Fewer Divorces Reported in Whiteside County
The Whiteside County divorce rate remains below national levels with about 35 per 1000 residents over age 14 divorced or separated, compared with a national 53 per 1000. About 1,550 locals are divorced or separated, and roughly 3,880 reside in the category of never remarried or currently divorced.
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Ieside
Department of Emerce
National Center For Health Statistics
Whiteside County
United States
East North Central
Illinois
Whiteside
Brian Erickson to Perform Trombone Solo in Music Under The Stars
Trombonist Brian Erickson will headline the fourth Music Under The Stars concert at 8:30 p.m. in the Grandon Civic Center Sterling. Erickson, 1975 repens School graduate, Illinois State Scholar, studies with noted teachers and plans to audition for the University of Illinois Concert Band this summer. He will attend Illinois in the fall to study engineering and perform Rimsky Korsakov’s Concert for Trombone, with Mozart and Green pieces on the program.
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Brian Erickson
Grandon Civic Center
Darold Erickson
Repens School
Erickson
Brian
C. Cloyd Myers
G. Jack Schuler
Lance Carter
University of Ilinois
University of Illinois
School of Engineering
Rimsky Korsakov
Mozart
Bernard Green
Sousa
Music Under the Stars Jazz Ensemble
Music Under the Stars
Sterling
Committee of Safety seeks linen rags for bandages in Cambridge
A Cambridge Massachusetts Committee of Safety appeals to female friends to send linen rags to support wartime needs. The rags, coarse or fine, will be used as bandages and must be shipped to Cambridge for processing.
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Committee of Safety
Cambridge
Mass
America
National Park Service
CNS
Jaycees Celebrate 4th of July at Sinnissippi Park
The Sterling Rock Falls Jaycees host a July 4 celebration at Sinnissippi Park beginning at noon. Events include a B B Q lunch, concession stand treats, dip tank, kids games, karate demonstrations by Mike Sanders, two Allen Altorf Family shows, and a major fireworks display with 15 ground shows and an expanded aerial show.
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Sterling Rock Falls
Jaycees
Mike Sanders
Allen Alto
Park District Sponsors Trip To White Pines Deer Park
The Sterling Park District Recreation Department will offer a Nature Love trip to White Pines Deer Park for the 1975 Recreation Program. Boys and girls will travel Wednesday June 25 using three buses leaving at 11 a.m. from the Recreation Center, with a 4 p.m. return. The cost is 1.75 per child, including a 75 cent bus subsidy, and registration is available at the Recreation Center and program sites with slips due by June 24.
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Sterling Park
White Pines Deer Park
Recreation Department
Recreation Center
Deer Park
Thasday
Park District
E. St. Mary's Road
Weight Watchers chief first Republican governor hopeful
Richard F. Cooper of Winnetka, head of Weight Watchers of Chicago, declares candidacy for governor as others including U.S. Rep. Thomas Railsback and State Comptroller George Lindberg weigh their moves. Cooper hires a Chicago PR firm to build name recognition while Thompson's decision looms amid GOP grass roots support.
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Bobestill Copley
Springfield
U.S
James Thompson
Richard F. Cooper
Winnetka
Chicago
Cooper
Long Island
Martin E. Janis
Railsback
Elmhurst
John Erlenborn
Thompson
Lindberg
GOP
Dan Walker
Walker
Richard J. Daley
Schuneman Bill Would Take Fair From Politics
Illinois Senate approved a bill to reform the State Fair by stripping it from political control. The measure passes 37 to 11 in the Senate and 133 to 11 in the House, creating a 15 member board and a transition group to run the fair starting Oct. 1, 1975. Governor appoints five board members. ten are chosen by county fair organizations. Representative Calvin Schuneman supports the plan as ending past political boondoggling.
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Springfield
State Senate
Illinois
Calvin Schuneman
Prophetstown
Schuneman
Bers
Newman Class Of 70 Reunion At Rock Falls Ramada Inn
The Newman High School 1970 class holds its fifth year reunion on Saturday June 28 at the Rock Falls Ramada Inn. Events include poolside cocktail hour at 6 30 dinner at 7 30 and a dance by the 13th Precinct. Cost is 10 for singles 18 for couples contact Colleen Considine Ann Sullivan Roth or Diane Reed Graham. A note mentions Pakistan and East Pakistan rainfall.
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Newman High School
Rock Falls Ramada Inn
13Th Precinct
Colleen Considine
Ann Sullivan Roth
Diane Reed Graham
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Aks
Beri
Gael It
Nive
Chie
Ste Ys
Debbie McConnell
YWCA
Daily Gazette
McConnell
Crestview Road
Bradley University
Peoria
Gazette
Gordon
Steak House West
Eddie
John Gordon
FBI
SAT
SUN
Klocke
East Lincoln Way
Supor Pizza
Buck Tits
Happy Joe’s
W. 3Rd Street
Dairy Queen
Idaho
Beauchamp’s Dairy Queen
4Th St
White Pines
Texas
Northland Mall
Capitol
Newman
Pakistan
East Pakistan
Sterling Elks
LODGE
Cavatini
Children’s Serving
Pizza Hut, Inc
St. Sterling
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