Illinois Central Hit by Strike Grips 14-state system
The United Transportation Union struck the Illinois Central shutting most freight and passenger service across 14 states. Pickets stood outside stations while some lines remained running under contract. Union says crews must match standard sizes. 4,000 IC workers are members. Negotiations resume later today.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
United Transportation Union
Illinois Central
M.S. Stuckey
I.C
Stuckey
Washington
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
J. P. Saunders
UTU
Earl Oliver
Oliver
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Alabama
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
Arkansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Order of
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Centralia
Illinois Central Car Shops
Singer Wins North Side Ward Seat Against Daley Backed Opponent
In a tight North Side 44th Ward runoff, William S. Singer 28, a liberal Democrat running as an independent, defeated James P. Gaughan 38, the regular party candidate, by 203 votes as Daley allied with the reform slate. Official tallies await verification with potential recount discussion by Gaughan aides.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
William S. Singer
James P. Gaughan
North Side 44Th Ward
Singer
Gaughan
Cook County
Daley
Grundy County Extends Bridge Funding In Morris Project
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors votes to add 7000 dollars to its share of a Nettle Creek bridge in Goold Park Morris. The county had agreed to half of an estimated 60000. Morris council later awarded 72683.96 to Charles O'Brien & Son prompting a larger county share. Assitant secretary George Hynds says work awaits state approval in Springfield and will start once approved.
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Grundy County Board of Supervisors
Morris City
Nettle Creek
Goold Park
Morris City Council
Charles O’brien
George Hynds
Springfield
Hynds
Weather and county actions at a glance
Tonight brings clouds and cooler temperatures with a low in the upper forties. The outlook shifts to partly cloudy and cooler with highs in the low sixties on Thursday and partly cloudy and warmer on Friday. County officials discuss a $60,000 figure and whether to fund a portable emergency field radio for Sheriff Pierce.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Henry Burgess
Saratoga
Russell Barron
Goodfarm
Richard E. Pierce
Motorola
Fuller seeks $1 million from Gaines Sporting Goods
Fuller II, 18, who pled guilty to murdering five Cox children, sues Gaines Sporting Goods Mattoon alleging the store sold him the murder weapon and ammo. He filed the suit from Menard prison claiming Dram Shop Act liability and cites purchases between January and April 1968.
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Charleston, Ill
Thomas C. Fuller II
Mattoon
Fuller
William J. Cox
Menard State Penitentiary
Gaines Sporting Goods
KU seniors redirect party funds to 1500 scholarship plan
Lawrence AP report says the University of Kansas senior class votes to abandon the traditional party and create a 1500 scholarship fund for disadvantaged students. For the first time the cap and gown fee of four dollars may be donated by any class member instead of paying for commencement. John Hill, class president, calls it a serious act of concern for others.
Freak Railroad Accident Halts Lumber Transport
Inspectors pursue cause after a freak accident on the Lincoln Ave tracks scatters an estimated 50 000 tons of lumber from a flatcar. Morris officials cite multiple rail departments and salvage crews removing debris while traffic is briefly disrupted. Police and sheriff departments appear uninformed by the incident and state officials defer questions to the Springfield office of the Illinois State Commerce Commission.
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Rock Island Line
Lincoln Ave
Rock Island Lines
Peter Martinez
Morris
Donald Ward
William Button
Richard E. Pierce
Sichard R. Wilder
Morris Police
Illinois State Commerce Commission
Springfield
Robert W. Georgantas
Illinois House backs 2 percent personal tax and 4 percent corporate tax
The Illinois House Revenue Committee endorsed bills to set a 2 percent personal income tax and a 4 percent corporate tax, cut the state sales tax, and repeal the corporate franchise tax. The package, projected to raise 725 million dollars annually in new money, aims to reduce taxes for low earners with most families under 7 500 dollars income paying less overall.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois House Revenue Committee
Clyde Choate
D-Anna
Tornado Preparedness Meeting Set in Grundy County
A Tornado Preparedness session will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the First National Bank meeting room Grundy County. Sponsored by the U S Weather Bureau under the Environmental Science Services Administration program. Ivan Brunk from the Weather Bureau will conduct the meeting. Films will be shown. County town and school officials are urged to attend or send delegates.
