Voting Polls Open Next Tuesday in Grundy County
Polling places in Grundy County will open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the next Tuesday primary election. Eight Morris precincts list locations from the courthouse lobby to Union Hall and reader precincts include Highland Vienna Norman Erienna Nettle Creek Goodfarm Mazon and several Braceville Coal City and Goose Lake sites. Election judges will tally four ballots and deliver sealed results to County Clerk Nels P. Nelson.
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Grundy County
Nels P. Nelson
Morris
Morris I
Morris II
Morris City Hall
Morris III — Baptist Church
E. Jackson St
Morris IV — Masonic Temple
W. Jefferson St
Morris V —Mathison
Price St
Morris VI
Gordon Hexdall
Wauponsee St
VII — Telfer
Pine St
Morris VIII
Union
E. High St
Highland
Vienna
Norman
Erienna
Nettle Creek
Goodfarm
Mazon
Wauponsee
Saratoga
Garfield I — Legion
Garfield I
Greenfield I
Wilmington
Greenfield II
Brooklyn
Maine
Braceville I
Coal City
Braceville
Braceville III
Boresi and Unger
Braceville IV
Lions
Felix I
VFW
Carbon Hill
Eileen
Goose Lake
Aux Sable-Minooka
Mazon Township
Braceville II
Vienna Township
Morris HI
Fresh American and Vietnamese troops join Kontum battle
In Kontum plateau, U S 61st Airborne Division paratroopers receive fresh reinforcements as a 3 000 to 5 000 strong force of North Vietnamese troops presses in. U S 1st Cavalry and South Vietnamese units rush in, battle ongoing near the Laotian frontier. Ky moves 400 riot police to Hue. Buddhist leaders threaten prison as hunger strikes intensify. Ky to attend a nine nation non Communist conference in South Korea.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
61St Airborne Division
Kontum Plateau
Highlands
U.S. 1St Cavalry
Ia Drang
Nguyen Cao Ky
Hue
1St Division
South Korea
Child Killed After Running Into Street in Rockford
A 7 year old boy, Anthony Pirello, was struck and killed by a car on Rockford's North Side. The driver, James McNabb of Milwaukee, said he could not avoid the boy and was not charged.
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Rockford, Ill
Anthony Pirello
Rockford
James McNabb
Milwaukee
McNabb
Sunny and Warm Outlook With Weekend Clouds
The forecast calls for sunny and warm conditions today with highs in the upper 70s. Sunday should stay warm but turn cloudy. Collins Weather Station logs show Friday’s high at 70 and low at 44, with 7 p.m. Friday night recording 61 degrees.
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Collins
Alma Passes Through South Carolina With Gale Winds
Tropical Storm Alma brushed South Carolina with gale force winds and heavy rain causing tornado warnings. The center near Charleston reported winds up to 50 mph, forecast to strengthen toward 70 mph before moving seaward by Saturday. Warnings extended from Cape Hatteras to the Virginia Capes as beaches faced rough surf.
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Charleston
S.C
Alma
South Carolina
U.S
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Virginia Capes
Carolinas
Tropics
Honduras
Cuba
Florida
Carolina
Illinois board forms five Class I junior college districts
The Illinois Junior College Board approved five new Class I districts and set hearings for Freeport and Rend Lake proposals. If favorable, an election will follow. Districts include Lake County eastern Illinois Mattoon Charleston Shelbyville Kankakee area Belleville Knox Warren and more. Petitions for annexation by Black Hawk Kaskaskia Danville Sauk Valley are noted. Class I status grants state aid and higher per credit hour payments.
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Chicago
Illinois Junior College Board
Freeport
Rend Lake
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Lesser
Lake County
Illinois
Mattoon
Charleston
Shelbyville
Kankakee County
City of
Kankakee
Iroquois, Ford
Livingston, Grundy
Will Counties
Belleville
St. Clair
Washington
Monroe Counties
Knox-Warren
Galesburg
Monmouth
Black Hawk
Kaskaskia
Danville
Sauk Valley
Walnut Grove Farm Named National Historic Landmark
Designated Mark Steeles Tavern Virginia site Walnut Grove Farm the birthplace of the mechanical grain reaper invented by Cyrus McCormick gains formal national historic landmark status.
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Steeles Tavern
Walnut Grove Farm
Cyrus McCormick
Britain Seamen Offer Plan While Strike Persists
British striking seamen presented a self proposed solution at the Trades Union Congress, with union leaders split between militants and moderates. George Woodcock reported little change and expected more talks next week, as demands include a 40 hour week with government subsidies, while wage restraint remains a political test for Prime Minister Harold Wilson.
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London
Britain
National Union of Seamen
Trades Union Congress
George Woodcock
Congress
Woodcock
United States
Harold Wilson
Marchers in Mississippi clash briefly with patrols on voter rights trek
The Meredith march faced a brief security clash as the group advanced along U.S. 51 toward Jackson. Police redirected traffic, fueling a dispute with march leaders over stops. Carmichael urged registration and self-empowerment while King aides pressed for peace and order.
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Batesville
Miss
Highway Patrol
Mississippi
U.S. 51
Jackson
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Carmichael
James H. Meredith
Memphis
Tenn
Meredith
New York
Aubrey J. Norvell
Hernando
State Senate
Paul Johnson
Brooklyn
Martin Luther King Jr
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Floyd B. McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
SNCC
McKissick
Dr. King
Chicago
King
Robert Green
SCLC
Green
Charles Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Ralph D. Abernathy
Five Die in Bus Truck Crash Near Port Royal Va
A Greyhound bus and a pickup collided near Port Royal Virginia. Five people were killed and 11 injured, including the bus driver, truck drivers, and one of 13 servicemen aboard the bus. Most injured were taken to Mary Washington Hospital. two servicemen were treated at Camp A.P. Hill.
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Port Royal
Greyhound
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
Here
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg
Camp
A.P. Hill
Caroline County
149 Graduates Celebrate Center School Eighth Grade
A class of 149 eighth grade students graduated Friday night at Morris Center School. The ceremony featured songs by the junior high chorus, a processional, and an invocation by Rev. David F. Zimmerman. Ellen Bossert and Bill Fruland received American Legion citizenship awards from Lee Gibson.
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Morris’ Center School
David F. Zimmerman
Ellen Bossert
Clifford Bossert
W. Jackson St
Bill Fruland
Fremont Fruland
E. Benton St
American Legion
Lee Gibson
Kenneth Hammer
Robert Chord
Center School
Richard Oakland
John George
Mrs John Pirie Dies in Hospital in Chicago
Mrs. John T. Pirie Sr., 94, daughter in law of Carson Pirie Scott founder, died Thursday night at Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital. She had lived in Lake Forest after marrying John Taylor Pirie Sr. in 1897. Survivors include daughter Mrs Henry Faurot Jr of Wheaton and son John T. Pirie Jr, board chairman of the department store.
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Chicago
John T. Pirie Sr
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital
Pirie
John Taylor Pirie Sr
Lake Forest
John T. Pirie
Henry Faurot Jr
Wheaton
John T. Pirie Jr
Primary May Register Record Balloting
A record turnout is expected at next Tuesday's Republican primary with sheriff and county treasurer races drawing strong interest and several precinct committeeman contests. Voter registration rose to 13,303 this spring, boosted by a $750000 county home bond issue. past primaries in Grundy County show larger totals than the general election, suggesting turnout could exceed 8000.
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Grundy County
Au Sable Township
Wauponsee Township
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