CODE Project ends testing in Grundy County today
Mobile units at Eagle hall Washington and Liberty Streets and V F W hall McKinley and Pine Streets operate 2 to 8 30 p m. Friday 367 tested in Morris 187 at Saratoga town hall Morris total 3950 county 17320 77 4 percent. Crews from Illinois mobilize for two weeks of mass screening with X ray units then read results and compile national significance.
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Grundy County
Eagle Hall
Washington and
Liberty Sts
V.F.W. Hall
McKinley
Pine Sts
Morris
Saratoga Town Hall
Illinois
United States
Anonymous gift boosts IRS collection in Nashville
An unknown donor sent $8 to the IRS in Nashville Tennessee with a handwritten note urging prudent use. The message expresses loyalty to government and asks staff to be worthy of the trust.
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Nashville, Tenn
Internal Revenue Service
Festival Features 130-Unit Parade and Fireworks
The 1966 Grundy County Corn Festival runs today through Sunday with a 130-unit parade at 3 p.m. Sunday, a variety show at Morris Community High School, and a fireworks display Sunday night. Events include a Cracker Box Derby, Kiddie Parade, water fights, craft exhibits, and senior honors. The parade route runs from Fulton Street east, then north on Liberty to Depot, with traffic rules and crowd safety emphasized.
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Grundy County
Morris Community High School
Franklin St
North
Jackson Sts
Liberty St
Washington
Jackson Ts
Illinois Ave
Washington St
Donald Ward
Donald Barkley
Kindelspire’s Auto Supply
Carp’s Department Store
Walgreen Liberty Drug
Baum’s
Fulton St
Depot St
Jackson St
Chicago Fire Department
MCHS
Division St
Morris
Ward
Civil Defense
Sheriff's Department
State Police
Fulton and
Lisbon Sts
Lisbon Road
Lumpp’s Corner
E.washington St
Beech Ave
Johnson signs law raising national minimum wage to $1.60
President Johnson signs the new minimum wage bill extending coverage to eight million more workers. The rate rises from $1.25 to $1.40 next Feb 1 and to $1.60 on Feb 1, 1968, with expanded coverage for small retailers farms and service workers including restaurants hotels laundries and hospitals.
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Washington
Johnson
Weather forecast for Morris area and Collins Station
The forecast calls for a fair and cool night with low 40s. Sunday will be sunny and cool with highs in the 60s. Collins Weather Station logged a Friday high of 73 and a low of 45, with 7 p.m. readings of 59 at the station and 59 in downtown Morris at 8:30 p.m.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Slaying of Valerie Percy Narrows To Frame and Leads
Two Percy campaign staffers volunteered for polygraph tests as detectives pursue unknown fingerprints from a leatherette frame found in Valerie Percy's bedroom. Police report no prime suspects but vow persistence as the case remains unsolved and the mansion stays guarded.
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Kenilworth, Ill
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Valerie
Chicago
Daniel Dragel
Dragel
Robert M. Daley
U.S. Senate
Daley
Presidents appeal to governors to curb spending
President Johnson met seven governors to seek help in restraining spending while warning that Vietnam costs may rise by about ten billion dollars beyond the current level. The talks covered federal aid reductions and a possible ten percent cut in federal outlays, with emphasis on public works and broader fiscal restraint.
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Washington
Johnson
William W. Scranton
Pennsylvania
Viet Nam
Scranton
Defense Department
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
John A. Volpe
Massachusetts
Grant Sawyer
Nevada
Hulett Smith
West Virginia
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Mrs. Weinstein Granted New Trial in Murder Case
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Mrs. Irwinna Weinstein, 31, who was convicted of plotting with her former lover to kill her husband Harvey Weinstein. The reversal cited trial errors, especially in closing arguments.
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Springfield
Ill
Irwinna Weinstein
Illinois Supreme Court
Census to Be Conducted in Minooka Village
The U S Bureau of the Census will conduct a village census Wednesday Thursday and Friday under the Chicago regional office. Enumerators will call at homes. if no one is home daytime they will be contacted in the evening. Residents are asked to cooperate for village benefits.
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Bureau of the Census
U. S. Department of Commerce
Chicago
Arrest Two Morris Youths for Theft in Kendall County
City police arrested Jerry Wicks 17 and Leslie Wicks 18 of Morris County on a Kendall County theft warrant. Jerry confessed to eluding earlier that night during a high speed chase on U S 6, and was cited in magistrate court. Both brothers held on $300 bonds in Yorkville jail awaiting Monday arraignment.
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Kendall County
Jerry Wicks
Leslie
Rte. 5
Jerry
Glenn Johnson
Johnson
Wicks
al Speenburgh
Bardall Tu
Robert Raska
Wicks Brothers
Yorkville
Appeal For Blood Donors Wednesday At VFW Hall Morris
An emergency blood drive is planned for Wednesday at the VFW hall in Morris to cover shortages after a bloodmobile cancellation and a fatal accident that killed four nurses and injured two. The Grundy County Red Cross invites donors with appointments available via the courthouse aid station or Red Cross offices.
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V.F.W. Hall
Morris
Kankakee
Peoria
John Harder
Grundy County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Harder
Jean Schmidt
Nesrin Tuzun
Edith Olson
Betty Cady
Sandy Terry
Douglas Proctor
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Sharon Tenney
Donald Tenney
Coal City
Marilyn Chase
William
IRS
Mary Pat Taylor
Victor Comptometer Corporation
Aage Hansen
Robert Krug
Carbon Hill
Floyd Calcaterra
Diamond
William Murphy
Eileen
Leroy Wright
Gardner
Glen Kruger
Kinsman
Loyal Reader
Mazon
John J. McEvilly
Minooka
Peter Cinotto
Brooklyn
Steale Leake
Verona
Donald Koerner
H. T. Gunnerson
Lisbon
Robert Stevenson
Charles McAlester
Seneca
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman
Carbon Hill Clowns
Gardner-South Wilmington Township
Chanute Technical Training Center
Berwyn Centurions
Sandwich High School
Illinois Industrial School For Boys
Joliet Public Schools
Troy Community Consolidated School
Joliet Catholic Grade School
Newark Community High School
Moose Jesters
Argo Summit Toppers
Wilmington Community Unit
Coal City High School
Ludwig School
Marseilles Public Schools
Plainfield School
Minooka Community High School
Seneca Township High School
Kankakee Shrine Club
White House
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
LBJ
Percy Mansion
Kenilworth
Ray Rogers
E. Main St
Franklin School
Eber Hume
D. M. Cook
Herald
College of Education
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Robert F. Topp
Arthur V. Meadors
Weinstein
Mattox
Weinsteins
Indiana
Colorado
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