No Survivors In Wreckage Of Air Crash
Three adults and three children died when a private Piper Comanche crashed during a Cedar Rapids to Decatur flight. The Rev Hal Sheriff his wife Virginia and daughter Hali 14 were among the victims. Also killed were Mrs James Beckett and her son William 8 and niece Joanna Wulfsberg 4. Police spotted the wreckage in a corn field near Alexis Illinois after heavy rains.
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Alexis
Ill
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Decatur
Hal Sheriff
Methodist
Blue Mound
Virginia
Hali
Sheriffs
James Beckett
William
Joanna Wulfsberg
Collins Radio Corp
Rock Island
Illinois
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Plane missing after Cedar Rapids departure during storm
The wreckage indicated the plane did not catch fire. Loaded with fuel for five hours, it departed Cedar Rapids around 3 p.m. Wednesday en route to Decatur, a one hour flight. Rented from a Decatur charter service, the craft was last heard near Burlington, Iowa as heavy thundershowers lashed the Mississippi Valley. Civil Air Patrol began search when overdue.
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Cedar Rapids
Decatur
Mississippi Valley
Burlington
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
Seneca Grade School Band to Parade in South Wilmington
The Seneca Grade School Band will perform at 2 p.m. Sunday in the South Wilmington homecoming parade. Band members must wear full uniform and board buses at the high school. Director Roger Rinaldi notes no rehearsal, three carnival tickets per student. Arrival back at about 5 p.m.
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SENECA — _ The_ Seneca
South Wilmington
Roger Rinaldi
Harvard Woman 63 Killed in Illinois 173 Crash
Mrs. Violet Mulligan of Harvard, aged 63, died Thursday night in a vehicle collision on Illinois 173 west of Harvard. The AP report notes she was the lone occupant of the car. She lived in Harvard and the incident is under local authorities.
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Harvard, Ill
Violet Mulligan
Harvard
Illinois
Illinois Interstates Open Soon More Roads to Come
Illinois has completed 883 of 1 630 Interstate miles with more sections to open this year including a new Chain of Rocks bridge over the Mississippi near East St. Louis. I 80 remains partially under construction across the state with gaps near Hazel Crest and Joliet. Contracts on I 74 near Bloomington total about 10 million dollars with 18 3 miles of pavement opening late fall. I 57 from Chicago to Cairo shows 6 6 miles of main line work east of Mattoon and about six miles opening this fall. Completion hinges on federal funds and state appropriations.
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Chicago
Illinois
Francis S. Lorenz
Division of Highways
Mississippi River
East St. Louis
Ill
Chain of Rocks
Moline
Rapids City
Hazel Crest
Joliet
Wheeler Avenue
Des Plaines River
Bloomington
Deer Creek
Lorenz
Cairo
Mattoon
U.S. 45
Illinois 16
Federal Highway Trust Fund
Car Vandalism Reported in Coal City
The Grundy County sheriff's office investigated a vandalized car owned by Mrs. Louis Campo at 160 Irving Street Coal City. Deputy Bob Coleman reported two windows smashed while the car was parked in front of Buzz's Standard Service Station between 10 and 11 30 p m Thursday night.
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Grundy County
South Wilmington man ticketed for driving too fast on county road
John J. Harris age 27 of South Wilmington received a ticket Wednesday for driving too fast for conditions on a county road south of Gardner High School. Gardner Police Chief Roy Christensen issued the citation.
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John J. Harris
South
Wilmington
Gardner High School
Gardner
Roy Christensen
Fatal Northside Fire Kills Two In Chicago
Two people died in an early morning fire at a Northside rooming house apartment. The victims were identified as Karen Yee, 18, and Anthony Barron, 31.
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Chicago
Karen Yee
Anthony Barron
Chronisters Granted Divorce on Cruel Grounds
Janice R Chronister and James V Chronister of Morris receive a divorce on grounds of cruelty in a civil proceeding.
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Janice R. Chronister
James V. Chronister
Morris
Plattville Notes Highlight Church Activities and Graduates
Plattville Lutheran Church Women meet to discuss Cradle Roll and a six year olds membership. Vacation Bible School runs through June 24 with a student concert at 7 30 p.m. June 24. College graduates include Richard Wilson Thomas, Clifford Pensyl and Tom Knudson with related travels and honors. Family Night at the Methodist Church shows work from the vacation church school. William L Southecombe wins a silver Tribune medal at Wheaton College ROTC awards day.
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Lutheran Church Women
Plattville
Bible School
Plattville Lutheran Church
Jesus
Eugene Peterson
Earl Shearer
Evelyn Olson
William Ostroot
Sheila Johnson
Ruth Ragness
Beverly McClintock
William Berg
Edwin Williamson
Richard Wilson Thomas
Charles
Elizabeth) Thomas
Minooka
Purdue University
Wind Cave National Park
Hot Springs
S. D
Clifford G. Pensyl
Earl R. Pensyl
Newark
Elmhurst College
Edith Dahl
Aurora
Robert Krug
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Tex
Peace Corps
Tom Knudson
California State College
Long Beach
Calif
Rasmus
Dorothy) Knudson
Methodist Church
William L. Southecombe
Wheaton College
ROTC
Silver Tribune
Southcombe
Lutherdale Bible Camp
Elkhorn
Wis
W. J. Southcombe
Unusual Heart-Shaped Strawberry Creates Garden Wonder
Otto Hanouw of 428 E Armstrong St reports finding a heart shaped strawberry in his garden on Thursday night. The fruit measures two inches wide and one and three quarters inches long. Hanouw describes it as a climbing overbearing strawberry variety.
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Otto Hanouw
E. Armstrong St
Hanouw
Ruddell Named Acting Superintendent of Chicago House
State Promotion Chicago AP. C William Ruddell 36 superintendent of correctional services for Illinois Youth Commission named acting superintendent of the Chicago House of Correction Thursday.
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Chicago
C. William Ruddell
Illinois Youth Commission
Chicago House of Correction
Steam Engine and Cars Roll Unscheduled 20 Miles
In Gurdaspur India a steam locomotive and three railway cars moved 20 miles after the engineer and fireman left the cab at Dinanagar station. The train stopped near Gurdaspur when its steam exhausted. Golf is described as a global sport with widespread adoption and adaptable terrain.
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Gurdaspur, India
Dinanagar
Gurdaspur
Chou En Lai Starts Romania Visit With Neutrality Praise
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai began an eight day trip to Romania praising the regime's neutrality in Moscow Peking tensions. He avoided direct attack on the Soviet Union while noting Romanian independence and resistance to domination.
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Bucharest
Romania
Chou En-lai
Moscow
Peking
Russia
China
Europe
Chou
Ion Gheorghe Maurer
Venomous Ocean Fish Include Stingrays and Sharks
More than 200 species of ocean fish are known or believed venomous. Among them are stingrays, scorpion fish and certain sharks.
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