France Withdraws Defense Calls Witnesses in Hamilton Case
State's Attorney Richard Wilder rested the people's case as four prosecution witnesses testified in the Kenneth Hamilton trial. Testimony covered the alleged rape of a Morris woman and the subsequent reactions of her husband and neighbors, with details of the hospital visit and the victim's distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wilder
Kenneth Hamilton
James Fleming
Hamilton
Fred Ehrman Jr
Wauponsee Township
Edward Whalen
Saratoga Township
Fred Ehrman
Morris
Fleming
Ehrman
Alden C. Thompson
Thompson
Whalen
Crash South Of Pontiac Kills Three
A car crash five miles south of Pontiac Illinois killed a Chicago mother and two of her children and injured eight others. The driver Eddie Williams 31 and a passenger Mrs Eula Conyers 19 were hospitalized in fair condition. The truck driver Mouzon Eldridge 43 was unhurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Ill
Chicago
U.S. 66
Pontiac
Charles Higgins
Larry
Rochelle
Higgins
Brenda
Hubert
St. James Hospital
Mary Ann
Joe Ella
Charles
Eddie Williams
Eula Conyers
Lisa
Mouzon B. Eldridge
Washington, Ill
Morris Police Warn On Bicycle Riding On Liberty Street
Morris Police Chief Donald Ward warns youths against riding bicycles on Liberty Street from Jackson Street to Washington Street. An ordinance bans cycling in that stretch and riders will have bikes confiscated and held at the station until a parent retrieves them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Donald Ward
Liberty St
Ward
Jackson St
Washington St
Morris Community High School 1968 graduation honors four success points
About 1,800 attended Morris Community High School’s 94th commencement for 173 seniors. Goebel Patton of the Illinois Education Association delivered the address, with Sigrid Pohl and Mark Wix as valedictorian and salutatorian. Four success points highlighted by Patton: choose a career you like, give your best, keep your word, and deliver on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Community High School
Goebel Patton
Tlinois Education Association
Sigrid Pohl
Mark Wix
Goebel
Claude Rose
L. C. Berger
Board of Education
Arelis M. Lopez
Puerto Rico
Ted Morgan
Senor
MCHS
Andrew Siedsma Jr
Merle Bright
Gmnasium
Students Urge Involvement at Class of 1968 Commencement
Valedictorian Sigrid Pohl and salutatorian Mark Wix urged graduates to engage with social problems and pursue broader service. Pohl highlighted hunger, violence, and apathy while calling for empathy and shared responsibility. Wix stressed overcoming evils like poverty and racism and applying teachers’ formulas for success as they move forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pohl
No Man’s Land
John Donne
Wix
Quadruplets Born in California Hospital
Mrs. Kenneth Villaros has given birth to quadruplet boys Kenneth Gary Kevin and Stephen weighing three pounds eight ounces to two pounds fourteen ounces. The babies were born Saturday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Maria and are in good condition. Hospital officials noted odds against quadruple birth at 750,000 to one and that three of five quads are girls. The family also has a 3-year-old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Muniva
Calif
Kenneth Villaros
Kenneth
Gary
Kevin
Stephen
St. John’s Hospital
Villaros
Weather Outlook With Warm Temperatures Across Week
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair skies and a warm night with a lower 60s. Wednesday will be sunny and hot with a lower 90s high. Thursday looks partly cloudy and warm. Collins Weather Station reported 81/51 yesterday. 9 a.m. today in the station is 70 and downtown Morris at 11 a.m. is 75.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Californians Vote Today in Key California Primary
Californians head to the polls for the last Democratic primary between Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy as 67 percent turnout is forecast. Kennedy leads polls but undecided voters could swing results. Reagan runs unopposed for the GOP. Kuchel faces Rafferty in the California Senate race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
McCarthy
Times
National Broadcasting Co
Oliver Quayle Co
Thomas C. Lynch
Lynch
Humphrey
Ronald Reagan
South Dakota
Johnson
Senate
Sen
Thomas H. Kuchel
Max Rafferty
Israel Warplanes Hit Arab Posts Near River Jordan
Israeli aircraft hammered artillery positions along the River Jordan on the eve of the Arab-Israeli war anniversary. Explosions and smoke rose from Arab villages as fighting continued with mortars tanks and machine-gun fire. Civilian casualties were reported in border settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Jordan
Sea of Galilee
Jordan Valley
Fresh Viet Cong Troops in Saigon
Viet Cong dispatch fresh troops into Saigon as government forces press attacks in Gia Dinh and Cholon. Tanks spearhead a push against Viet Cong positions while five man cells infiltrate the city in civilian clothes as rocket bombardment strikes the capital, injuring ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Independence
Gia Dinh
Cholon
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Hurricane Abby hits Punta Gorda Florida with deaths and missing
Hurricane Abby swept into Punta Gorda Florida causing one confirmed death and five missing as warnings extended across central and southern Florida. The moonport at Cape Kennedy saw heavy rain and equipment tied down while a Saturn 1 rocket remained in its tower awaiting fall launch.
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Punta Gorda
Fla
Abby
Florida
Moonport
Cape Kennedy
Tampa
Arnold Sugg
National Hurricane Center
Miami
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Marco Beach
Tarpon Springs
Daytona Beach
Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
Youth Injured In One Car Crash On U S 6
An 18 year old, Thomas Noel of Rte 2, was seriously hurt when a 1962 Oldsmobile Starfire driven by Roel Ybarra of Verona lost control on westbound U S 6 at 12 25 a m. Noel suffered multiple injuries and was taken to Morris Hospital. Ybarra was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Thomas Noel
Rte. 2
Morris
Robert Lynes
Noel
Morris Hospital
Roel Ybarra
Verona
Lynes
Shirley Marie Ybarra
France Withdraws IMF Funds Amid Widespread Strike
Paris reports $745 million withdrawal from the International Monetary Fund as France’s gold and foreign exchange reserves decline during a near three week general strike. Partial resume signals include reopened factories and returning miners, with transport, mail, and rail services still disrupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
International Monetary Fund
Finance Ministry
Banque de France
Glenny Resigns From Illinois Board of Higher Education
Dr. Lyman A. Glenny resigns as executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education effective Jan 1 1969. He will join UC Berkeley Center for Research and Development in Higher Education and the School of Education. Glenny, 50, previously served as associate director and then executive director, overseeing Phase II of the Master Plan for Illinois Higher Education and campus proposals in Springfield and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lyman A. Glenny
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Ben W. Heineman
Glenny
Berkeley
University of California
Center For Research and Development In
School of Education
Ilinois
Illinois
Springfield
Heineman
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Herald
Herman Pohl
Robinson Drive
Milford Wix
W. North St
Ernest
Louvisa Wunderlich
Kenneth S. Hammer
Franklin School
Wunderlich
Paul
Sheryl) Benson
Rte. 1
Coal City
Wilmington
Jean Chaumont
Chamant
Paris Stock Exchange
Board of Higher Education
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