Percy Wins Illinois Senate Seat in Close Victory
Republicans gain control of one Senate seat in Illinois with Charles H. Percy defeating Paul H. Douglas by a reported plurality around 300 000. The county results show Percy carrying Grundy County and leading in Morris, Wauponsee and Saratoga precincts. Douglas carried four precincts and tied Braceville 2, as vote totals across the county and state show Republicans gaining seats and reinforcing party representation in the Senate and House.
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Chicago
Charles H. Percy
U.S. Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Percy
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Reid Wins Third Term in Congress from 15th District
Congresswoman Charlotte T. Reid of Aurora captured a third term by unofficial totals of 100,543 to 38,821 over Selwyn L. Boyer. She carried Grundy Kane De Kalb and Kendall counties by large margins, with LaSalle a closer contest. Reid first entered politics in 1962 after succeeding Frank Reid Jr. in a vacancy.
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U. S
Charlotte T. Reid
Aurora
Selwyn L. Boyer
LaSalle County
Grundy
Kane
DeKalb
Kendall
Reed
Kame? Weoccucee
LaSalle
Cccus
Bomneca Vigies
Reid
Poppy X. Mitchell
Interior and Affairs Committee
National Parks, Territorial and Insular Affairs
Indian Affairs
Washburn Elected to Illinois House in 42nd District
Grundy County voters elect James R. Washburn of Morris to the Illinois House, part of a new 42nd district created by reapportionment. He joins Republican Thomas R. Houde and Democrat Joe W. Russell as state representatives. unofficial totals show Washburn with 53,867 votes, Houde 53,286, Russell 36,038, Hayden 29,437 across Grundy, Kankakee, Ford, Iroquois counties and Will County townships.
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Grundy County
James R. Washburn
Lisbon St
Washburn
Thomas R. Houde
Kankakee
Joe W. Russell
Piper City
General Assembly
Grundy
Ford
Iroquois
Kendall
LaSalle
Houde
Will County
Russell
Morris
George B. Allen
Braceville
Will Washburn
Hayde
Uepell Sacs
Hayden
Morris Volunteer Fire Pancake Breakfast
The Morris Volunteer Fire Department will hold a pancake breakfast Sunday from 6 to 11 a.m. at the fire station to raise funds for department needs. Proceeds support equipment and station improvements.
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Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Weather Forecast From U S Weather Bureau and Local Observations
The U S Weather Bureau expects colder weather tonight with occasional rain or drizzle and 30s lows. Thursday should be cloudy and cooler with possible snow flurries and a high near 40. Friday trends cloudy with little change and chances of snow. Collins station logged 65 high and 46 low Tuesday. Rain totals reached 1.10 inches by 7 pm Tuesday and 0.73 more through 9 am today. Local Morris 11:30 am reading is 57 degrees.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Reagan Wins California Governor Race By Wide Margin
Ronald Reagan surged to the California governorship beating Edmund G. Brown by nearly a million votes as precincts reported. Reagan carried most counties and urban centers, won lieutenant governor Robert Finch as well, and credited discontent with welfare costs and government burden as key factors.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
California
Edmund G. Brown
Reagan
Brown
Robert H. Finch
Richard M. Nixon
Finch
Glenn M. Anderson
Central
San Francisco Bay
State Banking Amendment Favored Here
In Grundy County voters retained two judges and backed the Banking Act. Chief Justice Ray I. Klingbiel won 5 306 yes to 1 423 no, while Associate Circuit Judge Robert W. Malmquist earned 5 956 yes to 1 465 no. County officials faced a close no on the sheriff and treasurer re election, with 3 284 yes and 4 066 no, and the revenue article failed 3 529 to 3 566. The Banking Act passed 4 249 to 3 027.
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Grundy County
Illinois Supreme Court
Ray I. Klingbiel
Robert W. Malmquist
13Th Judicial District
Graham urges Johnson to widen Europe goodwill trip
Evangelist Billy Graham, celebrating his 48th birthday with family in Charlotte, urged President Johnson to undertake a goodwill trip to Europe to demonstrate that the United States will not neglect its European allies.
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Charlotte, N.C
Charlotte
Billy Graham
Johnson
Europe
United States
Governor Sanders Reveals Two Near Plane Crashes
Gov. Carl E. Sanders a World War II flyer who often flies his own plane on official trips says he narrowly avoided airplane crashes twice during his four years in office. One incident involved a near head on collision with an airliner.
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Atlanta, Ga
Carl E. Sanders
Closest Vote in Sheriff's Race Shakes Grundy County
Republicans swept Grundy County with four GOP wins and 8,988 ballots cast of 13,000 registered voters amid foul weather. Sheriff race saw Richard E. Pierce edge Joseph A. Panish by 1,183 votes. Panish carried Braceville and Panish's home precinct Morris favored Panish. County Clerk Nels P. Nelson secured a fifth term 6,052 to 2,621 over Gordon Kingman. Treasurer Sophie M. Thorson defeated Frank Wesley 6,025 to 2,656.
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Grundy County
GOP
Arthur V. Meadors
Richard E. Pierce
Joseph A. Panish
Braceville
Panish
Pierce
Felix
Morris
Nels P. Nelson
Gordon Kingman
Nelson
Kingman
Greenfield
Highland
Springfield
Sophie M. Thorson
Frank “Bubbles
Wesley
Thorson
Baltz Wins State Senate Race In 41st District
Republican Meade Baltz of Joliet defeats Democrat Martin Gleason in the newly drawn 41st district. With 134 of 187 precincts reporting, Baltz led 21 142 to 17045 in Will County while Grundy County added Baltz 5421 Gleason 3178. Baltz previously served two terms in the state house.
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Meade Baltz
Joliet
Martin Gleason
Gleason
WJOL
Baltz
Will County
Glea
Final Illinois state treasurer vote totals reported
Bulletin from Chicago AP summarizes final statewide vote tallies for state treasurer with precinct counts and results for Downs State Cook County and totals. Figures show candidates Stevenson Rowe with aggregate votes across 5,382 downstate precincts 5,385 in Cook County and 10,767 total precincts.
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Bulletin
Chicago
Ilinois
Downstate Cook Co
Rptd
Ste’son
Rowe
Morris Community High School Mock Election Yields GOP Lean
At Morris Community High School the mock election showed Adlai Stevenson III leading for state treasurer over Harris Rowe 259 to 231 while Charles Perry led Paul Douglas 3 to 1 in the Senate race. Charlotte Reid won to represent Congress with 442 votes to 77 for Boyer.
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Morris Community High School
Inez Anderson
Adlai E. Stevenson III
Treas
Harris Rowe
Charles H. Percy
Paul H. Douglas
Charlotte Reid
Congress
Selwyn L. Boyer
James R. Washburn
Morris
MCHS
Richard E. Pierce
Joseph A. Parish
Ray Page
Donald M
Lightning Strikes Gas Line in Mazon Fire Disrupts Service
During a severe storm on Tuesday evening a lightning bolt hit a Commonwealth Edison transmission tower on South Street Mazon piercing a Northern Illinois gas line. Gas escaped and ignited leading to a fire and a two hour service interruption as crews from both companies repaired the line and restored power.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
South St
Mazon
Northern Illinois
Episcopal Mass with rock beat at Trinity College chapel
An overflow crowd attended an Episcopal Mass at Trinity College chapel in Hartford. A drummer three electric guitarists a pianist and a saxophonist substituted for the organ in all music of the service.
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Hartford, Conn
Trinity College Chapel
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