Albania Attacks Soviet Positions in Vietnam War Summary
South Vietnamese paratroopers and South Korean marines led ground fighting in Vietnam on Sunday and reported 148 Communist deaths. U S units ran 21 major sweeps with light contact. A Chinook helicopter rescued infantry trapped in an armored carrier after a mine blast. 173rd Airborne Brigade elements reported grenade incidents and 106 North Vietnamese regulars killed with 80 U S paratroopers dead and 130 wounded.
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Saigon
Vietnam
U. S
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Phu Yen
Dinh Tuong
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Central Highlands
Red River Valley
Meredith May Cut 25 Miles From March
James H. Meredith led a small group through Mississippi on the renewed march against fear saying he may stop at Canton about 25 miles from Jackson. He spoke on his 34th birthday and recalled last year’s ambush and riots near Ole Miss.
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Batesville
Miss
James H. Meredith
Mississippi
Meredith
Sardis
U.S. 51
Canton
Jackson
University of Mississippi
State
James Meredith
Hernando
Miss. Meredith
Fight Turns Fatal? Car Mishap in Coal City Brawl
A Sunday clash in Coal City left Jim Kutzschebauch of Joliet badly bruised and later hit by his own car. He was hospitalized in St. Joseph Joliet in good condition with x rays pending. Suspect Richard Jacklich from Carbon Hill fled on a Honda after a dispute over an unidentified female. Jacklich was later arrested for reckless driving and charged with battery by Pete Kapogiannis. The injured man was moved from Morris Hospital to St. Joseph Joliet for further treatment.
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Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Jim Kutzschebauch
Kutzschebauch
Pete Kapogiannis
Dairy Castle Tastee- Freeze
Gerald Bitner
Katzschebauch
Kapogiannis
Richard Jacklich
Carbon Hill
Bitner
Jacklich
Honda
N. Broadway St
E. Division St
Richard Scerine
Morris Hospital
Injured Hitchhiker Dies After Illinois 47 Crash
A hitchhiker died after a collision on Illinois 47 about a half mile south of Morris Airport. Michael Paul Farrell, 67, probably of Hallard Florida, died at Morris Hospital. He was thrown from a car driven by Lawrence T. Meyers, 17, of Cary. Sheriff's deputies and the county coroner were at the scene.
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Morris Hospital
Michael Paul Farrell
Hallard
Fla
Illinois 47
Morris Airport
Farrell
Lawrence T. Meyers
Cary
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Boat accident on Kankakee River claims one life
The June 18 boating crash near the Grundy Will County line bridge killed John C. Major 36 of Carbon Hill. He was treated earlier for injuries and died at 4 40 p m Saturday. Major a construction worker leaves a wife Patricia and three children Loretta Perry and Patti. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday First Methodist Coal City. Burial Woodlawn Joliet. Coroner W Clark Davis and Conservation Inspector James Darkhuff lead the investigation with details still unclear about exact location near the county line.
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Kankakee
Grundy-Will County Line
John C
Jack) Major
Carbon Hill
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
James Darkhuff
Morris Hospital
Joliet
Coal City
Coal City High School
Rex Major
Mazon
George
Kay) Ward
Rust- Mason Construction Co
Mazon Masonic Lodge
AF & AM
Morris Loyal Order of the Moose
The
Old Timer’ Baseball Association
First Methodist Church
Coal
E. S. Kerrick
Beard Contest Sparked by 125th Morris Anniversary
Men grow beards for Morris 125th anniversary and Grundy County Corn Festival October 5 6 7 8 with prizes for fanciest longest shaggiest nearest beard and best effort. Buttons sold in Morris barber shops grant shaving permit status and parade floats celebrate the milestone per the Morris Chamber of Commerce.
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Grundy County
Morris
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris City Council Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The Morris City Council meets at 7 30 p m today in the chambers of City Hall to discuss local matters and upcoming agendas.
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Morris City Council
City Hall
Illinois House OKs gasoline tax hike to six cents
The Illinois House approved a bill by 158 to 6 to raise the gasoline tax from five to six cents per gallon. The measure moves to the Senate as the session winds down with Friday slated as the end date.
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Springfield
House
Illinois
Senate
Federal grant announced for Morris Downtown Planning Program
A $6,340 federal grant from HUD to Morris Planning Commission funds one year of downtown planning. Local $3,170 match and a community drive aim to raise $3,183 for a two year program, with Morris City Council matching and over $12,700 expected from federal, state, and local sources. Grants support base maps, land use analysis, and development measures including zoning and subdivision rules. Similar awards were made to Fox Lake, Hancock County, and Morton with local matching funds.
