12 Bodies Recovered After Irish Airliner Crash
Searchers found 12 bodies and wreckage eight miles off Rosslare after an Aer Lingus Viscount with 61 aboard crashed into the Irish Sea. Survivors unlikely as weather worsened and deep-sea searches continued for further debris and clues.
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Fishguard
Wales
Rosslare Point
Wexford
Ireland
Kilmore
Dunmore
Irish
Rosslare
HMS
Hardy
Royal Air Force
Aer Lingus
Gordon Black
Cork
London
St. George’s Channel
Irish Sea
Royal Navy
Metric
Deserter Montford Communicates From Paris
Joliet man Clarence Montford Jr. the sole Black deserter from a group of four in France said he deserted because the Vietnam War is unjust. He plans to return to service after U.S. troops leave Vietnam. His parents were contacted in Joliet.
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France
Montford
Vietnam
Crittenden
Clarence Montford
Paris
U.S
Germany
Joseph Farmer
Special Meeting on Salary Schedule at Morris High School
Board President Louis Berger calls a special meeting for Morris Community High School teachers, to start at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The agenda includes a discussion on salaries and new dirt for the football field.
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Morris Community
Board of Education
Louis Berger
Bus brake overheats prompts Fire Department call
At 10 a m Morris Volunteer Fire Department responded to Klinker's Service Station Division Street to assist a school bus owned by Warland Bus Service after the brakes overheated. No damage was reported.
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Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Klinker
Division St
Warland Bus Service
Morris JayCees Kite Contest Sunday at Hatcher Woods
Morris JayCees sponsor a kite flying contest at Hatcher Woods subdivision on Sunday starting at 2 p.m. Don Warner, chairman, outlines five age groups with prizes for best homemade kite highest kite and highest kite in a limited time. First 100 participants receive kites along with ribbons and some records to be awarded.
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Morris JayCees
Hatcher Woods Subdivision
Don Warner
Varner
Pleasant warm spell with sunshine in Grundy County
Grundy County enjoyed pleasant temperatures and ample sunshine. Forecasters predict partly cloudy skies and mid 40s tonight, then upper 60s Tuesday with fair, mild conditions Wednesday. Collins Station logged 39/28 Saturday, 56/32 Sunday, Morris downtown 51/58 at 9 and 11 am.
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Grundy County
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Powell Sees Civil War by Young People
New York AP reports attorney for Esther James widow seeks revocation of Adam Clayton Powell parole after his two week release for contempt. Powell returned from a Bahamas exile to Harlem amid a parade and predicts a civil conflict by youths over race issues while MLK emphasizes commitment to nonviolence.
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NEW York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Bahamas
Harlem
Raymond Rubin
Esther James
Manhattan Supreme Court
Martin Luther King Jr
Abyssinian Baptist Church
Congress
King
New Canaan
Wyatt Tee Walker
Walker
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Saratoga Considers School Expansion At Community Meeting
The Saratoga School Board will explain costs for a proposed addition at a 7 30 p m community meeting at Saratoga Grade School. Attendees include the board superintendent architect from Phillips Swager Associates Peoria and the school attorney.
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Saratoga
Phillips, Swager & Associates of
Peoria
Schloss to Talk On Retail Study in Morris Meeting
Nate Schloss chief retail consultant for Real Estate Research Corp will present results of a retail study at a Morris Chamber of Commerce retail division meeting in downtown Morris at 6 30 p m Wednesday The Seven Gabies will host with parking issues on the agenda Joseph Abel planning consultant will also attend
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Nate Schloss
Real Estate Research Corp
Morris
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Joseph Abel
Old Doctor Dies
Olney Illinois Dr. W. E. Phillips died at 80 from a cerebral hemorrhage ending 54 years of medical service during which he delivered 3,402 babies.
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Olney, Ill
W. E. Phillips
Students Vote Friday on New Officers
Mor ris Community High School holds a Friday vote for student council officers and class representatives after an all school assembly. Candidates include Keith Salems Barb Mitchell Virginia Pack Anne Trucano Beth Bednarik and 23 petitioning students vie for roles across grades with specific petition rules.
