Morris Boy Brent Egeland Buried After Cave-In
Funeral services are set for Brent Allan Egeland eight buried in a cave-in at a Morris excavation for First National Bank. His brother Kevin, 11, was rescued after being buried to the neck, and other volunteers aided in the search. Coroner will hold an inquest. Illinois Bank Builders of Chicago is the contractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Brent Allan Egeland
Roy L. Egeland
EK. Main St
First National Bank
Main
Wauponsee
Fulton Sts
Kevin
Sheriff's Department
Brent
Barry Seng
Illinois Bank Builders of Chicago
W. Clark Davis
Garfield School
Morris
Roy and
Ardelle
Johnson) Egeland
Kay
Garfield
Craig
Northern Illinois University
Bruce
MCHS
Center School
Carlie Johnson
Liberty
Gus Egeland
Finland
L. G. Hinderaker
Saratoga Cemetery
John Dorheim Jr
John Peterson
Hubert Egeland
Everett Egeland
Harold Egeland
William Johnson
Britain Opens Rhodesia Conference as Commonwealth Divides
Leaders from 22 Commonwealth nations gather at Marlborough House to discuss Rhodesia amid threats of withdrawal over sanctions. Prime Minister Harold Wilson plans a compulsory UN oil embargo against Ian Smith's Rhodesian regime if peaceful means fail, rejecting military action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rhodesia
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Marlborough House
Julius Nyerere
Tanzania
Britain
Commonwealth
U.N
Ian Smith
Africa
United Nations
Smith
Zambia
Weather Forecast and Temperatures at Collins Station Morris
The U S Weather Bureau predicts nightly lows in the 50s with sunny midweek and a warm trend. Collins Weather Station records highs of 89 and 82 degrees on Saturday and Sunday, with lows of 62 and 49, while downtown Morris reports 60 at 9 am and 68 at 11 30 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Morris Grade School Bond Verdict On Saturday Vote
Morris Grade School Board seeks a $611000 bond referendum after a prior $1400000 proposal failed. The plan funds a 12 room school site south of the Illinois River, Garfield School expansion, Lincoln and McKinley remodeling, and 18 acres near Morris High School.
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Morris Grade School Board of Education
Illinois River
Garfield
Lincoln
McKinley
Morris Community High School
Four Injured in County Accidents
Four area residents were hurt in weekend traffic crashes. Mrs. Bobby Hartline 25 Minooka and Ruthie Lawrence Topps 19 Braidwood listed in fair condition. Ruth Taylor 16 and David Taylor 18 Rte. 2 treated for head injuries. Accidents occurred on O'Brien Road Grundy County and Pequot Road Eileen and on Illinois 47 near Sis's Drive In.
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Bobby
Laura) Hartline
Minooka
Ruthie Lawrence Topps
Braidwood
Ruth Taylor
David Taylor
Rte. 2
O’brien
Grundy County
Hartline
Renault
Francis Weidenbach
Topps
Pequot Road
Eileen
Morris Hospital
Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Reeves
Honda
Frank J. Bogacz
Butler St
Bogacz
Illinois 47
Sis
Plane crashes at Camdenton Airport injures Reed couple
A light plane returning Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Reed from Tulsa to Urbana landed short of the Camdenton runway, demolished in trees. They walked from the wreckage to the medical center and were treated for minor injuries. Officials said fuel shortage caused the Stinson to descend early.
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Camdenton
Urbana
Eugene Reed
Tulsa
Oklo
Mine Explosion Injures Six Near Syrian Border
Six Israeli men traveling to work were injured when a mine exploded under a tractor trailer near the Syrian border, an Israeli military spokesman said.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Traffic Deaths Reach Record High of 624
Traffic deaths over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend reached 624, a new record for a summer period, surpassing 563 last year and 576 for Independence Day. The National Safety Council had estimated 530 to 630 deaths for the period, with AP figures showing 505 in a nonholiday 78 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
Parole Violators Arrested Here
Three men on parole were arrested by Morris police early Sunday after a slow speeding car was spotted on Illinois 47 and followed to a Prince Drive-In. Identified as Charles O. McGonagle 31 of Peoria Harold Eugene Thompson 29 of Sterling and Melvin Charles Jackson 34 of Rock Falls they were imprisoned for parole violations liquor possession and lack of licenses.
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Glenn Johnson
William Button
Illinois 47
Prince Drive-In
Charles O. McGonagle
Peoria
Harold Eugene Thompson
Sterling
Melvin Charles Jackson
Theft of 2 Coin Boxes in Morris
City police reported two thefts over the weekend in Morris. At 4:20 a.m. officers found the front of Clyde's Texaco Station pried open and notified the sheriff and telephone company. A Morris Herald container from Kroger was found later and returned to the Morris Herald. both coin boxes had been emptied.
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William Button
Glenn Johnson
Clyde
Texaco
Sheriff's Office
Morris Herald
Kroger
Richard Pierce
Interstate 80
Illinois 47
Jack Kopezick
Car Hits Pole Kills Warren Youth Near Wisconsin Border
Wayne F. Peska 19 of Warren died when his car struck a utility pole on Illinois 78 near the Wisconsin border. Four youths suffered minor injuries in the Monday night crash, authorities said.
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Warren
I L
Wayne F. Peska
Illinois 78
Wisconsin
U.S. Pilots Fly 152 Missions In North Viet Nam
American pilots logged 152 attack missions against North Viet Nam amid heavy B52 raids on the demilitarized zone. Reports cite rail cars and trucks hit, Marines engaging near Da Nang, and air strikes on oil depots and depots with multiple enemy targets destroyed.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
North Viet Nam
da Nang
Indochina
Nam Dinh
Hanoi
9Th Marine Regiment
North
Verwoerd Killed as Parliament Bench Attack Ends Leader's Life
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd died after a knife attack in the Cape Town Parliament. The assailant, a white man of Greek descent wearing a Parliament messenger uniform, was restrained by MPs. Verwoerd had led apartheid policy and faced earlier assassination attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert N. Lindsay
Cape Town
South Africa
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
South African Press Association
Verwoerd
Parliament
House of Assembly
Groot Schurz
Ben Schoeman
House of Parliament
Johannesburg
Pretoria
David Pratt
Theophilus Dengs
Nationalist Party
Johannes Strijdom
Verwoered
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Slide
Earle Finland
Wayne Dyson
Bedford Road
W. R. Ferguson
Stratton Park
Stratton State Park
Gordon McIntosh
Gebhard Woods State Park
McIntosh
Herald
Richard Oakland
Oakland
Kenneth C. Hammer
Stine
Opdyke
Hammer
John E. G. Olson
Viet Nam
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