Viet Cong Attack Scrambles Saigon Front Near Cu Chi
Viet Cong mortars and recoilless rifles hit the U S 25th Infantry command post at Cu Chi 18 miles northwest of Saigon in a 90 minute attack. U S artillery and napalm counters repelled the assault with very light American casualties.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. 25Th Infantry
Cu Shi
U.S
25Th Division
Cu Chi
17Th Parallel Border
Laos
Hanoi
Division 324B
Air Force
D Zone
Navy
Marine
North
Viet Nam
Eight Indictments Filed Against Speck by Jury
CHICAGO AP Eight indictments charging murder were returned by the Cook County grand jury today against Richard Speck 24 held in the mass killing of eight nurses The indictments voted after hearing police and medical witnesses Monday were presented to Judge Edward F Healy The eight indictments each charged murder Speck roving seaman and odd jobs man is in a jail hospital under treatment for safety related wounds His condition was reported satisfactory and he walked in his room for the first time State's Attorney Daniel P Ward sought indictments to allow eight trials if necessary to win a conviction
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Chicago
Cook County
Richard Speck
Edward F. Healy
Criminal Division of
Circuit Court
John Stamos
William G. Burdette
Speck
Daniel P. Ward
Flood risk in Morris area prompts flood control plan
Ralph Knight reports to Morris City Council on northeast district flood potential from Division Street to Nettle Creek. He cites obstructed drainage by homes and mines, insufficient storm sewers, and a 67 acre contributing watershed, proposing water level lowering in strip mine pits and new outlets or pumping options, plus flood gate needs and channel improvements.
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Morris
Grundy
Morris City Council
Ralph Knight
Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District
Division St
Liberty St
Buchanan St
Lisbon St
Adams St
Northern Ave
Nettle Creek
McKinley St
Knight
Rock Island Railroad
Canal Road
Cemetery Road
Illinois 47
Little Nettle Creek
Bedford Plaza
Waverly St
High St
Aux Sable Creek
Aage Hansen
Weather Outlook for Morris and Collins Station
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy skies tonight with thunder showers and a low in the lower 70s. Wednesday will bring cooler, partly cloudy weather with likely thundershowers and a high in the upper 80s. Observations show Collins Station reached 93 degrees yesterday with a 65 degree low and 9 am temperature at 77 while downtown Morris reported 86 at noon.
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U. S
U S Rejects Ky Call for War on China
The United States distanced itself from South Viet Nam Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's push for a broader war with Communist China and an allied invasion of North Viet Nam. State Department officials and Senate leaders urged against widening the conflict as Johnson administration reiterates no aim to destroy North Viet Nam.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
China
State Department
Nguyen Cao Ky
North Viet Nam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Johnson
Robert J. McCloskey
Viet Nam
Mansfield
Three Induction Reports From Grundy County
Mrs. Bernyce Heggen reports Kenneth J. Winterbottom of Mazon Danny L. Ford of Gardner and Charles J. Roudis of Morris informed the Selective Service Center in Chicago they will be inducted into the armed forces A total of 14 men reported for their physical examination The August Grundy County draft call will include eight men for induction and 14 for exams
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Bernyce Heggen
Grundy County
Selective Service Board
Kenneth J. Winterbottom
Mazon
Danny L. Ford
Gardner
Charles J. Roudis
Morris
Selective Service Center
Chicago
Morris City Council Reappoints Three Library Trustees
In Morris the city council reappointed Atty. William Hynds Mrs. Eugene Hayes and Price Dean to the library board for three-year terms. Aldermen approved street maintenance bids Charles O'Brien and Son won seal coat and aggregate at 5 157 92 and patching bids. The council authorized a No Parking study on Jefferson Street and discussed annexation notices for grain elevators and a proposed 450 000 industrial park project. Fines for June totaled 295 dollars and fuel oil bid advertising was authorized.
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Morris City Council
Morris Library Board of Trustees
Red Cross
George Franks
Atty
William Hynds
Eugene Hayes
Price Dean
Franks
Donald Caisley
Allan Furniture
Charles O’brien
Morris
Davis
Plano
Weber Excavating
O’brien
Jefferson St
Illinois 47
Donald Davidson
Robert Adcock
F. Zalenka
E. Main St
Illinois River
Lester Johnson
Judiciary Committee
McElwain
Johnson
Caisley
Robert T. Williamson
Dave Sklut
County 4-H Show Opens At Mazon
The Grundy County 4-H Show began at the Mazon fairgrounds with registration for home economics non-perishable exhibits and morning judging for clothing and room improvements. Advanced clothing judge is Mrs. Shinn. swine carcass judging by LaVern Weller precedes slaughtering at Circle S locker, with public days to follow Wednesday and Thursday featuring food demos, auctions, contests, and grandstand programs.
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Grundy County
Mazon Fairgrounds
David Wharrie
Vernon Rieke
Betty Shinn
Lockport
Donald Goreham
St. Anne
Robert Webner
LaVern Weller
Dwight
Grandstand
Havana opens wedding palace for socialist ceremonies
Miami AP reports Havana introduces a wedding palace to perform socialist weddings as part of the social reform program. The facility aims to provide state sanctioned ceremonies under the new ideological framework.
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Miami
Fla
Havana
Radio
Morris council approves $916 105 city budget for 1966 67
The Morris City Council unanimously passed an appropriation ordinance setting total expenditures at 916 105 for May 1 1966 through April 30 1967 an increase of 158 050 over the preceding year Major rises include 50 000 for an incinerator and 50 000 for a secondary treatment plant in the water and sewer funds and 10 000 for new fire department equipment with smaller rises for police streets and parks departments.
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Water and Sewer Department
Department of Finance and Administration
Franks
Public Parks Department
Police
City Planning Department
Airport Department
Civil Defense
Board of Local Improvements
Morris Elementary Board Special Meeting on Construction Plans
The Morris Elementary Board of Education schedules a 7 30 p m special meeting at Kenneth Hammer home to discuss possible building programs and district facilities.
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Morris Elementary Board of Education
Kenneth Hammer
Child Crushed as Station Wagon Overturns in Illinois
Diana Marie Horsch age 20 months died when the family station wagon overturned on Illinois 9 near Gibson City. Her mother Joan Horsch, 33, the driver, was injured in the incident.
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Gibson City
Ill
Diana Marie Horsch
Illinois 9
Joan
Parking Warning at Morris Library Lot Issued
City officer James Gret warned motorists that Morris library parking is for library users only. Nonresident cars will be ticketed and towed if not moved.
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James Gretencord
Morris Library
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Tony Lema
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Joliet, IL
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Ohio
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City of
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Joseph W. Stilwell Jr
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Green Beret
Honolulu
Coast Guard
San Francisco
Pacific
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