Historical society to turn Paul Powell home into museum
The Johnson County Historical Society will operate the two story Powell home as a museum after an advisory panel turned the estate over. Powell died in 1970 and left a will specifying the home be used as a museum. About 200000 remains after taxes to fund operations, with a possible open house before year end and a nominal tour fee.
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Ill
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Paul Powell
Illinois
Clark W. Brogan
First National Bank of Mattoon
Powell
Johnson County Historical Society
Rochester
Minn
Springfield
Johnson County
Brogan
the Historical Society
Charles Soper
Soper
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois couple win over million in malpractice settlement
A Chicago area case ends with Ellen and Mark Rosenfeld receiving 1 035 million after their mother Ruth Rosenfeld died following minor ear surgery at Michael Reese Hospital. The suit claimed negligence and failure to test for emphysema contributing to respiratory failure and brain damage.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Cook County
David Canel
Michael Reese Hospital
Albert F. Hofeld
Hofeld
Ellen
Mark Rosenfeld
Ruth Rosenfeld
Western Auto Store Changes Hands on Bedford Plaza
Mr and Mrs Larry Thorson of 319 Price St became owners of Western Auto at 1441 Bedford Plaza after last August sale. Former owners Mr and Mrs Bradley Bartlett retired after 20 years in the family catalog order business. Thorson plans repairs and remodeling at the south end of Bedford Plaza. only the couple work there. Store hours are 9 am to 5 30 pm Monday to Thursday, 9 pm Friday, and 5 pm Saturday.
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Larry Thorson
Price St
Western Auto Supply
Bedford Plaza
Bradley Bartlett
Western Auto
Judy
Thorson
Brad
Elsie Bartlett
Cambridge Dr
Florida
Thorsons
Herald
Moretti Seen as Mastermind Behind Moro Kidnapping
New evidence from Milan raids ties Mario Moretti to planning and directing the 1978 abduction and killing of former Premier Aldo Moro. Police say Moretti, 32, an Milan electronics technician, has been a top fugitive since 1971 and is now viewed as the Red Brigades ideological heir and chief organizer.
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Rome
UPI
Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Milan
Mario Moretti
Moro
Moretti
Renato Curcio
Corrado Alunni
Curcio
Italy
Impostor imitates Sri Lankan minister at U.N. General Assembly
An impersonator at the United Nations General Assembly falsely posed as Sri Lanka’s foreign minister A C S Hameed. The man, later identified as K K Vaikunthavasam, accused India of mass genocide before security restrained him and confiscated his speech.
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United Nations
UPI
Sri Lanka
India
A.C S. Hameed
U.N. General Assembly
K. K. Vaikun
Restraining order shields Pentecostal students from coed gym
In Springfield, a UPI report says two McLean County students won a 20 day restraining order barring county and state officials from suspending or disciplining them for refusing coed physical education. Debby Moody 13 and Trent Ates 16 claim religious rights protect their stance. A preliminary merits hearing is set within 20 days.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
McLean County
J. Waldo Ackerman
United Penecostal Church
Debby Moody
Chiddix Junior High School
Normal
Bloomington High School
Trent Ates
Wesley Ates
First Pentecostal Church
Bloomington
Miss Moody
Illinois
Joseph Cronin
Ackerman
Trent
Ates
94-Year-Old Cooper Owens Keeps Whiskey and Tobacco Virtues
Pascagoula Mississippi describes Cooper Owens a frail but hearty 94 year old who quips he has been a bad rounder all his life yet had a hell of a time He recalls wartime service in World War I the Argonne Forest where he earned five medals including the Purple Heart and says he loved France for the women He now lives with his daughter and admits to sneaking drinks after his daughter began watching him since Christmas day when he nearly died drinking a half gallon of whiskey
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Pascagoula
Miss
UPI
Cooper Owens
France
Owens
Gulf Coast
South Mississippi
Sullivan’s
Sullivan
Argonne Forest
Notice to Subscribers for Morris Daily Herald
The Morris Daily Herald warns subscribers to notify the office if the paper is not received regularly and states delivery should occur by six o'clock each evening barring accidents or delays. The notice also explains that liability for errors in advertisements is limited to the cost of the space.
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Morris Publishing Company
Om Ilinois Corporation
East
Washington Street
Morris
Ilinois
Timothy J. West
Herald Office
Illinois
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London
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Cronin
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Unit 5
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Howard Feldman
Attorney General's Office
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Abingdon
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