Surveyor 2 Mission Fails to Reach Moon
Pasadena California AP reports Surveyor 2 cannot land softly on the moon due to insufficient battery power. Engineers tried one last motor ignition but the craft tumbled, likely damaged, and will crash into the moon tonight after a 63 hour flight from Cape Kennedy.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Surveyor
Moon
Central Bay
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Employment To Increase at Joliet Arsenal
An Army spokesman says loading assembling and packing of air and ground munitions will begin soon at the Joliet Army Ammunition Plant. The U S Rubber Company will be contractor operator with about 2 500 contractor employees by September 1967 adding to some 3 100 already at the JAAP explosives unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
U. S. Rubber Company
JAAP
Weather outlook: fair to cool with mild temps
The U S Weather Bureau reports tonight will be fair and cool with a low in the lower 50s. Friday brings sunny skies and a high near 70. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 70 and a low of 55 on Wednesday, with 60 at 9 a m and 68 in downtown Morris at 11 a m today.
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Morris Chamber of Commerce
W. Washington
Joy Daggett
N. Division St
Red Skelton
Clem
U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
CODE Project reaches 15 907 tested for tuberculosis countywide
The CODE mobile units tested 808 residents Wednesday in Morris and Minooka raising Grundy County totals to 15 907. Tests include 379 people in Minooka with 292 x rays and 334 skin tests. The program ends Saturday with units moving to Eagle Hall Morris and multiple sites scheduled Friday and Saturday for tests and readings.
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Morris
Minooka
Grundy County
Morris Community High School
Lincoln School
Eagle Hall
Washington and
Liberty Sts
Saratoga Community Town Hall
V.F.W
McKinley and
Pine Sts
Dresden
Federal Paper Board
Bedford Plaza
Illinois Clay Products
Diamond National
Caddie Scholarship Fund Awards 77 Thousand to 158 Caddies
The Francis Ouimet Caddie Scholarship Fund awarded 77 725 in college scholarships to 158 Massachusetts golf course caddies. The awards recognize academic promise and community service among junior caddies.
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Boston
Francis Ouimet
Massachusetts
General Motors Raises Auto Prices for 1967
GM joined Ford and Chrysler in boosting 1967 auto prices. The price changes average 56 dollars per passenger car with top increases around 89 dollars, focusing on safety items added as standard. GM notes nine straight years pricing at 1959 levels adjusted for equipment.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Automotive
Big Three
Johnson
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Reuther
American Motors
Auto
Goose hazing dispute stalls as Horicon officials weigh options
Federal and Wisconsin wardens await a decision on using airplanes, boats, and devices to haze geese at Horicon National Wildlife Refuge to shift flocks south. Wisconsin officials oppose hazing, threatening arrests. federal plans hinge on legal interpretation and an upcoming Washington meeting with James Smaby and Stewart Udall.
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Milwaukee
Horicon
Wisconsin
Horicon National Wildlife Refuge
Illinois
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
John Gottschalk
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
James Smaby
Washington
Smaby
Stewart Udall
U S Proposes Halt to Bombing of North Vietnam
At the U N General Assembly United States Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg offered to stop all bombing of North Viet Nam if Hanoi would curb its military actions in the South He proposed a phased U S troop withdrawal under supervision and asked North Viet Nam to outline a time schedule for a withdrawal from the South The proposal aligns with U Thant three point peace plan and seeks an inclusive talks process without insisting on a hard condition.
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United Nations. N.V (Ap
United States
Viet Nam
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.N. General Assembly
Goldberg
North Viet Nam
Johnson
U.N
U. Thant
Thant
Southeast Asia
Aid to Grundy County Schools Rises in 1965 66
Grundy County state aid to schools for 1965 66 reached 455 956 77 dollars, up 92 757 45 from 1964 65. The rise follows General Assembly legislation raising the per pupil foundation level from 252 to 330 dollars, effective that year. Aid is calculated on average daily attendance and assessed district valuation.
