Break Ground Monday for GE Plant Near Morris
Ground breaking for General Electric Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant east of Morris scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday. project cost over 15 million dollars aims to reprocess nuclear fuel and recover uranium with by products for space program use. expected to employ about 100 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Electric
Midwest
Morris
Dresden
E. V. Schubert
GE Nuclear Energy Division
Paul Reinker
Stance Smolen
U.S
Charlotte Reid
Morris Country Club
BWR
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Grundy County
County Office of Building and Zoning
Weather outlook with cool weekend and mild recent readings
The Weatherman warns of possible thunder showers tonight and cooler temperatures toward morning with a low in the upper 60s. Saturday reports partly sunny skies, less humidity and a high in the lower 70s, with Sunday looking fair and unseasonably cool. Thursday at Collins Weather Station peaked at 85 and dipped to 71 with .06 inches of rain. By 9 am today Morris downtown read 81 after 79 at the station at 9 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Morris
Three Die In Coal Mine Blast At Orient Mine No 5
Robert Bovette, 55, of West Frankfort survived a shaft blast at Freeman Coal Co Orient Mine No 5 near Benton. Killed were David Walker, 45, Royalton. James Nealon, 46, West Frankfort. Charles Collins, Crystal Lake. Collins had been aiding Bovette on maintenance.
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Benton, Ill
Robert Bovette
Bovette
West Frankfort
Freeman Coal Co
Orient Mine No. 5
Benton
Boyette
David A. Walker
Royalton
James Nealon
Charles Collins
Crystal Lake
Harry A. Treadwell
Freeman
Collins
General Kenmatics Corp
Barrington
Nealon
Treadwell
Walker
Franklin
Virginia
Vietnam
Ft. Carson
Colo
Center School Band Rehearsals Start Monday
The summer program for 6th 7th and 8th graders begins Monday with daily rehearsals from 8 to 9:15 a.m. 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. for junior high band and 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. marching drills. Cost is 3 dollars per student weekly. supervised by Charles Hammond.
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Charles Hammond
Chicago Cab Strike Near Midnight Amid City Transit Turmoil
Chicago taxi drivers from Yellow and Checker cabs threaten a midnight strike over a 50 percent fare split, while CTA bus drivers vote down a compromise and set an Aug. 25 wildcat stoppage. Federal mediation resumes at noon as safety shield demands and driver earnings dispute unfold.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
Checker
Democratic Union Organizing Committee
Afl-Cio Seafarers International Union
Kirk Beck
Poseidon Missile Makes Maiden Flight From Cape Kennedy
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP America's Poseidon missile completed its maiden flight on schedule. A dummy warhead carried on the dryland launch produced a bright flame as it lifted off at 6 30 a m EDT. The Navy said the test moved Poseidon toward joining the submarine fleet by the early 1970s with a 1000 mile Atlantic range. The launch occurred amid debates on timing for U S Soviet arms talks and the impact on arms control.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
America
Navy
Poseidon
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
United States
Soviet Union
Seven Marines face murder charges in Vietnam killings
A reviewing officer upheld murder charges and ordered general court martials for seven U S Marines over the deaths of five Vietnamese civilians in Da Nang. The probe found two executed by firing squad, one hanged, and two shot after being taken as Viet Cong suspects. Twenty one murder charges were filed. trials to begin next month. The defendants include Denzil R. Allen Martin R. Alvarez Anthony Licciardo John D Belknap James A Manshart Manuel Cornejo and Robert J Vickers.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Carl A. Youngdale
1St Marine Division
Lance
Denzil R. Allen
Lebanon
Ind
Martin R. Alvarez
Detroit
Mich
Anthony Licciardo, Jr
Lowell
Mass
Grundy County Planning Commission weighs subdivision rule changes
The Grundy County Planning Commission approved revised zoning sections from consultant Joseph Abel. A new provision would allow 20 000 square foot lots with 100 foot width if percolation tests are under 30 minutes per inch and a municipal water system serves the lot. The commission also heard mining zone requests and a townhouse plan for Evergreen subdivision. Next meeting is 3 p.m. Wednesday.
