Morris Public Library hires auditor and outlines changes
Auditor Jack Allen CPA was hired by Morris Public Library with president Robert Macdonald announcing at the board meeting. Projects include Dec 1 fee changes for non residents and children cards, reciprocal borrowing with Bur Oak System, and updated overdue fees.
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Jack Allen
Morris Public Library
Robert Macdonald
Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Jim Beasley
Bur Oak
Chiao to Lead Peking Delegation to United Nations
Chiao Kuan hua will head the People’s Republic of China delegation to the General Assembly. Huang Hua named permanent U N representative and Security Council delegate. Chi Peng fei sent the messages to U Thant and visa rules noted no entry visas required.
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United Nations, N.Y
Red China
United Nations Today
Chiao Kuan-hua
Peking
General Assembly
Huang Hua
Canada
U.N
Security Council
Chi Peng-fei
U Thant
People's Republic of China
U.S. State Department
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Moscow
Nobel for lensless photography from Gabor and Herzberg
Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry awarded to Dennis Gabor of Stamford Connecticut and Gerhard Herzberg of Ottawa for holography and molecular composition work. Gabor develops lensless holographic imaging while Herzberg, a Hamburg native and Canadian citizen, advances molecular knowledge.
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Stockholm
United States
Canada
Dennis Gabor
Stamford
Gerhard Herzberg
Canadian National Research Council
Ottawa
Gabor
Herzberg
Russia
Soviet Union
Columbia Broadcasting System Laboratories
Morris High School frees records in Homerding case
The Morris Community High School Board repealed its decision not to offer Donald Homerding a contract for 1971-72 and expunged related records. Homerding resigns to join the U S Army and releases the district from claims. The two sides amicably resolve differences without a public hearing. He taught English and coached tennis for one year in 1970-71.
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Board of Education
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Donald Homerding
Homerding
Morris Daily Herald
U. S. Army
Morris Community
Hamerding
Lockport
Storm devastates 1000 square miles off Bengal coast
NEW DELHI AP reports a tidal wave and cyclonic storm hit the Bengal coast last weekend, destroying about 1000 square miles where nearly five million people lived. United News of India cites 10,000 families feared dead and two million missing in eastern Orissa, with an official death toll of 3,391 largely East Pakistani refugees.
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New Delhi
Bengal
United News of India
Orissa
Weather and flood impact in Orissa after cyclone
Weather forecasts show clouds and cooling with possible rain or snow. Reported cyclone floods devastate Cuttack and Balasore districts affecting 4.6 million people, destroying crops and farmland in the Orissa rice bowl. Damage includes saltwater flooding and a 16 foot tidal surge.
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Jambu
Calcutta
Bhubaneswar
Orissa
Pratap Chandra Mohanty
Cuttack
Balasore
Grundy County Board adds three candidates in districts one to three
The Grundy County Board sees three new filings in County Clerk Tom Park's office. W B Buroughs seeks District 1 seat, Leonard Boss District 2, and Gordon Gunderson District 3. Burroughs and Boss sit on the current board. Gunderson is a Gardner Democrat. Primary filing closes next Monday for February 8. April 4 will elect six members per district.
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Grundy County
W. B. Buroughs
Leonard Boss
Gordon Gunderson
Tom Park
Burroughs
Norman Township
Boss
Aux Sable Township
Gunderson
Gardner
Lost radium found and returned
A radium cylinder lost last week by a Wichita survey firm was found by Rossville Illinois postmaster Curtis German on a Rossville street. The cylinder was returned after an Illinois Public Health warning said there was no danger and it had not been tampered with. It belongs to Hydrocarbon Survey Inc. of Wichita and was being shipped from Rossville to Royal, about 25 miles away.
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Rossville, Ill
Wichita
Kan
Illinois Department of Public Health
Curtis German
Rossville
Public Health Department
Health Department
Hydrocarbon Survey Inc
Royal
Vermilion
Champaign
Minooka Board Approves Parking Bumpers and Cleanup
The Minooka Village Board, led by Clyde Heap, reappointed Fred Maunder to the zoning board of appeals for a five year term. Parking bumpers will be installed in the south side business district on Mondamon Street. The village will pay 150 dollars to clean up a property on the eastern village edge.
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Minooka
Clyde Heap
Fred Maunder
Zoning Board of Appeals
Mondamon St
Turner murder case notes on dismissal motions and trial timing
Circuit Judge Malmquist took under advisement a motion to dismiss the murder indictment of Charles Robert Turner. The hearing continued to Nov 23 with motions over hair sampling and trial timing for a Dec 13 petit jury. State and defense disputed grand jury selection and indictment wording, citing Illinois law and prior cases.
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Robert W. Malmquist
Charles Robert Turner
Richard Wilder
Atty August Black
Atty. Black
Emma C. Miles
Minooka
Atty. Wilder
Malmquist
Turner
Wilder
Illinois
Fulton
Arty Black
Bank hires Richard G. Muench to executive staff
The Grundy County National Bank announces Richard G. Muench joins the executive staff effective October 1. He previously served as vice president at Mullaney Wells and Co. in Chicago since 1958 and was a security analyst for the Illinois Agricultural Association and related firms.
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Grundy County National Bank
Richard G. Muench
Willard Olson
William Palmer
Muench
Mullaney Wells and Co
Chicago
Illinois Agricultural Association
Country Mutual Insurance Co
Northwestern University
St Nicholas Corp
St. Nicholas
Springfield
Model Finance Corporation
Chicago Heights
Morris
Grundy County National Bank Board of Directors
Morris and Grundy County
Arlene
Union League Club of Chicago
Knights of Columbus
Local soldier injured in Vietnam action
Spec. 4 Mike Dummitt of Kansas City is hospitalized at Long Binh Vietnam after a mine strike on a V-100 vehicle. He enlisted July 1969 and has been in Vietnam since November 23. Expected to stay about three weeks, he hopes to return home in February.
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Mike Dummitt
Gene Dummitt
Kfe. 2
Long Binh
Vietnam
Spec. Dummitt
U.S. Army
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Nobel
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