Warden Fired After Riot at Oregon Prison
Convicts at Oregon State Penitentiary destroyed much of the facility in a weekend riot ending with the firing of Warden C. T. Gladden and the appointment of Hoyt Cupp as acting warden. Officials estimated $6 million in damages and secured several inmate demands, including better medical care and more liberal visiting rules.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon State Penitentiary
Hoyt Cupp
State Hospital
George W. Randall
Randall
C. T. Gladden
Gladden
Oregon
GOP Strategy Meeting Pushes Rockefeller Entry
More than 20 top Republicans urged Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to enter the presidential race as an announced candidate after a two hour strategy session at his Fifth Avenue apartment. Governors senators congressmen and New York Mayor John Lindsay attended and Rockefeller planned to consult party leaders before deciding.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
U.S
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
Ogilvie and Altorfer Set for Morris Talk
Richard B. Ogilvie and John Henry Altorfer will appear at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the First National Bank of Morris as Grundy County Republicans sponsor a campaign program. Also speaking briefly are Brian Duff for secretary of state William C Harris for state auditor John Hall for appellate court clerk and James R Washburn for state representative. Grundy County office candidates will attend. Entertainment and refreshments will follow.
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Richard B. Ogilvie
Cook County Board of Commissioners
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
First National Bank of Morris
Grundy County
Republican Central Committee
Brian Duff
William C. Harris
John Hall
James R. Washburn
Grundy
Morris City Council Meeting Tonight at City Hall
The Morris City Council meets at 7 30 p m today in the City Hall chambers to discuss local matters and public concerns.
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Morris City Council
City Hall
Weather outlook cool with below normal temps this week
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts tonight mostly cloudy with a low in the upper 20s as Tuesday and Wednesday stay cool. Temperatures Tuesday through Saturday average 5 to 8 degrees below normal with limited change until a late week warmup and about one quarter inch of precipitation likely mid to late week. A report from Collins Weather Station was unavailable.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Quiet Start as Busing Begins at Dover School
In Chicago a fire bomb damaged Dover Elementary as 60 Negro children arrived for first day integration. Police guarded the buses and crowd, with threats reported at Sayre and extra patrols at eight transport sites.
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Chicago
Dover
May School
May
Spencer
Lyon
Sayre
Morris Youth Strikes Train in Foggy Crossing Crash
A Morris youth escaped injury when his 1960 Pontiac hit a moving Rock Island freight train near the city dump at 11 45 p m Friday. Keith C Laughary 17 of Route 1 said dense fog hid the crossing and the westbound train. The car was wrecked and the train crew reportedly unaware of the incident.
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Rock Island
Keith C. Laughary
Rte. 1
Morris
Donald Ward
Laughary
Pete Martinez
Martinez
Chicago
Silvis
Jurors Examine Burglary and Rape Case in Highland
Grundy County grand jury met to consider an indictment of Kenneth Hamilton 26 formerly of Morris charged with burglary and rape. The alleged break in occurred at 1:15 a.m. January 28 as a young mother of two slept with her husband away. Hamilton is free on $20,000 bond posted by Associate Circuit Judge Robert W. Malmquist.
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Grundy County
Highland
Ind
Kenneth Hamilton
Morris
Hamilton
Atty
James Fleming
Robert W. Malmquist
Woman Injured in Rear End Collision North of Dwight
A Nokomis woman, Ruth Ann Smith, 22, sustained minor injuries in a Sunday rear end crash about 1.5 miles north of Illinois 47 on Interstate 55. Her 1966 Buick struck Ann Blanton’s 1965 Chevrolet from Chicago after traffic slowed. Both cars had minor damage. Smith was treated at Morris Hospital for arm and back pain and released. State police from District 5 investigated.
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Nokomis
Illinois 47
Interstate 55
Ruth Ann Smith
Ann Blanton
Chicago
Miss Smith
Morris Hospital
District 5
Rusk Offers to Stop Bombing for Peace Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk proposed halting bombing of North Vietnam to trigger peace talks. He testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the United States is ready to negotiate today without conditions, while defending foreign aid as vital to security and prosperity amid critics.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
North Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
U.S
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Tonkin
Fulbright
Johnson
Senate
Congress
Vote Forms Yorkville Plattville Area Unit District
Voters in Yorkville grade and high school districts and part of Plattville district approved forming a community unit district. Final tally 419 yes 120 no out of 539. A seven member board to be elected April 6 with offices July 1. Plans include Plattville building as attendance center for grades 1 4 possibly 1 6. Seventh and eighth graders to Yorkville junior high.
