Joliet Troop Organizes Chief Shabbona Trail Hikes
Troop 25 of Joliet known as The Hiking 25 plans a Chief Shabbona Historical Trail starting at Channahon State Park and ending at Gebhard Woods State Park with a replica cabin site and granite marker. Explorer Scouts will start hikes at Channahon and meet at Gebhard Woods as a summer event with ongoing hikes through November.
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Channahon- Morris
Donald Crowther
Chief
Troop 25
Illinois River
Shabbona
Crowther
Channahon State Park
Gebhard Woods State Park
Illinois
M. Canal
Eisenhower Heads to Alaska for First State Visit
President Eisenhower arrives in Anchorage for a welcome crowd expected to range up to 40 000 as Alaska hosts its first presidential visit since statehood. A non stop flight from Andrews Air Force Base brings Ike and his son John Eisenhower and daughter to a downtown reception and tour amid eager preparations.
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Alaska
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Fourth Avenue
Far East
Japan
William A. Egan
Eisenhower
Andrews Air Force Base
John Eisenhower
Daugh
His Reputation As Chef Goes Up in Smoke
Larry Wethington age 13 of 411 Otto Meyer Drive in the Moose subdivision saw his reputation as a chef go up in smoke Friday afternoon when Morris Fire Department was called. He was frying potatoes on an electric range when grease boiled over and ignited. A neighbor woman assisted with soda but failed to smother the fire. Firemen extinguished the blaze as Larry’s parents were at work. The kitchen was left with a messy range and strong burned grease odor throughout the new home.
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Larry Wethington
Otto Meyer Drive
Moose Subdivision
Morris Fire Department
Larry
Pine Bluff road section to open in month
County highway officials say the 2.5 mile Pine Bluff road segment FAS Route 287 should be traffic ready in about one month if weather cooperates. Earthwork near finish. gravel in place. calcium chloride and guard rails due next. blacktop to wait until next year after gravel compacts. Knapp Bros. Construction of Eureka handles the project, with completion extended past this year.
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Pine Bluff
County Sept
Richard McTague
McTague
Knapp Bros. Construction Co
Eureka
Old-Timer Papermaking Machine to be Scrapped
A machine once called the paper making marvel of the age shown in 1890 at the St. Louis Exposition is being scrapped by Peavy Paper Mills Co in Ladysmith Wisconsin. It is being replaced by a modern unit as one of the nation’s oldest papermaking machines is retired.
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St. Louis Exposition
Peavy Paper Mills Co
Highland Park High Produces Top Military Graduates
Dallas report notes Highland Park High school as the source of top graduates at West Point and Annapolis. It highlights Otstott and Thompson as nationally recognized scholars, with Highland Park’s senior-to-scholar ratio cited as 183 to one.
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Annapolis
Charles P. Otstott
Alton K. Thompson
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Highland Park
University Park
Highland Park High
Southern Methodist University
Shabbona Trail to Honor Indian Chief Shabbona
A preliminary survey for a Chief Shabbona Historical Trail Hike is completed. Troop 25 of Theodore Street Lutheran church at Joliet organizes the event led by Donald Crowther, noting Shabbona born 1775 died 1859 and famed for peace and protection of settlers.
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Sacs
Illinois
Evergreen
Religion in the News Christendom Celebrates Trinity Sunday
Christendom marks Trinity Sunday as missionaries face questions about the three in one. Maryknoll Father Nevins uses a sea shore tale and St Patrick imagery to explain the mystery, while Presbyterian missionary Underwood emphasizes addressing deeper truths after acceptance.
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Africa
Asia
Albert J. Nevins
Maryknoll Fathers
Far East
St. Augustine
Maryknollers
Father Nevins
St. Patrick
John Underwood
Korea
Witwer Seeks Senate Victory At Grundy GOP Picnic
About 300 guests heard Samuel W. Witwer pledge to keep peace and prosperity under Eisenhower and Nixon if elected. The Chicago attorney opposed incumbent Paul Douglas and supported the summit and anti Pearl Harbor stance while praising rising employment figures as proof of prosperity.
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United States
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Ner
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Witwer
Weather outlook with scattered thundershowers and cooler Sunday
The U S Weather Bureau forecast scattered thundershowers for this afternoon and Sunday with a cooler high on Sunday. At 9 a m today temperature was 75 degrees, with highs in the 80s expected this afternoon ahead of the showers. Friday at Collins Weather Station recorded a high of 85 and a low of 62.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
150000 in Rowdy Tokyo Parades
More than 150000 demonstrators surged through Tokyo in rowdy parades denouncing America and Prime Minister Kishi and Eisenhower's June 1922 Japan trip. Ten thousand radical students besieged Kishi's residence, stoning the home and painting the fence as calls for Kishi to resign grew.
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America
Kishi
Eisenhower
Japan
Ike
Eisenhower Far East Tour Schedule Released
The schedule for President Eisenhower's Far East tour lists events from June 12 in Anchorage Alaska to June 18 in Formosa. It includes speeches at Alaskan air base and University of the Philippines, meetings with Philippine leaders, a visit to Luneta Park, and a departure sequence via Wake Island and Formosa with leaders such as Carlos P Garcia and Chiang Kai-shek on record.
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Eisenhower
Far East
Andrews Air Force Base
Anchorage
Alaska
Alaskan Air Base
Wake Island
Philippines
Carlos P. Garcia
University of Philippines
Luneta Park
Formosa
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