Guatemala under Mendez gains control after purge
President Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro has solidified power by firing three top officials including Defense Minister Rafael Arriaga Bosque, sidelining right wing extremists and pacifying much of the insurgent scene in Guatemala. The abduction of Archbishop Mario Casarriego intensified tensions but was traced to the MANO group.
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Guatemala
Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro
Mendez
Rafael Arriaga Bosque
Msgr
Mario Casariego
Far Right
Mano
Curia
Mexico
Doroteo Monterrosa
Mariscal Zavala
Enrique Daniel Cifuentes
Col
Arriaga Bosque
Zacapa
Arriaga
Civillian Mano Organization
Coal City Notes Military and Birth Updates
Soldiers from Coal City area announce training completions and new stations from Fort Leonard Wood to Bad Kreuznach Germany. Addresses list Army and Navy postings, with discharge, arrivals, and overseas tours. Birth announcements include twins at Morris Hospital and three new local children at St Joseph Joliet and St Joseph Joliet.
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Ptc
James H. Womacken
U.S. Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Mary Womack
Coal City
James Womack
LaCrosse
Wis
Bad Kreuznach
Germany
Coal City High School
8Th Admin. Co
APO
New York
N.Y
Dale Giordano
San Francisco
Calif
William Wills
O'Hare
Bamberg
Austria
France
St. Peter's
Rome
Italy
Warner Barracks
James E. Viano
States
Thailand
Ft. Campbell
Ronald Campbell
Thomas Campbell
Woodburn
Ore
Pfe. Campbell
Memphis
Tenn
Frank Micono
Nora Campbell
Don F. Pountain
Kankakee St
Bennington
Long Beach
John Micetich
Morris Hospital
Donald Bianchetti
Janet Lynn
St. Joseph Hospital
Pat Ruffatti
Douglas Letterly
Joel Patrick
St Joseph Hospital
Joliet
WSCS meeting at United Methodist Church in Mazon
Mrs. P. T. Rosendahl hosted the WSCS gathering with assistants Mrs. Reading and Mrs. Wills. Devotions by Mrs. Wilkinson and a lesson titled Missionary Finds a New Identity by Mrs. Rosendahl, assisted by several members. Plans made to supply cookies for Vacation Bible School starting June 3 and to provide supplies. Refreshments served.
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P. T. Rosendahl
WSCS
United Methodist Church
Raymond Reading
Clyde Wills
J. H. Wilkinson
Rosendahl
Kenneth Pfeifer
Fred Foster
Lois Mellen
Burnette DeGrush
Ernest Meadors
Methodist Woman
Tiger Mascot Tony Stirs Controversy at Pease Base
At Pease Air Force Base New Hampshire the 509th Bomb Wing unveils a new mascot a stuffed tiger named Tony. Owner S Set Anthony Bartolotti says Tony once terrorized a South Vietnamese village and killed three villagers before being hunted down and stuffed.
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Pease Air Force Base
N.H
509Th
Tony
South Vietnam
S. Set
Anthony Bartolotti
Bartolotti
Weekend TV Schedule Snapshot
A dense list of late afternoon and evening network programming including 2 and 5 stations with shows such as Bonanza See It and News. Programs span cartoons dramas westerns talk and children offerings with late night talk shows and film entries.
Lunch Menu At MCHS Week Of May 6 10
Week of May 6 10 lunch menu lists daily meals at MCHS. Monday features meatballs with mashed potatoes and gravy. Tuesday offers snappy pizza and potato chips. Wednesday serves beef stew with vegetables. Thursday includes barbecue on a bun and cabbage salad. Friday options are fish sticks or creamed dried beef with sides.
Gardner Civic Clubs Report Meetings and Upcoming Plans
The Emma L. Allison Past Matrons Club met at Mrs. Henry Hollmeyer home with Mrs. Francis Howland assisting. Roll call answered with proverbs. devotions on President Grant in the White House. June 5 plans made at Mrs. Clarence Barr home with Mrs. Harry Howland assisting. District Lions convention in Wilmington saw Oscar Bullock retire as governor and Randy Kerfoot elected. Gardner attendees listed. Gardner Band Boosters met at Gardner Consolidated Grade School to discuss summer parades and awards night.
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Emma L. Allison
CBS
Henry Hollmeyer
Francis Howland
Charles Treasure
President Grant
White House
Clarence Barr
Harry Howland
Wilmington
Oscar Bullock
Randy Kerfoot
Bloomington
Gardner
Lloyd Cato
Chester Huston
Billy Ray Ward
Cyrus’ Sorensen
Francis Halpin
Abil Go
Gardner Band Boosters Club
Gardner Consolidated
Gerald White
Turning Back the Pages of the Morris Daily Herald
Fifty years ago a triple wedding was planned in South Wilmington with a large celebration. The couples were Charles Testa and Catharine Bottino Cyril Finn and Josephine Bottino and Jim Pomatto and Angeline Bottino.
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The
Morris Daily Herald
Wilmington
Charles Testa
Catharine Bottino
Cyril Finn
Josephine Bottino
Jim Pomatto
Angeline Bottino
Horse thieves target Saratoga Township farms during stormy night
Bandits struck two farms near Saratoga Township under threatening weather. William Steinbeck’s farm northeast of the city along Rock Island tracks was raided, while Grant Belt’s farm also reported theft. William Straw of Cody, Wyoming, arrives in Morris to help on Fred Hoge’s Saratoga Township farm.
