Sorensen denies Kennedy link to assassinations
Theodore Sorensen, an adviser to John Kennedy, testified before the Senate Intelligence panel that Kennedy never knew of or authorized any assassination plot against foreign leaders. Sorensen asserted the president did not contemplate assassinating Fidel Castro, addressing claims tied to CIA plots during and after the Bay of Pigs era.
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Cuba
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Bombs Explode in San Francisco Downtown Skyscraper
Two bombs in cigar boxes exploded on the 34th floor of a Market Street high rise damaging elevators and shattering glass. The Red Guerrilla Family claimed responsibility and warned the ADA Treasury building targeted. About 100 people evacuated. a guard injured lightly.
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San Francisco
UPI
Red Guerilla Family
Market Street
Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms Division
Treasury Department
Red Guerilla
Mario Lopez
Burglaries Probe Tavern and Home in Grundy County
Grundy County detectives investigate two Monday burglaries. Spinozzi's Tavern in Eileen was broken into. $23 from a cash register and several beer packs were taken. Entry was gained by forcing a rear door panel. At James Palmer’s home 102 Susan Circle, six asthma pills were stolen from a medicine chest after a basement window was forced.
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Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
James Palmer
Susan Circle
Palmer
Ray Odom
Weather notes show mixed skies and warm temperatures
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low in the mid to upper 60s. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers and a high in the 80s. Monday posted a high of 85 and a low of 60 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7 am today the temperature was 62 and by 10 am downtown Morris reached 79.
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Four New Teachers for Seneca Oak Street Grade School
Seneca Oak Street Grade School hires four new educators. David Graham a 1975 Illinois State University graduate will teach sixth grade social studies and language arts. Elise Williams a Bradley-Bourbonnais and Illinois State graduate will teach eighth grade math. Jane Hans of Edwardsville fills the vocal music post and Linda Freebairn of Ottawa is named second grade teacher.
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Illinois State University
Oak Street
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Francis Graham
Rte. 1
Marseilles
Ottawa Marquette
Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby
Illinois State
Delta Chi Fraternity
Forest Park
Joliet
Bruce
Elise) Williams
Normal
Illinois
John F. Nolan
Jane Hans
Rte. G. Edwardsville
Miss Hans
Jefferson Elementary School
Charleston
Eastern Illinois University
Miss
Hans
Linda Freebairn
Ottawa
Seneca Oak Street
Miss Freebairn
Dillinger Shot Outside Biograph Theater 41 Years Ago
Public Enemy No 1 John Dillinger fell in a hail of G men fire as he left the Biograph Theater. The theater now shows Manhattan Melodrama the same movie Dillinger watched that night with a second feature titled Dillinger.
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Chicago
UPI
John Dillinger
Biograph Theater
Dillinger
Manhattan
Car Hits Cattle on Illinois 47 Killing Three Cows
A Champaign motorist, Donald Gilbert, 22, was injured and three cows were killed when his 1968 Opel struck them on Illinois 47 near Minooka Road at 3 33 a m. He was taken to Morris Hospital with a lip cut after ambulance transport.
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Zrundy County
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Morris Ambulance
Leach
Homer Ellis
Illinois
State Highway Department
Clark
Texaco
Morris
Springfield Diocese Names New Bishop McNicholas
Bishop William O'Connor resigns as head of the Springfield Diocese after 26 years. He will be replaced by Most Reverend Joseph A. McNicholas, auxiliary bishop of the St. Louis Archdiocese, announced in Washington by Archbishop Jean Jadot. McNicholas, 52, has served since 1969 as pastor of St. Louis Old Cathedral.
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Springfield
Joseph A. McNicholas
St. Louis
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McNicholas
Bishop MacNicholas
Century-old coffin yields elderly woman in Iowa discovery
In Bellevue Iowa a cast iron casket from the 1850s was found upside down on a river edge. A seven man team opened it with surgical gear and revealed a well preserved elderly woman. Authorities deem no foul play and plan to reseal and bury the coffin.
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Bellevue
Iowa
UPI
Riverside
Ray Gallagher
Gallagher
Consumer prices jump 0.8 in June driven by fuel and used cars
The Labor Department reports a 0.8 rise in the Consumer Price Index for June, the largest monthly gain of the year, led by higher fuel oil gasoline and used cars. Over three months prices rose 7.1 percent with real spendable earnings down 0.4 percent.
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