Caterpillar Publication Highlights Vocational Center Members
The Morris Daily Herald notes Caterpillar workers at Joliet plant publish a feature on Grundy Area Vocational Center with a story and four pictures. Six Caterpillar employees credited for AVC growth are Bill Boyer, George Herrick, Tony Togliatti, Andy Bell, Ray Donnell, and Jerry Moore.
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Joliet
Grundy Area
Caterpillar
AVC
Bill Boyer
George Herrick
Tony Togliatti
Andy Bell
Ray Donnell
Jerry Moore
Protests Surge Across U N Headquarters and U S Cities
Demonstrations erupt nationwide over Nixon Vietnam policy. U N headquarters in New York closed to tourists after protests. police clash with crowds at UN, MIT, and Boston streets. University of New Mexico declares emergency after violence. Iowa and Cambridge protests disrupt I 80 route with mass rallies and arrests.
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Associated Press
U.N
New York
Nixon
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
District of Columbia
American Broadcasting Co
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boston
University of Iowa
Vietnamese siege at An Loc escalates amid heavy air and ground attacks
North Vietnamese forces and tanks renewed assaults on An Loc as B52 bombardment topped 1 700 tons of explosives. U S advisers suffered casualties while a fierce fight raged in and around the provincial capital, with government forces retaking one block and reports of intensified action toward Quang Tri City and supplies.
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Saigon
An Loc
U.S
U.S. Command
Chon Thanh
Quang Tri
Nixon
Saigon-Phnom Penh
Deadline Near for Morris Low Income Housing Annexation
A state official notes a deadline approaches with no immediate local action on land annexation and zoning for a 50 unit public housing project in Morris. The issue has sat idle since April 10 when the Morris City Council tabled a pre annexation agreement for 10 acres southwest of Hi Park Subdivision. Morris was among seven.
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Morris
Morris City
Hi- Park
Illinois to add 400 units for low income families in seven sites
Illinois pilots seven showcase housing complexes including Morris with 400 units for low income families and 100 for the elderly. HUD notes 9 000 elderly housing applications statewide. Morris chosen for need and local cooperation while six other sites ready to start in July. Budget 6 to 7 million with June 30 deadline to use units.
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Illinois
Office of Housing and Buildings
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Morris
Union County
Cass, McDonough
Fayette
St. Clair
Crawford
Jerry Sternstein
Sternstein
Sternstam
Chicago
Two injured in Lisbon Road two car crash
At 8 32 a m today two vehicles collided at Lisbon Road and Gore Road near a stopped school bus. Norman N Brown 73 of Coal City was ticketed for failure to yield. Both drivers suffered minor injuries and were taken to Morris Hospital.
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Lisbon Road
William Button
Brown
Gore Road
Jeanette E. Larson
Rte. 1
Newark
Sheriff's Department
Larson
Brown Auto
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Soviet ships seen passing through Tsushima Strait
A Soviet Sverdlov class cruiser and a Kotlin class destroyer were spotted steaming south through the Tsushima Strait between Japan and the Korean peninsula. The pace was about 10 knots, far below their max speeds. Officials could not confirm any destination, noting it’s the first such southbound sighting since last December. In a separate note, the Federal Aviation Administration approved $438,000 in airport development aid for Decatur Illinois as part of an 11-city U.S. allocation.
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Tokyo
Tsushima Strait
Japan
Korean Peninsula
Japanese Defense Agency
Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
Decatur
Ill
Illinois
FBI Agent Kaiser to Speak at Liberty Under Law Banquet
FBI Special Agent Kenneth W. Kaiser will be the featured speaker at the Liberty Under Law Banquet on May 20 at Eagle Hall. The Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles sponsors the event for county law enforcement officers and District 5 State Police personnel. Kaiser, Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate, joined the Bureau in 1951 and has served in Newark, Atlantic City, and Chicago offices after WWII service. He is married with one child and a plaque will honor outstanding law enforcement achievement at the banquet.
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Patrick Mattison
Belvidere Daily Republican
Boone County Board of Supervisors
Freedom of Information Panel
Mattison
Rockford
Belvidere
Sharon Johnson
Morris
Rockford Board of Education
Johnson
Richard Shaw
Lisbon St
Francis Hickey
Hickey
Douglas Drake
Joel Weisman
Chicago Today
Weisman
Edward Hanrahan
Cook County
Chicago
Walker
Morris Daily Herald
Anthony Scariano
Florence Smith
FBI
Kenneth W. Kaiser
Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles
District 5
Eagle Hall
Kaiser
Iowa
University of Iowa At
Iowa City
Bureau
Washington, D. C
Quantico
Virginia
Newark
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Army
Air Force
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Waters
Linn
Lieberman Research, Inc
United Nations
Security Council
William Kunstler
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Tracy Adcock
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