Alaskan Gas Pipeline Linked to Morris County
The Northern Border Pipeline Co plans a 1600 mile natural gas line from Prudhoe Bay to Pennsylvania linking Morris and Southern Grundy County to the Arctic Gas Line at the Canadian border. The project faces permits from Alaskan and Canadian authorities with about 2000 approvals needed. Robert W. Ward, president of the Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Co., calls the project the biggest boom to the economy in decades.
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Cross
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
Morris
Grundy County
Northern Border Pipeline Co
Overland Park
Kan
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Northern Petrochemical Co
Montana
Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay
MacKenzie Delta
Canada
Arctic
Nixon
Secretary of Interior
Robert W. Ward
Alaskan Arctic Gas Pipeline Co
Boca Raton, Fla
Arctic Gas pipeline plans grow to 2600 miles 48 inches
Arctic Gas proposes a 2600 mile 48 in line to carry 4.5 Bcf daily with 1.8 M to finish US leg. The project spans Montana to Ohio with Northern Border and Pacific Gas Transmission sharing 3.8 Bcf and west coast deliveries. Construction expected late 1976 with first gas by late 1978 and phases across 10 northern states.
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Arctic
Prudhoe Bay
United States
Syracuse
N.Y
Ward
Arctic Gas
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Pacific Gas Transmission Co
West Coast
Northern Border Pipeline
Federal Power Commission
Grundy County
Kankakee
Ill
Educators testify as unit district hearing enters phase
In Grundy County Courthouse two educators faced six attorneys in the Minooka Channahon district case. The hearing, ongoing since 1972, examined enrollment, tax base and jurisdiction as Will Grundy and Kendall counties supply cross county readings amid prolonged legal challenges.
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Grundy County
Minooka-Channahon Community Unit
Arthur Meadors
Troy
Joliet Township
Will County
Channahon School
Kendall County
Grundy
Will
Kendall
Rock Island Railroad May Lay Off Workers Without Loan Help
Rock Island Railroad warns it may lay off workers and cut train service unless it quickly receives a $30 million loan after USRA rejected the request and withdrew a $9.1 million prior loan. A bankruptcy option is unlikely to fully solve its $23 million annual deficit.
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New York and
Midwest Stock Exchanges
Rock Island
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois Democrat
USRA
Northeast
Senate
Penn Central
Stevenson
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Congress
Federal Highway and Airport Trust
U.S. Railway Association
Eastern Railroads
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Washington
Ford and Democrats Seek Compromise on Energy Plan
President Ford met with Senate Majority Leader Mansfield and other leaders to explore compromise on his anti-recession energy package. Democrats propose a 5 cent gas tax hike and oppose Ford’s oil import cut, while Ford weighs a comprehensive alternative and prepares veto messaging ahead of Tuesday.
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Washington
Upi
Ford
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Carl Albert
Okla
House
Thomas “Tip’’ O'Neill
Mass
James Wright
Tex
John O. Pastore
R.I
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Cratic
Florida
Congress
Weather report from Dresden Island and Morris area
Forecast calls for a clear night with a low around 15 to 27 degrees and a partly cloudy Saturday with a high in the 30s. Thursday's high at Dresden Island Locks and Dam reached 39 degrees with a 21 degree low. Early morning temperatures were 32 degrees at 7 a.m. and 31 degrees in downtown Morris at 10 a.m.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Kelly files for board at Morris District 54
Incumbent Erwin Kelly Jr. filed a petition Thursday to seek election to a one year term on the Morris Grade School District 54 Board of Education. He was appointed July 9 to fill the vacancy created by Harry Hyatt.
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Erwin Kelly Jr
Crabapple Lane
Morris
Kelly
Harry Hyatt
Hyatt
Norval Galloway
E. North St
Brian Nelson
Briar Lane
Warren Olson
Wauponsee St
James Peterson
Morris Community High School
Saratoga
End of the big car rebate era sparks price cuts
The UPI report notes the end of the nationwide rebate campaign by GM Ford Chrysler and AMC and outlines planned price cuts replacing rebates. GM trimmed nine models, AMC cut eleven, Ford eyed adjustments, while Chrysler reviewed options amid a buyers market shift.
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Detroit
UPI
James Vorhes
Pontiac
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
American
AMC
Ford
Chrysler
Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Stolen Dump Truck and Endloader. Grounded Tracks Suspected
A 1966 red Chevrolet dump truck with A&R Landscaping and Excavating markings and a tilttop trailer, valued together at 5,000 dollars, plus a 450 Case backhoe and endloader worth 27,050 dollars, were reported stolen from Arthur Mauer's White Tie Road residence. Deputy Walker noted light tracks and a possible morning theft after neighbors spotted the items later.
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Arthur Mauer
Rte. 1
White Tie Rd
Thomas Walker
Mauer
A&r
Public Hearing on Morris Subdivision Rules Set
The Morris Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the First National Bank of Morris on proposed subdivision regulations. Testimony or written statements welcome from supporters and opponents.
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Atty. Penn
Galloway
City of
Morris
First National Bank of Morris
Morris Planning Commission
Kendall Zoning Board Denies Lisbon Quarry Rezoning Petition
Kendall County Zoning Board of Appeals denied Clyde and William Avery's petition to rezone about 150 acres from A-11 to M2-SU for a Lisbon Township quarry. The 3-2 vote reflected flood-plain, plan-incompatibility, and marketability concerns. The March 11 County Board meeting will consider the decision.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Zoning Board of Appeals
Lisbon Township
Clyde
William Avery
Paul Brumund
Avery Brothers
Orrin Kennedy
Theodore Larson
Louis Thurow Jr
Torsten Swanson
Rudolph Langeland
Kennedy
Thurow
Kendall County Board
County Planning Commission
Central Limestone Company
Illinois 47
Joliet Road
Geraldine Hauge
Joliet
Kendal County
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Crox
Stark
Peoria
Ogle
Lee
Maarshall
Woodford
Kane
Livingston
Pacific Coast
John Berklan
Atty
N. E. Hutson
Monticello
Hutson
William Penn
Samuel Saxon
Plain
Richard Buck
Wayne Johnson
George Mahoney
Meadors
Channahon
Jack Satorius
Minooka
Ray Burnside
Gardner
Grundy County National Bank
Michael J. Howlett
Herald
Conley
Liberty
Kendall Zoning Board
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