Area Business News Highlights Local Realty Moves and Achievements
Don and Lois Nicholson join ERADOW Realty in Coal City with Nicholson as sales representative and Mrs. Nicholson as Coal City branch manager. Helen Brooks earns MTNA recognition through ISMTA to MTNA Certification Board for excellence in music pedagogy. Ardith A. Cooper becomes Century 21 Turner Coleman Realty sales rep after local schooling and church involvement. Morris Dance Center opens September with Janet Piotrowski teaching classical ballet and more. classes start Sept. 18 for ages 4 to adult. Col Donald Benson completes auctioneering course in Decatur. Ramond H. Miller earns Registered School Business Administrator status at Morris Community High School. Michael J. Martin passes CPA exam and joins Illinois CPAs. Charles Backhus marks 25th NI-Gas service anniversary at Shorewood office. active in Boy Scouts and Peace Lutheran Church with a family.
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Don
Lois Nicholson
Eradow Realty
Coal City
Nicholson
Eradow
Ritchie
Goose Lake
Helen Brooks
Robinson Dr
Music Teachers National Association
Brooks
Illinois State Music Teachers Association
MTNA
Morris Dance Center
Morris
American Legion
Washington St
Janet Piotrowski
Peru
Piotrowski
Smission
Ni-Gas
Shorewood
Backhus
Bellwood
Boy Scouts of America
Peace Lutheran Church of
Ruth
Susan
Kathleen
Mark
Solar heater designed by ITT professor boosts room heat
Illinois Institute of Technology reports its new solar heater kept test rooms at an average 72 degrees Fahrenheit in March. Designed by Dr. Lois Graham, the system uses rotating venetian blind like panels with salt to absorb and transmit heat, functioning in summer and winter and even desert climates.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Institute of Technology
Lois Graham
ITT
Institute
Darlene Washington Charged After Week Long Torture
Roy C Washington, 81, says his daughter Darlene Washington chained him in a bathroom for a week beating him with a hammer and forcing him to drink toilet water. She stole 300 dollars, fled, then surrendered to police. She faces armed robbery aggravated battery and unlawful restraint charges.
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Chicago
UPI
Roy C. Washington
Darlene Washington
Washington
Miss Washington
Shortest TV Run: Turn On Cancelled After One Air
United Press International reports the comedy Turn On aired only once on February 5 1969 before cancellation for containing too many double entendres.
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United Press International
Poultry and Swine Benefit From High Beef Prices
High beef prices lift demand and prices for pork and chicken, aiding poultry and swine producers. Pork production remains near last year with a later rise forecast. expansion is cautious. Wholesale barrow prices may hit 46 to 48 per hundredweight, while retail pork and broiler prices rise with beef.
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Sonja Hillgren
UPI
Washington
Retired mail carrier starts Presley Tours in Makanda
Wayman Presley, retired rural mail carrier at 62, launched Presley Tours Inc from his Makanda home. Now 81, he runs 116 guides, offering 400 tours yearly to 64 countries and all states for about 18,000 tourists, often pairing travelers and fostering local humor.
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Chicago
UPI
Wayman Presley
Illinois
Presley
St. Louis
Presley Tours Inc
Makanda
Paris
London
Miami promoter to recreate music legends as lookalike performers
Dennis O Day promotes a clone army of six volunteers who will undergo plastic surgery to resemble deceased superstars including Elvis Presley Mamma Cass Elliot Bobby Darin Jim Morrison and Jim Croce. They debut at the Great Southeastern Music Fair in Atlanta on September 1 with plans to expand to 15 to 20 in coming months. The project aims to revive music nostalgia and provide a tour de force show.
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Miami Beach
Fla
UPI
Dennis O'Day
O'Day
Mama Cass Elliott
Bobby Darin
Jim Croce
Jim Morrison
Elvis
Atlanta
Dennis Wise
Orlando
Presley
Wise
New Orleans
Day
Presleys
Jesse Bolt
Erin Rhyne
North Carolina
O’day
Duke O'Connell
Baltimore
Marc Hazebrouck
Rhode Island
Jimmy Farabee
Chicago
Donna Burns
Los Angeles
Mamma Cass
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Century 21
Turner-Coleman Realty
Pittsfield High School
Joliet Junior College
First United Methodist Church
Morris Hospital
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Donald Benson
Rte. 1
Mazon
Superior School of Auctioneering
Decatur
Ramond H. Miller
Morris Community High School
Association of School Business Officials
United States
Canada
University of Illinois Committee of Accountancy
Michael J. Martin
Certified Public Accountant
Society of Illinois Cpa
Charles Backhus
E. Jefferson St
Northern Illinois Gas
Tran
Ardith Cooper
Michael Martin
National Honor Society
University of Illinois
Martin
Elgin Illinois
Walsh and Associates, Certified Public Accountants
Goold Park
Stephen Black
Jim Leonard
JoAnne Gretencord
James Schlesinger
China
U.S
Schlesinger
Agriculture Department
Agnes
Fred
Middle America
Liberty
Tabber Jewelry
First National Bank of Morris
F.d.1.c. Firsu
Yaorris
W. Main St
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