GOP Landslide Across Virginia New Jersey Mark Off Year Wins
The election delivers Linwood Holton as Virginia governor and William Cahill as New Jersey governor amid Nixon campaigning for GOP gains. Lindsay wins a three way mayoral race in New York while Carl Stokes prevails in Cleveland. Detroit elects Roman Gribbs over Richard Austin in a tight mayoral race.
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Virginia
New Jersey
New York
John V. Lindsay
Nixon
Lindsay
Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
Detroit
Buffalo
Hartford
Linwood Holton
William C. Battle
William T. Cahill
Robert B. Meyner
Holton Gop
Cahill
Meyner
Richard J. Hughes
Mario A. Procaccino
John J. Marchi
Wayne County
Roman Gribbs
Richard Austin
Gribbs
Austin
Vatican Denies Theft Report of Paintings From Papal Apartment
Vatican officials rejected an Italian News Agency account that three paintings valued over 1.5 million dollars were stolen from Pope Paul VI’s papal apartment during mid July to mid September. The Vatican stated no theft occurred and emphasized strong security around the Apostolic Palace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Vatican Today
Pope Paul
Vatican
Fausto Vallainc
Vatican Apostolic Palace
Castel Gandolfo
Rome
Italia
Apostolic Palace
St. Peter's Square
Vatican Library
Petrarch
Tasso
Vatican Museum
Perugino
Nelson Returns to Grundy County Clerk Office
Nels P. Nelson returned to his Grundy County Clerk duties after a recent illness that led to hospitalization on October 16. He was admitted to Morris Hospital following a massive hemorrhage in the gastrointestinal tract.
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Grundy
Nels P. Nelson
Nelson
Morris Hospital
Much Warmer Weather Forecast With Mild Upturn
Tonight will be fair and not very cold with a low in the mid 30s. Thursday expects sunny and warmer with a high in the lower 60s. High Tuesday at Collins Weather Station was 41 and the low 27. at 9 am today it was 39 at the station and 44 in downtown Morris. Precipitation in 48 hours totaled 0.51 inches. Temperatures are about 11 to 14 degrees above normal through Monday with no precipitation expected.
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Collins
Morris
Truck and Train Collision East of Morris
A truck white 1967 International owned by Brada Miller Freight System hit by a westbound Rock Island freight train at the Rock Island crossing on U.S. 6 east of Morris. Driver Arden G. Ellison of Valparaiso Indiana suffered a slight injury and was treated at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. The truck trailer damaged. no train injuries.
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Rock Island
Morris
U.S. 6
Arden G. Ellison
Valparaiso
Ind
J. Gallagher
Chicago
J. T. Whitehill
Blue Island
Ellison
Minooka
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
John E. G. Olson
Brada Miller Freight System, Inc
Kokomo
Stott’s
Tanker Keo Sinks in Heavy Seas Off Nantucket
The 629 foot Liberian tanker SS Keo split in half and began sinking 120 miles southeast of Nantucket Island with 36 men aboard. Most reportedly took refuge on the stern as a pollution threat from No 6 fuel oil loomed while Coast Guard aircraft, helicopters and ships converged in extremely poor sea conditions.
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Boston
Nantucket Island
Coast Guard
New York
Belgium
Morris program honors 64 in selling is our business course
Sixty four students graduated from the Selling Is Our Business program co sponsored by the Morris retail division of the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce and the Illinois Retail Merchants Association in Morris Illinois. The six session course featured sales demonstrations and certificates presented by Jerry Fostvedt. Hugh Muncy IRMA executive vice president urged continued self improvement and emphasized service to customers as the core of retailing. Special guests included seven MCHS Cooperative education students taught by Don Kaufman.
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Son
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
Hugh Muncy
IRMA
Herald
Morris Retail
Grundy County Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank of Morris
Hugh Robinson
Morris
Muncy
Illinois
Jerry Fostvedt
W. E. Allan Furniture
Baum’s
Biddle Oil, Corps
Grundy County National Bank
Jones Food Store
Joy’s Fashion House
Mazon
Liberty Walgreen Drug
Morris Daily Herald
Morris Shoe
Riz’s Food Store
Pekin Insurance
Sereno’s Farm Mart
Shaw’s Candy
Spurgeons
Toddlers & Tots
McHs Cooperative Education
Don Kaufman
Third Republican Enters Race for Supreme Court
Eugene Leiter 56 former Peoria mayor announced Tuesday his bid for Illinois Supreme Court justice representing the 3rd Judicial District. He seeks the seat vacated after Ray Klingbiel resigned amid stock tied to Chicago Civic Center Bank. Ryan and Hoffman also announced candidacies from Tonica and Morris respectively.
