Morris attorney key in Chicago police corruption case
James Holderman of Morris and son of Ruth and the late James Holderman aided in the Chicago police corruption prosecutions led by U S Attorney James Thompson. The case resulted in the conviction of Capt Clarence Braasch and 23 policemen with Braasch receiving six years. Holderman praised the effort to clean up the city and noted possible reverberations nationwide.
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James Holderman
Ruth Holderman
James Franklin Holderman
Morris
Holderman
U. S
Chicago
U.S. Atty
James
Big Jim) Thompson
Special Investigations Division
Dirksen Federal Bldg
U. S. Attorney’s Office
Illinois
Atty Thompson
West Haven
Ill
Morris Community High School
University of Illinois
George Black
Atty
August Black
Black
Grundy County
U. of S. College of Law
Iowa
U.S. District Attorney
Franklin
Ruth
Coachlite Manor
Bill
Jean Ann) Robinson
Rodney
Janet) Nunemaker
Morristown
N. J
Gerald
Ramona) Lanier
DeKalb
William
Roberta) Allen
Dayton
Ohio
Joliet
Kay Booras
Michael Bakalis
Exceptional Children
Clarendon Hills
Jim
Marilyn Zwiers
Three in running for Prime Minister post
Spain's Council of the Realm named three candidates for successor to slain Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco. The lineup includes Vice Premier Torcuato Fernandez Miranda, former army minister Juan Castanon de Mena, and Admiral Pedro Nieto Antunez, with Franco to pick by Sunday.
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Madrid
UPI
Spain
Francisco Franco
Luis Carrero Blanco
Franco
Council of the Realm
Torcuato Fernandez-Miranda
Carreras
Juan Castanon de Mena
Adm
Pedro Nieto Antunez
Navy
Sheriff Adds Three Deputies To Grundy County Force
Grundy County Sheriff William Button gains three new deputies after the county board approved an increase to eight officers. New deputies Francis Schmitt Thomas Walker and James Hume bring the department's 1973 workload into focus with lists of duties and salaries of 9600 8300 and 8300 dollars respectively. The 1973 year saw 3359 complaints 2181 in 1972 and 675 prisoners in the county jail. The department also handled two airplane crashes with six deaths and multiple fatal accidents.
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Robert Schneider
Grundy County
James S. Hume
Sheriff's Department
Schmitt
Rte. 2
Coal City
Joliet Junior College
Western Illinois University
Hume
Nixon to withhold Watergate tapes under Candor plan
Washington reports Nixon will not release tape transcripts or summaries publicly citing risk they prove Nixon involved in the Watergate cover-up. The White House will resist Senate requests and share materials only with the House Judiciary Committee.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
Washington Post
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
House Judiciary Committee
Post
Carl Bernstein
Bob Woodward
Senate
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
John Tower
Rtex
Congress
ITT
Milk Fund
The
Watergate
Watergate Committee
Antitrust Suit Targets Mid-America Dairymen Inc
The Justice Department filed civil antitrust charges against Mid-America Dairymen Inc alleging it attempted to monopolize milk sales in a 10 state area through illegal agreements with milk haulers that restrained independent producers. The Springfield, Missouri cooperative has about 19,000 members across Texas Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin Arkansas and Oklahoma.
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Kansas City, Mo
UPI
Justice Department
Nixon
U.S. District Court
Mid- America Dairymen Inc
Mid-America
Springfield
Texas
Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mid- America
Temp Details From Dresden Island and Morris Readings
Weather notes forecast a cloudy cold night with light snow flurries and lows around 15 to 20 degrees. Saturday cloudy with a chance of snow and highs near 25 to 30. Thursday high 34 and low 23 at Dresden Island Locks. 7am 29 and 10:30am 31 in Morris. precipitation 0.04 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Egypt Says It Shot Down Israeli Warplane Near Suez Canal
United Press International reports Egypt claims an Israeli warplane was shot down in the southern Suez Canal sector amid rising tensions after Geneva cease fire talks. Israel denies the claim as negotiators say limited disengagement principles were agreed.
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United Press International
Egypt
Geneva
Israel
Suez Canal
Sinai Desert
Cairo
Woman Hospitalized After Collision on Illinois 47
Mrs Mary Causey 78 of Route 2 is listed in satisfactory condition at Aurora Mercy Center after a two car crash on Illinois 47 one and a half miles north of Pine Bluff Road at 5 17 p m Thursday. Volney Causey 73 crossed center line into Gary Hughes 22 southbound causing the collision. Gary Hughes and Julie Hughes 19 were treated and released at Morris Hospital. Causey posted bond and faces court January 7. Damages totaled 1000 in a second mishap south of Route 113 on Route 47 injuring Marie Erickson and damaging Hershel Hillards car. No injuries reported to Hillard or wife Doris. Beasley 31 of Coal City arrested for improper parking after losing control on icy road near Reed Road. Court date January 23.
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Mary Causey
Rte. 2
Aurora Mercy Center
Illinois 47
Pine Bluff Rd
Grundy County
Francis Schmitt
Volney Causey
Gary W. Hughes
Broadway St
Coal City
Rt. 113
Rt. 47
Schmitt
Marie L. Erickson
Mazon
Hershel Hillard
W. Charles St
Plano
Hillard
Doris
Stephen J. Broucek
R.R
Reed Road
Jim Smith Chevrolet-Olds
Broucek
Beasley
Major quake in New Hebrides Islands 7.6 magnitude
The U S Geological Survey reports a major earthquake in the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific. The information service in Boulder Colorado says the quake registered 7.6 on the Richter scale. It hit at 8 42 a m EST about 1300 miles northeast of Brisbane Australia.
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Washington
UPI
U. S. Geological Survey
New Hebrides Islands
South Pacific
Boulder
Colo
Brisbane
Australia
Amtrak Coast Starlight Derails in Anderson Calif
An Amtrak Coast Starlight southbound train derailed with three rear cars overturning in Anderson California injuring many sleeping passengers. No fatalities were reported. Rescue crews freed passengers with crow bars and axes as some were evacuated through windows to three nearby hospitals in Redding. The derailed engine and other cars were undamaged and the cause was not yet known.
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N.J
Redding
Southern Pacific Rail Road
Coast Starlight
Amtrak 11
Los Angeles
San Diego
Seattle
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Morris Daily Herald
EPA
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Pollution Board
Department of Public Health
Walker
Federal Paper Board Co
W. Jackson St
Morris Schools
Francis A. Schmitt
Thomas A. Walker
the Post
Neamericard
Rush
Ethyl Kleinfeldt
Narvick Ave
Donald Rippetoe
Wauponsee Township
Hornsby's
Herald
Dairy Co-Op
Associated Milk Producers Inc
AMPI
Dairymen Inc
Leon Jaworsky
Dairymen
Liberty
Mideast
Amtrak
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