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Morris Community High School
Keith Salems
Barb Mitchell
Virginia Pack
Anne Trucano
Beth Bednarik
Carla Hanson
Rick Purdue
Bob Haldorson
Buddy Harper
Gail Anderson
John Warriner
Bonnie Jones
Leslie White
Sue Ansell
Jim Olson
Jay Heap
Tom Bednarik
Peggy Knapp
Carolyn Kopezick
Connie Hillegass
Helen Taylor
Paul Bussey
Rhonda Frisby
Dick Lois
Vandalism Damages Ten Tombstones at Aux Sable Cemetery
Grundy County officers investigated vandalism at Aux Sable Cemetery where ten graves were marked by toppled stones and a small cemetery building torn from its foundation. A beer bottle was found. authorities traced the damage to a vehicle used to overturn markers.
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Aux Sable Cemetery
Grundy
John E. G. Olson
Ray Cryder
Olson
Engineer Killed In Rail Collision Near Cedar Rapids
Two freight trains collided west of Cedar Rapids killing engineer Francis Weaver about 50 of Mason City Iowa. Two other crew members were hospitalized in good condition and 35 cars derailed as crews worked to clear the scene near Far Flberon where the tracks cross at nearly right angles.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Here
Francis Weaver
Mason City
Chicago and North Western
Huron
S.C
Chicago
Albert Seeberger
North Western
Robert Peterson
Perry
Flberon
Aux Sable Rejects Trailer Park Proposals Unanimously
The Aux Sable Township zoning commission voted five to none to reject inclusion of two trailer park sites in a tentative land use plan. They will institute a public hearing for a proposed ordinance limiting the Roe and Kinsella properties and a Tabler Road section to agriculture with exceptions.
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Aux Sable Township
Shady Oaks
Treasure Island Mobile Home Park
Grundy County Board of Supervisors
Aux Sable Commission
Wilder
Arthur Dirst
Minooka
Mrs Ronald Bell Seeks Morris School Board Seat
Mrs Ronald Bell of Wauponsee Township filed a candidacy petition for the Morris elementary school board, bringing the field to four for two three year vacancies. No new petitions were filed for the Morris Community High School Board three three year posts with incumbents Berger Sampson Avalos seeking re election. Gordon Lear remains on the grade school board as sole incumbent seeking reelection, while William Stangland did not run again. other candidates include KR Keith Crowe and Mrs John Sendra Sue Kaczynski. Tuesday is the last day to withdraw.
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Ronald Bell
Wauponsee Township
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Louis Berger
Ronald Sampson
Hugo Avalos
Gordon Lear
Rte. 1
William Stangland
Arthur Reitzel
Stangland
Keith Crowe
John
Sendra Sue) Kaczynski
Johnson Defends Policy At AFL-CIO Conference
President Johnson addressed a cheering labor audience urging continued support from the AFL-CIO building and construction trades, saying social problems cannot be quarantined and must be tackled at home and abroad. He highlighted gains like 12 million lifted from poverty and 41 million workers earning higher wages while pledging safety and consumer protections.
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Washington
Johnson
United States
Afl-Cio
Tie
Talks Set With Parents Over 17 MCHS Suspensions
Ted Morgan assistant superintendent will meet Tuesday with parents of 17 Mor ris Community High School students suspended after a beer party at a senior’s home. He mailed letters to 13 seniors two juniors and two freshmen and will meet at half hour intervals to discuss reinstatement.
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Ted Morgan
Morris Community High School
Morgan
American air power targets Viet Cong supply flotillas in delta
In Mekong Delta operations over three days U S gunships destroyed 114 Sampans and damaged 50 more carrying arms and food for Viet Cong. The strikes near the Cambodian border near Sa Dec and 116 miles southwest of Saigon killed 20 Viet Cong and wounded civilians, as efforts to curb Sampan traffic intensify. Near Khe Sanh North Vietnamese guns downed two Marine helicopters. 31 NVA and five Marines were killed in clashed near Camp Carroll. South Korean forces report 42 enemy deaths in Qui Nhon area actions.
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Saigon
Mekong
U.S
Sampans
Sa Dec
Cambodia
Delta
South Vietnam
Khe Sanh
Camp Carroll
Qui Nhon
Planners to Study Zoning in Three County Townships
Grundy County Planning Commission to study tentative zoning ordinances for Braceville Morris and Saratoga townships. Meeting at 3 30 p m Wednesday in the First National Bank of Morris community room urged attendance as maps and hearings follow.
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Braceville
Morris
Saratoga Townships
Grundy County
First National Bank of
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V.C. Sampan
Joliet
Schloss
Aux Sable
LBJ
MCHS
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