Verona teen wins Illinois State Farmer degree at Urbana
David Roe of Verona awarded the State Farmer degree the highest honor from the Illinois FFA at the Urbana convention. He is a Mazon Township High School senior and Section 8 livestock farming winner, also named National Honor Society president next year.
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Jim McGuan
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Courtesy Corps
Kevin Misener
Don Henderson
Eldon Myers
Severe Weather Panics Illinois With Hail and Tornado Warnings
A severe weather outbreak swept Illinois with funnel clouds, hail, and high winds. A Glen Ellyn woman, Patricia O'Brien, 32, was killed by lightning. a 10-year-old boy was hospitalized after a shock in Maywood. Midway Airport logged 63 mph winds as roofs blew off two buildings and three aircraft overturned. 1.4 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes, a Chicago record. Temperatures eased from the heat with highs in the 70s to 90s across cities.
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Cook County
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Maywood
Midway Airport
Champaign- Urbana
Vandalia
Quad Cities
Peoria
Quincy
Rockford
Springfield
Britain to issue stamp for Chichester world voyage
London on July 24 will release a special 1 shilling 9 pence stamp to honor Sir Francis Chichester for his solo round the world voyage. The design marks the historic feat and is valued at 24 cents.
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Britain
Sir Francis Chichester
Highways Study Seeks Lighting Fix For I 80 Fog Zone
The central Illinois Division of Highways studies traffic guidance along a 10 mile I 80 segment in Grundy and LaSalle Counties near Marseilles after repeated fiery accidents in dense fog. Investigations by multiple agencies follow the Feb 13 ten truck pileup that killed two drivers.
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Springfield
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Cooler weekend forecast from U S Weather Bureau
Cooler weather moved into the area Friday and is expected to stay through Sunday. Highs will reach the 80s with tonight’s low around 68 to 73. Friday's high at Collins Weather Station was 91 with a 69 low and 0.15 inch precipitation by 6 p.m. Friday.
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Illinois House approves near five billion budget package
The Illinois House passed about 5 billion in budget items plus a $400 per pupil foundation aid hike for schools. Rep. John Parkhurst notes the package largely trims Gov. Kerner’s requests and moves to the Senate for review with University of Illinois and Public Aid budgets. The package includes an $898 million education package and a $515 million Mental Health Department budget for the next two years.
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Peoria
Otto Kerner
Senate
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Mental Health Department
Kerner Refuses to Scrap Revenue Tax Plan Sparked by Open Housing Battle
Springfield, Ill. AP. Senate Republicans blocked an open housing bill after a stormy session. The move preserved party lines with Arrington of Evanston among the defections and Peterson of Princeton leading the opposition. The bill returns to committee amid party caucus talk on housing and taxes.
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Evanston
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Naperville
Jack T. Kneupfer
Elmhurst
Joseph Peterson
Princeton
Peterson
Samuel Shapiro
Shapiro
Fowell
Kneupfer
Edward McBroom
Kankakee
Senate Gop
Senate Registration and Miscellany Committee
John Lanigan
Joseph Krasowski
Chicago
Begin Repairs at Railroad Crossing on Division St
Repair and upgrading of the Rock Island crossing on Division St will start at 7:30 a.m. Monday. The project is expected to take about five days. Northbound traffic will be rerouted west on Benton St, north on Liberty St, and east on Buchanan St to Division St. Southbound traffic will follow the same route at the Buchanan St intersection.
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4-H Youths Judge County Livestock Livestock judging trip covers farms
About 60 Grundy County 4-H members toured seven farms for a livestock and dairy judging contest. Judges: Nolan Nelson beef and sheep Ronald Boldt dairy Ron Fink swine. Routes included Verona Gardner Morris Nettle Creek Township and other farms with multiple rings of Angus Holstein Brown Swiss sheep and hogs.
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Hampshire
Milford Jorstad
Nettle Creek Township
Leo Thorsen
Nolan Nelson
Rural
Morris
Ronald Boldt
Seneca
Jim Walsh
Verona
Don Pfeifer
Gardner
Art Hornsby
Robert Stangland
al Pilch
Doris Curtis
Assistant Warden J Wayne Algood Named At Pontiac Penitentiary
Assistant warden J Wayne Algood is named in charge of treatment and rehabilitation at Pontiac State Penitentiary effective July 1. A former warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary and last year director of the Job Corps Center for women in St Louis, his appointment was announced by Illinois public safety director Ross V Randolph.
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Ill
J. Wayne Algood
Pontiac State Penitentiary
Algood
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Job Corps Center For Women
St. Louis
Ross V. Randolph
Illinois Public Safety
Eye Hospital Aid Seeks Funds in Jerusalem
Britain's charitable Order of St. John allocated 28000 to its eye hospital in Old Jerusalem to treat eye casualties during the fighting as control of the city shifted from Jordan to Israel.
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Britain
Order of St. John
Old Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Blood Drive Aims For 200 Pints In Grundy County
An American Red Cross bloodmobile, sponsored by Immaculate Conception Church, visits Kenrick Hall from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m as Grundy County seeks 200 pints to cover hospital needs. Donors must meet age and health rules and may book by filling a Herald blank or calling local numbers.
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Joliet
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Rochester
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Grundy County
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Herald
American Red Cross Bloodmobile
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Kenrick Hall
Morris Hospital
Gerald Bitner
James Christiansen
Faire Borchett
Governor Kerner Defends Tax Plan At Joint Session
Governor Otto Kerner argued to a hastily convened joint session that broadening the state sales tax is preferable to a sales tax increase or income tax. He urged immediate action and rejected alternatives while facing Republican skepticism and opposition from business groups.
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Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Senate
Sen
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Arrington
Film Show at Schools Monday Community Schools Cannot Stand Still
Public invited to a 7 30 p m screening of Community Schools Can't Stand Still in the Morris Savings and Loan auditorium. The unit school subcommittee of the Citizens' Committee oversees the program and members plus other interested persons are invited with no admission fee.
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Citizens’ Committee
Joint Meeting Scheduled by Morris Planning and ZBA
A joint Morris Planning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals meeting is set for 7 30 p m Monday at City Hall members will review planning and zoning items and hear public input on proposed changes.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
City Hall
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