McNamara Visits Saigon for War Survey Four Days
U S Defense Secretary Robert S McNamara arrived in Saigon for a four day review of war needs as heavy reinforcements move toward the demilitarized zone In northern provinces Marines and Air Force units reinforce Da Nang and extend pressure on North Vietnamese forces U S bases report increasing casualties and new graves while B52 raids target infiltration routes near the zone
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
United States
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
U. S
17Th Parallel
North
Viet Nam
173Rd Airborne Brigade
da Nang
Leathernecks
U.S. Army
Demilitarized Zone
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Viet Cong Rejects Peace Plan and Papal Appeals
The Viet Cong dismissed Britain's peace plan and Pope Paul VI’s appeals for peace in Viet Nam. A Communist Liberation Press Agency critique urged naming U.S. war criminals and withdrawing troops. North Viet Nam and the Soviet Union had already rejected the plan. Archbishop Sergio Pignedoli, returning to the Vatican, praised his mission’s religious outreach in Saigon.
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Tokyo
Britain
Viet Nam
Paul VI
U.S
Communist Liberation Press Agency
Soviet Union
George Brown
Saigon
Sergio Pignedoli
Papal
Vatican
South
Powell testifies before grand jury in Springfield
Secretary of State Paul Powell testified for 38 minutes before Sangamon County grand jurors about corruption allegations in his office. He said he answered all questions and cited immunity. Shortly after, former Powell investigator Porcaro arrived with deputies amid questions about truck license fraud tied to Chicago crime figures. Porcaro faces a 1 to 5 year sentence for bigamy and theft.
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Springfield, Ill
Paul Powell
Sangamon County
Grand Jury
Powell
Ray Terrell
Frank
Porky) Porcaro
James Christensen
Porearo
Edmund Kucharski
Cook County
Chicago Crime Syndicate
Kucharski
Porcaro
Christensen
Porecaro
Wheaton
du Page County Grand Jury
Joliet
Firemen Called Four Times This Weekend
The Morris Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to four separate incidents over the weekend. A timber fire along the Rock Island Railroad tracks near Morris Community High School required efforts on Saturday. Earlier, a self-propelled combine owned by David Stinson overheated near Bongalow School and was attended to by firefighters. A 60 acre grass and weed blaze on the Rock Island Railroad right of way east of Red and Gun Club Road burned for two and a half hours with some railroad ties burning, but caused no major damage. The final call involved a brush fire at the Vern Enger residence near Nettle Creek Store with no damage reported.
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Morris Volunteer Fire Department
Rock Island
Morris Community High School
David Stinson
Bungalow School
Rod and Gun Club
Rock Island Railroad
Red and Gun Club Road
Harvey Larson
Vern Enger
Nettle Creek
Nettle Creek Township
Plattville School Closed Over Spinal Meningitis Case
Kendall County Health Board shuts Plattville Grade School after sixth grader Jeanette Needs from Yorkville is hospitalized in Joliet at St. Joseph with spinal meningitis in critical condition. She had attended school Thursday. immunization shots required for all staff and students before classes resume.
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Plattville
Kendall County Health Board
Jeanette Needs
Charles W. Needs
Yorkville
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Weather outlook and recent conditions at Collins Weather Station
Forecast calls for party cloudy skies and chilly nights with 40s lows. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and cool with a 50s high. Wednesdays look fair and mild. Saturday high reached 81 and low 45, Sunday 83/55. Morris readings 8 am 47 and noon 64 downtown.
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Collins
Morris
President Johnson to meet with Gromyko in Washington
President Johnson meets Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in Washington for a courtesy session during the U N General Assembly. U S sources warn against high expectations, noting a slight thaw from the Viet Nam war era and possible new deals with the West beyond Viet Nam.
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Washington
Johnson
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. S
White House
Gromyko
U.N. General Assembly
Viet Nam
China
Peking
Soviet Union
Kankakee Area Eyes Junior College Vote Result
Unofficial results show 6188 in favor and 2075 against the Kankakee area junior college proposal with rural precincts Reddick Papineau and St Anne voting against. A new board election date will be set within 60 days by County Supt. Ruel Hall as groundwork continues for a 100 acre campus and a $4 million project with state aid covering 75 percent of costs.
