Angelos withdraws as Illinois insurance director nominee
Chicago AP Angelos says he withdraws as governor Daniel Walker's nominee for state insurance director claiming he has been crucified by the news media and target of rumor mongers He says he informed Walker to withdraw his name and will pursue legal remedies for defamation while defending his qualifications and loyalty to the governor.
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Chicago
Anthony G. Angelos
Daniel Walker
Angelos
Walker
Illinois
Ance
Morris Daily Herald front page brief 1973
January 17 1973 issue of Morris Daily Herald Morris Illinois features local news briefs and community notices. Front page items highlight regional events people and public notices relevant to Morris and surrounding area.
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Morris
Illinois
Morris Planning Commission delays Homeacre drainage fix vote
The Morris Planning Commission pressed for drainage and flood control measures for Homeacre Subdivision, a 20 acre six homes project near Morris. They require curbs and gutters per city rules and reviewed a county plat amid county-city regulatory tensions. A Narvick Subdivision apartment public hearing was set for Feb. 6 to approve a zoning change to multiple units. Kracower urged soil and topography overlays, drafting planning goals, and cooperation with Grundy County while praising the city’s regulations.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
Richard Bauer
Robert Gilbertson
Morris
Richard Taylor
Willard Harper
Planning Commission
Atty
August Black
Harper
Allen Kracower
Taylor
Grundy County
Wilfred Dix
John Hendrickson
Gilbertson
Baker
Bauer
Austin Bollen
Dennis Hackett
Clyde Baker
Jim Crupi
Narvick
Art Narvick
Lisbon Road
Crupi
Hackett
Kracower
Commission
Dr. T. P. Crane to retire at Dwight center
Dr. Thomas P. Crane longtime superintendent at William W. Fox Children’s Center will retire effective January 31 after a career spanning service in Illinois state facilities and the Veterans Administration. He and Mrs. Crane reside in Dwight with seven grown children. An appreciation event is planned January 29 at 2 30 p.m. in the Center auditorium.
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Thomas P. Crane
William W. Fox Children’s Center
Crane
State of Illinois Department of Mental Health
Veteran Administration
Tinley Park State Hospital
Kankakee State Hospital
Veterans Administration
Michigan
New York
Florida
San Francisco VA Hospital
N. Franklin St
Dwight
Center Auditorium
Morris Rural Fire Seeks 40 000 Dollar Truck Fund
A pledge of 11 500 dollars was received as Morris Rural Fire Protection begins its drive for forty thousand to purchase a new fire truck. The fundraising effort targets community support and strengthens local emergency services.
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Morris Rural Fire Protection Corporation
Weather and fire truck drive shift Morris area funds
Mostly cloudy and mild today with high in the 50s and a 40s low tonight. Tuesday's 52 high at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. 5 a.m. Morris downtown 45, 10:15 a.m. 5. Firemen's attorney John Black notes a $40,000 pledge from Northern Petrochemical Co for a new 750-gallon fogger to replace the 11-year-old unit. Rural area group partners with Morris volunteer firemen for two trucks. titles in city name. Planned 1,000-gallon fog truck funded earlier. delivery about a year. If drive fails, risk of fire tax district up to 10 cents per $100. area valued at $133 million could yield $133,000. Fire corporation covers five townships. directors named. resident donations urged. A Jan 31 meeting with industries was set at the Morris fire station.
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Dresden Island
Morris
John Black
Northern Petrochemical Co
Robert Drake
Atty. Black
Morris Volunteer Firemen’s Association
City of
Black
Fire Corporation
Saratoga
Nettle Creek
Erienna
Norman
Wauponsee
Aux Sable
Goose Lake
Minooka
Coal City
Pwper
Gordon Telfer
Rte. 2
Frank Warriner
Rte. 1
William Limbach
Rte. 5
Wayne Tesdal
Rte. 3
Hendley Matteson
William Smith
Kendall highway plans outlined for Kendall County
Kendall County officials and Yorkville leaders heard Illinois Department of Transportation plans for 1974 to 1978 including U S 34 and Illinois 47 projects. Regional engineer Sigmund Ziejewski cited annual Kendall funding around 350 000 to 400 000 with needs far outstripping available funds. Completed road work from 1966 to 1972 and planned budget shift to July were noted.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Illinois Department of Transportation
Kendall County Board
David H. Sharkey
Country Charm
Sigmund J. Ziejewski
Northest Transportation Region
State Transportation Department
Ziejewski
Illinois 47
Kane County
U. S. 34
Plano
U. S. 52
LaSalle County
Millbrook
Illinois 71
Silver Springs State Park
Ridge Road
Seward Township
Plainfield Road
Illinois
Newark Road
U. S
DeKalb Conty Line
Grundy County
Will County
U. S. 30
Kendall
Oswego
Nixon to lift oil import limits for four months
President Nixon will lift all restrictions on overseas importation of No 2 home heating oil to address a widening fuel shortage. Rep Silvio Conte says quotas would be dropped for four months. Gen George Lincoln will hold a news conference on quotas as shortages spread from the Midwest to the Mid Atlantic and New England.
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Washington
Nixon
Silvio O. Conte
Rmass
Conte
White House
George A. Lincoln
Emer
Gency Preparedness
Midwest
Mid-Atlantic
New England
First 1973 Kendall traffic death in Aurora
Kendall County records the first traffic fatality of 1973 as Javier H Velasques, 26, of 582 S LaSalle St Aurora, who had been in the country one week. He was a passenger in a car driven by Susana Gonzalez, who attempted to pass a truck on US 34 near Richards Rd west of Oswego. The car skidded on ice, struck the truck, left the road, and hit a utility pole. Velasques died at the scene. three others in the truck were uninjured. The body was taken to McKeown Funeral Home Oswego as officials sought to notify relatives in Mexico.
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Burnett
Louise) DeGrush
Depot St
Maron
Herald
Javier H. Velasques
S. LaSalle St
Aurora
Kendall County
Everett McKeown
Richards Rd
Oswego
Susana Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Richard L. Johnson
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Velasques
James Detzler
Burlington Northern Railroad
McKeown Funeral Home
Mexico
Basque Guerrillas Kidnap Industrialist in Spain
Basque guerrillas abducted Felipe Huarte, a 50 year old executive at a major Spanish construction firm, from Pamplona and reportedly took him toward France. ETA demanded about $792,000 for his release. This marked ETA's third kidnapping in two years.
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Pamplona
Spain
France
ETA
Felipe
Huarte
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Continental
T. P. Crane
Dwight Center
NPC
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