Democrats sweep Grundy County delegates in 15th District race
Daniel Mc Mullen of Streator and Emmett J. Slingsby of North Utica won the Democratic race for two delegates to the national nominating convention from the 15th Congressional District. Republican winners were Clifford Carlson of Geneva and Edward Thornton of Ottawa with significant vote totals. Other Democratic and Republican contenders and their county tallies are listed, with district results showing McMullen and Slingsby securing the top delegate posts.
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Grundy County
Daniel McMullen
Streator
Emmett J. Slingsby
North Utica
15Th
Clifford Carlson
Geneva
Edward Thornton
Ottawa
McMullen
Slingsby
Ottals
Clarence Ruddy
Aurora
Frederick J. Steffen
Elgin
Virgil Edwards
LaSalle
Clifford P. Bunton
S. Broadway
Coal City
Frank C. O'Rourke
Marengo
James A. Spear
Carpentersville
Henry A. Florek
Robert F. Greenaway
DeKalb
John Alexander Jr
Batavia
Kendall
Grundy
Edwards
Ruddy
Steffen
O’rourke
Bunton
Spear
Florek
Carlson
Thornton
Damisch
Greenaway
Alexander
Atty
Pevid Beot
J. Melvin Phillips
Delta Const awarded 4.52 miles of Ill 113 road work
Delta Construction Co. of Joliet receives a 590 032 contract for 4.52 miles of base course and resurfacing on Illinois 113 West River Rd between Custer Park and Illinois 53 in Wilmington. Cosmopolitan Painting Co. of Chicago gets 28 800 to clean and paint two bridges on I 55 Des Plaines River crossing and an I beam grade separation on Illinois 126 over I 55 near Plainfield. total awards exceed 6 5 million in construction contracts announced by Public Works Director Francis S Loren z on Tuesday.
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Delta Const. Co
Joliet
Illinois 113
West River Rd
Custer Park
Illinois 53
Wilmington
Cosmopolitan Painting Co., Inc
Chicago
Des Plaines River
Illinois
I-55
Plainfield
Public Works
Francis S Lorenz
Chinatown Gang Alarm Raised After Attacks
Police report a street gang called the White Eagles has surfaced in Chinatown. Ten members assaulted a woman and her two sons during a shopping trip. three youths were later charged with felonious assault.
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New York
Chinatown
White Eagles
Gardner OES meeting and community notes from Gardner Illinois
Gardner notes report Kellogg Chapter 219 OES met in the Mason ic Temple with Mrs. Roy Gardner presiding. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blake. A social hour followed with refreshments by local members. Next meeting is June 20. Funeral notices for Levi C. Robinson list many relatives from Ohio Illinois and Texas. A correction adds missed orchid corsage and hostess names. Science awards honor Connie Brandt at Gardner-South Wilmington school. Barbara Lyn Tharpe graduates ISU and will teach in Joliet. Band Booster Club plans three parades and awards at a 6:30 meeting at South Wilmington Beach. Brief items cover visits and travels of local residents and families.
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Kellogg Chapter
OES
Masonic Temple
Roy Gardner
George Hale
Joseph Blake
Normal
Blake
Clarence Barr
Ruth Jackman
Minnie Chase
Temple
Barbara Lyn. Tharpe
C. A. Tharpe
Illinois State University At
Gardner Band
South Wilmington Beach
Joseph Riggs
South Wilmington
Carbon Hill
Gardner
Kathy Kociss
Friendship Hall
College of St. Francis
Joliet
Theta Chi Sigma
Lewis College
Rockdale
Indiana
Chicago
Niles
Braidwood
Coal City
Coal City Notes: James Zambon Jr takes Piper City post
Coal City resident James Zambon Jr has accepted a math teacher position at Piper City High School after ten years teaching at Wilmington High School. The family will summer in Durant Oklahoma while Zambon pursues administration and math courses, returning to Piper City in September. Reading program underway for grades three through six with certificates for two books weekly.
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James Zambon Jr
Coal City
Piper City High School
Wilmington High School
Wilmington
Zambon
Durant
Okla
Piper City
Coal City Public Library
Two Court Clerk Candidates See Notable Primary Totals
In the Third District Appellate Court clerk race no opposition emerged in either party yet both candidates drew solid vote totals in Grundy County. Republican John E. Hall from Sterling received 1,933 votes while J Linda Silver who seeks renomination and hails from Marseilles earned 603 votes.