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Plattville
Yorkville
Kendall County
Irving A. Shears
Newark
Minooka
Probe into Oswego Man's Fatal Shooting
Kendall County authorities Oswego police and Illinois State Police investigate the death of Robert M. Tripp 28 of rural Oswego found with gunshot wounds Friday night in his Oswego insurance office. Police theorize an attempted burglary or robbery. Coroner Everett McKeown said he was found at 10 20 p m by his father Norval M. Tripp who became concerned when his son did not pick up his 5 year old at the grandparents. Tripp died at the scene. He worked in the N M Tripp Insurance business with his father and brother. Born May 10 1939 in Aurora he attended Oswego schools he is survived by his wife Nancy and his son as well as his parents and a brother.
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Kendall County
Oswego
Illinois State Police
Robert M. Tripp
Everett McKeown
Tripp
Norval M. Tripp
Michael
McKeown
N. M
Union Election at Grain Elevator Seeks Employee Choice
The National Labor Relations Board will hold a 1 to 1 30 p m election on March 29 at Illinois Grain Corporation to decide if production employees want continued representation by Grain Elevator Flour and Feed Mill Workers International Longshoremen Association Al L CIO Local 418. Results will be released as soon as possible per the NLRB release from Peoria.
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National Labor Relations Board
Illinois Grain Corporation
al Lcio Local 418
National Labor Relations Board of Peoria
Public Hearing Set on $1 Billion Pollution Bond Plan
A 9:30 a.m. April 24 public hearing at Morris courthouse will review a proposed $1 billion bond issue to fight air and water pollution and fund flood control and reservoirs for Grundy Kendall Will and Kankakee counties chaired by State Sen. Robert Mitchler. The Water Pollution and Resources Commission will hold 15 hearings statewide to gather testimony from local groups and citizens. A separate plan to designate Fox River Yorkville to Ottawa as a wild river area to protect wildlife will be discussed at a Plano meeting of the Northern Illinois Water Resources and Conservation Commission subcommittee.
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Morris
Grundy
Kendall
Will
Kankakee
Robert W. Mitchler
Oswego
Water Pollution and Water Resources Commission
Ter
Senate
House
Mitchler
Carl L. Klein
Chicago
Fox River
American Legion
Plano
Northern Illinois Water Resources and Conservation Commission
Yorkville
Ottawa
Hit and Run Driver Sought In Fatality Near Dwight
A Secor farmer Alfred J. Bigger, 60, died after his 1964 Oldsmobile left the road on US 66 near Dwight in fog. He wandered seeking help when struck by a southbound vehicle that fled the scene. An investigation and inquest were announced.
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Secor
Illinois 47
Dwight
Grundy County
Alfred J. Bigger
Joliet
Bigger
U.S. 66
W. Clark Davis
Davis
Car chase ends with gunfire near Coal City
Police pursue a speeding car at up to 100 mph from a vacant lot on School Street to a gas station on Diamond. A bullet hit a tire and the rear window as the suspect vehicle fled. Albert Lee Newman, 22, of Wilmington, is in fair condition with a neck wound and faces aggravated assault charges. Miss Jackie Waters, 18, identified Newman. investigation continues.
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Coal City
School St
Albert Lee Newman
Rte. 1
Wilmington
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Dan Kirchner
Gerald Bitner
Kirchner
George Steinberger
DiVision St
Diamond
Bitner
the Herald
Steinberger
Miss Waters
Newman
Joseph Hos
Verona Youth Charged With Property Damage
Grundy County Sheriff Richard Pierce filed two complaints against Alain Braghini of Verona. An incident at about 5 30 a m Saturday on Grand Ridge Road one mile west of Mazon involved a car knocking down a Grundy County highway sign. In a second complaint Braghini is charged with knocking down mailboxes of John Ely Beatrice Mainey Bernard Per ford and Paul Hintze in the Mazon area.
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Grundy County
Richard Pierce
Alain Braghini
Verona
Grand Ridge Road
Mazon
Pierce
Braghini
John Ely
Beatrice Mainey
Bernard Perford
Paul Hintze
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