Bishop Sheen resigns as Rochester bishop for health reasons
The Most Rev Fulton J Sheen resigns as bishop of the Rochester Roman Catholic Diocese citing health but says he remains active in church work. Pope Paul VI accepted the resignation and Monsignor Joseph L Hogan will succeed him. Sheen plans to continue serving in some capacity.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fulton J. Sheen
Joseph L. Hogan
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Vatican City
Vatican
Paul
Sheen
Hogan
New York
Upstate
el Paso
Ill
Peoria
Escalation of Vietnam War Urged by GOP lawmakers
Rep. Sam Steiger and 14 Republican colleagues urged Nixon to launch a sudden major escalation to end the war. The letter calls for resumed bombing of North Vietnam including river dikes and sending South Vietnamese rangers into the North to use guerrilla tactics, aiming for victory.
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Washington
Sam Steiger
R-Ariz
Vietnam
Steiger
Nixon
United States
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Appoint Wren to Aid With County Zoning
Grundy County boards appoint Morris Atty Robert Wren as assistant state's attorney effective November 1. He will assist Zoning officer Eugene Sorensen on zoning planning building codes mobile homes and subdivisions. Wren earns twenty dollars per hour and provides his own stenographic help.
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Morris Atty
Robert Wren
Vine St
Grundy County
County Board of Supervisors
Eugene Sorensen
Wren
Grun dy County Weather Outlook For Tonight And Thursday
Cloudy and warmer tonight in Grun dy County with showers likely and a low in the 40s. Thursday should bring more showers with a high near 60 and a cooler finish. Rainfall totals around half an inch with possible extended rain into Monday.
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Grundy County
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Pete DiPaolo Dies in Coal City News
Coal City educator Pete DiPaolo 53 longtime superintendent of Coal City public schools died of a heart attack in Dr. Roman Smyk’s office after returning from Morris. Surviving wife Catherine and children, services set at Reeves Chapel with burial at Braceville-Gardner Cemetery. DiPaolo was a 25 year Coal City employee and veteran educator.
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Coal City
Pete DiPaolo
Roman Smyk
Morris
Arthur V. Meadors
Edward L. Pierard
DiPaolo
Meadors
Pierard
Reeves Funeral Home
Assumption Catholic Church
George Flynn
Braceville - Gardner
Catherine
David
Corona
Calif
Roger
Donna) Hanley
Mazon
Jeanine
Mary DiPaolo
John Makuch
Louis Grandone
John Calderwood
Benid
Eagarville
Pasquale
Benid High School
Illinois State University
University of Illinois
Illinois School Administrators Association
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
Ilinois Valley
Illinois
Hold Suspect In Farm Home Burglary
John Charles Douglas 23 of Calumet Park Illinois and Griffith Indiana charged with burglary of Noble Sampson residence on route 4. Deputy Hendrickson found Douglas asleep in a 1964 Oldsmobile ditched near Nettle Creek School with five stolen items recovered. He is held on $10,000 bail and bound over to the Grundy County grand jury.
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John Charles Douglas
Calumet Park
Ill
Griffith
Ind
Noble Sampson
Rte. 4
Douglas
George Hendrickson
Nettle Creek Township
Nettle Creek
Hendrickson
Sampson
Richard Wilder
John E. G. Olson
Robert W. Malmquist
Kankakee
John Black
Morris
Grundy County
Somali President Abdrashid Shermarke Shot Dead in Mogadishu
Somali president Abdrashid Shermarke was shot dead this afternoon by a man in a police uniform. Radio Mogadishu interrupted programs to announce the killing and a curfew was imposed as security officers patrolled Mogadishu streets. Shermarke had led Somalia since 1967 after independence in 1960.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Abdrashid Ali Shermarke
Radio Mogadishu
Horn of Africa
Ethiopia
Shermarke
Radio
Mogadishu
Somalia
Revised Pay for Courthouse Clerks in Grundy County
Grundy County Board of Supervisors approve a revised salary schedule for 16 courthouse clerks retroactive to Sept 1 1969. Deputy clerk salaries adjust to 4440 and 4430, with other clerks rising to 4440. Coal City magistrate clerk set at 1400. Also votes to fund a county law library and renew veterinary contract while bridging funds for bridges and bid awards for sheriff squad cars.
