Rockefeller Drive Picks Up Momentum
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's push to deny Nixon a first ballot GOP nomination appears to gain traction as platform hearings begin. Delegates show growing doubt about Nixon's November prospects, while talk of a possible dark horse like John Lindsay surfaces amid uncertain support and unaffiliated delegates. Eisenhower officials back Nixon, but Dirksen aims to keep platform hearings neutral and nomination-focused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
New York
Rockefeller
Nixon
John V. Lindsay
New York City
Harley Markham
Idaho
Markham
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Illinois
Dirksen
Neutra
Air Pollution Control Stoker Installed at C.C.
Atlas Wall Paper Mills in Coal City was among 34 Illinois industries approved for air pollution control programs. The mill converted a coal fired stoker to natural gas and stopped using a second coal fired stoker. The board directed staff to draft objective limits for several pollutants including sulfur compounds particulates nitrogen oxides oxidants carbon monoxide hydrocarbons and metal oxides.
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Atlas Wall Paper Mills, Inc
Coal City
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Chicago
State Police Cue Drivers In 2 Accidents
State police ticketed two drivers in separate Grundy County collisions Sunday night and today. In the first crash on Essex Road near South Wilmington, two Kankakee residents were injured when their car rear ended Ronald G. Goddard's auto from Lockport. Goddard was cited. In the second incident on Interstate 80 near Minooka, Kenneth E. Woodley of Hampton Iowa escaped injury but was cited for wrong lane usage after veering into an overpass while asleep. damages were listed for both vehicles.
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Grundy County
Kankakee
Essex Road
South Wilmington
Forrest E
Darlene Fortin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Ronald G. Goddard
Lockport
Fortin
Patty Murphy
Goddard
Hampton
Iowa
Kenneth E. Woodley
Minooka
Dale Wills
Woodley
Ned
Joliet Accident Kills Passenger
A Florida woman died in a two car crash at Illinois 30 and Cherry Hill Road near Joliet. Anastasia Vance, 77, of St. Petersburg was a passenger in a car driven by May Hines, 83, of Joliet who remains in critical condition. Dorothey Lewis, 43, and Wendy Cooper, 17, of New Lenox are listed in fair condition.
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Joliet, Ill
Florida
Illinois
Cherry Hill Road
Joliet
Anastasia Vance
St. Petersburg
Fla
May Hines
Hines
Dorothey Lewis
Wendy Cooper
New Lenox
Weather outlook and latest station readings
The forecast calls for tonight fair to partly cloudy with a low in the lower 60s. Tuesday will be partly sunny and warmer with a chance of showers or thundershowers late and a high in the low to mid 80s. Wednesday is partly cloudy and cooler. At Collins Weather Station Saturday peak reached 86 with a 51 low. At 9 am today the station read 69 and downtown Morris 73 at 11 am.
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Collins
Morris
Driver Dies in One Car Crash Near Grundy County
A 26 year old Wilmington man Rodger Brassard died Saturday when his 1964 Chevrolet ran off a gravel road near the Grundy County Home and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Morris Hospital. Visitation is today and funeral services are set for Tuesday at Des Rocher's Funeral Home Wilmington with burial at Oak Wood Cemetery.
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Roger Brassard
Wilmington
Rodger Brassard
Campus
Grundy County
Brassard
Richard Pierce
Ald
David
Richard
Des Rocher’s
Funeral Home
Oak Wood Cemetery
Voter Straw Poll Planned by Morris Herald and Delegates
The Morris Herald partners with 15th District Republican delegates to conduct a straw poll on presidential candidates. A statewide voters survey runs in the paper with results to be published Saturday. Ballots mailed or delivered to Morris Herald by 5 p.m. Thursday.
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Morris Herald
15Th Congressional District
the Herald
The
Herald
Earle F. Heffley
P. O
Ottawa
Ill
Heffley
Clifford D. Carlson
Geneva
Edmund B. Thornton
Miami
Youth Injured Critically in One Car Crash Near Morris
James Swartz 17 of rural Morris was critically injured when his 1965 Ford sedan ran off U S 6, struck a bridge guard rail, and was driven into the car. He crawled to nearby home before ambulance transport to Morris Hospital. Deputies report he fell asleep prior to the crash.
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James Swartz
Morris
Grundy County
Swartz
George Brown Jr
Davis
Morris Hospital
Olson
George Hendrickson
John Olson
Robert Coleman
Fatal Bond Dispute Ends in Slaying in Joliet
In Joliet Illinois police report a family argument over bonds belonging to a year old daughter led to the fatal shooting of Ruthie Cruickshank a 29 year old housewife. Her husband Gilbert Cruickshank was arrested and charged with murder as the investigation continues.
