Advertising manager named for Morris Daily Herald
Joseph Schmitz, assistant advertising manager of the Daily Times in Ottawa for three years, is appointed Advertising manager of the Morris Daily Herald by publisher Thomas West. He will start Monday after naval service and a 1960 Streator High School graduation. His wife Carol and daughter Karla Kay 21 months live in Ottawa and will move with him.
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Joseph Schmitz
The
Daily Times
Ottawa
Morris Daily Herald
Thomas West
Streator High School
Schmitz
U. S. Navy
Carol
Karla Kay
Westwood Drive
Ted Schmitz
S. Park St
Streator
Morris considering women on police force amid eight applicants
Eight applicants including a healthy Morris woman take out exams for a Morris police post. The board voices a likely dilemma as the ad did not specify gender, leaving the decision to be made after grading at Morris Community High School.
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Morris Community High School
Joseph Mattson
Frank Kulig
Frank Welch
Police Board
SIU students face mob action charges in campus protests
Jackson County State's attorney announced the arrest of sixth SIU student Charles M. Hughes of Gary Indiana on mob action charges from a bid to occupy the university president's office. Earlier arrests included Theodore Dawson Lorenzo Bell Edward Singleton Richard Walker and John Foster.
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Stuart Novick
Carbondale
Whte
William J. Moffett
Chicago
Richard Richman
Jackson County
Southern Illinois University
Charles M. Hughes
Gary
Ind
Theodore Dawson
Lorenzo Bell
Edward G. Singleton
Richard Walker
John Foster
Aurora
Dawson
Walker
Wilbur Moulton
Delyte W. Morris
Stokely Carmichael
Militant
Carmichael
Hanoi Claims Saigon Attack Major Victory
U S fighter bombers pounded a half mile square area in Saigon suburbs while Viet Cong fighters remained in rubble. The strike followed helicopter gunships failing to silence snipers as U S 9th Division pushed into the area. Civilian casualties rose with 92 dead and 2,411 wounded. refugees estimated at 56,000.
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Kinh Doi Canal
U.S
Paris
9Th Division
Hanoi
Cuba school bond referendum postponed to May 31
Cuba Illinois officials postponed an $810000 school bond referendum set for Saturday after discovering the ballot omitted the bond amount due to a printers error. The election was reset for May 31 to correct the ballot.
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Cuba, Ill
Cuba
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Oll
Weekend Weather Outlook from The Weatherman
The Weatherman forecasts cloudy cool conditions Saturday with possible rain and a high near 60, then mostly cloudy and cooler Saturday night with lows in the 40s. Sunday will be partly cloudy and cool. Collins Weather Station logged Friday high 70 and low 35, with 60 degrees at 7 20 p.m. Downtown Morris noted 63 degrees at 7 10 p.m.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Morris Mayor Hansen Remembered For Transformation Efforts
The obituary honors Mayor Aage Hansen for three years of service to Morris, citing annexation of almost 300 acres, zoning adoption in 1966, extended water and sewer lines to I 80 and Hatcher Woods, a lighting program, and a council push for a new library, city hall, incinerator, and garage. He spent his last night at a Morris Public Library Board meeting. He inspired progress and left a lasting challenge.
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Aage Hansen
Morris Public Library
Morris
Hatcher Woods
Hansen
Mor
See Sharp Climb In Medicaid Costs
Washington AP Secretary of Welfare Wilbur J Cohen warned Medicaid costs may rise well beyond December projections from 1.7 billion to 2.5 billion or up to 3 billion annually. The fiscal year total reaches about 3.2 billion with state and local outlays, as Congress faces cost overruns and an AFDC income cap policy under consideration. The program started January 1, 1966, and costs surge across states from Oklahoma to New York.
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Washington
Wilbur J. Cohen
Cohen
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Senate House
Curtis
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Oklahoma
New York State
Union Voting on Proposals Today at Center School
Members of Local 292 International Brotherhood of Pulp Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers meet at 9 a m in Center School to consider a Federal Paper Board Co contract proposal. The 541-member local contract expires May 19 and the two year deal, accepted May 1965, was extended one year in 1967. President Ray Dolan of Mazon says voting will occur Saturday.
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Local 292
International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and
Center School
Federal Paper Board Co
Ray Dolan
Mazon
Second French Heart Transplant Patient Dies
In Montpellier, 65 year old Elie Joseph Reynes died fifty nine hours after receiving a heart from an accident victim on Wednesday. He never regained consciousness and suffered probable brain damage. The donor was Jean Claude Amarger a 35 year old fatally injured worker. The first French transplant recipient Clovis Roblin 66 died forty one days after the operation.
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Montpellier
France
Elie Joseph Reynes
Reynes
Jean-Claude Amarger
Clovis Roblin
Three Days Of Lynch Sit-Ins End In Arrests At Roosevelt
At Roosevelt University in Chicago eleven more students were arrested bringing total protests to 48 over three days against President Weil's refusal to hire Staughton Lynd full time. Earlier actions led to 16 expulsions and 24 suspensions for sit-ins and blocking offices.
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Chicago
Roosevelt University
Staughton Lynd
Rolf A. Weil
Weil
Lynd
Lyndh
Roosevelt
North Vietnam
Johnson
Lynch
South
Michigan Avenue
Gasoline thief chased along Route 66 at high speed
State police hunted a man who left a service station without paying and led officers on a chase up to 100 mph along Route 66. The vehicle then wrongfully traveled on Route 29, and the suspect fled into the woods after jumping from the car. Police identify the fugitive as Robert Malec of Chicago, absent without leave from Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
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Springfield
Ill
Robert Malec
Chicago
Fort Leonard Wood
Local Officials Clash Over Illinois Gun Registration Law
Grundy County authorities dispute the efficacy of the Firearm Owner's Identification Law as July 1 deadline nears. They agree the law will not prevent armed crime. penalties cap at 1000 dollars or up to one year. Officials call for broader nationwide rules and stricter crime penalties.
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Illinois
Grundy County
Department of Public Safety
Robert W. Malmquist
Morris
Donald L. Ward
United States
John Olson
Richard Pierce
Pierce
Olson
Morris City
Robert Wren
Wren
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Malmquist
Ward
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