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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1959
Page
1
In the first of four Allied landing feature pieces, veteran reporter Don Whitehead recalls the perilous first six hours of D-Day June 6 1944 aboard the ships bound for Normandy. The narrative frames the assault and the testing hours faced by First Infantry Division soldiers.
Don Whitehead recalls meeting Ernie Pyle in war weary London and rushing to join the invasion. aboard the Chase he heads toward Normandy with Eisenhower deciding the fleet move. Col George Taylor warns the first six hours will be the toughest as orders ring across the harbor.
Small modern house and shop for sale. Furnished farm house for rent. Boy's 26 inch bicycle for sale. Reward offered for lost bill fold.
The Morris Community High School graduation honored 100 graduates as Dr. Wilbur A. Yauch of Northern Illinois University urged schools to serve all student types. Salutatorian Robert Olson challenged peers to aim higher while valedictorian Carol Stinson urged applying knowledge with purpose.
The Morris Fire Department announced a festival the week of June 22 to 27 in Gould park west side and Union street. Imperial Shows will return with local groups expected to run booths and concessions. Anyone seeking a booth should contact Charles Pete Muffler immediately.
Joan Crawford counters rumors of poverty stating she earns $60,000 a year from a soft drink company and more on its board plus film income. Her husband Alfred Steele, former PepsiCo chairman, died April 19. She plans to sell her Brentwood home and move to New York for business reasons.
In Managua President Somoza suspends all import licenses as a response to a minor airborne invasion. Opposition calls for a general strike to press tax and duty cuts. Military communiques describe 75 attackers as traitors, with claims of a 421-strong rebel force and university students among them.
New York officials refuse to recognize the striking Local 1199 union as talks with a three member mayoral panel begin to end the six hospital strike. Nonprofit hospitals continue operations with volunteers and substitutes as housekeeping aides and other workers walk picket lines.
A 35 year old bachelor selected as press secretary to Princess Margaret and Queen Mother Elizabeth. Maj John Griffin, former equerry to the queen mother, takes over but will not be a new face at Clarence House. Buckingham Palace previously handled royal press relations.
Seventeen graduates of Grun dy county’s first Civil Defense auxiliary police class received certificates at a dinner at the Morris Food Centre. The course included ten hours of basic auxiliary police training eight hours of demolition and reconnaissance training and ten hours of standard first aid training. John Cromwell was elected commander and George T. Harris assistant commander. The corps plans monthly meetings. State Police Officer William Hamilton attended, along with Capt. Paul Garber and M. Sgt. David Alpervitz of Ft. Sheridan who taught the demolition sections and Mrs. Mae Reagan, county CD director.
Three Morris teenagers Ronnie Rose 15 Don Briddick 16 and George Yard 15 escaped injury when the car they rode was struck by a Rock Island train engine about two miles east of the Morris Paper Mill near 10 45 p m Monday. The car was knocked 190 feet and demolished. The boys left the tracks when the car stalled. Sheriff Edward Wilt said the owner Clif Lutomski Morris sent the boys to buy cigarettes. They must report at the sheriff's office at 2 p m today to explain details.
Braidwood police seek Will county sheriff help to lift fingerprints after a burglary at Reed-Custer High School over the weekend. About 150 dollars in cash was taken along with an electric typewriter and an adding machine.
The Illinois Senate defeated a reform bill to reduce the number of justices of the peace, with 21 voting for and 31 against. Sponsored by Sen. Robert McClory, the plan would assign smaller counties three JPs and larger counties five or more, based on population. A salary-based JP proposal was not acted on. critics argued it would hurt residents in sparse southern counties who must travel long distances to JP courts.
Chicago union leader Ralph Helstein urged a shorter work week to offset automation reducing the workforce in the meat packing industry. He cited employment at 164,900 last March versus 190,600 in fall 1956 and noted pending wage talks as contracts expire August 31. The United Packinghouse Workers represents about 60,000 workers and seeks a raise from the current 2.57 an hour.
In Kitahama and Motohama on the East China Sea coast, thousands of greenish yellow three inch slugs invade bedrooms nightly. An official from the National Health Preservation Research Institute says the slugs are not dangerous to people.
A two car collision on Route 47 near Morris at 12 15 a m sent seven area teenagers to Morris hospital. Jimmy Anderson 560 Mazon Street Coal City drove one car while Kenneth Hill 17 Morris drove the other. Hill and Judy Payton 18 Morris were discharged after exams showed no injuries. Anderson and four passengers from Coal City suffered injuries with facial cuts scalp lacerations elbow arm cast possible rib fractures and kidney concern. Anderson’s injuries and condition were listed as fair with others reported as good.
Five Joliet men were arrested at 3 a.m. on Division Street by Officers George Hoge and John Popidinski for being drunk and disorderly. Each faced a $500 cash bond with hearings set for 10 a.m. and continued for 10 days. Identified were Raymond Shea Joseph Smith Arthur Birkey Webster Groves and John W Cain. An open bottle of wine and mismatched license plates were found in the car Cain drove.
A propane gas truck exploded on a busy eastern Pennsylvania highway killing at least 11 people and injuring 15. Witnesses described flames shooting high and debris striking spectators as the tanker ruptured after a rear collision with a tractor trailer outside Schuylkill Haven. The truck carried 7,000 gallons of propane and the driver, Joe Wraton, was hospitalized.
Weather returns to fair, cool nights expected. Wednesday forecast calls for highs in the high 70s. Monday night low dropped to 49 at Pyatt station, 58 at 9 am today. Monday high reached 70.
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