Wallace shot at campaign rally in Silver Spring
Gov. George C. Wallace was shot and wounded after a rally in a Silver Spring parking lot. Campaign aide Emmett Eaton described the attack and Wallaces calm and concern for his bleeding chest wound as an ambulance carried him to Holy Cross Hospital.
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Silver Spring
George C. Wallace
Wallace
E. C. Dothard
Alabama State Police
Dothard
Emmett W. Eaton
George
Eaton
Charles Carmon
Mobile
Ala
Holy Cross Hospital
George Mangum
Mangum
La Salle County Wins Federal Training Grant
Joseph A. Connor announces a 2517 dollar grant to the La Salle County Board of Supervisors under the Intergovernmental Personnel Act. Funds train sheriff’s department and assessor’s office personnel in administration and data processing and bring in a federal systems analyst to computerize records. The act also enables state and local employee participation in federal courses and cooperative personnel programs.
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la Salle County
Intergovernmental Personnel Act
Sheriff's Department
Supervisor of
Three City Building Permits Issued Last Week
Wilfred Dix issued three permits for residential construction. Fred Walker of 317 Price St. gets a garage and fence permit for a 2300 dollar structure costing 5 dollars in fee. Crestline Construction Co. of Joliet paid 57 for a tri level home on Crab Apple Lane, owner J Heffern, value 28500, zone R I. Harry A Johnson of 122 Robinson Dr. paid 60 for a home in Hatcher Woods, value 30000, zone R I. Dix also filed a May 9 letter from Morris Elementary Schools Superintendent H Dale Barr stating District 54 plans to lease Lincoln School to the Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop for continuing educational use. the workshop is certified as a qualified educational agency for handicapped children.
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Wilfred Dix
Fred Walker
Price St
Crestline Construction Co
Joliet
Crab Apple Lane
Hatcher Woods
J. Heffern
Harry A. Johnson
Robinson Dr
Dix
Morris Elementary
H. Dale Barr
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
State of
Illinois
Prairie Path revives 30 miles of old rail right of way
Naturalist May T. Watts sparked a project in 1963 to redevelop a rusting right-of-way into a scenic walking trail. By 1967 the Illinois Prairie Path leased the middle of the former Chicago, Aurora and Elgin line, sharing access with Commonwealth Edison to protect a 30 mile corridor for walkers and wildlife.
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Elmhurst
Elgin
Aurora
Chicago, Aurora and Elgin
May T. Watts
Illinois Prairie Path
DuPage County
Commonwealth Edison
Explosions Reported in Price and Benton Streets Area
Police and sheriff departments responded after two explosions Friday night in the Price and Benton Streets area. At 11 30 p m a large blast was reported with no damage to homes found. Police to 744 East Benton Street found a damaged garbage can in the alley.
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Price and
Benton Sts
Syd Reeve
Harold Lenser
Harold Carlson
E. Benton St
Bird kept from swallowing fish by ring around neck
The preserved Star Spangled Banner manuscript rests in Baltimore at the Maryland Historical Society. A Chinese trainer uses a cor morant to catch fish. a metal ring around the bird’s neck prevents swallowing the fish.
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Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore
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Morris Daily Herald
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