Morris Council approves annexation garbage plan and licenses
Colonel Nickerson pled guilty as Saratoga area garbage service will start July 3 with pickups on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 6 a.m. The council approved three liquor licenses for the new subdivision and set caps on license counts. Elm tree removal and a county housing project bid process were discussed along with firerescue rule postings and one hour parking plans on Fulton Street.
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Saratoga
Morris
Sturdays
Donald Caisley
George
Betty Kresse
Seven Gables
William Jut
Eisenhower Proposes Federal States Tax Shift At Governors Meet
President Eisenhower faced cool reception at the Governors Conference as he urged a joint federal state task force to study reviving state control of programs funded by Washington. Governors split with Republicans endorsing some mutual study while Democrats criticized the idea as a dream. He urged comparing state tax costs with federal tax costs and hinted at possible tax reductions.
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Williamsburg
Eisenhower
Washington
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
For sale. Local gas station and building sites on Du Page river
Classified brief lists a local gas station for sale and building sites on the Du Page river. Also notes a four room home for rent and twenty cubic foot home freezers for sale.
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du Page River
Morris Summer Festival Opens in Morris
The Morris Summer Festival opened Monday sponsored by the Morris Fire Department with official operations starting tonight on Union Street by Gould Park. Water fights feature fire department teams through the week with rounds tonight and Wednesday and finals Friday. The Imperial Shows on the midway offer new rides as the festival runs nightly through Saturday.
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Morris Fire Department
Union Street
Gould Park
MCHS
Shabbana Firemens’ Assn
Morris Municipal Pool
Newark
Wilmington
Mazon
Marseilles
Ransom
Gardner
Channahon
Lisbon
Elwood
Braceville
Coal City
Morris
Imperial
Nagy Awaits Trial in Budapest Jail
Paris based Figaro reports former Hungarian Prime Minister Imre Nagy remains in Budapest's Foutea jail awaiting trial. He was moved from Romania after he rejected Soviet Defense Minister Zhukov's plea to confess involvement with Western agents in last fall's revolt.
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Paris
Figaro
Imre Nagy
Budapest
Foutea
Nagy
Romania
Georgi Zhukov
Local Weather Outlook With 80 Degree High At Pyatt
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts a late shower tonight then more cloudiness and showers Wednesday. Thursday should be fair and cooler, similar to Monday. Temperatures rose to 80 degrees at Pyatt Weather station, 66 at 9 a.m. The previous night’s low was 51.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Move to require Senate OK for Supreme Court justices
A proposed constitutional amendment would require Senate approval of Supreme Court justices every four years intensifying political oversight. Senators Eastland Kefauver and House sponsors push impeachment talk against the court amid rulings on race and recent contempt decisions tied to Communist inquiries.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen. Olin Rm Pes Smoft
Jonosson Tow
Andrews
D-Ala
Mason
R-N
House
America
Johnston
Senate Internal Security
Mittee
House Committee On UN
Watkins
Congressional
Congress
Still Hold Hope For Passage of Court Reform
Springfield Illinois House session adjourned after an all night debate with 107 votes in favor of a constitutional amendment to revamp Illinois courts, 11 short of the 118 needed. Gov Stratten backed reform. Sen W Russell Arrington urged continued hope as the measure faced a late bid before the 1957 session ends.
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Springfield
Illinois
Gov. Stratton
Plans for Morris Sidewalk Sale Discussed at Dinner
Morris Retail Division of the Chamber of Commerce held a Monday dinner meeting at Junod's Food Center to discuss a sidewalk sale set for July 10. William Magner chaired the Sidewalk Sale committee with Austin Gaylord and Larry Bowser reporting on appliance promotion and Dollar Day plans.
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Morris
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Junod
Food Center
William Magner
Austin Gaylord
Larry Bowser
Truck crashes into barricade on Route 66 injuring workers
Sam Gavin and three workmen were struck when a truck veered through a barricade on U.S. Route 66 south of Gardner this afternoon. Gavin was killed and one worker is critically hurt as the driver, unnamed, is believed to have dozed at the wheel.
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Sam Gavin
U.S
Korean Bonus Clears State Legislature
A 15 million dollar Korean veteran bonus cleared the Illinois Legislature after the Senate accepted four House amendments. If signed by Governor Stratton, the plan would be put to a statewide vote next year. Eligible veterans receive 10 per month of service from June 27, 1950 to July 27, 1953, plus 100 to Korean Service Medal holders and 1000 to survivors of those killed.
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Springfield
Ill
Ilinois
Senate
House
Stratton
Arthur Sprague
R-La- Grange
Sprague
Reed to Head Mazon High and Grade Schools
William H. Reed will serve as superintendent of Mazon Consolidated School District 400 and of the Mazon Verona Kinsman High School. The appointment, announced at a joint board meeting, takes effect July 1, replacing Ray Stutz who resigned for personal reasons. Reed and his wife came to Mazon from Avon where he led junior and senior high schools. Reed holds a BS from Illinois State Normal University in 1941 and an MS in administration and education from Western State Teachers College in 1952. He was awarded a Life Supervisory certificate in 1954.
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William H. Reed
Mazon
Mazon Consolidated School
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman High School
Boards of Education
Reed
Ray Stutz
Stutz
Reeds
Avon
Grundy County
Board of Supervisors
Ilinois State Normal University
Western State Teachers College
Illinois
Surprise Plea in Army Espionage Case Shuts Review Chance
Huntsville based Army Col. John C. Nickerson Jr pleads guilty to 15 charges disobedience and perjury after government drops espionage count at opening of trial. Court-martial may impose up to 30 years and dishonorable discharge. next steps and sentencing deliberations follow. Nickerson protested Defense Secretary Wilsons 200 mile missile range order seeking Army IRBM development and use.
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Nickerson, Jr
Huntsville
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Nickerson
Henry
Dan
John Charles TI
Jeanne Carol
John C. Nickerson Jr
Robert K. Bell
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
IBM
Air Force
Army
Attendance Surges At Morris Pool Week Of Heat
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool logged 5 697 admissions for the week ending June 9 in a warm spell manager Steve Benz released the figures. The week began with 1 153 admissions and peaked at 1 073 on Monday as cooler conditions reduced attendance to 658. Tony Ursic of Seneca launched a Saturday diving class with about 25 students, meeting 9 to 11 a m each Saturday through the summer with open enrollment.
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Mercury
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool
Steve Benz
Tony Ursic
Seneca
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