Warren Ends Era as Chief Justice Warren Warren Burger Era Beginnings Core Court
The Supreme Court closes its term with Earl Warren retiring after 16 years as chief justice. President Nixon administers the oath for Warren Burger, signaling a shift from Warren’s activist liberal court to Burger’s conservative constitutional approach.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Warren
Warren E. Burger
Nixon
Burger
Minnesota
Senate
Abe Fortas
California
White House
Eisenhower
Warren Court
Conference Rocked by Nazi Party Intervention at Lake Forest
Five members of the American Nazi Party interrupted the first session of a Student Conference on Revolution at Lake Forest College. A Monday-night debate will feature Nazi Midwest coordinator and another member against Ed Butler and a delegate on tyranny left versus tyranny right. Butler opens the conference at 10 a.m. with his book Revolution is My Profession as a handbook for squares mobilizing the silent majority.
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Lake Forest, Ill
Nazi Party
Lake Forest College
Midwest
Ed Butler
Butler
SDS
Freedom
Paylets
Informational Council of the Americas
INCA
New Orleans
Funeral notices for Mrs. Hausken and Mr. Myer
Obituaries record the deaths of Mrs. Clifford Hausken of Morris and Mr. Myer of Utica. Mrs. Hausken is survived by a husband, daughter, siblings and nieces. funeral Tuesday at Newark Lutheran Church with burial in West Lisbon Cemetery. Mr. Myer, born January 27 1898, married Alvilda Johnson in 1918 and farmed in Waltham Township. surviving wife, daughter, grandchildren, great grandchild, and sisters.
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Newark
Myer
Burgess Funeral Home
Utica
Forest Lawn Memory Gardens
LaSalle
Alvilda Johnson
Waltham Township
Farm Bureau
Edmund
Virginia) Flynn
Wilbert
Margaret) Anderson
Mary Knoll
Grand Ridge
Recorder Theft Reported In Morris
James R. Nestler of 812 Benton St. reported an eight track AM FM radio and tape recorder with 17 tapes stolen from his 1964 Tempest sometime before 9 a.m. Saturday after parking near his home at midnight Friday.
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James R. Nestler
Benton St
Morris
Market slides as Dow hovers near 1969 lows
New York stocks fell sharply in active trading as investors priced in tight money and monetary restraint. The Dow Jones average at noon dropped 8.20 to 867.96, extending a prior Friday loss to a new 1969 low of 876.16, with declines across all major indexes and most active issues lower. Occidental Petroleum led the session downward, while the broader market showed widespread weakness on both the New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange.
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New York
Dow Jones
Dow
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Occidental Petroleum
Grain futures prices report for Chicago exchange
Wheat No 2 hard yellow 1.33 and No 2 soft red 1.2912. Corn No 1 yellow 1.31 and No 2 yellow 1.31. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 66. Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.7014. Soybean oil 7.80.
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Chicago
Butter and Egg Prices Reported by Chicago Mercantile Exchange
AP dispatch from Chicago notes wholesale butter buying prices at 93 6714 and 92 67 4 90 65 89 6042 with figures for 90 65 and 89 62. Eggs wholesale prices listed as grade A 33 12, mediums 25 and standards 30.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Three Dry Runs Keep Morris Firemen Busy
Three false alarms kept Morris firefighters busy from Sunday night through early this morning. An alarm at Morris Hospital triggered by a heat and smoke detector shorting out occurred at 10 30 p.m. Sunday. A prank call brought a call to 7482 E Washington St shortly before midnight, and Northwestern Corp reported an automatic alarm at 7 a.m. with no fire found.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Washington St
Northwestern Corp
Antenna Theft Reported At Hornsby Lot
Richard Styner of Rte. 2 told Morris police two antennas were stolen from his car in Hornsby’s parking lot on two separate occasions last week. Police report notes both thefts occurred while the vehicle was parked.
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Richard Styner
Rte. 2
Morris
Styner
Hornsby
Missing plates reported for Tom Noel at 744 Third Ave
Tom Noel of 744 Third Ave reported to police that his license plates were lost somewhere in the city limits on Friday evening. The plate number is 335 442B. Noel filed the report Saturday at 5 45 p.m.