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Grundy County
Abel
William Norton
Lloyd
Brienna
Planning Commission
David Root
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern
Aux Sable Township
Grundy-Will County
Materials Service, Inc
Erienna
Norman
Wauponsee
Marchi
Marchi, Inc
Evergreen Subdivision
Ridgecrest Subdivision
John Marchi
Sullivans Prepare Mission to Cuenca Ecuador
The Sullivan family of Morris plans to serve as missionaries in Cuenca Ecuador through the World Mission Prayer League. They will begin nine months of language training in Edinburg Texas before teaching at a bilingual Spanish school. Bethlehem Lutheran Church Morris names them its first missionaries and hosts a Sunday commissioning service.
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Morris
Cuenca
Ecuador
David Sullivan
World Mission Player League
Minneapolis
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of
Sullivan
David
Lester Sullivan
Illinois Ave
Alice
John Cameron
Wauponsee Township
Sullivans
Edinburg
Tex
Rio Grande Bible Institute
Nettle Creek
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Paul Lindell
World Mission Prayer
Lindell
China
League
Fellowship Hall
L. G. Hinderaker
Julie
Amy
Daniel
Jane
Mary
Mark
Texas
Best Balance Of Payments In Two Years
The U S balance of payments position in the second quarter was the best in two years though aided by special factors. The dollar drain slowed to about 150 million dollars for April to June while the two quarter deficit totaled 810 million. Analysts caution that the basic situation remains similar to the first quarter and a substantial improvement over 1967 is anticipated. Special transactions include 800 million dollars in investments by foreign official bodies and Canada purchasing 500 million dollars of U S government securities, plus a securities sale to Germany to offset U S military expenditures.
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Washington
U.S
Canada
Germany
Interstate 180 opens six miles east of Princeton
Springfield Illinois AP reports a six mile section of Interstate 180 from Interstate 80 east of Princeton to the Illinois 26 junction will open to traffic today. The stretch is the first on the route toward completion to Illinois 71 at Hennepin.
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Springfield
Princeton
Hennepin
Pentagon to shut 23 Nike Hercules sites in 12 states
The Defense Department will close 23 Nike Hercules anti bomber missile batteries and seven headquarters in 12 states to save $18.8 million this year and $54 million in later years. Eight sites are National Guard operated.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
Congress
Johnson
National Guard
United States
van Nuys
Newhall
Calif
Lemont
Ill
Munster
Ind
Selfridge Air Force Base
Mich
Irwin
Tappan
N.Y
Scott Afb
Pleasant Hill
Olathe
Kan
Duncanville
Tex
Missouri
Texas
Warington
Tilden
Maryland
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Illinois
FBI Probe for Cable Sabotage Near Navy Site
FBI agents pursued a case of apparent cable sabotage northwest of Chicago affecting Illinois Bell lines to a Nike missile site and Glenview Naval Air Station. At least 20 bullets cut above ground wires, with alternate circuits activated and no threat to ongoing communications noted. Some severed lines connected Nike with Ft. Sheridan, home of the 5th Army.
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Chicago
FBI
Glenview Naval Air Station
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Nike
Ft. Sheridan
5Th Army
Canada Mail Embargo Lifted After Postal Strike
The Post Office Department lifted the partial embargo on U S to Canada mail today. Canadian points will be served again after a strike by Canadian postal workers halted all mail between the two countries. First class mail had resumed last week when the strike ended.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Canada
United States
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Hornsby Family Center
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Division
Liberty St
Tracy McDermott
Bob Thom
Gardner
Len Swanson
Charles Steele
Ken Chandler
Cullom
Charles
Red China
Donald Hopson
Hong Kong
Arthur Maddocks
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