Residents Discuss Plans for Stine School District
About thirty residents attended a public meeting at Stine School District No. 51 to review potential changes. Morris Grade School District No. 54 superintendent Kenneth Hammer and county superintendent Lilias K Walker outlined options including tuition for seventh and eighth graders at Morris, annexation to Morris district, and interdistrict talks with Hume Woodbury and Opdyke. The session was exploratory with no firm actions, as board president Arthur Leach noted.
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Stine
Kenneth Hammer
Morris
Lillias K. Walker
Pine Bluff
Hume
Woodbury
Opdyke
Arthur Leach
Board of
Eichmann claims he saved 20000 Jews by diverting them to Lodz
Adolf Eichmann told an Israeli court he personally diverted 20,000 Jews to Lodz Poland to avoid extermination. He said only then did he have a choice about their fate, insisting his superiors ordered killings and he merely moved transports.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Lodz
Poland
Gestapo
Israel
Weekend Forecast for Grundy County Cites Mild Temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau predicts pleasant weekend weather for Grundy County with a low in the 50s tonight and a Saturday high in the upper 70s. Sunday looks fair and a bit warmer after a 9 a.m. temperature of 60 degrees and Thursdays low of 52 at Collins Weather station.
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Grundy County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Engineer Killed by Explosion at Melrose Park Plant
George Christianson, 48, a plant engineer, was killed Thursday when a fire extinguisher exploded while he fought a rubbish fire at Grand Sheet Metal Co. in Melrose Park. Christianson lived in Glen Ellyn nearby.
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Chicago
George Christianson
Grand Sheet Metal Co
Melrose Park
Christianson
Glen Ellyn
Driving Classes Begin Monday at Morris Community High
Driving education at Morris Community High School starts Monday in the Industrial Arts building at 8 30 a m with sessions through Friday 8 30 to 11 30 a m A $10 deposit will be refunded after course completion A Thursday evening class runs June 29 from 7 to 9 p m A six hour behind the wheel requirement earns half a high school credit State reimburses most costs for those under 21 Tuition for those over 21 is 30 plus 30 hours of classroom work If needed contact Robert Henkle or Vernon Cornish for details
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Morris Community High School
Dale Steffen
UCL UL Lie Slinvi
Robert Henkle
Vernon Cornish
Manual Labor Ordered for Coal City Juvenile Trio
Three Coal City youths James Super 17 James Emanuelson 16 and John Hartley 16 will perform weekend manual labor in the county courthouse as probation. Arrestees admitted guilt after a note from school authorities implicated them in the April 27 breaking and entering at Mrs Elizabeth Tinman’s home. They must be home at 10 pm on weeknights and will be transported to Morris Friday nights for lodging in the county jail with Saturday work duties. if satisfactory they may be released in six months.
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Morris Pound
Morris
Calhoun Street
Herald
Coal City
Grundy County Court
James Super
James Emanuelson
John Hartley
Edward Wilt
Gerald Bitner
Elizabeth Tinman
August Black
Wilt
Fred
Fritz) Nelson
Kennedy Returns to Duties After Illness
President Kennedy, reportedly feeling fine, rose from his sick bed to host Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda. He posed for photographs and personally bid Ikeda farewell outside the White House as three days of high level talks concluded.
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Washington
Kennedy
Hayato Ikeda
Ikeda
Envoy Accused of Contact With Cuban Leaders
The LA PAZ-Bolivia envoy has urged Cuba to recall Charge D affaires Mauro Garcia Tria na alleging he conspired with communist leaders and allowed meetings at the Cuban embassy in Havana.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Cuba
Mauro Garcia Triana
State to Retain Death Penalty in Illinois
Illinois Senate rejected a six year trial ban on the death penalty with 31 votes against and 25 for. Senator Robert McCarthy argued it could deter crime and provide statistic data, while opponents cited protection for police, humane concerns, and fears of criminals as martyrs. Chicago officials and prison wardens offered mixed positions on abolition.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Senate
Robert McCarthy
D-Lincoln
McCarthy
Michigan
Paul Broyles
Rount Vernon
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Broyles
Sen
Hudson Sours
Peoria
Sours
Arthur Sprague
R-Lagrange
Orlando
Chicago
Orlando Wilson
Joseph Ragen
Stateville
Ross Randolph
Menard
Rabid Animals On Increase Around State
The Department of Conservation cautions the public not to approach wild animals that act unusually and reports of rabid wildlife have increased. William T. Lodge, director, notes several rabid sightings and cattle die from skunk bites in Illinois. Seek medical advice if bitten.
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Department of Conservation
William T. Lodge
Illinois
Coal City Referendum Vote Planned for School Addition
Coal City Township High School district residents vote Saturday noon to seven for a 115000 bond to add four classrooms and a library and to fund equipment. Four precinct voting sites: Coal City High School, Eileen village hall, Carbon Hill village hall, and Diamond village hall.
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Coal City
Coal City Township
Eileen
Carbon Hill
Diamond
Village of Diamond
Diamond Village Hall
Grundy County Farm Committee Sets Community Election Dates
Frank J. Barr announces Grundy ASC County committee plans for this year s community committeemen election. Voters are farm owners in Grundy county with one vote per producer and meetings begin at 8 p m on July dates at listed community locations including Nettle Creek Erienna Braceville Goodfarm Mazon Garfield Greenfield Gard ner Norman Vienna Aux Sable Minooka Goose Lake Felix Highland Kinsman Wauponsee and Saratoga town houses and halls.
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Frank J. Barr
Grundy
ASC
Grundy County
County
Nettle Creek
Erienna
Braceville
Maine
Adams School
Goodfarm
Mazon
Garfield — Greenfield
Legion Hall
Gardner
Norman
Vienna
Verona
Aux Sable
Minooka
Goose Lake
Felix
Holderman School
Highland
Kinsman Town Hall
Wauponsee
Wauponsee Town Hall
Saratoga
Saratoga Town House
GOP Senate Holds Line Against Sales Tax Rise
In Springfield Illinois Senate Republicans caucus to block a half cent sales tax increase as part of Gov. Kerner budget. The Revenue committee rejected the proposal but Democrats plan to seek a full Senate override next week.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Otto Kerner
Senate Revenue Committee
House
Paul Broyles
Mount Vernon
GOP
Arthur Bidwill
River Forest
House- Senate Conference Committee On Appropriations
Arthur Sprague
R-La- Grange
Sprague
Revenue Committee
Fund Drive Meet Set For Morris Rural Fire District
A Morris rural area committee postpones a public meeting to discuss funds for a water tank truck. The session now will be Monday July 10 at 8 p.m. in the Morris fire station to plan equipment funding for rural fire protection.
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Morris Fire Department
Morris
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