4-H Fair Ends with Best of 4-H Show at Mazon
The eighth annual 4-H fair at Mazon closes this evening with the Best of 4-H Show at 7 30 p m. Judging of horse and horsemanship and a style revue were held earlier today. Mary Pogliano won champion female beef overall with a Hereford heifer for Gooselake Jr Champions. Joyce Slattery showed the reserve. Robert Swenhargen won the Angus breed champion with Tom Connelly as reserve.
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Mary Pogliano
Joyce Slattery
Robert Swenhargen
Tom Connelly
Doug Slattery
Robert Allen
Duane Francois
Coal City Community Club
Paul Clennon
Minooka Agricultural Club
Ray Rink
Jim Williams
Larry Yunker
Jim Henke
Bill Dirker
David Rogers
Mark el
Gayle
Sharon Kilmer
Merry Goodfarm Maidens
Carolyn Hunt
Hillcrest
Darlene Mount
The
Mazon Merry Makers
Linda McCormick
Richard Burger
Highland Agricultural Club
Preston Douglas
Michael J. Campbell
Coal City
Peggy Olson
Mike Englert
Raylene Olson
Dave Englert
Connie Sue Englert
Kathy Englert
Nettle Creek
Daniel Zilm
Goodfarm Boys
Robert
Samantha
Mary Pugliano
Mary
Speck Defense Seeks Expert Psychiatric Panel
Richard Speck’s attorney urged a panel of eminent psychiatrists to examine the accused killer of eight student nurses. Cook County public defender Gerald Getty said outside experts and electroencephalograms would probe for brain disorder as part of an innocence plea ahead of Monday arraignment.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Gerald Getty
Cook County
Speck
Getty
Weather outlook cools with rising high 80s this week
The U S Weather Bureau predicts less humidity and a cooler night with a upper 60s low. Friday should be mostly sunny with a low 80s high and Saturday partly cloudy with little change. Winds and temperatures noted at Collins Weather Station and Morris district today.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris Business District
Wilson Seeks U S Support for Pound Standstill
Prime Minister Harold Wilson flies to Washington to seek ironclad American backing for the pound over the next six to nine months as Britain pursues deflationary measures. He plans to brief President Johnson on Moscow talks with Kosygin and discuss worldwide currency liquidity amid the Vietnam War context.
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London
Harold Wilson
Washington
Wilson
Britain
Johnson
Moscow
Alexei Kosygin
Hanoi
House of Commons
Youths Fined in Sign Damages Reported Sunday
Two area youths paid fines in magistrate court Wednesday for tearing down two stop signs about 11 p m Tuesday on Stockdale and Canal Roads. Mervin Hausken 19 of Rte 4 Newark pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars plus costs while Lee Wicks 17 of Rte 1 Newark pleaded not guilty and was fined 30 dollars plus costs. Both released after payment.
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Stockdale
Canal
Lee Wicks
Rte. 1
Newark
Mervin Hausken
Rte. 4
Stockdale Road
Dick Pierce
Chester P. Winsor
Hausken
Wicks
Viet Cong Step Up Attacks Near Saigon
In South Viet Nam, U.S. and Vietnamese pilots flew a record 826 combat sorties on Wednesday as Viet Cong raids near Saigon increased. American forces reported 136 killed and 578 wounded for the week, with 334 U.S. and 1,272 Communist deaths total for the war, while pilots targeted North Viet Nam from the south and the 324B Division near the 17th Parallel remained a focus.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Panhandle
Leathernecks
Navy
Marine
Strategic Air Command
D Zone
17Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Nort
Vinh
North
Senators Reject Plan to Send Airlines Talks Back to Table
The Senate Labor Committee rejected 10 to 5 a proposal to force airlines bargaining back to the table amid air strike tension. Sen. Morse pushes six month back to work order as alternative and vows action on the Senate floor if the panel rejects it.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard Wirtz
Claiborne Pell
D-R.i
Lister Hill
D-Ala
Hill
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Senate
Car theft testimony implicates King aide in 1965 scheme
Harold Belton Andrews testified he stole four new cars in 1965 for a Southern Christian Leadership Conference official. He and Morris Finley face federal charges of interstate transportation of stolen vehicles as the judge prepares to charge the jury. Andrew Young disputed the involvement and said SCLC purchased 50 to 60 cars at fleet rates, with two later found stolen.
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Atlanta, Ga
Harold Belton Andrews
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U.S
Sidney 0. Smith
Andrews
Moultrie
Morris Finley
Smith
Virginia
New Jersey
Florida
Atlanta
Finley
SCLC
Charles Mize
Chicago
Andrew Young
Young
FBI
Department of Justice
Arlington
Grade School Election Set For Sept 10
Morris Elementary School District 54 will seek a 655000 bond issue on Sept 10 for a new 12 to 14 classroom building south of the Illinois River, Garfield School addition, 18 acre land purchase for a future middle school, remodels of Lincoln and McKinley, and architect fees. The plan aims to ease crowding and may add kindergartens. middle school remains as a long term option.
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Morris Elementary
Kenneth Hammer
Illinois River
Garfield
Morris Community High School
Lincoln
McKinley
South School
EUG
John George
Leslie Tibbitts
George
Tibbitts
Barry Long
Richard Oakland
John Hendrickson
William Stangland
Harold Guehler
Supt
Hammer
Leng
Red Cross Bloodmobile Visits Grun dy County
The Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Eagle Hall Morris on Tuesday for the first drive of the fiscal year with a 100 pint quota. Hours are 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m and donors may book by calling 942 1046 or 942 0950. Donations to the defense department for service members may be made at any time.
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Red Cross Bloodmobile
Grundy County
Eagle Hall
Morris
Red Cross
John Harder
The
Defense Department
Armed Services
Harder
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Mazon
Dicker
Bruce Flatness
Neil Trotter
Dick Davidson
Tom Thompson
Philip Halverson
Doug Lowery
David Davidson
Marilyn Yunker
Darry Punke
Guernsey Jr
Heiger
Debby
Ter
Early Sr
Heifer
Karl Schaulin
Kenneth Rogers
Lee Miller
Vienna
Hampshire
Bill Wollgast
James Englert
Jim Gonham
George Miller
Jim Gotham
Duroc
Mary Beth Harper
Buddy Harper
Doug Sutton
Tom Roe
David Roe
Randy Roe
Steve Spangler
David Matteson
A’s
Ken Brisbin
Jim Brisbin
Sharon Harlow
Hampshire Ewe
Sharon
Highland Aricultural Club
Kenneth Jorstad
Saratoga Jr. Farmers
Ram Lamb
Greg Jorstad
Nettle Creek Ag
Shropshire
Wether
Sid Nelson
Saratoga Jr
Don _ Pogliano
Ruth Jorstad
Southdown
Lynn Nelson
Kathy
John
Gooselake Club
Herald
Milford Jorstad
Nettle Creek Township
Greg
Charles de Gaulle
France
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Capitol Hill
John J. Williams
R-Del
Man
King
Johnny M. Dyer
Columbia
S.C
Bloodmobile
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