Tornado kills and injures in San Justo Argentina
A severe tornado ripped through San Justo, 300 miles north of Buenos Aires, killing 46 people and injuring at least 300. Cars and buildings were destroyed, power lines down, and the city isolated as rescue teams and medical crews operated under emergency military control with blood drives and tetanus shots offered.
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San Justo
Argentina
Buenos
Santa Fe
San Justo Hospital
Sanchez Almeura
North Vietnam warns on tactics in peace talks
North Vietnam declared it will not be intimidated by American bombing or force and rejects terms it deems unreasonable as Kissinger and Tho press on with four days of secret talks. Vu warned progress or war hinges on the U.S. stance while experts join negotiators to discuss cease fire items.
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Paris
North
Vietnam
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Nguyen Minh Vy
United States
Kissinger
Tho
Saigon
Hanoi
Nixon
North Vietnam
Installation of Grundy County Women’s Republican Club Officers
President Jakes oversees a Wednesday meeting at Morris Savings and Loan Building where Betty Woodrich installs new officers for the Grundy County Women’s Republican Club. Elected are Mrs. Richard Schurman president, Mrs. Richard Herman first VP, Chester Winsor second VP, Ray Osmanson secretary, and Miss Cyndy Sampson treasurer. Outgoing president Mrs. Edward Pack received past president’s pin and a gift, with awards given to members for hours of service on committees projects voter registration and community work. Refreshments followed hosted by Morris residents.
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Edward
Josephine) Pack
Morris
Richard Schurman
Gardner
Grundy County
Streator
Ray Osmanson
Herald
Cyndy Sampson
Edward Pack
Chester Winsor
Republican Central Committee
George Brown
Erwin Kettelson
Gordon Harwood
William Allison
Richard Dewey
Pollution hearing dates moved for EPA cases in Illinois
An Illinois Pollution Control Board spokesman announced new public hearing dates for EPA versus Federal Paper Board Co and GE versus the EPA. The Federal Paper Board enforcement case is now set for March 8 with Federal accused of exceeding air pollution emission limits. The General Electric case hearing is rescheduled for February 7.
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Illinois Pollution Control Board
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Federal Paper Board Co
General Electric
Federal Paper Board
Federal
Weather and power outage near Morris Illinois
Mostly sunny and cold today with a high in the low to mid twenties. Tonight will be fair and colder, 5 to 10 degrees below zero. Friday midday outlook shows mostly sunny and slightly warmer, highs near the upper twenties. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a Wednesday high of 2 and a low of 1. At 7 a.m. today Morris downtown recorded 10 and at 10:45 a.m. 19 degrees per the Illinois Pollution Control Board. GE seeks a variance to exceed emission limits at Goose Lake Township fuel recovery plant. About 4,000 Wilmington and Braidwood area residents lost power for 41 minutes Wednesday during Commonwealth Edison switching, due to cold weather overload and manual substation operations six miles east of Morris, per a Pollution Control Board spokesman.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Illinois Pollution Control Board
General Electric
Goose Lake Township
Wilmington
Braidwood
Commonwealth Edison
Clifford Allen
Joliet
Mazon
Dwight
Allen
Morris district votes to study unit school feasibility
Morris Community High School District 101 and Morris grade School District 54 back a feasibility study by Illinois School Consulting Service to form a single unit district with Nettle Creek 24-C Saratoga 60-C. Up to half of 4400 dollars may be paid. districts contributing will cover their share.
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Board of Education
Morris Community High School
Illinois School Consulting Service
Nettle Creek
Morris
Saratoga
MCHS
Minooka Approves School Warrants and Facility Use
Minooka Grade School Board approved anticipation warrants totaling 150000 at 3 percent from Minooka Tri-County Bank. Elections notices will announce the April school board election with petition filing Feb 28 to March 23. Several terms expire. They okayed four water coolers at 245 each from Barretts Hardware. A land dedication ordinance for developers is urged to village board. Facility use was approved for bank, Lions Club, Webelos Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, Nimble Fingers 4 H with supervision, insurance, and extra janitor service required.
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Minooka
Minooka Tri-County Bank
Minooka Grade School Board
Don Pehlke
Gerald Knudson
Minooka Tri-County State Bank
Minooka Lions Club
Webelos Troop
Cub Scouts
Girl Scouts of
Chanooka
County receives second revenue sharing check
Grundy County Treasurer Pauline Coleman said she received the second and final federal revenue sharing check for 1972, deposited it in the Grundy County Revenue Sharing Trust Fund, and noted the year’s total share is 172176 dollars. She plans to challenge the Office of Revenue Sharing population figures and urged other governments to contact her for guidance.
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Grundy County
Pauline Coleman
Grundy
Jet loses fan portion of engine over Las Vegas
Federal investigators probe the fan section detachment from a Trans World Airlines L1011 TriStar en route Chicago to Los Angeles. The three engine jet landed safely in Las Vegas with 82 aboard, 70 passengers and 12 crew, no injuries reported. Investigators from the NTSB and other agencies assess damage and possible cause. The Miami Everglades crash of 1996 is not related to this incident.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Trans World Airlines
Chicago
Los Angeles
Colorado
TWA
National Transportation Safety Board
Everglades
Miami Airport
Workshop names Lipman as new executive director
James Lipman started as executive director of Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop in Morris on Wednesday. A Chicago native, Lipman has rehabilitative and educational background including Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center Countryside Center for the Handicapped Oak Community School and Workshop and DePaul and North Central College degrees. The Morris Workshop aims to boost state and local funding to aid mentally and physically handicapped persons in Grundy County.
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James Lipman
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
Chicago
Lipman
DePaul University
Highland Park High School
Florida Southern College
North Central College
Ray Graham Rehabilitation Center
The
Countryside Center
Grundy County
Joliet Arsenal to be cut under Pentagon plan
Washington AP reports the Joliet Illinois Army Arsenal will be nearly shut by a Pentagon reorganization. Of 2090 civilian jobs, 1080 will be eliminated and others transferred to a new Armaments Command at Rock Island Illinois. Sixty six military personnel will move as well.
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Washington
Army
Joliet (Ill
Pentagon
George M. O’brien
Joliet
Dover
N.J
Joliet Arsenal
Blair reelected House speaker in Illinois
In Springfield Illinois Speaker W Robert Blair of Park Forest won reelection as presiding officer of the Illinois House. A GOP revolt claimed concessions to curb the speaker s power in the 78th General Assembly. Blair secured 80 votes on the final tally after Henry Hyde withdrew.
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Springfield
Ill
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Illinois House
General Assembly
John Hirschfeld
Champaign
Eugene Schlickman
Arlington Heights
Blair
Hyde
Clyde Choate
Rom
Fox Valley East planned for six square miles near Aurora
A $1 billion Fox Valley East community was announced at a civic luncheon to rise on six square miles east of the Fox River Valley near Aurora. Urban Investment and Development, Sears Roebuck, Marshall Field, and Metropolitan Life Insurance back the project. Richard R. Shinn says Metropolitan buys a regional service center site. Completion target is 1995 with population about 50,000 and jobs for roughly 45,000 to 50,000 people.
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Aurora, Ill
Aurora
Vestment and Development Co
Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Marshall Field & Co
Richard R. Shinn
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
New York
Fox Valley East
Fox River Valley
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