Obituary: John N. Ghilain 84 of Braidwood
John N. Ghilain 84 of Braidwood died at his home on East Main Street after a life spent in Braidwood. He married Della Rogers in 1916 and was a retired mason contractor active in church and lodge circles. Surviving wife two daughters sister four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral services Thursday at Patterson Funeral Home with burial in Oakwood Cemetery Wilmington.
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Braidwood
John N. Ghilain
East Main St
Felician Ghilain
Della Rogers
Joliet
Presbyterian Church
Braidwood Recreation Club
The
Robert
Helen Marie) Hoffelt
Nashville, Tenn
Harold
Ruth Louise) Luhring
Bloomington
Beth Anderson
Patterson Funeral Home
Virgil Smith
R. David Hoffelt
Oakwood Cemetery
Wilmington
Funeral
Mitchell Ruffino
William Roe
Kenneth Knorr
Robert Flowers
K.R. Patterson
Roger Patterson
White House Christmas Tree Decorated for Bicentennial
Workers used a cherry picker to place a Liberty Bell ornament atop the 45 foot blue spruce on the White House Ellipse. The tree will glow with 4 600 red white and blue lights and be surrounded by 13 small trees in red or blue to mark the 13 colonies with 44 more trees for the remaining states and territories.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Joliet Market Cattle Receipts Lag As Hog Prices Slip
Joliet Illinois market reports cattle receipts fail to firm prices with hogs steady to down about one dollar. Hog weights 200 to 270 pounds quoted at 51.75 to 53.00 for No 1 2. 50.25 to 51.55 for No 1 3. 48.50 to 50.25 for No 2 3 and 47.00 to 48.50 for No 2 4. Wednesday receipts expected around 3 500 cattle and 1 200 hogs.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Library board reviews land loans and holiday hours
The board discussed bonuses for land and a $360 000 headquarters project at five and three quarters percent interest. A request for Bicentennial Commission grant was denied for we should have applied a year earlier. The library will close at 4 PM Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Mrs Schultz’s request for two fresh green trees was approved with John Maunder donating one tree and another to be purchased. A tree decorating party by children’s librarian Mrs Michael Hutchings is planned. They considered a microfilm reader copier with a $900 revenue sharing gift from Morris Township to go toward the machine. Mrs Schultz will obtain price quotes for the next meeting. Monthly report shows circulation gain of 387 from last year, fines 134.73, rentals 41.70, non resident dues 109, lost cards 5.25, Xerox 156.25. Memorial gifts of 5 each were given to Mrs Vincent Shafer and John E Rudow, plus a $10 Women of the Moose gift. Board members present were Mrs Avalos, Robert Macdonald, Mrs Jack Allen, Mrs Carl Johnson, Fred Schaefer, Maunder, Carson Robinson, Mrs Donald Lyons. Atty John Hynds absent.
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Michael Hutchings
Morris Township
Schultz
Women of the Moose
Avalos
Robert Macdonald
Jack Allen
Carl Johnson
Fred Schaefer
Maunder
Carson Robinson
Donald Lyons
Atty
John Hynds
Zabels seek 54000 in highway land damages
In a January 1972 suit the Zabels ask for 54000 total damages for 13 acres taken for highway construction and 167.5 acres split into two parcels. Attorney Roger Gomien argues the farm loss and access issues drop value by about 36000 beyond the 18000 land loss. Thomas Judd represents the state as jurors are named from Coal City Seneca and Gardner among others.
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Zabels
Roger Gomien
Dwight
Gomien
Thomas Judd
Patsy Durando
Division St
Coal City
Joseph Martin
W. Oak St
Edward Bussen
Rte. 5
Evelyn Johnson
E. Washington St
Garland Dransfeldt
Lorraine Mickelson
Rte. 1
Seneca
Joseph Davito
E. Division St
Jerry Karr
Douglas St
Vicki Lambert
Jana Lane
Patrick Close
W. Jackson St
Eleanor Monferdini
Gardner
Betty Togliatti
Mao hosts Ford in Forbidden City in significant talks
In Peking Chairman Mao Tse-tung, fit for his age, hosted President Ford at his Forbidden City home for a two hour discussion described as significant and earnest in a friendly atmosphere. The White House approved statement noted earnest discussions with wide ranging issues but gave no topic details.
