Truck Driver Killed as Bus Is Rear-Ended at Dwight
A VeMack driver Charles T. Kelly 41 of St. Louis was killed when his truck rear collided with a halted bus on U S Route 66 near Dwight at 4 30 am. Seven bus passengers from Chicago and the bus driver were hospitalized at St James hospital Pontiac with injuries. The truck exploded burning Kelly who was thrown from the cab and run over by his own truck. Witness Elmer Love Chicago reported minor injuries but survived.
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Dwight
Charles T. Kelly
St. Louis
VeMack Transportation Co
Gerald Mereness
Davisburg
Mich
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Kelly
Marinda Thomas
Emma Barclay
Carmen Jackson
Joseph Lee Durham
Katie Davis
Clarence Thatch
Naomi West
Chicago
Spiritual Singers Gospel Singing Group
St. Lewis
Dv Olfer
Elmer Love
Morris Lions Plan First Annual Benefit Auction and Rummage Sale
Plans for the Morris Lions Club first annual benefit auction and rummage sale progress with a 1 pm start on Saturday June 13 in the 100 block of East Main Street. The event aims to fund Lions youth programs including the Morris Summer Recreation program with a $400 pledge. Volunteers urged to donate usable merchandise and arrange pickups if needed. A display of items will be set up in the Schipper building at 412 Liberty St formerly the Illinois Bell office.
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Morris Lions Club
East Main Street
Lions
Morris
Edward Douvin
Ben Bernstein
Walter White
Bill McElwain
Schipper
Liberty St
Illinois Bell Telephonempany
Wanted to Rent and Goods for Sale Ad Snippet
A compact want ad item notes a two or three bedroom rental and a six room home for rent. It also lists produce for sale asparagus and strawberries and a 1957 %-ton pickup for sale. A lost item records a pair of a child’s glasses.
Youth Killed In Gardner Crash Saturday
A Peoria teenager Fred Meachum Jr. 17 or 18, of 2612 W Sherwood Place, died in a car crash near Gardner at 3 35 a m Saturday. Coroner W Clark Davis said the vehicle went off pavement struck a guard rail jumped a ditch and landed on a concrete wall before burning. Police searched for two other potential passengers but found none and burial plans were arranged with Harrington Funeral Home Clinton.
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Fred Meachum Jr
Peoria
Gardner
Rte. 66
John E. G. Olson
Sherwood Place
Harrington
Clinton
W. Clark Davis
Meachum
Graduates Advised to Value Faith Over Security
The Morris Baptist Church pastor Rev. Clifford Gilson urged Morris Community High School graduates at the baccalaureate service to live by faith rather than chasing security. He cited Abraham and Moses and warned that life has never been secure, stressing that youth should not place security above faith and purpose.
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Clifford Gilson
Morris Baptist Church
Morris Community High School
Abraham
Moses
Gilson
Weather forecast for local area shows cooler weekend
Partly cloudy and cooler this afternoon give way to fair pleasant weather through Wednesday. Daytime highs in the low 70s with nighttime lows near 50. Sunday reached 85 degrees with 63 degree night and 67 this morning. Light showers totaled 0.12 inch at Pyatt Weather station.
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Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Five Hospitalized by Crashes At Vaksdal Walker Corners
Four Chicago youths were injured in a rollover on Route 6 at Vaksdal corner four miles east of Morris. Driver Eddie Bell 16 and companions Ralph Avart 16 Jerry Snyder 16 and John New 17 were treated and discharged. A second crash at Walker corner involved Serentha Taylor 28 driving a 1959 car with seven aboard. Ruby Newsom 10 suffered a fractured arm. all others discharged. All involved residents of Chicago.
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Chicago
Vaksdal Corner
Rte. 6
Morris
Eddie Bell
Edward Wilt
Bell
Ralph Avart
Jerry Snyder
John New
Morris Hospital
New
Avart
Ruby Lee Newsom
Walker Corner
Seretha Taylor
Wilt
Gerald Bitner
Ruby Newsom
Mary M. Smith
Shirley Newsom
Karl Monte
Lolita Taylor
Tondaleyo Taylor
Serentha Taylor
Memorial Day Sermon Urges Deeds Over Words
Rev. Arthur B. Mercer of Morris Methodist spoke at Memorial Day services on the county courthouse lawn after a parade from Center School. He urged living citizens to protect liberty, noting science cannot ensure peace and praising John Foster Dulles as a man of faith.
