Commonwealth Edison Approves $800 Million Five Year Plan
Directors of Commonwealth Edison approve an $800 million five year construction program. The plan funds generating facilities and upgrades to the transmission and distribution system. An addition to the Dresden nuclear power station is slated to be in service in 1969. Ward announced the allocation details from the proposal.
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Commonwealth Edison Company
J. Harris Ward
Dresden
Ward
Addi
Utility plans show rising five year expenditures
Expenditures from 1966 to 1970 are outlined at 160 million, 175 million, 165 million, and 150 million dollars respectively. The plan accounts for a load growth of seven and a half percent yearly and includes over 2,500,000 kilowatts of new generating capacity through 1969 with initial spending for future capacity.
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Ward
Tuareg Desert Warriors Work at French Atomic Installation
Tuareg men from the southern Sahara now labor at the French atomic installation in In Ekker Niger. The report notes their unique role amid the security and labor environment of the facility and regional employment.
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Sahara
Ekker
Niger
New Books at Morris Library Open Hours and Titles
Morris Library announces new fiction and nonfiction titles with limited reading hours. Featured works include The Strode Venturer by Hammond Innes and The Man Who Loved Children by Christina Stead, plus Canary Yellow by Elizabeth Cadell and Beyond Tomorrow edited by Damon Knight. Nonfiction titles cover The Living Races of Man by Carleton S. Coon and Twenty Days by Dorothy Kunhardt with coverage of Flagstad and Erle Stanley Gardner.
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Strode Venturer
Hammond Innes
Ceylon
Strode
Christina Stead
Elizabeth Cadell
Cadell
Damon Knight
Carleton S. Coon
Dorothy Kunhardt
Abraham Lincoln
Flagstad
Edwin McArthur
Kirsten Flagstad
Erle Stanley Gardner
Teen Driver Cited for Disobeying Stop Sign
Miss Sherry M. Workman 17 of 307 Robinson Drive was ticketed at 2 15 p m Wednesday on McKinley St by City Policeman William Button for disobeying a stop sign. She is to appear Jan 8 in magistrate court and was driving a 1961 station wagon owned by Walter Workman.
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Sherry M. Workman
Robinson Drive
McKinley St
William Button
Workman
Walter Workman
Burglary Report Filed at 1300 Union Street
Parnell Meredith reported a burglary to city police on Wednesday at 1300 Union Street. The incident details and investigation status were not provided in the brief notice.
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Parnell Meredith
Union St
Olson 37 Is Found Dead in Saratoga Township
Donald Martin Olson 37 was found dead by family in his home in Saratoga Township east of Morris earlier today. Coroner W. Clark Davis said Olson hanged himself and died at Morris Hospital after efforts to revive him. Burial is at Evergreen Cemetery with inquest pending. He was born December 23 1928 in Morris and survived by his parents five children Dolores and Myrle Wickert Joliet and others. He formerly worked as foreman in the glue department at Self Locking Carton Co. plant and was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose.
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Donald Martin Olson
Saratoga Township
Morris
W. Clark Davis
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Davis Funeral Home
Paul Gilbert
Evergreen Cemetery
Davis
Mr. Olson
Martin
Bertha Goode Olson
Donald
U. S. Navy
Linda
Myrle Wickert
Soviet steel output tops target but misses original goal
Moscow: The Soviet Union produced 91 million metric tons of steel in 1965, surpassing its modified target yet falling short of the original goal, according to the central statistical board.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Central Statistical Board
Bus Camper Burglary Report Highlights Missing Gear
A man reported his converted school bus used as a camper was burglarized on a Wednesday. Missing items include a sleeping bag and two burner camp stove. The owner said the bus is kept at Varlands bus garage.
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Nesday
Meredith
Varlands
Two Vehicle Accidents Reported By City Police
City police logged two accidents Wednesday. At 109 W. Washington St a westbound oil truck driven by Marvin Swenhaugen swung left to avoid a truck, colliding with a backing 1960 Corvair driven by Francis Lim bach. damage occurred to the left rear of the Corvair. In Bedford Plaza a parking lot mishap injured no one. Rose Johnsons car sustained a damaged left side as James Waters pulled from a space.
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Washington St
Marvin E. Swenhaugen
E. Lincoln
Seneca
Fred Goodman
Francis Limbach
Douglas St
Bill Kindelspire
Limbach
Kindelspire
Bedford Plaza
Rose F. Johnson
Rte. 4
James FE. Waters
Johnson
Waters
Horse Killed By Automobile on Illinois 47
A horse was killed and minor damage occurred to a southbound 1963 Lincoln after a late night collision on Illinois 47 seven miles north of Morris. Deputy Sheriff Robert Coleman said Richard J Brashler, 20, of Geneva, was driving when he struck the horse owned by Ole Olson of Lisbon Township at 11 15 p m Wednesday. The animal was removed to a nearby ditch.
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Illinois
Morris
Robert Coleman
Richard J. Brashler
Geneva
Ole Olson
Lisbon Township
Brashler
Indian source alleges China arms Pakistan with artillery
A high Indian government source says Communist China is supplying Pakistan with large quantities of arms and has equipped a new army division with medium artillery. The report notes China’s growing military support amid regional tensions.
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New Delhi
India
China
Pakistan
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Root Ins
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Eve
Party
Bennett Bray
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Neeitne Sete
Temple Bar
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Joliet Optical Hearing Aid CO
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Paint Store
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Dick Olson
Dorothy Enrietta
Morris Library
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Illinois Future Farmers of America
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Illinois State University
Normal
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Grundy County
MCHS
Paul Estensen
Newark
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Moris
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Paul Cable
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Arthur V. Meadors
Richard R. Wilder
Nels P. Nelson
Leonard Hoffman
Robert T. Williamson
Robert W. Malmquist
Mabel Mottaz
John E. G. Olson
Miles Nesw
American Maize Products Co
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Prince Drive-in
Betty Cusimano
Ken Yancy
INFN
Narvick Bros. Lumber Co
Narvick Bros. Gen. Contractors
Douglas
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