Sidewalk Sale Booths Available for Morris July Event
Morris Chamber of Commerce invites all Morris and Grundy county organizations to operate booths for the annual Sidewalk sale on Wednesday July 12. Contact A J Swansboro at the chamber or Fred St Germain chairman to reserve booth locations. Liberty street will be blocked between Washington and Jackson for the sale day while cross traffic flows on other streets. Restroom arrangements are being planned and will be announced.
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Morris
Grundy County
Morris Chamber of Commerce
A. J. Swansbro
Chamber of Commerce
Fred St. Germaine
Washington, Main
Jefferson
Jackson Streets
Truck overturns on Route 66 blocks Reed Township road
A tire blowout on a Sooner Trucking truck northbound on Route 66 by Reed Road in Reed township Will county caused the vehicle to skid across the divided highway and overturn in the southbound lanes. Traffic tied for an hour as wreckers cleared the scene. State Police and Chief Deputy Gerald Bitner supervised until traffic resumed.
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Sooner Trucking Company
Reed Road
Reed Township
Will County
Coal City
Gerald Bitner
Banghart to be released on parole from Stateville
Basil Banghart a notorious criminal of the 1920s and 1930s will be freed on parole from Stateville penitentiary Thursday after serving since 1934 for kidnapping. He will go to St. Leonard's house Chicago operated by the Episcopal church as a halfway house under parole supervision.
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Basil
the Owl
Banghart
Stateville Penitentiary
St. Leonard's House
Episcopal Church
George Stampar
Illinois
St. Leonard's
Master rules out pink mailbox for art or store scheme
Washington Post master Day ruled a U S mailbox cannot be painted pink even to match a store’s all pink color scheme. The decision emphasizes postal regulations over aesthetic requests and curbs decorative painting of official mail receptacles.
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Washington
U. S
Local Area Forecast Sees Warmth and Sun After Brief Thunder Shower
The Weather bureau forecasts a brief thundershower tonight with Thursday sunny, warm and humid. Friday will be fair and warm. High reached 90 degrees at Collins station Tuesday and may be surpassed today. night low was 60 with 9 am temperature at 76.
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Weather Bureau
Collins
Ex Local Man Paul Anthony Dies in Farmhouse Fire
Paul F Anthony 42 of St George Kankakee county died in a Tuesday morning fire at his two story brick farm home with his Irish setter. He was a handicapped former Morris physician’s son and survived by his wife Eleanor of Florida mother Mrs Paul Anthony sister Agnes Chicago brother Tom Kankakee and was preceded in death by his father and sister Mary. He was buried at Schreffler Funeral Home in Kankakee.
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St. George
Anthony
Kankakee County
Paul H. Anthony
Illinois Ave
Schrefflar
Kankakee
Eleanor
Florida
Paul Anthony
Agnes
Chicago
Tom
Mary
Carpentier Checks Up at St John’s Hospital in Springfield
Secretary of State Charles F. Carpentier was taken to St. John’s Hospital in Springfield Tuesday night for a checkup on abdominal pains. Hospital attendants said he will be released by noon today.
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Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpentier
St. John’s Hospital
Arabs Oppose Iraq Seizure of Kuwait Wide Arab Front Forms
Arab leaders from the United Arab Republic and Saudi Arabia reject Iraq's claim to Kuwait and pledge support. King Saud warns any incident affects Saudi Arabia, while Jordan's King Hussein pledges aid to sister states. Baghdad remains firm, citing nationwide backing for Kassem.
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Iraq
Kuwait
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
UAR
Arab League
Sheik
Sir Abdullah As-Salim As- Sabah
Abdel Harim Kassem
Saudi Arabia
Mecca
Saud
Hussein
Jordan
The
Gardner Cracks Down On Speeders
Gardner village announces a general crackdown on reckless driving following the arrest of Mary Tinges 18 of Wilmington. Deputy Gerald Bitner reported several Wilmington youths used village streets as a race track. Tinges was fined 75 dollars plus 20 50 costs and barred from Gardner streets for six months after pleading guilty.
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Gardner
Gerald Bitner
Grundy County
Bitner
Wilmington
Mary Tinges
Court of Justice of the Peace
Dean Savage
August Black
Miss Tinges
J. R. Fleming
Coal City
Sheriff's Office
Girl Scouts Hold Day Camp at Gebhard Woods State Park
Fifty five Morris Girl Scouts and nine leaders attend a day camp this week at Gebhard Woods State Park. Activities include a 10 a.m. flag ceremony, crafts, singing and games, with a 4 p.m. flag lowering. Thursday features a 2 p.m. assembly and campfire with overnight options for older girls.
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Morris Girl Scouts
Gebhard Woods State Park
Electric Fence Fire Damages Shed Near George Small Farm
The Mazon Fire Department responded to a Tuesday afternoon blaze at the George Small farm southwest of the village. An electric fence short circuited near a shed causing damage to the shed and a farm wagon before flames were put out.
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Mazon
George Small
MacArthur Cancelled Talk but to Attend Independence Day
A plan for Gen. Douglas MacArthur to address the Philippine Congress was canceled. He will still be a guest at the July 4 independence celebration in Manila.
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Manila
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Philippine Congress
Grundy County Enrolls 842 in Red Cross Swim Classes
Three sites report 842 participants in American Red Cross swimming and lifesaving classes despite cool opener weather. Morris pool at Goold park lists 314 children and 28 in life saving for 342 total. Coal City Area club has 400 children in swimming lessons with a waiting list. Grundy County Red and Gun club beach hosts 100 children.
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Grundy County
American Red Cross
Arley Munts
County Red Cross
Morris Municipal
Goold Park
Coal City
Red and Gun Club
Kennedy affirms Berlin stand amid Soviet pressure
President Kennedy declared in Washington that Soviet actions cannot erode Western rights in Berlin and called the Berlin crisis Soviet made. He warned Moscow against undermining Allied unity and said peace in Germany depends on Allied responsibility. He also urged a study on possible secret Soviet nuclear tests and dismissed the Kremlin's veto as a hurdle to a public test ban.
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Washington
Kennedy
Russia
Berlin
Red
Germany
Machi
Ussr
Khrushchev
East Germany
West Berlin
Mayor Donates Salary to Churches in South Wilmington
John Callegaro mayor of South Wilmington says he will give his in office pay to the village churches and local charities. He reserves final three months pay for a niece and two nephews in Kankakee while already delivering two monthly checks totaling $8 to St Lawrence Catholic church and the South Wilmington Methodist church.
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South Wilmington
John Callegaro
Kankakee
Callegaro
St. Lawrence Catholic Church
South Wilmington Methodist Church
Senate GOP Holds Line Against Tax Hike in Illinois
Springfield reports Senate Republican leaders decided to resist Gov. Kerner's plan to add a half cent to the three percent sales tax. Democrats in the House revenue panel failed to pass a bill maintaining a 3 percent rate, risking a drop to 2.5 percent if action stalls. Kerner warns of red ink and possible special session as the legislature rushes toward Friday adjournment with many measures pending.
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N.P
Senate
GOP
Otto Kerner
Paul W. Breyles
Mount Vernon
House
Senate Revenue Committee
House Revenue Committee
Kerner
Marketing Cards Mailed to Farmers for 1961 Wheat
Mr. Maurice Pokarney, office manager of the Grundy County ASC office, said the 1961 wheat marketing cards were mailed to eligible farmers on Tuesday. He advised that farmers who do not receive their card in a reasonable time should contact the ASC office at Morris.
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Maurice Pokarney
Grundy County
ASC
Pokarney
Morris
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