Speck admits killings in jail transcript release
In Chicago, Richard Speck told a jail psychiatrist there was blood on his hands and that he killed 16 people including eight nurses and his family. The statements, recorded after his arrest and before his death sentence, were read in a court hearing reviewing his competency and potential witnesses.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Speck
Albert H. Feinerman
William J. Norcross
Herbert C. Paschen
Paschen
Peoria
Gerald W. Getty
Cook County
Norcross
Feinerman
Skid Row
Madison Street
Corazon Amarao
Philippines
Miss Amarao
Police Chief Announces Volunteers for Auto Safety Check
Morris City Police Chief Don ald Ward named business volunteers for a community auto safety check set for next Monday and Tuesday. Participants include Kindelspire Auto Supply, Benson Pontiac, Borens Ford, Grundy Rambler, Tesdal Motors, Osmanson Buick and Cadillac, Wilson Chevrolet, and Douglas Equipment Co.
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Morris City
Donald Ward
Kindelspire Auto Supply
W. Washington St
Benson Pontiac
Bedford Road
Borens Ford
Illinois 47
Grundy Rambler
Liberty St
Tesdal Motors
Osmanson Buick
Cadillac
Wilson Chevrolet
Jackson and
Franklin Sts
Douglas Equipment Co
U N Demands Syria Israel Stop Fighting
The United Nations Security Council unanimously approves a resolution demanding an immediate cease fire between Israel and Syria and orders Secretary General U Thant to report back within two hours on contact results. Heavy fighting continues with Damascus under aerial bombardment.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Security Council
Israel
Syria
U Thant
Damascus
Council
Middle East
United States
U.N
U. N
War funding approved to 70.3 billion with 20.3 billion for Vietnam
The House Appropriations Committee endorses a record peacetime defense package of 70.3 billion dollars for the new fiscal year, including 20.3 billion for the Vietnam war. The panel notes growth in costs and pledges priority for further requests.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Vietnam
Johnson
Congress
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
Southeast Asia
House
Defense Department
Military
Pevenne
Illinois Senate approves LSD control bill and real estate tax
The Illinois Senate unanimously passed a bill classifying LSD as a dangerous drug and barring its availability. It moves to the House for amendments. The chamber also sent back for concurrence a real estate transfer tax proposal of 50 cents per $500 value, with $4 million annual revenue projected, and a measure barring judges from serving as officers of for profit firms.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate Today
House
Robert Cherry
Chicago
Senate
Illinois
James Loukas
Toll rises after Liberty torpedo attack by mistake
The Navy unofficially reports 31 dead and 75 wounded aboard the U S naval ship Liberty after a torpedo strike attributed to Israeli forces. Official toll revised to 9 dead 22 missing 75 wounded with missing believed dead. The vessel moved toward repairs as 6th Fleet ships aided the wounded.
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Navy
U.S
Liberty
Sinai Peninsula
White House
Johnson
George Christian
United States
Israel
Christian
Levi Eshkol
Mediterranean
Phil G. Goulding
Davis
Massey
America
Suda Bay
Greece
Goulding
Five‑Day Forecast Shapes Up Warm and Wetter Weekend
The forecast calls for near normal highs 78 to 83 and lows 57 to 62 through Saturday to Wednesday with a cooler weekend. Rain chance totals three quarters of an inch with scattered thundershowers. Tonight partly cloudy warm with late thundershowers and low about 70. Saturday partly cloudy warm with high in the 80s. Sunday thundershowers then turning cooler. Collins Weather Station reported 90 high and 69 low Thursday. At 9 am today Morris observed 79 and 83 by 11 am with downtown readings under cloudy skies and .06 inch precipitation.
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Collins
Morris
Gardner Fire Protection District Discussed in Grundy County
State's Attorney Richard Wilder outlined legal steps for creating a Gardner Fire Protection District to cover parts of Goodfarm Maine Mazon Braceville Garfield and Greenfield Townships and part of Round Grove in Livingston County. Lions Club supported forming the district and petition process.
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Grundy County
Gardner Fire Protection
Goodfarm
Maine
Mazon
Braceville
Garfield
Greenfield
Round Grove Township
Livingston County
Gardner Lions Club
Richard Wilder
Lions Club
Fire Department
Atty
Wilder
Gardner
Coal City
Minooka
Mortar Attacks Hit Hue and U.S. Camp in Vietnam
Communist gunners shelled Hue for the second time in 10 days, wounding one American and three South Vietnamese. In nearby Da Nang a Phantom fighter was damaged but crew escaped. Mortar fire also struck the American compound and a military district HQ, with counter battery fire ordered and unknown results reported.
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Saigon
Hue
South Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Air Force
da Nang
U.S
Mazon Trailer Park Operator Cited by Board
Frank Vitek of Mazon, operator of Vitek's Trailer Court, was charged in Grundy County Circuit Court with violating licensing rules for trailer parks by failing to apply for a license. The complaint, signed by Sydney C. Carr, was filed by State's Atty. Richard Wilder on orders of the county board. A hearing date in magistrate court was set for Thursday.
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Grundy County
Frank Vitek
Mazon
Vitek
Grundy County Board of Supervisors
Sydney C. Carr
Atty
Richard Wilder
Cheif
Howard C. Ryan
Sheriff's Office
Grundy County Planning Commission
Nasser Resigns as Egypt Faces New Front in War
President Gamal Abdel Nasser announces resignation in a radio address and turns power to Vice President Zakaria Mohieddin as Israel invades Syria. Damascus reports an Israeli plane down and U Thant cites a Damascus air raid as fighting rages along the front from the Sea of Galilee to the Jordan River.
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Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Nasser
Zakaria Moheiddin
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Damascus
U Thant
U.N. Security Council
Security Council
Sea of Galilee
Jordan River
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Cairo
Sinai Desert
Canal
al Bahriyat
Nasseriya
Sinai Peninsula
Iraq
Hussein
U.N
New York
U. S
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Izhak Rabin
Gardner Fire District
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