U S Capitol to undergo major marble front renovation
The plan to replace the west front sandstone with a marble face at the U S Capitol won approval. The $34 million, four year project expands outer walls outward and adds 4.5 acres of new space for offices a terrace restaurant and a service area while preserving the building’s historic lines.
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Washington
U.S. Capitol
Capitol Hill
Capitol
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
J. George Stewart
House
Hubert H. Humphrey
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Stewart
Morris teen to join School Band of America European tour
John R. Tibbett Jr., 17, departs from O'Hare for New York to join 129 students and 24 adults on a 1966 SBA European concert tour. The group will perform in eight countries and 16 cities from June 25 to July 25, with Tibbett a cornetist from Morris Community High School.
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John R. Tibbett, Jr
Washington St
School Band of America
United States
New York
Europe
Herald
John R. Tibbett Jr
O’hare International
Chicago
Tibbott
Pan American Airlines
Tibbett
SBA
Riccardo Politz
Munich
Germany
Ettore Speziali
Milan
Italy
Gil Clark
Morris
Brussels
Belgium
New York Life Insurance Company
Commodore Hotel
Kennedy Airport
Pan American
Frankfort
Strasbourg
France
Switzerland
Austria
Luxembourg
England
Dale Wise
MCHS
Five Day Carnival Opens Tuesday in Gould Park
The Morris Fire Department sponsors a five day carnival at Gould Park to raise funds. Marvel Shows will provide rides booths and concessions with a total of 100 in cash prizes Friday and Saturday plus a girl’s and boy’s bike on Saturday. Prices drop for children on Saturday.
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Morris Fire Department
Gould Park
Marvel
Sunny today with warm high in the upper 70s to mid 80s
The forecast runs toward mostly sunny skies with a higher daytime high between 78 and 85. Sunday looks warm with a chance of showers. Collins Weather Station records Friday high 78 and low 54, with 8:30 p.m. reading at 67 degrees.
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Collins Weather Station
Collins Station
Contact With Surveyor Halted Briefly on Moon
Pasadena California AP reports communication with Surveyor I on the moon was halted to conserve battery energy for the long cold lunar night. Scientists fear the batteries may not withstand minus 260 degree cold but expect a reasonable chance of survival until June 29 while the solar panel shadow aids upcoming lunar orbiters filming. The craft operated 14 days 14 hours 14 seconds from launch at Cape Kennedy to shutdown.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor I
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Cape Kennedy
Moon
Extend Hours of Magistrate Court Here
Grundy County magistrate court hours will be extended starting July 5 for traffic and minor cases. The new schedule adds Tuesday afternoons and Friday full days while eliminating Saturday morning sessions in Morris. Chief Judge Howard C. Ryan and Circuit Judges Leonard Hoffman and Walter Dixon signed the order. Magistrate Chester P. Winsor says LaSalle County schedules are unchanged. Coal City village hours remain 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays. Morris courthouse hours begin July 5: Monday and Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday 1 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m. to noon.
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Grundy County
Judicial Circuit
Morris
Howard C. Ryan
Leonard Hoffman
Walter Dixon
Chester P. Winsor
Marseilles
Streator
LaSalle County
Coal City
Armour to Close Kankakee Plant
Armour and Co. announced the closing of its food oils operations in Kankakee Fort Worth and Chattanooga effective Sept. 18. The firm plans to sell the properties while continuing to market branded and commodity oils after the closures.
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Chicago
Armour and Co
Kankakee
Fort Worth
Tex
Chattanooga
Marchers in Greenwood push for voter registration amid threats
In Greenwood Mississippi a rally led by Hosea Williams and Martin Luther King Jr drew about 250 people as white counterprotesters taunted marchers with Confederate symbols and a Ku Klux Klan song. Negro youths were assaulted and guards patrolled the courthouse to deter incidents. The trek continued toward Itta Bena and Winona with King addressing crowds along the route. A poisonous snake was found on a transport truck along the march path.
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Greenwood, Miss
Mississippi
Greenwood
Grenada
A. B. Hammond
Hosea Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Viet Nam
J. Y. Thomas
Plainclothes
Highway Patrol
Williams
Martin Luther King Jr
Winona
Montgomery County
King
Itta Bena
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Miss
Catholic Bishops Given More Power in Vatican Decree
Pope Paul VI issued a global decree expanding bishops powers allowing local adaptations of Church laws without Vatican reference. Only 20 reservations remain to the pope, who retains sole authority over major questions on marriage celibacy and internal religious vows.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Vatican
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Paul
Pope Paul
Two Elephants Caught After Chase Friday
Elephants Kay and Barbara from the Kelly & Miller Brothers circus escaped at O'Hare and led a chase through Franklin Park Schiller Park Stone Park and Cicero. Kay was later chained to a utility pole while Barbara was trapped between two trees after damaging a car and pushing at a house.
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Franklin Park
Ill
Suburbia
O'Hare International
Kay
Barbara
Kelly & Miller Brothers Circus
Hugo
Oklo
Stone Park
Schiller Park
John Mallen
Cicero
Harold Schauer
Schauer
Official Count Due on Monday
Canvassing of the primary election vote will be completed sometime Monday. Final additions and signatures are scheduled to be made then on the voting figures to become official.
Planes Strafed Rebel First Division Near Hue in Viet Nam
Government planes strafed a rebellious column of South Viet Nam’s 1st Division outside Hue as martial law spread in the city. About 2,500 security forces, including 500 marines, were deployed and more than 500 people were arrested. Monks led protests, while a 16-year-old girl attempted self-immolation in the Buddhist Institute compound.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thich Tam Chau
Buddhist Institute
Buddhist Church
Dao Thi Tuyet
Johnson
U.S
Viet Nam
Chau
Sangon
1St Division
Guam
Fines and Supervision Punish Chicago Rioters
More than 40 people arrested during three nights of Puerto Rican neighborhood disturbances in Chicago appeared in Circuit Court. Judge Saul Epton imposed fines up to 100 dollars and six months court supervision. 16 cases were discharged and 11 jury trials granted. Arcelis Cruz, 18, was ordered held to a grand jury for resisting arrest while armed after a shooting incident during the arrest.
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Chicago
Circuit
Saul Epton
Epton
Arcelis Cruz
Cruz
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John R. Tibbott
Armour
Calaveras County
Angels Camp
Ilinois
Ilinois State
William H. Morris
Springfield
Downstate
Robert W. Georgantas
Joliet
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