Judy Garland Dies in London Home After Sudden Illness
London AP reports singer Judy Garland, 47, died Sunday in her London bathroom. Scotland Yard ruled out foul play. autopsy scheduled. Surgeon Dr Phillip Lebon cited cirrhosis and noted she lived on borrowed time. Garland, born Frances Gumm, starred in The Wizard of Oz and endured a career marked by highs and personal struggles.
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London
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Dorothy
Mickey Deans
Scotland Yard
Phillip Lebon
Deans
New York
Gina Dangerfields
Judy
Frances Gumm
Grand Rapids
Minn
George Jessel
Hollywood
Mickey Rooney
Andy Hardy
David Rose
Vincent Minnelli
Sid Luft
Mark Herron
Liza Minnelli
Lorna
Joey Luft
United States
Fred Astaire
Carbon Hill Homecoming Charged With Festivities This Week
The Carbon Hill Homecoming runs Wednesday to Sunday with a parade and fireworks to close. More than 40 000 people are expected as the village board funds sewer and water repairs from carnival side shows and sports. Old Timers Day features a tent and Hoosier State Shows will operate 12 carnival rides on the fairway. Teenage dances occur nightly and a packed schedule lists softball, band concerts, donkey baseball, soccer matches, a parade, pony league baseball, sky divers, machinists versus motors, and a late fireworks finale.
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Carbon Hill
Hoosier
Coal City
Joliet
Chicago
Aurora Germans
Pony League
Coal City Cubs
Sox
Midwest
Joliet Machhnists
Mazon Motors
Braceville Board Approves School Loan Vote Result
Braceville Grade School extension financing advances as voters approve a $95,000 loan repayment plan by 134 to 106. The measure, defeated 1- vote on April 19, funds a six room and all purpose room addition to Braceville Grade School.
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Braceville Board of Education
Illinois School Building Commission
Braceville
Weekend temps hold at 75 with 59 degree lows
The Collins Weather Station recorded 75 high and 59 low with a trace of precipitation. Tonight remains mainly cloudy with a chance of brief showers and upper fifties. Tuesday and beyond show a warming trend with possible showers and highs around 70 to 82. Noon Morris reads 60.
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Collins
Morris
Board Approves Eight County Appointments
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved eight appointments to county committees including Dr. John Roth to the Tuberculosis Committee and Atty. David F. Root and Edwin Burnham to the Planning Commission. Chair pro tem Burl Gonnam announced a list of new election judges for September and noted continued use of current judges for the upcoming primary and November delegate elections. The board accepted a 50 year ordinance from Commonwealth Edison for electrical lighting and referred the tuberculosis care budget to the finance committee.
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Grundy County
Pervisor
Burl Gonnam
Gonnam
Nels P. Nelson
Walter Dixon
James P. Yatuni
Gardner
Commonwealth Edison Company
Three Injured In Accident Near Dwight
A three car crash on U.S. 66 near Dwight at 8 a m Sunday left three people injured. Juanita Naiboch 50 of Peoria sustained a fractured leg and is in fair condition at Morris Hospital. William Naiboch 49, her husband, is not injured. R C Lee 21 of Milwaukee driver of another vehicle is in fair condition under observation. Betty Handford 18 of Milwaukee, a passenger in the Lee car, was treated and released. Naiboch was ticketed for improper lane usage.
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Morris Hospital
U.S
Dwight
Juanita Naiboch
Peoria
William Naiboch
R.C. Lee
Milwaukee
Naibach
Naiboch
Lee McCullough
McCullough
Lee
Betty Handford
Michele
Sandwich Hospital
Osmundson
Newark
Tornadoes Kill 6 in Missouri Area Near Farmington
Six people died and more than 30 were injured in Missouri lead mining belt tornadoes southwest of St. Louis. Among the dead was William F. Betterton a 41 year old Southern Illinois University music professor. Other victims included Roy Pratt and his son Francis and two Herbst brothers. Hospitals treated about 35 people for minor injuries.
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Old Mines
Missouri
St. Louis
Highway Patrol
Southern Illinois University
William F. Betterton
Betterton
U.S. 67
Farmington
Rock Bluff
Kathryn
Roy Pratt
Francis
Pratt
Jacob
Herman Herbst
Ironton
Potosi
Weather Bureau
Kansas
Arrest 23 Youths in Beer Party Case Near Dresden Lock
Twenty three area youths appeared slated for magis trate court next Monday after a beer party on the north bank of the Illinois River at the Dresden Lock around 11 p m Saturday. Charged with disorderly conduct are a list of teenagers and young adults from Minooka Joliet Channahon and Rockdale with sheriff s deputies posting no bond.