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Arthur B. Mercer
Morris Methodist Church
County Court House
Center School
Mercer
John Buster Dulles
White Sands
N. M
Memorial weekend traffic toll sets new record
More than 300 people died in traffic crashes across the nation over Memorial weekend, a record for the holiday. The National Safety Council blamed heavy travel and multiple wrecks, urging safer driving. Drownings and other accidents added 149 to the toll, with AP counting 368 deaths in a 54 hour period.
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National Safety Council
NSC
Associated Press
Memorial Day Illinois traffic toll drops says Stratton
Nine people died in traffic crashes during Memorial Day weekend in Illinois along with four drownings and one each in an airplane crash a fire and a lawn mowing accident. Over a 54 hour period two weeks earlier 16 deaths occurred in traffic incidents statewide. Gov Stratton credited police effort and public understanding for the lower toll.
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Illinois
Associated Press
William G. Stratton
Morris 8th Grade Graduation Honors Given
JoAnn Mosimann and Michael Trucano received American Legion honor awards at Morris Grade School graduation in Center School gym. Silas Johnson presented the honors before a full gym as the program featured the grade school band, junior high chorus, and speeches by Michael Trucano and Gail Davidson. Diplomas were given by Dr. F Wayne Graham. A graduates party with orchestra and a buffet lunch followed.
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JoAnn Mosimann
Michael Trucano
American Legion
Morris
Center School
Silas Johnson
Morris Post
the Legion
Gail Davidson
Kenneth Hammer
F. Wayne Graham
Local Man Builds Two Passenger Plane at Home
Bjorn O. Andersson spent two years and $1,000 to build a two passenger airplane at home. The craft can climb to 14,000 feet and reach speeds up to 150 miles per hour.
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San Diego
Calif
Bjorn O. Andreasson
MCHS 85th Graduation Tonight At Morris High
Morris Community High School hosts the 85th graduation in the gymnasium at 8 p.m. Dr. Wilbur A. Yauch associate dean of instruction at Northern Illinois University will address the class. Valedictory by Carol Stinson highlighted among program notes.
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Wilbur A. Yauch
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Morris Community High School
Dr. Yauch
Carol Stinson
Two Summer Vacation Church Schools Begin This Week
Two church based programs start today, the Lutheran and Union schools, each running June 1 to 12 for two hours and a half daily. The Union school draws from four congregations and includes 50 teachers, with a migrant workers service project and an open house on June 12. Bethlehem Lutheran also runs two parallel schools using the We Believe curriculum from June 1 to 12, 9 to 11:45 a.m., at two locations.
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Lutheran
Union School
First Methodist
First Presbyterian First Baptist
St. Thomas Episcopal
Union
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Illinois
Parents and Friends
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Opdyke
Stopgap Berlin Talks Reach For a Quiet Settlement
In Geneva the United States Britain and France pressed Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to suspend threats to West Berlin and seek a stopgap settlement. Western leaders seek firm conditions for any Berlin accord including access rights and continued Western troop presence.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Herter
Lloyd
Couve de Murville
East Germany
Miss Illinois Crowned From Augustana College
Suzanne Johnson of Chicago won Miss Illinois at Moline in a 26 contestant pageant. She earned 1750 dollars for the victory and 150 dollars for the talent award after singing Hello Young Lovers. Johnson will represent Illinois in Atlantic City for Miss America 1960.
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Moline
Suzanne Johnson
Augustana College
Illinois
Chicago
Moline Junior Chamber of Commerce
Johnson
Mary Ann Mobley
Brandon
Anita Ruth Olson
River Forest
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Able
Space Chamber
Monkey Able
Vaksdal
Walker Corners
Rev. Mercer
UGS
THE
Earl Bennett
Beaverdam
Kentucky
Hold Morris
MCHS
Wilbur Yauch
God
Arthur Mercer
First Methodist Church
Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
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