Nixon outlines centrist reforms for second term
President Nixon foresees a conservative-centrist four years focusing on a leaner federal government and more self reliance. He predicts a sustained foreign policy effort and domestic reforms to diffuse power, curb spending, and avoid higher overall taxes while maintaining strategic talks with the Soviets and a high priority on the Middle East.
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Nixon
Washington Star-News
Europe
Mideast
White House
Star-News
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McGovern
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Salt I
Middle East
U.S
Cuba
Castro
Morris Community High hires Charles Dieringer Jr as business manager
The Morris District 101 and District 54 boards appointed Charles Dieringer Jr of Hanover Park as business manager with a start salary of 14 500 to rise to 15 000 by July 1 1973. Dieringer has degrees from Southern Illinois University and Northern Illinois University and will work part time until December. The board also approved a land donation ordinance amendment and awarded a locker contract to Fresh Air Lockers Inc rejecting Lyons Metal Products. A new sound system was installed and a maternity leave for Kathy Gonzalez was approved. The board debated leasing land for a city park with potential federal funding and discussed use of the girls gym by local police on Thursday evenings.
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Northern Illinois University
NIU
Harold Sutter
Dieringer
Hanover Park
U.S. Army
Sutter
Fresh Air Lockers Inc
Lyon Metal Products, Inc
Anderson Lockers
McGrath Office Supply
Morris
Lyon
Chicago
Watseka
New Sound
Morris Music Boosters Club
Saratoga
Immaculate Conception School
Kathy Gonzalez
Park
Shabbona School
Planning Commission
Robert Lynes
Charles Dieringer Jr
Morris Community High School
Morris Daily Herald Price Ten Cents Thursday Afternoon
The Morris Daily Herald issue opens with local news briefs and community notices dated Thursday afternoon. Reads like a traditional small town paper detailing events, notices, and announcements for residents.
Minooka Board Accepts Snow Removal Bid and School Plans
Minooka Grade School Board Wednesday night accepted C. Thompson and Son’s snow removal bid with rates for cat grader and loaders. The board also approved stage drapery bids, band candy sales, gym use by Boy Scouts, planning commission attendance, vacuum rebuild, Title II funds, and a tentative wrestling program with future girls teams.
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Minooka
C. Thompson and Son
Joliet
Montauk
Pohls
Ron Eaton
Ron Blacklock
Gerald Knudson
Don Pehlke
James Paul
Weather outlook and readings for Dresden Island area
Mostly cloudy and a little warmer today with a high in the upper 40s. Occasional rain likely tonight with lows 40 to 45. Friday remains cloudy with occasional rain and a high in the upper 40s. Wednesday’s high reached 44 and low 40 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7am today Morris downtown recorded 40 degrees and at 10 45am it was 46.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Stabbed Chicago clerk-typist identified as Judith Mowery
Judith Mowery 21 a clerk-typist in the Cook County assessor office was found dead with stab wounds in her North Side apartment at 4535 Lincoln Ave. Her body lay on the living room floor. no forced entry. Her brother John found the scene after grandmother Mrs. Hattie Smith reported not hearing from her since Monday. The wallet and money were still in the flat.
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Chicago
Cook County Assessor
Judith Mowery
Lincoln Ave
Miss Mowery
John
Hattie Smith
Berserk gunman kills one at Chicago temple washroom
Police report six temple workers were in a wash room at the Muslim Temple on 7351 Stony Island Ave when a 33 year old employee opened fire. Douglas Smith died and two others were wounded in the shooting at the religious complex.
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Chicago
Douglas Smith
Stony Island Ave
Hillside Police and state troopers renew search for missing patrolman
About 50 Hillside officers and Illinois State Troopers comb Illinois 113 and Wakeman's Corner area in a renewed effort to locate missing Hillside Patrolman Anthony Raymond. Officials rely on underbrush areas as foliage drops and note no new clues so far. Wilmington Emergency Squad assists at the scene as weather and terrain will shape the search duration.
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Hillside Police Department
Hillside
Illinois
Illinois 113
Wakeman’s Corner
Anthony Raymond
Raymond
Wilmington
Hijacked Mexicana plane lands in Cuba after 22 hour flight
An 82 passenger 7 crew Mexicana de Aviacion Boeing 727 hijacked Wednesday from Monterrey to Mexico City refueled and flew to Havana where it landed after an oil leak. Five hijackers demanded safe conduct for six bank robbery suspects and about 4 million pesos before surrendering.
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Mexico City
Cuba
Havana
Mexicana de Aviacon
Monterrey
Calley Appeals Heard in Army Court Review
The Army Court of Military Review will start hearings December 4 on 1st Lt. William Calley’s appeal of his murder conviction in the My Lai massacre. Calley remains under house arrest at Fort Benning, awaiting a ruling from the court martial conviction for the killing of 22 South Vietnamese civilians in March 1968. He had been sentenced to life, reduced to 20 years in 1971 by Lt. Gen. Albert O. Connor.
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Washington
Army Court of Military Review
William Calley
My Lai
Calley
Ft. Benning
Albert O. Connor
3Rd Army
Five Grundy County Chamber directors announced
Oral Olson, chamber president, named five new directors for three year terms to begin January 1. Nominees from the approved slate were James Garling, John Gandolfi, R. L. Kjellesvik, James Meysembourg, and Herbert Weitz. Meysembourg fills a vacancy for 1972. all new directors will attend the November meeting to elect officers and discuss 1973 budget and programs. Residents and groups are invited to submit project ideas for 1973.
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Grundy County
Chamber
Olson
Federal deficit for 1972 hits $23.23 billion
The Treasury reports a 1972 fiscal year deficit of $23.227 billion on $208.6 billion revenue and $231.8 billion expenditures. The current-year projection stood at $27 billion, with a possible run to $35 billion if President Nixon does not curb spending.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Nixon
Brunswick River bridge disaster search halted for safety
State engineers halted underwater searches for more Brunswick River bridge disaster victims after ruling the debris field dangerous. Five bodies recovered, six missing as divers could not surface 10 to 12 cars believed under 40-foot river depth. Barge cranes awaited to clear rubble and resume recovery operations.
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Brunswick
Brunswick River Bridge
Sidney Lanier
Vernon Smith
State Department of Transportation
Smith
Order to Evict Students at Southern University New Orleans
Students occupy the administration building nine days, backed by demands for student control of affairs. Gov. Edwards sets a midafternoon eviction deadline and forms a 23 member panel to negotiate, while NAACP leaders urge compliance. The New Orleans campus hosts about 2,700 students of the 9,000 seat system.
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New Orleans
Southern University
Edwin Edwards
Baton Rouge
NAACP
Emmitt Douglas
Edwards
Southern
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