Chicago High Schools Hit by Fights Injuring Five Teachers
In Chicago three high schools faced disruptions as two students were stabbed and five teachers injured. At St Phillip s Catholic High School a teacher and two students were hurt, Parker High was closed after a lunch room disturbance, and Harlan High saw a student arson charge after a walkout by about 600 of 3500 students.
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Chicago
St. Phillip’s Catholic High School
John O'Brien
Parker High School
Harlan High School
St. Phillip’s
O’brien
Edward F. Schurz
Andrew M. Halpin
O.S.M
Harlan
Parker
Peter Amberson
Charles Cooper
Irwin Green
Keith Lomax
Heroism Cited In Hotel Keenan Fire Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne fire at the 12 story Hotel Keenan saw heroism by Robert Elliott who raced through three floors to awaken guests. More than 200 evacuated and 14 hospitalized for treatment with Mary Bryan of Jacksonville Florida listed in serious condition. The Royal Choral Society of England guests were among those saved. Elliott obtained the master key and opened doors on multiple floors to alert residents.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Keenan
Mary Bryan
Jacksonville
Fla
Royal Choral Society
England
United States
Robert Elliott
Elliott
Six Meetings To Explain School Work At Morris Elementary
Six school meetings are scheduled for Morris Elementary School to explain policies and grade work. Homeroom mothers requested classroom sessions with teachers covering grade by grade work at Garfield Franklin Lincoln Stine McKinley Center Garfield Center and Center venues.
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Morris Elementary School
Garfield and
Franklin
Lincoln and
Stine
McKinley
Garfield
Center
Snick Family Inheritance Quip Reflects Generations
A witty remark on family ties notes that the only thing passed down through generations is the relatives themselves. The line playfully critiques hereditary obligations and kinship in everyday life.
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Snick
Search for 36 Missing Tanker Men
A flotilla of rescue ships hunted off southern New England for 36 men feared lost when the 629 foot tanker S S Keo split in two during a roaring north easter. The Keo carried 210000 barrels of No 6 fuel oil and posed a pollution threat as the stern remained afloat briefly.
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Boston
New England
Coast Guard
Thomas M
Whisper
Marion
Mass
Bermuda
Three Admit Will County Robberies
Three Joliet youths pleaded guilty to a string of October robberies in Will County. Jerry Black 18 Johnny Neblett 23 and Charles W Black 23 faced Circuit Court Judge Michael A. Orenic. Jerry Black and Neblett admitted to 22 robberies each and received concurrent sentences of three terms of one to 20 years. Charles Black pleaded guilty to one robbery.
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Joliet
Ill
Will County
Jerry Black
Charles W
Johnny Neblett
Michael A. Orenic
Circuit Court
Neblett
Illinois State Penitentiary
Charles Black
Weather Update From Collins Weather Station and Morris
Wednesday's high reached 56 degrees with a 28 degree low at Collins Weather Station. At 9 a.m. today Collins reported 43 degrees and downtown Morris measured 53 degrees by 11 a.m. Tonight will be fair and mild with a low in the 30s. Friday will be sunny and mild with a high of 66 to 72.
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Collins
Morris
Two Church Sessions on Viewpoints
The Rev. William George Topmoeller will speak at the first of two Protestant Catholic Dialogue sessions at United Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall. The Morris Council of Churches sponsors the event to explain Protestant and Catholic beliefs amid relations.
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William George Topmoeller
S.T.D
Institute of Ecumenical Studies
Loyola University
United Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Morris Council of Churches
Topmoeller
West Baden College
West Baden
Gregorian University
Rome
Italy
Divinity School
University of Chicago
Commission For Human Relations and Ecumenism
Archdiocese of Chicago
Archdiocesan
International Society of Jesuit Ecumenists
Chicago
Europe
Asia
U.S
Canada
Association of Chicago Theological Schools
Father Topmoeller
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Pileup in Fog Near Arsenal Claims Two Truck Crashes
A nine vehicle collision in heavy fog on Interstate 55 north of Arsenal Road sent two drivers to St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet and another injury later in the evening. Fred Hammon 51 of Joliet sustained a minor injury and was treated and released. Total damages included 2000 on a 1967 Ford and 1500 on a 1967 semi. No arrests were reported. A second fog linked crash south of Bluff Road injured William Crusby 44 of St. Louis and damaged two semis. All vehicles were towed to the Manor at U.S. 6 and U.S. 66.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Arsenal Road
Interstate 55
Fred Hammon
Keneth Meyer
Litchfield
Meyer
Quentin Fritts
Amarillo
Tex
Fritts
John Graves
Posen
Earl Chandler
Wilmington
Edwin Goad
Charles Hempill
Kenneth Francis
Country Club Hills
Larry Riegle
Dwight
Raymond Holchauer
U.S. 6
U.S. 66
Bluff Road
Inter State
William Crusby
St. Louis
Crusby
Thomas Fhearman
Oming, Mich
Crosby
Fhearman
Edgartown Inquest Delayed While Autopsy Exhumation Viewed
Edgartown District Court Judge James A Boyle declined to set an inquest date into Mary Jo Kopechne's death until a Pennsylvania court rules on exhuming her body for autopsy. The decision followed a closed meeting with 12 attorneys. no officials spoke with reporters.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Pennsylvania
Miss Kopechne
Thomas A. Teller
Boyle
Teller
Edward M. Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Edmund Dinis
New Bedford
Wilkes-Barre
Bernard Brominski
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Christmas Deadline for OPERATION MERRY CHRISTMAS List
Morris Herald calls for Grundy County Armed Forces names and addresses by Nov 21 for a Christmas greetings list. Airmail deadline is Dec 1 138 and entries must include sender phone number for verification.
