Halt Gold Flow to Speculators
South Vietnam and allied forces report heavy fighting around Khe Sanh and Saigon as a major drive continues. About 600 North Vietnamese troops attacked Khe Sanh while U.S. Marines and rangers repelled the assault with machine gun fire and mortars. Allied counts show a rising enemy toll and ongoing bombardments as operations tied to Quyet Thang Resolve To Win proceed.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Northwest Frontier Combat Base
Quyet Thang
Tram Lak
Associated Press
al Chang
11Th Armored Cavalry
Demilitarized Zone
Seven Die in Ironwood Rifle Rampageled by Eric Pearson
In Ironwood Michigan a two hour shooting spree left seven dead and two seriously injured. Eric Pearson 56 a janitor described as a loner and hunter is charged with the killings. The rampage began at a home killing four including a mother and daughter then at another home, a man and a woman were slain before the raid culminated at a tavern.
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Upper Peninsula
Eric Pearson
Pearson
Helen Puisto
Ironwood
Grand View Hospital
Gogebic County
Chester J. Prebish
Rudolph Maurin
Garfield School Addition Bids Due
Bids for the Garfield School addition will be opened at 7 30 p m Wednesday during the Morris Elementary Board of Education meeting at Franklin School. The session adjourned from last Wednesday and the April regular meeting moved from April 10 to April 17 at 7 p m in Franklin School.
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Garfield School
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Franklin School
Springlike weather in Illinois with showers ahead
Balmy springlike conditions persisted in Illinois. Tonight showers and thundershowers are forecast with a low near 50. Tuesday brings more showers and thunderstorms and warm highs in the 60s. Wednesday turns cloudy and cooler. Collins Weather Station reports a Saturday high of 60 and low 29, Sunday 63/36, with 9 am at 54 and downtown Morris at 59.
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Ilinois
Collins
Morris
Five Car Crash On I 55 Leaves Two Dead In Fog
Two killed and three injured in a five car chain reaction on the foggy intersection of Illinois 53 and Interstate 55. Richard Quathamer 21 of Brookfield and Charles Butler 36 of Plainfield were among the injured. dead are Joe Thomas Jones 20 Joliet and Richard G Jenkins 20 Oak Park.
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Illinois 53
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Richard Quathamer
Brookfield
Charles Butler
Plainfield
Joe Thomas Jones
Rosary Lane
Richard G. Jenkins
Oak Park
Southern Illinois University At
Carbondale
Jenkins
Jones
James Duncan
Lemont
Butler
James Owens
Ottawa
Quathamer
Joseph Klein
Mary Owens
Mary DeCoursey
Grass Fire Responded By Morris Volunteers
Morris volunteer firemen answered one call over the weekend at 1 30 p m Sunday to a grass fire behind the Herman Johnson home at 860 West Jackson Street. No damage was reported.
Johnson Urges National Austerity to Win War and Nation
President Johnson called for a program of national austerity to ensure a prospering economy and sound fiscal position. He urged a total national effort to win the Vietnam War, win the peace, and complete the job at home while proposing major budget cuts and a possible 10 percent income tax increase. He warned of spending cuts that could delay needed actions and pledged intensified controls on travel and business spending. Johnson spoke at the National Farmers' Union convention in Minneapolis, joined by Mrs. Johnson and Rep. W. R. Pogue.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Johnson
Texas
National Farmers’ Union
Congress
Hemisphere
Europe
Vietnam
MCHS Band Shines at State Music Contest
The Morris Community High School band earned a straight superior rating the top honor for prepared selections at the IHSA state contest in Thornton Harvey. The 47 voice mixed chorus was rated excellent. Both groups are led by Dale Wise.
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MCHS
Illinois High School Association
Thornton
Harvey
Dale Wise
Morris
Two Die In I 55 Fog Crash Near Des Plaines River
A rear end collision in dense fog on I 55 killed Lawrence Johnson 22 of Milwaukee and Carl Johnson 53 of Cudahy as a Buick 1961 slid beneath the trailer of a northbound semi driven by Lee Poe 40 of Chicago. The crash occurred about 4 AM five miles south of U S 6, just north of the Des Plaines River in Will County.
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Des Plaines River
Will County
Lawrence Johnson
Milwaukee
Wis
Carl Johnson
Cudahy
Interstate 55
Andrew Veronda
Joliet District 5 State Police
Lee N. Poe
Chicago
Veranda
Johnson
Gardner Medical Group to Meet for Annual Shareholders Meeting
Gardner Medical Group schedules a 7 p.m. meeting next Monday at the American Legion Hall in Gardner. The session covers by law approval and officer elections for the second annual shareholders gathering of the vacant medical center chartered Feb 8 1965 and completed spring 1966. Over 30 doctors have interviewed but not accepted, with ongoing contact to several candidates.
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Southeastern Grundy Medical Facilities, Inc
American Legion Hall
Gardner
Donald Brown
Kennedy Proposal Triggers White House Vietnam Row
Senator Robert F. Kennedy and the Johnson administration clash over a Kennedy plan for a blue ribbon commission to study Vietnam policy. White House aides call the idea a political ultimatum while Kennedy says reports are distorted and cites White House leaks. He insists a genuine commission could end his presidential bid if Johnson shows willingness to pursue a peace path.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
New Yorker
U.S
Vietnam
High Administration
Kennedy
White House
Clark M. Clifford
Commission
Clifford
Global gold price shift ends London pool and freezes offers
A two level gold pricing system took effect as seven central bankers in Washington dissolved the London pool. The London market closed to April 1 while governments keep a $35 official price for intergovernmental sales and allow free pricing for gold on the open market.
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Washington
London
U.S
Lonedon
Paris
South Africa
Soviet Union
Canada
Federal Reserve Board
Will County air and water pollution talk set at Joliet
Clarence Klassen of the Illinois Air Pollution Control Board will discuss Will and Grundy County air and water pollution problems at a noon meeting of the Greater Will County Manufacturers Association at Al's Steak House Joliet. Reservations are $3 and can be made by calling 727-4609.
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Grundy County
Clarence Klassen
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Greater Will County
Clean Air Committee
Junior College bond vote seeks 10.5 million for Joliet campus
Voters in the Class I Junior College District 525 covering Grundy County face a March 30 referendum approving 10.5 million dollars in bonds for a new Troy Township campus near Joliet. The 32.4 million dollar plan relies on state funds for three fourths of costs, with local taxpayers covering the rest.
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Grundy County
Joliet
Troy Township
Tri-County
John Racich
Junior College Board
College
Racich
Joliet Township
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Lempi
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ST. Patrick
Liberty St
Aage Hansen
August B. Black
John Halloran
Herald
Garfield
W. R. Pogue
D-Tex
House Agriculture Committee
Gardner Medical Group
Bobby
LBJ
Zurich
Britain
Treasury
Jr. College
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