Reid Seeks Senate Appointment Endorsement From District GOP
Mrs. Charlotte Reid, U S Representative from the 15th district, wins unanimous backing from five county chairs to fill the Dirksen vacancy. A telegram endorsement was sent to Gov. Ogilvie, with support from leaders including Clifford D. Carlson. A later note covers Minooka High School budget of 575 544 and district actions.
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Atty
S. J. Holderman
Morris
Charlotte T. Reid
U.S
U. S
Everett Dirksen
Richard Ogilvie
Clifford D. Carlson
Reid
15Th
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Sixty register for Joliet Junior College night classes
Sixty people signed up Thursday night for Joliet Junior College night classes at Morris Community High School bringing total registration to 172 for Monday and Thursday sessions starting Sept 22. Five of 15 proposed courses will not be offered due to low enrollment, while eight courses will be offered for 16 weeks.
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Joliet Junior College
Morris Community High School
Richard Waterhouse
JJC Satellite Center
Airliner Crashes Near Manila With 48 Aboard
An Air Lines jet carrying 48 people crashed in Rizal Province about 20 miles east of Manila while approaching the domestic airport. It was unclear if there were any survivors.
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Manila
Phillippine Air Lines
Rizal Province
Here
Weather outlook and temperatures for Morris region
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair tonight with a low near 60 and Saturday mostly sunny with highs in the lower 80s. Five day temps average 3 to 6 degrees above normal. warmer weekend then cooler Tuesday. One inch rain expected Monday and Tuesday. lighter showers Wednesday. Collins station reports Thursday high 75 low 46. downtown Morris 9 am 62 and 11 am 69.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Burial trends and pet cemetery notes in Hinsdale
Hinsdale Animal Cemetery in suburban Chicago averages four to five pet burials weekly with dogs and cats as top cases. The seven acre site offers wooden caskets and small monuments, no religious rites, and cremation options without a local crematorium.
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Chicago
Hinsdale Animal Cemetery
Hinsdale
Morris Public Schools See Enrollment Rise Across Levels
Official attendance figures for Morris public schools on day six show elementary enrollments up 37 and secondary up 41 from last year. Elementary total reaches 1 380 with six grade counts and special programs. high school totals 937 with 254 freshmen and 255 sophomores. Boys outnumber girls at both levels with 780 to 650 in elementary and 482 to 455 in high school.
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Morris Public Schools
Teachers Fail To Return on Court Orders
High schools in Berwyn and Cicero opened as striking teachers largely ignored a court order to return. About 200 of 400 staff reported for Morton West and Morton East, with classes run by administrators and non striking teachers. The teachers union maintained there was no change in position amid salary demands and ongoing picketing near East Chicago Heights and Waukegan.
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Associated Press
Berwyn
Cicero
Robert Tudor
Tudor
Morton West
Morton East
Daniel E. Covelli
Circuit Court
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Oscar Weil
Morton High School
Morton East High School
Morton West High School
Covelli
Weil
Morton
Teachers’ Council
Board of Education
Chicago Heights
Norman D. Lee
Waukegan
Joliet Bus Drivers and Mechanics Set Oct 3 Strike
Joliet Illinois AP The privately owned City Bus Lines of Joliet a National City Bus Lines subsidiary plans a strike by about 50 Amalgamated Transit Union Division 228 drivers and mechanics starting Oct 3. They seek higher wages and cost of living adjustments amid a max hourly rate of 2.32 with a 3.75 to 4.50 demand and a 30 day cooling off required after a Sept contract expiry.
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Joliet, al
City Bus Lines
Joliet
National City Bus Lines
Amalgamated Transit Union
Roger Fehr
Lisbon Nurse To Volunteer In West Pakistan Hospital
Annetta Dale a Lisbon registered nurse plans to spend four years in West Pakistan at a Lutheran church run hospital near Tank joining two doctors and several Western staff. She learned of the World Mission Prayer League in 1967 and will live among Moslem locals facing heat and nutrition challenges while promoting immunization and care.
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Annetta Dale
Lisbon
Northwest Frontier
West Pakistan
Lutheran Church
Miss Dale
West
Pakistan
Canada
Denmark
Finland
Sion Prayer League
World Mission Prayer League
The
Lisbon Evangelical Lutheran Church of Newark
Jesse Dale
WST
Newark Community Fish School
Luitheran Deaconess Hospital
Chicago
Chicango
Calhis
Tex
Minneapolis
Minn
Morris Hospital
Harold
Marseilles
Stanley
Ottawa
Ruth Anderson
Rita
Lisbon Evangelical Lutheran Church
Newark
Crash on Pequot Road Injures Two Drivers At Morris Hospital
Early today a head on collision on Pequot Road one mile south of Coal City left Hobart G. Allensworth of Hannibal Missouri and Michael J. Togliatti Jr. of Coal City with lac erations and in fair condition. Both drivers were ticketed for driving in the wrong lane and to appear in court Sept. 22.
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Morris Hospital
Pequot Road
Coal City
Hobart G. Allensworth
Hannibal
Michael J. Togliatti Jr
Allensworth
Toglatti
Richard Pierce
John Olson
Walter White
Toxliattis
Toxliatti
Toghart
Reeves Ambulance
Snicker Day Parody Reflects Parent-Child Dynamics
A humorous vent about children growing beyond spankable ages and too clever to reason with. The quip ties discipline to age and wit, capturing a light social media style jab at parental frustration.
Nixon orders 36 hour halt then resumes B52 strikes
President Nixon ordered a 36 hour pause in B52 bombing over South Vietnam to assess Communist intentions after Ho Chi Minh death and the cease fire. The halt aimed to determine if the truce held political significance beyond Ho’s death and to assign responsibility for renewed fighting to the enemy.
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Washington
Nixon
South Vietnam
White House
Ho Chi Minh
Ziegler
Saigon
Paris
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Saison
Ronald L. Ziegler
Spiro T. Agenew
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Vieteam
Creighton W. Abrams
Ellsworth Bunker
William P. Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Earle C. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Adm
John S. McCain
CIA
Richard Helms
Philip Habib
Henry A. Kissinger
Blood Appeal For Man In Braidwood
A Braidwood resident Craig Kilpatrick is in critical condition at Michael Reese Hospital Chicago needing blood donations. He previously had surgery at St Joseph Hospital Joliet and has received 23 units with a 4 to 1 replacement ratio possibly rising to 6 to 1. Donations at St Joseph or Silver Cross Joliet hospitals must name Kilpatrick to ensure credit. An open house for the Kilpatricks 40th anniversary was canceled due to illness.
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Braidwood
Craig Kilpatrick
Michael Reese Hospital
Chicago
Whilpatrick
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliot
Kilpatrick
St. Joseph
Silver Cross
Joliet
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Charlotte Reid
Minooka
John H. Chesnutt
DeKalb
John K. Rauschenberger
Kane
Glen Palmer
Kendall
Fred Baker
la Salle
Minooka High School
Grundy County Vocation Center
Donald Kaufman
James Stirniman
County
Minooka Education Association
Minooka Centennial Committee
Lions
EW. Conley
Cr Associates
Liberty
Morris Daily Herald
Grundy County
Edward C. Connor
Morris Veterinary Hospital
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William T. Ostrem
West Pakistan Hospital
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