Sukarno. a hero with weak power in Indonesia turmoil
President Sukarno remains a hero yet lacks real authority as Indonesia contends with political and economic chaos. Lt. Gen. Suharto, the army commander, holds the practical power after March shifts, while Sukarno risks becoming a mere figurehead despite a conciliatory speech to the new Congress.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Provisional People’s Consultative Congress
Provisional Congress
Suharto
Rockford Woman Abducted beaten by Stranger
Sanford Norman Harris 43 of Rockford is held on 100000 bond in Winnebago County Jail on aggravated kidnapping charges for abducting and beating Charlene Kay O'Brien 27 mother of three. She survived after slipping from a coma to recount the attack at a shopping center and a later drive to a farm field.
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Rockford, Ill
Winnebago County
Rockford
Sanford Norman Harris
Charlene Kay O’brien
St. Anthony’s Hospital
O’brien
Weather outlook: warm, sunny days ahead with heat
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair and warm conditions tonight with lows in the low 70s. Friday will be sunny and hot with highs in the low 90s. Saturday looks partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers by evening and continued heat. Collins Weather Station logged 91 degrees on Wednesday, with a 65 degree low. Today at 9 am Morris station was 76 and at noon downtown Morris hit 88.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Army Reports Breakthrough On Malaria
Army medical researchers announce a major malaria breakthrough with the DDS drug, aiming to cut cases by half and shorten recovery. The pill, approved by the armed forces epidemiological board and FDA, would be used by troops in danger zones in Viet Nam, with stockpiles already on hand.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Surgeon General's Office
U.S
Armed Forces Epidemiological Board
Food and Drug Administration
Walter Reed Hospital
Army Institute of Research
Army
Highlands
License Revoked for Donald J Freeman
The driver's license of Donald J Freeman of 102 W Washington St was revoked by the Secretary of State Paul Powell for driving while intoxicated.
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Donald J. Freeman
Washington St
Paul Powell
Lions Donate Large Print Books at Morris Public Library
The Morris Lions Club and local donors funded and arranged a 20 volume large print collection for readers with vision difficulties at Morris Public Library. Books include The Scarlet Letter, Lord Jim, Profiles in Courage and more, displayed on a publisher rack with two week loans and no rental fee.
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Morris Public Library
Morris Lions Club
Robert T. Williamson
The
Lions
Roy H. Hamburger
Lions Committee
Morris Lions. Club
Gordon Gregg
Lbrarian
Shakespeare
Hawthorne
Twain
Lord Jim
Joseph Conrad
John F. Kennedy
Nathaniel Hawthorne
England
United States
Keith Jennison
American Library Association
Library of Congress
National Council On Aging
National Foundation For the Blind
American Optometric Association
Foundation For the Visually Handicapped
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
American Association of Instruction of the Blind
Marjorie Kanan Rawlings
Kathryn’ Forbes
Eben Frome
Edith Wharton
Dorothy L. Sayers
Jack London
Mark Twain
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stephen Crane
Zane Grey
H. A. Overstreet
Charley
John Steinbeck
Rose Wilder Lane
Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
Father
Clarence Day
Constance Rourke
William Shakespeare
Mozart
Marcia Davenport
Grass Fire Near Vine Street Ended Quickley
Morris Fire Department responded around 11 a.m. to a grass fire along railroad tracks on Vine St. No damage was reported.
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Morris Fire Department
Vine St
New York mayor cancels dinner for King Faisal after insult claim
Mayor John Lindsay canceled a dinner for King Faisal amid Jewish anger over Faisal's remark that Jews support Israel. Lindsay said it would not be feasible to proceed and may reconsider an official reception. Rusk was consulted and no greeting or meeting with the king is planned at this time.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Israel
Lindsay
Woody Klein
Klein
Blumenthal
Metropolitan Museum of Art
George Blumenthal
Seymour Halpern
Rn.y
United States
Police Chief Says No Update On River Bridge Car Crash
Police Chief Donald Ward could not report details of a noon accident on the river bridge at 12 45 p m Only one party filed an official report and he would release information after the second party contacted police Ward was not at the scene and had no further details.
