Ruling Due on Constitutional Convention
Sangamon County Circuit Court expected to rule Friday on the legality of plans for a state constitutional convention set for December 8. Attorney James Otis argued the case for the plaintiffs while Frank McGarr defended the General Assembly.
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Springfield
Ill
Sangamon County
Illinois Supreme Court
Paul Verticchio
James Otis
Chicago
General Assembly
Frank McGarr
Illinois Attorney General
Senate
McGarr
Otis
Stock Market Rebounds After Morning Lows On 1969 Rally
New York shares recovered from a downbeat session as the Dow rose about 4.8 points near midday to 897.36, aided by gains in big blocks like J Ray McDermott Reynolds Tobacco Loew's Theatres and SCM. Advances led declines as utilities and several sectors climbed while aircrafts and tobaccos fell.
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New York
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
J. Ray Mce-Dermott
Reynolds Tobacco
Loew’s Theatres
SCM
American Telephone
Butter and Eggs Prices Reported by Chicago Market
Chicago Mercantile Exchange shows wholesale butter prices with EN score AA 6714 and other grades. Egg wholesale prices list Grade A whites 334, mediums 2612, standards 30, reflecting current trading levels in Chicago markets.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
East St Louis Schools Avoid Strike With New Teacher Contract
East St Louis Public schools will open this fall after the Board of Education and Local 1220 of the American Federation of Teachers ratified a contract. The deal provides 65 percent of state aid above 950000 to teachers and 35 percent to nonunion staff. Previous strikes had delayed openings for two years.
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East ST. Louis
Board of Education
Obituary for Alma L Heath 73 of Morris Illinois
Alma L Heath 73 of Morris Illinois died Thursday evening at Morris Hospital born October 31 1895 in Morris daughter of Alfred and Mary Watson Robinson married July 17 1919 in Chicago to George Heath she helped in the Heath Greenhouse member of St Thomas Episcopal Church and VFW Auxiliary survived by husband daughters Mary Jane Clampitt Alma Sparrow sons George A John and Donald 14 grandchildren 3 great grandchildren two sisters and several relatives services 2 30 pm Saturday at St Thomas Episcopal Church burial Sample Cemetery friends may call at Davis Funeral Home memorial gifts to church or Morris Robert Ollerman noted.
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George
Alma L.) Heath
E. Jackson Sr
Morris Hospital
Morris
Alfred
Mary Watson Robinson
George Heath
Chicago
Heath
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
VFW
Mary Jane Clampitt
Sample Cemetery
Davis Funeral Home
Henry C. Morel 81 of Serena dies at home
Henry C Morel 81 of Serena died Thursday at his Serena home Born March 5 1888 in France he married Nellie Coquellin in 1963 He worked in local stores chaired town posts and owned interests Surviving are his wife two sisters three brothers a stepson a stepdaughter and six grandchildren Visitation Sunday with Masonic Rites Funeral Monday at Serena Methodist Church Burial in Leland Cemetery Graveside rites by Sheridan LaVerne Anderson Legion Post
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Henry C. Morel
Serena
France
Nellie Coquellin
Masonic Lodge of
Sheridan
Alfred
Helen) Schiedecker
Charles
Emma) Cross
Ottawa
Ernest G
Leland
Emil G
Kingston
Louis E
Sun Valley
Calif
Jenny Cochlin
Lula Jones
Mary Long
Rose Morel
Larson-Gabel
Serena Methodist Church
Lowell Allen
LeRoy Klemm
Leland Cemetery
Sheridan LaVerne Anderson Legion Post
Paul Ollerman 74 Morris resident dies after long illness
Paul R. Ollerman 74 of 942 E Jackson St Morris dies at noon Thursday at home after a long illness. Born September 18 1894 he was a U S Army infantry veteran of World War I. He married Helen Troyk in Chicago on June 12 1918 and moved to Morris in 1935. He worked at Self Locking Corp until 1956 and was a former American Legion member. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call after 3 pm today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul R. Ollerman
E. Jackson St
Finland Chapel
Norval Wigtil
Evergreen Cemetery
William and
Pauline Scheuneman Ollerman
Chicago
U.S. Army Infantry
Helen Troyk
Morris
Self Locking Corp
American Legion
Funeral services for John W. Kien
Funeral services for John W. Kien aged 55 will be held at 9 30 a.m. Saturday at the Frnland Chapel with Rev James Kinzig officiating. Burial follows at Mt Carmel Cemetery. He died Thursday morning and is survived by two sons four sisters and two brothers. He was born January 15 1914 in Morris and served in the U S Army in World War II. He worked as a painter in Morris after the war and had retired due to ill health.
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John W. Kien
Liberty St
Frnland Chapel
James Kinzig
Mt. Carmel
Frnland Funeral Home
Kien
Morris
John
Mary
Such) Kien
John Wayne
Roger Dale
Anna Nadzielke
Frances Dykier
Chicago
Angeline Bartell
Palatine
Sophie Skibicki
Lake Zurich
Peter
Wisconsin
Steve
Mrs Ely Daugherty dies at 63 in Morris Hospital
Mrs Ely Daugherty 63 of rural Mazon died Thursday night at Morris Hospital. Born November 28 1907 in Du Page County daughter of the late John and Sarah Ziegler she married Ely Daugherty in 1939 at Joliet. Funeral 11 am Monday at Davis Funeral Home Morris with Rev Michael Hurt officiating burial Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday morning through service time.
