Wilder Seeks Second Term Nomination
Grundy County State's Atty. Richard R. Wilder, 37, announced his bid for a second four year term. Wilder, Morris resident, is a Republican and would file on Monday with county clerk Nels P. Nelson as the petition filing period opens.
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Grundy County
Morris
Illinois Ave
Marilyn
Root and
Minooka
U. S. Supreme Court
State's Attorney's
Clark Nels P
Open house at SIU vocational institute invites Grundy County advocates
Morris Daily Herald notes an April open house at Southern Illinois University Vocational Technical Institute near Carbondale highlighting its 29 programs and 1,500 students, along with news on TV listings shift, staff changes, Goose Lake prairie preserve talks, and a March 16 vehicle sticker deadline in Morris.
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Southern Illinois University Vocational-Technical Institute
Carbondale
Grundy County
TWA to Resume Cairo Flights in March
Trans World Airlines will resume service to Cairo on March 4 after a suspension that began with the Arab Israeli war in June. The return marks the airline's restart of the route previously halted at the outbreak of the conflict.
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Paris
Trans World Airlines
Cairo
U S to Scoop Up Greenland Snow After B52 Crash
The United States and Denmark will remove snow contaminated by a B52 crash off Greenland. The snow, stored at Thule Air Base for summer shipment to the U S for disposal, is low level radiation. Officials note limited removal of ice is needed and no special radiation gear is required for the 500 recovery personnel.
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Washington
United States
Denmark
Greenland
Defense Department
Associated Press
Frozen
Strategic Air Command
Thule Air Base
Pentagon
Thule
Air Force
Richard O. Hunziker
Palomares
Spain
Aiken
S.C
Colder Weather Forecast Across Saturday and Sunday
Colder weather is forecast for today and Sunday as milder temperatures fade. Highs will be in the lower 30s with lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s, and Friday evening downtown Morris logged 45 degrees at 7 15 p.m.
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Morris
Widow reveals last calls of Rockford lawyer before strangling
The widow of Frederick Haye says he phoned home at 9 p.m. Wednesday from Barclay's Club before heading to Sasha's for a drink. Police seek clues into his movements after checking into Room 731 at the Pick Congress Hotel where his nude body was found bound and strangled. He carried $1,000 in traveler's checks.
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Chicago
Frederick H. Haye
Rockford
Pick Congress Hotel
Eleanor Haye
Haye
Winnebago County
Ernst St
Bols Farm Fire At Wayne Bols Farm Near Mazon
A smouldering fire in a corn crib at the Wayne Bols farm two miles northwest of Mazon spread to a nearby cornfield before firefighters from Mazon could extinguish it. No damage occurred thanks to prior husking of the corn.
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Mazon
Wayne Bols Farm
Six Criminal Cases on Grundy County Jury Docket
Six criminal cases are set for trials starting March 11 before the Grundy County petit jury. They include Anthony Insolata of Chicago for auto theft. Joseph Michael Carnegile of South Wilmington for carrying concealed weapons. Leonard Scott of Gardner for speeding too fast for conditions. Joseph S. Bortkewicz of Coal City for driving with a revoked license. Joseph Wilkinson of Morris for multiple traffic citations. Loren E. Smith of Minooka for criminal damage to property with an injunction and court order. Continuous representation listed for several defendants.
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Grundy County
Petit Jury
Anthony Insolata
Chicago
Donico Vending Inc
Illinois Ave
U. S. 66
Illinois 47
Dwight
John Hynds
Morris
Richard E. Pierce
Mazon Fair Grounds
Coal City
James Fleming
Leonard Scott
Rte. 2
Gardner
Roy E. Christensen
Scott
Division St
George Steinberger
Bortkewicz
Morris Law Firm
Black and Black
Joseph K. Wilkinson
Mazon
Morris City
James Anderson
Wilkinson
Loren E. Smith
Minooka
MCHS Musician to Tour Europe with SBA Elite Ensemble
Morris Community High School junior Richard G. Wells earned admission to the School Band of America. The SBA tour includes a six week run through eight countries starting June 28 from New York, with a Brussels rehearsal and a July 28 finale in New York.
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Europe
Morris Community
School Band of America
SBA
New York
School Chorus of America
Brussels
France
Switzerland
Austria
Germany
Luxembourg
Czechoslovakia
Belgium
England
Rich
R. L. Wells
Robinson Drive
Morris
John Tibbett Jr
John R. Tibbett
W. Washington St
Wise
University of Illinois
MCHS
Morris Area
Seneca
Symphonette
Purdue
Carrollton
Wells
Boy Builders and
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Three Grass Fires Reported Near Morris on Friday
Morris volunteer firefighters responded to three grass fires in varied locations. The first occurred behind Echo Bowling Lanes on Bedford Road at 3:35 p.m. It was extinguished shortly after arrival. A second fire on U.S. 6, about five miles east of Illinois 47, started at 4:20 p.m. and was smothered in about 30 minutes. The third blaze at Willis Hanson farm, three miles northwest of Morris in Nettle Creek Township, began at 5:15 p.m. and was out 20 minutes after arrival.
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Nettle Creek Township
New Lenox
Carma Erickson
E. High St
Erickson
Henry Fisk
Morris
Fisks
Fisk
Ericksons
Interstate 80
Fisk Farm
Echo Bowling Lanes
Bedford Road
U.S. 6
Illinois
Willis Hanson
College Athlete Sentenced to Die
CHICAGO AP Joseph Iurst 23 former Iowa State basketball player was sentenced Friday to die in the electric chair for murdering a policeman May 23 1967. Judge L Sheldon Brown also gave 19 to 20 years for attempted murder of another officer and nine to 10 years for aggravated battery and resisting arrest.
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Chicago
Joseph Iurst
Iowa State University
L. Sheldon Brown
Circuit Court
Hurst
Brown
House of Islam
Rockefeller says ready to serve if called for GOP nomination
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller said he is ready to serve America if the Republican party calls him, but he will not enter the presidential primaries. He plans to begin speaking on national issues and may back write-in efforts in New Hampshire and Oregon. Rockefeller noted Nixon’s strength among governors and said he would not cause party discord while aiming for unity and a possible nomination.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
White House
Rockefeller
Republican Party
Richard M. Nixon
New Hampshire
Oregon
Nixon
Capitol
House
Johnson
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Wisconsin
Nebraska
GOP
Fire Deputies After Inmates Beaten in Jail
In Rock Island Illinois two jail inmates were beaten prompting the firing of two deputy sheriffs and the sentencing of inmate William Lee Little for battery. Little received two concurrent six month terms plus an existing theft sentence while deputy Charles Swink Jr was charged but not tried and William Bryant was dismissed. An investigation began after an inmate reported bruising during a burglary sentence at a production hearing.
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Rock Island, Ill
Rock Island
William Lee Little
Moline
Little
Gary Harker
Steve Andrews
Charles Swink Jr
William Bryant
Rapids City
William Boyle
Bryant
Lim
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