Registration of Voters to Close Monday
Grundy County Clerk Nels P. Nelson announced 18 absentee ballots mailed to area service members. Monday is the last day to register or transfer registration with county offices or designated deputies. The office will be open Friday night 4 30 to 9 00 for voters to register.
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Grundy
Nels P. Nelson
Nelson
Eleanor K. Dunn
Kinsman
Helen Finch
Verona
Paul I. Gilmour
Mazon
Charles McDonald
Gardner
Mabel Berta
South Wilmington
Bernice Gray
Braceville
Rose Drnee
Coal City
Betty Steinberger
Ann Testa
Carbon Hill
Clyde Heap
Minooka
Grundy County
Illinois
Harvest Festival Draws Narragansett Tribe Reach
Indian festival in Charlestown Rhode Island drew about 25 Narragansett attendees with participants from neighboring tribes in Connecticut Massachusetts and New York in attendance.
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Charlestown
R.I
Narragansett
Connecticut
Massachusetts
New York
Court Reverses Ruby Conviction for Oswald Killing
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Jack Ruby's death sentence for Oswald murder. Case sent for retrial in another county. Admission of police testimony about Ruby’s statements ruled prejudicial and inadmissible.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Oswald
Warren Commission
President Kennedy
Dallas
Ruby
Cessation of Bombing in Viet Nam Zone Section
The White House said no American bombing is now taking place in the eastern DMZ sector between North and South Vietnam. Moyers framed the pause as allowing an ICC investigation of alleged 1954 Geneva Treaty violations in the area.
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Washington
White House
Viet Nam
Canada
Bill D. Moyers
ICC
International Control Commission
Weather outlook and temps for Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts clear cool tonight with frost and low in the low 30s. Thursday will be sunny and warmer with a high in the 60s. Friday looks fair and mild. The Collins station records 68 high and 38 low, 43 at 8 am and 51 downtown Morris at 11 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Senator Simon to Campaign for Gleason in Morris
State Senator Paul Simon will visit Grundy County Democratic headquarters in the Kate Lee Restaurant building at 524 Liberty St. next Tuesday from 10 30 to 11 30 a m to back Martin J Gleason for the 41st district. Coffee will be served.
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Paul Simon
Troy
Illinois
Morris
Martin J. Gleason
Joliet
Senate
Gleason
Simon
Grundy County
Democratic
Kate Lee
Liberty St
Sen. Simon
Kefauver Committee
Sen
Troy Tribune
Margaret Lovejoy
Lincoln
Saturday Evening Post
Jeanne Hurley
Illinois House
Dresden 3 permit recommended for World’s largest power plant
The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board recommends issuing a permit to Commonwealth Edison Co. to construct a third nuclear unit at the Dresden site. If approved, the permit would take effect Oct 14 with construction starting Oct 17 after a two day hearing in Grundy County.
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Dresden
Atomic Safety and Licensing Board
Commonwealth Edison Co
Morris Daily Herald
Atomic Energy Commission
Washington
D.C
AEC
Commonwealth
Safety and Licensing Board
Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison
George Travers
Joliet
Petition Approved for Joliet Junior College District Expansion
The Illinois Board of Higher Education approved a petition to form a Class I Joliet Junior College district covering Will Grundy and parts of Kendall counties and will refer it to the Illinois Junior College Board. If approved, a public hearing will be held. Estimated 1968 assessed value exceeds $1 billion with a proposed eight and one half cent education tax. About 75 percent of funds from the state for a separate campus.
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Joliet
Will
Grundy County
Dwight, Reddick
Seneca
Seward
Big Grove
Kendall County
Fos
Kendall, Lisbon
Na-Au-Say
Aurora Area
Newark High
la Salle County
Educational Fund
FHA Section Meeting Here On Saturday
Morris Community High School hosts the annual fall rally for Section 19 of the Future Homemakers of America. About 300 girls from 19 high schools in Grundy Kendall and LaSalle counties attend the first time in Morris. Registration starts at 9 30 a m with a mixer, welcome, colors and a songfest followed by discussion groups in 15 rooms led by two student hostesses.
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Morris Community High School
Homemakers of America
Grundy
Kendall
LaSalle
Gardner
Margaret Bednarik
FHA
MCHS
Morris Fha
Ted Morgan
GOP Candidates Speak Here Today At Republican Headquarters
Republican candidates for state and district offices spoke at a morning coffee break at 313 Liberty St. They arrived in a caravan at 10 30 a m and greeted local Republicans, press, and area radio commentators. Speakers included Harris Rowe for state treasurer Ray Page for superintendent of public instruction Meade Baltz for state senator James R Washburn and Thomas Houde for state legislature and local county offices. The event stressed getting the message across and voter turnout with Rowe noting past messaging gaps and Page citing Illinois education efforts and dropout trends. Baltz praised regional growth and supported police reform bills while Houde pledged to uphold home rule.
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Page
Ray Page
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Liberty St
Morris
Herald
GOP
Harris Rowe
Meade Baltz
James R. Washburn
Thomas Houde
Atty. S. J. Holderman
Rowe
Lyndon Johnson
The
Phillipines
Adlai Stevenson III
Richard Nixon
Western Illinois University
Illinois
Baltz
Houde
Kankakee
Hoffa Loses Appeal on Conviction
CHICAGO AP James R Hoffa president of the Teamsters Union loses an appeal of his 1964 mail and wire fraud and conspiracy conviction. The 7th U S Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the convictions in a 2 1 ruling along with six codefendants in a scheme to defraud the Teamsters pension fund of more than 1 million. The defense argued publicity and feud influenced the case but the majority rejects all claims of error.
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Chicago
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hoffa
Teamsters
Robert F. Kennedy
U.S
F. Ryan Duffy
Latham M. Castle
Grundy County Plans Expanded Village Zoning Program
The Grundy County Planning Commission requests a two year contract with Carl L Gardner and Associates to extend zoning to all villages lacking ordinances. Estimated total cost 93300 with two thirds funded by federal dollars. county share about 3100. The plan includes 12 joint meetings and base maps for nine communities.
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Grundy County Board of Supervisors
Grundy County Planning Commission
Farm Bureau
Carl L. Gardner
Carl Gardner
Joseph Abel
Commission
Atty
David Root
Illinois
County Planning Commission
Root
Coal City
Minooka
Morris and
Mazon
Grundy County
Carbon Hill
Braceville
Gardner
Wilmington
Brooklyn
Kinsman
Verona
Diamond
Eileen
Edwin Burnham
Nettle Creek Township
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Saratoga
Saratoga Consolidated School
Ann Wills
Duane Heren
W.A. Morrison
Dist
Henry Wade
Court of Criminal Appeals
Wade
Senator Simon
Okay
Jr. College
LIONS
Morris Lions Club
Jim Davis
Walter Mundt
Ben Bernstein
Elvin Matieson
Ed Douvin
Division St
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