Teenage Lisbon Girl Killed in Car Truck Crash
Jane Taylor, 16, of Morris near Lisbon, died after a 1962 Dodge pickup struck her 1958 Oldsmobile at Town House and White Willow Roads. The stop signs at the intersection had been removed by unknown persons. Goodlet, 40, of Newark, was in fair condition with internal injuries. Funeral set for West Lisbon Evangelical Lutheran Church with donations to the church. Her activities included student council, band, 4 H, and school newspaper staff.
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Morris Hospital
Jane Taylor
Lisbon
Richard P
Sara E. Taylor
Taylor Farm Management
Morris
Newark
Town House
White Willow Roads
U.S. 52
Kendall County
Taylor
Newark Community High School
White Willow Road
Morse H. Goodlet
Rte 1
Larsen Gabel Ambulance
John B. Roth
Goodlet
Jane Ellen Taylor
LaFayette
Ind
Sara (Linsley) Taylor
West Lisbon Evangelical Lutheran Church
L.D.R
Newark High School
G.A.A
Richard
John
Steven
David
Helen
Anne
L. E. Linsley
Little Rock
Ark
Alva N. Taylor
Farmersburg
John Kyl
West Lisbon
Davis Funera
Lisbon Lutheran Church
School Board Awards Bids for Morris Community High School Upgrades
The District 101 Board approved contracts for Ayers Electric Co. and Charles O'Brien & Son to upgrade the Morris Community High School driveway parking and lighting at costs of 25 795 and 18 329 10. The board cited rising costs and need for better access.
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District 101 Board of Education
Morris Community High School
Ayers Electric Co
Charles O’brien & Son
Ayers
O’brien
Weather Themer: Much Colder With Cool Night Ahead
The U S Weather Bureau reports a fair and cooler night with a low in the upper teens. Friday should be sunny and slightly warmer near 70 while Saturday stays partly cloudy with little temperature change. Collins Weather Station notes a Wednesday high of 76 with a 43 low and 0.24 inches of rain. Downtown Morris logged 54 degrees at 9 am and 61 at 11:30 am.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Board Restores Bus Service After Parents’ Meeting
The Morris Elementary School Board of Education voted unanimously to restore transportation for Stine School pupils from Hollenbeck subdivision amid a dispute over pickup boundaries and notification. Spokesman Gerald McTague led parents in arguing the bus route should honor prior free rides, with the board promising policy review before next year and improved notice procedures.
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Warland Bus Service Company
Varland
Stine School
Wauponsee Township
Morris Elementary School Board of Education
John George
Gerald McTague
Hollenbeck
Rose Marie Bell
North Street
Hollenbeck Subdivision
Grundy County
Illinois
Robert Mansmith
Kenneth Daggett
Harold Guehler
John Hendrickson
Richard Oakland
McTague
William Stangland
Oakland
Warland
Edward Lawson
Hammer
George
William Ferguson
Robert Nichols
Ronald Bell
Gambling Raids Sweep Four LaSalle County Cities
State police joined the Illinois Crime Commission and local officers in raid on eleven gambling establishments across Streator Ottawa Peru and LaSalle. Coordination led by Joliet District State Police Commander Robert Georgantas.
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Joliet, Ill
Illinois Crime Commission
LaSalle County
Streator
Ottawa
Peru
LaSalle
Robert Georgantas
Joliet
Morris Elementary Board Votes to Buy Land for New School
The Morris Elementary Board of Education voted to purchase a 20 acre tract south of Pine Bluff Road in Wauponsee Township for a proposed 12 classroom school at 1500 per acre on a five year basis. Budget details were approved showing a 1966-67 levy of 472982 and a estimated tax rate of 13230 per hundred.
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Richard Oakland
Harold Guehler
John Hendrickson
Franklin School
Wauponsee Town Hall
Berry Seng
Morris
van Peterson
Pine Bluff Road
Wauponsee Township
Hammer
Guehler
Hendrickson
Kenneth Hammer
John George
Leslie Tibbitts
Oakland
William Stangland
Leng
Illinois
Barge Lines Purchases 519 Acre Tract Near Seneca
The A L Mechling Barge Lines of Joliet bought 295 acres in LaSalle and Grundy Counties adding to an existing 224 acres to form a 519 acre industrial site with a one mile river frontage and a Rock Island Railroad spur. John W. Oehler and August B Black led the deal.
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A. L. Mechling Barge Lines
Joliet
Grundy
LaSalle
Jacob Barry
George Scharlach
Peter Delia
Seneca
LaSalle County
Erienna Township
Grundy County
Rock Island Railroad
The
Mechling Co
John W. Oehler
Mechling Company
August B. Black
Morris
Warrant Issued for Everett Biggs in Springfield Bank Robbery
The FBI announced a warrant for the arrest of Everett Leroy Biggs, 30, in connection with the $17,860 robbery of Town and Country Bank in Springfield. Biggs, formerly of Delavan, is charged with armed robbery and is being sought for questioning in robberies in Great Falls Montana and Jacksonville.
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Springfield, Ill
FBI
Everett Leroy Biggs
Springfield
Biggs
Delavan
Great Falls
Mont
Jacksonville
Mass Held in Gym as Church Undergoes Refurbishment
Immaculate Conception Church will hold Mass in the school gym for at least 30 days while renovations proceed. Volunteers strip and refinish 60 oak pews, brighten windows and lighting, lay carpet, and relocate an altar, rail, organ, and chair seating to the gym next to the church.
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Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
Lloyd M. Bowden
Bowden
GE announces nuclear fuel recovery plant near Morris Illinois
General Electric plans to build a 15 million dollar nuclear fuel recovery facility near Morris in Goose Lake Township about nine miles east of Morris. The plant would process used reactor fuel to reclaim usable materials and neptunium for aerospace and medical uses, with construction possibly starting in 1967 after AEC and state approvals.
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Chicago
General Electric Co
Dresden
Goose Lake Township
Morris
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Illinois
Paul H. Reinker
FRO
Santa Clara
Calif
General Electric
AEC
State Department of Public Health
State Industrial Development Board
U. S
United States
Hanford
Kankakee
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Barbara Gordon
Houston
Tex
Richard Gordon
Herald
Board
Morris Elementary Board of Education
Immaculate Conception Church
Garry Lehmkuil
Tom
Whyte
Dick Smith
Harry Bidde
Barge Lines
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