British Labour votes urge end to U.S. Viet bombings at convention
In Brighton Labor delegates called for ending American bombings as a step toward Vietnamese peace. They backed a six point Viet Nam peace plan, urged cuts in defense and a pullout from several regions, while affirming broad support for Wilson’s foreign policy. Brown urged resuming the Geneva talks with Gromyko and Rusk.
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Brighton
England
Harold Wilson
George Brown
Wilson
Viet Nam
United States
West Germany
Suez
Malaysia
Singapore
Persian Gulf
Brown
Labor Party
Andrei A. Gromyko
Cochairmen
U. S
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Convention Hall
Johnson
Geneva
New Officer Named at Morris Bank
James L. Ruddy named assistant vice president of First National Bank of Morris announced by president William B. Norton. Ruddy previously served 11 years at Union National Bank Joliet and Mid West National Bank Lake Forest and has Navy service on the Operational Development Force staff. He and his wife Patricia and their six children live in Joliet and plan to move to Morris soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Ruddy
First National Bank of Morris
William B. Norton
Ruddy
Union Nation
al Bank of
Homewood
Loyal Order of Moose
Lodge 300
Young Men's Christian Association
Joliet
U.S. Navy
Patricia
Third Ave
Morris
Santa to Arrive Here Nov 25 in Morris
Morris plans reveal Santa Claus arrival on November 25 the day after Thanksgiving with a parade to mark the event. Stores will stay open December 9 evenings for Christmas shoppers as new decorations ordered shipped will be hung by Thanksgiving and lit on November 25. A dinner at the Colonial House featured a film on community planning titled No Time for Ugli ness.
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Santa Claus
Morris
Retail Merchants
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Colonial House
Weather forecast and readings for Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau predicts fair weather tonight with a low in the lower 40s and a warming Friday with highs in the 70s. Collins Weather Station logged Wednesday high 62 and low 27, with 9 a m temperature 46 and downtown Morris at 11 30 a m 56.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Direct Distance Dialing to Begin December in Several Cities
Direct Distance Dialing will take effect Sunday December 4 in Morris Lisbon Verona Newark Mazon Dwight Coal City and Gardner enabling station to station long distance calls. Touch Tone dialing will be offered in Morris and Dwight with a modest charge and requires linking to a new automatic message accounting unit and the national DDD network.
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Morris
Lisbon
Verona
Newark
Mazon
Dwight
Coal City
Gardner
Morris and
Western Electric Co
Bell
E. Jefferson St
Larry A. White
Linnemann
Florence Peacock
First Frost Reported in Grundy County Area
Grundy County saw the first frost of the year as temperatures fell below freezing on Wednesday night. ASCS office manager Richard Finkbein says some gardens and flowers were damaged but crops were not harmed and may dry out. A reporter noted frost in Saratoga Township damaged unharvested tomatoes and may affect canning. Overnight lows elsewhere included 36 at Midway, 35 at Peoria, 30 at Rockford, 34 at Springfield, and 32 at East Dubuque.
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Grundy
Richard Finkbeiner
ASCS
Phillip Collins
Saratoga Township
Grundy County
Illinois
Midway
Chicago
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
East Dubuque
Man Killed in Essex Gunfight
A quarrel led to a farm gunfight near Essex in Kankakee County. John Russell died, and Grace Russell and Earl B. Scott were wounded. all treated and released from St Joseph's Hospital Joliet. Authorities say Russell fired first. Scott felled him with two shots after Mrs Russell and Scott were shot. The incident involved Fisher auto body plant workers and stemmed from a custody dispute over Russell and Mrs Russell’s nine month old daughter.
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Essex, Ill
Kankakee County
Essex
John Russell
Russell
Grace
Earl B. Scott
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joliet
Scott
James Ryan
Kankakee
Hershel Kreis
Russells
Kreises
Fisher Auto Body
Willow Springs
Johnson expands Manila trip into wider Asia tour
President Johnson will extend his Manila conference itinerary into a broader Asian tour visiting New Zealand Australia Thailand Malaysia and South Korea before and after the Manila meeting with chiefs of state amid Viet Nam fighting. Officials disclosed the plan as a 3 p.m. EDT news conference approached.
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Washington
Johnson
Manila
New Zealand
Australia
Thailand
Malaysia
South Korea
Philippines
White House
Viet Nam
Keith J. Rete Ot
Wellingon
Harold Holt
Holyoake
Pacific
Canberra
4-H Window Displays Show Results in Grundy County
The Grundy County 4-H window displays judging occurred Tuesday with Web Bay and Mrs. Howard Sutton as judges. The article lists Agriculture and Home Economics clubs receiving A and P ratings including Gooselake Junior Champions Ace Hardware Saratoga Junior Farmers Matteson Hardware and many more.
