McCarthy Upsets Kennedy in Oregon Primary
Oregon voters tipped the Democratic race toward Eugene J. McCarthy with 44 percent to Robert F. Kennedy's 38. Nixon won the Republican vote with 72 percent. Kennedy, McCarthy head to California as Humphrey trails with 5 percent write-ins. Morse leads Duncan narrowly for renomination.
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Portland
Ore
Eugene J. McCarthy
Oregon
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert
Humphrey
Johnson
Nixon
Ronald Reagan
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wayne Morse
Robert B. Duncan
House
Morse
Duncan
Michigan
George Romney
Eight Arrested in Motel Raid Tied to Strawberry Alarm Clock
Police arrested eight young men in a East Peoria motel raid, with five linked to the Strawberry Alarm Clock rock group. An 18 year old woman was also charged with criminal damage. Suspects facing narcotics possession charges include Robert Hathcock Hollywood road manager, Lee Freeman Panorama City California, Mark Weitz Sherman Oaks California, and Edward King Sepulveda California. Freeman Weitz and King are listed as musicians.
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East Peoria, Ill
East Peoria
Robert Hathcock
Hollywood
Road Mana
Lee Freeman
Panorama City
Calif
Mark Weitz
Sherman Oaks
Edward King
Sepulveda
Freeman
Weitz
King
Second Night Of Violence In Louisville
More than 150 people were arrested and 15 injured as Louisville experienced a second night of racial violence. National Guardsmen aided police in the West End where rioting erupted, with hit-and-run brick throwing and sniper fire. Police chief said Tuesday’s violence was more intense and curfew raised arrests. one officer and several firefighters and guardsmen were hospitalized.
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Louisville
National
West End
C. J. Hyde
Kenneth Schmied
Hyde
Streator Centennial Caravan Schedule Across County
Streator's centennial caravan travels Sunday through Morris Mazon Verona Seneca Marseilles and Ransom. It starts at 12 20 p m from Grand Ridge and arrives Marseilles at 1 45 p m then Seneca at 2 45 p m Morris by 4 p m on the courthouse south side. It continues south on Illinois 47 stopping in Mazon at 5 p m then Verona Kinsman and Ransom.
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Streator
Morris
Mazon
Kinsman
Verona
Seneca
Marseilles
Ransom
Grand Ridge
Illinois
Kinsman and
Memorial Day Weekend Temperatures Forecast
The outlook calls for partly sunny skies and a warmup with highs in the upper 60s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 50. Friday remains partly sunny and slightly warmer. Data from the Collins Weather Station shows Tuesday high 61 and low 50, with 24 hour precipitation totaling .24. At 9 am the station reported 54 degrees and downtown Morris reached 60 by 10:30 am.
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Collins
Morris
Stop Hearings On Vice in Springfield
The Illinois Crime Investigating Commission will likely drop hearings into vice in the Springfield area due to hostility from some public officials. City Mayor Nelson Howarth and witness Howarth clashed over testimony from Marvin Franklin about a $1,500 payment to keep someone out of jail.
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Springfield, Ill
T Illinois Crime Investigating Commission
Springfield
Charles Siragusa
Nelson Howarth
Howarth
Siragusa
Lawrence X. Pusateri
R-Melrose Park
Pusateri
Alonzo S. Rogers
Crime Commission
Sangamon County
Edward Ryan
Ryan
Morris Community High School 1968 Graduation Held Tonight
The 94th commencement at Morris Community High School gym starts at 8 p.m. with remarks by Rev. Andrew Siedsma Jr and a choir performance. Valedictorian Sigrid Pohl leads the honor group of 19, followed by diplomas from Superintendent Claude J. Rose and board president L. Berger. The program includes the band, processional, salutatory by Mark Wix, and benediction.
