Tiny share of towns have tornado warning systems
Allen Pearson of the Weather Bureau notes only about one in nineteen U S towns in the tornado belt have adequate warning systems. After the May 15 outbreak that killed 45 in Arkansas and 16 in Iowa, lessons include better sirens, Civil Defense groups, and widespread use of radio TV and Emergency Broadcast System alerts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Reeder
Associated Press
Kansas City
U.S
Allen Pearson
Weather Bureau
Pearson
Midwest
Arkansas
Iowa
Jonesboro
Ark
Gene Talbert
Arkansas Civil Defense
Craighead County
Talbert
Charles City
Harry L. Brenton
Brenton
EBS
Topeka
Braceville Notes Service News
James Girot of the U S Air Force now stationed in Viet Nam has been promoted from airman first class to sergeant. Friendly Club Members—Mrs Hazel S Pope hosted Thursday. prizes awarded to Mrs Flora Tyler Mrs Everett Neuman and Mrs William Alexander. Refreshments were served. Women to Meet—The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet at 1 30 p m Wednesday in the Methodist Church parlors with Mrs Bernice Gray hostess. 4-H News—Nature's Children 4-H Club met Thursday in the Community Hall. demonstrations on dog care and gun safety. President Leon Lanier and vice president Mildred Bradford resigned. refreshments served. Mrs Judy Wenger distributed Grundy County 4H Fair show booklets. A social time followed Briefs—Visiting with Mrs Florence Reay were the Batsons of Texas and others. local visitors include Mr and Mrs Clarence Barnes and Mrs Howard Sucher Granville Mr and Mrs Clifford Smith Chicago Heights and Mrs Ida Smith. Gerald Lockwood and son Gerald of Big Rock.
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Service News
James Girot
U. S. Air Force
Vietnam
Friendly Club
Hazel S. Pope
Flora Tyler
Everett Neuman
William Alexander
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Church
Bernice Gray
Nature’s Children 4-H Club
Terry Hodges
Chuck Basham
Leon Lanier
Mildred Bradford
Robbie Jones
Sandra Yoder
Judy Wenger
Grundy County
Clarence Barnes
Howard Sucher
Granville
Bob Batson
Pam Paula
Lillian
Aledo
Florence Reay
Batsons
Texas
Clifford Smith
Debbie
Chicago Heights
Ida Smith
Gerald Lockwood
Gerald
Big Rock
Hazel I
Pope
Minooka News Highlights Aug 1967 Graduates and Local Officials
Nancy Murley daughter of Mr and Mrs Dale Murley of Minooka was among 19 seniors graduating from Augustana Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. The 73rd annual exercises were June 16 at St Pauls Lutheran Church. Also featured are Legion Auxiliary officers elected for 1967 68 and Seaman Mark Miller son of Mr and Mrs Raymond Van Delson who graduated from Fundamental Avionics School at Memphis TN.
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Augustana
Nancy Murley
Dale Murley
Minooka
Augustana Hospital School of Nursing
Chicago
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Christ
Marley
Augustana Nursing Association
Lucia
Seaman Miller
Mark Miller
Raymond van Delson
Naval Air Station
Memphis
Morris Area Dance With Harvey's Jazz Orchestra
A Wednesday dance at the Minooka Pavilion features music by Harvey's Jazz Orchestra of Chicago. A special Joliet departure at 8 15 p.m. returns 2 15 a.m. Thursday, with dancing to end at 2 a.m. upcoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka Pavilion
Harvey’s Jazz Orchestra
Chicago
Joliet
Board approves monthly rate hike at Grundy County Nursing Home
In June the Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved increasing the nursing home rate from 192 to 215 dollars per month. Separately, area men began growing beards for Grundy County's 125th anniversary celebration and the 19th annual Grundy County Corn Festival running October 5 through 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County Nursing Home
Grundy County
Drowning Rescue and Wedding Plans Highlight Weekend News
Mrs. Sylvia Caffe of Seneca rescued her eight year old daughter Donna from drowning in the Fox River on Sunday and escaped death herself. Betty Grable announced plans to marry Harry James on July 4, the well known jitterbug idol. Albert J. Swansboro, former Joliet service engineer, named manager of the Morris Illinois Bell Telephone Co office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Caffe
Seneca
Donna
Fox River
Betty Grable
Harry James
Albert J. Swansboro
Joliet
Morris Office of Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Bradford elected president of Illinois highway supervisors
L Earl Bradford of Newark who heads District No 3 maintenance workforce and is based at the Morris garage was elected president of the Illinois Association of Highway Maintenance Supervisors in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Earl Bradford
Newark
Morris Garage
Illinois Association of Highway Maintenance Supervisors
Springfield
Sprinkler prank disrupts Army ROTC drill at WPI
In Worcester Massachusetts the final review of the Army ROTC brigade at Worcester Polytechnic Institute turned into an amphibious operation when a dozen sprinkler heads in the football field water system spouted at one minute intervals. Cadets remained in formation but some company commanders moved to drier ground while college officials blamed a prankster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Mass
Army Rtoc
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Burglarn strikes Benny Sklut tavern on Highway 6
Ten years ago burglars ransacked Benny Sklut’s tavern on U S Highway 6 west of Morris and stole 274 dollars and 35 cents. A new camp for rehabilitation of juvenile offenders was committed to the Illinois Youth Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Sklut
U. S. Highway 6
Morris
Dlinois Youth Commiss
Weekend TV Schedule Highlights Across Channels
A dense listing outlines midday through late evening programming on channels 2 5 7 9. Notable items include News, Meet The Press, Naked City, Laramie, Have Gun Will Travel, Bonanza, Mission: Impossible, and news weather sports segments with varied film and entertainment slots throughout the weekend.
