Czechoslovak elite urge Dubcek to resist external pressure
An open letter signed by 134 writers and artists urges President Dubcek to steer reforms toward genuine democracy amid external doubts. Kosygin and Dresden summit talks signal bloc economic concerns while East Berlin condemns Czech leadership candidate Smrkovsky. The Prague presidency race and likely liberal government reshuffle loom.
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Czechoslovakia
Dresden
East Germany
East Berlin
Kurt Hager
Communist Party
Josef Smrkovsky
Smrkovsky
Ludvik Svoboda
Ladislav Novomyeski
Destomir Cisarzh
Romania
Vote Saturday On Jr College Campus Funds
Voters in Class I Junior College District 525 face a $10.5 million bond vote to support a $32.4 million building program for the Troy Township campus south of Joliet. State grants depend on timely passage before July 1 to secure $5.2 million. taxpayers must cover one fourth plus furnishings. Precinct polling places across Grundy County listed.
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Grundy County
Troy Township
Joliet Airport
District Board of Education
Franklin School
Nettle Creek Consolidated School
Saratoga Consolidated School
Wauponsee Town Hall
Mazon High School
Verona
Kinsman
Braceville City Hall
South Wilmington Village Hall
Gardner- South Wilmington High School
Coal City
Eileen Village Hall
Diamond Village Hall
Carbon Hill Village Hall
Goose Lake
Gorman's
Will County Site Favored for Chicago Airport
A 64 page Lochner report recommends a 16000 acre area in Green Garden Township Will County 35 miles south of Chicago as a cheaper safer location for a third major Chicago airport. The study commissioned by the Kankakee and Joliet chambers cites low population density easy rail access and 40 minute high speed rail to downtown Chicago with an estimated $29 million land cost.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
H.W. Lochner, Inc
Consulting Engineers
Green Garden Township
Will County
Kankakee
Ilinois
Indiana State Line
Kankakee and Joliet
Piggly Wiggly Bedford Center Renamed Eagle Discount
To Change Name Piggly Wiggly Food Center in Bedford Plaza will become Eagle Discount Supermarket under company policy. All stores in the chain will adopt the new name by Monday. No personnel changes are planned.
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Piggly Wiggly Food Center
Bedford Plaza
Eagle Discount Supermarket
Living Costs Rise for Fifth Month
Washington reports February consumer prices up three tenths of a percent marking a fifth straight monthly rise at an annual rate near four percent. Wholesale prices jumped seven tenths with a sharp 1.5 percent food surge, while wages rose to a new high of 104.33 on stronger hours and minor hourly gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Chase
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Special Board Meeting Called Over Bond Proceeds
Morris Elementary District 54 board president John Hendrickson calls a 7:30 p.m. special meeting next Wednesday at Franklin School to consider investment of funds from bond sales.
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Board of Education
Morris Elementary District
John Hendrickson
Franklin School
Stormy warmth gives way to showers and cooler air
Mild conditions continue as a westward air push triggers showers and possible thundershowers tonight. Lows dip to the lower 50s with Thursday at a cooler upper 60s. Collins Weather Station logged a 73 high and 47 low, while Morris downtown read 67 at 11 a.m.
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Collins
Morris
Governors show scant support for Kennedy or McCarthy
A national AP survey of 24 Democratic governors finds only Vermont's Philip Hoff unequivocally backing Kennedy with Iowa's Harold Hughes leaning, six uncommitted, and a mix of support for Johnson in states like Texas Tennessee and Delaware. Hawaii's Burns notes Kennedy interest. New Hampshire's King backs Johnson amid a write-in push.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Associated Press
State House
President Johnson
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Kennedy
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
McCarthy
Hoff
Johnson
America
Hughes
Bourke Hickenlooper
Texas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Delaware
Hawaii
John A. Burns
Burns
Democratic Party
New Hampshire
John W. King
Indiana
Roger D. Branigin
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Calvin L. Rampton
Utah
John N. Dempsey
Connecticut
New Jersey
Richard J. Hughes
Robert E. McNair
South Carolina
Five File for Coal City School Board
Five candidates filed petitions for two Coal City District No. 1 School Board seats. Incumbents Joseph Skubie and Alfred J. Dearth seek re election. Other candidates are Floyd Calcaterr a Frank Anselmo Jr. and Mrs Delores DuBois for a three year term. Absentee ballots details and polling places listed.
