Senate to Decide on Assessments Freeze Plan
Springfield Ill The Illinois Senate must decide on freezing property assessments at 55 percent of fair cash value after the House approved Rep. John Morris plan. The bills aim to cap taxes, meet protests over higher multipliers, and face opposition from Chicago Democrats warning of a tax crisis.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Senate
House
John Morris
Chadwick
Stratton
Morris
Chicago
William Clark
State Revenue Department
William Pollack
Clark
Damages Awarded in Route 80 Land Condemnation
A Kendall County jury awarded Peter and Stella Fleming of Minooka 2434.54 for three acres taken by the State of Illinois in condemnation related to Interstate Highway 80 construction at the farm’s south end. Judge Robert J. Sears presided. attorneys August B. Black of Morris and George Hupp of Ottawa represented the Fleming and the state.
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Kendall County
Yorkville
Peter
Stella Fleming
Minooka
State of Illinois
Fleming Farm
Robert J. Sears
Plano
August B. Black
Morris
George Hupp
Ottawa
Weather update and temperatures from Pyatt station
It was mostly sunny and less humid this afternoon with a low in the upper 50s. Saturday should be fair and cooler with a high in the 70s. West to northwest winds prevailed today and should diminish tonight with northerly winds Saturday. The outlook for Sunday is fair and pleasant. The high yesterday at Pyatt weather station was 88 degrees dropping to a low last night of 66. At 9 a.m. this morning it was 80 degrees there.
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Pyatt
26th Annual County Flower Show Held
The Wauponsee Art club hosted Grundy County Federation of Women's clubs for the 26th annual Flower Show and Spring Tea in Ullrich Recreation Hall. Attendees exceeded 100 with judge Mrs. John Ullrich. Performances by Dale Burkhart and singers, plus a Dancing Dolls display. Awards given across sections for roses, peonies, irises, shrubs, annuals, and flower arrangements.
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Wauponsee Art Club
Grundy County
Dale Burkhart
Barbara Burkhart
Norman Madison
Leland Hemmingson
James Walsh
Donald McCormick
Kenneth Halterman
Marguerite Hough
Mazon
Don Marsaglia
Coal City
Marguerite
Hartford Cryder
Effie Williams
Lillie Ullrich
Beulah Jackson
Dave Derick
Frank Coop
Mabel Johnson
William McLuckie
Spelling Bee Champion Trains With Denver Teacher
Denver twelve year old Joel Montgomery won the National Spelling Bee after training in a Byers Junior High word study class led by Ted Glim. Glim emphasizes pronunciation roots prefixes suffixes and word meanings to turn spelling into a story behind words.
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Joel Montgomery
Denver
Colo
Robert Crossley
Center Square
Washington, D. C
Joel
Robert
Washington
Billy
Betsy
Ted Glim
Glim
Byers Junior High
Dana Bennett
Grim
Soviet in training astronauts older than Americans says survey
In Baden Germany Soviet astronauts in training who are prospective pilots of manned satellites are somewhat older than their American counterparts. American scientists and educators learned this during a Moscow meeting of the International Aeronautic Federation and a 10 day tour of Soviet cities. The delegates stopped here for 24 hours on their homeward air journey.
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Wlesbaden
Germany
International Aeronautic Federation
Moscow
Chinese Reds Bombard Kaoteng Island in Matsu Group
The Chinese Communist artillery shelled Kaoteng Island in the Matsu group, about 150 miles north of the Quemoy Islands, firing 430 shells in what the Nationalist Defense Ministry called the heaviest bombardment Kao teng had faced.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Kaoteng Island
Matsu
Chinese Defense Ministry
Kaoteng
Psychopath Sought as Boston Bomber
Investigators suspect a psychopath planted an explosive device at a Boston elevated train station, injuring 38 and seriously injuring three. A suspect connected to a prior threat to Fidel Castro is sought. a photo will be shown to victims. Police and state detectives lead the probe with fire and hospital updates on injuries.
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Boston
Fidel Castro
New York
Bellevue City Hospital
Boston Police
Boston Fire Department
FBI
Massachusetts General Hospital
Deportation hearing ordered for Morgano
Immigrant authorities set a Monday deportation hearing for Thomas Morgano a 59 year old Italian born associate of Chicago crime figures. Morgano linked to a Porter County Indiana gambling and vice ring testified before the Senate Rackets Committee in June and was named by investigators as associated with Tony Pinelli Tony Accardo Sam Giancona and John Formosa. He ran the College Inn pizza restaurant in Valparaiso Indiana and earlier served as a special investigator for the Chicago Master Barber's Association.
