Byrd Sr. Dies. Virginia Political Era Ends
Former U.S. Senator Harry F Byrd Sr 79 died at Rosemont estate in Berryville Virginia after a long coma from a malignant brain tumor. He retired from the Senate in 1963 and his son Harry F Byrd Jr succeeded him. Byrd shaped Virginia politics for four decades earning praise from leaders across parties.
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Berryville
U.S
Harry F Byrd Sr
Rosemont
Virginia
Byrd
United States Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Sen. Byrd Jr
Washington
Sen. Byrd
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Gerald Ford
Michigan
House
Wilson
Jefferson
Harry Flood Byrd
Johnson
Australia
Atlantic City
N.J
Mills E. Godwin Jr
U.S. and Soviet hopes rise for nuclear treaty
At the United Nations the United States and the Soviet Union voiced optimism on a nonproliferation pact to halt nuclear weapon spread. Fedorenko warned about loopholes aiding West Germany, while Goldberg cited progress and urged concrete deeds to seal agreement soon.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Washington
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
General Assembly
Goldberg
Fedorenko
West Germany
Andrei A. Gromyko
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Librarian Attends Two Day Illinois Library Conference
Morris Public Library librarian Mrs. Gordon Gregg travels to Rockford for the 70th annual Illinois Library Association meeting at Hotel Faust. Trustees Mrs. Conrad Weitz and Mrs. Eugene Hayes join sessions for board members as the program centers on total library resources for educational effectiveness. Alvin Toffler speaks on libraries serving the people’s needs during one general session. Three trustee discussions focus on political roles community representation and library building planning.
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Gordon Gregg
Morris Public
Fair Weather Ahead For Local Region
The Weather Bureau forecasts fair skies tonight with a low near 40 and sunny, warmer Friday with highs in the 70s and winds diminishing to 15 to 25 mph. Saturday looks fair and warm. Collins Station logged 57/28 yesterday, Morris downtown 38 at 9 am and 53 at 11 am, with 13 inches of rain in the last 24 hours.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Ky Confident Despite Cabinet Crisis in Saigon
Premier Nguyen Cao Ky pressed on amid a cabinet crisis while reporting a sharp setback in the Mekong Delta fight. US B52s bombed near Dong Ha as casualties rose. Ky named a rebel cabinet member as acting premier for Manila talks.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Mekong Delta
Manila
U.S
da Nang
Shenandoah
Deadline for Selective Service Tests Friday
Deadline to file for the Selective Service College Qualification Test on November 18-19. Deferment seekers must take the exam. registrants planning deferment as students are eligible. Applications postmarked by Friday. brochures and cards available at Illinois local boards. Testing on same dates nationwide at designated centers. In this area the centers are Joliet Junior College Kanakee Olivet Nazarene College LaSalle Peru Oglesby Junior College.
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Selective Service
Illinois
United States
Joliet Junior College
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College
LaSalle
Stratton to Attend Dinner for Beckmeyer in Carbondale
Former Illinois Governor William Stratton will attend a fund raising dinner in Carbondale Wednesday for Republican congressional candidate F. R. Beckmeyer. Beckmeyer faces incumbent Democrat Kenneth Gray in Illinois 21st District. Dr. Walter H. Judd will keynote the event.
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Nashville, Ill
William G. Stratton
F. R
Bob) Beckmeyer
Congress
Beckmeyer
Kenneth J. Gray
D-Ill
Stratton
Illinois
Carbondale
Walter H. Judd
Minnesota
Nobel Prize Awarded to Two Authors
The 1966 Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to Samuel Joseph Agnon of Israel and Nelly Sachs, a German living in Stockholm. The Swedish Academy praised Agnon for his narrative art and motifs of the Jewish people, and Sachs for her lyrical and dramatic writing interpreting Israel's destiny. Agnon, born 1888 in Buczacz, moved to Palestine in 1909 and is noted as a leading New Hebrew prose writer. Sachs fled Germany under the Nazis and has lived in Sweden since 1940, earning multiple poetry and translation honors.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Samuel Joseph Agnon
Israel
Nelly Sachs
Swedish Academy of Letters
Agnon
Miss Sachs
Jerusalem
Buczacz
Galicia
Russia
Palestine
Homecoming Festivities Start Tonight
St Morris Community High School kicks off homecoming with a snake dance from the courthouse to the school at 7 p.m. The 20 unit parade Friday starts 3:15 p.m. from the new drive, marching via Union West Ave Fremont Jefferson Waupon see Washington Liberty Chapin Gould Park. Winners receive prize money and floats are judged by downtown business people. The homecoming king and queen are to be crowned at the Saturday dance with flower pickup and buttons granting free admission every 25th student.