Television Schedule Briefs and Lineup Cues
A compact listing shows Monday night TV blocks including News Weather Sports on channels 2 5 7 9 with primetime anchors. It notes programs such as Gunsmoke Monkees Peyton Place I Spy Starred names and late night hosts Carson and Bishop with a 10:30 p.m. wrap.
Ibapah Gets First Modern Phones In 100 Years
In Ibapah Utah two coin operated radio telephones were installed by Mountain States Telephone Co. One sits in a grocery store and another in a booth outside. This marks the first direct communication since the 1860s Pony Express and telegraph line closures. About 50 ranchers and 150 Goshute Indians on a nearby reservation previously had to travel to access telecommunication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibapah
Utah
Mountain States Telephone Co
Pony Express
Local Families Share Visits and Homecomings Across Illinois
Felix notes a three week Woodburn Oregon visit by Felix and relatives returning home. Several couples host relatives from Chicago Seneca Marseilles Essex and Creve Coeur while Thomas Campbell Jr. spends summer with Morris family. Henry Berta remains hospitalized Joliet after a heart attack.
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Frank Micono
Ray Roach
Wilmington
Woodburn
Ore
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell Jr
Ralph Morris
Essex
Warren Trotter
New Athens
B. R. Trotter
Henry Berta
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Pete DiPaolo
Jeanine
Springfield
E. M. Cole
Richard Barra
Seneca
LaVerne Barra
Marseilles
Albert Barra
John Born
Frank Washburn
Chicago
Edward Cody
Kevin
Brian
Creve Coeur
Evelyn McCallister
Don Davite
Centralia
Murry Heard and Sons
Robert Innes
Thayer
Dear Ann Landers Readers Share Bold Life Dilemmas
A reader asks whether to tell Tim about past homosexuality and faces advice on disclosure. Ann emphasizes honesty, notes confusion between homosexuality and bisexuality, and suggests medical reading material. The column includes letters about unplanned pregnancy and marriage, plus guidance on separation and privacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Tim
Lucky
Today in History June 29 highlights across centuries
On June 29 milestones include the first commercial US to Europe flight in 1939 aboard the Dixie Clipper landing in Lisbon. Rubens born in 1577, Shakespeare’s Globe Theater fire in 1613, Goethals born in 1858, Tahiti seized by France in 1880, Paderewski died in 1941, Palestine arrests in 1946, Beirut Rebel attacks ten years prior, Soviet recall demand in 1955, Jayne Mansfield’s death in 1966.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Lisbon
Portugal
Peter Paul Rubens
William Shakespeare
Globe Theater
London
U.S. Army
Panama Canal
George Washington Goethals
France
South Pacific
Tahiti
Ignace Paderewski
New York
Palestine
Lebanon
Beirut
Soviet Union
Moscow
Jayne Mansfield
New Orleans
Archaeologists to Broaden Sardis Excavation This Summer
Harvard Cornell expedition to Sardis Turkey plans reconstruction of the largest early synagogue and restoration of a Roman gymnasium and marble court. Project director Prof George Hanfmann says 1968 will crown ten years of work with about 30 faculty and students from multiple universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Harvard-Cornell
Sardis
Turkey
George M. A. Hanfmann
Hanfmann
Harvard
Cornell
New York University
University of Chicago
Iowa State University
Bermuda Homes Use Fancy Names In Lieu Of Numbers
In Bermuda, houses are labeled with distinctive fanciful names instead of numerical addresses. The practice adds local color and helps identify properties in a small, closely connected community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Daily Crossword 1 Across and Down Clues
Crossword puzzle clues list for a daily grid. Includes definitions such as yield goals antelope strike revel brass behold arid pinnacle printer measures antennae Lincoln Swiss nightly sea eagle retain tiny aquarium fish conflict candlenut.
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Lincoln and Others
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