City Employes Return as Council Considers Union Recognition
City workers across water and sewer, street and alley, and garbage crews reported for duty after a council meeting where Mayor Hendrickson said employees may return or be dismissed for not returning without just cause. Union recognition remains under debate with Local 18 pressing for talks and citing Taft Hartley Act. The meeting saw employes seeking higher pay, overtime, and better fringe benefits, while several engineers reported no complaints.
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John Hendrickson
Afl-Cio
Hendrickson
Richard Myers
1008
Price St
Dura- Containers, Inc
Rockdale
Myers
Bruno Myszkowski
Des Plaines
Robert Gilbertson
Lowell Hansen
John Gilbertson
Robert Cook
Cook
Gilbertson
Nelson
William Fancher
Charles Knowles
Knowles
Richard Darling
Nixon Visits Illinois State Fair in Presidential Outreach
President Richard Nixon travels to the Illinois State Fair in Chicago signaling an early step in shaping political prospects. Analysts see the event as a test of Nixon’s appeal to voters amid looming campaign dynamics and regional concerns.
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Chicago
Richard M. Nixon
Illinois
Charles Evans Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
White House
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Richard B. Ogilvie
Trucker Injured In Illinois 47 Crash Near Gardner Road
A Tennessee trucker, Herbert Holcome of Union City, was injured and in fair condition after his semi loaded with cattle overturned on Illinois 47 near Gardner Road at 2 45 a m. Four of the 40 cattle died. The truck, owned by Howard Thorton of Union City, was demolished with 25 000 dollars in damage. Holcome was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions. State police and local authorities corralled the cattle.
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Morris Hospital
Illinois
Gardner Road
Herbert Holcome
Union City
Tenn
Illinois 47
Joliet
Holcome
Holcom
Grundy County
Accident victims improve in Waukegan head on crash
A Waukegan couple critically injured in a head on traffic crash showed signs of improvement. Hospital officials said both patients have stabilized after surgery and are listed in fair condition.
Weather and accident report from Illinois with fatalities
Sunny skies and 90 degree temperatures prevailed over Illinois today with fair tonight. At 7 a.m. the temperature was 62 and a Kendall County crash left Raymond Clark and his wife injured. Mrs. Eugene Warren died Tuesday after the crash on Illinois 47 and Whitewillow Road. Funeral services for Mrs. Warren are set for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Larson Funeral Home in Plano with burial in Evergreen Cemetery Morris. she was born January 21, 1930 in Columbus Indiana and survived by her husband two sons a daughter and several relatives. Visitation today after 3 p.m. at the Plano funeral home.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks
Morris Hospital
Raymond Clark
Millie
Illinois 47
Whitewillow Road
Kendall County
Eugene
Mary R.) Warren
West U. S
Plano
Larson
Vernon Crozine
Evergreen Cemetery
Morris
Warren
Columbus
Ind
Robert E
Terry
William
Sharon) Michel
Mendota
Oran Young
Patricksburg
Everett Carmer
Helena) Tongate
Westport
George Young
William Young
First Nazarene Church of
Parole Granted for Dr Bernard Finch in 1959 Murder Case
Dr Bernard Finch, central figure in the 1959 West Covina murder case, will be released from the California Institute for Men at Chino on December 6 after a parole board vote with some reservations. Finch, 53, has served 12 years and has job options in Missouri Nebraska Maryland and California. His former partner Carole Tregoff was paroled earlier.
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Sacramento
Calif
Bernard Finch
Parole Board
Finch
California Institute For Men
California
Chino
Los Angeles
Bertram Griggs
Las Vegas
Miss Tregoff
Minooka Homecoming Parade Plans and Weekend Events
Minooka hosts a Sunday parade at 1 p.m. open to floats bikes and minibikes with prizes for Best Overall Most Original and Prettiest. A Friday 8 p.m. show kicks off the three day event with music and a dance. Sunday features water fights by the fire department and a pet parade.
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Clyde Heap
NBC
Minooka
Jerry Hanlon
Masonic Lodge
Forum of
Seneca
Warrant issued in D C drug raid
A warrant was issued for Patrick Kennedy after he failed to appear in Will County Court related to a May drug raid near Coal City. James Sexton appeared and received a continuance. Thomas Collier faces an August jury trial for unlawful sale of marijuana. Authorities recovered marijuana LSD amphetamines heroin and other pills in the operation.
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Coal City
Will County
Patrick Kennedy
Long Beach
Calif
Kennedy
James Sexton
Lakeland
Thomas Collier
Kankakee St
Joliet City
Collier
Neighborhood Carnival Against Dystrophy Planned by Grossi Family
Joseph Raymond and Chris Grossi of Rte 5 sponsor a Neighborhood Carnival Against Dystrophy at 1 p.m. Saturday at their home. Activities include bean bag toss fish pond bowling and bozo buckets with proceeds aiding the fight against dystrophy and related diseases. The idea came after watching Bill Jackson on Channel 32 WFLD-TV.
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Raymond, Joseph
Chris Grossi
Raymond Grossi Sr
Rte. 5
Bill Jackson
Wfld-Tv
Grenell Taken Ill in Arkansas
Ernest W. Grenell of 219 W. Jefferson St. collapsed while dining in Searcy and was hospitalized there Tuesday night. The Grenells had left Monday for a vacation in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
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Grenell
Arkansas
Ernest W
Jim) Grenell
W. Jefferson St
Searcy, Ark
Searcy
Hot Springs
Ark
Rockford girl stabbed to death in park
A 10 year old girl, Kimberly MecMillian, was stabbed in a Rockford park while carrying her infant sister. She died at Rockford Memorial Hospital as investigators seek clues amid a spate of five Rockford killings in six weeks. A youth seen near a water fountain is a possible lead.
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Rockford
Rockford, Ill
Kimberly MecMillian
Eldon Hardcastle
Collins Y. Sundberg
Winnebago
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Prsons
Ther
Kimberly
Everett Peterson
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William Nelson
H. Dale Barr
Barr
Max Lindsay
Garfield School
Stephen Black
Center School
Bernard Keating
Shabbona
Black
Herald
Ogilvie
State House
William J. Scott
Charles H. Percy
Ilinois
Washington
Springfield
Scott
Paul Simon
Pd Ones Food Store
Price St. Morris
Grant Finch
Red Cross
United States
Vietnam
L. L. Gorham
Barbara Finch
West Covina
Intercommunity Hospital
Covina
Ill
John W. McCarter Jr
Illinois Veterans Commission
E. Merle Harrison
Harrison
McCarter
Darling
Ersel Fannin
David Osmonson
Lloyd Kuykendall
Fannin
David Smith
John Barry
D.C
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