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William Steinbeck
Saratoga Township
Grant Belt
Rock Island Tracks
William Straw
Cody
Wyo
Morris
Fred Hoge
Illinois university marks annual woman’s day event
Atty. John B. Black spoke to Commercial Law students at Morris Community High School on Thursday morning about lawyers and the work of lawyers during Illinois University’s annual Woman’s Day celebration.
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Ern Ilinois University
John B. Black
Commercial Law
Morris Community High School
Miss Mary Dueland Joins Phi Kappa Lambda Honor Society
Miss Mary Dueland a University of Illinois student and daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Dueland was recently initiated into the national honor society Phi Kappa Lambda.
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Mary Dueland
University of Illinois
Ben Dueland
Phi Kappa Lambda
Operation Greenstrip to Feature Canoes and Horses
About 50 canoes and 25 horses are expected to take part this weekend along the Illinois and Michigan Canal and towpath from Summit to La Salle-Peru in Operation Greenstrip. In Friday afternoon ceremonies the Morris state highway garage received a plaque for the best personal injury safety record in District No. 3 for 1966.
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Ilinois and
Michigan Canal
Summit
la Salle
Peru
Morris State Highway Garage
Band Parents elect officers at Center School meeting
The Band Parents Association closed its year at Center School electing Walter Greenfield as President Mrs George Mitchell as Vice President Mrs Ray Cryder as Secretary and Mrs Olen May as Treasurer The Illinois River today rose to flood stage for the second time this year flooding thousands of acres of bottom lands.
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Band Parents Association
Center School
Walter Greenfield
George Mitchell
Ray Cryder
Olen May
Illinois
Morris Names Donald Ward to Another Year as Police Chief
Morris police board reappoints Donald Ward to continue as chief for another year. Ward will oversee department operations and community safety initiatives through the upcoming term.
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Morris
Donald Ward
Governor Stratton Honored as Wife Receives Woman Leader Award
Governor Stratton applauded Thursday as his wife accepted the Woman Leader of the Year award in South.
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Stratton
South
Witness Advice from Palm Beach County Court
Prosecutor Marvin A. Mounts drafts a 30 point instruction sheet for witnesses to follow on the stand in West Palm Beach County Criminal Court. The guide aims to curb improvised testimony and help witnesses stay calm during exposure.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
Palm Beach County
Marvin A. Mounts
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Summary
A reader asks about dumping two trunks of old letters and photos from the husband’s past moves. Ann urges patience and keeping the items until a golden anniversary, noting the husband may eventually discard them himself. Other letters seek guidance on repairing a rift with a estranged son and a teen’s behavior, with short, practical responses.
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Ann Landers
Phoenix
Portland
Minneapolis
Miami
USA
Denver
Chicago
Minnie
Min
Today in History May 4 1968 highlights
On May 4 historical notes include Peter Minuit landing on Manhattan in 1626 and his $24 trade, Rhode Island renouncing allegiance in 1776, Napoleon reaching Elba in 1814, Lee's victory at Chancellorsville in 1863, the Haymarket Riot in 1886, the Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942, and the 1961 start of the freedom rides.
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Associated Press
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Minuit
Manhattan
Rhode Island
Britain
Napoleon Bonaparte
Elba
Robert E. Lee
Joseph Hooker
Chancellorsville
Haymarket
Chicago
Coral Sea
Washington
New Orleans
North American Treaty Organization
Copenhagen
Upper Nile
Athens
Zimmerman Named AP News Editor in New Orleans
Kent Zimmerman night city editor of The Associated Press bureau in Chicago has been appointed News Editor of The AP in New Orleans. He will start May 19 as assistant to Chief of Bureau Jim Mangan. Zimmerman, 27, comes from Evansville Courier after Ohio Valley journalism, a Canton Daily Ledger former editor, and Edwardsville Intelligencer alumnus. He and his wife Carolyn have a daughter Meghan.
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Chicago
Kent
Zimmerman
Associated Press
New Orleans
Jim Mangan
Evansville
Ind
Courier
Highland, Ill
Edwardsville
Ill
Intelligencer
Southern
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues Refer to Various Hints
The puzzle lists across and down clues covering animals people languages body parts and places. It includes entries such as macaws principal Dream Girl playwright fodder vat embellish torrent hate location abstract being exclamation Mr Torme football position corks monkey Burmese language chum girl name crown birds slight geometric ratios famous beige Arabian chieftain feign observes Italian mountain range American Indian footlike part quiet Java tree fleets butt moistens mimicked pretty girl yesterday's answer wither Alaskan seaport total amount.
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Morris Publishing Company
Illinois Corporation
East Washington Street
Thomas E. West
Eee
Herald Office
By Robert Berrellez
Coal City Notes
Mazon
Briets
Effie Johnson
Friends Night
Kellogg
Foster
Ruth
Tiger
Meet the Press
Laramie
Untouchables
Dennis the Menace
21St Century
Sunset Strip
News
Flipper
Gentle Ben
FBI
Woody Woodbury
Flintstones
Andy Griffith
Peyton Place
Carol Burnett
Big Valley
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Maria
MCHS
Gardner Notes
Goldberg
Sportin Goods
the Fourhole, Sir J
Corrigan
Jhahran
DR. Stone
Bradley
Debbie
U.S
Ornithological Base
Hazard
Silver Fox
B.B.H
AP City
Daily Crossword
Tion
Mr. Torme
Corks
Kind of Monkey
Ever Part
Java
Alaskan
Fez
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