Record ransom payment reported in Thompson kidnapping
Argentine sources say Firestone paid a record ransom for John R. Thompson president of Firestone Argentina. No official confirmation yet as Thompson remains missing three days after his June 18 abduction. Government actions include seeking hijackers’ return from Cuba after the Havana landing.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co
John R. Thompson
Firestone
Cleveland
Ohio
Thompson
Chile
Latin America
Brazil
Cuba
Hector J. Campora
Havana
Caterpillar Talks Open UAW Bargaining Session
United Auto Workers and Caterpillar set opening talks in Peoria with 24 member national committee led by Leonard Woodcock and Pat Greathouse. European observers Fernard Decoster Albert Mercier Ken Baker and Burton Bendiner may attend as negotiators cover 33 000 workers across Aurora Davenport Decatur York Mento Denver and Peoria plants under the central labor agreement expiring in October.
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Peoria, Ill
United Auto Workers
Tractor Co
Monay
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Pat Greathouse
Tractor and Heavy Equipment
European Union
Fernard Decoster
Metalworkers
Albert Mercier
Federation of Metalworkers of
France
Ken Baker
General Municipal Workers Union of Great Britain
Burton Bendiner
Geneva
Switzerland
International Metalworkers Federation
Aurora
Ill
Davenport
Iowa
Decatur
York
Mentor
Ohio
Denver
Colo
Peoria
Vote Ends Impeachment Trial for President Johnson
Sen Edmund G Ross of Kansas cast the decisive vote that cleared President Andrew Johnson of impeachment charges in 1868.
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Edmund G. Ross
Kansas
Andrew Johnson
AIDS group posts $300 informant reward in Grundy County
At a Thursday meeting the Grundy County Chapter of A I D S voted to pay a 300 dollar reward for information leading to a drug pusher's conviction in Grundy County. This is the second 1973 reward, said A I D S president W R Lumry. In the first six months of 1973 ten calls were made to the local AIDS office.
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Grundy County
A.I.D.S
Anti-Illicit Drugs In Society
W. R. Lumry
Cattle and Hog Market Report and A I D S Update
Joliet market reports cattle trading active with higher for steers and heifers while cows and bulls steady. hogs down slightly with various weight classes listed. Notes include law enforcement info tips, A I D S posters in Grundy County, fund contributions of 1204.18, and contact details for the program run from Morris and Grundy County Chamber offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet, Ill
USDA
Corn Prices and Wheat Quotes From Chicago
AP prices show No 2 soft red wheat at 2.84 and No 2 hard red at 2.74. No 2 yellow corn trades at 2.20 and No 2 yellow corn Thursday at 2.25. Soybeans No 1 yellow 6.50 and oats No 2 extra heavy white 0.90.
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Chicago
Pichon Jr. Released on Bond After Improper Lane Charge
John A. Pichon Jr. was jailed after being charged with improper lane usage and driving without a valid license. Coal City Patrolman John Price stopped him on S Broadway at 2 05 a m Wednesday. He posted 25 dollar bond and is to appear in court Monday.
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John A. Pichon Jr
Grundy County
Coal City
John Price
Price
Pichon
S. Broadway
Sharp rise in wholesale prices fuels inflation concerns
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 2.4 percent jump in June wholesale prices, the sharpest since January 1951, driven by farm product costs. Unemployment fell to 4.8 percent, while President Nixon announced a 60 day price freeze across wholesale, retail and manufacturing sectors.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Nixon
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Unit District No 2 Chooses Name
The board designated Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Community Unit District No 2 as the official name and set office location near the high school. William S. Lynch named new unit district superintendent with a three year contract at 22 000 dollars plus 500 travel expenses for 1973 74. Mrs Evelyn Griglione to be bookkeeper and Duane Heron admin assistant.
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Mazon - Verona - Kinsman
William S. Lynch
Supt. Lynch
Evelyn Griglione
Duane Heron
Mazon
Agnes Thorson
William K. Murray
Indianola
Ill
Aileen Wright
Verona
Beulah Wallin
Kinsman
Atty. Eugene Hayes
Ruth Melton
Wilma Voigts
Juanita Blake
Morris
Susan Mulhall
Kathleen Sullivan
Dwight
Dennis R. Finch
Mazon State Bank
Verona Exchange Bank
Paul Simpson
Steven Marshall
Supt
Lynch
Robert Williams
Robert Gallup
Norman R. Madison
Hugh E. Phelan
Edwin Walker
Donald Baker
Phyllis Breisch
Baker and
Phelan
Madison
Gallup and
Walker
Delinquent Bills Lead to Two Grundy County Suits
Two lawsuits filed in Grundy County Circuit Court seek payment of delinquent bills. Weber Excavating Co. claims $10,658.98 owed from Campbell Lowrie Lautermilch Corp. on two contracts totaling $118,973.93. Hanson & Hanson represents Weber. Wayne Trenter sues Morris Trucking Co. Inc. owner Thomas Bryant for $1,361.81 for diesel fuel supplied Feb 17 to June 24, 1971. Black & Black represents Trenter.
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Grundy County
Frank Weber
Armstrong St
Weber Excavating Co
Campbell- Lowrie-Lautermilch Corp
Nettletown Village
Weber Construction
Weber
John V. Hanson
Hanson & Hanson Law Firm
Wayne Trenter
Wauponsee St
Thomas K. Bryant
Morris Trucking Co., Inc
Trenter
Bryant
George Black
Black & Black Law Firm
City Receives May Tax Distribution Totals
The City of Morris got 10 595 16 from state income tax for May. Grundy County received 11 508 35 of 33 271 41 paid to county agencies, with several municipalities listed including Coal City 3 818 53 and Gardner 1 522 38.
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Morris
Springfield
Grundy
Braceville
Carbon Hill
Coal City
Diamond
East Brooklyn
Ejileen
Gardner
Kinsman
Mazon
Minooka
South Wilmington
Verona
Mechanics call for CTA strike in Chicago
A mechanics strike is called for Monday against the Chicago Transit Authority amid financial troubles. George Tapling, president of the Metal Trades Council, cites failure of 12 unions to secure a new wage agreement and notes lawmakers have not provided the needed subsidy to solve the CTA crisis.
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Chicago
Chicago Transit Authority
George Tapling
The
Metal Trades Council
CTA
Tapling
Federal grant aids Momence sewage treatment project
A federal grant of 1.637 million dollars from the Environmental Protection Agency was awarded to Momence Illinois for a sewage treatment program. The announcement was made on Thursday.
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Momence, Ill
Momence
Environmental Protection Agency
Joliet Youth Freed After Jail Curfew Charge
Pat Coley age 17 from 172 Woodlawn Ave Joliet was released today after three days in Grundy County Jail on a curfew violation. Judge Robert Malmquist vacated an order requiring his parents to pick him up at the jail. Coley was arrested by Police Sgt Max Babcock Tuesday at 1 34 a m in front of Walt s Arco station on Illinois 47 at Interstate 80.
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Pat Coley
Woodlawn Ave
Joliet
Grundy County
Robert Malmquist
Coley
Max Babcock
Walt
Arco Station
Illinois 47
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Tarama
Bob Whalen
KRY
Tale Mac Ae Co
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Doug Brooks
Jerry Murphy
Bill Ferguson
Frank Scarcelli
Robert Surman
Angelo Gotti
Paul Pierce
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