Government eases teacher pay raise rule amid freeze
Washington reports the Cost of Living Council loosened its ruling allowing most teachers to receive raises if paid over a 10 month period despite contracts starting before August 15. NEA estimates affect about 80 percent of public school teachers. AFL CIO demands escrow of frozen wages. Labor leaders critique the freeze while UAW pledges no strikes during the 90 day window.
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Washington
Nixon
Office of Emergency Preparedness
National Education Association
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
Cost of Living Council
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio Painters Union
Family housing trend reverses in major metros
The 1970s show a rebound in single family housing starts after a decade of decline. Starts rose to 56.5 percent of new housing in 1971, with July totals hitting a record and experts predicting overall starts near 2,185,000 for the year. The recovery is strongest around Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York.
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New York
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Advance Mortgage Corp
U.S
Ment
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
Bruce Hanson
U.S. Office of Economic Research
Home Loan Bank Board Journal
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Houston
Los Angeles
Julie Nixon Eisenhower gives up Florida teaching job
Julie Nixon Eisenhower accepts the medical decision to quit her third grade teaching post at Atlantic Beach Elementary after a shattered big toe from a toppled book cart. Doctors expect a cast to knee and several weeks off, with she joining an unpaid volunteer aide program when able.
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San Clemente
Calif
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Florida
White House
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Julie
Atlantic Beach
Ziegler
Walter Tkach
Five pot cases in court at Grundy County
Five youths charged with marijuana possession appeared before Circuit Judge Robert W. Malmquist. Charges against Jonathan Handley and Gordon Weiner were dismissed after Trooper Thalius Kemp testified that another man picked the marijuana. Bond reductions and arraignment set for the fifth suspect were noted, with multiple attorneys present.
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Robert W. Malmquist
Mich
Coal City
Charles Ingram
Schechter
Buckley
Fred Schechter
Joseph Buckley
Atty
Frederick F. Cohn
Chicago
Atty. Cohn
Thomas Dunn
Wilder
Bernard Finkel
New York
N. Y
Eugene Hayes
Morris
Handley
Weiner
Kemp
Interstate 80
Henery
State Crime Lab
Joliet
Grundy County
Atty. Wilder
Unknown vehicle damages Evergreen Cemetery fence
Frank Wagner of rural Morris reported to the Grundy County Sheriff's Department at 10 30 a m that a car damaged a new fence at Evergreen Cemetery. Towing services were contacted but not called to the scene as the investigation continues with Sheriff Marvin Olson.
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Evergreen Cemetery
Frank Wagner
Rural
Morris
Grundy County
Three City Traffic Accidents Reported In Morris
Morris police reported three traffic accidents with one minor injury. Cheryl A. Steward, 24, of 902 Price St., struck parked cars on E. North St causing damage to her 1962 Chevrolet and two parked vehicles. She posted her license as bond for a Monday court appearance. A second crash on an access drive behind Weber Construction involved Paul White and Gordon Hattenberg. A third collision on Grant St. occurred when Delmar Peel backed into Randall Pellegrino’s 1968 Mustang.
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Morris
Cheryl A. Steward
Price St
E. North St
Donald Ward
Jack Kopezick
Grant St
Randall C. Pellegrino
Mooseheart Drive
Delmar A. Peel
Armstrong St
Pellegrino
Public hearing on county sludge zoning amendments
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a 7:30 p.m. Monday public hearing in the courthouse on amendments to the zoning ordinance tied to sludge. The proposal adds a conditional permitted use with new dump regulations and a 1320 foot setback from residences, plus operator county agreement and a bond. Dr. Richard Bauer of Soil Enrichment Materials Corp. and Metropolitan Sanitary District of Chicago reps are expected to attend. Oral and written statements for or against the amendments will be heard.
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Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals
Richard Bauer
Soil Enrichment Materials Corp
Metropolitan Sanitary District of
Chicago
Weather outlook with cooling trend and highs in 70s
Considerable cloudiness and cooler conditions with a high in the low to mid 70s. Tonight remains fair and cooler with a low in the low to mid 50s. Friday brings mostly sunny pleasant weather with a high in the lower 70s.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Melodrama at Minooka Saturday by Norridge Players
The Norridge Players present Only an Orphan Girl at 3 and 8 p.m. at Minooka Elementary School with audience participation. Dick Perkins stars as the villain in a tale of Nellie the heiress dodging schemes by Arthur Rutherford.
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Margaret Ellenstein
Lucy
Minooka
Norridge Players
Minooka School Boosters
Norridge
Nellie
Arthur
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Spiro T. Agnew
Miami Beach
George McGovern
South Dakota
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Chief Shabbona
Greer Technical Institute
Braidwood
Gateway House
Malmquist
Armed Services
E. Ray Younger
Morris Hospital
Oldsmobile
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Paul D. White
Mokena
Gordon E. Hattenberg
Rte. 1
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White
M Hattenberg
Knight's Studio
Ralph Knight
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