Five Accidents Reported By Morris Police Weekend
Morris police logged five weekend crashes. A 16 year old girl in a 1968 Pontiac stopped for a train on Division Street was rear ended by a 1968 Chrysler driven by Dallas Pratte. A second collision on Washington Street involved Dorothy Cohen and Joyce Jones, with Cohen cited for license and registration issues. Additional incidents occurred in Union Hall lot, on Washington at Liberty, and Liberty at the Y near Bedford Plaza, causing damage to multiple vehicles.
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Kay A. Benson
Pontiac
Division St
Benton St
Chrysler
Dallas F. Pratte
Washington St
Morris
William Button
Miss Benson
Pratte
Button
Wauponsee St
Dorothy Mae Cohen
Verona
Wauponsee
Stou Sts
Joyce M. Jones
Main St
Cohen
Harold E. Cockream
Spruce St
Cockream
Washington
Liberty Sts
Wilber G. Heggen
First Ave
Heggen
Liberty St
Bedford Plaza
Gary L. Kuntz
FE. Benton St
Joann L. Viner
Viner
Kuntz
Car Kills Calf North of Morris
Grundy County sheriff's deputies reported two weekend accidents. Joseph A. Hanley of Coal City lost control of a 1965 Ford pickup near Wakeman Corner, vehicle rolled, no injuries, towed to Olson Sinclair. Mrs. Hanne Sweetman of Joliet hit a calf on Illinois 47 near Morris Airport in a 1961 Cadillac. calf owned by Wesley Steffes. damage to car's right front.
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Grundy County
Hanne T. Sweetman
Joliet
Illinois 47
Morris Airport
George Sweetman
Wesley Steffes
Morris
Sweetman
Gold Rally Deepens Market Slump Amid Oil and Bank Moves
New York stocks weakened as gold mining shares led a rally in bullion prices. The Dow fell 6.53 to 892.45 at noon as fears of a new world monetary crisis grew. Active trading saw 11.81 million shares exchange hands, with notable moves by Continental Baking and ITT amid a mixed, broad decline.
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New York
Associated Press
Campbell Red Lake
Dome Mines
McIntyre Porcupine
Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals
Continental Baking
International Telephone
It&t
Baking Company
McDonnell Douglas
Polaroid
Commercial Credit
Atlantic Richfield
Control
American Telephone
Occidental Petroleum
Chrysler
General Dynamics
RCA
Alcoa
General Electric
Liggett & Myers
American Stock Exchange
Markets TS OTR Report on Gold Stocks Decline
Markets brief notes a downturn in gold stock prices with limited details. The record mentions a ticker symbol and a general market sentiment without specific figures or named entities.
Butter and egg wholesale prices steady in Chicago report
Chicago AP notes wholesale buying prices hold steady for butter with grades AA through C and car values listed. Eggs also unchanged with grade A whites at 27 cents and other grades at 28 24 and 17 cents respectively.
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Chicago
Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Grain Prices Report
Chicago prices list multiple grains with market grades and bid figures including Wheat No 2 hard 1434n and No 2 soft red 1.3734n, Corn No 1 yellow 1.18 and No 2 yellow 1.17, soybeans No 1 yellow 2.75 and soybean oil at 8.72n.
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Chicago
St. Louis Soldier Honored Yet Says He Never Went to Vietnam
Oliver E. Anderson of St. Louis, 26, is described as a musician by trade but has received the Bronze Star and Purple Heart through ROTC channels in Washington University for meritorious service in Vietnam. He says he has never been to Vietnam and served as a private in the Army.
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ST. Louis
Oliver E. Anderson
Washington
Anderson
Vietnam
ROTC
Washington University
Traffic Court Fines In Circuit Court Magistrate Division
Miss Alice H. Punke 23 of 832 E Jackson St paid 25 fine and 5 costs for failing to yield causing an accident at Arm strong and Division Lts. Gary Granby 50 of Verona paid 10 fine and 5 costs for driving a 1958 Ford pickup without a valid safety test at Illinois 47 and U S 6. John S. Gordon unspecified age of Rte 5 paid 15 fine and 5 costs for disorderly conduct muffler noise at 700 block of E Washington St. Complaint signed by Mrs. Margaret Klawitter 729 E Washington St.
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Magistrate
Circuit Court
Alice H. Punke
E. Jackson St
Armstrong
Division
Lts
Morris
William Button
Gary Granby
Verona
John Perona
Granby
Illinois 47
John S. Gordon
Rte. 5
Washington St
Gordon
Margaret Klawitter
Techniques Of Satellites In Remote Sensing Survey
Government agencies will use planes in Southern California for two weeks to test remote sensing methods for surveying national resources. The project, led by the U S Geological Survey with NASA, will evaluate cameras infrared scanners radiometers radar and passive microwave sensors to map land water minerals and people.
