NPC starts production at Morris low density polyethylene plant
Northern Petrochemical Co. announces startup of its Morris Nebraska plant, the largest of three units at the complex east of Morris. Two reactor lines are producing, with full output expected by March. Plant capacity exceeds 500 million pounds annually and will produce a wide range of grades including high clarity homopolymers and copolymers.
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Northern Petrochemical Company
Morris
William J. Haude
NPC
Norchem
Texas City
Monsanto
Morris Man Dies in Mobile Home Fire
Cecil Johnson a 28 year old Morris construction worker died from burns and possible inhalation after a mobile home fire at 45 foot trailer on Wauponsee Street and Illinois Avenue. Fire marshal said no foul play suspected. Inquest planned.
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Morris
Cecil Johnson
Wauponsee St
Illinois Ave
Knight
Fred R. Rowland
Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Johnson
Davis
Robert Lynes
Arthur Weber
Joliet
Weber
Iowa
Rowland
Sunnyland
Keith Bartlett
Chester Grundy
Grundy
Bartlett
St. Lynes
Larry Brooks
Jerry Metille
Metille
Liberty St
Johson
Carl Baggett
North Division
Nave
Erin
Tenn
Chester Grundys
Wauponsee Sts
Morris Launches Special Census Under Mayor Hendrickson
A special Morris census begins this week with mayoral notice that census taker applications are available at City Hall. A U S Census Bureau supervisor will test and train applicants next Monday with hiring for a two week survey to potentially net Morris about 150 000 in extra revenue from state and motor fuel tax rebates.
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Morris
John Hendrickson
U. S. Census Bureau
Hendrickson
United States
Jeanette Crossland
Census Bureau
Chicago Teachers Vote on Jan 18 Strike Decision
About 22 000 Chicago Teachers Union members will vote Tuesday on a planned January 18 strike against the Chicago Board of Education. Union president John Desmond predicts an overwhelming approval, as the dispute centers on whether the board will adopt a 1972 budget.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Education
John Desmond
Ctu-Board
Desmond
Louis Malis
James F. Redmond
House of Representatives
Unseasonable Illinois Weather Mixes With Education Strife
Unseasonably pleasant conditions persist across Illinois with clear skies and near fifty degrees in northern areas. The same report notes a looming teacher strike after CTU board actions, possible 6 month budget plan, and a hospital visitor restriction due to rising flu cases at Morris Hospital.
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Illinois
Eee Island Locks
Damad
Morris Hospital
Shong Construction Gets Permit for Glencoe Restroom Addition
Shong Construction Co of Glen Ellyn paid $5 for a permit to add a restroom at Kneller's Shell at Illinois 47 and U S 6. City officer Wilfred Dix issued the permit. The addition is valued at $1,200.
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Shong Construction Co
Glen Ellyn
Kneller's Shell
Illinois 47
Wilfred Dix
Terrorists damage planes at Utapao base in Thailand
The Thai government said three attackers slipped into the Utapao air base and planted charges under parked B52 bombers, killing one attacker and noting no casualties among personnel. U S officials denied any impact on B52 raids as no curtailment occurred.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
U.S
Utapao
Gulf of Thailand
South Vietnam
Qui Nhon
Col Nguyen van Chu
Robber Steals $100 From Kneller's Standard Station
State and local officers hunt an unidentified male after an armed robbery at Kneller's Standard on Ridge Road near I 80 Minooka. Attendant Charles Suttles reported a gunpoint incident at 4 45 am with the culprit tying his hands then escaping with roughly 100 dollars. Suspect described as a 27 year old black man 5 10 and 155 pounds wearing tan pants and dark shirt. police from Grundy Kendall and surrounding counties participate in the search.
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Grundy County
Sheriff’s Department
District No. 5 State Police
Kneller
Ridge Road
Interstate 80
Minooka
Charles K. Suttles
Davicks
Lisbon
Marvin Olson
Charles Marketti
Evert Poyner
Suttles
Kendall County
Jan 18 hearing set in fatal Minooka crash case
A preliminary hearing was set for January 18 in Will County Circuit Court for James R. Breen a 28 year old of Minooka charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving death The accident on the Minooka Channahon road near the DuPage River bridge killed Sheryl Ann Buell 16 of Minooka Breen surrendered after learning of the fatal crash involving John K Rudd 22 of Joliet and Miss Buell Two other motorists were involved in the chain of events that led to the tragedy.
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Will County
Minooka
James R. Breen
Holt Road
Sheryl Ann Buel
Dupage River Bridge
Miss Buell
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
John K. Rudd
Rudd
Norman Eastman
Breen
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C. F. Braun & Co
BASF
Ludwigshafen
Germany
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
Neb
Haude
Blaze
Bureau of Census
Johnson Publishing Co
Morris Daily Herald
Richard Daley
Daley
UNION
Binh Dinh
Chu
North Vietnam
Air Force
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Morris Grade
Board of Education
Franklin School
Catherine Earing
Garfield School
Sherry Rath
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