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Ilinois
Dresden
Harrison Leland
Minooka
William Kubinski
Joliet
Janice Friant
William Murley
Dale Neushwander
Ronald Fredrick
Michael Faynick
Pat Feeney
John J. Szepelak
Kathleen Kenney
Dale Fishburn
Channahon
Joyce Riley
Carol McDonald
Becky McDonald
Former Resident Killed by Newark
A 12 year old Yorkville girl was injured in a crash on Friday near Newark and two local residents were killed. The remaining details indicate the incident left the girl in serious condition. Local authorities are investigating the fatal crash and identifying those involved.
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Newark
Yorkville
Two Women Die in I 55 Crash Near Wilmington
Two Chicago women Miss Juanita Walz 23 and Miss Suzanne Kirby 25 were killed in a one car crash on Interstate 55 at the Blodgett Road overpass north of Wilmington Will County. The Chevy II left the left lane center median pillar and was demolished with bodies removed after about 45 minutes. Walz copywriter for Hechtman Advertising Co. Chicago will have funeral Tuesday in Ohio Kirby teacher for Chicago Park District summer program to be buried Thursday in Fremont California.
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Chicago
Blodgett Road
Wilmington
Will County
Charles Reeves
Juanita Walz
Arlington Place
Suzanne Kirby
Pauline
Reeves Funeral
Walt
Imwalle
Cincinnati
Ohio
Reeves
Springfield
Miss Walz
Hechtman Advertising Co
Miss Kirby
Fire claims life of Stanley Torkelson in Manhattan blaze
A fatal early morning fire at a State St apartment in Manhattan killed 55 year old Stanley Torkelson who served as a caretaker. Four residents and two firefighters were injured while the blaze, started around 4 23 am, caused extensive damage and required rescue efforts by the Manhattan and East Joliet Fire units. Funeral plans set for Channahon native with ties to Morris.
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Stanley Torkelson
Morris
Manhattan
State St
Village Hall
Robert Childress
Eugene Marsh
Shiela
Kevin
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Robert Borden
Rte. 2
John Fitzgerald
N. State St
Manhattan Fire Department
East Joliet
Will County
James A Blackburn
Torkelson
Blackburn
Blackburn Funeral
Finland
Channahon Methodist Church
David Andrews
Williard Grove
Andrew
Julia Thorson Torkelson
Channahon
Bottino Files for Illinois Constitutional Convention Nod
Louis F. Bottino of Wilmington seeks the Republican nomination in the 41st Senatorial District, covering Grundy and Will counties, with petitions due July 7–11 in Springfield. The convention to revise the state constitution meets December 8 with 116 members and a nonpartisan election on November 18. candidates must file 1000 signatures and may face a September 23 primary if five or more file from a district.
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Louis F. Bottino
Water St
Wilmington
Springfield
Grundy
Will Counties
Gardner
South Wilmington
Bottino
Beloit College
Columbia University
Will County
Reed-Custer
Reed-Custer High School
Lockport High School
Joliet Public Schools
Peotone Unit
Lewis College
Illinois
General Assembly
Snicker-A-Day verses on minority rule and a baby
A short, pointed editorial note cites a baby in the house as a symbol of minority rule. The line uses satirical tone to critique governance dynamics within a household setting.
Swift Action On Motorist Hodges Sentenced In Diamond Crash
Vernon L. Hodges 30 of Wilmington received 60 days in Vandalia magistrate court after a 1:15 a.m. collision on Illinois 113 at Dewey Street in Diamond. Hodges sideswiped Carl W. Pickerill 28 of Joliet driving a 1959 Buick east. Deputy Walter White arrested Hodges and charged leaving the scene, DUI, and no license. Hodges paid 100 plus 10 plus 13 costs for DUI and 40 plus 10 for leaving the scene.
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Vernon L. Hodges
Wilmington
Vandalia
Illinois
Dewey St
Diaemond
Carl W. Pickerill
Joliet
Hodges
Grundy County
Walter White
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Kollsman
Houston Space Center
Carr
Vienna Su
Sandwich Community Hospital
Stephanie Malinowski
Edward Malinowski
Merrill Osmundson
Henry A. Myer
Rte. 1
Utica
Inez
Myer
Kendall County
Forrest Wooley
School Problems Commission
Illinois County Superintendents’ Association
Illinois Education Association
Ilinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
Joliet Junior Chamber of Commerce
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