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Los Angeles
California
Air Gun Theft Reported at Gulf Service Station
Morris police report at 5 30 p.m. Saturday Everett Klinker of Waupon Township said someone stole an air gun from his Gulf service station. The gun was valued at 160 dollars.
East St. Louis minister, police chief in custody dispute
East St Louis minister Rev Keith Davis alleges police commissioner Russell Beebe struck him in a drugstore during a Friday confrontation. Beebe posted a $51 cash bond toward a $500 bail after an arrest warrant was issued. no hearing date is set. Davis was arrested for disorderly conduct amid tensions with groups demanding Beebe’s removal.
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East ST. Louis, Til
East St. Louis
Russell T. Beebe
Keith Davis
Davis
United Lutheran Church
Beebe
First Annual Screen Extra Awards honor little known actors
Hollywood honored 12 screen extras at a black tie dinner for distinguished performances in crowds, gambling scenes, moving vehicles, animal interactions, cocktail parties, riots, and arena settings. The Screen Extras Guild organized the event in Hollywood.
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Hollywood
Screen Extras Guild
Screen Extra Awards
Fire damages 35-foot dryer at Allied Mills plant
In Taylorville Illinois an AP report says a five hour blaze heavily damaged a 35-foot dryer at Allied Mills soy bean processing plant. Company officials estimate the damage but have no dollar figure yet.
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Taylorville, Ill
Allied Mills
Service Sgt Ronald Cleek returns home on fur lough
The Service Sgt Ronald E Cleek son of Mr and Mrs Robert E Cleek Verona arrived home on fur lough May 10 after serving 16 months overseas. He is a weapons specialist in the Tactical Air Command at Torrejon Air Force Base Torrejon Spain. He enlisted June 29 1966, trained at Lackland AFB and Lowry AFB. Overseas duties included England Italy Libya Turkey Greece Sicily and Spain. A 1965 graduate of Mazon Township High School.
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Ronald E. Cleek
Robert E. Cleek
Verona
Cleek
Tactical Air Command
Torrejon Air Force Base
Torrejon
Spain
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Colo
England
Italy
Libya
Turkey
Greece
Sicily
Mazon Township High School
North Vietnam calls for stronger blows to force Paris talks
In Damascus Hoang Van Loi urged deadly strikes on American troops to push U.S. negotiators in Paris to listen. U.S. officials counter that the rhetoric reflects Hanoi policy and captured officers report political, not tactical, motives behind recent orders.
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North Vietnam
Hoang van Loi
Damascus
Vietnam
United States
Paris
U.S
South Vietnam
Teen Driver Cited For Driving Too Fast At Bedford Center
Jerry C Sproul age 16 of Mazon received a ticket for driving too fast for conditions in a 1959 Chevrolet at the Bedford shopping center on Liberty St. His court date is set for June 6.
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Grundy County
William Sklut
Jerry C. Sproul
Mazon
Bedford
Liberty St
Sproul
Reservists Begin Riot Control Training in Illinois
Des Plaines police sergeant Ivan Timmons led 160 Illinois Army reservists in a 32 hour riot control course meant to prepare for when they are called. Col James Roper said agitators will emerge this summer and stressed unit cohesion and discipline. Training covers crowd dispersal formations riot deterrents and both offensive and defensive use of riot sticks with rifles used as sticks in practice.
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Army
Father Son Duo Deliver Denison Baccalaureate and Commencement
Granville Ohio Denison University makes history with a father son team speaking at the 137 year old campus rites. The Rev Dr Jitsuo Morikawa will give the baccalaureate June 2 and his son Dennis Morikawa will deliver the commencement June 3 after being chosen from 12 candidates for a political science degree.
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Granville
Ohio
Denison University
Jitsuo Morikawa
Division of Evangelism
American Baptist Convention
Dennis
Appoint Attorney For Defendant in Strangulation
Public defender assigned for Joseph H. Norman 32 after he told a judge he could not afford counsel on a charge of murdering Springfield accountant Charles Meader 45. Judge Daniel J. Ryan held Norman without bond and continued the case to June 19 as palm print evidence ties him to the Sherman House room where Meader was killed. Police arrested Norman near the Sherman House after witnesses saw him with Meader.
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Chicago
Joseph H. Norman
Springfield
Daniel J. Ryan
Circuit Court
Norman
Charles Meader
Ilinois
Sherman House
John Egan
Meader
Clark Street
Woman loses weight with Ayds Plan and reducing drugs
June A. Chamberlain of New York recalls losing 88 pounds after using a reducing drug with Ayds candy and then 48 more pounds on the Ayds Plan. The diet claims to curb appetite and reduce intake with chocolate mint vanilla caramel and chocolate fudge varieties.
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June A. Chamberlain
New York
Ayds
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