Quinsippi Island and Quincy Milestones Invite Visitors
Quincy plans a summer launch of the Quinsippi Island recreation project led by municipal funding. The 120 acre island will feature an aerial skyride, a narrow gauge railroad, and a riverboat to attract visitors to the Midwest’s new recreation hub. The Adams County soap box derby, Miss Illinois finals, and historical sites including the Taft plaque in Washington Park and Erroke Mound add to a busy tourism season.
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Abraham Lincoln
Quincy
Adams County
Selecting Commission
North America
Quinsippi Island
Quincy Bay
Midwest
Gardner Expressway
Adams
Illinois
John’s Square
Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
Lorado Taft
Washington Park
Erroke Mound
Village Board Notes and Local Appointments
South Wilmington Village Board met in the Village Hall with President Louis Dinelli presiding. Claude Skinner resigned as custodian of the Village Hall. A brief School of Religion report noted 129 children enrolled in the CCD program under Sisters M Gabrielle M Baptist M Melania and Sister Edista.
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South Wilmington
Vilage Board
Louis Dinelli
Claude Skinner
School of Religion
C.C.D. School of Religious Instruction
M. Gabrielle
M. Jean Baptist
M. Melania
Edista
Weekend TV Guide Schedule Snapshot
A dense list of Saturday and Sunday program slots across CBS NBC and ABC networks detailing noon to late evening shows. Highlights include News, Baseball, Meet the Press, The Honeymooners, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Hollywood Palace, Ed Sullivan and various movie slots amid news/weather updates.
Turning Back the Pages Morris Daily Herald One Year Ago
Grundy County National Bank pledged 15000 to Morris Hospital building fund in memory of deceased officers and directors. County Treasurer Mabel Mottaz reports 1466825 distributed from taxes to levying bodies for first period ending June 1. The Rev Arthur Johns named to minister First Baptist Church Morris. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Morris City Council widens Washington Street reducing parkway by eight feet each side. Morris High School dropped from North Central Association accreditation due to facilities and funding. Ten U S submarines towed from Manitowoc Wisconsin via Lake Michigan to Chicago then up waterways to the Gulf.
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Grundy County National Bank
Morris Hospital
Mabel Mottaz
Arthur Johns
First Baptist Church
Morris
G. Todd Roberts
Morris City
Washington St
Franklin St
Illinois
Morris High School
North Central Association
Calf Perishes in Farm Fire at Frank Beck’s Nettle Creek Farm
A calf died in a barn fire that destroyed hay, a milking machine and dairy equipment on the Frank Beck farm in Nettle Creek Township. Girl Scouts from Grundy County prepared to depart for the first Round-Up at Highland State Recreation Area near Pontiac. Dr. Francisco Diaz seeks to overturn a $16,200 Grundy County Circuit Court verdict and obtain a new trial. In a separate case Harold G. Hago of Yorkville was awarded $15,000 in a car collision suit, Marian Hago receiving $1,299.
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Frank Beck
Nettle Creek Township
Grundy County
Highland State Recreation Area
Pontiac
Francisco Diaz
Dwight
Veterans Administration Hospital
Harold G. Hago
Yorkville
Marian
Roy Kusper Hosts Sunday Dinner Guests
Roy Kusper joined Frank Kusper and his wife as Sunday dinner guests at their home enjoying a family gathering with relatives.
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Roy Kusper
Frank Kusper
Lakes cargo shipments hit nine-year May high
Seasonal shipments through the Great Lakes in May rose to a nine year high, with iron ore coal and grain moving under the Lake Carriers Association report.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
New markers of Crossing Cops placed at Morris intersections
Eight busy Morris intersections received new Crossing Cops markers. The 50 inch tall black iron posts carry a red ball topped by an American flag. Meanwhile Texas Oil Co. secured options on 1,009 acres west of Coal City and planned immediate oil drilling. Five automobiles carrying businessmen departed from Hagster.
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Morris
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Fragment
A reader asks if acne can be caught from a boyfriend and for early dating guidance. Ann Landers replies that acne cannot be transmitted but urges cooling off before heavy necking.
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Ann Landers
Hank
Morris Plans Fourth of July Parade and Park Purchase
Morris to advertise Fourth of July celebration with a parade program and band concert next week. City Council approves a $2000 purchase from Mrs. H G Goold of 13 acres of wooded land northwest of Morris for a public park bounded by the Fox and Illinois Union interurban tracks Union Street Lisbon Street and Rock Island tracks.
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Morris
Morris City
H. G. Goold
Union St
Lisbon St
Rock Island
MIT Receives $254000 Grant for Brain Study
Massachusetts Institute of Technology earns a $254000 grant from the John A Hartford Foundation of New York to support research on the human brain. The funding underscores MIT’s work in neuroscience and cognitive science.
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Boston
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John A. Hartford
Grain Quotations and Market Arrears Report
Grain prices and arrears figures show quoted levels around 1.29 percent and 869 percent in related notes. The report mentions MOOR and Ediston cases with figures for beans near 3.50 per unit, reflecting commodity pricing activity and debt service context.
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Ediston
June 25 historical milestones span Napoleons farewell to Kuwait claims
On this date 1815 Napoleon delivered a farewell address before exile to St. Helena. Other events include 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts passage, 1876 Custer massacre at Little Bighorn, 1934 16 million on relief rolls, 1940 end of Battle of France, 1966 note of Nigeria airliner crash victims, 1959 Kuwait claim by Iraq, and 1966 U.N. Charter anniversary urging peace negotiations with North Vietnam.
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Island
St. Helena
Congress
George Custer
7Th Cavalry
Little Big Horn
Black Hills
Montana
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France
Nigeria
Iraq
Kuwait
Britain
U.N
Johnson
Viet Nam
National Geographic Society Lab Opens in Nairobi Kenya
The new National Geographic Society Laboratory in Nairobi provides facilities for studying archeological specimens collected by Dr. Louis S. B. Lea. The society has supported Lea's prehistoric man investigations since 1959.
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National Geographic Society Laboratory
Nairobi
Kenya
Louis S. B. Leakey
Society
Daily Crossword 35 Across and Down Clues Duo
A condensed listing of crossword clues across and down with numbered hints. Includes clues like Fellow Maple or elm and Site of a wall circa 1600 alongside down entries such as Indians of the Columbia valley Cue Conjunc and other fragmented hints from the puzzle grid.
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Columbia Valley
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