Hall of Fame Rites for Jane Addams
Jane Addams will join the Hall of Fame for Famous Americans at New York University as the ninth woman among 93 members since 1900. Born 1860 in Cedarville Illinois, she founded Hull House and won the Nobel Peace Prize for work with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
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New York
United States
New York University
Jane Addams
Hall of Fame
Hull House
Chicago
Women’s International League For Peace and Freedom
Hague
Society of Nations
League
League of Nations
United Nations
Dorothy Hewitt Hutchinson
Philadelphia
Geneva
Miss Addams
Cedarville
Miss Addems
College of Electors
Sylvanus Thayer
West Point
Orville Wright
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Weekend forecast with mild temps and chilly nights
The forecast calls for Saturday partly sunny and cool with a high in the low 60s. Saturday night becomes partly cloudy with a low near 10. Sunday remains partly cloudy with little temperature change. Collins station notes a Friday high of 61 and a 37 low. At 6:55 am the temperature was 60 and at 7 pm the downtown Morris reading was 12.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
High School Delta Phi Art Show at Morris Sunday
The Morris Community High School gym hosts the ninth annual Delta Phi Art Show from 2 30 to 8 30 p m with 115 student works including posters still life drawing lettering water color tempera ceramics and more. Delta Phi members are among exhibitors and officers include Cris Hiney president and Diana Avalos vice president with a banquet set for 1 p m Sunday.
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Bob Kitterman
Cris Hiney
Delta Phi
Morris Community High School
Barb Hexdall
Miss Hiney
Joseph Corsello
Carol Prenzler
Alice McCoy
Peggy Olson
Pat Dewey
Sue Hummel
John Boyle
Debbie Struck
Gail Anderson
Diana Avalos
Tuloma plans fertilizer plant near Morris Airport runway
Tuloma Gas Products received state clearance for a plant with four storage tanks near the Morris Airport on Illinois 47 two miles north of Morris. The site, approved by the Feeds Fertilizers and Standards Division, will operate seasonally serving nearby farmers with nine 1,000 gallon trailer tanks currently on site. Dan Olson will manage the facility, and completion is expected in 30 to 40 days.
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Morris
Illinois 47
Morris Airport
Tuloma Gas Products
James Shover
Plainfield
Tuloma
Ilinois Department of Agriculture
Schrock Fertilizer Co
Shover
Tulama
Dan Olson
Missing Coal City Woman Searched For By 200 People
About 200 volunteers and police from Morris, Will, and nearby towns conduct a house to house search in Coal City and surrounding villages for Marge Anderson missing since 5 a.m. Thursday. Relatives report she may be despondent over her son's illness following an incident with her husband.
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Coal City
Marge Anderson
Mazon St
Diamond
Carbon Hill
Eileen
Roseland
Morris
Boy Scouts
Joliet
Gary School Protestors Win Victory
Gary protesters who seized the Gary Schools Service Center ended their action after securing a promised meeting with the Gary school board president Don Belec. The five day boycott over alleged school segregation prompted involvement by Calumet Township social worker Steve Morris and city attorney Saul I. Ruman.
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Gary, Ind
Gary
Gary Concerned Citizens For Quality Education
Steve Morris
Calumet Township
Donald Belec
Morris
Saul I. Ruman
Ruman
Citizens Group
McClellan seeks GAO audit of Vietnam firm operations
Senator John L. McClellan asks the General Accounting Office to probe Vietnam operations of Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc and RMK-BRJ joint venture amid alleged improprieties waste and inefficiency in Army contracts. He cites a Ribicoff report and notes a Grand Hotel renovation in Nha Trang as a questioned project and purchases in Singapore.
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Washington
John L. McClellan
General Accounting Office
Vietnam
U.S
Staats
GAO
Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc
Rmk-Brj
Raymond International of Delaware Inc
Morrison-Knudson of Asia Inc
Brown & Root Inc
J. A. Jones Construction Co
McClellan
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
PAE
Capitol
Army
Nha Trang
Singapore
Kerners Leave Mansion Friday For New Federal Post
Otto Kerner exits the Illinois governor's mansion for the last time as he heads to Chicago to assume a federal appeals judge role. The resignation takes effect at midnight Sunday, with Lt. Gov. Samuel H. Shapiro to become acting governor and be sworn in Tuesday.
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Springfield, Ill
Otto Kerner
Springfield
Illinois
Kerner
Chicago
Helen
Samuel H. Shapiro
Shapiro
Executive Mansion
School Board to Discuss Tax Anticipation Warrants
Special meeting set for 8 p.m. Tuesday in the school office to discuss issuance of tax anticipation warrants. The treasurer and depository for funds will be on the agenda, along with changes to stipends assignments and amounts for board members.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Paris Talks Deadlock on Bombing Issue
North Vietnam refuses any compromise on a complete halt to U S bombing, risking a deep stalemate as peace talks resume. Spokesman Nguyen Van Sao says no concession possible, while the U S delegation seeks linking bombing end to deescalation and Viet Cong support reductions.
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Paris
North Vietnam
U.S
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Sao
William J. Jorden
North
Million Poor Plan March Memorial Day Demonstration
The Poor People's Campaign plans a Memorial Day march with about one million participants near the Lincoln Memorial though $3 million remains to fund the shantytown. Reinforcements halt in Maryland and Pittsburgh while organizers seek donations to cover shelter and supplies.
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Washington
Bernard Lafayette
Lincoln Memorial
New England
Greenbelt
Pittsburgh
Ralph David Abernathy
Minneapolis
Minn
Abernathy
Plan Commission To Review Aux Sable Zoning Map
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will review a proposed Aux Sable Township zoning map at 2 p.m. in the courthouse first floor courtroom. Garfield Township maps will be reviewed at 3 p.m. and the 744 unit Treasure Island No 2 addition in Aux Sable is on the 3 30 p.m. agenda. The meetings are open to the public.
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Aux Sable Township
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission
Commission
Garfield Township
Treasure Island No. 2
Planning Commission
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Annie) Enger
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Seneca High School District 160
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