Burger Clears Senate Panel for Chief Justice Post
Warren E. Burger wins unanimous Senate Judiciary Committee support for chief justice nomination. In a 1 hour 45 minute hearing lawmakers praise Burger while addressing outside income disclosure and corporate board bans. Burger agrees to disclose certain earnings and step back from non judiciary activities if confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Nixon
Warren E. Burger
The
United States
Earl Warren
Burger
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Joseph E. Tydings
Abe Fortas
High Court
Congress
Judiciary
Tydings
Judicial Conference of the United States
Mayo Foundation
Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure
Georgetown University
Hostage Free Nab Convict in North Carolina Farmhouse
Ricardo Resendez, 26, of Los Angeles, surrendered after an all-night standoff with police at a Robeson County farmhouse. A fellow escapee had already surrendered hours earlier. Resendez and another convict, James Lee, were taken to Robeson County Jail while hostage Isley Wilcox, 67, left the property uninjured with Maj. Sam Garrison.
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Lumberton
N.C
Ricardo Resendez
Los Angeles
Isley Wilcox
Robeson County
James Lee
Wilcox
Resendez
Sam Garrison
Blood program exceeds goal in Grundy County drive
Grundy County American Red Cross chapter surpassed its yearly goal by 28 pints with 828 pints collected. In Morris 111 signed up at the Masonic Temple as bloodmobile crews operated. Eight of twelve first timers were accepted, 50 replacement donors joined 93 walk ins and 18 appointments. Donor pins honored several Morris residents including Ramsey Stangland Belinski Anderson Meier Fosen Dergo. A May 16 agreement brought four state troopers to donate, and ten donors supplied O RH Negative blood to the Peoria center after Memorial Day. Volunteers from Masonic Lodge Laurel Chapter Eastern Star and several doctors logged 144 hours. Next visit is July 29.
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Grundy County
The
American Red Cross
Robert Ramsey
William Stangland
Victor
Luella Belinski
Carl E. Anderson
Virginia Meier
Dennis Fosen
Gehrig L. Dergo
Morris
Illinois State Police Department
Illinois
American National Red Cross
James Meyer
Peo
Weather: Clear, cooler nights with mild warmup ahead
The U S Weather Bureau says it will be fair and cool tonight with a low of 40 to 45 degrees. Wednesday will be partly sunny and warmer with a high in the lower 70s. Thursday looks partly sunny and cooler. Collins Weather Station records a Monday high of 58 and a low of 42. At 9 am today the station read 50 and at 10 30 am downtown Morris read 52 with a trace of precipitation.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Utility Pole Crashes Into Living Room
Mrs. Andrew Bell of Route 2 saw a large truck snag low hanging wires and break two poles near the state boys camp detour of U S 6 in Aux Sable Township. One pole crashed into her living room destroying a television set but no one was injured. Deputy John G Olson investigated.
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Andrew Bell
Rte. 2
Herald
Lewis Clover
Consolidated Freight Trucks
Aurora
Aux Sable
U.S. 6
Bell
Grundy County
John E. G. Olson
Snicker A Day Autographs Draw Fans And Bank Interest
A lighthearted note says becoming a celebrity comes when fans seek your autograph and banks accept it, highlighting the quirky value of notoriety and endorsement in everyday life.
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Banks
Library Board Plans Details for New Mor ris Public Library
The Library Board awaits finalized specifications for the new Morris Public Library to open bids after data from the State. Trustees approved building materials and discussed moving to temporary quarters if the bid is awarded within four weeks. Summer hours and programs, staffing changes, and upcoming trustees were noted.
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Morris
Gordon Gregg
Janet Hill
Mazon
Illinois State University, Normal
Allen Terry
Liberty St
Library Board
John Roth
Price Dean
Conrad Weitz
Robert Macdonald
Arthur Meadors
Frank Condon
Atty
William Hynds
Eugene Hayes
Tracy Adcock
Hugo Avalos
F. Wayne Graham
Students build eight by six foot stand for Ace Huddy
Carnegie Mellon University architectural design students built a compact newspaper stand for Ace Huddy, the longtime Pittsburg seller. The eight by six foot structure features four round roof windows a back picture window and several paper compartments. Ace notes the lack of a shower left him needing cooling.
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Pittsburgh
Ace
Huddy
Carnegie- Mellon University
Nixon urges honesty and restraint on campuses nationwide
President Nixon denounces campus violence and insurrection while urging adherence to civil decency and the democratic process. He defends intellectual honesty and warns against coercion, deception, and lowering educational standards as threats to liberty.
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Madison
S.D
Nixon
General Beadle College
Karl E. Mundt
Petition Presented Over MCHS Senior Drinking Suspension
A group of 12 seniors delivered a petition to MCHS Board President Kenneth Davenport asking the board to reconsider its May 28 decision to bar 15 senior boys from baccalaureate and commencement. Davenport pledged to show the petition at the next meeting. 188 signatures were collected.
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McHs Board of Education
Kenneth Davenport
Lynwood Drive
Davenport
Claude Rose
Chicago
Hugo Avalos
Ray Page
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Plane Crash Near Jacksonville Airport Injures Father and Daughter
Joseph Pranger Jr. 45 and his daughter Tonya 18 of Carrollton sustained minor injuries when their single engine Cessna 140 flipped during landing at Jacksonville Airport. A highway patrolman said strong cross winds caused the crash. both were treated and released from a local hospital.
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Jacksonville, Ill
Joseph Pranger Jr
Tonya
Carrollton
Jacksonville
Pranger
Australian Carrier Crashes Into US Destroyer Evans
In the Sea Spirit maneuvers off Vietnam a Melbourne rammed the USS Evans at 4:15 a.m. Saigon time. The Evans split in two, 73 sailors missing, one dead, 200 survivors. Melbourne reports no casualties. Kearsarge rushed to scene. Admiral Hyland orders a court of inquiry.
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Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
South China Sea
Vietnam
U.S
Frank E. Evans
Melbourne
Saigon
Evans
Long Beach
Calif
Kearsarge
Singapore
Radio Australia
Navy
Cam Ranh Bay
John J. Hyland
Pacific Fleet
SEATO
Sea Spirit
Fire Kills 12 in Kansas City Apartment Blaze
A three story brick apartment building in midtown Kansas City burned early today killing 12 people including six believed to be a single family. Police questioned two former residents evicted for nonpayment and hosting guests. The fire started near an abandoned elevator shaft and raged two hours as 50 firefighters battled 25 water streams. Among the dead were five month old Harry Smith and his father Lawrence Smith, who died after leaping from the third floor with the child.
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Kansas City
Midtown
Dan Breece
Harry Smith
Lawrence Smith
General Hospital
Cornelius
Charles Twenter
Twenter
Mary Cohen
James Halloran
Fire Department
James Waas
James Combs
Combs
Rex Johnson
Tina
Rex Jr
Joyce Franks
Edmund Lee Godden Jr
Scarlet Godden
Barbara Smith
Smith
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U.S. 101St Airborne
Tam Ky
Lage
da Nang
Fred Hefler
Masonic Temple
Richard Chouinard
Morris Hospital
Peoria
Davit
Ipswich
England
Cmdr
A. S. Mel Lemore
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