Senator's Wife Emily Taft Douglas to Speak in Morris
Mrs. Emily Taft Douglas wife of Illinois Senator visits Morris next Tuesday to speak at 8 p.m. at the V F W Hall The Grundy County Women’s organization sponsors the free public event Refreshments follow The speaker a former Congresswoman at large and author of Remember the Ladies and Appleseed Farm heads a distinguished career with UNRRA UNESCO and Broadway credits. Mrs John Dullard presides.
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Emily Taft) Douglas
U. S
Illinois
Morris
V.F.W. Hall
Grundy County
Congress
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
South Pacific
Douglas
Europe
UNRRA
U.S
Unesco
Paris
Lorado Taft
University of Chicago
MacMurray
Lindenwood
America
Johnny Appleseed
John Dullard
Illinois Supreme Court invalidates courthouse expansion law
The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a 1965 law allowing populous counties to build or remodel courthouses without referendums. It reversed a Rockford circuit court bond approval of 5 million dollars. Winnebago County and others were affected as the law was found to exclude too many counties.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Rockford
Winnebago County
Winnebago
DuPage Lake
St. Clair
Madison
Kane
High Court
Bank Open House At New Mazon State Bank Building
The officers and directors invite the public to an open house from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the new bank building located at the corner of North and Depot Streets.
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Mazon State Bank
North and
Depot Sts
Dixon Teen Dies After Harmon Traffic Crash
Miss Marine Joyce aged 16 of Dixon died in a Dixon hospital after sustaining injuries in a Saturday night traffic accident in Harmon. The deadly crash occurred near Harmon and prompted an investigation by local authorities.
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Dixon
Ill
Maurine Joyce
Harmon
Morris Community High coach resigns to take Streator post
Joe Hall, Morris Community High School head football coach, resigned at the board meeting to become assistant coach at Streator. The board also approved staff changes, bids on insurance and construction, and renewed Claude Rose's contract with a $1,175 pay raise to $16,175.
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Joe Hall
Morris Community High School
Claude Rose
McHs Board of Education
MCHS
Rose
Hall
Streator
Hugo Avalos
Elizabeth Trotter
First National Bank
Kenneth Davenport
Lars Fosen
Enger-Mitchell
Ag Department
Olson
Narvick Bros
Narvick
Avalos
Joe Laughary
Frank Kuntz
Henry Smith
Smith
Library Survey Report to Morris Public Library Trustees
A library survey conducted in Morris will be presented at a special Morris Public Library trustees meeting at 8 p.m. in the children's room. Dr. Harold Goldstein of the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library Science, hired in January, will explain the survey findings from the latter part of March.
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Morris
Morris Public Library
Harold Goldstein
Graduate School of Library
University of Illinois
Clarch
Half of Vehicles Fail Mor ris Safety Check
A Voluntary Vehicle Safety Check in Morris saw 201 cars pass, 95 unsafe and 76 in cautious condition. The process, run by 18 investigators with police and volunteers, tests lights, signals, brakes, steering and exhaust in a seven minute drive through a single lane.
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Morris
Paul Powell
County Board of Review to Meet Monday
Grundy County Board of Review will convene Monday in the courthouse to hear complaints on 1966 tax assessments. Supervisor Sorensen says meeting hours will be set then. Taxpayers may file written complaints from June 20 to August 1, limited to the 1966 assessment.
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County Board of Review
Grundy County
Board
Sorensen
Mansfield urges U S China meeting on Viet Nam peace
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield called for a high level U S China face to face between Dean Rusk and Chen Yi to discuss a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam War. He warned the conflict could become U S China driven and argued for direct contact at the highest practicable level. He suggested scope could include Southeast Asian nations and said steps toward peace are essential even if results are limited.
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New York
Mike Mansfield
Dean Rusk
Red China
Chen Yi
Senate
Yeshiva University
Korea
Peking
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Mansfield
China
United States
Geneva
Johnson
Severe Storms Hit Oklahoma and Surrounding Areas
The Associated Press reports severe thunderstorms lashed Oklahoma and parts of Texas and Arkansas with winds up to 70 mph. Oklahoma City saw roof damage felled trees and power outages while lighter storms crossed Missouri to the upper Ohio Valley.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma City
Missouri
Ohio Valley
Weather Outlook and Temperature Report
The U S Weather Bureau says fair and cool tonight with a low near 50. Friday will be fair with a high in the lower 70s. Saturday likely fair and mild. Collins Weather Station reports 75 degrees Wednesday and a 57 low, with 17 inches of rain in the 24 hours to 6 p.m. Wednesday. At 9 a.m. today it was 61 degrees there and 70 degrees by 11:30 a.m. in the Morris district.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris Business District
Eight Satellites On Test Flight Into Space
Cape Kennedy Fla AP eight satellites including seven for military communications between Washington Saigon and other strategic points rode a Titan 3 rocket on a fourth test flight. The craft aimed for a 103 to 21 000 mile transfer orbit forming a jam proof network with ground relays and gravitation stabilized experimental arm tests.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Washington
Saigon
Defense Department
Air Force
U.S. Army
Viet Nam
Distribute Foods Friday Across County Sites
Federal commodities will be distributed at Morris City Hall at 9:35 a.m. Friday and at Mi nooka Fire House 9 a.m. Coal City Village Hall 10:25 a.m. Gardner Farmers Elevator 11 a.m. Braceville Village Hall 11:20 a.m. Call WH 2-3024 or contact township supervisor for eligibility information.
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Morris City Hall
Minooka
Coal City Village Hall
Gardner Farmers Elevator
Braceville Village Hall
Fear Six Died In Wreck Of Missing Plane
A private Piper Comanche carrying six people including Rev Hal Sheriff and family members disappeared Wednesday after leaving Cedar Rapids bound for Decatur. Searchers located wreckage near Alexis Illinois in a boggy cornfield with no survivors among three adults and three children.
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Fear
Rock Island
Ill
Alexis
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Decatur
Illinois State
Hal Sheriff
Methodist Church
Blue Mound
Virginia
Hali
Joanna Wulfsberg
Wulfsberg
James Becket
Buddhists Burn U S Car In Saigon Amid Hue Crisis
In Saigon Buddhist demonstrators firebomb an American car near the Buddhist Institute as Premier Ky tightens the Hue curfew and sends 500 paratroopers plus 600 police to back riot squads. In Hue fighting leaves at least one dissident dead and several wounded as government forces seize key points. Marines defend Chu Lai hill amid a five hour stand against Viet Cong forces of about 250 with heavy casualties on both sides. U S jets mount renewed bombing of North Vietnam with 66 missions and 265 planes shot down overall.
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Saigon
Hue
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
1St Division
Buddhist Institute
Chu Lai
Jimmie Howard
San Diego
Calif
North
Viet Nam
Perfume River
Bu Ky
Two Held in Iowa on Coal City Thefts
Two men charged with thefts from Charles O'Brien and Son Construction Co. and Perona Chevrolet are held in Muscatine Iowa. Sheriff Olson and Deputy Coleman head to Grundy County to return them. Puckett is accused of taking a 1966 Chevrolet pickup from Perona Used Car lot on May 27 and Perry of stealing a 1964 Chevrolet. Perry also faces a separate Morris theft of $150 in tools. Bail for both is $5,000. another count also carries $5,000 bail.
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Charles O’brien
Perry
Charles
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