Morris Library Board members renamed to three year terms
Mrs A G Harrison and Dr John B Roth were re appointed to the Morris Public Library board for three years by Mayor Donald Caisley and confirmed by the city council in a routine Monday night meeting. The council discussed park ing meter penalties fines and an offered strip mine property purchase for a future city dump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. G. Harrison
John B. Roth
Morris Public Library Board
Donald Caisley
Carl McElwain
Grundy County Housing
William Cheshareck
Kiersted Street
Caisley
Beach Avenue
Century Royalty Co
Peaboddy Coal Co
State Park
I. and M. Canal
Cemetery Road
Waverly Street
John Nelson
Weather Forecast Promises Thundershowers Across County
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts thundershowers tonight in Grundy county, a forecast accuracy test after several stray days. Temperatures tonight in the sixties, with highs near the high seventies by Wednesday, then partly cloudy with little change on Thursday. Collins Weather Station reports 93 daytime, 71 at night, 80 at 9 a m today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Grundy County
Collins
Supervisors Schedule One-Day June Meeting Actions
Grundy County Board of Supervisors closed all business in a single afternoon session, approving juror lists, authorizing a courthouse incinerator, floor waxing machine, and an audio visual unit for the county nurse. Reappointed TB board members and referred the TB budget to the finance committee. Rain-damaged jail prompted a new roof project for the courthouse and jail committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy
Morris Herald
Jat
Tuberculosis Committee
D. R. Bryant
Mazon
John Roth
Morris
Herman Guiney
Coal City
Tuberculosis Care and Nursing Board
Finance Committee
Sheriff's Office
Youth, 19, Fined for Assault
Charles Stutzki aged 19 of Division Street faced Justice Chester Winsor after Truman Brown accused him of striking Brown's stepson on Saturday evening en route to the swimming pool. Stutzki admitted to scaring the youth and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and ordered to cover medical expenses for a gash needing seven stitches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Chuck’ Stutzki
Division Street
Justice of the Peace
Chester Winsor
Truman Brown
Meadows Circle
Brown
Stutzki
Justice Winsor
Myron Bartlett
Tax Boost Fees Appear To Be On Short End
Republican legislators in the Illinois House facing a half cent sales tax hike concede a losing battle during a public hearing. Gov. Otto Kerner seeks the boost amid administration pressure, with references to prior GOP struggles against a city tax measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Otto Kerner
Harold Widmer
Death by own action Simon shocks Morris crowd at festival
An explosion in Morris downtown features death by own action Simon in a box with dynamite, 92 psi and 14 tons held for 0.03 seconds as part of the Morris Summer Festival. Charles Muffler, festival chairman, calls it the most amazing sight, while Imperial shows proceed and water fights begin at Goold park with 13 teams. Parking advised at Morris high school lots and Union Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Charles
Pete) Muffler
Morris Fire Department
Suicide Simon
Muffler
Simon
Goold Park
Gould Park
Morris High School
Union Street
Damage Suit Starts in Circuit Court
A Grundy County circuit case involves an automobile owned by the plaintiffs loaned along chains of borrowers and destroyed by fire while parked at Seven Gable restaurant on July 1 1959. Plaintiffs Guy L Osmanson Ray H Osmanson Morris dba Hal Osmanson's Garage sue State Automobile Insurance and Insurance Corporation Hartford Fire Insurance Company. Lawyers Dunn and Hayes represent plaintiffs Root and Wilder for defendants State Auto and Peacock and Peacock for Hartford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Gable
Grundy County
Guy L. Osmanson
Ray H. Osmanson
Morris
Hal Osmanson
State Automobile Insurance and Insurance Corporation
Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Insurance Corporation
Dunn and Hayes
Root and Wilder
State Automobile Insurance Co
Peacock and Peacock
Hartford Fire Insur
Feed Grain Acreage Explained in 1961 Program
Frank Barr, chairman of the County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation committee, explains the 1961 feed grain program. Participating farmers have a permitted acreage of corn and grain sorghum based on farm base minus acres diverted in 1961. Farmers should verify totals now to ensure diverted acres meet their expected payments and are used for conservation beyond 1959 and 1960 averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Barr
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Barr
Ancient Drama group to tour Europe and North America
The Piraeus Theater of Ancient Drama led by Dimitri Rondinis will perform Electra by Sophocles and Eumenides by Aeschylus in 30 continental cities across Europe this summer before touring the United States and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Piraeus Theater of Ancient Drama
Europe
United States
Canada
Dimitri Rondinis
Electra
Sophocles
Eumenides
Aeschylus
Tragic Irony In Seven Killings Reported
Two teenagers James Latham and George York claim they carried out seven killings across five states in a bid to escape life, yet the man they thought they killed survived. AWOL from Fort Hood they spoke in Salt Lake City while facing murder charges and expressed desire for the electric chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gus
Texas
Gerald R. York
Jacksonville
Fla
James D. Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Grantsville
Utah
Illinois
Alfred EB. Reed
Litchfield
Martin Drenovac
Granite City
Florida
Tennessee
Kansas
Colorado
NEA Telephone
Salt Lake City
James Douglas Latham
George Ronald York
Salt Lake County
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Tenn
York
Latham
Fort Hood
Minooka Girl in England Finds Time Fleeting
Miss Jean Rushton farm girl from Minooka area joins International Farm Youth Exchange in England. After ten weeks she has lived with four host families in Breconshire and Northamptonshire with rain daily in May. She attended the Young Farmer's clubs AGM in London where the Duke of Edinburgh was elected federation president and met Miss Rushton during a break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Rushton
Minooka
England
International Farm
Miss Rushton
States
William Rushtons
Northamptonshire
Breconshire
Wales
Great Britain
Young Farmer's Clubs
London
Duke of Edinburgh
Federation
Jean
Rushton
Polio patient Kathy Mackay completes eighth grade
In Augusta Kansas Kathy Mackay, crippled by polio, finished the eighth grade at Richard Community School despite missing one day of school. She underwent three surgeries during summer vacations and has worn a leg brace periodically over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Kan
Kathy MacKay
The
Richard Community School
House Fight Expected In Few Days
Senate approves a 6.14 billion housing bill by 64 to 25, boosting Kennedy aims as House floor battle looms. House Rules committee to meet Thursday to clear the measure for next week debate amid disputes over public housing and Treasury financing methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
House Rules Committee
Kennedy
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Sen
Sparkman
Albert Rains
House Banking Committee
Rains
Treasury
Morris Fire Department Fund Drive Set for June 26
Morris community gathering at the fire station outlined plans for a rural district meet and an all-out campaign to raise about 5000 dollars to install a water tank on a newly purchased truck funded by rural district contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Department
Morris Community Fire Department
Morris
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Morris Library Board
Arthur Stinchcomb
Cryer Bryant
Chester P. Winsor
Morris Area
Palm Beach
John F. Kennedy
West Palm Beach
Washington, D. C
Ronald Gates
Dynamite Demon
Edward J. Guidroz
Baton Rouge
Niagara Gorge
Maid of the Mist
Canadian Falls
Horseshoe Falls
By Joe Hall
Marie Latham
Gertrude
New York
London Zoo
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