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Morris Herald
Grundy County
Morris Daily Herald
Washington St
Mrs Harold Coleman Announces Run For Grundy County Treasurer
Pauline Coleman of 739 East Main Street circulated petitions to seek the Republican nomination for Grundy County treasurer. A longtime resident and current finance chair of the local Woman's Republican Club, she cites bookkeeping and sheriff's office experience. Primary is March 17 with filings December 8–15 at the county clerk's office. Thomas Parks of Coal City seeks county clerk nomination.
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Harold S
Pauline) Coleman
E. Main St
Grundy County
Coleman
Woman's Republican Club
The
Morris
Sheriff's Office
Thomas Parks
Coal City
Man Awaiting Sentence In Noted Burglary Case
John Charles Douglas 23 of Griffith Indiana pleads guilty in the October 13 burglary of the Noble Sampson home at Route 4. A pre sentence investigation was ordered and sentencing set for next Thursday. The case details Douglas enlistment woes triggered the crime, including theft of guns a portable TV and a radio from the Sampson residence.
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John Charles Douglas
Griffith
Ind
Noble Sampson
Rte. 4
Douglas
John Black
Robert W. Malmquist
Black
Morris
National Advertising of
Peoria
Sampson
Joliet
Lisbon
George Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Grundy County
Driver Killed in Illinois Rear-End Crash
Greenup Illinois AP report states Richard L. Orndorff 38 of Casey was killed in a Wednesday rear end collision with Donald R. Johnson of Lote injured in the other vehicle.
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Greenup
ALL
Richard L. Orndorff
Casey
Donald R. Johnson
Lote
Judge Denies Mistrial Bid in Black Panther Riot Case
Chicago AP Julius Hoffman refused a defense request for a mistrial for seven remaining defendants in the riot conspiracy case tied to the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's contempt sentence and severance prompted appeals as the trial neared April 23, with Judge Hoffman noting Seale’s disruptive conduct and orders to bound and gag him.
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Chicago
Julius Hoffman
Bobby G. Seale
Black Panther
Seale
Hoffman
San Francisco
Charles Garry
California
Cook County
New Haven
Conn
Panther Party
David T. Dellinger
Thomas E. Hayden
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Lee Weiner
John R. Fraines
Rennie Davis
Lemont man sentenced in Will County cabbie murder
Walter Scoggins, 28, of Lemont, Illinois, received 25 to 40 years after pleading guilty to the murder of Lockport taxi driver Floyd Ortherdal. Scoggins admitted stabbing Ortherdal on October 26 near the Cook County line in northern Will County.
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Joliet, Ill
Walter Scoggins
Lemont
Illinois State Penitentiary
Lockport
Scoggins
Floyd Ortherdal
Will County
Cook County
Granny Cheerleader Dottie Heitz Sparks San Fernando Fans
Dorothea Heitz a 52 year old grandmother leads the Granny Girls cheer squad at San Fernando Valley State College. Coach Leon McLaughlin praises her energy and says she inspires crowds despite the age difference with the student cheerleaders.
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Northridge
Calif
Leon McLaughlin
San Fernando Valley State
Dorothea
Dottie’ Heitz
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Morris Hospital
Arthur Allaben
William Palmer
Hugo Avalos
Joseph Mattson
Paul Finland
W. F. Dolezal
Palmer
Mattson
Herald
FORD
Borens Ford Inc, Morris
W. G. Topmoeller
Arsenal
Harold Coleman
Mrs. H. S. Coleman
Granny
Dottie
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