Denver Boy Wins National Spelling Bee Title
Joel Montgomery, 12, of Denver Colorado, won the 82nd National Spelling Bee defeating Robert Crossley, 12, of Senter Square Pennsylvania, after spelling fanfaronade and catamaran to clinch the crown. He earns 1000 dollars, a New York trip, a trophy and a school plaque with finalists receiving at least 25 dollars.
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Washington
Joel Montgomery
Denver
Colo
Robert Crossley
Senter Square
Joel
Robert
William Cashore
Norristown
New York
Champ congratulates Morris cousin Joel Montgomery on spelling victory
Frank Walter of Morris wires congratulations to his 12 year old cousin Joel Montgomery of Denver who won the U S spelling championship in Washington. Walter’s mother was a Montgomery and sister of Joel’s father.
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Frank Walter
Lynnwood Drive
Morris
Joel Montgomery
Denver
Colo
Washington, D. C
United States
Montgomery
Beating and Misspellings in Two Way Bee Duel
Allan Lee Kramer, 13, of Lake Worth Florida misspelled ratiocination and exited the two day bee in round 13. Robert and Joel each mispronounced and corrected rival words to stay even. Jeanette McGhee, 14, Jackson Ohio, was eliminated in the first round after slipping on parsiflage, amid judge instruction dispute involving Dr. Belmont Farley and Betty Jo Abel.
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Allan Lee Kramer
Lake Worth
Fla
Allan Lee
Robert
Joel
Jeanette McGhee
Jackson
Ohio
Jeanette
Belmont Farley
Benson S. Alleman
Alleman
Betty Jo Abel
Warm humid Illinois weather persists with slight shower risk
Weather remains warm and muggy in Illinois with no early relief seen. Tonight’s low around 70 degrees and Friday remains partly cloudy and humid with a chance of thunder showers. Yesterday’s high reached 85, low 68, and at 9 am today the temperature was 73 with only a trace of rain yesterday.
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Illinois
Pyatt
Deemphasis of Graduation Considered by Franklin Grade Board
The Morris Grade School Board discussed deemphasizing graduation at its June meeting in Franklin. Potential changes include holding exercises at 4 00 p m and limiting social functions linked to graduation. Superintendent Kenneth Hammer noted the 12 year program and that most students advance to high school. No action was taken. OK Insurance Purchase The board approved liability insurance for injuries and damages due to employee negligence, costing 217 20 yearly with 100 000 per person and 300 000 per accident coverage. The move follows a state Supreme Court ruling on district liability. Representative Carl Soderstrom reported House Bill 904 has passed.
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Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Kenneth Hammer
OK Insurance
Wayne Graham
Carl Soderstrom
Second Band Concert Set For Saturday On Courthouse Lawn
The second in a series of summer band concerts will be at 8 p.m. Saturday on the Court House lawn. The program includes To Look Sharp Ballet Parisien Carnival of the Animals The Gypsy Baron The Glass Slipper Our Director and four special numbers by the adults in the band. The last rehearsal is Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the high school band room. Interested players for the June 20 concert should contact band director Robert Appleby before Tuesday. The Morris grade school concert follows on June 27.
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Court House
Mahlon Merrick
Ballet Parisien
Jacques Offenbach
C. Saint-Saens
Ogden Nash
Bob Condon
Strauss-Walters
Glass Slipper
Yoder
Bigelow
Susie
Robert Appleby
Morris
Vandals Break Windows in Braceville
Braceville reports several windows broken yesterday as Sheriff Edward Wilt notes no entry to the home of John Coleman during the day. Special Deputies Frank Swartz and Anton Vilt are investigating the vandalism.
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Braceville
Edward Wilt
John Coleman
Vilt
Frank
Swartz
Anton F. Vilt
FEPC Backers Fear Senate Defeat Again
In Springfield Illinois backers of fair employment practices legislation fear its defeat as the Senate Industrial Affairs Committee sends two FEPC bills back to the floor without recommendation. The measures would create a commission to investigate hiring discrimination and advise court action, affecting firms with 25 or more employees. Senator Fred Smith warns the bill’s prospects dim due to Governor Stratton’s insufficient GOP support.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Senate
Senate Industrial Affairs Committee
FEPC
Oma Ie
Damanratia Enanaennns
Viila
Stratton
Fred Smith
Chicago
Smith
GOP
Three Teachers Resign From MCHS Faculty
Three teachers resigned from Morris Community High School in the past month and a new teacher, Neil Anderson, was hired. Six faculty vacancies exist including resignations and growth in student enrollment. The board raised pupil transportation to 38 cents per mile retroactive to Feb 1 and planned a West field survey. The district also consulted an attorney regarding a recent Illinois Supreme Court negligence ruling impacting school boards.
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Morris Community High School
High School
Altice Hartman
Anne Pahnke
St. Anne
Marjorie Zach
Rockford
Neil Anderson
Franklin Park
Anderson
Ripon College
Ripon
Wisconsin
Fairmont School
Lockport
Russell Warland Bus Service
Harold Bennett
Herter Seeks Basis for More Talks on Berlin
U S Secretary of State Christian Herter met with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Geneva to probe potential grounds for continuing Berlin negotiations. He conferred with Britain’s Selwyn Lloyd, France’s Maurice Couve de Murville, and West Germany’s Wilhelm Grewe to gauge willingness to ease Soviet demands and avoid a one year deadline.