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Chicago
Thomas Morgano
Indiana
Morgano
Washington
Senate
Porter County
Ind
College Inn
Valparaiso
Harold Rayder
Rayder
Tony Pinelli
Tony Accardo
Sam
Mooney) Giancana
John Formosa
Chicago Master Barber's Assn
Area Graduates at U of Illinois to Receive Degrees
Area graduates of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign will join 2 631 graduates at commencement Saturday at 10 00 a m. From Morris Kenneth E Hunt Herbert G Johnson Carolyn R Meadors and Helen V Vitko. From Coal City Donald L Bianchetta Leroy J Gaffney Donald J Hertenstein Joyce L Lutz. From Dwight Hubert L Grush David D Neville Donald R Sheppelman. From Mazon Kenneth J Elgar Marvin S Jacques Wilford K Robinson. Jean E Rushton Minooka Delbert S Lyle Newark. From Ransom Philip L Geheber Richard D Geschwind. William P Callahan Seneca Donald F Wesoleski Wilmington Judith E Trummel Yorkville. If weather interferes two ceremonies at Huff Gym 10 00 a m and 2 30 p m. Arthur S Flemming to speak and receive honorary degrees along with three others.
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University of Illinois
Urbana- Champaign
Morris
Kenneth E. Hunt
Herbert G. Johnson
Carolyn R. Meadors
Helen V. Vitko
Coal City
Donald L. Bianchetta
Leroy J. Gaffney
Donald J. Hertenstein
Jean E. Rushton
Minooka
Delbert S. Lyle
Newark
Ransom
Philip L. Geheber
Richard D. Geschwind
William P. Callahan
Seneca
Donald F. Wesoleski
Wilmington
Judith E. Trummel
Yorkville
Huff Gym
Arthur S. Flemming
U. S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
Ohio Wesleyan University
Long Holds To Dream Of Fourth Term In Louisiana
Galveston Texas governor Earl K. Long presses plans for a fourth term despite pleas to skip a court sanity hearing. He insists on attending the Tuesday probate court session and may seek a jury hearing. Long aims to void his wife’s commitment action.
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Galveston
Tex
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Long
Hugh Gibson
Lions Auction and Rummage Sale Saturday
The Morris Lions Club hosts an auction and rummage sale at 1 p.m. Saturday on Main and Liberty streets to benefit the Lions Youth Activity fund. Ed Douvin says a large variety of new and used merchandise has been received and more items are welcome with pickup offered.
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Morris Lions Club
Main
Liberty Streets
Lions Youth Activity Fund
Ed Douvin
Douvin
Rome Students Clash Over Liberation Anniversary
Rome students clashed with Communist and Fascist council members outside city hall as 26 Communist and Socialist councillors filed a motion of no confidence against Mayor Urbano Ciocetti of the Christian Democratic party. Ciocetti warned the anniversary celebration would reopen old wounds and a secret session was set to consider the motion later in the week.
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Rome
Urbano Ciocetti
Italy
Christian Democratic Party
Cioccetti
Rev. Roger Fisk Jr Ordained and Installed as Pastor
The Ottawa Presbytery ordained and installed Rev. Roger Lee Fisk Jr. as pastor of First United Presbyterian Church at 3 30 p m Sunday with ten pastors assisting. The ceremony included readings, charges to the congregation and pastor, and a reception for more than 140 people with out of town guests Mrs Erma Anderson and the Fisk family in attendance.
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Erma Anderson
Roger Lee Fisk Sr
Boise
Idaho
Tucson official hanged in effigy over school term plan
Reaction to Superintendent Robert Morrow’s proposal for a 10 month term sparked protests near Tucson High School with an effigy hanging.
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Tucson
Ariz
Robert Morrow
Tucson High School
Two Cars Crash on Route 36 Near Tuscola Kills Family Group
A fatal two car collision on U.S. 36 near Tuscola Illinois killed a family of four women and a man returning from New York and two young women en route to Atwood. Deputy Gale reported one car slid off, then crossed lanes and burst into flames.
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Tuscola
Ill
New York
Atwood
Illinois
Leon Gale
Douglas County
Gale
Roscoe Helm
Helm
Eugene Miller
Rosalie Bragg
U. S. No. 36
Joseph Harmon
Harmon
Forsyth
Macon County
Gromyko presses link at Geneva talks amid Berlin crisis
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged a one year West Berlin moratorium and rejected linking the current foreign ministers meeting to a summit. Western officials pressed Moscow to abandon threats of a separate East German peace treaty and resume negotiations on Berlin.
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Geneva
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Soviet Union
West Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
Eisenhower
Moscow
U.S
Palace of Nations
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
Nikita Khrushchev
Lloyd
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