Morris in Black Shows $71 272 Net For Year In Morris
The city of Morris reported a $71 272.31 operating surplus for the fiscal year ending April 30 1959 with receipts of $306 300.92 and expenditures of $262 028.61 The audit cited stronger general and water receipts but weaker garbage and library funds plus increases in salaries and several projects The council approved a liquor license transfer ordinance and directed letters to state lawmakers opposing current bills.
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Morris
Ronaldd Evans
Seeley and Evans
Evans
Mrs Martha Hamric Convicted of Forgery in Grundy County
Mrs Martha Hamric of Minooka was convicted of forgery in Grundy County Circuit Court and given a two year suspended sentence with two years probation after pleading guilty. She faced charges for passing a 48 dollar fraudulent check and allegedly wrote checks totaling over 900 dollars. Restitution of 500 dollars was ordered by Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman.
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Martha Hamric
Minooka
Grundy County
Leonard Hoffman
Argentina Crisis Nears Climax as Military Demands Change
Buenos Aires reports growing military move to oust President Frondizi despite Cabinet resignations. Officers threaten a junta unless he enacts sweeping government changes, while Frondizi seeks party talks and potential coalition steps amid ongoing crisis.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Frondizi
Armed Services
Clique
Alfredo Vitolo
Vitolo
Juan Peron
Peron
Fear 13 Die In Norway Hotel Blaze
A fire at the Stalheim resort hotel in Norway destroyed the 99‑room property in two hours. Seven bodies were found, 12 British guests, 4 Swedes, and several Norwegians were among the guests, with about 35 injured and many missing, including Americans, as fire crews fought the flames before dawn. A patron from Georgia discovered the blaze.
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Fear
Norway
Stalheim
Stalheim Resort
Harris Caldwell
Georgia
White House Study Group Meets Today
The Grundy county Education and Educational Programming committee for the 1960 White House Conference on Children and Youth will meet at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the home of Miss Virginia Carper, Grundy county chairman. Chairman Miss Lillias K. Walker is county superintendent of schools. Members include Kenneth Hammer Morris William Reed Mazon Dale Steffen Morris Pete DiPaolo Coal City Leroy Brandt Gardner Wilminton Rex Siron Minooka.
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Grundy County
White House
Virginia Carper
Lillias K. Walker
Kenneth Hammer
Morris
William Reed
Mazon
Dale Steffen
Pete DiPaolo
Coal City
Leroy Brandt
Gardner S. Wilminton
Rex Siron
Minooka
Want Ads Through a Keyhole Furnished Apartment For Rent
Five room house for rent. Boat and trailer for sale. Wanted home for pups. Compact classifieds notice listing available rental and sale items with brief brief items.
Water Fight Night Sparks 10 Fire Departments
Ten fire departments will battle in water fights tonight starting at 6 30 p m on the parking lot south of the swimming pool as part of the Morris Fire Department Summer Festival running through Saturday. Participants include Braceville South Wilmington Yorkville Newark Oswego Lisbon Coal City Reading Two South Streator Mazon and Caterpillar with finals Friday at Gould park area.
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Morris Fire Department
Gould Park
Reading
South Streator
Mazon
Caterpiller
Deputy Finds Stolen Car Quickly in Flagstaff
Sheriff’s Deputy Elmer Dressler acted fast after a 1:45 a.m. report of a car stolen in front of a tavern. By 1:47 he located the abandoned vehicle in a nearby shopping center.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
Elmer Dressler
Dressler
Truck Crashes Into Semi Truck On Route 66 Fatality
John R. Shannon 30 of Franklin Park died at 4 a.m. when his Dry Mix Concrete Co truck smashed into the rear of a Chicago semi trailer five miles north of Gardner on Route 66. Driver John Doyle of Chicago was uninjured. Coroner W. Clark Davis attributed Shannon's death to a broken neck.
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John R. Shannon
N. Sarah Sr
Franklin Park
Dry Mix Concrete Co
Gardner
John Doyle
S. Mongan St
Chicago
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Shannon
Davis
Doyle
Vanek Bros. Trucking Co
Weather Update From Pyatt Station
A pleasant afternoon gave way to a partly cloudy night with a low around 60. Wednesday risks showers with highs in the 80s and more humidity. Thursday stays partly cloudy and warm with temperatures near the upper 70s to 80. Yesterday’s high was 76 and the low 49, with 9 am reading around 70.
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Pyatt
Illinois Senate OKs Outlaw Reds Bill
SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Senate passed a bill making Communist Party membership a felony with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $10 000 fine The measure backed by Sen Paul Zeigler D Carmi aims to stop the Daily Worker publication and would go to the House where earlier anti subversive measures were withdrawn The Korean bonus bill also moved to the House for possible passage in the same session
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Springfield
Illinois
Senate
Paul Zeigler
D-Carmi
House
Zeigler
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Ilinois
Arthur Sprague
R-Lagrange
General Assembly
Assembly
Jazz King Armstrong Hospitalized in Spoleto Italy
Louis Armstrong, 58, was rushed to Spoleto civil hospital after a chest pain and suspected heart attack. Italian doctors diagnosed pneumonia. specialists said the condition is not grave. Armstrong arrived to perform at the Festival of Two Worlds under Gian Carlo Menotti. His wife remained at his side.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Amera
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Armstrong
Filibusters Slow Illinois House Action
In Springfield two filibusters delayed the Illinois House as it neared a June 30 wind up with about 600 bills to act on. Rep. Alan Dixon spurred a two hour session with calls to read bills in full and shouted while Rep. Cornell Davis pressed for full reading of Senate bills. House Democrats advanced a new version of a corporate franchise tax plan and moved an amended Senate bill boosting school aid to 262 dollars per pupil.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Alan Dixon
Belleville
Cornell Davis
Chicago
Senate
Dixon
Paul Powell
Powell
House
General Assembly
House Journal
Donald O'Brien
Davis
Rioting Prisoners Seize Five Guards at Springfield Center
In Missouri, 106 inmates at the U S Medical Center hold five guards hostage after taking over three buildings in the 10 North wing. Authorities report some prisoners are desperate and one is under a 20 year sentence. Gas masks arrive as guards await orders.
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Huell E. Warren
Springfield
U.S. Medical Center
Glenn Hendrix
Russell O. Settle
Highway Patrol
Army
Ft. Leonard Wood
G. W. Richardson
Hendrix
Two Injured In Rte 6 Crash Near Morris
Gerald Murphy 20 of Morris suffered cuts and was to undergo surgery after the car he rode in left the road and struck a culvert on Route 6 east of Morris shortly after 12:30 a.m. He is reported in good condition at St. Josephs hospital Joliet. Passenger Barbara Gustin 16 of Morris was taken to Morris hospital. driver Paul Gooch was released after examination.
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Gerald Murphy
Armstrong St
Morris
Rte. 6
Murphy
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Paul Gooch
E. Jackson St
Morris Hospital
Barbara Gustin
Waverly St
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Colorado
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New Jersey
George Clyde
Utah
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Cecil Underwood
West Virginia
Robert Smylie
Idaho
John Ivey, Jr
New York University
LeRoy Collins
Florida
John Perry
Collins
John Davis
North Dakota
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
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Rte
Clara Achille
Rome
Ambassador Hotel
Geneva
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