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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
1
Hansen Body Shop at 1003 N Liberty St Morris has been sold by Mrs Aage Hansen and the late Mayor Hansen to Roland Stott who has been with the shop over 12 years. Stott will continue operations with the same ownership and service. he moves from N Division Street and lists 942 3655.
An AP survey of hikers in Stokes State Forest finds the typical hiker is a man aged 31 to 45 from a city over 25 000 population. The study notes the urban origin and age range of the average hiker observed.
The Morris Daily Herald notes April highs 63.4 lows 39.6 with a 51.5 mean, while May averaged 70 and 45 for a 57.5 mean. Almanac forecasts two severe Midwest storms in June, with one between Tuesday and Thursday and another between the 23rd and 27th. The piece also covers peanut consumption trends and Goose Lake land-purchase plans by the Illinois Building Authority.
Gen William C Westmoreland returned to Saigon after the worst rocket attack in five weeks killing 25 civilians and wounding 43. He condemned indiscriminate shelling as a Viet Cong propaganda ploy noting Nine deaths and 368 wounded since May 5 along with damage to homes a hospital and a church. Westmoreland heads for a new post as US Army chief of staff.
The weatherman calls today partly sunny hot and humid with highs 87 to 94 degrees. Tonight remains cloudy and warm. Sunday looks partly sunny and very warm with a chance of afternoon or evening thunder showers. Downtown Morris logged 90 degrees at 7 11 p.m. Friday.
Los Angeles sheriff says Cathy Furman 19 identified as the polka dot dress girl sought since Senator Kennedy’s 1968 assassination. She described seeing Sirhan Sirhan 30 to 40 feet from Kennedy and hearing shots but not witnessing the shooting.
Crystal Lake architect Robert Freund is to meet Morris Public Library building committee for drawings needed for a federal grant. Trustees approved the action by unanimous vote, with Atty. William Hynds moving and Dr. John Roth presiding.
Los Angeles County grand jury indicts Sirhan Bishara Sirhan on murder charges in the Kennedy shooting and five counts of assault with intent to commit murder against five others. The 24 year old Jordanian suspect was to be arraigned in a high security jail unit after Kennedy was shot following victory speech in California's Democratic presidential primary.
Close advisers say Senator Eugene J. McCarthy will resume campaigning next week to gain support from Democratic leaders. They acknowledge a difficult path to the nomination against Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, noting this week's tragedy sharpens the Vietnam era policy debate between the two Minnesotans.
Five workers died when a mine ammunition explosion destroyed a warehouse at the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant in Burlington Iowa on Friday. Firefighters and investigators sealed the area as officials began a detailed incident inquiry and casualty tally.
Robert Kennedy lay in state in a sealed casket at St Patrick's Cathedral as mourners filed by at a rate of many per hour. Cathedral officials kept doors open past 10 p m to accommodate the crowd that stretched for blocks in midtown Manhattan. The day drew a cross section of society from Jacqueline Kennedy to hipsters as Kennedy’s coffin rested beneath a candle flanked catafalque. The service preceded a funeral plan for Saturday in Washington at Arlington National Cemetery.
Grundy County reports 13 797 registered voters for Tuesday's primary up from 13 251 in 1966. Three new precincts were added this spring, expanding to 34 precincts after splitting Aux Sable Saratoga and Wauponsee townships. Aux Sable shows the largest gain with 170 more voters, while Wauponsee and Saratoga add 78 each.
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