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Tom Noel
Third Ave
Noel
Yorkville Board Hires Two Elementary Teachers
Yorkville District 115 approved contracts for two teachers Mrs Nancy Sommers and Mrs Nan cy Larson for elementary positions at the June board meeting. The board reviewed district business including Kendall County Special Education Cooperative progress mower needs and a student council dress code set for 1969 70.
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Yorkville
Board of Education
Nancy Sommers
Nancy Larson
Kendall County
Leo Anderson
Bristol
Mary Dirst
Yorkville Education Association
C. Robert Ohse
Warrant Issued On Edgar Chaffin For Court Evasion
A warrant was issued for Edgar Chaffin twenty of Markham after he failed to appear in court on a theft charge from February 26. The case involves more than forty dollars in cigarettes taken from the A and P Supermarket in Morris, with co-defendant Dale E. Smith previously fined five hundred dollars plus costs. Chaffin's attorney cited hospitalization in Virginia. the state moved to forfeit bond, then withdrew the motion, with a new hearing scheduled for Friday.
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Edgar Chaffin
Markham
Morris
Chaffin
Dale E. Smith
Blue Island
Jack Downey
Smith
George J. Murtaugh
Chicago
Robert Malmquist
Virginia
Atty Richard Wilder
Murtaugh
Berta Testifies on Public Works Before U.S. Senate and House
Berta IT former chairman of Grundy County Soil and Water Conservation District now superintendent of Illinois Division testifies in Washington before the U.S. Senate and House Appropriations committees on Public Works as Governor Oglivie's representative. Also testifying are Illinois Senators Dirksen and Percy.
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Joseph Berta IT
Grundy County
Battery Charge Against James Rose Reported
James Rose of 721 Douglas Street is free on a 25 dollar bond on a battery charge filed by Robert Button Friday evening. Button told police Rose struck Button’s wife Rose at Shelmar Tap on Bedford Road and then struck Button outside the tavern. Court date set for Thursday.
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James Rose
Douglas St
Robert Button
Button
Rose
Shelmar Tap
Bedford Road
Morris
Morris Police Investigate 3 Accidents This Weekend
Morris police investigated three traffic accidents this weekend. At 7 p.m. Saturday at Wauponsee and Depot streets Charles Vacca 26 of 838 East Main Street left turned into Wauponsee Street in a 1964 Ford colliding with Robert George 1038 Wauponsee Street driving a 1969 Chevrolet Nova. Damage included left front headlight bumper and chrome strip on the Ford and front quarter panel bumper and chrome strip on the Chevrolet. A three car rear end collision occurred at 5 45 p.m. Sunday as Susan Carey 19 of 204 Nettle Street slowed for a left turn off Liberty Street David Helland 17 of 312 East Illinois Avenue followed in a 1964 Ford and was rear ended by Frances Zacha 18 of Depot Street in Mazon driving a 1968 Chevrolet. Helland then collided with Carey. Zacha’s car had headlights fender left side and grill damaged while Helland’s rear end was damaged. Carey’s car had no damage. Sydney Reeve 21 of 445 Mooseheart Drive reported an unknown car struck his unattended 1965 Chevrolet in the I 80 Restaurant parking lot damaging the right front fender and door.
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Charles B. Vacca
E. Main St
Wauponsee St
Ford
Robert C. George
Wauponsee St. George
Vacca
George
Harold Carlson
Susan A. Carey
Nettle St
Liberty St
David A. Helland
E. Illinois Ave
Carey
Helland
Frances M. Zacha
Depot St
Mazon
Miss Carey
Zadia
Sydney D. Reeve
Mooseheart Drive
Disorderly conduct charge filed over Inn parking fight
Harold Rosefsky owner of the Highway Inn Tavern on USS reports Shelly Myers and another man fought in the lot Saturday night. Myers lacks an address. he is to appear in magistrate court Thursday.
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Harold Rosefsky
Highway Inn
Uss. 6
Shelly Myers
Rosefsky
Sheriff’s Police
Myers
Theft charge filed against Thomas M. Wilhelm in gas theft case
Thomas M. Wilhelm, 19, of Mazon, was charged with theft of gasoline Friday. Richard H. Schurman filed the complaint accusing Wilhelm of taking gasoline from Schurman’s auto at Beech and Rod and Gun Club Roads. Court date set for next Monday.
