Morris Grade School Board hires new teacher for Franklin
Kerner promises a long session as the Morris Grade School Board of Education hires Charles Garrison of Kankakee to teach at Franklin junior high. The board approves student accident insurance at 1.75 a pupil and sets 6 for book rental.
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Charles Garrison
Kankakee
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Garrison
Blackburn College
Carlinville
Higham, Neilson, Whitridge, and
Reid Insurance Company
Barnum Musical Planned With Big Budget and Launch Date
Broadway project on Phineas T. Barnum with producer Alexander H. Cohen assembling a special unit and budgeting 100000 for merchandise. Total musical cost set at 400000 with opening targeted for February 22, 1962.
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New York
Ballyhoo
Phineas T. Barnum
Alexander H. Cohen
Cool Northern and Central State Weather Forecast
Cool weather persisted across the northern and central portions of the state with temperatures dipping into the 40s tonight. Collins Weather Station reported 49 degrees Wednesday night and 52 degrees at 9 am, with a Wednesday high of 66 degrees as a slight warmup is forecast for Friday by the weather bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Harriman Accuses Reds of Laos Cease-Fire Violations
U. S. Ambassador W. Averell Harriman charged two North Vietnamese troop units aided the Padong Laos attack. He said Soviet airlifts to Laotian rebels through Xieng Khouang pressed the cease-fire breach as World War II era tensions played out at the Laos conference.
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George Syvertsen
Geneva
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Viet Nam
Padong
Laos
Harriman
Fareac
Tanne
U. S
Soviet Union
Xieng Khouang
Berlin Peace Talks Urged By Khrushchev This Year
Premier Khrushchev told the Soviet people that a peace settlement in Europe must be achieved this year. He reaffirmed his stance on Germany after Vienna talks with President Kennedy and urged a world war II allies conference to reunify Germany. He suggested six months for West and East Germany to negotiate a settlement including West Berlin.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Europe
Germany
Berlin
Vienna
Kennedy
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Schools Adopt Standard Accounting System in Illinois
Illinois school districts will switch July 1 1961 to a standard double entry accounting system with standard titles and numbers. The move, tied to the National Defense Education Act, will shift duties from district treasurers to superintendents and boards, allowing fund comparisons across districts. Morris Community High will use payroll only for now, with pilots to compare costs after a year and grade schools to adopt Consolidation Accounting.
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Illinois
National Defense Education Act
Illinois General Assembly
Morris Community High School
Dale Steffen
MCHS
Gladys Bright
Kenneth Hammer
Road Contracts Awarded In Illinois 1961 Program
Contracts totaling 1 924 052 for the states 1961 road program were awarded Wednesday by the Illinois Division of Highways at Springfield. Bids were received June 2. Charles O'Brien and Son Construction Co Morris was awarded 7.16 miles of surface treatment on shoulders of Interstate 55 from southwest of Gardner to near the Grundy Will county line for 118 066.
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Illinois Division of Highways
Springfield
Charles O’brien and Son Construction Co
Morris
Gardner
Grundy-Will County
Dresden Lock Tops Lakes to Gulf Traffic in May
The Dresden Island Lock eight miles east of Morris led the Lakes to Gulf Deep Waterway in May with 2,006,024 tons locked through. Peoria and Brandon Road followed with 1,976,935 and 1,859,917 tons respectively, coal and petroleum shipments driving the totals. A total of 2,667 barges passed Dresden Island Lock in May.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Gulf Deep Waterway
U.S. Army Engineer District
Chicago
Peoria
Brandon Road
Dresden
Salvation Army Visitation Scheduled For Morris Area
The Salvation Army truck will visit Morris on Monday for a pickup of used clothing shoes furniture and bedding. Earl Kay local representative announced the drive donors should label packages and the Army will collect from porches or sidewalks rural donors may bring items to Kay Coal yard 401 West Illinois Ave.
