Ulasewicz details erratic Watergate money drops and code names
Former New York police officer Anthony Ulasewicz testified in Senate hearings about a covert scheme to move funds to Watergate defendants and their lawyers. He described cash drops, coded identities Novak and Rivers, and payments totaling hundreds of thousands including to Mrs. Hunt and to G. Gordon Liddy, with the operation beginning June 29, 1972 at the Statler Hilton and concluding with a payoff to William C. Bittman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Senate
Anthony T. Ulasewicz
Herbert W. Kalbach
Nixon
Ulasewicz
E. Howard Hunt
Hurt
William C. Bittman
G. Gordon Liddy
Frederick C. LaRue
Watergate
Kalmbach
Democratic Party
Kalm
Douglas Caddy
Residents oppose Hornsby proposed 80 000 square foot store
Morris Planning Commission heard objections from nearly 30 Beatty Subdivision residents at a public hearing over Century Wholesale seeking to rezone 6 acres from B I to B III for an 80 000 square foot store west of Illinois 47 and north of U S 6. The panel postponed decision to review testimony with an ill consultant.
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Hornsby’s
Illinois 47
U.S. 6
Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
Beatty
Century Wholesale
Planning Commission
Eugene Hickey
George St
Tom Cwik
Lisbon Road
Black St
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Saratoga Sets Bond Referendum For November Ninth
The Saratoga School Board set November 9 as the date for a bond referendum to fund an estimated 950000 building program. The board unanimously authorized its attorney to prepare necessary papers. They also approved the tentative 1973-74 budget with a 47956.96 increase in the education fund and discussed state aid uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saratoga School Board of Education
Knott Indicted in Fiester Murder Case
Kendall County Grand Jury indicted Thomas Edward Knott of Aurora on a June 13 1972 murder charge in the beating death of Oswego Township resident James L. Fiester. Fiester was found dead in his Wolf s Crossing Harvey Road home living room.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Thomas Edward Knott
Aurora
Knott
Oswego Township
James L. Fiester
Wolf’s Crossing
Harvey Road
Fiester
Weather forecast notes heat and humidity with scattered storms
Mostly sunny and very warm today with a high in the upper 80s. Tonight will be fair and warm with a low in the lower 70s. Thursday looks partly cloudy hot and humid with a chance of thunderstorms by afternoon or evening and a lower 90s high. Past readings show Tuesday's high 87 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and low 62. morning temperatures 67 downtown at 7am and 83 at 10:45am in Morris.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Yorkville council creates utilities post and ponders street plans
The Yorkville City Council formed a general superintendent of utilities position to be filled by James Price with Ralph E. Pfister and Fred O. Christian named to water sewer and street supervision. They also approved parking rules on River Street, three way stop signs at Church and River, and consider widening River Street. Fremont Street closure for normal traffic was approved with emergency access. A no outlet sign was proposed for Morgan Street and grain truck parking issues discussed. A pre annexation deal for land south of Illinois 47 was denied. Police purchase of a radar unit ISPERN receiver and portable radio, about 2000 dollars, was approved along with a 3829 dollar revenue share check.
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U.S. 6
Bowling Alley
Tastee Freez
Charles Butterfield
Echo Bowling Lanes
Hornsby’s
Butterfield
Hatchery
Hornsby
Bussey
Berdean Jorgenson
George St
Jorgenson
Morris
Yorkville
James Price
Water, Sewer and Street Department
River St
Illinois 47
Church St
Church and
River Sts
Fox River
Fremont St
Jackson
Park Sts
Richard Ellis
Morgan St
West Hydraulic St
Dale Kissel
Illinois State Police
Ispern
Chicago expressway work slows traffic into Loop
Chicago expressways and the Tri State Tollway undergo trenching and lane closures this week. Dan Ryan southbound lane between 7th and 9th streets closed 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. Tri State Tollway shows two of three lanes closed in each direction 9 a.m. to 5 a.m. through today.
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Chicago
Loop
State Highway Department
Tri-State Tollway
Dan Ryan
TriState Tollway
Fires destroy garage and home in Channahon incidents
Two Channahon volunteer firefighters sustained minor arm burns while battling a garage fire on Canal Road near Interstate 55. The garage owned by Charles Dixon and part of his house were damaged, with the blaze estimated at $3,000. Shortly after, a vacant house on Bridge Street, owned by Jewel Morris, burned to total loss. arson was suspected and under investigation.
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Channahon
Dennis Randolph
Lowell Johnson
Canal Rd
West Side
Interstate 55
Charles Dixon
Bridge St
Jewel Morris
Mahattan
Don Montgomery
Zoning Inquiries Raise Conformity Concerns In Morris
Tuesday Morris Planning Commission discussed plans at 755 W. Jackson St for replacing a torn down non conforming house owned by Grundy County Circuit Clerk Robert Williamson. They also reviewed a Maple Drive garage built beyond front yard setbacks and considered a gravel lot surfacing issue at Washington and Division Sts for Grundy County National Bank.
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Morris Planning Commission
Grundy County
Robert Williamson
W. Jackson St
Clyde Baker
Austin Bollen
Maple Drive
Moose Subdivision
Baker
Bolen
Kenneth Sereno
Zoning Board of Appeals
Grundy County National Bank
Washington and
Division Sts
Sereno
Coal City Cyclist Involved In Route 55 Crash
Dean H. Veronda, 20, of Coal City, was listed in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after his motorcycle left west Frontage Road near Interstate 55 at 3 40 p m. Police say he apparently fell asleep on the curve, struck a guard rail opening, and rolled into a ditch. He was taken to the hospital by Tri County Ambulance.
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Dean H. Veronda
Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Blodgett Road
District 5
Veronda
St. Joseph Hospial
Tri- County Ambulance Service
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Tam
Bittman
Armak
Armak Company
Tabler Road
Don Buchanan
Herald
Harold Carlson
Jergen
Jergenson
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Saratoga
Robert Chord
Saratoga School District No
Chord
Mattei Music Shop of
Cummings Music Center
Veranda Music
Store of
Kankakee
Borens Insurance Agency
Illinois Association of School Boards
County Film Library
Dale
Anne) Barr
Diane Vacca
Philip Zink
Larry Kingman
Noel Holman
Thomas Hart
Robert Craig
Robert Hecht
Art Black
Wests Cafe
Liberty
H. B. Price Co. Inc
Ralph E. Pfister
Fred O. Christian
Richard Vaughn
Beard
Thiris Smith
Gary Phillips
William Button
David W. Grant
Norman
Okla
Channahon Garage
C.C
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