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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1973
Page
2
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Former vice president Spiro Agnew urged three Maryland judges to suspend him rather than disbar him, arguing a temporary ban would preserve the court and profession. The hearing followed a $10,000 fine and three years probation after his tax evasion plea.
A gunman wearing a red ski mask robbed the State Bank of Scales Mound Illinois and escaped with 2600 in small bills after a time locked vault prevented larger sums. He threatened one of four female employees still inside and fled.
Expenditures by the Veterans Administration in Illinois topped half a billion last year, with Grundy County receiving 956 915 dollars. Grundy payments include 555 089 for compensation and pension, 310 369 for educational aid, and 91 457 for insurance and indemnity. The state’s largest outlay was 222 927 136 for disabled veterans' pensions and compensation. Health care and six VA hospitals plus the Chicago regional office totaled 157 750 636 dollars.
Gary M. Corbin and Dennis A. Haish paid fines after guilty verdicts for illegal transportation or possession of liquor. Charles P. Dettman and Lester W. Gordon faced liquor and vehicle registration charges with fines imposed or dismissed. James Baggett found not guilty on minor bicycle lamp charge. Gerald Bednarik settles overdue parking ticket.
A local Ottawa business states it will be closed on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, signaling holiday hours for customers and staff. The notice emphasizes the two-day shutdown and urges visits or inquiries before the holiday.
A Liberian freighter with about 40 men aboard lost power in a storm and sank in icy North Pacific seas about 500 miles west of Vancouver. A liferaft was spotted but its occupancy unknown. Two merchant ships and additional vessels searched amid 68 mph winds and 30 foot waves. The Oriental Monarch had left Portland for Japan with a wheat cargo and sank at about 1 15 a m PST. fate of crew unknown.
The Douglas fir, a 200 foot plus conifer regarded as the world’s most valuable timber tree, is threatened by an inch and a half caterpillar with a voracious appetite.
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