Camporee Held at Jini Park Illini State Park
The Shabbona District annual spring Camporee at Illini State Park featured patrol events led by George Ball John Lazier Jack Lindner Joe Sloss Nels Norris Ben Dalziel and Bob Mansmith. Flaming Arrow patrol won first prize a camp battery light with Apache and Coal City Black Bear patrols earning second and third prizes.
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Shabbona
Illini State Park
George Ball
Wilmington
John Lazier
Coal City
Jack Lindner
Gardner
Joe Sloss
Morris
Woodlore
Nels Norris
Bob Mansmith
Ben Dalziel
Flaming Arrow Patrol
Braidwood
Black Bear Patrol
Joliet Teenager Injured After Confrontation at Party
In Joliet Illinois Valerie Brown 17 was wounded by a sharp object during a Sunday incident after a group of Black teenagers left a party. Mary Allen 17 reported confronting Brown over taunts about a handicap. Brown was held without charge.
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Joliet
Valerie Brown
Mary Allen
Great Britain's War Losses Reach 750000 Killed
A World War II tally shows Britain suffering about 750000 fatalities among military and civilian casualties. The figure reflects prolonged fighting and civilian hardship across multiple theaters during the conflict.
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Great Britain
Morris Man Elected to K of C Post
Tom Kelly reports at Toluca, Morris man elected to Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree post at Starved Rock assembly dinner. Newly installed officers include John Pini, Ray Gerardo, George Cunnea, E. J. Brennan, Casimir Guziec, Fr. X. Neumann, Leonard Henkle, Elmer Maier, Vincent Zwang, Matt Zorem, with Msgr. F. H. Cleary and Rev. Gordon serving as chaplains.
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Tom Kelly
Peoria
Starved Rock General Assembly
Knights of Columbus
K. of C
E. J. Brennan
Streator
Casimir Guziec
LaSalle
Fr. X. Neumann
Leonard Henkle
Sublette
Elmer Maier
Seneca
Vincent Zwang
Matt Zorem
Ottawa
Msgr
F. H. Cleary
Gordon
Minor injuries from weekend mishaps at Morris hospital
Four people received minor injuries over the weekend and were treated at Morris hospital. Hipolito Rodriguez of LaFerra Texas suffered a left hand laceration while working on a Holderman farm but was released. Paul Dewayne Gooch of Morris injured his left palm on a hay mower and also left the hospital. Jeoffrey Harvey, Coal City, injured a finger in a door and was treated and released. Lysle Woolwine, Morris, fractured her left forearm and remained hospitalized.
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Morris Hospital
Hipolito Rodriguez
LaFerra
Tex
James K. Holderman
Paul Dewayne Gooch
E. Jackson St
Morris
Holderman Farm
Jeoffrey Wayne Harvey
Donald Harvey
Barry St
Coal City
Lysle Woolwine
Lenton St
Hiccups during Tucson Civil Defense school evacuation
During a Civil Defense drill at a Tucson school thirty cars went astray on the highway and a woman vanished. Four hours later she called from 21 miles outside the city asking to return, and a Civil Defense official who searched for her also got lost.
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Tucson
Ariz
Civil Defense
Marine Sgt Wren Participates in Packard X Exercise
In Camp Lejeune North Carolina Marine Acting Sgt Eugene W Wren son of Mr and Mrs Wilson Wren of Morris Route 4 took part in Operation Packard X aboard the amphibious flagship Taconic The exercise conducted by Amphibious Group Two provided training for officer students of the Marine Corps schools Quantico Virginia in an amphibious command post operation.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
Eugene W. Wren
Wilson Wren
Rte. 4
Morris
Taconic
Amphibious Group Two
Marine Corps — Schools
Quantico
Rock Falls Couple Die in Northeastern Illinois Motorcycle Crash
A Rock Falls man Mervin Jannsen 32 and his wife Frances 31 were fatally injured in a head on motorcycle crash with an auto on Illinois 88 near Wyanet. The car driver Forrest Erickson 54 of Fulton escaped injury. The Jansens leave a 12 year old daughter.
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Princeton
Rock Falls
Illinois
Mervin Jannsen
Frances
Illinois 88
Wyanet
Forrest Erickson
Fulton
Jansens
Robert Browne Dies at 64 U S Official in Illinois
Robert B. Browne the University of Illinois representative to the Big Ten died of cancer at his Urbana home. He was 64 and had served as dean of Illinois extension and summer schools and as a faculty representative since 1950. He previously led Casey High School and Pittsfield Schools. Survivors include his widow and his brother Richard of Springfield executive secretary of the Illinois State Teachers College Board.
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Urbana
Ill
Robert B. Browne
University of Illinois
Browne
Illinois
Casey, Ill
Pittsfield
Richard
Springfield
Illinois State Teachers College Board
Air National Guard Pilot Dies in Peoria Jet Crash
Captain Richard L. Ward, 30, of the Air National Guard, was killed when an F84F Thunderstreak jet crashed during takeoff at Greater Peoria Airport. The plane rose about 250 feet, then struck a runway rise and landed in a clump of trees. Ward, a Peoria resident, is survived by his widow and two children.
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Peoria, II
Richard L. Ward
Air National Guard
Greater Peoria
Ward
Peoria
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Troop 59
Don Berglund
Tom Perkins
Willard Perkins
Gene Murphy
DR. Moore
Hil
M. E. Robinson Agency
Ferson ST
The
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
KODAK
Carlson
Morris Man
K of C
Robert Browne
U. S
Ford
On & Fairlane
Brussels
Ford Division
Ard Olor Company
Liberty Street
Truman Brown
Morris, Illinois
Maxwell House Coffee
Maxwell House
Valencia Oranges
Kenny Tomatoes
Monarch Pineapple
Monarch
Bedford Plaza Shopping Center
N. Liberty St
Bedford Road
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