Girl Scout Day Camp Near Dwight Opens With 61 Morris Brownies
Trailways Girl Scout Council opened a Morris county day camp at Gebhard Woods for 61 Morris Brownies and Girl Scouts. Mrs. Robert Yahnke and Mrs. Jacob Vole chaired, with eight councilors, a nurse, and a nursery attendant volunteering. The camp runs June 22 to 24 from 10 am to 4 pm, with a $3.50 fee covering food and milk.
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Trailways Girl Scout Council
Morris Brownies
Girl Scouts
Gebhard Woods
Robert Yahnke
Plainfield
Jacob Vole
Seneca
Ben Bernstein
Morris
Grundy
Kankakee
Will
Lemont
Cook County
LaSalle County
Berserk Gunman Surrenders After 17-Hour Siege
Kenneth E. Adkins, 22, released his hostage, Myra Iren Kennedy, 34, and gave up after a 17 hour standoff in Charleston Illinois. Lawmen planned a tear gas assault but Adkins walked out unarmed after talks with officer Mervin Beil. He blamed Captain Logan Cox for his troubles and wanted a Western style shootout.
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Charleston
Ill
Kenneth E. Adkins
Myra Iren
Kennedy
Paris
White Frame
Mervin Beil
Adkins
Logan Cox
John McCormick
Decatur Herald and Review
Cox
Capt. Cox
McCormick
Hollenbeck plans new 114 lot subdivision near Morris
A subdivision with 114 homesites is planned two and one half miles southeast of Morris along Pine Bluff Road. Forty three lots will be sold now, recorded by Atty James L Peacock. The project known as Hollenbeck's First Addition to Hollenbeck's Subdivision features 12,000 to 15,000 square feet lots with strict protective covenants and utilities.
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Morris
Pine Bluff
Bert Hollenbeck
County Recorder
Atty
James L. Peacock
Peacock and Peacock
Shabbona Gun Club
Morris Fishing Club
Pine Bluff Road
Wauponsee Two
Hollenbeck
Mazon Two Voters Renew Road and Bridge Tax Authority
Voters renewed the township board’s authority to raise the road and bridge tax rate if needed in a special election by 31 to 18. The measure allows raising the rate from .208 to any amount under the state limit of .33 per cent, with five year reviews required.
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Mazon
Department of Revenue
Local Weather Reports Show Mild Temperatures and Scattered Showers
Pleasant conditions with partly cloudy skies tonight and a slight chance of showers. Highs mid 70s expected Wednesday and near 80 by Thursday. Temperatures at Pyatt's station reached 85 Monday, fell to 57 overnight, and stood at 70 this morning. Precipitation measured was 0.1 inch.
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Pyatt
Chicago Milk Strike Ends After Night of Bargaining
Chicago dairy workers reach a contract after an all night session. Local 754 Dairy Employes Union gains a $5 weekly raise in year one and $4 weekly in year two plus unspecified fringe benefits. Inside workers had struck over wages while 5,000 drivers continued deliveries to hospitals and schools.
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Chicago
Uniin
Mimboe
Chicago Milk Wagon Drivers Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Otto Debs
Illinois House Votes to Create Revenue Study Commission
The Illinois House approved a 138 to 2 vote to form a five member from each chamber and five public members interim revenue commission with a $50 000 appropriation to study an amendment to the state constitution s revenue article. Rep T E Clarke led the effort and the panel would report to the next General Assembly while current efforts to amend the revenue article continue with broader proposals and party lines shaping debate.
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Springfield
Illinois House
Revenue Commission
General Assembly
T. E. Clarke
Western Springs
Study Commission
William Pollock
Chicago
House
Pollack
Augustana Lutherans Weigh Fourway Merger to Form New Church
At Hartford 600 delegates discussed a plan to unite Augustana United Lutheran Suomi Synod and American Evangelical Lutheran into a single church with over three million members. The merger could create the largest Lutheran body in America with a constitution convention possible in fall 1961 and operation starting late 1962 or early 1963.
