Mrs. Peterson Sues Five Taverns Over Injuries
Mrs. Jeanette Peterson files a dram shop suit in Grundy County Circuit Court seeking 20000 for lost earning capacity and 2543.45 for medical expenses after a July 9 1966 accident on U S 6 in Will County. Names five Joliet and Morris taverns as defendants and alleges liquor service caused the crash that injured her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne
Jeanette) Peterson
Mooseheart Drive
Grundy County
Mound Road
Will County
Root and Adcock
Soviet Bloc backs Arab position over Israel action
Seven Soviet bloc leaders met in Moscow and pledged to help Arab nations rebuff Israel if it does not withdraw behind the 1949 armistice lines. Observers question a $4 billion Soviet military aid program as Arab armies collapse and officials may lose their jobs. The summit blamed Israeli aggression in collusion with the United States for the Middle East trouble. The bloc stated they will take necessary measures to aid Arab peoples against the aggressor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Israel
Soviet Union
Middle East
United States
Drake buys Morris landmark residence at 419 West Main
Robert Drake owner of Goose Lake Corporation buys the former W. H. Beckwith residence in Morris from Rev. Frederick Harrison who runs a parolee rehabilitation program at Dwight. Drake and his wife Gloria have four children and come from Lockport where he operates Drake Lumber Hardware and Maple Hill subdivision. Harrison, now living on a Chicago high rise, spends one day weekly at Dwight supervising vocational training and counseling for parolees. His program is funded by Sears Roebuck Wiebolts and Synode Steel. He notes legislative funds for halfway centers will affect women and men parolees and recalls a prior defeat of a similar proposal. The Morris Woman's Club enhances the community by planting flowers at the Y on Liberty Street and Bedford Road. City Attorney Robert Wren discusses Senate Bill 416 affecting ward apportionment and possible one-man-one-vote issues as wards may be split, with 1600 registered in the fourth ward and 1200 in the third. County supervisors consider splitting three precincts Saratoga Aux Sable and Wauponsee. Supervisor Earl Bingham heads a committee studying the changes. Last fall registration stood Aux Sable 708 Saratoga 719 Wauponsee 740.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Drake
Goose Lake Corporation
W. H. Beckwith
W. Main St
Morris
Frederick C. Harrison
State Reformatory For Women
Dwight
Drake
Gloria
Kathy
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Bob
Tom
Mike
Lake Michigan
St. Leonard’s House
Chicago
Episcopal Church
Sears Roebuck Co
Wiebolts
Synode Steel Corp
St. Leonard’s
Harrison
Department of Public Safety
Municipal League
Saratoga
Aux Sable
Wauponsee
Earl Bingham
Thunderstorms Predicted Over Grundy County This Weekend
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts thundershowers today and Sunday with warm humid conditions and widespread clouds in Grundy County. Collins Weather Station notes a Friday low of 69 and high of 90 degrees, 6 30 p m readings show 79 at the station and 80 downtown Morris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Grundy County
Collins
Morris
Judge Says No Announced Magistrate Applications Yet
Chief Circuit Judge Howard Ryan said there has been no announcement about receiving applications for a new magistrate in the 13th judicial circuit covering Grundy LaSalle and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Ryan
13Th Judicial Circuit
Grundy
LaSalle
New Rock Island Crossing Planned For Division St
Rehabilitation and upgrading of the Rock Island crossing on Division Street is planned to begin within a week. Materials have been unloaded east of Division Street and the crossing is believed to be 16 or 17 years old. The project aims to reduce the curve, with final approval given Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Division St
Morris Depot
Youth Drowns In Braidwood Strip Mine
A 17 year old Park Ridge boy, Gary Robbins, drowned in 40 feet of water at an abandoned strip mine near Braidwood while a group of high school friends swam during a rainstorm. Fire crews from Wilmington and nearby towns recovered the body at 5:45 p.m.
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Park Ridge
Braidwood
Gary Robbins
Potter Road
Will County
James Patterson
George Bohac
Gary
Illinois 129
Edward Navy Home
Reed Township
Patterson
Wilmington
Essex
Coal City
Wilmington Fire Department
Robbins
Dennis Kowalcyzk Wounded in Vietnam War
Pfc Dennis E Kowalcyzk of the 101st Airborne was wounded in Vietnam and awaits transfer from Camp Zama Japan to a U S hospital within three to four months His wife Jackie and two children live at 626 Lincoln Morris.
