Orange soil discovery marks last moon geology trip
Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt, on their final Taurus Littrow excursion, report orange lunar soil possibly from volcanic gas release. Cernan spotted the orange dust at Shorty crater while Evans in orbit photographed and surveyed potential ancient volcanoes.
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Moon
Taurus-Littrow Valley
Cernan
Schmitt
America
Shorty
Earth
Robin Brett
Manned Spacecraft Center
Lunar
Ronald E. Evans
Evans
Brett
Mis
Sion
Taurus-Littrow
Mission Control
John Young
Judge seeks full time Grundy County juvenile probation officer
Circuit Judge Robert R. Malmquist asked the Grundy County Board to hire a full time juvenile probation officer citing rising workload. He commended part time officer Phyllis Cohenour and noted the need grows with jail overcrowding. He raised the salary to 11000 dollars and said a candidate is available. The board tabled further discussion until after lunch. Also, Charles R. Zalar joined the firm of Root and Zalar in Joliet, after earning his J D from Illinois.
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Robert R. Malmquist
Grundy
Malmquist
Grundy County
Phyllis Cohenour
Department of Corrections
Charles R. Zalar
Joliet
David F. Root
Root and Zalar
University of Illinois
U. of I
Liberty St
Herald
Hornsby
Garfield School
Max Lindsay
Steve Black
Center School
Lindsay
Black
Bernard Keating
Shabbana School
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Miller leads as count continues in mine workers race
In a high turnout vote overseen by the Labor Department amid security, Arnold Miller leads over Tony Boyle by early counts for president of the United Mine Workers. Voting fraud concerns linger from past elections as more than 100000 ballots remain to be tallied.
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Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
Miller
Boyle
Labor Department
Mike Trbovich
Harry Patrick
Trbovich
Leonard J. Pankovich
Patrick
Wilbert Killion
Miler
U.S. Dist
William B. Bryant
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Weather report notes cold and sunny spells with chilly highs
Partly sunny and colder today with a high in the middle 20s. Tonight remains partly cloudy and cold with a low near 10. Thursday stays partly sunny and cold with a high in the middle 20s. A Dresden Island Locks and Dam reading showed a high of 3 and a low of 14. At 7 am it was 14 degrees and downtown Morris at 10:15 am was 20 degrees. Precipitation totaled .76 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Raid at Hennepin Seizes 35000 Gambling Tickets
Authorities confiscate 35 000 gambling tickets from a tool shed near a village in rural Putnam County. The tickets are identified as 550 Nevada Club tickets, an unusual find for the area.
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Hennepin, Ill
Putnam County
Nevada
Gardner youths ordered to Illinois Department of Corrections
Two 16 year olds from Gardner were committed Tuesday to the Illinois Department of Corrections by Chief Circuit Judge Thomas Clydesdale. Daniel Elliot and Jerry L. Hahn, both nonstudents, were ordered placed after the holidays, around January 2, with surrounding testimony noting prior thefts and ongoing disciplinary concerns.
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Gardner
Illinois Department of Corrections
Thomas Clydesdale
Daniel Elliot
Wilmington St
Jerry L. Hahn
Cedar St
Department of Corrections
Hahn
Forrest Treasure
Elliot
Gilbert C. Tyler
Vernon Sorensen
Jerry Hahn
Hynds
Phyllis M. Cohenour
Clydesdale
Wilder
District 54 Board Hears Unit District Feasibility
The Morris County Board of Education met at Franklin School with most members present. District 54 reported 79.26 percent of its 847900 budget received while the rest is escrow pending Lake Shore Auto Parts suit.
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District 54
Board of Education
Franklin School
Gordon Lear
H. Dale Barr
Lake Shore
Morris
Arthur Hornsby Jr
County to Invest $87,822 Federal Revenue Share
County Treasurer Pauline Coleman announced the county will place its federal revenue sharing check of 87,822 in a single trust fund depository. Investment decision pending at 9:30 a.m. with details to follow.
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Pauline Coleman
Illinois Endures Ice Storm Recovery Efforts and Impacts
The Illinois region slowly recovers from a massive ice and sleet storm as salt trucks and plows clear highways and schools reopen in parts. Temperatures drop to single digits in cities like Moline and Rockford while Chicago reports ice ridging and hazardous roads. Emergency measures rise in small towns including Sullivan with power outages and shelters in place.
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Associated Press
Illinois
Moline
Rockford
Peoria
Quincy
Chicago
Springfield
Vandalia
Decatur
Macon County
Ilinois State University
ISU
Patricia Leady
Laomi
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Loami
Dawson
Sullivan
Moultrie County
Plan for 27-story Wolf Point apparel center in Chicago
The Wolf Point site near the Merchandise Mart is set for a 27 story Style Exhibitors Center with 1.7 million square feet, a 500 unit hotel, and penthouse apartments. Construction to start next spring, completion targeted for 1975. Joseph Kennedy family foundation owns the property and is backing the project.
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Chicago
Wolf Point
Thomas W. King
The
Merchandise Mart
Joseph Kennedy
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
the Mart
Apparel Center
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Washington
Arnold Miller
United
Joliet Airport
Joliet, Ill
Joliet Park District
Natural Selection
Hennepin
Richard Wilder
Richard Schurman
Presbyterian Church of Hope
Schurmann
Illinoisivision of
Schurman
Rotary Party
Channahon
Morris Rotary Club
Morris Country Club
Roger Gordon
Park Blvd
Knight
Chicago River
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