D-Day remembered on its 25th anniversary in Normandy
In Sainte-Mere-Eglise and Carentan ceremonies mark D-Day's anniversary. Veterans recount paratroopers landing, Omaha and Utah beach fighting, and memorials for the 101st Airborne. Generals Bradley Gale Ellworthy attended tributes as families recall dawn events and survival.
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Free French Army
Europe
U.S
82Nd
James M. Gavin
Gavin
Omaha
Utah
Juno
Sword and Gold
William Sharp
Pennington
N.J
1St Army
Omar Bradley
Richard Gale
Charles Ellworthy
Royal Air Force
Mecklenburg
Ludwigslust
U.S. 101St Airborne Division
Carentan
Normandy
Jack Barickman
Streator
Ill
Jim Nadeau
Detroit
Dick Sipe
Lancaster
Nadeau
Sipe
Stop Disturbance In Negro Section Of Indianapolis
Police cordoned off a largely Black neighborhood on Indianapolis near northwest side after roving bands damaged stores smashed windows and threw bottles at cars. A food market burned and looting occurred as crowds dispersed after about four hours. Three arrests reported and two officers treated for head injuries.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Roger Harrison
Catholics to Close 2 More Schools
The archdiocesan school board announces the closing of St. George School on the North Side and St. Valentine School in Cicero this month. The two campuses enroll 353 pupils who may transfer to nearby schools. Earlier in the year St. Irenaeus in Park Forest and St. Jarlath on the South Side also announced closures.
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Chicago
Archdiocesan School Board
H. Robert Clark
St. George School
North Side
St. Valentine School
Cicero
Clark
St. Irenaeus
Park Forest
St. Jarlath
Blue Boy the Horse Rescued After Track Incident in Philadelphia
Five year old gelding Blue Boy escaped from Fairmount Park and ended up stuck between track ties on a Penn Central line in Philadelphia. A nearby teacher from the Philadelphia School of Agriculture and Science freed the animal after a power outage halted the local train 600 feet away. The horse had thrown its rider and suffered severe leg cuts.
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Philadelphia
Blue Boy
Penn Central
Phidelphia School of Agriculture and Science
Fairmount Park
Zoning Certificates Issued For Additions In Morris
Zoning officer Donald Gilchrist issued certificates over three weeks. Calvert Milton may add a laundry room at 813 Third Ave in an R I district. Ralph Black approved to add to River Road property in R IV. Rob ert Cohenour may fence 128 Meadors Drive in R II. J R Wiewall may build a new residence on lot 40 in Hatcher Woods in R I. Irvin J. Toman may enclose a carport at 415 Maple Drive in R II. Dr Louis Wilhelmi may alter a building at Jefferson and Franklin for office use in R II. Mrs Glen Hutchings may alter a porch at 910 Price St in R II. Fred Pope may erect a fence on Second Ave in R II. Robert Narvick may build a garage at 312 W Illinois Ave in M I. Gilchrist okayed addition and alterations to Baum’s Department Store at 221 Liberty St in B I. James Peacock may build a fence at 1610 Black St in R I.
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Morris
Donald Gilchrist
Calvert Milton
Third Ave
Ralph Black
River Road
Robert Cohenour
Meadors Drive
J. R. Wiewall
Hatcher Woods
Irvin J. Toman
Maple Drive
Louis Wilhelmi
Jefferson and
Franklin Sts
Glen Hutchings
Price St
Fred Pope
Second Ave
Robert Narvick
Illinois Ave
Gilchrist
Baum’s Department
Liberty St
Black St
James Peacock
Nantucket weekly paper abandons five foot wide format
The Inquirer and Mirror, Nantucket's weekly, drops its old five foot wide format for standard newsprint due to the cost of extra wide paper. Publisher George W. Morgan notes the 150 year old paper now uses a regular size press. Nantucket lies 30 miles offshore with about 4,000 year round residents and a 6,000 circulation.
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Nantucket
Mass
the Inquirer and Mirror
George W. Morgan
Cape Cod
Illinois House approves 74 million for water pollution grants
The Illinois House approved 74 million dollars for the State Sanitary Water Board to fund local water pollution abatement projects with at least half the cost covered by the local entity. The measure also allocates funds for office building studies, flood control, dam and reservoir projects, park land acquisition, ferry improvements, and a higher bond interest cap.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois House
State Sanitary Water Board
Senate
Cook County
State Sanitary Engineering Division
Illinois River
Pearl, Kampsville
Brussels
Addison Creek
Cook
DuPage
Coal Creek
Little Coal Creek
Fulton County
Fort Massac
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois Building Authority
Ogilvie
Building Authority
House
North Carolina House OKs bill naming gray squirrel state mammal
The North Carolina House approved a bill to designate the gray squirrel as the official state mammal. During debate, Rep. Henry Boshamer quipped that an animal that can bury nuts could be dangerous to the General Assembly.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Judge Lashes At Supreme Court Rulings
Justice Robert C. Underwood of the Illinois Supreme Court condemned campus disruptions and several U.S. Supreme Court rulings on constitutional rights. He warned against concessions to students that invite further demonstrations and questioned the focus on technical trial perfection over guilt in crime trials.
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Supreme Court
Peoria
Robert C. Underwood
Illinois Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Underwood
Illinois Traffic Court Conference
Columbia
Berkeley
Federal Supreme Court
Nixon daughter to receive Purdue PhD in family housing
Mr. Jessie MecLuckie Nixon, daughter of Thomas McLuckie and the late Rose McLuckie, will earn a doctor of philosophy degree in family housing from Purdue University on Sunday. She is a Coal City Township High School graduate (1945) with degrees from Illinois and long teaching and advisory experience.
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Jessie MecLuckie Nixon
Thomas McLuckie
Rose McLuckie
Purdue University
Nixon
Howard Kenneth Nixon
Ball University
Muncie
Ind
Redding Rd
Service Correction for Sp/4 Paul A Gabel
Correction notice lists Sp/4 Paul A Gabel U S 54825888 Delta Co 2 12 Inf 25th Div APO 96225 San Francisco California as the formerly reported service details adjustment.
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Paul A
Gabel
U.S
Delta Co
San Francisco
Calif
Tachometer Theft Reported in Morris
Police chief Donald Ward received a report from George Walker of the Shay Hotel that a Super Sun tachometer valued at $65 was stolen from Walker’s car between 5 and 8:30 a.m. The dash was ripped where the device was attached.
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Morris
Donald Ward
George Walker
Shay Hotel
Walker
Canada Buys Alaska Highway From United States
In 1946 Canada acquired the 1 523 mile Alaska Highway from the United States for 108 million dollars. The road had been built during 1942 43 at a cost of 139 800 000 dollars.
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Alaska
Canada
United States
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Sainte-Mere-Eglise
France
Eisenhower
Col
Ernest Dupuy
London
Hitler
Riverdale
Sereno’s
Rte
Buchanan
Mexico
Mexicana de Aviacion
Pomeranians
Boston Terriers
Hillside Pet Shop
Ottawa
Hornsby S Family
Rte. 47
Liberty
Waverly
Sb Grothe
Asa As
Official
Justice Underwood
Rt. 47
Stanley
MU Lias
Sander
Norman
Morris Patrick J. Scanavino
Mgr
Hornsbys Family
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