Grundy County Farm Census Shows Growth in 1969 Averages
Grundy County farms rose from 817 to 827 between 1964 and 1969 with total acreage up to 235 633 and average 284 9 acres per farm. Land and building values climbed from 124 175 to 170 242 per farm while per acre value advanced to 597 42. Total cropland in 1969 reached 209 674 acres on 807 farms, with harvested cropland at 169 690 acres on 792 farms. Four farms irrigated a 1969 with 182 acres. Operators aged 49 3 average, and more worked off the farm in 1969 than in 1964.
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Arlene Bennyhoff
Grundy County
Bureau of the Census
Braceville Man Dies After Braceville Road Crash
Fred Hooper 69 of Braceville died from fractured ribs and internal injuries after a two vehicle collision on Dondanville Road at 2 40 p m Friday He was taken to St Joseph Hospital Joliet where he died about 4 40 p m Mrs Dora Lestina 50 of Braidwood and 3 year old Barney Faletti Jr were treated and released Hooper born December 24 1901 in Braceville retired from Joliet Arsenal Surviving include his wife a step daughter three sisters and two brothers.
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Patterson Funeral Home
Braidwood
Oakwood
Wilmington
Fred Hooper
Braceville
Dondanville Road
Dora Lestina
Barney Faletti Jr
Hooper
St. Joseph Hospital
Patterson
Lestina
Faletti
Wise Ford
William Button
Evert Poyner
James Gretencord
Joliet Arsenal
Armentia
Frances D. Adams
Mary Hooper
Wilson
Irene) Wren
Morris
Bernard
Ester) Kavanaugh
George
Rantoul
Dighton
Second Ferracuti family tragedy shocks Ottawa community
Tragedy struck the Peter Ferracuti family of Ottawa for the second time in less than a year when the couple’s 10-year-old daughter became dizzy while riding her bicycle Thursday evening.
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Peter Ferracuti
Ottawa
Atty
Weather and death notices from LaSalle County Illinois
Weather forecast for Illinois toward Tuesday with cool temperatures and 70s to 80s highs. Reports of two deaths in Ottawa area: 12 year old David Ferracuti died swimming on July 18, and Debra Ferracuti suffered dizziness while biking, autopsy pending. Funeral arrangements set for Debra with Trinity Lutheran Church services. Burial at Oakwood Memorial Park. visitation today at Hulse Funeral Home.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Ayburn Hospital
David John Ferracuti
LaSalle County Sheriff's Department
Debra Lynn Ferracuti
Congress St
Ottawa Fire Department
Sheriff's Department
Gladfelter Funeral Home
Ottawa
Trinity Lutheran Church
Robert Moritz
Hulse Funeral Home
Oakwood Memorial Park
Debra Lynn
Peter
Carolyn (Joneson) Ferracuti
Drew
Dana
Riot police suppress disturbance in Oxnard colonia area
In Oxnard California riot clad officers arrested 19 juveniles and 20 adults after a disturbance in the colonia district left stores looted a bank school and pharmacy firebombed and officers pelted with rocks. Police said 100 to 150 youths were involved with tense exchanges that began after a planned police rally failed to materialize.
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Oxnard
Calif
Antipolice
Cooper Avenue
Educator Named South Wilmington Superintendent
Raymond Zierman, 45, former administrator in Romeoville and Deerfield, was hired as superintendent of South Wilmington Grade School District No. 74. He replaces Terrence Sorensen and will begin on a one-year contract at 14500 dollars. He is married with six children and active in Joliet Toastmasters.
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South Wilmington
Raymond Zierman
Valley View
Romeoville
Deerfield
Board of Education
Terrence Sorensen
Coal City Community Unit
Joliet Junior College
Lewis College
DePaul University
Zierman
Joliet
Michael
Patricia
James
John
Anne
Joseph
Sorensen
Saigon renews cease fire push for reunification elections
The Saigon government renews a 1969 cease fire and general elections proposal aimed at reunification with the North. The Foreign Ministry communique marks Geneva’s 1954 anniversary and urges negotiations under international supervision as Washington notes no new elements so far.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
U.S
South Vietnam
Paris
Dent Nixon
China
Roy W. Johnson
United States
Johnson
State Department
Washington
Foreign Ministry
Indochina
Vietnam
North
Tion
Nguyen van Thieu
Iraq Jordan Rift as Hussein Forces Push in Palestine Fight
The Associated Press reports Iraq breaks diplomatic relations with Jordan while Hussein’s army advances against Palestinian guerrillas. Sudan denounces Jordanian repression and Cairo papers accuse Hussein of serving Israeli interests. Iraq and Sudan urge Arab nations to isolate Jordan. Egypt offers no official statement as Sadat mediates.
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Associated Press
Iraq
Jordan
Hussein
Sudan
Cairo
Egypt
Anwar Sadat
Three Aurora residents face Kendall County marijuana charges
Two men and a woman from Aurora were arrested after sheriff deputies found them harvesting wild marijuana in a Kendall County field. Bonds were set at 10 000 dollars each for Carolyn Green Richard Smith and William Welsch with court hearings scheduled before Judge Robert Sears. State police will analyze plant samples. Some private property areas had been sprayed to destroy remaining plants.
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Aurora
Kendall County
Carolyn Green
Richard Smith
William Welsch
Welsch
Smith
Sears
Atty
Dallas
Ingemason
Crash Kills 3 from Lockport in Interstate 57 Fire
A Lockport mother Mrs. Robert Johnson and two of her children died in an early flaming crash on Interstate 57 in Mattoon Illinois. Four other relatives were injured including Robert Johnson 24 in critical condition Lulu 19 Robert Jr 7 and Cynthia Collins.
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Mattoon
Ill
Lockport
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Lulu
Robert Jr
Cynthia Collins
Zoning Variance Requested for Two-Car Garage in Morris
The Morris Zoning Board of Appeals will hear a variance request at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Morris City Hall. William McElwain seeks relief to rebuild a two-car garage after his one-car structure was destroyed by fire last year with testimony for and against the petition.
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E. Jefferson St
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris City Hall
William McElwain
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Morris Daily Herald
Illinois River
James Barr
Illinois 47
Barr
Knight
UNION
California
ADM
Cargill
Continental
Illinois Grain
Earl Ripsch
Herald
S. Wilmington
Kendall
Crash
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