Lyons attend Skylab rollout amid Apollo and NASA plans
Morris residents Arthur and Florence Lyons joined their daughter in Cocoa Florida for the first rollout of a Skylab vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center to Launch Pad 39B. They witnessed the Saturn IB carrying a boilerplate and noted NASA's shift toward practical space use.
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Arthur
Florence Lyons
Morris
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Lyons
Cocoa
Fla
John F. Kennedy Space Center
E. I. DuPont
Seneca
Florence
Skylab Orbital
Pad B
Robert C. Hock
Earth
Charles C. Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Space Station
Fremont Ave
Skylab
Complex 39
FPB sewer billing plan discussed with city officials
Don Marth FPB general manager and James Starkweather FPB chief engineer met with Morris city officials to review a proposed wastewater billing plan. Industries would pay a standard water rate plus a sewage treatment charge based on flow and BOD, with plant capacity near 80 percent due to FPB effluent.
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Don Marth
Federal Paper Board
James Starkweather
FPB
Mountvale N.J
First National Bank
Environmental Protection Agency
Starkweather
Morris
Marth and
Weather forecast calls for 40s to 50s with sun
Warmer temperatures are expected starting today with highs in the 40s and rising to the upper 40s or lower 50s by Thursday. Sunny today with fair conditions Thursday and a 5 percent chance of precipitation this afternoon and tonight. Dresden Lock and Dam reported a high of 33 and a low of 21 on Tuesday, with 7 am reading at 25 degrees and a trace of precipitation.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Wilmington youth killed in Will Grundy Rd crash
Thomas B. Feeney 18 of 916 Washington St Wilmington died after a one car crash on Will Grundy Rd north of River Bridge at 10 p m Tuesday Gregory Van Duyne 18 of 1518 Charlotte was driving and hospitalized with injuries He was ticketed for speed to avoid an accident Feeney a Wilmington High School senior is survived by his parents two sisters and two brothers Services will be announced by Des Rocher's funeral home.
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Illinois State Police
First National Bank of
Halterman
Thomas B. Feeney
Washington St
Wilmington
Will- Grundy Rd
River Bridge
Grundy County
Grundy County Court
Sheriff’s Office
Coal City
Olson
Arco
Feeney
Wilmington High School
William Feeney
Virginia Nelson
New Lenox
Barbara Dyer
Clark
Florida
Michael
Des Rocher
St. Rose Catholic Church
Fire at Safari grocery in Yorkville handled quickly
A roofing fire at the Safari grocery store near Countryside shopping center at the U.S. 34 and Illinois 47 intersection was put out by local fire departments Tuesday afternoon. A store spokesman said there was no damage or loss of business.
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Yorkville
Safari Grocery
Countryside
U.S. 34
Illinois 47
Absent ballots for Mazon Verona Kinsman district available
Absent ballots for the February 10 Mazon Verona Kinsman community unit school district are available at the office of Arthur Meadors superintendent of the Grundy County educational service region in the courthouse. Voters should apply with Meadors.
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Mazon - Verona - Kinsman Community Unit
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Nixon Announces Vietnam Peace Pact End To War
President Nixon states all conditions for peace with honor are met and announces a Vietnam accord to end America's longest war. The plan calls for cease fire, release of prisoners within 60 days, and withdrawal of U.S. forces, with Thieu welcoming the agreement.
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Nixon
Vietnam
America
Paris
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Capitol Dome
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Indochina
William P. Rogers
North Vietnam
Saigon
Scouts Attend Meeting in Gardner City Report
A Gardner village report shows $1 014 54 in motor fuel tax receipts for December. Three Boy Scouts Donnie Berglund Stephen Perkins and Rick Hillman attended as guests. Hillman plans interior remodeling of the Scout Cabin to meet government standards as a polling place. Absentee ballots for the February 27 city primary are available at the city clerk's office 222 Wauponsee St. starting Monday.
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Gardner
Donnie Berglund
Stephen Perkins
Rick Hillman
Wauponsee St
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