Slag Slide Buries Welsh Village School in Aberfan Tragedy
A coal tip avalanche swept into Aberfan Glamorgan burying a school and homes. Rescue crews report 22 dead including 18 children and four adults with many more missing. Miners and civil defense workers search rubble as officials warn of many unaccounted for.
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Aberfan
Wales
Civil Defense
British Press Association
Glamorgan
South Wales
National Coal Board
Bowdoin Curator Sabick to Lead Connecticut Museum
Marvin S. Sabick, director and curator of Bowdoin College Museum of Art, will become director of the Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. The move places Sabick in charge of a major state university art program and expands his leadership role in New England art institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Maine
Marvin S. Sabick
Bowdoin College Museum of
Museum of
University of Connecticut
Weather outlook for East region with sun and wind
The East region experiences sunny and windy conditions with highs 68 to 76 and warmer tonight as lows 46 to 52. Saturday brings clouds and a chance of showers, turning cooler later. Collins Weather Station reports Thursday high 61 and low 32, with 9 am 41 and 11:30 am 59 in Morris. Sunrise Saturday 7:18 am, sunset 6:01 pm, both on daylight savings.
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East
Collins
Morris
Kerner Seeks Gas Tax Increase For Roads and Schools
Gov. Otto Kerner said he will renew a 1965 request for a gasoline tax hike in the 1967 legislature. He favored separating gasoline and diesel taxes to target heavy trucks and noted Ottawa tests show heavy equipment damages roads. Kerner eyed education and natural resources as major program areas and未mined a possible bond issue to fund highways.
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Springfield
Ill
Otto Kerner
Kerner
Ottawa
Illinois
William Clark
Pontiac Teens Found Dead in Parked Auto
Coroner Vernon Van Qualen said autopsy results on two teenagers found dead in a running car in a quarry two miles southeast of Pontiac will take days. Larry Dean McKinney 18 and Janice Blair 15 disappeared after midnight Wednesday and were found by Chief Deputy Sheriff Ed Rapp at 1 10 p.m. Thursday. Autopsy by Drs John Maloney and Albert Schweitser in Bloomington awaits chemical test analysis to verify cause of death.
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Pontiac
Ill
Vernon van Qualen
Livingston County
Larry Dean McKinney
Janice Blair
von Qualen
McKinney
Miss Blair
William Blair
Ed Rapp
van Qualen
Bloomington
John Maloney
Albert Schweitser
New Downtown Planning Group Formed Here
A 14 member Downtown Planning Commission of Morris is formed by the Morris Planning Commission. The diverse group includes downtown property owners merchants and businessmen. The committee aims to expand protect and improve downtown Morris to become the vital commercial governmental and social center. A meeting is planned soon.
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Morris Planning Commission
H. James Baum
Planning Commission
William E. Allen
Fred Anderson
Roy Bannon
Augie Black
Ben Bernstein
Gene Funk
John Hynds
Bob Kelly
Bob Macdonald
Morris
United Fund Drive Reaches $10,000
The 1967 Grundy United Fund campaign hit the $10,000 mark today led by Tom Sheppard of Morris as general campaign chairman. This is about 28 percent of the $35,000 goal with early results from business and industrial divisions including payroll deductions. The residential division starts Monday and rural drive follows after harvest.
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Grundy Reed Fund
Tom Sheppard
Morris
Sheppard
Polite Thieves Rob Detroit Woman After Help Then Steal
Georgia McGee 59 on crutches for 13 years was approached by two youths who offered help with groceries. They hailed a cab, loaded sacks, then grabbed her purse with 268 dollars in cash and three rings valued at 250 dollars before fleeing.
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Detroit
Georgia McGee
Morris Daily Herald Publishes Waterfowl Sunrise Times
The Morris Daily Herald reports sunrise and sunset times will be published during the waterfowl season starting Saturday. Times will reflect the next day. The weather column will include Saturday's times.
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Morris Daily Herald
Boy Hurt in Two Car Crash on Liberty Street
Five year old Robert J. Skaggs suffered a deep head laceration after a collision at Liberty and Jefferson Streets. He and his brother Samuel rode with their mother Priscilla Skaggs. William B. Moore faced a left turn collision citation. Robert received about 20 stitches and was released from Morris Hospital. Moore to appear in magistrate court Wednesday.
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Robert J. Skaggs
Garland Skaggs
Nettle St
Liberty and
Jefferson Sts
Samuel
Priscilla
William B. Moore
McKinley St
Moore
Pezick
Koperick
William Button
Skaggs
Jefferson St
Liberty St
Robert Skaggs
Morris Hospital
Lincoln School
Report Cards Issued At Morris Community High
Report cards for the first six week period were issued today at Morris Community High School during five minute periods.
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Morris Community High School
Old Cabin Gift Delivers History to Mazon School
The Cragg cabin built in 1834 on the Harry Hough estate was donated to Mazon Verona Kinsman High School by Ger ald and Gordon Hough. The relocation to school grounds preserves original features, with $1400 raised for movers and furnishings, and plans to restore and display the historic cabin with markers and landscaping.
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Cragg
Harry Hough
Mazon
Gerald and
Gordon Hough
Mazon- Verona-Kinsman High School
Phil Burgess
John Craggs
Hough
Jennie Cragg
Braceville
MVK
Harry Henderson
State of
Illinois
Illinois 47
Congress Okays Football Merger
Congress approved a plan for the National and American football leagues to merge into one expanded league. The bill grants antitrust immunity and now goes to President Johnson for signature after Senate action following House approval.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Johnson
Dedication of New Church of the Nazarene on Washington Street
The new Church of the Nazarene at 705 E Washington St will be dedicated Sunday during morning worship. Dr Mark R Moore will speak and Dr Harold Reed will offer the dedication prayer. Construction began in 1964 and finished with a 49 000 cost including landscaping and furnishings.
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Church of the Nazarene
Washington St
Mark R. Moore
Chicago Central District
Harold Reed
Olivet Nazarene
College of Kankakee
Masonic Temple
Robert Harris
Harris
E. E. Atwood
Urbana
Chicago
E. Washington St
Herald
Herbert Terry Charged Today In 3 Counts
Herbert Terry is charged today with three counts. Details list the charges and the arraignment date.
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Herbert Terry
Manhunt Ends as Illinois Suspect Captured in Joliet
Herbert Terry 28 of Marseilles was arrested Thursday night after a massive manhunt for armed robbery burglary and rape. He identified by the victim in a line up and faces rape robbery and burglary charges with a $70 000 bond after a preliminary hearing.
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Marseilles
Herbert Terry
Robert W. Fquist
Mary Lynn) Johnson
Lisbon Road
Johnson
Olson
Glenn Johnson
Roy Johnson
Morris
Terry
Grundy County
Sheriff Olson
Richard Pierce
Lummp
Pierce
Illinois 47
U.S. 52
D. A. Jones
District 2
Illinois State Police
Jones
Needham Road
Kendall County
Plano
Yorkville
Leland Zink
Caterpillar
Joliet
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LIONS
Morris Lions Club
Morris Fire Dept
Eagles
Elvin Matteson
Chick Ayers
Ray Rogers
Sistant
Pete Muffler
Lions Club
Britain
Charles
Pete) Muffler
William Norton
William F. A. Palmer
Robert Purdue
John Root
United Fund
Boy
Congress Okays
Cally
Morris Church
Laurelle Dunham
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