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Geneva
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
Maurice Couve de Murville
Wilhelm Grewe
West Germany
Gromyko
West Berlin
Grain Shipments Tied Up at Nine Elevators
Grain shipments at nine Lake Calumet area elevators halted by a wage dispute affecting weigh men. Twenty seven weighmen led a walkout, followed by 235 Local 418 members, stopping loading and unloading of ships. Firms affected include Illinois Grain Co, Rice Powell Co, Central Soya Co, Louis Dreyfus Co, Norris Grain Co, and Continental Grain Co.
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Chicago
Lake Calumet
International Brotherhood of
Roger E. Sayre
Ilinois Grain Co
Grundy County Winners Named in University Scholarships
Grundy county selects six University of Illinois scholarships each year with four years of tuition exemption. Winners include Jerry Haynes Milford R Bjelland Nancy Gobert Dennis Wills and John Liedman across Morris and Grundy. No applicant from Grundy filed for child of World War I veteran. Examinations occur annually on the last Saturday of April, graded by the university.
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Grundy County
University of Illinois
Lillias K Walker
Jerry Haynes
Morris
Milford R. Bjelland
Nancy A. Gobert
Dennis S. Wills
John B. Liedman
Mobot Could Be First Moon Visitor in Space History
Washington report notes a mobile robot named mobot developed by a missile company for tests in radioactive zones too dangerous for humans. The mobot uses flexible steel hands and TV camera eyes to study atomic radiation effects on electronics as part of a full scale experimental program.
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Washington
Planes-Aerospace
The
Aerospace Industries Assn
Rev Langan Takes Pastor Post At Minooka Parish
The Rev Edward Langan appointed pastor of St Mary Catholic Church in Minooka succeeding Rev James Dicken who moves to Joliet Holy Family parish. Langan, born 1913 in Long Point Alabama, previously served as assistant at Visitation Elmhurst and held wartime chaplain duties 1944 to 1948.
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Edward Langan
St. Mary Catholic Church
Minooka
Joliet
Father Langan
James Dicken
Holy Family
Visitation
Assumption Church
Ashkum
St. John Baptist
L'Erable
Long Point
St. Mary
Streator
St. Bede College
Peru
St. Meinrad Seminary
St. Meinrad
Ind
National Council of Catholic Women
Ford-Iroquois
Father Dicken
St. Mary Church
St. Isaac Jogues
Hinsdale
St. Alexander Parish
Villa Park
St. Alexander
Immaculate Conception High School
Elmhurst
St. Dorothy School
Quigley Preparatory Seminar
Chicago
St. Mary At the Lake Seminary
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Mundelein
Judge Drymalski Indicted in Bail Bond Scandal
Chief Justice Raymond P. Drymalski faces conspiracy charges in Chicago bail bond cases and will take a leave to defend himself. The indictments name Drymalski and seven others alleging obstruction of justice and fraud related to bond forfeitures and favorable orders for bondsmen.
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Drymalski
Chicago
Raymond P. Drymalski
Thea
A. L. Marovitz
John Schaffer
William Booker
John F. Murtaugh
Daniel Gaines
Sheldon Pondel
Irwin Brottman
Joseph Perry
Holovachka Denounced as Part of Indiana Syndicate
Senate probers denounce Lake County deputy prosecutor Metro Holovachka as an operating part of a malicious crime syndicate in Indiana rackets. Testimony links Holovachka to gambling protection and lax penalties while Chicago mobsters allegedly took over local rackets. Pinelli invokes Fifth Amendment amid questions about protection payments and cash totals.
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Washington
Senatkets
Lake County
Ind
Metro Holovachka
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Indiana
Harold J. Zeis
Beverforden
McClellan
Zeis
Chicago
Tony Pinelli
Sierra Madre
Calif
Makes Investments Committee
Pinelli
Gary
Hollywood
Holovachka
Malti
Gundrum Named to Illinois State Police Merit Board
Springfield Illinois Fred Gundrum of Flossmoor was presented to the Illinois Senate as a replacement for Henry A Gardner of Chicago on the State Police Merit Board. Gov Stratton said Gardner was retiring and a replacement was being sought.
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Springfield
Fred Gundrum
Flossmoor
Illinois Senate
Henry A. Gardner
Chicago
State Police Merit Board
Stratton
Gardner
College girl seeks summer job in want ads
Four room furnished apartment for rent. A 26 inch bicycle owned by a college girl is offered for sale.
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Prothers
Morris Man
Ruth Mulree
Mulree
West Covina
Joe
Champ Is
Fepc Law
Law
MCHS
Kenneth Lemmer
State Office of Public Instruction
Illinois Supreme Court
Baltimore
Millard Waddell
Nelson Aten
U.S
Russia
By John M. Hightower
Howard
Harold
Rosecrans
Bay City
Mich
Lucy Thompson
Boston
Mobot
Langan
State Police Board
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