Douglas outlines oil land royalty plan to retire national debt
Senator Paul Douglas spoke to about 130 Grundy County Democrats at Moose Hall outlining a plan to open competitive bidding on government land in Colorado New Mexico and Arizona for oil. The government would take an 1/8 royalty on processed oil valued at over 5 billion, aiming to fund the 320 billion debt. He noted local ties and praised past Democratic gains while listing local candidates and upcoming visits.
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Paul Douglas
Moose Hall
Sen
Douglas
Ilinois
Martin Gleason
Joliet
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Grundy County
Sen. Douglas
Bubbles) Wesley
Joe Parish
Norman Brown
Democratic Central Committee
McEvilly
Morris
Democratic Womens Organization
VFW
Atty. Thomas Dunne
John Ciriicione
State Senate
Gleason
Donald Koerner
Coal City
John McEvilly
Minooka
Joe Russell
Ford County
Frank Leathers
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Floyd Siron
McCoy
Ted Conley
Kay to Head Grundy Community Chest Board
Earl Kay is re elected president of the Grundy County Community Chest at a courthouse meeting. Also re elected were Earl Linneman as vice president and Al Pilch as secretary. William Wallin of Mazon was chosen treasurer replacing Elvin Behrens. Directors approved a slate and the board accepted Red Cross campaign integration with a July 1 to Aug 1 start shift. Final disbursements for 1965 66 totaled 9 960 with 1 639 19 balance remaining. Skip Wagoner remains executive secretary with 100 monthly allowance. Budgets due by July 1 with meetings set for July 13.
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Earl Kay
Grundy County
Red Cross
Fred Hefler
Leon Gant
Morris
Jane Campbell
Coal City
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Pleasant View Luther Holme
Salvation Army
Catholic Charities
Skip Wagoner
Morris House Damaged by Fire in Morris Today
A fire gutted a bedroom of the Morris residence at 1200 block of N Liberty behind La Roma Restaurant at 10:30 a.m. Damages tagged at 2500 dollars. Source believed to be in the bedroom, starting at the mattress. Owners listed as Charles Bradley. occupants Hobart Castile were away.
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Hobart Castile
N. Liberty St
la Roma
Morris Fire Department
Charles Bradley
Castiles
Weather forecast and local readings from stations
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair tonight with little temperature change and a low near 50. Thursday will be partly sunny and warmer with a high in the upper 70s. Friday brings partly cloudy skies with a chance of showers. Collins Weather Station logged 68 high Tuesday and 43 low overnight, with 58 at 9 am and 65 in Morris district at 11 15 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris Business
First Negro Democrat wins Alabama sheriff nomination in Macon County runoff
Lucius A. Amerson, 32, the first Black candidate nominated by Democrats for sheriff in Alabama since Reconstruction, won the Macon County runoff. Despite Negro vote splits, eight Black hopefuls for the legislature failed, leaving 141 White lawmakers if no vacancy occurs before 1970. Amerson may face Republican opposition in November.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Lucius A. Amerson
Macon County
Fred D. Gray
Amerson
Hervey Sadler
Buddhist Talks Resume as Hue Turmoil Rises in Saigon
Buddhist leaders resume peace talks with Ky's military junta in Saigon despite a grenade attack on monk Thich Thien Minh. In Hue, student mobs sack U S consulate and other buildings as antigovernment demonstrations swell.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
Hue
North
Viet Nam
Yen Bay
Red River
Hanoi
Gia Long
Buddhist Institute
Saigon Radio
U.S. Navy
Buddhist Youth Center
Thich Thien Minh
Minh
Tran van Do
Allied Military Assistance Command
Continued Hearing on Dismissal Motion for Welch Battery Case
A hearing on a motion for dismissal by attorney S J Holderman for his client Raymond F Welch 23 707 E North St charged with battery by City Policeman Gordon Gregg was continued today until June 8.
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Atty. S. J
Council Split on Water and Sewer Plan for Subdivision
The City Council narrowly approved two motions to participate in a sewer and water plan for a Hatcher's Woods subdivision. Alderman Stine exited during roll call as votes, 4-3, were tallied for each motion. The sewer plan caps city involvement at one third or up to 13,000 with a rebate to developers for water line costs.
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James Stine
Hatcher's Woods
Stine
Gebhard Woods State Park
Canal Road
Fremont Ave
Ottawa St
Atty. Eugene Hayes
Jean A. McCoy and
Atty. Hayes
Hayes
William Diaz
Pontiac
Diaz
Johnson
Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Dick Schweickert
McCoy
Davidson
Franks
George
Joliet
Nelson
Aage Hansen
Hansen
Freezing Temperatures Persist Across Northeast and South
Below freezing temperatures were logged at Bradford Pennsylvania for the third day as a late spring cool spell continued east of the Mississippi. Readings in the 30s appeared in northern New England New York and Pennsylvania while the South saw upper 40s in northern Alabama. Southerly winds brought warm weather to the Great Plains and overall the country remained generally clear though lightning sparked many small forest fires in eastern Arizona and western New Mexico.
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Bradford
Mississippi
New England
New York State
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Great Plains
Arizona
New Mexico
Gemini 9 Flight Postponed Two Days Over Last Minute Signal Issue
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP The Gemini 9 mission was scrubbed two days due to a late guidance signal fault detected less than two minutes before launch. Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan waited in the Gemini 9 atop a Titan 2 rocket as engineers pursued a target satellite link and a possible rendezvous.
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Thomas Stafford
Eugene A. Cernan
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Thomas P. Stafford
Cernan
Stafford
William C. Schneider
Space Agency
Agena
Len Schull
Len
Len.” Schull
Schneider
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Thomas Dunn
James McEvilly
Herald
Stanley Enger
Jane Carey
Capitol Hill
Dan Brown
Gordon Kingman
Frank
Kay
Community Chest Board
Lester Johnson
George Franks
Donald Davidson
John Nelson
Walter Hundt
Dave Sklut
Soil Conservation Service
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