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Coal City
Josephine Tira
Board of Education
Mary St
Eileen
Diamond
Carbon Hill
Goose Lake
Gorman Hall
Maine Township
Crowd forces firemen to extinguish blaze in High Ridge
In High Ridge Missouri a mob of about 75 armed residents forced volunteer firefighters to battle a house fire. Assistant Chief Robert Ellison said the crew could not verify a seven dollar fire tag and the crowd grabbed the hose. No injuries were reported.
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High Ridge
Robert Ellison
Ellison
State Highway Patrol
Jefferson County Sheriff's
St. Louis
Stratton to Talk Tuesday in Joliet
Former Gov. William G Stratton will speak at a Joliet dinner meeting of the Greater Will County Manufacturers Association at 6 p m Tuesday. Al s Steak House 1990 W Jefferson St Joliet will host public and association members with a Q A session after the address.
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William G. Stratton
Greater
Will County
Two Building Permits Issued at Goose Lake Township
Grundy County Building and Zoning Officer Eugene Soren announced two permits. William T. Taylor of Joliet received a septic system permit for Lincoln Lakes subdivision at Goose Lake Township. Carl Gruenwald of Joliet obtained a permit for a one family dwelling in Goose Lake subdivision at Goose Lake Township.
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Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
William T. Taylor
Joliet
Lincoln Lakes Subdivision
Goose Lake Township
Carl Gruenwald
Goose Lake
Bail Forfeiture Ordered in Chicago Man Auto Theft Case
A Grundy County judge granted the state’s motion to forfeit the $250 bail of Anthony Insolata a Chicago man charged with auto theft. Insolata failed to appear for March 19 and earlier court dates, with testimony showing travel delays and missed trains. Judge Malmquist ordered bail forfeiture and set a new bond at $5,000 while remanding Insolata to await posting.
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Grundy County
Chicago
Robert W. Malmquist
Anthony Insolata
Insclata
Bloomington
Coffehouse
U. S. 66
Illinois 47
Dwight
Insolata
Morris
Joliet
Illinois Youth Commission
Channahon
Younger
Moris
Malmquist
Ottawa
Morris Man Injured in Vietnam War
Sp. 4 Thomas E Sparrow recuperates in a Japan hospital for leg and stomach wounds from shrapnel north of Saigon. He arrived in Vietnam last May after enlisting in September 1966 and is to be sent home soon. Parents live at 1233 Grant St. and wife at 4162 EB North St. His address is US 54808567 B Company 126 Infantry 1st Division APO San Francisco 96344.
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Thomas E. Sparrow
Japan
Vietnam
North St
United States
Morris
Saigon
Sparrow
Walker Sparrow
Grant St
U. S. Army
George Heath
E. Jackson St
Thomas FE
Napalm Strikes Aid Push in Vietnam Battle Near Saigon
American 25th Infantry Division troops advanced on Ap Long Mue northwest of Saigon under napalm and artillery fire. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces reported 396 Viet Cong killed in the Trang Bang area since Sunday as heavy fighting continued. casualties were light for Allies. The operation Quyet Thang seeks to drive Viet Cong from positions near the capital with 50,000 troops across five provinces.
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U.S
Ap Long Mac
Trang Bang
25Th Division
Quyet Thang
Saigon
Warn Parents On School Building Site Near Gare Field
Supt. Kenneth Hammer informs parents of safety measures as Gare field School addition construction begins near Liberty and High Streets. Wrecking of nearby houses may start Thursday or Friday with restrictions for Garfield School students traveling routes along Liberty Street and High Street.
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Liberty and
High Sts
Garefield School
Kenneth Hammer
Hammer
High St
Liberty St
Garfield School
Trustees to Meet Discuss Written Policies at Library
Morris Public Library trustees schedule April meeting at 8 p.m. in the children's room to discuss written policies. Charles De Young, director of the Bur Oak Library System, is to attend.
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Morris Public Library
Charles de Young
Bur Oak Library
Sys
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Prague
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Bloc
Saratoga, Calif
Jr. College
Delaware River
Atlantic Ocean
Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnam
Favor Will County
Coal City School Board
Stratton
Richard Wilder
S. J. Holderman
Vietnam War
Warn
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