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Grundy County
Superintendent of Public Instruction
General Assembly
Bayonet Found In Lake Michigan In Percy Case
Police in Kenilworth report a regular army bayonet with a 10 inch blade recovered about 40 feet offshore near the Percy mansion. Valerie Percy, 21, was stabbed and bludgeoned to death in her father Charles H. Percy’s lakefront home. No suspects or leads yet. fingerprints exist but a key print on a glass door may be crucial.
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Kenilworth, Ill
Robert M. Daley
Lake Michigan
Valerie Percy
Coast Guard
Charles H. Percy
Daley
Percy
Chicago Police Department
Lakefront
Deadline Near For Renewal of License Plates
Motorists must file applications with Secretary of State Paul Powell by September 30 to keep their current license numbers. Mail at least two days early to ensure arrival in Springfield on time. Applicants must complete a notarized form, with a 1966 number and remarks requesting the same number as last year.
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Paul Powell
Powell
Springfield
Chicago
Living Costs Rise Sharply in August Across Goods
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent rise in living costs in August led by food up 1.3 percent and autos and medical care driving the CPI to 113.8. Year to date inflation stands at 2.5 percent, the largest eight month gain since 1957, with a later check on 1967 auto safety equipment.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Arthur M. Ross
Home Owners to Run Utilities for Ridgecrest Subdivision
Alicia Utilities Inc a not for profit will own and operate water and light facilities at Ridgecrest subdivision unit No 2 Directors include Samuel I Woods Lindell Hoy and Charles M Wainman Attorney Robert H Adcock leads the formation as part of an agreement transferring services from the developer to home owners Subdivision unit No 1 on the north side of U S 6 east of Morris formed a corporation about 18 months ago becoming a nucleus for other local action
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Alicia Utilities, Inc
Ridgecrest Subdivision Unit No. 2
Paul Powell
Samuel I Woods
Lindell Hoy
Charles M. Wainman
Atty
Robert H. Adcock
Adcock
Alicia Utilities
Ridgecrest Corporation
Morris
Nurses From Peoria Burn to Death in Car Crash
Five people died and four were seriously injured in a fiery two car collision six miles east of Dwight at Illinois 17 and Campus Blacktop. Nurses Jean Schmidt Ruth Proctor and Nezrin Tuzun from Peoria Red Cross were killed along with Louise Koerner and Marjorie Ginter of Cullom.
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Dwight
Grundy
Livingston County
Illinois 17
Jean Schmidt
Ruth Proctor
Nezrin Tuzun
Peoria
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Louise M. Koerner
Cathery
Marjorie J. Ginter
Miss Tuzun
Richard Preator
Holden
Koerner
Ginter
Vernon von Qualen
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Margaret Dietz
St. Mary’s Hospital
Kankakee
Richard Harder
Charles Peck
Illinois State Police
Morris MCHS Budget Adopted by School Board
The Morris Community High School board approved the 1966 67 budget at 794 550 with no change after a public hearing. Anticipated receipts total 841 766 14. A 512 300 levy was set for 1967 68 across funds including educational 350 000 transportation 29 500 and working cash 23 500. Supt Claude Rose cited a bond and interest fund estimate of 127 925.
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Morris Community High School
McHs Board of Education
Illinois
Claude Rose
Republicans Will Open Office Here
The Grundy County Republican headquarters will open at 313 Liberty Street Sunday after the Corn Festival parade. County chairman Atty S J Holderman says district and local candidates will be present and the public is invited. Refreshments will be served and the Republican Women led by Sophie Thorson will handle the hour.
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Grundy County
Republican Organization
Liberty St
Atty
S. J. Holderman
Sophie Thorson
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Kaddidlehopper
Freddie
Rhea Chouinard
Pine Bluff
Robert Chitwood
Herald
MCHS
Union St
Chas. O’brien & Son
Joliet Arsenal
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