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Ely
Ann) Daugherty
Mazon
Morris Hospital
John
Sarah Oram Ziegler
du Page County
Ely Daugherty
Joliet
Harry
Ethel) Hafka
New Lenox
Leonard
Nellie) Beallis
Lockport
Robert
Gertrude) Lynn
Nora) Anderson
Morris
William Ziegler
Albert Ziegler
California
Davis Funeral Home
Michael Hurt
Evergreen Cemetery
Emery B Wise Funeral Rites Held at Davis Home
Funeral services for Emery B Wise conducted at 10 30 a m at Davis Funeral Home with Rev Harry J Naden officiating. Morgan Tambling sang, Mrs James Small played organ. Burial followed at Evergreen Cemetery with honorary pallbearers and pallbearers listed. Cedar Lodge AF & AM No 124 oversaw Masonic rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery B. Wise
Davis Funeral Home
Harry J. Naden
Morgan Tambling
James Small
Evergreen Cemetery
William Nelson
John Nelson
John Carr
Richard de Atley
Donald de Atley
Ralph Lee
Richard de Pung
Tony Hayse
Henry Hayse
Russell Challey
George Lambros
Noah Morris
Cedar Lodge
AF & AM No. 124
Funeral services for Miss Marie Larson described
Funeral services for Miss Marie Larson were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the West Lisbon Lutheran Church with the Rev. Julius Masted officiating. Soloist was Mrs. Clarence W. Ness and organist was Mrs. Harvey Larson. Burial was in a local cemetery.
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Marie Larson
West Lisbon Lutheran Church
Julius Masted
Clarence W. Ness
Harvey Larson
Spy boat battle yields mixed reports of capture
Thirty to fifteen killed efforts to raise the vessel continued. South Korean casualties were denied. An earlier report claimed a 75 foot four engine boat was captured but later reports said the Koreans abandoned the sinking craft after counting about a dozen bodies aboard. North Korean weapons and eight automatic rifles were found aboard. Kim 38 of Haeju North Korea was identified as a liaison in the Communist party on an espionage mission in South Korea.
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Kim 38
Haeju
North Korea
Communist Party
South Korea
Soviet recognize Viet Cong provisional government
The Soviet Union announced recognition of the Viet Cong's provisional revolutionary government in South Vietnam. Premier Kosygin met Dang Quang Minh in Moscow to convey the recognition. Earlier, Poland East Germany Congo (Brazzaville) and others joined, with North Korea Cuba and Algeria also listed as recognizers.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
South Vietnam
Tass
Alexei Kosygin
Dang Quang Minh
National Liberation Front
Poland
East Germany
Congo
Brazzaville
North Korea
Cuba
Algeria
Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery Pallbearers Named
Serving as pallbearers were Marcellus Larson Harvey Rand Maynard Larson Lynn Peterson Claire Peterson Eugene Peterson Alvin Anderson and Glen Larson.
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Lisbon Lutheran Cemetery
Marcellus Larson
Harvey Rand
Maynard Larson
Lynn Peterson
Claire Peterson
Eugene Peterson
Alvin Anderson
Glen Larson
Traffic Court Tickets For Speeding In Multiple Illinois Areas
Elva A Ballard 46 of Decatur paid 10 with 5 costs for speeding 40 in a 30 mph zone. Mazon Police Chief William Mount issued the ticket May 23 at Hill and North St. Donald Snodgrass 32 of Springfield paid 20 with 5 costs for improper registration on Illinois 47 May 15. Morris J Burton 21 of Milwaukee paid 20 with 5 costs for 89 in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 55 May 10. Thorton Boyd of Chicago paid 20 with 5 costs for 88 in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 55 May 11. Dennis Donnelland 50 of Libertyville paid 21 with 10 costs for 91 in a 70 mph zone on Interstate 55.
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Elva A. Ballard
Decatur
Mazon
William Mount
Hill and North St
Donald Snodgrass
Springfield
Joseph A. Hofman
Illinois
Morris J. Burton
Milwaukee
Ken Rinehart
Gardner Road
Thorton Boyd
Chicago
Clyde Marquis
Dennis Donnelland
Libertyville
Ken Smothers
Inmate Awarded $10,000 Damages in Work Injury
Gaylord M. Huggins, a foundry foreman and prisoner at Leavenworth Kansas, won a $10,000 judgment against the federal government for an injury from an unguarded planer in the prison workshop. Judge Becker held the prison must provide a reasonably safe place to work.
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Kansas City
U.S
Leavenworth
Kan
Gaylord M. Huggins
William AH. Becker
Methodists shift control of counseling centers in Illinois
In De Kalb Illinois the Northern Illinois Conference United Methodist Church moved oversight of draft counseling centers from the Board of Christian Social Concerns to its Program Council. Delegates approved the change amid other actions including votes on the Black Manifesto antiballistic missiles and abortion legislation.
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DE Kalb, Ill
Board of Christian Social Concerns
Program Council
Northern Illinois
MCDC
National Black Economic Development Conference
Development Conference
Methodist Conference
Black Methodist Caucus
Flea Diversity Around the Tropics Noted
The report notes about a thousand distinct flea species exist and most inhabit tropical regions.
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Zenith
Liberty
R.cassoscesnecsen
Chicago Cash Grain
E. St. Louis
Prairie Lake
Marseilles
Robert Ollerman
Farnk
Magnavox
E. Jackson
Mrs. Ely Daugherty
Miss Marie Larson
Ernest Sage
Navy
Frank E. Evans
Douglas
Gregory Sage
Reds
V.C
Warland Sales
Methodists
Tropics
Gree A
FOSEN
W. Washington
ALCOA
Dad
Rte
Armstrong St
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