State Detective Testifies at Murder Trial in Quincy
State police detective Donald Leckrone testified he overheard Ronald McCleery admitting to the slayings of Donetta Pickens and Judith Greening at a Quincy service station. The victims, both 21 and 22, were found dead March 22 from knife and shotgun wounds.
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Quincy, Ill
Ronald McCleery
Quincy
Donald Leckrone
Cantrall
McCleery
Leckrone
Donetta Pickens
Judith Ann Greening
Howard Stanbaugh
Miss Greening
Monroe City
Miss Pickens
Plainville
Three Fires Struck Morris Area Monday Afternoon
Morris Fire Department responded to three fires in rapid succession Monday afternoon. A car fire in the Tratt Clinic parking area involved Linda Waters of Channahon, extinguished upon arrival. Grass fires burned near Oak Street by the railroad and at the Union Street railroad crossing.
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Morris Fire Department
Tratt Clinic
Linda Waters
Channa Hon
Oak St
Union St
Christine Keeler Gives Birth To Son In Premature Delivery
Christine Keeler born a son weighing 6 pounds 11 ounces premature at a London hospital last Wednesday. She is 24 and married James Livermore, a 24 year old engineer, since October 22. The baby may be named Nicholas with Christmas as the initial due date.
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London
Christine Keeler
Britain
Christine
James Livermore
Nicholas
Laser garbage disposer could disintegrate substances in path
In San Francisco GE merchandising manager David C. MecDermand said a laser garbage disposer could emerge within 20 years. He described laser beams as able to disintegrate any substance placed in their path, rather than grind or melt it.
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San Francisco
General Electric Co
David C. MecDermand
Re elected head Halbert leads federal tax accountants group
Perry G. Halbert of De Soto Missouri has been re elected president of the National Association of Enrolled Federal Tax Accountants.
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Chicago
Perry G. Halbert
de Soto, Mo
National Association of Enrolled Federal Tax Accountants
New President Named for American Diabetes Association
Dr. Lauren tius O. Underdahl, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Minnesota, has been named president of the American Diabetes Association in Chicago.
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Chicago
Laurentius O. Underdahl
University of Minnesota
American Diabetes Association
Virginia to build state's first nuclear powered plant
Virginia Electric & Power Co plans a 750000 kilowatt nuclear generating station on the James River in Richmond. The project marks the state's first use of nuclear power for electricity production and aims to expand regional energy capacity.
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Richmond, Va
Virginia Electric & Power Co
James River
Dunbar Becomes AOA President In Optometry
Dr. Melvin B. Dunbar of Lebanon New Hampshire has assumed duties as president of the American Optometric Association in Boston.
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Boston
Melvin B. Dunbar
Lebanon, N.H
American Optometric Association
Minooka Homemakers Meet For Veggie Driven Cooking Demo
The Seward Homemakers Extension and the Lisbon-Seward Nimble Fingers 4-H Club met at the Methodist Church on Tuesday. Marilyn Nelson Christine Peachok Barbara Lorraine and Janice Friar led a lesson on Cooking for Vegetable Haters. They prepared jellied beets salad bean salad carrots sweet-sour style and sweet potato supreme before a short business meeting and refreshments.
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Homemakers Extension
Minooka
Seward Homemakers Extension
Lisbon-Seward
Link Between Cigarette Smoke and Emphysema Shown in Dogs
Researchers reported experimental smoking in ten beagle dogs over a year using cigarette smoke delivered through tubes, finding lung tissue changes indistinguishable from human emphysema and noting dog deaths during the study. The U S Public Health Service cites rising emphysema deaths, while the Tobacco Institute questions human relevance of the method.
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Chicago
United States
American Medical Association
U.S. Public Health Service
The
Tobacco Institute Inc
Oscar Aurebach
Veterans Administration Hospital
East Orange
N.J
E. Cuyler Hammond
Statistical Research
American Cancer Society
Seneca Teen-Age Meeting Aims for July Festival
A meeting on teen age participation in the Seneca area celebration the 29th 30th and 31st will be held at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Seneca Village Hall. All interested teen agers are invited with suggestions. Fran Kasten and Mrs Gordon Thorson are teen age division chairmen assisted by Bob Mattioda and Kenneth Simpson.
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Seneca
Seneca Area
Seneca Village
Fran Kasten
Gordon Thorson
Bob Mattioda
Kenneth Simpson
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Pony Tail
Morris
Court House
Service Department
Liberty Street
Grundy Motors, Inc
Chrysler
Plymouth
Rambler
Sunbeam
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Aurora
Illinois
G. R. Nelson
Illinois ‘ Company
Robert Goldenstein
A. E. Westcott, O.D
Allan's
Allan
Ford
Ford Inc
Rte
Ford Dealers
Ill
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