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Peoria, Ill
Eugene Leiter
Peoria
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Leiter
Ray Klingbiel
Civic Center Bank
Chicago
Howard Ryan
Tonica
Leonard Hoffman
Morris
Supreme Court
Dwight
Mazon Bank Low Bidder on School Bonds
Mazon State Bank and Associates submitted the low bid at a bond sale for a $228,000 Mazon Grade School addition in District 400. Eleven banks bid with rates from 5.78584 to 6.4922 percent. Continental Illinois National Bank offered 5.90043. Bonds dated Dec 1 1969 mature annually through 1979.
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Mazon — Mazon State Bank and Associates
Mazon
Mazon Community Consolidated
Mazon Bank
Continental Ilinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
Can canning craze hits Los Angeles streets
In Los Angeles area streets parks and campuses locals collect aluminum cans for Reynolds Metals Co paying half a cent each. About 7 000 can gleaners removed 6 million cans helping charities fund holiday dinners while others hunt cans for extra spending. The program aims to curb litter and recycle metal as the can hunt possibly expands to other cities.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Reynolds Metals Co
William Yates
Pacific Coast
Reynolds
Yates
Ogilvie Blasts Unauthorized $900000 SIU President House
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie condemned the $900000 president’s house project at Southern Illinois University as unauthorized by the State Board of Higher Education. He urged discipline for the university and cited public sympathy damage for education funding amid related Cairo protests and a pending high way bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Southern Illinois University
State Board of Higher Education
Ogilvie
Cairo
Sangamon County
DuPage County
State Supreme Court
Deny Permit For Nov 15 Mass March
The government rejects a permit for a mass antiwar march from the Capitol to the White House planned for November 15. Only a small symbolic parade will be allowed while authorities cite reports of potential violence and difficulty in controlled enforcement. An alternative 40 hour March Against Death with up to 50 000 participants is proposed ending near the Capitol.
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Washington
Capitol
White House
Justice Department
New Mobilization Committee
Ron Young
Department
Arlington National Cemetery
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol Grounds
Demonstrators at MIT Research Lab Clash with Police
About 300 police, aided by dogs and tear gas guns, dispersed 500 demonstrators from the November Action Coalition outside MIT Instrumentation Laboratories in Cambridge. Seven people were hurt, and seven demonstrators were detained as workers began entering the Poseidon missile research site.
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Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ule Traleft
November Action Committee
MIT
MIT Instrumentation Laboratories
Camebridge
Boston
Somerville
Metropolitan District Commission
Phillip Cronin
Cronin
Walter F. Sullivan
Instrumentation Laboratory
Vietnam
Oswego coach resigns after 18 years with program
Ken Pickerill 41 an athletic staff member at Oswego Community High School for 18 years resigned today as athletic director and head football and baseball coach. He posted a 95 45 8 record in 15 Oswego football seasons and will run his wife's clothing store full time. No successor has been named.
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Oswego, Ill
Ken Pickerill
Oswego Community High School
Pickerill
Oswego
Snicker A Day Optimist Joke About Marriage License Bureau
A light humor piece notes an optimistic husband visiting the marriage license bureau to check if his license has expired, framing the joke around the idea of renewed vows and ongoing commitment.
Christmas Seals Arrive For North Central Illinois Drive
Nearly 180000 envelopes with 1969 Christmas Seals reach seven county area. The appeal funds TB and other respiratory disease work and promotes the 1970 community chest X-ray schedule. Leroy C. Clemens of Elgin chairs the drive and urges early contributions.
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Earl Meister
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Illinois
Grundy County
TB Association
Leroy C. Clemens
Elgin
Boone, Grundy
LaSalle
Will
Kane, DeKalb
Kendall
Clemens
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Stokes
Holton
Roanoke
South
Carolyn Caine
Allan’s Furniture Store
Larry Anderson
Hugh Robin
Liberty St
Uncanny
L.A
SIU
Rush Research Laboratory
TB and RD Association
Weld Road
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