Joe Martin Jr Dies After Florida Attack
Joseph W. Martin Jr, longtime Republican leader and former House speaker, died at 83 in Fort Lauderdale Florida. He was born in North Attleboro Massachusetts and served 21 terms in Congress, leading the GOP in key sessions before his 1959 ouster. He died after a Florida attack at his nephew’s home.
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North Attleboro
Mass
Joseph W. Martin Jr
House
Washington
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
George Kelly
Congress
Martin
Massachusetts
GOP
Caesar
Brutus
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Halleck
Margaret Heckler
Rmass
Nine Marines Missing After Potomac Canoe Capsize
At Quantico Virginia officials say a good chance the nine enlisted men missing after a training canoe capsized in the icy Potomac River may still be alive. The 25 foot canoe dumped the crew, eight Marines and a Navy sailor, into frigid water around 4 30 p.m. An overnight search with more than 100 personnel and boats failed to recover bodies. the exact cause remains unknown.
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Quantico
Potomac River
Quantico Marine Base
Dale Carnegie Course Orientation in Morris Tonight
An orientation meeting of the Dale Carnegie Course will be held at 7 p.m. today in the United Presbyterian Church Morris. A basic memory lesson will be given. Public and guests are invited. For information contact Morris Daily Herald at 942 3221.
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Dale Carnegie
Morris
United Presbyterian Church
Morris Daily Herald
Bloodmobile Visit Aimed At 200 Pints In Grundy County
The Red Cross bloodmobile will stop Friday at United Presbyterian Church Franklin and Jackson for six hours from noon to 6 p.m. The Morris Junior Woman's Club sponsors the event and Presbyterian Church women run the canteen. Babysitting will be available. County chairman Mrs. Gerald Bitner noted two local youths received 84 of 145 pints used in January.
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Red Cross
Grundy County
United Presbyterian Church
Franklin and Jackson Sts
Morris Junior Woman's Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Gerald Bitner
Red Cross Blood Program
Warmup Pushes Temperatures Toward The 50s In Local Area
A warming trend continues with mild conditions through Saturday. Tonight a partly cloudy sky lowers to the low 30s. Friday remains cloudy and mild with highs in the 50s. Saturday shows more clouds with a chance of rain. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 46 and a low of 17 for Wednesday, 9 am readings at 36 downtown Morris at 11 am 43.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Grundy County Planning OKs Dresden and Island Trailer Parks
The Grundy County Planning Commission approved Dresden Mobile Home Park near Pine Bluff Road, a 43 acre site with 258 spaces and two lakes. It tentatively approved Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park 1.6 miles west of Minooka with 106 spaces on 23 acres, plus Bookwalter Woods Park near Gardner with 168 spaces on 30 acres.
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Grundy County
Dresden Mobile Home Park, Inc
Minooka
Minooka Road
Inter- State
Treasure Island
Commission
Bookwalter Woods
Joseph Abel
Carl Gardner and Associates
Mazon
Maine
Coal City High School
Brienna Tooshin
Coal City Man Injured in I-55 Crash Near Lorenzo Road
Joseph Hanley 24 of Coal City listed in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a 1:30 am collision on I-55 one mile south of Lorenzo Road. His 1967 Plymouth struck a semitrailer, rolled over skidding 200 feet. DePriest's truck sustained about 250 dollars in damage. Hanley cited for improper passing.
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Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Joseph Hanley
Broadway St
Lorenzo Road
John Paileva
District 5
Interstate 55
Hanley
Junior DePriest
Birch Tree
Palleva
DePriest
Des Rochet
Wilmington
Plymouth
Grell
Stratton Files Nominating Petitions for GOP Governor
Springfield Illinois AP reports former Governor William G Stratton filed nominating petitions as a Republican candidate for governor. He is the fourth major contender in the June 1 GOP primary joining Richard B Ovilvie John Henr Attar Sr and State Senator Arthur Gottschalk of Flossmoor or Flossmo or similar.
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Springfield, Ill
William G. Stratton
Stratton
GOP
Richard B. Ovilvie
North‘ie
John Henor Attar Sr
Pa Eidonl
Arthur Gottschalk
Flossuiour
Rescue Experts Reach Salt Miners After 30 Hours Trapped
Two rescue specialists descended 1 200 feet into a murky salt mine shaft near Calumet La to reach 21 miners trapped for more than 30 hours. They found oxygen, heard a diesel motor and saw a red glow, signaling a small fire.
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Calumet, la
F. Clayton Tonnamaker
Cargill, Inc
Tonnamaker
Plan to Improve Pine Bluff Road in Grundy County
Grundy County plans a two section resurfacing and widening project on Pine Bluff road at an estimated cost of 250 000 funded equally by county and federal sources. The plan includes four miles east of Illinois 47 resurfacing and the last five miles widened and resurfaced, plus widening and relocating Roger's Curve to meet federal design standards.
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Pine Bluff Road
Grundy County
Richard McTague
Pine Bluff
Illinois 47
Roger
Morris
McTague
Grand Ridge
Mazon
MeTague
U S Command Reports Heavy Vietnam Toll For Week
U S Command said 542 Americans were killed in South Vietnam last week, near the war’s peak. Ground fighting Wednesday produced 24 U S deaths and a C123 crash near Khe Sanh added 48 presumed dead.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
U.S. Marine Combat
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Sheriff Woods Fires Warden Amid Jail Scandal
Johnson, warden of Cook County Jail for 12 years, was fired after a grand jury found deplorable jail conditions and criticized administration. Undersheriff Carey to serve as acting warden until a professional penologist is hired.
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Chicago
Jack Johnson
Cook County
Johnson
Joseph I. Woods
Woods
C. Bernard Carey
Werden Johnson
John Howard Association
Grand Jury
Sheriff’s Police
Coed Hacked To Death In Santa Monica Murder Case
Rita Letsinger a 24 year old Wilmette Illinois theater arts student was found stabbed and hacked to death in her Santa Monica apartment with a knife in her throat. Her filmmaker boyfriend Joseph Gonzales 34 was jailed on suspicion of murder after leading police to the scene and discussing his mother’s spirit being released. The couple had lived among books and Russian literature in a cluttered apartment. investigators noted no sexual assault.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Wilmette
Joseph Gonzales
Theater Arts
CR. Hansen
Rita Louise Letsinger
Northwestern University
Hansen
Gonzales
Hollywood
Miss Letsinger
Mamie Flower
Ogilvie to Address Grundy County Women’s Republican Club
Richard B. Ogilvie Republican gubernatorial candidate will speak at a Grundy County Women’s Republican Club meeting at Jo’s Steak House one mile east of Coal City on Illinois 113. A 1 p.m. luncheon follows with a $2.50 registration per person. Mrs. Louis Campo and Mrs. Charles Small co chairmen. Advance registration not required.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Grundy County
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