Jury Deliberations Begin in Spock Antidraft Trial
The jury in the antidraft conspiracy case against Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others retired after closing arguments by Judge Francis Ford. The judge warned no defense for willfully violating religious or moral grounds and instructed the jury to find guilt only if a defendant actively participated in a conspiracy.
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Boston
Benjamin Spock
U.S
Francis J.W. Ford
Ford
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
Michael Ferber
Harvard
Mitchell Goodman
Marcus Raskin
Washington
Asst
U.S. Atty
John Wall
Army
Spock
Wall
House Trims 17.9 Million From Weston Project
The House Appropriations Committee cut 17.9 million from a proposed 25 million to start an atomic research accelerator near Chicago, Weston Illinois. The panel backed 7.1 million for 1969 planning and construction, plus 2.7 million from prior carryover for engineering and design work.
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Washington
Weston
Ill
House Appropriations Committee
Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
Mule Train of Poor Arrested in Georgia
About 120 adults in a 14-wagon mule train of the Poor People’s Campaign were arrested in Douglas County Georgia for taking nonmotorized vehicles on Interstate 20 and for walking on the interstate. Bond was set at 100 dollars. Children were not charged.
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Douglasville
Georgia State Patrol
Poor People’s Campaign
National Guard
Claude Abercrombie
Douglas County
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Atlanta
Georgia 92
Interstate 20
Miss
Seasonal Temperatures Mild In Grundy County
Mild weather continues across Grundy County with high 80s and cooler nights. Collins Weather Station reported Thursday high of 82 and low 61. At 9 am the station read 78 and downtown Morris at 11 am also 78.
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Grundy County
Collins
Morris
Cancer Drive Tops $8,000 in Grundy County Drive
Grundy County's Cancer Crue sade exceeded its 1968 goal by 2668, reaching 8668 for the year. Honorary life memberships were awarded to Mrs. Chester Hunt and Walter Hundt for long service, while officers and volunteers were praised for cancer research outreach and a film on lung cancer.
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Grundy County
Kenneth Allen
Chapin Sr
Crusade
American Cancer Society
Seven Gables
Allen
Chester Hunt
Rte. 2
Walter Hundt
Washington St
Arthur Allaben
Alma
Hundt
Illinois
Robert Hampton
Mazon
Robert Brown
Vine St
Reelec
Ted
Roman Smyk
Coal City
John J. McLaughlin
Joliet
Mor is Planning Commission to discuss multi family FAR
The Moris Planning Commission will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in City Hall to discuss floor area ratio for multiple family dwellings The meeting will consider a report on trailer regulations and related planning issues.
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Moris Planning Commission
Hippies Seek Retreat Near Sugar Loaf Mountain
In Sugar Loaf Colorado hippies set up camps amid the Rockies. John the Freak leads a camp at 8000 feet stirring pancake batter while others prefer lean-tos and tents. Some come to pray for peace and nature, others fear asteroid Icarus might strike. Boulder counts rising hippie numbers and Boulder County sees more drug arrests since last year.
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Sugar Loaf
Colo
John the Freak
Colorado Rockies
California
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Nature
Earth
Boulder
University of Colorado
Boulder County
Idemitsu Maru Sets World Tanker Size Record
The Idemitsu Maru, first ship to pass 200 thousand tons, needs a crew of 52. It tops 209 302 tons and 1 122 feet length, two more crew than the 3 020 ton Gluckauf built in 1885 as a precursor.
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New York
Seek to Link Laborer to Second Murder
Chicago prosecutors seek to tie laborer Joe Henry Norman to a separate murder case as they pursue an indictment for Meader’s death. Norman faces murder charges in Springfield while Ronald D. Coffey is charged in Rockford for Frederick Haye’s death. Meader was found with two neckties around his neck at the Sherman House. Haye’s nude body was found at the Pick-Congress Hotel.
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Chicago
Rockford
James Stamos
L. Sheldon Brown
Circuit Court
Cook County
Grand Jury
Joe Henry Norman
Frederick H. Haye
Ronald D. Coffey
Haye
Norman
Charles R. Meader
Springfield
Illinois Department of Public Health
Meader
Sherman House
Pick-Congress
Engineers Study On 3rd Airport For Chicago
A study on sites for a third major Chicago airport has been completed and sent to Mayor Daley. Four sites were considered including a 27 square mile lake airport with two 15,000 foot runways and a five mile causeway connecting it to the city.
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Daley
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Richard J. Daley
Lake
Tornado Rips Tracy Minnesota Kills Ten
A tornado slammed Tracy Minnesota killing at least 10 people and destroying up to 300 homes. More than a dozen missing and over 20 hospitalized. National Guardsmen and Civil Defense workers led search and cleanup as 72 hospital admissions occurred and town power water and phone service were cut off.
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Tracy, Minn
Tracy
National
Marshall and
Slayton
Guerrilla Kills Reported Amid Saigon Rocket Hunt
In Saigon the U S Army and allied forces killed 26 guerrillas and found 32 enemy rockets during a search of the rocket belt six miles northeast of the capital. Four rockets struck Tan Son Nhut airbase wounding one American and damaging a plane.
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Saigon
U.S
Tan Son Nhut
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Panhandle
Air Force
Navy
Summer Classes Begin at MCHS
Fifty five students start summer sessions at Morris Community High School with 35 in world history and 20 in behind the wheel training. The program runs 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. daily, with field trips planned and three driving classes led by Eisold Kane and Ferguson.
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Morris Community High School
Gerald Eisold
Larry Kane
Eisold
Mazon Creek
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago
Kane
William R. Ferguson
Ferguson
University of Ilinois
Snow flurries fall in Mount Storm West Virginia
Snow flurries moved through Mount Storm throughout Thursday but did not accumulate. The town hosts a Virginia Electric and Power Co power station. Temperatures reached the 80s earlier in the week. Mount Storm sits about 25 miles south of Oakland Maryland at 3600 feet on the Allegheny Front.
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Mount Storm
W.va
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Oakland
Allegheny Front
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