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Morris Planning Commission
Robert C. Weaver
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Morris City Council
Ilinois
Morris
Fox Lake
Lake County
Hancock County
Morton
Tazewell County
State lawmakers weigh half cent sales tax increase
Springfield AP reports Gov. Kerner and leaders near a compromise on a half cent raise in the state sales tax. Speaker Ralph Smith says progress exists as GOP House plans to add taxes and rework service occupation and cigarette levies. A caucus deadline looms with final bills to follow.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Ralph T. Smith
R-Alton
Smith
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Morris Summer Festival Opens With 15 Rides At High School
The Morris volunteer firemen sponsor a festival starting at 6 30 p m today and running through Saturday The Morris Community High School parking lot hosts about 15 rides and other attractions A Saturday matinee offers reduced prices for children.
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The
Morris Volunteer Firemen
Morris Community High School
Five Day Weather Outlook For Morris Area
The forecast calls for temperatures about three degrees below the normal high of 81 to 88 and low of 60 to 66 with a warmer period Tuesday or Wednesday. Precipitation totals should reach half to three quarters of an inch in showers, mainly Tuesday through Wednesday and again Friday or Saturday. Parts of the period will be partly cloudy with highs in the 80s and lows near 60. The Collins Weather Station reported 83 Saturday high and 52 low with .05 inches precipitation. Downtown Morris read 74 today at 11:30 am after 71 at 9 am.
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Collins
Morris
Grundy County Board approves nursing home rate increase
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors voted to raise the Grundy County nursing home monthly rate from 192 to 215 dollars. The measure, supported by county superintendent Mary Vismara, follows a budget-driven need as the non profit home has operated at a loss.
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Grundy County Nursing Home
Grundy County
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Grundy County Nursing Home Committee
Board of Supervisors
Robert Bates
Forrest Gray
Maxine Burroughs
County Advisory Board
Welfare Service Committee
National Debt Limit Raised By Committee
The Senate Finance Committee approved a bill to raise the national debt limit to 358 billion dollars after rejecting three amendments. The measure heads to the Senate floor by voice vote, with hopes it goes to President Johnson without changes.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
John J. Williams
Senate
Johnson
House
Congress
Kosygin Flies To Cuba After Talks With Johnson
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin departed Kennedy Airport for Cuba after a nine day visit to the United States. He met with President Johnson in Glassboro and pressed the Arab cause at the United Nations. The flight to Havana was expected to last about four hours.
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New York
Alexei N. Kosygin
United States
Cuba
Johnson
United Nations General Assembly
Kennedy Airport
Kosygin
Caribbean
Soviet Union
Moscow
Albania accuses Kosygin of backing against Arabs at UN
Albania at the United Nations charged the Soviet Union with staging an emergency General Assembly session to hide a plot with the United States against the Arabs. Foreign Minister Nesti Nasi condemned Kosygin Johnson talks as a betrayal and demanded Israel withdraw from occupied Arab lands with reparations.
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United Nations, N
Albania
U.N
Red
China
Soviet Union
General Assembly
Johnson
Alexei N. Kosygin
Moscow
Havana
Nesti Nasi
Kosygin
Kosygin and Johnson
Middle East
United States
United Nations
Israel
Nasi
Britain
Leg Broken in Auto Accident Near Gardner
Geraldine Page 22 of Bradley was admitted to Morris Hospital with a broken left leg after a southbound car skidded 131 feet along a guard rail and struck the Mazonia Bridge two miles north of Gardner near Riviera Restaurant. Deputy Sherman Hexdall noted the 9 10 p m crash and the car was towed from the scene by a Gardner wrecker.
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Bradley
Morris Hospital
Grundy County
Sherman Hexdal
Geraldine Page
Illinois
Gardner
Riviera
Hexdall
Page
Mazonia
Acros
Morsris Hospital
Davis Ambulsance
McElroy
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S. Vietnamese
17Th Parallel
Niagra Falls
Alexei Kosygin
Ward
Patricia Perry
William Perry
Loretta
Perry
Patti
Council
Bulletin
Gotham
Healy, Moore and Associates
Registration Committee
Democratic
Republican Central Committees
Castro
U.S
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