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Morris Community High School
Marseilles
MCHS
Union
West Ave
Fremont and
Jefferson
Wauponsee
Washington
Liberty
Chapin and
Gould Park Drive
Steven Foster
Future Homemakers of America
Chief
Girls Athletic Association
Delta Phi
Future Farmers of America
American Field Service
National Honor Society
Thespians
Samaritans
Student Council
Jean Anderson
Julia Galloway
Sue Hopkins
Marka Leach
Patti Odom
Bill Haas
Frank Leiva
Robert Springer
Denny Thorson
John Tibbott
Johnson lands in Australia on mission of hope for peace
President Johnson arrives in Canberra to a grand welcome and vows the peace effort will require hard work. He cites allied unity in Viet Nam and urges North Vietnam to join a nobler war on hunger, ignorance, and disease. Johnson warns miracles will not end hunger or injustice. He speaks before Prime Minister Holt and the Manila conference.
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Canberra
Australia
Johnson
New Zealand
Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Harold Holt
Manila
Seven Nations
Driver Killed by Own Automobile in Illinois
Nathaniel Burns 46 died when his car stalled after a turnaround on a rural road near Kankakee. He and passenger Ralph McCoy 31 jumped from the vehicle as another car driven by James Pickens Jr. 34 of Momence rammed Burns’ car, striking him.
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Kankakee, Ill
Nathaniel Burns
Kankakee
Burns
Ralph McCoy
James Pickens Jr
Momence
Channahon Man Faces Pollution Hearing In Joliet
Fred D Bennitt of Dresden Heights Farm Channahon and Fred Bennitt Landfill are among five people slated to appear today before the Illinois Air Pollution Control Board in Joliet for alleged open burning of refuse and salvage of automobiles. The hearing starts at 1 p.m. and aims to gather testimony for a final order. Other defendants include Melvin J Watson Logan Humprey Logan Mel Brink and Jake Talmadge. Violators face injunctive and penalty action by the Illinois Attorney General.
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Fred D. Bennitt
Dresden Heights
Channahon
Fred Bennitt
Illinois Air Pollution Control Board
Joliet
Clarence W. Klassen
Melvin J. Watson
Rockdale
M & W Disposal Co
Humphrey Logan
Logan
Mel Brink
Banner Disposal Service, Inc
Jake Talmadge
Jake’s Auto Wreckers, Inc
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Search continues for armed robbery suspect near Morris
Police across Grundy La Salle and Kendall Counties chase a five eight 140 pound ex Marine suspect linked to an early morning Sandwich car theft and home invasion. Over 20 squad cars, bloodhounds and spotter planes sweep the Corbin Zink farm and surrounding area as authorities pursue the fugitive who may still possess a pistol and knife.
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Grundy
la Salle
Kendall
Marseilles
Morris
Buck Corbin
Plano
Yorkville
LeLand Zink
Zink
Sears and Roebuck Corporation
Roy A. Johnson
Lisbon Road
Johnson
Mary Lynn
Corbin
Sandwich
John V. Gronin
Rte. 1
Grundy County
John E. G. Olson
Tax Collections Show Increase in Grundy County
Grundy County tax collections total 3,338,809.21 as of Sept 1, up 97,986.85 from last year. Real estate 2,406,165.01 and personal tax 932,644.20. A tax sale occurred last Monday with sale returns not yet available. disbursements to agencies planned for November.
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Grundy County
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Grundy County Homemakers Extension Association
Frank Walter
Morris Night Unit
Marvin Olson
Selma Lorenzen
James Reeves
John Button
Max van Atta
Herald
Harry Byrd
Steve Ferguson
Frederick
Marilyn) Marshall
Teachers’ Association
President Johnson
Channahon Man
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