Apollo 15 prepares to depart lunar surface for home
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden near the end of six days on the moon plan to eject a small satellite to study more lunar secrets at 4 10 p m EDT and then fire the Endeavour engine at 5 20 p m to begin the three day return to Earth. They focus instruments and cameras on Hadley Base while Mission Control notes a camera on the moon buggy has stopped transmitting and Worden will perform a space walk about 196 000 miles from Earth to retrieve film canisters.
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Space Center
Houston
David R. Scott
James B. Irwin
Alfred M. Worden
Endeavour
Earth
Scott
Mission Control Center
Irwin
Moon
Hadley Base
Boot Hill
Worden
Bob Parker
Grundy County Hears Regional Jail Options and Policy Delay
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission regional director Wilton urges Grundy County to keep current jail for a year or two while state policy forms. The $25 000 grant offer is seen as insufficient alone, prompting consideration of a regional jail approach and holding facility to save costs and aid turnout.
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Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Grundy County
William H. Wilton
Sheriff’s Department
Illinois
Wilton
Fred Finkbinder
Illinois Bureau of Detention Facilities
Department of Corrections
Anthony S. Kuharich
Bureau of Detention Facilities and Jail Standards
Kuharich
Marvin Olson
Tom Parks
Kane County
Kendall County
County radio center eyed for Grundy County dispatch system
Grundy County officials will discuss a Regional Communication Center for police and fire dispatch at the county board meeting. Sidney Carr says the system would relay all towns calls under the sheriff’s supervision, with regional director William Wilton urging full town participation. Kendall County already operates a regional center funded largely by federal money.
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Grundy County
Sidney Carr
Carr
Sheriff's Department
William Wilton
State Law Enforcement Commission
Morris
Wilton
Kendall County
Weather Update Dresden Island area fair and cool
A fair and cool night is expected with lows 50 to 55. Thursday will be mostly sunny and slightly warmer with highs 74 to 80. Tuesday’s readings at Dresden Island Locks and Dam reached 82 high and 57 low, and 7 am Wednesday showed 58 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Illinois Supreme Court death sentence appeal for Richard Speck
A supplemental brief seeks to preserve the possibility of a death sentence for Richard Speck. Speck, 30, was sentenced to die in the electric chair in June 1967 for the murders of eight nurses in a South Side townhouse on July 14, 1966.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Illinois Supreme Court
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Speck
South Side
Wilder aims to clear pending Grundy County cases
Grundy County aims to dispose of 86 undisposed cases from 1969–1970. State's Attorney Richard Wilder notes continuances delay trials and explains plea dispositions may occur outside jury proceedings. He cites traffic case omissions and clocked jury calls as reasons for backlogs and outlines ongoing efforts to settle or retry cases with proper judicial steps.
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Linda Ospalik
Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Wilder
Grundy
South African transplant patient in critical after surgery
Adrian Herbert, 49, who had a heart and lung transplant 10 days ago in Cape Town, is in critical condition after emergency surgery to repair a loose connection in his new organs. He has lived longer than anyone else with the dual graft.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Adrian Herbert
Herbert
Tinsman dies of injuries in two car collision
Wade S. Tinsman 67 of Morris Illinois dies at 5 16 a m after a head on crash at E Washington and Pine Streets He retired from Illinois Bell in 1968 after a 45 year career beginning in 1923 The crash also involved Earl Benson and Roger Swenhaugen with Benson and Swenhaugen treated and released at the hospital
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E. Washington and
Pine Sts
Wade S. Tinsman
Illinois Ave
Morris Hospital
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Tinsman
E. Washington St
Earl K. Benson
Seneca
Benson
Roger Swenhaugen
Morris
Illinois 113
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Lloyd Stoppel
Chicago
Maria Kelce
St. Louis
Burney
Rosalie) M. Marshall
Nil-Gas district superintendent to retire after 45 years
Paul R. Myers will retire as Northern Illinois Gas Company Joliet district superintendent on Sept 1 after 45 years with the firm. John P. Sticklen will replace him. Myers joined in 1925 and rose to district superintendent in 1965, with a long record in sales and management and extensive civic involvement.
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Paul R. Myers
Oregon Ave
Joliet
Northern Illinois Gas Company
John P. Sticklen
Valley View Drive
Myers
Joliet Junior College
Northwestern University
United States Air Force
Paland
Richard B
Sticklen
Ottawa
United State Navy
Ni-Gas
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
American Industrial Development Council
Kiwanis Club
EPA chief urges shut down and fine for IC Co sulfuric plant
Illinois EPA head William Blaser recommended that United States Industrial Chemical Co shut its sulfuric acid plant and pay a 100000 dollar fine for air pollution. He also urged conversion of boilers to natural gas or low sulfur coal and posting a performance bond. Board decision due in September.
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Tuscola, Ill
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
United States Industrial Chemical Co
William Blaser
EPA
Illinois Pollution Control Board
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Parker
Liberty St
Herald
Elks Club
American Radio Relay League
Quarter Century Wireless Club
Old Timers Club
Telephone Pioneers of America
Eagles
First United Presbyterian Church
Oscar
Bertha Davis Tinsman
Battle Creek
Mich
Elizabeth Craig
Eileen Spiller
William Hamilton
William
Marilyn) Waters
Maude Young
Torrance
Calif
Davis Funeral Home
Roy Hamburger
Evergreen Cemetery
Ogilvie
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Will-Grundy Manufacturers Association
Junior Achievement of
Price St. Morris
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