Sam Johnson Aides Johnson Campaign Asks For Battle
Sam Houston Johnson, Lyndon Johnson’s brother, says the 1968 campaign will be tough and predicts Lyndon will run. He has a desk at the Democratic National Committee and may aid strategy while living in the White House. He recalls Lyndon’s previous campaigns and notes his own past Capitol Hill work.
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Washington
Johnson
Sam
Lyndon
Sam Houston Johnson
White House
Texas
Sam Houston
Senate
Democratic National Committee
Capitol Hill
Lynda Johnson
Robb
San Marcos
University of Houston
University of Texas
Cumberland Law School
Austin
Tex
Johnson Presidential
Vietnam Scene At-a-Glance
Saigon North Vietnam claims it shot down a U S F111 fighter bomber but U S officials cannot confirm. Three North Vietnamese sailors freed in exchange for three U S pilots. Four anti government figures plan hunger strike over police state tactics. U S officials fear loss of F111 details to Communists. House seeks repeal of the Tonkin Gulf resolution backing the Vietnam buildup.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Vientiane
Washington
US S
House
Senate
Tonkin Gulf
Vietnam
Grass Fires Challenge Morris Volunteers Across Area
Morris volunteer firefighters responded to three grass fires in a 24 hour period. At 6:32 p.m. Thursday they battled 20 acres of tall grass in Pebble Beach Subdivision near two homes with no damage reported. Earlier a garden area at Joseph Perry farm burned toward an old car, which was gutted. At 9:30 a.m. a blaze near a barn was extinguished, and at 10:21 a.m. another grass fire near a building behind Boren's Ford caused no reported damage.
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Morris
Fremen
Pebble Beach
Joseph Perry
Cemetery Road
Boren
Riot After Beale Street March in Memphis Ends in One Death
Memphis faced sporadic fires and a curfew after a peaceful Beale Street march led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. grew violent. Guardsmen protected firetrucks as five shots targeted police and authorities aimed to curb further clashes with a splinter group of youths.
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Beale Street
Martin Luther King Jr
National Guard
Fire Department
National
Hernando Avenue
Krug Given Six Months At Vandalia State Farm
Braceville youth Jerry Krug 19 was sentenced to six months at Vandalia for probation contempt after failing to notify his probation officer of his whereabouts. Witnesses testified to a soda machine theft attempt near Verona on March 16 involving Krug and three others. He testified for himself with defense objections raised by attorney Robert Adcock. The judge stated Krug failed to justify noncontact with his probation officer and ordered the confinement.
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Braceville
Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
Jerry Krug
Leonard Hoffman
Richard Wilder
Krug
Wilbur Schiffbauer
Ottawa
Grundy County
Herman Hier
Verona
Hofman
Lynn Hospital names student nurse of the year
Richard Sorel, married with two children, is named student nurse of the year by the Lynn Hospital School of Nursing student body. The selection highlights Sorel’s merit without bias toward his family status.
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Lynn, Mass
Richard Sorel
Lynn Hospital
Lynn Hospital School of Nursing
Sorel
AMAX Aluminum Begins Wrought Sheet Production In Grundy Co
AMAX Aluminum Co starts initial wrought aluminum sheet production at a 150 acre Grundy County site six miles east of Morris. About 45 employes work in the multimillion dollar mill with rail and truck shipping to begin in April toward a 90 million capacity, hiring 5-10 weekly and reaching around 300 in a year.
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Amax Aluminum Co
Morris
Grundy County
W. C
Wally) Lasater
Lasater
AMAX
Ragnar Benson, Inc
Chicago
Vote to Save Money in Grundy County Bond Referendum
A Grundy County election Saturday asks voters to approve a 10.5 million building bond for Illinois Junior College District 525. Passing funds the first phase of a 32.4 million campus near I 80 and I 55 with state matching three quarters if the district pays one fourth. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm.
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Grundy County
Illinois Junior College District
Minooka boards set April election dates and meetings
Three petitions filed for two Minooka Grade School District 201 Board seats with incumbents William Davidson and Francis Coyne and newcomer Gail Coop. Two candidates seek Minooka High School Board seats with incumbents Kenneth Malone and Clyde Heap. Junior College Board election also on April 13 with polls at the high school and Channahon Grade School.
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Minooka
William Davidson
Francis Coyne
Gail Coop
Minooka High School
Channahon
James
Marilyn) Theobald
Morris Community High School
Roy McDermott
State Board of Vocational Education
Grundy County
Minooka High
Kerner Seeks Replacement for Service Occupation Tax
Gov. Otto Kerner urges the Illinois Legislature to replace the $70 million annual service occupation tax struck down by the state supreme court when it reconvenes July 15. Leaders clash over fixes as the Taxpayers Federation warns of a potential $245 million budget deficit. The court ruled the tax unconstitutional for single rate assessments.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Kerner
Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
Arrington
Ralph T. Smith
Alton
GOP
Taxpayers Federation of Illinois
Samuel Shapiro
Shapiro
Supreme Court
Weather looks warm with a cooler night ahead
Clear skies and southerly breezes produced summer like temperatures in Grundy County. Tonight will be fair and cooler with a low near 40. Saturday will be partly sunny and cooler with a high in the lower 60s. Sunday looks cloudy with a chance of showers and little temperature change. Collins Weather Station reported a Thursday high of 78 and a low of 46. At 9 am today it was 64 at the station and 10:30 am it was 68 downtown Morris.
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Grundy County
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Jordan Israel clash with jets and big guns along Jordan River
Israeli jets bombed artillery nests as Jordanian forces and heavy artillery battled 65 miles along the Jordan River from Galilee to Jericho. Jordan claimed four Israeli fighters shot down and described tank and artillery losses. Casualties were not immediately reported.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Galilee
Jericho
Dead Sea
Stanley Bennett
Hussein
Amman
Israel
Beisan
Gilad
Nurdan
Gesher
Beit Yosef
Yardesna
Judge Hoffman to Hear Cook County Appellate Cases
Downstate Judge Leonard Hoffman of Morris joins Chicago jurists Jay Alley and Allan Stower to hear Cook County appellate matters on April 11 at the Chicago Civic Center. The Illinois Supreme Court assigned the three to address a case backlog in the county’s appellate court.
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Cook County
Leonard Hoffman
Morris
Chicago Civic Center
Chicago
Hoffman
Jay J. Alley
Peoria
Allan Stowder
Kankakee
Illinois Supreme Court
Ilinois
Business County
Supreme Court
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Middle East
Lbj
Democratic Policy Committee
the Power Company
Tenn
Jim Behrens
Jeannette Reader
Behrens
Herald Photo
Amax Aluminum
American Metal Climax, Inc
United States
Um Kais
Karameh
al Fatah
Massada
Cook Co
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