Grundy County Chamber Dinner Set at Morris Holiday Inn
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce invites the public to a Saturday night dinner at the Morris Holiday Inn. Joe Schmitz says the evening focuses on fellowship with a 10 minute business segment and a talk by Rev. Charles H. Wiley of Moline. Tickets require reservations by Thursday. an annual 1972 activity report and a new four color brochure will be unveiled.
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Grundy County
Chambers
Chamber of Commerce
Walker vows state aid shift for transit and ethics boost
Springfield Gov Daniel Walker in a state address backs using state motor fuel tax funds for public transportation after local resources run out. He also seeks reforms in school aid formula ethics laws journalist protection and consumer rights plus crime relief and education spending controls. He urged partners in government to cooperate beyond spending.
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Springfield
Ill
Daniel Walker
House
Senate
Walker
Chicago Transit
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
CTA
Illinois
Truck Train Collision on U.S. 66 Near Dwight
A westbound train struck a semi-trailer on U.S. 66 near Dwight at 4 35 am. Paul Crabtree 35 of Lincoln failed to stop when signals flashed due to brake failure. The head brakeman Richard Ferren 31 of Kankakee was injured minor cuts and bruises. Trailer damage estimated at 10000 dollars.
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Penn Central
Dwight
U.S. 66
District 6
Illinois
Paul Crabtree
Lincoln
Ill
Crabtree
Richard Ferren
Kankakee
Cease-fire talks stall as observers delayed in Vietnam
In Saigon cease-fire observer dispatch is delayed amid procedural disputes. South Vietnamese reports show over 250 new violations by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong since Monday noon, down 30 percent from the prior period. Agnew arrived in Saigon on a Southeast Asia tour backing Thieu and rejecting North Vietnamese troop presence. The International Commission could not deploy its seven regional teams due to dispute, while a second North Vietnamese VC delegation lingered in Saigon, avoiding standard arrival formalities.
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Honolulu
U.S. Pacific
U.S
Laos
Cambodia
Spiro T. Agnew
Southeast Asia
Pres
Joint Military Commission
Thieu
Tan Son Nhut
Washburn Named Chair Of House Appropriations Committee
Morris Republican State Rep. James R. Washburn has been chosen chair of the House Appropriations Committee for the 78th General Assembly. Speaker W. Robert Blair praised Washburn as eminently qualified, with deep knowledge of budgeting and appropriations, noting the role is second only to the speakership in authority.
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James R. Washburn
Morris
House Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
W. Robert Blair
Washburn
Weather Outlook and Local Remarks From Illinois Lawmakers
This afternoon will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the 30s. Tonight stays mostly cloudy and warmer with lows in the 20s. Wednesday turns mostly cloudy with a chance of rain and a high in the lower 40s. Weather details include 32 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and 18 to 32 downtown Morris readings. Washburn, a six year lawmaker and former fiscal supervisor, becomes Appropriations Committee leader and pledges strict scrutiny of requests to curb waste and relieve taxpayers.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Hunter remains critical after hunting incident
Steven W. Yuswak, 24, of 1819 South 56th St., Cicero, remained in critical condition this morning from a gunshot wound to the stomach suffered Sunday during a hunting trip with men from the Chicago area near the Lloyd Dean farm in Lisbon Township. The shot, reportedly from a .22 rifle while rabbit hunting, was treated at Morris Hospital by Davis Ambulance. Investigations are being conducted by the Kendall County Sheriff's Department, the Illinois Conservation Department, and the State Police. Authorities were notified at 10:45 a.m. Sunday.
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Steven W. Yuswak
56Th St
Cicero
Kendall County
Yuswak
Chicago
Lloyd Dean
Lisbon Township
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance Service
Kendall County Sheriff's Department
Illinois Conservation Department
State Police
Radiologist Dr George Hord to Speak at Society Meeting
Dr George E Hord radiologist at St Joseph Hospital Joliet and partner in Joliet Radiological Service Corp speaks at Grundy County American Cancer Society meeting at 6 30 p m Wednesday at Gay 90s Coal City on The Philosophy of X Ray Therapy Why We Turn the Machine On He is Will County ACS president and chairman of the public education committee He authored and narrated The Sword of Hope radio series on WJOL weekly Public service feature
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George E. Hord
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Joliet Radiological Service Corp
Grundy County
American Cancer Society
Coal City
Assessment supervisor to retire in Kendall County
LaVerne A. Hanson, Kendall County supervisor of assessments, will retire May 1 after nearly 32 years in the county office. He has served as deputy treasurer, county treasurer and county clerk, and since 1955 as supervisor of assessments. Applications for his successor, with a date by Feb 9, are being sought.
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Yorkville
LaVerne A. Hanson
Kendall
Hanson
Kendall County
Edgar Henricksen
Illinois
Jerald L. Hanson
Bank of
Julie
Charles Shuler
Oswego
Newark voters set February 10 for second tax referendum
Newark Grade School District 66 will hold a second election on February 10 to consider a 30 cent increase in the educational tax, after a 92 cent current rate generated 115,637.50. The proposed 1.22 rate would add 37,707.87 but still leave a 21,701.42 deficit. Polls open noon to 7 p.m. at the Newark Grade School.
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Newark
Board of Education
Set Piche hearing Feb. 7
Preliminary hearing for Betty F. Piche 30 of Somonauk in Kendall County Circuit Court Yorkville is reset for February 7 at 10 a.m. The charges include five counts of murder and one each of armed robbery and theft tied to the December 29 Pine Village Steak House killings north of Yorkville. Her hearing was postponed after a witness could not appear. Carl Reimann’s preliminary hearing was held Thursday.
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Yorkville
Betty F. Piche
Somonauk
Kendall County
Carl Reimann
Pine Village
Dallas Ingemunson
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