Steel Industry Offers Renew Hope for Pact and Shorter Strike
In Pittsburgh AP reports an improved steel industry offer renews secret bargaining and optimism that a 388000 steelworkers strike may be averted. The executive board of United Steelworkers met with delays as Abel and Cooper negotiate. industry figures floated a 60 cent to 90 cent per hour range, with union demands near 6 percent.
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Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
I. W. Abel
R. Conrad Cooper
Abel
Cooper
UMW
Joseph P. Molony
Basic Steel Industry Conference
Paul Hilbert
Union
District 15
Molony
U.S. Steel
William
Boater Treated After Fall at Stratton State Park
Robert Kasper of Hinsdale was treated and released from Morris Hospital after falling from his boat while docking at Stratton State Park around 5 45 p m Sunday. He suffered shoulder and neck pain and dizziness before ambulance transport.
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Robert Kasper
Hinsdale
Morris Hospital
Stratton State Park
Morris
Kasper
Davis
Curfew Lifted in Gary After Weekend Violence
Gary Indiana Mayor Richard G Hatcher lifted the curfew as calm returned after a weekend of violence that left six injured and 170 arrested. Police reported sniping fire and arson, with 550 National Guardsmen on standby and 90 Indiana State Police deployed.
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Gary
Ind
Richard G. Hatcher
Indiana
Hatcher
James Hilton
Kangaroos
Sin City Disciples
Hilton
Cook County Sheriff's Department
Valparaiso
Roger D. Branigin
Negro Sin City Disciples Gang
Hearing Set on Zoning Changes in Coal City
A public meeting of the Coal City Zoning Board of Appeals will be held at 8 p m next Monday in the council room at village hall to hear a request to rezone Lots 11 12 13 14 block 33 Wilt s Greenhouse and Lot 5 and east 40 feet of Lot 4 Nicholson Subdivision from RIB and RIA to BI neighborhood business district. Objections to rezoning will be heard.
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Coal City
Coal City Zoning Board of Appeals
Wilt’s
Nixon Reagan and McCarthy in Herald Voter Survey
The Herald reports a voter survey examining public sentiment toward Nixon Reagan and McCarthy. It highlights leading concerns and polling trends among respondents across key regions.
Ryan Nominated for Third Appellate District Judge
Howard C. Ryan senior circuit judge of the 13th district was chosen as the Republican candidate for judge of the Third Appellate Court district at a Peoria convention attended by 533 delegates. He will oppose John Clinch of Peru for the vacancy created by Judge John Coryn’s death in an October plane crash. Ryan, 52, has 14 years as a trial judge and 244 years as county judge in La Salle County, with prior service as an assistant state's attorney. He is a World War II veteran, married with two children, living in Tonica.
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Howard C. Ryan
13Th Judicial Circuit
Third Appellate Court
Peoria
John Clinch
Peru
Grundy
Bureau
la Salle
John Coryn
Ryan
13Th
la Salle County
la Salle-Peru
Illinois
Tonica
Viet Cong Attack on Tuy Hoa Air Base
Viet Cong infiltrators attacked Tuy Hoa air base in central South Vietnam overnight, destroying two four engine C130 transports and damaging an F100 Supersabre. About nine attackers were killed, one American wounded, as U S air units reported extensive enemy losses and increased defenses around bases in Southeast Asia.
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Saigon
U.S
Tuy Hoa
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
North
Air Force
Air National Guard
Vietnam
188Th
New Mexico
136Th
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Udorn
Thailand
da Nang
North Vietnam
Vinh
Navy
Marine
Panhandle
Tay Ninh
Sandwich Couple Fatally Injured in Collision
An elderly Sandwich couple, Shelby B. Morris, 69, and Mildred Morris, 67, died when their car entered Illinois 23 from a rural road and collided with a car driven by John C. Beasley, 25, of DeKalb. Beasley’s wife Judith, 24, and a child Johnny Ray, 4, were injured critically, while Beasley and three other children suffered minor injuries.
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Sandwich, Ill
Sandwich
Illinois
Shelby B. Morris
Mildred
John C. Beasley
DeKalb
Beasley
Judith
Johnny Ray
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Elmer
Braceville
Gerald
Braidwood
Don
Cliffiord D. Carlson
P.O
Boater
Philip Blaiberg
Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Town
South Africa
U. S
Reagan
Humphrey
Wallace
McCarthy
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