Ravinia Festival Brings World Class Music Near Chicago
Ravinia Park in Highland Park hosts an eight week 1966 season featuring the Chicago Symphony under Seiji Ozawa, plus jazz folk and the New York City Ballet. Highlights include Van Cliburn and Peter Serkin with programs for all ages in a park setting with picnic areas and affordable admission.
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Draft Deferment Test Set For June 24
About 160000 students are expected to take the Selective Service draft deferment college test on June 24. Science Research Associates conducts the tests for the Selective Service System. The makeup test is for youths who applied by June 1 and did not take tests on May 14 May 21 and June 3.
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Science Research Associates
Weekend TV Schedule Snapshot From 1960s Listing
A dense roster of Saturday and Sunday broadcasts shows a full TV lineup with programs across networks. Highlights include Gunsmoke and Naked City on Saturday night and The Honeymooners and Perry Mason in prime time on Sunday.
Grain Quotations and Market Notes From Wednesday’s Snapshot
Grain quotations show cash values and futures trends with modest gains. Prices listed include corn beans and wheat for traders and buyers tracking daily market movement.
Stravinsky Cancelled Paris Engagements At 83
Igor Stravinsky, the Russian born composer conductor, canceled engagements in Paris due to a grippe. He will turn 84 on Saturday and his recording company announced the illness Friday.
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Igor Stravinsky
Turning Back the Pages of the Morris Daily Herald
One year ago more than 500 people paid tribute to Rev. Harold M. Kelley pastor of the First Methodist Church during an open house farewell at the church. Also noted were a diesel farm tractor stuck in a ditch near Mazon and work on Stratton State Park launching ramp.
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First Methodist Church
Mazon
Stratton State Park
Morris band program to start next week
Floyd B. Wilson announced that Morris summer band program sponsored by band parents will begin next week. Ten years ago Carson DeJarnett Donald Matteson Ray LeRette and Larry Larson returned from Nippon Lake fishing trip in Canada.
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Donald Matteson
Ray LeRette
Larry Larson
Nippon Lake
Canada
Morris
Floyd B. Wilson
Han
Dear Ann Landers Tips on Teen Style Rebellions
Readers share worries about a 14 year old who wears skin tight thigh high skirts, bold hair and oversized sunglasses. Ann Landers warns parents to draw the line, stressing responsibility over trends and urging firm boundaries.
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Lois
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Today in History June 18 1966 Associated Press
On this date in 1812 Congress declared war on Britain over interference with American ships. Napoleon defeated at Waterloo in 1815. Great Northern Railroad opened in 1895. Hitler and Mussolini met in 1940 to draft a French armistice. Churchill visited the U S in 1942 for talks with F D Roosevelt. Truman authorized veterans medical care improvements in 1946. Strasbourg to Paris train derailed in 1955. Titan 3 rocket launched from Cape Kennedy in 1965 with record payload.
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Napoleon
Waterloo
Great Northern
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Winston Churchill
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dmitri Shepilov
Egypt
Nasser
Aswan High Dam
Nile River
Strasbourg
Paris
Air Force
Cape Kennedy
Fla
2 403 Pounds of Food Distributed
During the June distribution of Federal Donated Commodities in Grundy County on Friday morning, 192 people received 58 cases of food totaling 2 403 pounds. The breakdown lists peas margarine corn meal milk flour shortening peas rice rolled wheat and 190 cans of meat. Distribution classified under general assistance aid to dependent children old age assistance disability and surplus commodities per Mrs Mary Vismara county superintendent of public aid.
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Grundy County
Mary Vismara
Public Aid
Six French divers live three weeks on ocean floor
Six French divers have lived and worked on the ocean floor for three weeks without surfacing. The project tests long term underwater living and research methods likely conducted in a submerged habitat.
Daily Crossword Across Clues Echo Classic Grid
A quirky clue list presents standard crossword prompts across many categories. It includes location hints such as South African province and Buffalo, plus common crossword entries like monogram and divergence clues. Cross-reference with grid for accurate fills and theme connections.
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