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Thomas M. Wilhelm
Mazon
Richard H. Schurman
Wilhelm
Schurman
Beech and
Rod and Gun Club Rd
Sheriff's Department
Youths Charged With Curfew Violation Face Court
Two area youths aged 15 and 16 were ticketed for curfew violation by Deputy Sheriff Walter White near Dresden Lock after being found in a 1965 Chevrolet late Saturday night. They are to appear in magistrate court Thursday. Named individuals include John Saltzman of Joliet and Dennis Chism of Minooka.
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John Saltzman
Joliet
Dennis Chism
Minooka
Walter White
Dresden Lock
Break Ground for Joint Religious Worship Facility
In Columbia Maryland a ground breaking Sunday marked the start of a new interfaith worship facility serving Catholic Missouri Synod Lutheran American Baptist Unitarian Universalist Jewish and United Methodist Presby terian congregations. The project budget exceeds 1 million dollars including land architect fees and furnishings with leasing by each group based on use. Four worship spaces will include a 600 seat area a 350 seat space and two 70 seat rooms plus shared office and service areas.
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Columbia, Md
Columbia
Missouri Synod Lutheran
Unitarian Universalist
Clarence Sinclair
Columbia Cooperative Ministry
Percy urges $20,000 subsidy cap on farms
Senator Charles Percy cites hunger nationwide and calls for a $20,000 annual limit on farm subsidies to curb allocations he says mainly benefit wealthy farmers. He spoke at Opera tion Breadbasket of the SCLC and plans to attend a hunger hearing in East St. Louis with the nutrition committee.
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Chicago
Charles Percy
R-Ijl
Percy
Operation Breadbasket
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
U.S
Senate
Select Committee On Nutrition and Human Need
East St. Louis
Naked burglary suspect caught after ice chute escape
Chicago police say an 18 year old burglar was arrested after sliding down an ice chute in front of a Southwest Side liquor store completely naked. He told officers he shed his clothes to gain entry to steal ice for a picnic.
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Chicago
Bruce Hamburger Receives Illinois Pharmacy Bachelors Degree
Bruce J. Hamburger of 210 E. Jackson Sr. earned a bachelor of science in pharmacy at the University of Illinois Medical Center Campus in Chicago. He graduated among 568 members of the class.
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Bruce J. Hamburger
E. Jackson Sr
University of Illinois Medical Center
Chicago
County Board Advances Sheriff Vehicle and Courthouse Upgrades
The board accepted a low bid of 1938 dollars from Greenway Pontiac for a sheriff department car. They planned six to twelve folding chairs filing cabinets and shelving for the state attorney office. Sidewalk patching at the courthouse will occur soon. A portable radio awaits state funds. An electric typewriter was bought for the county clerk. Purchases by others without board contact were discouraged. The board approved funds to elect delegates to the State Constitutional Convention with reimbursement by the state later. Morning session adjourned at 11 15 a.m. for committee work.
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Sheriff's Department
Greenway
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
State’s Attorney’s Office
Gotham
Finance Committee
Growth of a hippo from birth to full size
The text notes that a baby hippopotamus weighs about 40 pounds at birth and reaches about 600 pounds by age one. It states a full grown hippo weighs around 8,000 pounds.
Grain Export Gap Narrows for U S
Washington AP Agri culture Department economists say the United States will remain the major exporter of coarse grains like corn barley oats and sorghum in the foreseeable future but other countries are closing the gap. In 1966 67 coarse grains accounted for about 1.2 billion dollars of exports, up from 539 million six years earlier. Nearly 30 percent of world coarse grain exports then came from Argentina Brazil Mexico Canada Thailand and South Africa.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
U.S
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Canada
Thailand
South Africa
Pekin man charged with murder after street shooting
Billy West age 38 of Pekin was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of 24 year old Thomas G. Aaron of Peoria on a Pekin street early Sunday.
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Pekin, Ill
Billy West
Pekin
Thomas G. Aaron
Peoria
Pekin Street
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