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Kankakeeland Junior College
Grundy County
Reddick
Papineau
St. Anne
Grundy
R.U.C.E
Ruel Hall
Kankakee County
Nen
Junior Edge Board of Trustees
Ralph Francis
Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
Kankakee
Ford
Will
Livingston
Iroquois
Grass Fires Reported In Two Locations Today
Morris Fire Department responded to two grass fires today. The first blaze at Skluts junkyard on Cemetery Road involved burning grass and weeds. A second fire at Pine Bluff Road near Illinois 47 also burned grass and weeds.
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Morris Fire Department
Skluts Junkyard
Cemetery Road
Pine Bluff Road
Illinois 47
Harvest Accident Kills Area Farmer
William Colle 42 of Newark died after a metal plate on a combine trapped him while harvesting soybeans for neighbor Earl Severson. Coroner's estimate places death between 3:15 and 4:30 p.m. He served in the Navy and is survived by his wife Betty and seven children. Funeral at Newark Lutheran Church with burial in Millington Newark Cemetery.
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Newark
William Colle
Kendall County
Everett McKeown
Earl Severson
Heron
U. S. Navy
Sandwich
Scott
William
John
Chicago Heights
Earl
Mason
Robert
Ohio
Mary
Margaret
Collinsville
Anna Valco
John Colle
Newark Lutheran Church
O. Paul Hougen
Millington-Newark
Larson-Gabel Funeral Home
Supreme Court grants Curtis Publishing hearing on $460,000 Butts libel judgment
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Curtis Publishing’s appeal from a $460,000 verdict awarded to Wallace Butts in a libel suit over The Saturday Evening Post article The Story of a College Football Fix. Butts claimed pregame tips from Paul Bryant aided Alabama’s 35 0 win. Bryant settled for $300,000. No hearing date set.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Curtis Publishing Co
Wallace Butts
University of Georgia
Butts
Curtis
Saturday Evening Post
Paul Bryant
University of Alabama
Alabama
U.S. District Court
Atlanta
New York Times
Times
Bryant
Fire damages goods at Bellettini grocery garage
A fire at 11:45 a.m. damaged merchandise stored in a garage behind Bellettini grocery store at 245 S. Broadway in Coal City. Volunteers contained the blaze. the garage was reported virtually undamaged. Earlier, volunteers fought a fast spreading grass fire near Mazon Street in a residential area with no homes nearby as strong winds fueled flames briefly.
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Coal City
Bellettini Grocery Store
S. Broadway
Mazon St
Soviet Leader Delays Vienna Visit Over Cold
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny postponed his planned Vienna trip after catching a cold, a Moscow government spokesman said today.
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Moscow
Nikolai Podgorny
Vienna
Austria
Supreme Court Refuses Review of Illinois Bugging Case
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, refused to hear an appeal by six Chicago Currency Exchange officials challenging Illinois Supreme Court approval of using hotel room taped recordings from the 1965 General Assembly probe. The high court said the case lacked a properly presented federal question.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Illinois
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois House Commission
Springfield
Ill
General Assembly
Chicago Currency Exchange Association, Inc
High Tribunal
William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan
William J. Brennan
Association
Chicago
American
Sangamon County
Special House Commission
David Maslowsky
George Christopher
Sam J. Kaplan
F. W. Schellenberger
Irving L. Gottlieb
Barbara Slove
Peoria
Jack Cassidy
Ethics Commission
New Well in South Wilmington Completed
South Wilmington votes to finish a 970 foot well with 25 000 dollars in bonds to relieve a water shortage. Curfew for under 18 starts tonight with a 9 p.m siren and village board patrols due to lack of a police force. Koerner Construction Co. lands seven street projects for 9497.45.
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South Wilmington
Louis Dinelli
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