in Madison. Police later found the Rammer home and Mrs Dean’s body was found on the south side. The youth was apprehended around 6:30 am on Monday near St George Church and taken to a hospital.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Oakley Frank
Naomi Rammer
John
Paul
Tom
Warren Dean
Rammer
Frank
Madison
St. George Church
Sheriff’s Office
Robert Wagner
Wagner
Lance B. Jones
Sheboygan County
Jones
Macdonald Elected Morris Public Library Board President
Robert Macdonald was chosen president of the Morris Public Library Board of Trustees at a rescheduled Monday meeting. New officers include vice president Mrs. Conrad Weitz and secretary-treasurer Dr. F Wayne Graham with one year terms.
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Robert Macdonald
Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Arthur Meadors
Conrad Weitz
F. Wayne Graham
Macdonald
John Roth
Weitz
Graham
House
Thorsen
Frank Condon
Chamber of Commerce
Morris Savings and Loan
Stella Ostrom
Susie Olson
Ruth Carmichael
Frank DeVaney
Edward Kein
Gregg
Apollo 15 countdown begins for fourth Moon landing
Cape Kennedy Florida AP The Apollo 15 countdown started at 6 30 a m EDT for a planned launch of the Saturn 5 next Monday at 9 34 a m EDT The crew will rest between pre planned check points as power is fed to the rocket The mission aims to place David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden on the Moon with Scott and Irwin performing two excursions and Worden orbiting science gear and photography The target landing is July 30 at the Apennine Mountains 15 000 feet high
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Moon
Lunar
Earth
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Scott
Irwin
Apennine Mountains
Joliet Junior College approves 1971 72 budget deficit noted
The Joliet Junior College District No. 525 Board approved a 1971 72 budget totaling 4 349 550 dollars with a reported 120 380 dollar deficit on Monday night.
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Joliet Junior College District No. 525
Weather and college budget notes with slow growth forecast
Partly sunny and cool today with a high in the mid 70s and a cool night. Wednesday will be partly sunny and warmer with a lower 80s high. At Dresden Island Locks the day’s high was 73 and low 50. Trustees tabled a budget hike with a 6 0 vote amid a $600 000 cost rise.
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Dresden Island
875 Horses Dead in Texas from VEE Outbreak
Officials at a regional center in Houston report Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has killed 875 horses in Texas and infected 61 humans. Humans show flu like symptoms but recover quickly as Dr. R. E. Omo hundra opens the regional emergency HQ coordinating state and federal efforts across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Two Chicago Banks Robbed in Separate Monday Heists
AP reports two Chicago area banks were robbed of nearly 3500 dollars in separate incidents Monday. Des Plaines police say a young man robbed Des Plaines Trust and Savings Bank for 1938 dollars, using a green car and a warning to a teller to avoid an alarm. At Mount Greenwood Bank on the South Side, a middle aged gunman took more than 1400 dollars after handing a note and showing a blunt object, with the alarm triggered but unseen by customers and staff.
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Chicago
Chicago Area
Des Plaines
Des Plaines Trust and Savings Bank
Mount Greenwood
South Side
Cyclist injured when motorcycle hits parked car in city
A Morris 14 year old passenger on a Honda ridden by Rickey Partridge was injured with a broken right leg after the bike struck a parked car in the 200 block of Liberty Street at 12 40 PM Monday. Rickey Pointer was admitted to Morris Hospital. No condition report available. The accident followed Partridge swerving to avoid a rear parked car corner.
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Morris
Liberty St
Donald Ward
Rickey Pointer
Division
Morris Hospital
Honda
Rickey C. Partridge
E. Chapin St
Partridge
Ethel H. Punke
Mazon
Jesse Lyon
West Ave
Ford
Buick
Picket Ends as Illinois Bell Strike Settlement Near
Morris Illinois Bell Telephone workers return to normal after a tentative three year contract that includes a 33 percent wage increase a cost of living clause and a special 1.40 daily city allowance for Chicago staff. ratification expected mid August while other unions resume work as lines disappear. Planning Commission meets 7 30 p m Wednesday at City Hall.
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Morris Illinois Bell Telephone
E. Jefferson St
CWA
Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Bell
Chicago
Catherine Conroy
Ray Kull
IBEW
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Warren Olson
Koehler Construction
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Atty
Robert Wren
Gordon Gregg
Dallas
William Lumry
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
JJC
James Hines
Victor Scott
Judith Ann Baskin
Valvoline
North States Oil CO
Rte
R.E. Oqmohundra
Agriculture Department
Animal Health Division
Kroger
Division St
Communications Workers of America
Morris Planning Commission
City Hall
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