Kerner Orders Probe at Manteno State Hospital
Governor Otto Kerner orders an investigation into alleged rampant sexuality at Manteno State Hospital, home to about 6 300 patients. Dr Mortimer Brown says charges may lack solid evidence but probes will continue, with the Illinois Board of Mental Health Commissioners leading the inquiry.
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Springfield
Ill
Manteno State Hospital
Otto Kerner
Mortimer Brown
State Mental Health Department
Manteno
Kerner
Chris Vlahoplus
Illinois Board of Mental Health Commissioners
Alex Elson
Chicago
Brown
Third Soldier Convicted by Military Court
Pvt. David A. Samas of Modesto California, 20, found guilty of refusing to go to Vietnam. He received five years at hard labor, a dishonorable discharge, and forfeiture of pay and allowances. Two others convicted earlier received prison terms. court deliberated briefly. Lamas was charged with willfully disobeying an order to board a Saigon-bound aircraft from McGuire Base.
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FT. DIX
N.J
David A. Samas
Modesto
Calif
Viet Nam
Lamas
Saigon
McGuire Air Force Base
Hennepin to Get Federal Grant for Water Sewer Project
Hennepin Illinois will receive a $319000 federal grant to support a water and sewer project. The total project cost is $830000 with HUD funding announced Friday.
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Washington (Ap
Hennepin, Ill
Department of Housing and Urban Development
26 Auto Safety Items
AP reports a new auto safety law requires the secretary of commerce to set safety standards for 1968 model cars by January 31, 1967. It anticipates adopting 26 standards already used by the General Services Administration for 1968 models, with 17 applying to 1967 government purchases and 9 to 1968.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
General Services Administration
Welfare Department
Stalin's Car On Display Here Sunday
A bulletproof ZIS state limousine once owned by Joseph Stalin and Mao Tse tung will be shown Sunday in front of 309 Liberty St for Morris Community Hospital building funds. The car weighs 7500 pounds and can reach 115 mph.
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Joseph Stalin
Mao-Tse-Tung
Walgreen Drug Store
Liberty St
Morris Community Hospital Building Fund
Gemini 11 Set for Orbit After Fuel Break
Cape Kennedy awaits the Gemini 11 mission as Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon Jr secure a go for launch after a tiny pinhole fuel leak was repaired with water glass and an aluminum patch. The plan calls for a rapid rendezvous with the Agena target rocket and a spacewalk.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Conrad
Gordon
Navy
Alan B. Shepard
Shepard
Titan
Agena
Space Agency
Moon
Earth
Atlas
Cmdr
United States
Space
Sunny spell with warm weekend forecast
The Collins Weather Station reports Friday high 81 and low 45. At 8 p.m. Friday in the Morris business district the reading was 73. The weekend weekend outlook is sunny and warm with temperatures in the lower 80s.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris Business
Viet Cong Attacks Saigon Train Amid Election Turmoil
Viet Cong guerrillas exploded two land mines and fired on a combined passenger freight train near a Saigon bridge injuring six and damaging four cars. The assault follows multiple pre election terrorist incidents as U S jets counterattack and South Vietnamese forces bolster polling stations ahead of Constituent Assembly elections.
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Saigon
U.S
North
Viet Nam
County Grand Jury Convenes Next Monday
Grundy County Circuit Court called the fall Grand Jury to assemble at 10 a.m. next Monday at the Grundy County Courthouse. Jerry A. Jones and William Nelson are slated for possible indictment on burglary charges. Both have prior burglary records and were on parole from Stateville Penitentiary at the time. They allegedly broke into Dr. John B. Roth's office on June 25, aiming to steal over $3,000 in uncashed checks. State's Attorney Richard R. Wilder presents the cases to the grand jury.
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Grundy County
Jerry A. Jones
William Nelson
Stateville Penitentiary
John B. Roth
W. Jefferson St
Richard R. Wilder
Medical Plan on Board's Agenda
Grundy County Board of Supervisors meets next Tuesday at 9 30 a m for a two day session. On the agenda is the county budget and a proposal to establish a long range medical care complex with Morris Hospital staff attending to discuss details. The nursing home committee originally rejected the proposal, drawing strong opposition from Grundy County doctors.
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Grundy County
Russian farming in the USSR through farmers eyes
Three local farmers toured Soviet agriculture under the Goodwill People-to-People Program. They observed collective farms near Krasnodar and a state farm near Kharkov, noting ownership by the Soviet government, profit sharing limits, and a 58 percent government take from farm income. They reported on half-acre plots, production shares, and Medicare-like costs while contrasting with American private farming.
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Charles Wilfong
United States
Genghis Khan
Adolph Hitler
Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Bolshoi Ballet
Goodwill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
H. Allen Holler
Mazon
Henry Barschdorf Jr
Highland Township
Charles P. Lett
Plano
Kransnodar
Kharkov
Lett
Heller
Barschdorf Jr
Senior Citizens Honored at Grundy County Corn Festival
Entry blanks for senior citizens to be honored at the Grundy County Corn Festival appear in the Morris Daily Herald. Forms may be returned by Sept. 19 to the Morris Chamber of Commerce or Mrs. Wilbur Brown in Morris.
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Grundy County
Morris Daily Herald
Morris Chamber of Commercce
Wilbur Brown
P. O
Morris
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