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Peking
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Ford
Forbidden City
Mao
Richard M. Nixon
White House
Man Receives Speeding Ticket After 37 in 25 Zone
Lloyd Haney, 59, of Joliet was ticketed at 4 35 p.m. Monday for speeding 37 mph in a 25 zone at Fremont and West Avenues. Cited by Morris Officer Robert Stansberry Haney posted bond and is scheduled to appear in court December 10.
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Lloyd Haney
Joliet
Fremont
West Avenues
Morris
Robert Stansberry
Haney
Flags Stolen From Morris High School Pole
Morris police were told on Monday morning that two flags, the American and the Bicentennial flag, were stolen from the Morris Community High School flag pole sometime over the weekend. Raymon Miller, the school's business manager, reported the theft at 11:42 a.m.
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Morris Community High School
Morris
Raymon Miller
Oswego Deputy Dunn Files for Kendall County Coroner
Oswego resident William F. Dunn announces Republican candidacy for Kendall County coroner. Dunn has eight years as deputy coroner under retiring Coroner Everett M. McKeown. A Chicago native with medical and mortuary training, he runs McKeown Funeral Home and ambulance service and serves in several Oswego organizations.
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Oswego
William F. Dunn
Kendall County
Everett M. McKeown
Dunn
Oswego Lions Club
Oswego Businessmen’s Association
American Legion Post 675
Oswego Jaycees
McKeown Funeral Home
Seneca unit hearing continues on district petition
The Seneca unit petition hearing resumes in Ottawa before Joseph Mini of the Regional Superintendent of Schools. Walter Vezren described a feasibility study, area maps, and legal descriptions, with aerial photos shown. Census takers including Mrs. Robert Martin testified on areas covered and moves to college, death in area, and other census questions. Attorneys from Ottawa districts and Seneca schools discussed legal maneuvers prior to the session. The filing covers Seneca and Milton Pope schools plus Ransom and Ottawa territories.
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Seneca Unit District
LaSalle County Regional Superintendent of Schools
Joseph Mini
Ottawa
Walter Vezren
Vezren and Sarver
Verren
Robert Martin
Seneca
Rites for John Koubek Former Coal Miner
Funeral services are set for John J. Koubek a former Illinois coal miner who built a Florida real estate fortune and left most to the University of Miami He died Saturday at 99 Born in Austria June 15 1884 he emigrated in 1892 to Riverton Illinois where he quit school at 14 to mine coal He later finished schooling funded by farm work and a business college at Springfield Illinois
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Miami
UPI
John J. Koubek
Illinois
Florida
University of Miami
Koubek
Austria
United States
Riverton, Ill
Springfield
No formal theft charge against Lincheski in Grundy case
Robert Lincheski twenty was not charged with car theft in Grundy County Circuit Court after owner Ellwyn Hall declined to sign a complaint. Lincheski, held over the weekend, faced a $50 fine and $10 costs for driving too fast for conditions on Carbon Hill Road.
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Grundy County
Robert Lincheski
Rte
Higgins Rd
Lincheski
Carbon Hill Rd
Reed Rd
Hall
Lindieski
Coal City
James Hume
House committee rejects gas price control plan
The House Commerce Committee narrowly rejects a proposal to remove federal controls on natural gas prices and approves a bill allowing limited winter emergency gas sales above ceilings. The measure, heading to the House floor, targets winter shortages only if cleared by Rules Committee.
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Washington
UPI
House Commerce Committee
Rules Committee
Omitted Name Patrick Barr Highlighted in Barr Family List
Patrick Barr, unintentionally omitted from the Morris Daily Herald list of David M. Barr's children, works at Diamond International natural gas this year and next. A Senate bill includes emergency provisions and a long term deregulation plan for natural gas prices. Rep. Krueger proposed amendments and a seven year phase out of price controls, but the vote failed 19-19. The bill would let distressed interstate pipelines buy gas above the federal ceiling via the Federal Power Commission designation.
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Patrick Barr
David M. Barr
Morris Daily Herald
Patrick
Diamond International
Robert Krueger
D-Tex
Commerce Committee
Senate
Federal Power Commission
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Rusty) Steele
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