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Grundy County
First National Bank
U.S. Weather Bureau
Environmental Science Services Administration
Ivan Brunk
Weather Bureau
Concorde 002 Makes First Flight Over Bristol
The British Concorde 002 completed its maiden flight of 22 minutes from Filton to Fairford with test pilot Brian Trubshaw at the controls. The joint British French program aims to halve transatlantic travel times and enter service in 1973 amid cost concerns and noise questions.
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Bristol
England
Royal Air Force Base
Brian Trubshaw
Trubshaw
Filton
British Aircraft Corp
Fairford
Andre Turcat
New York
London
Grundy County Supervisors Keep Current Pay and Mileage
At a Tuesday meeting the Grundy County Board of Supervisors voted to stay on the S20 per day and 10 cents per mile travel expense schedule, with Chairman Sidney C. Carr saying no change is needed and Saratoga recalling five dollars once went a long way.
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Washington
Springfield
Grundy
Flooding hits Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota as snowmelt swells rivers
Rivers fed by melting snow flood parts of Minnesota Iowa and South Dakota forcing evacuations and claiming two drown victims Bernard Knudson 60 Kinbrae fell into Heron Lake while helping on a railroad trestle and Thomas Bierangel 18 New Ulm drowned canoeing Officials evacuated 35 Dawson families 14 Windom 200 more to leave 7 Jackson 350 Cherokee and 800 North Sioux City residents were moved Levee work and sandbagging continued with volunteers aiding in Sioux City as Knowles toured the flood zone.
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Associated Press
Upper Midwest
Sioux City
Iowa
Big Sioux
Minnesota
South Dakota
Bernard Knudson
Kinbrae
Heron Lake
Thomas Bierangel
New Ulm
Dawson
Lac Qui Parle
Windom
Jackson
Cherokee
Little Sioux River
Albert Streeter
North Sioux City
S.C
Akron
Big Sioux River
la Crosse
St. Vincent’s Academy of Nursing
Riverside High
Fatal head on crash near Monee kills two
Two people died and two were critically injured in a late Tuesday head-on collision on U S 54 near Monee Illinois. Dead were Daisy Groves 53 of Chicago alone in one car and Earl Smith 20 of Monee a passenger in the other car. In critical condition in a Chicago Heights hospital were Glen Tatgenhorst 20 of Matteson and Roger Vale 22 of Monee.
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Monee, Ill
U.S
Monee
Daisy Groves
Chicago
Earl Smith
Chicago Heights
Glen Tatgenhorst
Matteson
Roger Vale
County Rep Seeks Reelection to Joliet Junior College Board
Incumbent H Allen Holler of Mazon and Victor Scott lead a field of five candidates for two seats on Joliet District 525 board of education. Other contenders include Dr George Osterberger Kevin Reardon and Rev Robert Hirsch. Holler vows to finish campus planning while promoting expanded programs and facilities as the district moves toward a new campus. Polling sites and times are listed across Grundy County.
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H. Allen Holler
Mazon
Board of Education of Junior College District
Joliet
Will County
Heller
Victor Scott
Holler and Scott
William Glasscock
Daniel Kennedy
George R. Osterberger
Twin Oaks
W. Jefferson St
Kevin Reardon
N. Prairie St
First National Bank of
Quincy High School
University of Missouri
Vic Scott
Mount Vernon
N.Y
New York City
University of Illinois
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
Alice Hough
Mazon Township
University Extension Council
Grundy County Farm Bureau Board
First Methodist Church
Morris
United Fund
Teachers Union
Junior College
Board of Education
Grundy County
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Herald
Court House and Jail
Pierce
State Police
House
Midwest
Glasscock
Mazon Township High School
Verona
Kinsman
Gardner-S. Wilmington
Braceville City Hall
South Wilmington Village Hall
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Coal City
Minooka
Minooka High School
Channahon
Newark
Newark High School
Lisbon Grade School
Wilmington
Central School
Bruning School
Lakewood Shores
Symerton Town Hall
Reed Custer School
Custer Park
Eileen Village
Reed Custer
Diamond Wil High School
Allen Holler
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