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Donald Ward
Ward
Explosion and gunfire mark Mississippi march to register voters
In Canton Mississippi a bomb exploded near civil rights headquarters and a white man was shot as part of the voter registration march. Civil rights leaders plan a Philadelphia rally amid court petitions for protection and federal injunctions. James Meredith, leading the march, was to join Canton with plans to continue toward Jackson.
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Benton
Miss
Canton
Dan Thompson
C. O. Chinn
Thompson
Philadelphia
Partment
James H. Meredith
Meredith
Memphis
Tenn
Jackson
Grundy County 4-H Members to Washington Citizenship Trip
Eighteen Grundy County 4-H members form part of a 42 youth delegation for a Washington trip August 13 to 21. The group will visit landmarks such as the National Cathedral Arlington Cemetery Mount Vernon Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials and participate in citizenship discussions. They will tour the USDA State Department White House Library of Congress and join peers from Mercer Rock Island and McHenry counties.
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Grundy County
Washington, D. C
National Cathedral
Arlington Cemetery
Mount Vernon
Lincoln
Jefferson
4-H’ers
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department of State
White House
Library of
Congress
4-H
National 4- Hi
Doris Curtis
G. W. Stone
University of Ilinois
Dale Burkhart
Rickie Fieldman
Roy Boklander
Robert Pogliano
Francis Schmidt
Buddy Harper
Christine Wills
Katheen Pogliano
Susan Powell
Roth Raenes
Donna Wollgast
Kathleen Boss
Mary Holler
Nina Harford
Emily Gantzert
James Henke
Sandra Wollgast
Jane Gilchrist
Past Employe Accuses Dodd of Campaign Misconduct
James P. Boyd Jr. testified before the Senate Ethics Committee alleging that Thomas J. Dodd misappropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds. He cited December 1964 news reports on Dodd's re election campaign and Klein’s involvement as a turning point in his view of Dodd's finances.
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Washington
James P. Boyd Jr
Thomas J. Dodd
Boyd
Senate Ethics Committee
Connecticut
Democrat
Dodd
Julius’ Klein
Bipartisan Committee
James B. Pearson
R-Kan
Klein
Form Lifesaving Classes Begin At Morris Pool
More than 500 people signed up for American Red Cross swimming lessons at Morris swimming pool. Six instructors will conduct half hour classes daily for six weeks starting Tuesday at 9 a.m. There is no lesson charge, only pool admission. Junior course requires 12 years old, senior course 16. Contact Miss Kathie Hutchins at WH 2-2409 for those unavailable Monday night.
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Morris Swimming Pool
American Red Cross
Kathie Hutchins
Viet Nam's First Army Back in Action
South Viet Nam's 1st Army Division ends three days of fighting near the northern frontier. The operation leaves 319 Communists dead, 96 captured, and 68 weapons seized. U.S. advisers call it a major government victory.
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Viet Nam
Saigon
South Viet Nam
1St Army
North Viet Nam
U.S
Maj
N. E. Andersen
Cranston
R.I
Wisconsin Illinois tax pact ends border sales tension
Illinois and Wisconsin will collect each other’s sales taxes for cross border purchases. Illinois Director of Revenue Marshall Korshak and Wisconsin Commissioner James Morgan announced the reciprocal plan in Madison. Illinois retailers will collect Wisconsin’s 3 percent tax and Wisconsin retailers will collect Illinois’ 3 percent tax to be sent to the respective states. Chicago buyers pay an extra 1 percent municipal tax.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Marshall Korshak
James Morgan
Korshak
Morgan
Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Kentucky
Power outage hits Morris area after substation fire
A connector at a west Morris substation burned out causing a power failure at 9 07 p m lasting 53 minutes Areas affected include the 100 block of W Washington St Morris Country Club part of Hi Park subdivision and surrounding areas
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Morris
Nettle St
Fremont Ave
W. Washington St
Morris Country Club
Hi-Park Subdivision
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