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Grundy County
John E. Hall
J. Linda Silver
Silver
Marseilles
University of Notre Dame
U. S. Air Force Institute
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joan Page
Reid
Kit
Kirk
Dean
Scott
Renee
Michele
Hall
Sterling
Chicago School Tax Approved
In Chicago a 15 cent school tax referendum passed in a tight vote. With nearly all 3,489 precincts reporting, 224,267 favored the increase while 206,542 opposed. The $15.6 million boost raises property tax rates to 2.01 per 100 and funds include a $60 monthly teacher raise and restoring $6.5 million cut from 1968.
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Chicago
Greater Northwest Civic Association
James F. Redmond
Redmond
Weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Joseph Marchello
The note states that weekend visitors stayed with their hosts Mr and Mrs Joseph Marchello, listing them as the hosts. No additional context or names are provided in this fragment.
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Mrs
Joseph Marchello
Whiteside County Clerk Hall Held Various Republican Posts
Hall served as chief clerk in the state treasury district and in the state treasurer's office and held multiple Republican party offices in Whiteside County. He and his wife Esther have two daughters and a son.
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Whiteside County
Hall
State Treasury District
Esther
Kennedy Campaign Offices Begin Closing After Assassination
In Washington and New York Kennedy campaign offices begin to close after the assassination. Joseph Kennedy 15 and John Glenn visit the Capitol Hill site as staffers pack personal items and files. The Senate offices will stay open 30 to 60 days to handle constituent issues and archive materials.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Capitol Hill
White House
Robert Kennedy
Joseph
John Glenn
Senate
Kennedy
President
National Archives
New York City
Syracuse
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
New York
New Sanitation Chief Tours Bronx Littered Block
Griswold L Moeller New York City sanitation commissioner on first day tours 140th Street in the Bronx where littered cans garbage and an overturned car mark one of the citys worst sanitation areas officials say.
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NEW York
Griswold L. Moeller
140Th Street
Bronx
Moeller
Massachusetts Outlaws Slavery, State Supreme Court Declares
In 1783 the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declared slavery illegal within the state, marking a landmark legal reversal and shaping early abolitionist policy.
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Massachusetts
State Supreme Court
Taft Wins Republican Primary For Illinois Supreme Court Clerk
In the Illinois GOP primary, Justin Taft 31 a Rochester probate clerk and associate circuit clerk since 1962 leads a three way race with 296 923 votes from 9 580 precincts. Taft will face Fannie G Jones of East St Louis in November after besting rivals including late clerk Earle Searcy's widow.
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Chicago
Rochester
Illinois Supreme Court
Justin Taft
Taft
Mardell
Fannie G. Jones
East St. Louis
Miss Jones
Earle Benjamin Searcy
Springfield
Louise Emerson
Searcy
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William M. Damisch
Hampshire
Chinatown Gang
William King
Cincinnati
del Kettering
Monmouth
Kent Manning
San Benito
Texas
Leslie Carpenter
Bristoville
Ohio
Robert Melvin
Rockford
J. Allen
Marjorie Horn
Clarence E. Outram
Long Point
Ella Swenson
Bement
Martha Gaston
Kathryn Hansen
Champaign
Levi C. Robinson
William McComb
Fay Lynn Brooks
Raymond Magee
McComb
Magee
Miss Brooks
Horace Longbrake
Gardner-South Wilmington Township
Connie Brandt
LeRoy Brandt
J. Kingdom
el Paso
Charles Bookwalter
Harvey MclIntyre
Sparta
Edwin Keene
William Treasure
Hanover College
Hanover
Ind
Dale Treasure
James Morris
Ariel Bjelland
Morris
Kenneth Morris
Mazon
Tallmoon
Minn
Pat Roche
Earl Kingman
Bettendorf
Iowa
Raymond Morris
John Cerutti
Kingman
Air Force
Coal City Notes
Kenneth Gilmore
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Basil Anderson
Lockport
University of Illinois
Albert Barra
Nancy
Seneca
Kathy Barra
Larry Barra
Janet Born
John Born
Alpha Lambda Delta Illinois State University
James Chambers
Belvidere
Cary Criver
TEV
Moise MO
Liberty
Funk
Leia
Brian Meagher
Sal
Bay City
Michigan
Man
Beast
San Bernardino
Calif
Sen. Kennedy Campaign
Cook County
Downstate
Men
Ban Lon Sox
Koratron Permanent Press
Turtlenecks
Carp
Nen
Wauponsee St
Ill
Melvin Danielson
FE. L. (Butch) Olson and Son
Wes Chapman
Jim Stine
Liberty St
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