Millions Take To Highways This Weekend
Americans by the millions took to the highways for Labor Day weekend as the National Safety Council warned 530 to 630 deaths could occur in three days of travel. President Howard Pyle urged restraint on alcohol noting it drives half of fatal crashes, with July setting an all time monthly toll of 5,130 and overall fatalities eight percent higher than 1965.
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National Safety Council
Council
Associated Press
Howard Pyle
Pyle
West Berlin
Graham
Greece
Athens
Wallace Defies Federal Education Guidelines in Alabama
Gov. George C. Wallace signed a bill defying federal school integration guidelines in Alabama. He announced the action at a press conference after final legislative approval. The law prohibits boards from signing to comply with guidelines, allocates state funds to offset possible loss of federal money, and argues against coercion by the Health Education and Welfare Department.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
House of Representatives
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Alton Turner
Crenshaw County
Weather outlook and past readings at Collins station
Cloudy today with partial sun cooler mid 80s and a chance of showers. Sunday warmed with more showers. Collins Weather Station reported Friday high 90 and low 61. Morris business district reading 82 at 8 p.m. Friday.
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Collins
Morris Business
Blue Angels Pilot Killed in Toronto Air Show Crash
A US Navy Blue Angels jet crashed during the Canadian National Exhibition near Lake Ontario. Lt. Cmdr. Dick Oliver of Fort Mill South Carolina the No 5 pilot was killed when the Grumman F11 Tiger struck a breakwater after a water wingtip contact. The incident occurred during a high speed flyby before thousands of spectators at the CNE.
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Toronto
Blue Angels
Lake Ontario
Cmdr
Dick Oliver
Fort Mill
S.C
Toronto Island
Oliver
CNE
Four Grundy County contracts awarded for township projects
Awards issued Friday by the Grundy County Highway Department cover three construction projects in Aux Sable Highland and Nettle Creek Townships. Young Metal Products of East Chicago won the largest value contract at 140.64 for pipe culverts in Aux Sable. Thompson Brothers Newark claimed 3 180 54 for gravel in Aux Sable, Ingram Kruger Verona bid 8 579 75 for 4175 tons of gravel in Highland, and Fast Chicago won 657 92 to supply culverts in Nettle Creek Township.
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Aux Sable
Highland
Nettle Creek
Grundy County Highway Department
Young Metal Products
East Chicago
Ind
Aux Sable Township
Thompson Brothers
Newark
Ingram-Kruger Trucking
Verona
Highland Township
Fast
Chicago
Nettle Creek Township
Booklets on Amendments Mailed To Voters
About 13 000 letters with proposed constitutional amendments were mailed by County Clerk Nels P Nelson from Morris Post Office to registered voters. The 12 page booklets include revenue article amendment explanation and arguments for and against tax reform plus a county officers amendment allowing sheriff and treasurer to seek re election after terms. Voters in Coal City Morris and rural areas receive mailings on schedule. check addresses and update registrations to vote in November.
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Illinoie
Morris
Nels P. Nelson
Nelson
Coal City Area
Rockford Man Sentenced for Murder of Local Man
Er nest Powell, 41, of Rockford formerly from Dyersburg Tennessee, received a 14 to 20 year prison term after a Rockford jury found him guilty of murder for a fatal shooting outside a Rockford tavern on August 16. Powell was captured later in Dyersburg and brought back to Illinois for trial.
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Rockford, Ill
Ernest Powell
Rockford
Dyersburg
Tenn
Fred Moorehouse
Powell
Albert O’sullivan
Moorehouse
Illinois
Expulsion of Soviet Diplomat over Bribery Plot
The State Department ordered Valentin A. Revin a Soviet Embassy science officer expelled for attempting to obtain classified U.S. space program data for large sums. The FBI foiled the bribery scheme and details remain limited. Revin, 34, had contact with an American scientist since 1961 and handed over previously classified material.
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Washington
State Department
FBI
Valentin A. Revin
Robert J. McCloskey
Revin
U.S
Hearings on Car Prices Proposed
Senate discussions focus on whether to hold hearings on price increases linked to new car safety features. Magnuson rejects immediate hearings while Reuther urges inquiry, citing potential industry cost shifts and inflation risk.
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Washington
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Senate
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
Johnson
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
Reuther
Ribicoff
Escape attempt halted at Spokane County Jail exercise room
Deputies found an 18 inch hole in a steel plate floor of the jail exercise room this week. They moved 11 inmates from an adjoining cellblock and checked for hidden tools but found none. Sheriff William J. Reilly said the would be escapees would have had more exercise had the plan succeeded. Under the steel plate is a reinforced concrete floor.
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Cicero
Ill
Otto Kerner
Illinois
National Guard
Kerner
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Robert Lucas
Chicago
The
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
West Side Organization
Oakland Committee For Commit
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Lucas
Joliet
Christy Berkos
46Th
16Th Streets
25Th Street
Laramie
Berkes
Spokane, Wash
Spokane
William J. Reilly
Morris Daily Herald to Skip Monday Labor Day
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish next Monday as employees observe Labor Day. Publication resumes Tuesday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Leaky soda water causes traced to restaurant
Seekonk town officials traced the souring water leak to a leaky soda water machine in a local restaurant. The finding explains why carbonated water appeared at several home faucets.
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Seekonk
Mass
Local College Student Recalls 65 Day European Trip
Richard F. Graham a 1965 Illinois graduate and dental student spoke of a 65 day trek through 15 countries starting in England. He traveled solo using a Eurail pass to keep costs low and emphasized meeting locals over rigid schedules.
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Europe
Richard F. Graham
F. Wayne Graham
Fremont Ave
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Medical Center
Chicago
Herald
Graham
Delh Graham
Eurail
England
France
Spain
Bavaria
Austria
Italy
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Germany
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Morris Community High School
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Streator
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DeKalb
Ilinois State Fair
Dale Wise
Ierald
Vallace
Blue Angel
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
New London
Conn
Reuth
Brewster Flat
Washington State
By Mike West
Berlin
East
East Berlin
United States
Paris
Marshall Danker
University of Ilinois
Munich
Ricardo Politz
Richard F.’. Graham
Wayne Graham
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