Carrier Pilots Strike Key MIG Bases In Vietnam Raid
U S Navy aviators aimed at a camouflaged Soviet missile site 50 miles southwest of Hanoi and Kep MIG air field 37 miles northeast of Hanoi. Jets reported explosions and orange smoke as nine missiles bases were damaged, with strong ground fighting near the DMZ and no American losses.
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Saigon
U.S. Navy
North Vietnam
U.S. Command
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Enterprise
Hanoi
Navy
Kep Mig
Red China
Vietnam
Weather forecast and observed temps in Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau reports tonight partly cloudy with a chance of showers and a low in the 60s. Friday will be partly cloudy with a chance of showers or thundershowers and highs in the 80s. Saturday outlook is partly cloudy and warm with a shower possibility. Collins Station logged a high 85 and low 69 Wednesday, with 19 of precipitation recorded. 9 am Morris station read 73 and 11 am downtown Morris 80 today.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Ers
Collins
Morris
Professor to Speak on School Survey at Morris Meeting
The Morris Elementary School Citizens' Committee announces a Monday session with Dr. Ralph A. Belnap of Northern Illinois University to discuss developing a cooperative comprehensive school system survey. The talk will cover more than curriculum and include a Q and A with attendees.
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Morris Elementary School
Citizens’ Committee
R. L. Wells
The
Citizens’ Com
Wells
Belnap
NIU
University of Wyoming
MCHS Expands Courses With Drafting Woodwork Biology
Morris Community High School announces expanded offerings for next year. Beginning fall, some juniors and seniors will complete a full year of drafting and woodworking, while freshmen shift from general science to biology. Food for interpretation: 22 wood working, 14 drafting, 86 freshmen for biology plus 180 freshmen and sophomores in biology. Courses tie into the Cooperative Education Program for on the job training toward specific vocations.
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Agriculture Department
Vernon Cornish
Gary Brucker
Jim Ropp
Ted Morgan
Frank Kuntz
Morgan
Flying Tiger seeks St Louis inclusion in cargo expansion
Seek Expansion ST. LOUIS AP Officials of the Flying Tiger Airline the nations largest all cargo airline have asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for authority to include St. Louis in a proposed expansion of its services and lowering of rates. Airline officials said Wednesday if the plan is accepted St. Louis shippers would be directly connected with every major industrial market in the nation.
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ST. Louis
Flying Tiger
Civil Aeronautics Board
Fire heavily damages Christopher Progress building
A fire caused heavy damage to the Christopher Progress, a weekly newspaper in Christopher. No injuries were reported. The cause of the blaze was not determined.
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Christopher, Ill
Christopher Progress
Joe Davison Jr
Christopher
House Defeats Debt Ceiling Increase Vote
The House, with GOP and some Southern Democrats and antiwar liberals, defeats Johnson's plan to raise the national debt ceiling by 29 billion dollars in a 210 to 197 vote. A temporary extension is discussed as Congress faces a June 30 deadline and a potential cash crisis.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Thomas B. Curtis
R-Mo
GOP
Middle East
Congress
John W. Byrnes
Wisconsin
Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ari
Lockport Police Return to Work After Wage Agreement
Lockport police officers returned to duty after reaching a wage settlement with the City Council. Terms of the deal will be announced at the June 19 council meeting. The force had been suspended from AFL-CIO membership and deemed to have violated the union constitution. Starting pay would rise to 495 dollars a month under the city's offer of 50 dollars per month.
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Lockport, Ill
Lockport
American Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Earl Burkland
Moline
Ill
U.N. Seeks New Cease Fire in Arab-Israeli War
The United Arab Republic宣布接受联合国停火呼吁并进入停火谈判，同时联合国安理会应美国请求紧急开会以评估进一步行动。苏联强调立即停火，埃及声明将继续作战， Canadian 提议授权安理会主席与联合国秘书长实施停火决议。
Egyptians in Cairo React as War Reports Stir Tense City
Cairo buzzed with radio reports of an Israeli advance and calls to Egyptians to fight. Sharm el Sheikh reportedly fallen to Israel, while crowds chanted Nasser’s name and anxiously watched traffic of army trucks westward. More than 85 American internees were held at a downtown hotel awaiting transfer to Alexandria.
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Cairo
Sharm el Sheikh
Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Israel
Heliopolis
Alexandria
Egypt
Mediterranean
Car Hits Tree Near Cemetery Injuring Three
Three people were hurt at 1:35 p.m. Wednesday when their car skidded on wet pavement, left the road, and struck a tree near Evergreen Cemetery about half a mile northeast of Morris. All three from Joliet were treated and released from Morris Hospital.
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Evergreen Cemetery
Morris
Harvey L. MecSwain
John Wilson
Roderick Houzel
Joliet
Morris Hospital
McSwain
Wilson
Heuzel
Grundy County
James Bell
Davis
Houzel
Bell
Israeli forces strike. U S Navy ship hit and deaths reported
A U S Navy vessel the USS Liberty was attacked by Israeli torpedo boats and planes about 15 miles north of the Sinai peninsula. Four Americans were killed and 53 wounded in the incident the Pentagon said. Israel apologized saying the attack was in error. The broader war involved Egyptian Jordanian and Israeli forces with cease fires debated at the U N Security Council. Maj Gen Moshe Dayan said the Suez Canal was not the aim of Israeli forces.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Security Council
U.N
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Israel
Jordan
Cairo
Egypt
Hans R. Tabor
Denmark
U Thant
George
U.S. Navy
Mediterranean
Sinai Peninsula
Pentagon
Washington
Liberty
U.S
Middle East
Sinai Desert
Palestine
Jordan River
Dead Sea
United Nations Security Council
Bir Gif Gafa
Suez Canal
Sini
Mitla
Suez
Canal
Hebron
Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem
Bethlehem
Sharm el Sheikh
Gulf of Aqaba
Tel Aviv
Ismailia
Moshe Dayan
Mower Flips Marshall Into Canal
A Morris man, Phillip Marshall, 42, was injured when a riding mower flipped into the Illinois Michigan Canal near his home. He was in fair to good condition at Morris Hospital with two deep cuts to his left hand after the incident at about 4 53 p m. He crawled from the canal bank and was transported by Davis ambulance as the mower was recovered from the water.
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Morrs
Ilinois-Michigan Canal
Phillip Marshall
Cedar Ave
Morris Hospital
Morris City
Marshall
M Ris
Davis Ambulance
Hansen
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John Osmundson
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Mike McKibben
Rich Purdue
Dave Hartman
Benz
Herald
NO Man's Land
St. George Cathedral
Stephen
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Old City
Mandelbaum Gate
Ralph Belnap
MCHS
Morris Community High School
Roger Gordon
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United Arab Republic
United Nations
U. N
Ignatieff
Fedorenko
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Bulgaria
Yemen
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Ghadab
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