New Books at Morris Library
Morris Library announces new books in fiction and non fiction. Notable novels include The Horsemen by Joseph Kessel set in Afghanistan and Mount Joy by Daisy Newman detailing a pilgrim journey. Non fiction covers Explorers of the Mississippi and How to Repair Major Appliances with practical guides and historical works.
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Joseph Kessel
Afghanistan
Louise Wilson
Mississippi
Ernest Tricomi
David Ben Gurion
Israel
Minooka Announces Summer Workshops And Programs
Minooka notes announce summer offerings at St Marys Parish with seminary and retreat options for youth. Boys in grades six to eight can join workshops at St Charles Borromeo Seminary in Lockport this week and next. Girls in grades seven and eight attend a day retreat June 25 at the Cenacle in Warrenville. Providence High School hosts a four week day camp July 8 to August 2 for grades five to nine with activities and a contact number 485 2136. A recreation program for men over 18 led by Dave Derick is being organized with volleyball or softball at Minooka High School at 7 pm Monday. The Minooka Masonic Lodge No 528 to confer three third degrees Saturday at 4 pm in the Minooka Temple followed by a ham and roast beef supper for members at 6 pm.
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St. Mary’s Parish
Minooka
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
Lockport
Ted Berst
Cenacle
Warrenville
Providence High School
New Lenox
Dave Derick
Minooka High School
Weekend Guests and Travels In Coal City Notes
Miss Nancy Endrst of Oak Lawn visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. William Endrst. Mr. and Mrs. John Micetich and family left for Greely Colorado to pursue his master's degree at Colorado State College. R E Gubelman and Primo Bellettini visited Cedar Lake Indiana. Ralph Hill Jr and Christina Hill of Plattville stayed with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hill. Leo Clark and family and Mrs. Romeo Togliatti Sr attended the Clark reunion in Lafayett Indiana. Mrs. John Thom Miss Marie Thom and Cynthia Daniels flew to Long Island New York to visit Herbert Thom and family.
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Nancy Endrst
Oaklawn
William Endrst
John Micetich
Greely
Colo
Colorado State College
R. E. Gubelman
Primo Bellettini
A. Nester
Cedar Lake
Ind
Ralph Hill Jr
Christina Lynn Hill
Brown to plead innocent to battery charge
Beverly Hills large: Football star Jimmy Brown says he will plead innocent to a felony battery charge against a peace officer. A hearing was continued to Sept 20 as he plans a Spain movie, and bail rose from 1250 to 10000 due to his travel. A deputy was called to Brown’s apartment June 9 after a disturbance. The model Eva Marie de Bahn Chin, 22, was injured and hospitalized but did not sign a complaint.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Jimmy Brown
Brown
Spain
Eva Marie de Bahn Chin
Loot Recovered In Carbondale Apartment
Carbondale police say a Carbondale apartment held hundreds of burglary loot items from at least five cities in Illinois and Missouri. Cecil Overstreet, 23, was arrested as the loot was recovered. Richard Richman says Overstreet faces theft charges. two more suspects will be charged.
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Carbondale, Ill
Carbondale
Illinois
Missouri
Champaign
Harrisburg
Murphysboro
Ill
Cape Girardeau
Cecil Overstreet
Richard Richman
Jackson County
Overstreet
Jack Hazel
Champaign County
Don A. Stutzman
St. Anne
Hazel
Turquoise Mines At Sarabit El Khadim Unearth Aged Inscriptions
Archaeologists excavate Sarabit el Khadim turquoise mines to study 3500 year old inscriptions. The crude pictures are linked to early forms of writing that influenced the development of the Western alphabet.
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Sarabit el Khadim
Favor Extending Fair Housing to Private Owners
Chicago Mayor Daley proposed an amendment to the city fair housing ordinance to ban discrimination by private owners and impose fines up to 500 dollars. The measure, backed by 14 aldermen, aligns the law with a Supreme Court ruling upholding the 1866 civil rights act granting equal property rights. Daley also urged a separate ordinance enabling police action.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
The
United States
Daley
Supreme Court Upholds Stop and Frisk Ruling
The text notes a Supreme Court decision last week upholding a stop and frisk statute allowing officers to detain and frisk individuals when they reasonably suspect danger. No location or names provided.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Passenger's Body Found After Train Sighting
The body of Mamie Hudson a 48 year old Chicago woman missing since a Illinois Central train arrived in Memphis was found on tracks near Fulton Kentucky. An autopsy was ordered to determine the death cause with railroad investigator Richard Vodka noting the woman apparently fell from the Panama Limited train.
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Memphis, Tenn
Chicago
Ijllinois Central Railroad
Memphis
Fulton
Mamie Hudson
Batesville
Miss
Richard Vodka
Illinois Central
Buckeye Residents Seek Cool Refuge as Heat Surges
In Buckeye and nearby areas residents consider brief trips toward Gila Bend to escape the extreme heat. The day’s temperature spiked to 119 degrees in Buckeye while 117 degrees was recorded in Gila Bend, underscoring the heatwave.
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Buckeye
Ariz
Gila Bend
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