Lockport Case Heads to Supreme Court on Free Speech
In 1964 a Lockport Illinois teacher Marvin Pickering was fired after a letter to the editor criticized the school board over tax referenda and athletics funding. The U S Supreme Court will decide if public employees may freely comment on their superiors in school matters.
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Washington
Lockport
Ill
Marvin L. Pickering
Lockport Herald
Board of Education
Pickering
Ater
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
John Ligtenberg
Chicago
Ligtenberg
John F. Cirricione
Joliet
Tlinois Supreme Court
Depths of ocean test human endurance
Working below 300 feet under the ocean drains body heat 77 times faster than at the surface. The extreme cold impairs tobacco burning and prevents boiling water for tea and coffee.
Vietnam War Death Toll Figures Through 1967
Pentagon tallies show enemy deaths rising from 13 percent of year-end strength in 1964 to over 30 percent in 1967, with totals by year ending as 1964 16 785 dead of 128 500. 1965 35 456 of 251 000. 1966 55 524 of 279 000. 1967 88 104 of 248 000. United States counts reach 320 129 total killed as of March 16, with 1 941 Communist deaths in a Saigon area operation and Westmoreland preparing to become Army chief of staff.
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Washington
William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
South
Hanoi
Army
U.S
United States
Pentagon
Saigon
Morris Chamber of Commerce Week Highlights Purpose
The Morris Chamber of Commerce marks National Chamber of Commerce Week with a Morris Herald series explaining the chamber’s aims and wide range of community activities. It stresses the link between a prosperous business climate and a thriving community and previews upcoming improvement and promotional programs.
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National Chamber of Commerce
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris Herald
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
New York
Morris
Two-Car Crash Kills Two. Janet Sharkey in Critical Condition
Janet Sharkey, 17, of Oak Street Wilmington, remains in critical condition after a Monday night two car crash that killed two women at the Illinois 53 Arsenal Road intersection, three miles west of Wilmington. Hospital spokesman at Silver Cross in Joliet reports her status. Also notes anthropologists question whether primitive cultures can be preserved indefinitely due to voluntary adoption of civilization.
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Janet Sharkey
Oak St
Wilmington
Ilinois 53
Arsenal Road
Will County
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Personnelassignments list service members to units
In The Service Spec. 4 Martin V. Nelson twenty son of Victor R. Nelson at 880 S. Broadway Coal City assigned March 12 to the 6th Armored Cavalry Regiment at Ft George C. Meade Md. His wife Karen lives at 648 S. Broadway Coal City. Pte Robert A. Johnson twenty son of Mr and Mrs Gerald B. Johnson 514 E Illinois Ave assigned March 5 as an armored personnel carrier driver in Company D of the 50th Infantrys 1st Battalion in Vietnam.
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Martin V. Nelson
Victor R. Nelson
S. Broadway
Coal City
6Th Armored Cavalry Regiment
Ft George C. Meade
Karen
Robert A. Johnson
Gerald
Newark leaders attend Illinois fire protection conference
Lewis Dierzen trustee Fire Chief Lowell Mathie George Waite and wives attended the 25th annual conference of the Illinois Association of Fire Protections Districts last week at the Pere Marquette Hotel in Peoria. Miss Mary Ann Larson of Boston visited her parents and had a five day Paris trip then plans five days in Dublin this week. Larson works at United Airlines in Boston and pursues graduate studies at Harvard. Wesley Totse and Cross Plains Wisconsin are parents of Heidi Sue born Tuesday March 19. William House and Bryce visited Don Dorheim and Janice House at Macomb on Sunday.
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Lewis Dierzen
Lowell Mathie
George Waite
Illinois Association of Fire Protections Districts
Pere Marquette Hotel
Peoria
Paris
France
Dublin
Ireland
Larson
United Airlines
Boston
Harvard
Cross Plains
Wis
Heidi Sue
William House
Bryce
Don Dorheim
Janice 4d
Macomb
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Ralph Black
Morris Riverside Marina
Stratton State Park
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Robert S. McNamara
Behlen
Buy Behlen & See
Hughart Building Systems
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David M. Barr
Dial
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Mary Ann Larson
Theodore Larson
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Admiral
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Admiral’s
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Mirro
Chicagoland Mercury Dealers
SEDAM
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Borens Ford Inc
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