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Grundy County
Web Bay
Will County
Howard Sutton
Home Economics Council
Gooselake
Ace Hardware
Saratoga
Matteson Hardware
Nettle Creek
Cary and Roberts Insurance
Coal City Community
Barbara’s Beauty Shop
Goodfarm Boys
Shane’s
Mazon
Mazon Boys
Davies Chain Saw Shop
Gardner Boys
John’s
Happy- Go-Lucky
Sip’n Shop
Needles and Spoons
Baum’s
Hillcrest
Coal City Modernettes
Montgomery Ward Merry Goodfarm
Maidens
Kaiser’s
Dwight
Mazon Merry Makers
Gardner Lew
Carbon Hill
Rohlf
Increase in State Aid for Schools in Grundy County
State aid totaling 455 956 77 is allocated monthly to Grundy County schools for the current year, up 92 757 45 from last year due to higher per pupil foundation levels and increased 1965 enrollment. Morris Elementary leads raises, followed by Coal City and Gardner Elementary, with Home School down 922 22 from smaller enrollment.
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Grundy County
County Superintendent of Schools
Morris Elementary
Coal City
Gardner
Morris
South Wilmington
Braceville
Coal City High School
Kinsman
Verona
Nettle Creek
Goodfarm
Mazon
Hume
Saratoga
Gardner High School
Mazon High School
Morris High School
Minooka
Morris Community High School
Seneca Driver Injured in U S 6 Truck Crash
A Seneca man, Floyd E. Zehr, 38, was injured at 10 a m when his pickup with a fertilizer trailer overturned on U S 6 five and one half miles west of Morris He was listed in fair condition at Morris Hospital under observation for chest injuries The truck was towed from the scene by Olson s Sinclair witnesses included Mrs Art Hustis and Mrs Gerald Fisher both of Marseilles
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U.S. 6
Illinois
Floyd E. Zehr
Crotty St
Seneca
Zehr
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Olson
Sinclair
Art Hustis
Boat Harbor Road
Marseilles
Gerald Fisher
Chicago St
Teens Talk column debuts on Morris Daily Herald
A new local column titled Teens Talk appears today on Page 3 spotlighting Morris Community High School students. Senior class officers are first under consideration with future weekly features planned for Mazon Coal City Gardner and Minooka high schools highlighting teen achievements.
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris Community High School
Mazon
Coal City
Gardner
Minooka
Oceanographer warns pollution could wipe out clam beds
Dr. John A. Knauss of the University of Rhode Island says coastal pollution threatens clams and oysters with possible extinction. URI has set up two federally sponsored pollution laboratories at its Narragansett Bay facilities.
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Kingston, R.I
John A. Knauss
University of Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
RPI Tuition to Rise 250 Dollars for Next Year
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will raise annual tuition to 2050 dollars starting next September, marking a 250 dollar increase. The change affects undergraduate and related programs at the Troy, New York campus.
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Troy, N.Y
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rusk Talks With Iron Curtain Ministers on Viet Nam Peace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk met with Foreign Ministers from Iron Curtain nations including Vaclav David of Czechoslovakia and Corneliu Manescu of Romania to discuss the Viet Nam war but gave no indication of a shift in North Viet Nam’s stance. U Thant pressed for renewed negotiation efforts while the U S halted bombing in part of the DMZ to preserve neutral status.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dean Rusk
North Viet Nam
Rusk
Vaclav David
Czechoslovakia
Jozef Lenart
Hanoi
David
Corneliu Manescu
Romania
U.S
U.N
U Thant
Thant
Andrei A. Gromyko
Algeria
Cambodia
United Arab Republic
Gromyko
United States
Viet Nam
U. S
Saigon
International Control Commission
Three Seneca Lads Injured In Accident
Three Seneca High School seniors were injured when a car collided with a Brockman disposal truck at Scott and Main in Seneca. Driver John Wheeler 17 was thrown and pinned. passengers Mike Mann and Mike Brown 17 were uninjured in the car. All were taken to Ryburn Memorial Hospital in Ottawa. Wheeler remained unconscious.
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Seneca
Scott and
Main Sts
Ryburn Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
John Wheeler
Mike Mann
Mike Brown
Brockman
Willie Kelly
Main St
Wheeler
Scott St
Seneca Volunteer Fire Department
Orbie Wheeler
Shipyard Rd
Brown
Alan Brown
Mann
Robert Mann
Englewood
Seneca High School
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Morris Bank
James Ruddy
Santa
Karl E. Linnemann
Manila Trip
Corrigan
Josephine Griffin
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London
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