Halt on sale of Toledo Peoria Western to Santa Fe and Pennsy
A federal judge in Minneapolis issued a temporary restraining order blocking the sale of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad to the Santa Fe and Pennsylvania lines. The M and St. Louis Railroad seeks to intervene, with Nickel Plate Authority invited to participate. The ruling suggests a possible April decision, with additional judges to join.
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Minneapolis
Toledo, Peoria & Western
Santa Fe
Pennsylvania
Gunnar H. Nordbyer
Minneapolis & St. Louis
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commissio
Nickel Plate Railroad Authority
Nordbye
Minnesota
South Dakota
Ths M. & St. L
Braidwood Buys First Police Car and Honor Roll Notes
Braidwood purchases its first police squad car patterned after state police specs with two way radio and equipment orders. In related items Reed-Custer high school announces honor roll for the second six weeks listing freshmen through seniors with multiple names.
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Braidwood
Jack Gustafson
Larry Romines
Andrew Pomatto Jr
Donald Barnes
Reed-Custer High School
Tanet Bone
Jesse Field
Judith Glenny
Daryl Kinkin
Marilyn McComb
Robert Nix
James Novy
Virginia Peters
Tonita Bergera
Judy Clark
Sharon Gregor
Betty Kopriva
Bernaline Burode
Edward Voboril
Lamar Wagnon
Margie Allison
Richard Bone
Janice Cima
Mary Clark
Sheila Foreman
Mary Ann MecCreery
Audrey Schmidt
Karen Stewart
Sylvia Tribble
Joanne van Duyne
Bonnie Ashford
Charibelle Carender
Joseph Delmastro
Margaret Fehr
Alice Foreman
Willie Love
Bonnie Martin
Charles Wrigley Dies Brother of Wm Wrigley Jr
Charles W. Wrigley 84 president of an outdoor advertising firm bearing his name died after a long illness. He was the youngest brother of the late William Wrigley Jr founder of the Wrigley chewing gum company, a Chicago business family.
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Chicago
Charles W. Wrigley
William Wrigley Jr
Philip K
Byron E. Wrigley
Philip K. Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley
Philadelphia
William Wrigley Sr
Jessie Isabel Wrigley
William W. Price
Frank G. Sayre
William B. Clark
Brevard
N. C
Grundy County Soil Plans And Drains Highlight Local Conservation
Conservation Technician Robert Walsh and Joseph Barkley prepared soil conservation farm plans for the Walsh farm with a grassland rotation and Birdsfoot trefoil. Similar plans were made for Joe O'Neil and John Trenter farms with a four year rotation of corn, corn, oats and meadow. Drainage work by Russell Huston will benefit about 60 acres of cropland. four miles of shallow drains have been built since the August Field Day. Groundwork for new farm planning groups and exhibits, field days, and tours are planned by Grundy Soil Conservation District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Knight
Robert Walsh
Verona
Joseph Barkley
Walsh
Joe O'Neil
Highland Township
John Trenter
Mazon Township
Russell Huston
Braceville
Grundy County
Henry Decker
Lyle Winsor
Soil Conservation District
Grundy
Aeale
Three Women Die in Icy Crash Near Quincy
In Big Neck Illinois three women returning from work were killed when their car skidded on an icy road and collided headon with a semi truck. Victims were Stella Boyes Loraine Velma Brown and Ruth Brown. The truck driver Leland Combs of Frederick was injured.
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Big Neck
Ill
Headon
Stella Boyes
Loraine
Velma Brown
Ruth Brown
Brown
Augusta
Leland icCombs
Frederick
Cc i
Chicago Heights Youth Wins $400 Scholarship
An 18 year old vegetable gardener from Chicago Heights received a $400 scholarship at the National 4-H Club Congress. Bill Lorenz selected gardening to fund a roadside market and college aid. He studies agriculture at the University of Illinois Urbana.
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Chicago
Chica Heights
Bill Lorenz
University of Illinois, Urbana
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Fraternal Order of Eagles
Happy Hill Aerie
the Fashion Shop
Chicago Street
Joliet, Mlinois
Morris Herald
LP. &W
Pennsy
Coca-Cola
McLaughlin
Prairie Farms
Dani
HEINZ
BRYD
House OF
Hnson
Lg. Cans
Ibs
Rath
Your Food Store
Price ST
Morris
Robes
Harry O. Torrence Rris
By Joanne Frost
C. E. Rogers
Joliet
Harold Luhring
Lincoln
John Ghilains
Melvin Hobbs
John Kersey
Jennie Powers
Leonard French
Bradley University
John Mullins
John Graham
DePauw University
Erland Erlandson
Ole Finmark
B-C High School
Charles Wrigley
Wm. Wrigley
Arthur Steffes
Aux Sable
Frances Fr. Willard
Quincy
Chicago Heights
John E. Rossi
Jay
Mainz
Germany
U. S. Army Garrison
Apo
USA
New York
N. Y
Baum’s
Folk Valley
Marseilles
TOS
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