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Morris Community High School
Dale Wise
Senor
Andrew Siedsma Jr
Free Methodist Church
Mark Wix
MCHS
Norval B. Galloway Til
Janet E. Gillum
William N. Graham
Bradley W. Hayes
Gayle L. Ollerman
Bernard J. Roth
Gerald B. Stdley
Edward J. Tabler
Gloria N. Tascher
Virginia C. Thompson
John Trucano
Karen J. Willett
Pamela P. Ziegler
Miss Pohl
Claude J. Rose
Cathie L. Allen
Betty L. Anderson
Michael J. Barr
James D. Behrens
Keith W. Benson
Thomas A. Benson
Gayle J. Benz
John E. Bergstrom
Chester M. Berkland
Joseph M. Bernstein
Tressa K. Bien
Shirley M. Bjelland
Mary B. Bolen
Robert J. Borchelt
Janis M. Berger
Veronica A
Patricia L. Dewey
William L. Doerfler
August E. Drews
Michael EF. Dummitt
J. John Dzuryak
Robert L. Edmundson
Larry B. Egeland
Darrell E. Enger
Gregory F. English
Catherine M. Entwistle
Peter A. Erio
Lois E. Fancher
Lynn Fuonin
Kathleen A. Farrell
Morris Daily Herald Observes Memorial Day Holiday
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish on Thursday as staff observe Memorial Day. Publication will resume Friday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Britain to abolish stage censorship in Lords vote
Lord Cobbold the Lord Chamberlain helped push through the bill to end stage censorship as the House of Lords approved it in principle. The measure aims to scrap the censor role formerly held by the censor.
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London
Britain
House of Lords
Lord Cobbold
Lord Chamberlain
Jury hears five witnesses in Morris rape trial
State's attorney called five witnesses in the Kenneth Hamilton case. Austin Blevins testified Hamilton asked to use a phone after claiming he had been beaten, and a 26 year old Morris woman described a break in, a rape in the bathroom, threats, and her escape to a neighbor as sheriff's deputies were summoned. The woman said no medical exam occurred until days later.
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Morris
Richard Wilder
Kenneth Hamilton
Austin Blevins
Las Vegas
Nev
Rte. 2
Hamilton
Blevins
James Fleming
Richard Darling
Darrell Shannon
House to Insist On $6 Billion Cut
The House voted to insist on a $6 billion spending cut if a $10 billion income tax increase passes. It rejected lowering the mandatory cut to $4 billion, Johnson’s reluctantly acceptable figure, and cleared the way for a key vote on the tax and cut next week. The Senate already backed a similar plan. Johnson faces a major decision.
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Washington
House
Johnson
Senate
Demands Rise as De Gaulle Resignation Call Echoes
Paris marchers from the Communist led General Confederation of Labor demand President Charles de Gaulle resigns amid the 13th day of a nationwide strike. The crowds urge a popular government while the regime faces its gravest postwar crisis. Col in Bendit signals continued street violence in a Sorbonne news conference.
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Paris
Place de la Bastille
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
General Confederation of Labor
St. Lazare
National Students Union
Danny
Cohn-Bendit
Confederation of Labor
Pierrelatte
Agence France Press
Pacific
Colin Bendit
The
Sorbonne
Navy eyes orange buoy as clue in Scorpion search
Navy and Pentagon officials pursue a possible buoy sighting north of an Atlantic oil slick linked to the missing submarine Scorpion and its 99 crew. The buoy sighting near 800 miles west of the Azores adds a fragile lead as air and sea searches expand with 50 ships and 30 planes scanning the Scorpion's transit lane.
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Washington
Navy Today
Scorpion
John F. Davis
Pentagon
Navy
Azores
Davis
Hyades
Norfolk
Coast Guard
Walter N. Dietzen Jr
Poor People’s Campaign Demonstrators Attack Supreme Court Building
About six protesters shouting Viva Viva burst into the Supreme Court, hurled rocks through a main floor office window, and left a button reading Nosotros venceremos. Police repelled them. no injuries reported. Abernathy led a vigil on the steps protesting a fishing rights ruling affecting the Northwest. A lone unlocked file-room window was used for entry.
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Washington
Supreme Court
The
Poor People’s Campaign
Ralph David Abernathy
Beautification Contest Deadline Noted for Highway 47 Area
Residents along Illinois 47 are reminded that Saturday is the deadline for entering the Highway 47 Beautification Program. The Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event offering 725 in savings bonds with top residential prize 200 and top commercial prize 100. Photos will document entry progress from before to after through September.
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Illinois 47
Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
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