Nixon plans Peking trip advance by Kissinger group
President Nixon will dispatch Henry Kissinger and a full traveling party to Peking this month to lay groundwork for a potential Nixon visit to Communist China before May. The mission includes White House aides, Secret Service, and State Department and NSC staff, with Kissinger meeting Premier Chou En Lai.
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Washington
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Peking
China
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Kissinger
United States
Hawaii
Secret Service
Alfred Jenkins
Asian Com
Munist
State Department
Winston Lord
John Holdridge
National Security Council
Holdridge
Lord
Radio
Ziegler
Discontinue gang plan at Pontiac
Illinois officials moved to end a prison gang meeting program at Pontiac State Prison after a four hour disturbance injuring nine inmates and 11 guards. Director Bensinger said the program was part of warden Petrilli’s humanization efforts and would be scrapped due to failure. Guards urged the warden’s ouster, though the union did not officially endorse that demand.
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Pontiac, Ill
Pontiac State Prison
John Petrilli
American Federation of State
Petrilli
Donald Harvey
Peter Bensinger
Illinois Department of Corrections
Bensinger
Pontiac
Wilson Blair
Pekin
Blair
Andrew Eckel
Thomas Turner
October Weather Turns Pleasant Across Illinois
Illinois enjoyed typical October weather with no rain in the forecast for today or Wednesday. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cool with a low in the upper 40s, while Wednesday brings partly sunny skies and a cooler high in the upper 60s. Monday reached 70 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 40 degree low, and 7 a.m. reading was 45.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks
Sheriff awards bid for squad car at courthouse meeting
The Grundy County sheriff's office contracted a squad car from Wilson Chevrolet of Morris for 3066 dollars at a courthouse and jail committee meeting. Broadway Ford had been awarded in September but failed to deliver by January, leading to a re-let. The department also acquired a new Pontiac at the September letting.
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Glen Anderson
William Wallin
Ilinois Ave
Court House
Earl Bingham
Anderson, Wallin
Walter White
Edward Pack
Herald
Grundy County
Woman found burning yard debris defying Illinois ruling
Decatur fire units responding to an alarm found an elderly woman inside a burning yard debris bucket. She said she was complying with an Illinois Pollution Control Board ban on outdoor waste burning.
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Decatur
Ill
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Morris Public Library to hire auditor and expand services
The Morris Public Library board authorized President Robert Macdonald to hire a CPA auditor to verify pay requests and obtain affidavits from unpaid subcontractors. The meeting covered building improvements, cricket control, new clock installations, and plans for a teen center using the Grundy Motors building. Public support and parking logistics were discussed amid financial notes on circulation, fines, and memorials.
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New Morris Public Library
Robert Macdonald
Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Robert Freund
David Smith
Frank Condon
Farm Bureau
Hugo Avalos
Bur Oak
Robert Gilbertson
del Linn
Morris City Council
Grundy Motors
Macdonald
George Malek
Phillip Collins
Conrad Weitz
Avalos
Condon
John Roth
Malek
Arthur Meadors
Graham
William Hynds
Dallas jail riot ends after 3 hour clash
In Dallas County jail over 800 inmates staged a disruptive disturbance to protest conditions and treatment of poor people. One prisoner, Lawrence Edward Jackson, 36, died from a cut finger during skirmishes with guards. Three injured guards and five inmates reported, autopsy ordered.
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Dallas, Tex
Dallas County
Dallas
Lawrence Edward Jackson
Clarence Jones
Jones
Atty Henry Wade
Hume School land sale approved by Grundy trustees
Grundy County Board of School Trustees authorized a public auction of the Hume School District No. 49 buildings and one acre of land near Morris, with Morris Grade School District No. 54 to hold the sale within 60 days. The 70-30 division of proceeds favors Morris, title insured by Chicago Title and Trust, survey required.
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Hume
Grundy County
Thum
Eber
Fern Hume
Atty
Eugene Hayes
Ray Cryder
Hayes
Morris
Mazon
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Atty. Hayes
Chicago Title and Trust
Dale Hoge
Bo J. Ulm
Morris Grade School
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Morris Daily Herald
Chicago
Minooka
Mondamon St
Ridge Road
Illinois State Medical Association
Mariot Motor Motel
Sun
Phillippine Medical Society
Ray Offerman
Pro
Clyde Heap
First Christian Church
Narvick Brothers
Charles Salmon
North States
Library
Hume School
Meadors
Kenneth Wilkinson
Cryder
Frank Roeder
Jens Spander
A. W Perkins
Roeder
Humes
Duane Herens
James Peterson
Donald Noonan
Morris Board
Karen Gore
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