Aircraft Makers Vie For Airbus Contracts In Global Competition
Three manufacturers compete for the Airbus contract: Lockheed McDonnell Douglas and a European joint venture Deutsche Airbus. Lockheed eyes a 300 plane market by 1975 and 800 by 1980 at about 16 million dollars each. the European program targets 230 to 300 seats with first flight planned in 1971.
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Airbus
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
McDonnell Douglas
Lockheed
Mercial Aviation
Robert I. Mitchell
Britain
Hawker Siddeley Aviation
Sud Aviation
France
Deutsche Airbus Gmbh
Record Holiday Sales Hit New High Across U S Stores
Suburban malls and major department stores report record or near record Christmas sales with gains in many cities. Figures show New York up 3 6 percent from last year and Zale Corp posting a week before Christmas record 22 million dollars in sales. Gift items for men such as turtleneck sweaters and unusual goods like swords and musical whisky bottles sold well.
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New York
Associated Press
Walter Berquist
Bullocks Department Stores
Los Angeles
Maurice Cohen
Lechmereo Sales
Boston
New York City
Burdine’s Department Stores
Miami
Fla
Richard H. Rich
Rich's, Inc
Atlanta
Rich
Phoenix
Ariz
Cleveland
Ohio
Kansas City
Little Rock
Ark
Pittsburgh
Zale Corp
Dallas
Chicago
Omaha
J. Carl Campbell
Carson Pirie Scott & Co
John Diesing
Brandies
State seeks injunction against Braceville Oasis Tavern owner
A Grundy County petition by the Illinois Dept of Revenue seeks to bar Oasis Tavern owner Mary Roback from selling tangible personal property for retail until she secures a valid registration certificate. The suit alleges failure to post a required surety bond within 30 days of application despite written notice.
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Grundy County Circuit Court
Illinois State Department
Braceville
Chicago
George W. Schwaner Jr
Mary Roback
U.S. 66
Illinois
Roback
Oasis
Grain Quotations from CME Report
Market notes show Elmer Beans price at 2.89 dollars per bushel with quotations listed by CME. No additional context or entities clearly readable.
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CME
Nccachachansres
Weekend TV Schedule Snapshot
A dense listing of Saturday broadcasts across stations 2 5 7 and 9 noting times for noon through late night. Programs span news sports movies variety shows dramas and classic series with entries for Bozo's Circus Lee Phillip and NFL Game of the Week among others.
Hertz five and ten store quits Morris Hynds building
The Hertz five and ten cent store in the Hynds building announces it is quitting business. Manager Flanders says a 50 percent rent hike forced the closure after about ten years. J R Collins, bank president, notes Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Morris stockholders meet in January to set five directors and other business on the ballot for the April primary. Rescue crews resume search for two drowned men at Wilmington Dam on the Kankakee River. Oman Heaffner, 21, of Batesville Mississippi, fell in while walking near the dam and was pulled under by his companion Baxter Galyon, 18, of Maryville Tennessee, who leaped in to help and disappeared.
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Hynds
Flanders
J. R. Collins
Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Morris
Wilmington
Kankakee River
Oman Heaffner
Batesville
Miss
Baxter Galyon
Maryville
Tenn
Heaffner
Nn Landers
Bill
United Automobile Workers Union
General Motors
Flint
Mich
Michael
Romania
U.S. Information Agency
Indonesia
U.N
Katanga
Congo
South Vietnam
Illinois River watch for submarine passage at river level
Coast guardsmen monitored the Illinois River 25 years ago hoping the water would fall enough to let the submarine USS Peto and the tug Kansas City pass. Grundy County farmers received 20 new tractors under a War Production order via the county rationing board. John Polly Peterson H A Swanee Hexdall and Henry Niewinskii filed petitions for alderman in the fourth ward with Peterson seeking reelection.
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Illinois River
Peto
Kansas City
Grundy County
John
Polly) Peterson
H. A
Swanee) Hexdall
Henry Niewinskii
Peterson
Attorney James L. Peacock Declares Candidacy for County Judge
Atty James L Peacock announced his bid for county judge and circulated petitions to place his name on the ballot. The move signals his intention to seek the county’s top judicial position.
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Atty
James L. Peacock
Morris 1966 Traffic Accidents and New Year Weather
The Morris City Police Department reported 366 traffic accidents in Morris in 1966, averaging about one daily. Collins Weather Station recorded a high of 29 and a low of 3 with possible rain or snow over the New Year weekend. About 20 Morris Rotary Club members toured the Morris Daily Herald to view the new press and facilities.
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Morris
Morris City
Collins Weather Station
Morris Rotary Club
Morris Daily Herald
Navy Recruit Miller Completes Basic Training at Great Lakes
Service Seaman Recruit Mark D. L. Miller USN 18 son of Mrs Raymond Van Delson Route 2 Minooka has graduated from nine weeks of Navy basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes.
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Mark D. L. Miller
USN
Raymond van Delson
Rte. 2
Navy
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Teenage heartbreak and advice from Ann Landers column
A teen letter discusses premarital intimacy and breakup with Bill, outlining guilt and consequences. Ann Landers offers responses about staying with a sick husband, Mah-Jongg evenings, and a request for readers to seek guidance and a booklet on love and sex.
This Day in History Highlights 1911 Sun Yat Sen Presidency
On this date in 1911 Sun Yat Sen was elected the first president of the Republic of China by a provisional assembly. Other events noted include Quebec defeat in 1775 and the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire with 588 deaths.
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Sun Yat-sen
Republic of China
Quebec
Canada
Remind Farmers of Measurement Service Requests
Ed win H. Burnham says 1968 feed grain, wheat and cotton programs accept measurement service requests. ASCS will send trained personnel to measure acreages at actual cost and before planting to show allotments or permitted acreage. Farmers with multiple farms should ensure non enrolled acres do not affect payments on enrolled farms.
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Edwin H. Burnham
Grundy County
Daily Crossword Clue Set From Mixed Up Fragments
Puzzle items and stray clues form a crossword grid readout with scattered definitions. Entries span cuff beer ingredient skin opening and more including river M4 Thailand com and German regions with several unclear numbers and terms.
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