Merchants to Hear About Food Stamp Program
Merchants in Grundy County will learn how the Food Stamp Program works at a May 8 briefing in the Grundy County Courthouse starting 7 30 p m. E D Stricklin of the Champaign field office will conduct the session.
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Grundy County
E. D. Stricklin
Champaign
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Department of Public Aid
Federal Reserve System
Johnson invokes Roosevelt to rally support for Vietnam policy
President Johnson compared his Vietnam policy to Roosevelt’s prewar containment call as he urged sustained homefront backing. Reports say Congress is close to approving an additional 35 000 troops, while the draft is set to be 44 000 in May.
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Washington
Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vietnam
U.S
Pentagon
Roosevelt
Marine Veterans of Vietnam
Freezing Start to Spring with Uncertain Warmup
The forecast shows freezing or near freezing conditions as spring arrives. No warming trend expected for three days. Tonight will be mostly cloudy and colder with upper 20s. Thursday cooler with a chance of snow or rain in the mid 30s. Friday remains cool and partly cloudy. Collins Weather Station logged 60/30 for Tuesday. Early today 9 am at station 35 degrees and downtown Morris 36 at 11 am. Precipitation measured .31.
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Morris
Wheeler’s
Collins
Winners Named for Grundy County General Scholarships
Judith Ann Dodd of Coal City and Nan Mary Harty of Kinsman are named general county scholarship winners in Grundy County. Awards, based on ACT scores from 1967, cover four years of tuition and certain fees at eight state universities in Illinois. Dodd attends Coal City High School. Harty is a Mount St. Clare Academy senior.
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Judith Ann Dodd
Second St
Coal City
Nan Mary Harty
Kinsman
Grundy County
Arthur V. Meadors
Illinois
Miss Dodd
Coal City High School
Orville Dodd
Miss Harty
Mount St. Clare Academy
Wilfred Harty
Steelworkers Bank on Strike Funds for New Negotiations
The United Steelworkers union seeks a $5 monthly per member assessment to create a $25 million strike fund as dues rise to cover higher operating costs since 1956. Delegates expect approval despite some grumbling over extra contributions.
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Atlantic City
N.J
United Steelworkers Union
Two More Building Permits Issued in March
Grundy County Building and Zoning Officer Eugene Sorenson announced two more permits today, bringing March total to seven. Harry Gerstang of Wauponsee Township received a permit to connect a mobile home to a septic system at Waupecan Valley camp grounds. LaVerne Olson of Gardner was issued a permit to construct a residence in Pebble Beach subdivision in Wauponsee Township.
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Grundy County
Eugene Sorenson
Sorenson
Harry Gerstang
Wauponsee Township
Waupecan Valley Camp Grounds
LaVerne Olson
Gardner
Pebble Beach Subdivision
Families of Men in Asylum Tell Feelings
News of eight American servicemen granted asylum in Sweden sparks mixed reactions. Families express shock, concern, or cautious approval as the Aliens Commission cites humanitarian grounds. One defector, Erwin Joseph Foster, surrendered at Ft. Benning after fleeing to Sweden.
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New York
Sweden
Aliens Commission
Stockholm
Ft. Benning
U.S. Army
Erwin Joseph Foster
Alabama
Foster
Richard T. Burroughs
Robert T. Burroughs
Battle gains and Viet Cong withdrawals near Saigon
U.S. Americal Division reports 111 North Vietnamese regulars killed on the northern coast near Chu Lai with three Americans wounded. Viet Cong regiments retreat toward War Zones C and D near Cambodia as Operation Quyet Thang reports 903 enemy killed and 204 detained in ten days while Saigon fights flare with civilian casualties and B52 strikes around Khe Sanh.
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Saigon
U.S. Americal Division
U.S
Chu Lai
U S
Quyet Thang
Mekong Delta
Cholon
Khe Sanh
U.S. Marine Fortress
Lang Vei
Town Meeting Set for April 2 in Morris Township
Morris Township voters will attend a final budget hearing at 2 p.m. April 2 in the Supervisor Ray Hansen office. Hansen announced a record low ordinance proposing a $2,000 appropriation to bolster the township general assistance fund, the lowest in his 12 years in office. The meeting is open to the public.
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Morris Township
Ray Hansen
Morris
Hansen
Spring Arrives Swallows Return Across Nation
The article notes spring arriving in the U.S. with swallows returning to Capistrano after 171 years except 1935, while winter snows lingered in parts of the country. It cites climate experts predicting possible hard freezes in March and highlights regional snowfall records from North Carolina, Indianapolis, Iowa, Chicago, Utah, New Mexico, and other locales alongside a general cooling trend across the United States.
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New York
Henry van Dyke
J. Murray Mitchell
U.S. Weather Bureau
Washington
Capistrano
Capistrano Mission
California
North Carolina
Albert Hardy
Gulf Coast
Texas
Indianapolis
Ind
Iowa
Chicago
Police Donough
Utah
New Mexico
Air Force
Red Lodge
Mont
Oklahoma
University of Arkansas
New
United States
Arkansas
Burlington
Pittsburgh
Miami
New Jersey
Donald Dunlap
Kansas City
De Gaulle Calls for Gold Standard Revival in World Finance
President Charles de Gaulle urged scrapping the present monetary system and reviving the gold standard. He warned France will oppose reforms based on paper gold and urged a system grounded in immutability impartiality and universality of gold. France reserve freedom to delay reform as ministers meet in Stockholm.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Stockholm
da Gaulle
Georges Gorse
de Gaulle
Free World
European Economic Community
Common Market
British pound rises on budget easing signals in London market
London stock prices recover as Labour austerity budget gains banker support. The FT 30 index climbs to 409.9 by noon, while the pound reaches 2.40 dollars. Gold prices fall in Zurich and Paris as market openness continues after the London market pause.
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London
Financial Times
Zurich
Paris
United States
Hugh Scanlon
Amalgamated Engineering Union
Roy Jenkins
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Kathy) Vacca
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General County
Robert
J. Edward Ashley
John Ashley
Alexandria
Ashley
Washington Post
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Frank X. Jones
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N.Y
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