Do Japanese Students Want To Harm the President
Tokyo students and left wing unions stage a large anti U S demonstration at the airport aiming to intimidate James Hagerty and trigger an orderly foreign visit by President Eisenhower. Police prepare for heightened security as tensions rise and debates continue on potential violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nate Polowetzky
Tokyo
Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Thomas E. Stephens
Zengakuren
Stephens
Salvation Army Pickup Schedule For Morris
The Salvation Army announced trucks will operate in Morris on Monday and Wednesday next week and every other day thereafter while goods are available. The annual drive seeks used clothing bedding furniture and other articles. Items may be left on porches or sidewalks labeled for the Army. Rural residents may bring items to the Kay Coal yard at Calhoun Street and Illinois Avenue for Monday and Wednesday pickups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Morris
Army
Kay Coal
Calhoun Street
Illinois Avenue
Weekend Outlook with Possible Thunderstorms
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a chance of a thundershower tonight or early Saturday with pleasant weather otherwise through the weekend. Scattered showers may return Monday or Tuesday. Temperatures look about four degrees below normal in northern areas. Collins Weather Station reported 80 high and 54 low, with 70 degrees at 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Frontier Aviation forms to run Morris airport new venture
Announcement says Frontier Aviation Corporation will lease and manage Morris airport four miles north of Morris pending city approval. Charter issued to Meredith Pettigrew Eleanor Pettigrew and LaVerne Welsh. Morris Flying Service will keep charter business and sales agency. Pettigrew says sub lease negotiations with Philip Collins await city consent. Welsh remains airport office manager and Morris Flying Service employee. Pettigrew a 25 year pilot with American Airlines moved to Morris with wife Eleanor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Aviation Corporation
Morris
Charles F. Carpentier
Springfield
Meredith Ivan Pettigrew
Eleanor Jean Pettigrew
LaVerne Welsh
Morris Flying Service
Frank Hansen
Pettigrew
New Concern
Philip Collins
City of
Frontier Concern
George Welsh
American Airlines
Eleanor Jean
Donors Association Membership Reaches 431 at Morris Community Hospital
Membership in the Donors Association of Morris Community Hospital totals 431 at noon with gifts and pledges to 9,922. Mrs. Paul Vogeler, temporary chair, announced. A meeting to elect directors is set for Monday at 7 30 p m in the Grundy County courthouse, with ballots mailed to members and returnable by mail. Any member is eligible for the 12-director slate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donors Association of
Morris Community Hospital
Paul Vogeler
Grundy County Court House
Grundy County Court issues 167 tax judgments to date
The Grundy County Court has issued 167 tax judgments after adding 58 today, with 54 filed Wednesday and 55 Thursday. State's Attorney August Black filed the suits in April against delinquent taxpayers who failed to answer within 30 days. Citations will summon defendants to appear and testify under oath about owned property to satisfy the owed taxes and court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
August Black
Robert Malmquist
Sheriff's Office
Nixon and Rockefeller spar over key issues before convention
Vice President Richard M. Nixon says he has discussed key issues in depth with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller who pushes for a public airing before the nominating convention. Rockefeller argues voters deserve to know what a new program means before the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Kane
Washington P
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
New York
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Republican Party
Indonesian Woman to Visit County for Rural Life Exchange
The Reuel Hoffman family of Goodfarm township hosts Miss Jose Renjan from Indonesia for a multi day program. She will visit Kankakee Dwight LaSalle Sangamon and Logan counties to observe rural family life and 4 H club activities and meet with home economists and university staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodfarm
Reuel Hoffman
Jose Renjan
Indonesia
Nora Bare
Grundy County
Hoffman
Kankakee
Renjaan
Watseka
Nathalie Wiggers
Iroquois County
University of Illinois and
Purdue University
Hoffmans
Goodfarm Consolidated School
Henry Feldman Wins 1960 National Spelling Bee
Henry Feldman of Oak Ridge Tennessee won the 1960 National Spelling Bee after correctly spelling eudaemonic the winning word. Betty Jean Altschul of Norfolk Virginia was runner up after misplacing veleity velete was mis-spelled. Feldman finished 20th last year and also competed in 1958.
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Henry Feldman
Oak Ridge
Washington
Tenn
Betty Jean Altschul
Norfolk
Henry
Betty Jean
Red Cross Life Saving Classes Set
The American Red Cross will sponsor annual Life Saving courses at Morris Municipal Swimming Pool in Gould Park with William Caisley as instructor starting Monday. Open to Grundy County residents, the Junior Life Saving class runs Monday through Friday from 7 to 8 p.m. for ages 12 or entering seventh grade. Fifteen sessions. no experience or prerequisites required.
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The
American Red Cross
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool
Gould Park
William
Bill) Caisley
Grundy County
Argentina Israel Accord Sought at United Nations Over Eichmann
Western diplomats seek a face-saving compromise to avoid a UN showdown between Argentina and Israel over Adolf Eichmann. Argentina claims sovereignty violation from his seizure in Buenos Aires and seeks mediation or World Court involvement. Israel hints at noncompliance but may consider conciliatory steps as leaders tour Europe.
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United Nations
N. Y
Argentina
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Buenos Aires
U. N
Hitler
David Ben Gurion
Arturo Frondizi
Offcial
International Court
The
Hague
France
Frondizi
Ben-Gurion
Europe
Paris
London
World Court
Jerusalem
Witwer GOP Senate Candidate Speaks at Morris Picnic
Samuel W. Witwer, GOP Senate hopeful, arrives in Morris to address a Grundy County Women’s Republican club picnic at 6 p.m. on the John Ullrich farm four miles southwest of Morris after a noon Pontiac meeting. He urges registration, contrasts two parties, and criticizes Stevenson Douglas Kennedy and Symington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel W. Witwer
Morris
Grundy County
Women’s Republican Club
John Ullrich
Senate
Pontiac
Witwer
Illinois
Chicago
Stevenson
Douglas
Kennedy
Symington
Eisenhower
Nixon
Washington
Japanese Demonstrators Target Hagerty Car in Tokyo
Ten thousand protesters surrounded the White House press secretary James Hagerty’s car for over an hour in Tokyo as he and Thom as Stephens arrived to scout President Eisenhower’s planned visit. Police said no injuries occurred.
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Tokyo
Eisenhower
Japan
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
U. S
Douglas MacArthur II
Thomas E. Stephens
Stephens
Washington
America
Anne Wheaton
Illinois River Survey Involving Local Conservation Officers
James Darkhuff of the conservation department will spend two to four days next week on the Illinois River near Marseilles for a River Field trip led by Dr. William C. Starrett. The plan includes river joining statistics, electro fishing, and fish population study from Havana to east of the Marseilles dam with aides Richard Arundale Kenneth Hanson William Harth A. W. Fritz and H. Crum of the state fish department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Darkhuff
Conservation Department
Illinois
Marseilles
William CC. Starrett
Havana
Marseilles Dam
Darkhuff
Richard Arundale
Kendall County
Kenneth Hanson
LaSalle County
William Harth
A. W. Fritz
H. Crum
State Fish Department
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Associated Press
Gerald Hoffman
Barmvile
Ill
H. R. Damisch
Future Farmers of America
Gerald
FFA
Needs Council OK
Hansen
Donors Assn
Morris Herald
RCA
David Sarnoff
Princeton
Eudaemonic,’ and ‘Welleity
Red Cross
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