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Grundy County
Coal City
Grundy County Bar Association
Richard Wilder
Hilton A. Curry
Eugene Sorensen
Goose Lake
Lincoln Lake
Sheriff's Department
Borens Ford Co
Morris
Greenway
Pontiac-Oldsmobile
Wilson Chevrolet
Illinois Conservation Department
Teeeeene
Ereewane
Teachers to Get $1400 In Raises At Joliet Junior College
A two year agreement ratified for 1969 70 and 1970 71 provides a 700 across the board raise each year for Joliet Junior College District No 525 teachers. Beginning salaries rise to 8200 this year and 8900 in 1970 71 with top scales up to 12900 and 13600 respectively in 15 years. Other provisions include service step reinstatement, 10 percent extra pay for 1970 71, a 10000 term life policy, enhanced grievance procedures, and workload studies.
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Joliet Junior College
Junior College Council of Local 604
Will County Federation of Teachers
Board of Trustees
Interchange Lighting Delayed for I 80 47 Ramps
Interchange lighting project for 35 mercury vapor lights on the circular ramps of Interstate 80 and Illinois 47 is delayed to December 1 due to late aluminum poles and illuminators. Concrete bases are installed. 700 watt lamps aim to guide motorists at entrances and exits in fog or darkness.
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Interstate 80
Illinois 47
Elwood Marshall
J. F. Edwards Construction Co
Geneseo
Morris
Joliet
Bloomington
Elgin
Springfield
Champaign-Urbana
Salvation Army Truck Schedule Moves Through Four Communities
The Salvation Army truck resumes its annual pickup tour in Mazon and Verona next Monday. On Tuesday October 21 it will service Gardner, and on Wednesday October 22 it will visit South Wilmington and Braceville collecting used and discarded items.
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Salvation Army
Mazon
Verona
Gardner
Wilmington
Braceville
Ambitious Banker Courting President For Daughter
A humorous, clipped exchange unfolds as a young bank employee proposes marriage to the President's daughter. The line hints at ambition and social ambitions driving the bold offer.
Joliet Junior College Classes On Schedule Moratorium Day
Students at Joliet Junior College held peace leaflets prayer services and speeches as Moratorium Day passed with classes continuing. Non-violence marked the observance and campus officials kept security stepped up while President Elmer Rowley urged disruption free learning.
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Joliet Junior College
Elmer Rowley
Illinois colleges rail at Vietnam draft and pray for peace
A speech by former Illinois attorney general William G. Clark at the University of Illinois defended American sacrifice in Vietnam. The faculty Senate cut two class periods for the convocation while about 900 Quad City students held a Davenport prayer vigil after the Rock Island Arsenal refused admission.
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Illinois
William G. Clark
University of Illinois
South Vietnam
Quad City
Davenport
Iowa
Rock Island Arsenal
Two Break-Ins Reported in Morris Break-In at Warland Sales and Klinker's Gulf
Morris police received two early morning break-in reports. At Warland Sales on Illinois 47 and Interstate 80 entry was gained by breaking a rear door glass and items rearranged for a safe. Klinker's Gulf Service on Division Street saw entry through an open window with cash and merchandise taken. inventory will confirm amounts.
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Morris
Warland Sales
Illinois 47
Interstate 80
Klinker
Gulf Service
Division St
Bloodmobile Visit Set for Bethlehem Lutheran Church
The American Red Cross bloodmobile will visit Bethlehem Lutheran Church at Jefferson and Wauponsee on Monday from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m. A quota of 125 pints is set and donors who gave last month will not be eligible.
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American Red Cross
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Jefferson and Wauponsee Sts
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Bishop Sheen
Milton Berle
D.C
Pete DI Paolo
Mazon Township
Goodfarm Township
Associated Press
Rudy Sprinkle
Chicago
Johnson
Sprinkle’s
Bloodmobile
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