Douglas in Grundy talks on policy and Selma impact
Mrs. Paul Douglas, wife of Illinois senator, praised Democratic domestic policy and the Viet Nam war’s perceived success while citing Marshall Plan and Berlin airlift. She urged continued reform, highlighted Head Start and Job Corps, and urged justice via peaceful evolution after Selma demonstrations.
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Paul Douglas
Illinois
Grundy County
Democratic Women’s Organization
Douglas
China
Viet Nam
Indonesia
Burma
Ghana
Congress
Selma
State Central
Loretta Myers
Selwyn L. Boyer
U.S
Martin Gleason
State Senate
Melvin Phillips
Gordon Kingman Jr
Joseph Parish
Rockford murder convict arrested in kidnapping case
Sanford Norman Harris 43 of Rockford is charged with aggravated kidnapping and held without bond after a tip led police to arrest him for the abduction and beating of Charlene O'Brien, mother of three, near Rockford. O'Brien was found nearly nude in a farm field and later identified details to authorities. Harris, a 1942 Detroit murder convict, had been paroled and moved to Rockford in 1965, with parole violations noted. The case remains under investigation as more details emerge.
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Rockford, Ill
Rockford
Sanford Norman Harris
Winnebago County
Harris
Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Belvidere
Charlene Kay O’brien
O’brien
St. Anthony's Hospital
Michigan Reformatory
Tonia
Illinois
Car Fire Destroys Belongings On Route 47
At 2 p.m. Tuesday the Mazon Fire Department responded five miles south of Mazon on Route 47 to a 1955 Chevrolet fire. Mr and Mrs Royce Smith and their 10 month old son were en route from Escanaba Michigan to Burkburnett Texas when a right rear wheel failure sparked the blaze destroying all packed belongings. A Dwight tow wrecker removed the wrecked vehicle and state police arranged for provisions for the family.
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Mazon
Royce Smith
Burkburnett
Tex
Escanaba
Mich
Dwight
14 Local 4 H Members at State Meeting
Fourteen Grundy County 4-Hers attend the Illinois State 4-H club week at the University of Illinois. Participants include Janet Kulig Jane Baker Ruth Raynes Donna Wollgast Cathie Fioritto Kathleen Pogliano Sandra Erickson Sherry Williams Stephanie Lira Janice Englert and others with Ruth Ragnes and Donna Wollgast in the state chorus. Activities run Tuesday through Friday with workshops tours and a Friday 9 a.m. concert in Assembly Hall. Leaders Mrs. Harry Wollgast and Mrs. Doris Curtis accompany.
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Grundy County
Illinois State
University of Illinois
Harry Wollgast
Gardner
Doris Curtis
Janet Kulig
Morris, Needles and Spoons
Jane Baker
Verona
Mazon Merry Makers
Ruth Raynes
Morris
Hillcrest
Donna Wollgast
Dwight
Cathie Fioritto
Coal City
Coal City Modernettes
Kathleen Pogliano
Wilmington
Gooselake
Sandra Erickson
Mazon
Mazon Will-Do-Wells
Sherry Williams
Vienna
Debbie Wollgast
Stephanie Lira
Janis Berta
Dale Burkhart
Goodfarm Boys
Myrtle Weikum
Gooselake Go Getters
Janice Englert
Seneca
Nettle Creek Agricultural
Ruth Ragnes
Assembly Hall
General Assembly
David D. Henry
Marilyn van Derbur
Orville Bentley
U. of I
Elvan Lloyd
Illinois Farm Youth Exchange
Poland
Keki Bhote
Former Aide Testifies on Dodd Germany Trip and Klein Ties
James P. Boyd Jr. testified before the Senate Ethics Committee that Sen. Thomas J. Dodd traveled to Germany in 1964 after Julius Klein appealed for help in keeping Klein's clients there. Boyd said Dodd stayed at Klein's suite in the Essex House and helped place material in the congressional record, while denying known valuable gifts to the senator.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut Democrat
Germany
Julius Klein
James P. Boyd Jr
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Klein
Boyd
New York City
Chicago
Ethics Committee
Warm and sunny stretch forecast for Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair warm weather tonight with a low near 70. Thursday should stay sunny and hot with highs around 90. Friday looks fair and warm. Collins Weather Station logged highs near 89 and lows near 62 Tuesday, with Morris readings at 76 at 9 am and 86 at noon downtown.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
U S Navy Pilot Downs Soviet MIG Over North Viet Nam
A US Navy pilot, crippled by enemy fire and low on fuel, shot down a Soviet MIG 17 northeast of Hanoi as four Navy F8 Crusaders tangled with four MIG 17s. One Crusader was shot down and a Navy photo-recon plane lost to ground fire. Five American aircraft were lost in 24 hours.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Viet Nam
U.S
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thick Tri Quang
Hue
Central Highlands
South
101St Airborne
1St Cavalry
Tuy Hoa
Highlands
Gunfire erupts as civil rights march meets Philadelphia violence
In Philadelphia Mississippi gunfire erupts between whites and Negroes near the Freedom Democrat headquarters. One white man Stanley Stuart wounded. car hit by buckshot and birdshot. Police seal off area as Mississippi march leaders including Martin Luther King plan return with nonviolent aims.
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Philadelphia
Bruce Latimer
Stanley Stuart
Freedom Democratic Party
Stuart
Highway Patrol
Maynard King
Latimer
Freedom Democrat
Gibson Eakes
Eakes
Yazoo City
Martin Luther King
King
Neshoba County
Meredith
New York
Canton
Miss
Stolen twelve foot boat reported near Pine Bluff Road
Lawrence Kenney reported a twelve foot aluminum boat stolen from Mazon Creek at Pine Bluff Road between noon Sunday and Tuesday evening. The light tan craft bore red markings and was taken from the location.
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Sheriff's Office
Lawrence Kenney
Price St
Kenney
Mazon Creek
Pine Bluff Road
Morris Public Library studied for 11 000 square foot addition
A survey presented to Morris Public Library trustees urges funding for an 11 000 square foot modern building on the current site to serve 15 000 population into 1980. Dr. Harold Goldstein's 38 page report outlines space needs, costs around 265 500 dollars plus equipment and fees, and potential aid from gifts or federal funds.
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Morris Public Library
Harold Goldstein
Graduate School of Library Science
University of Illinois
Goldstein
Myrtle Webster
Willard Jones
Arthur V. Meadors
William Hynds
Robert Macdonald
Eugene Hayes
Price Dean
Frank Condon
John Roth
Gordon Gregg
Grundy County Board of Review Opens First Hearing Day
The Grundy County Board of Review held its first day of hearings Tuesday with Eugene Sorensen noting two complaints filed. The board will meet three days weekly through August 1 to review 1966 personal and property tax assessments.
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Grundy County
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Delbert Peterson
Paul Pirello
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Erwin D. Canham
The
Christian Science Monitor
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Carnegie
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