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Hartford
Conn
Augustana Lutheran Church
United States
Augustana
United Lutheran Church In America
Suomi Synod
American Evangelical Lutheran Church
Oscar A. Benson
Minneapolis
Texas judge delays ruling on Earl Long mental case
Gov Earl K Long of Louisiana remains in a Texas mental clinic for at least a week as District Judge L D Godard weighs habeas corpus motions. The sanity hearing is postponed a week amid arguments over testimony and long contested issues with Mrs Long not appearing. Senator Russell Long condemned the postponement while attending the session.
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Galveston
Tex.s
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Texas
L. D. Godard
Long
Godard
Hugh Gibson
Russell Long
D-La
Huey P. Long
Sen. Long
Gov. Long
Mrs. Long
Firm Sues Grundy County Housing Authority Over Damages
Clifford C. Williams Construction Co. sues Grundy county Housing Authority in Grundy County Circuit Court for 10450.08 total damages. Williams claims 9535.60 due for labor and materials on a sanitary and storm sewer system plus 814.48 interest and costs, saying work followed May 14 1957 contract and drawings. The Authority allegedly wanted reconstruction. Williams says defects were from imprudently specified materials by the defendant and its engineers and not due to workmanship, with payment held until a 1958 council resolution.
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Grundy County
Housing Authority
Williams
Surprise meeting between Herter and Gromyko at villa
Western diplomats speculated on new proposals to break the Berlin deadlock or wind up the conference after a secret meeting at Herter’s villa with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko. Lloyd joined Herter earlier as Britain pressed for a summit option despite possible failure.
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U. S
France
Secy
Selwyn Lloyd
London
Lloyd
Gromyko
Berlin
Herter
Selwyn Lioyrd
Britain
A. A. Soldatov
Soviet Foreign Office
Livingston Mer
Chant
Llewellyn Thompson
U.S
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Eisenhower
California Couple and Child Die in Train Crash Near Rte 66
A California theatrical couple Daniel Linnard age 31 and Donna Linnard 26 and their daughter Laura Denise, 4, were killed when their car collided with a New York Central freight train north of Route 17 on Route 66. Linnard died later at Dwight Veterans Hospital. The family was en route to Chicago and New York for summer stock theater engagements.
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California
New York Central
Daniel Linnard
Monterey Park
Calif
Donna
Laura Denise
Chicago
New York
Linnard
Mr. Linnard
Veterans Hospital
Dwight
van Qualen
Joseph Cahill
HL. Follo
Kankakee
Richard Harder
Pontiac District 6
Vernon von Qualen
Livingston County
Morris Summer Recreation fund nets $300 on tag day
Saturday's tag day sales for the Morris Summer Recreation program raised 300 dollars, 125 below last year. Committee chairman John Black noted the shortfall will require expense cuts while thanking participants and supporters. Don Black led contributions with 78.53, followed by Kent Berger 31.67 and Frank Black 28.68, with 22 boys taking part.
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Morris
John Black
Black
Don Black
Kent Berger
Frank Black
Harold Olson
Arthur Winans
Dan Cook
Gary Lyons
Tom Gabel
Jim Carey
Jeff Boss
Darrell Enger
Leonard McNeil
Jay Larson
Don Mulhall
Douglas Enger
Jeff Peterson
Dick Helland
Bill Barr
Dennis Knapp
Tom Black
Gary Cook
John Weppler
Two Panthers Reported Near Bloomington Texas
Sheriff's deputies searched a wooded area about three miles southeast of Bloomington after reports of two panther like animals. Deputies found no trace of wildlife and no injuries were reported. Farmers Charles Denny and J W Stubblefield said they fired several shots at the animals describing one as very dark and about 150 pounds and the other light tan like a cougar.
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Bloomington
Ill
Elmo Poshard
Charles Denny
J. W. Stubblefield
Hawkins Dislocated Shoulder After Phoenix Bandstand Incident
Willie Lee Hawkins of Stops the Music was hospitalized after an incident at a Phoenix bandstand. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and received medical treatment.
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Phoenix
Willie Lee Hawkins
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