De Gaulle to Speak Friday Night
Police arrested about 20 demonstrators from the Poor People Campaign on Capitol Hill but halted the action after Rep. William F. Ryan and a Justice Department official intervened. Rev. Jesse Jackson led the group away peacefully as about 75 people remained involved in the protest seeking hearings to repeal a welfare law.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Justice Department
William F. Ryan
D-N.y
Ryan
U.S.A
Jesse Jackson
Capitol Grounds
Wilbur D. Mill
D-Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
Planning Board weighs Treasure Island Trailer Park addition
Grundy County planning panel hears opposing views on approving a 744 space expansion to Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No 2. Attorney for Minooka districts contends added trailers burden Aux Sable schools. treasurer Hammel counters housing varies by choice. No action taken. stats due by June 10.
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Grundy County
Samuel Saxon
Saxon and Niznik
Plainfield
Minooka
Atty. H. A. Hammel
Joliet
Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No
Saxon
Aux Sable
Hammel
Planning Commission
David Root
Treasure Island No. 2
Root
Eugene Sorensen
Aux Sable Township
Dresden Heights
Dorothy Randall
Douglas to star in film The Arrangement
Douglas to take over the Brando role in Elia Kazan novel adaptation The Arrangement from Warner Bros Seven Arts announced on Wednesday. The project pairs Douglas with director Elia Kazan producing under Warner.
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New York
Kirk Douglas
Marlon Brando
Elia Kazan
Warner Bros
Seven Arts
Rainy Weekend Forecast With Cool Temperatures
The U S Weather Bureau expects rain through Saturday with cool conditions. Tonight will see occasional rain and a low near 50. Friday remains cloudy with occasional rain and highs in the upper 50s. Saturday stays cloudy and cool with likely rain. Collins Weather Station reported 69 on Wednesday and 50 low, 52 at 9am and 55 downtown Morris at 11am, with precipitation measured 0.2 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
IBEW rejects Illinois Bell wage offer in Chicago strike
Negotiators for the IBEW rejected Illinois Bell Telephone Co. latest wage proposal as strike enters its third week. Illinois Bell would have raised top pay for Chicago craftsmen by 26 a week over two years. The 11800 IBEW members began the walkout 14 days ago with supervisory personnel filling line, installation, repair, and maintenance jobs.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Bell
IBEW
Cite Ceremony In Spock Trial
The government presented as evidence a church address by Michael Ferber a Harvard graduate student urging youths to say no to the draft The ceremony at Arlington Street Unitarian Universalist Church Oct 16 is cited as one act in the indictment against Ferber and Dr Benjamin Spock The address urged draft card burning and was read to the all male jury by Assistant U S Attorney John Wall while Spock was notPresent at the service
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Boston
Michael Ferber
Harvard
United States
Ferber
Benjamin Spock
Lington Street
Unitarian- Universalist Church
Spock
Yale
William Sloane Coffin Jr
U.S
John Wall
23 Killed in Copter Crash Near Paramount
A Sikorsky S61 helicopter carrying 23 people from Disneyland to LAX broke apart midflight and crashed on a dairy farm near Paramount. Witnesses heard a loud pop as a rotor blade spun off and investigators considered rotor failure as the tentative cause.
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Paramount
Calif
Disneyland
Los Angeles International
Los Angeles
Sheriff's
Honors Day At MCHS Recognizes Students And Clubs
Morris Community High School held its Honors Day assembly with awards across academics arts and activities. Recipients included John Bruder Brad Hayes Ed Tabler Janet Gillum Jay Roth Julie Johnson Keith Laughary and Pete Erie among others with captions for drama art and citizenship honors and perfect attendance noted.
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Morris Community High School
Frank Kuntz
American Legion
John Bruder
Gayle Ollerman
Joe Laughary
Ed Tabler
Geraldine Hauge
Bausch and Lamb
Brad Hayes
American Chemical Society
Dick Waterhouse
Chamlin Engineering
John Trucano
Joseph Corsello
Delta Phi
Cris Hiney
John B. Westfall
Jim Behrens
Janet Carlson
Jim Borens
Doug Mcdonald
Marybeth Bolen
Ted Morgan
Janet Gillum
Jay Roth
Julie Johnson
Keith Laughary
Pete Erie
Peg Finland
Jay Floyd
Mabel Z. Allen
Jim Franke
Dean Siron
Virginia Pack
Tom Red
Salute Sesqui Saturday Night at Morris Church
The Grundy County Historical Society and Morris Woman's Club present a home talent show at First Methodist Church in Morris to celebrate Illinois Sesquicentennial. The 8 p.m. performance combines local history, comedy, music and dance with family-style entertainment. Admission is free.
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First Methodist
Morris
Grundy County Historical Society
Morris Woman's Club
Illinois
The
Historical Society
Fellowship Hall
Train Derailment Near East St. Louis Injures One Woman
An eastbound Louisville and Nashville train derailed near East St. Louis with six of seven passenger cars failing off the track. One woman from Atlanta, Pet er Jenkins, was hospitalized after a heart attack suspected during the incident. The westbound train had 20 cars, with several freight cars overturning. The passenger cars remained on a steep embankment at a precarious angle.
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East ST. Louis, Ill
Louisville
Nashville
East St. Louis
Pssengers
Peter Jenkins
Atlanta
Christian Welfare Hospital
De Gaulle Ministers Meet During Holiday Session in Paris
President Charles de Gaulle and his ministers held a nearly four hour Ascension Day session amid sprawling nationwide strikes. Interior Minister Fouchet barred Daniel Cohn-Bendit from returning to France while protests and student demonstrations continued.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Gorse
Elysee Palace
Gen. de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Gorse
Christian Fouchet
France
Daniel Cohn-Bendit
Frankfurt
Latin Quarter
Cohn-Bendit
University of Nanterre
Danny the Red
The
Georges Pompidou
Aldermen Question Library Plans in Morris
City leaders in Morris discuss the library board push for a new building and possible public vote. Key figures include Acting Mayor Davidson and seven aldermen with mixed views on remodeling versus a new structure.
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Robert Wren
Donald Davidson
Morris Herald
Davidson
Morris
Library Board
First Ward
Lester Johnson
Don
Johnson
Library
Walter Hundt
City Hall
Hundt
Adcock
Library Planning Committee
James Stine
Siron
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Vocal Music
Morris High School
Diana Avalos
Jeanette Fitch
Linda Finland
Stephen Foster
Herald
Joseph Arado
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
Township Zoning Commission
Sorensen
Garfield Township
Douglas
Illinois Ibew
MCHS
E. St. Louis
Charles Roseland
Second Ward
Roseland
John Nelson
Third Ward
Nelson
Tracy Adcock
Fourth Ward
Storm Sew
Ward
Stine
Floyd Siron
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