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Salvation Army
Morris
Earl Kay
Kay Coal Yard
West
Illinois Ave
Grand Jurors Named for Fall Term by County Board
The County Board of Supervisors announced the fall term grand jurors and supplemental jurors in their June meeting. Names span Highland Vienna Norman Brienna Nettle Creek Good farm Wauponsee Morris Saratoga Garfield Greenfield Maine Braceville Felix Goose Lake Aux Sable with additions such as Patricia Dunn Paul Cooper Doris Severson Eileen Richards Marcella Thorsen Lloyd Johnson Paul Hintz Ear Ryder Helen Hynds Austin Howen Agnes Ragnes Elsie Barr Kate Ferrari Alice Wills Lois Aimone Mary Namchick Ethel Miller James Scerini Dorothy Holsinger Mary Gallinger.
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County Board of Supervisors
Highland
William Rodosky
Vienna
Thomas QO. Starks
Norman
Mary Storey
Brienna
Raymond E. Ferguson
Nettle Creek
Edna E. Ness
Goodfarm
Alvin L. Olsen
Mazon
Russell Baker
Pearl Henderson
Wauponsee
Margaret Claypool
Morris
Roy Helling
E. H. Bingham
Saratoga
Paul Cooper
Doris Severson
Eileen Richards
Marcella Thorsen
Lloyd C. Johnson
Paul Hintz
Ear Ryder
Helen Hynds
Austin Howen
Agnes J. Ragnes
Garfield
Elsie Barr
Greenfield
Kate Ferrari
Maine
Alice Wills
Braceville
Lois M. Aimone
Mary Namchick
Felix
Ethel Miller
James Scerini
Goose Lake
Dorothy E. Holsinger
Aux Sable
Mary E. Gallinger
Grundy County Community Chest Meeting Monday
The Grundy County Community Chest announces its annual meeting Monday at 8 p.m. in the courthouse chaired by Jesse R. Brown. The program includes annual reports and officer elections and welcomes any interested participants.
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Grundy County Community Chest Organization
Court House
Jesse R. Brown
Coal City
City to Enforce Morris Dog Ordinance Monday
Morris enforces the dog ordinance with Donald Welch named as part time pound keeper starting Monday. Impounded dogs go to a city pound near Calhoun street. owners notified if known and may redeem for 2.50 for 24 hours, then 1 per extra 24 hours, with unclaimed dogs destroyed after five days. Dogs on leash or confined pass safe.
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Donald Welch
East Benton St
Welch
S. and M. Canal
Calhoun Street Bridge
City
Coal City Plans June 24 Vote on $115000 School Bond
Coal City Township High School district voters will cast ballots on Saturday June 24 in a special election to approve a 115000 bond to fund extra classrooms and equipment. Superintendent Pete Di Paolo cites rising enrollment and notes Coal City has one of the lowest district tax rates for a school of similar size while listing nearby districts valuations and rates.
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Coal City
Coal City Township
Pete di Paolo
Board of Education
di Paolo
Illinois
Kerner Keeps Ill Legislature In Session For Tax Hike
Gov. Otto Kerner vowed to keep Illinois lawmakers in session until they approve his proposed half cent sales tax increase. He warned at a weekly news conference the bid would last through the summer or the rest of the biennial session. Republicans oppose the plan and the term ends June 30 with no clear path to a special session.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Kerner
GOP
William E. Pollack
Chicago
Cancer Group Raises Four Thousand Ten Dollars Campaign
The Grundy County Cancer Society raised 4010.54 in its latest drive with a 3000 goal. Walter Hundt, president, announced the totals after a noon Wednesday meeting in Mazon. Communities report Morris 2321.09 Verona 66.75 Minooka 117 Gardner 168.75 Braceville 185 South Wilmington 110.05 Coal City 901.90 Mazon 142. Remaining pledges were to be collected.
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Grundy County
Verona
Minooka
Gardner
Braceville
South Wilmington
Coal City
Mazon
Hundt
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Board
Franklin
Kenneth S. Hammer
Willard Olson
Eldon Bethard
Center School
Lincoln
McKinley
Hammer
Stine School
Liberty Street
Lincoln School
Division Street
McKinley School
Toonerville
Boston
Mass
Huntington Avenue
Gromyko
International Control Commission
Commission
Morris Firm
White House
Nguyan Dinh Thuan
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thuan
Diem
University of Chicago
Gardner Township High School
Minooka Township
Mazon Township High School
Coal City Township High School
Pollack
Kernerre
Cancer Group
New York City
Manhattan
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