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Pfc
Dennis E. Kowalcyzk
101St Airborne Division
Vietnam
Camp Zama
Japan
United States
Dennis E. Kowalczyk
United States Army Hospital
APO
San Francisco
Jackie
Lincoln St
Morris
Illinois House advances auto loan limits in credit reform clash
The Illinois House adopted new limits on installment credit for autos, proposing $7 per $100 for new cars, $9 for cars up to two years old, and $11 for older cars. The Senate plan tightens to $8, $12, $14, and $16 respectively. The dispute awaits Senate action as lawmakers push wage garnish and airport funding measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois House-Senate
House
Senate
Thomas McGloon
Chicago
Lewis Morgan
Wheaton
DuPage County
Kane County
Weston
Cook County
Otto Kerner
Egypt Leader Nasser Refuses to Quit Presidency
Cairo authorities rejected Gamal Abdel Nasser's resignation as Egypt's president after an emergency assembly session declared its strong rejection. Nasser had contemplated stepping down after a defeat by Israel, but the assembly said the nation would carry on under his leadership and called on all to return to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
National Assembly
Nasser
Assembly
Zakaria Mohieddin
Cairo Radio
Mohieddin
Storm Hits West Of Kankakee
Thunderstorms and strong winds pounded parts of Illinois causing damage. Utility poles downed west of Kankakee as a storm moved east toward Indiana. Funnel clouds sighted near Peoria and hail reported near Moline. Weather Bureau forecast more showers and storms through Sunday with possible cooling in the far north Saturday night.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Kankakee
Indiana
Peoria
Moline
U.S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Johnson Killed in Vietnam Named Grundy County’s First
Marine Pfc. Jesse L. Johnson twenty from Grundy County died in Vietnamese waters after being shot in the head by hostiles near Phu Bai. He was born in Decatur and raised in Morris. his father a Caterpillar welder in Joliet describes him as active and well liked. Funeral arrangements are pending in Lancaster Missouri.
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Grundy County
Vietnam
Marine Corps
Jesse L. Johnson
Jesse Jonhson
Pine Bluff Road
Repose
Phu Bai
Hue
da Nang
Young Johnson
Jesse
Verle) Johnson
United Airlines
Lake Michigan
Johnson
P.F.C. Johnson
Defense Department
Pfe. Johnson
Decatur
Morris Center School
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Third Marine Division
Caterpillar
Joliet
Hell
Johnson Sr
Norman Funeral Home
Lancaster
Jesse Johnson
Dale
Virginia) Brubaker
John
Linda) Lodgson
Marseilles
Thomas
Patricia) Lewis
West Haverstraw
N. Y
Freshmen Counseling Sessions Set By MCHS Office
Roger Gordon of the MCHS guidance office announced that appointments for incoming freshmen will begin Monday for the 246 registered students. Parents, with Mrs. Nadine Tooley, are invited to sessions from June 19 for four weeks by telephone scheduling. Sessions cover registration, four year course plans, and interpreting last month’s Differential Aptitude Tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger Gordon
McHs Guidance Office
Nadine Tooley
Gordon
Man Shoots Self and Ex-Wife in Centralia Tragedy
In Centralia Illinois Darrell Buchanan 38 shot and killed his ex wife Irma Buchanan beauty shop operator after she obtained a divorce he then shot his father in law Lewis Stinson who was shot several times and he killed himself with a .22 caliber pistol Authorities said Stinson and Buchanan were in hospital while Buchanan s children Suzette 17 Debra 14 were wounded but escaped injuries
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Centralia
Ill
Darrell Buchanan
del Berger
Irma Buchanan
Berger
Buchanan
Illinois Central Railroad
Inlaw
Lewis Stinson
St. Mary’s Hospital
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Morris Hospital
Ray J. Benoit
Wicklund
Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
O’brien & Son
van Duyne Bros., Inc
McFarland Electric, Electrical
Herald
Peterson
Robert E. Seaborg
Lockport
Pete
Liberty St
Soviet
Morris Daily Herald
Saturday Review
Morris Woman’s Club
Bedford Road
Robert Wren
New Rock Island Crossing
Dennis Kowalcyzk
Ellsworth
Jesse L, Johnson
Madison Square Garden
Midtown Manhattan
Arena
Penn
Sylvania Station
Self
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