Retiring Grundy County educator Arthur Meadors feted
educators honor Arthur Meadors at Shabbona School for 41 years in Grundy County education. Randall Highsmith presented a plaque and a film, plus a scrap book of letters compiled by Morris teachers. Donald Kaufman handed a copy of the original Morris FFA charter from 1939. Meadors recalled cooperation and service across 41 years.
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Grundy County
Shabbona School
Arthur Meadors
Randall Highsmith
Coal City Unit District No. 1
Meadors
Highsmith
Odesco Film Library
Mabel Allen
Ethel Watts
Morris Community High School
Mazon
MCHS
Coal City Unit
Herald
Riots in Rhodesia End With Police Killings and Calm Returns
In Salisbury police shot and killed 13 rioters and wounded 28 as clashes between Zimbabwe African National Union and Zimbabwe African Peoples Union raged. Three officers were hospitalized. By midmorning townships calmed, debris was cleared, and authorities planned a bridge project on LaSalle Road in Vienna Township with a month long closure.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Centre Party
Rhodesia Party
Zimbabwe African National Union
Zimbabwe African Peoples Union
The
African National Council
Ian Smith
Council
Joshua Nkomo
Moderate Peoples Union
LaSalle Rd
Waupecan Rd
Grand Ridge Rd
Vienna Township
Hog Run Creek
Four Men Arrested For Marijuana Possession In Grundy Morris
Deputies stopped a 1965 Ford on Nettle School Road and found marijuana on the driver’s seat after a routine license check. Manuel Valdez, Glen Shelton, Donald Sanches, and Thomas Posey were released on $1,000 recognizance bonds.
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Grundy County
Odom
Weather Outlook and May Heat Record Amid Flood Drawdown
Forecast calls for variable clouds with a chance of showers and storms tonight and a sunny warmer Tuesday with highs near 77. Weekend rainfall totaled 1.86 inches, May rainfall 5.60 inches. May 20 tied the 1942 heat record at 96 degrees while the river, after flood stage, begins falling.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
May
Two-car crash on I-80 injures Joliet man
Robert Glover, 32, Joliet, treated and released at Morris Hospital after a 3:30 a.m. I-80 collision two miles west of Illinois 47. Passenger in Robert Riehl's 1974 Ford, Riehl cited for for speeding. Forrest Chapman, 28, Dwight, minor injuries. improper parking cited. Cars towed to Clark's I-80 Texaco in Morris.
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Robert Glover
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Illinois
Glover
Robert Riehl
Crest Hill
Riehl
Forrest Chapman
Dwight
Chapman
Clark
Morris
Public hearing on two zoning petitions in Morris Illinois
Morris Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the First National Bank community room 220 West Main Street on two zoning petitions including a conditional permit for an extra drive in facility at the bank and a rezoning request for land west of Illinois 47 south of Mr Quick's and the Eagle shopping center from R V to R III L.
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First National Bank of Morris
Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank
Main St
William Spellisg
Atty
S. J. Holderman
Illinois 47
Mr. Quick
Eagle
Rockefeller says CIA broke law but not large scale crime
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller summarized the Rockefeller Commission findings. He said the CIA violated statutes in places but did not engage in massive illegal domestic spying, while urging safeguards for the future. Ronald Reagan noted some violations but supported a strong counterintelligence effort.
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Washington
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Central Intelligence Agency
Rockefeller Commission
CIA
Ford
Rockefeller
Commission
California
Ronald Reagan
CBS
Six Trapped Oil Rig Divers Probe Air Pocket
Divers searched for six men believed trapped in an air pocket aboard a capsized oil rig off Grand Isle Louisiana. Coast Guard said a door to quarters was found and attempts to breach it with underwater torches while surface search teams and four divers in the water assisted.
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Grand Isle
UPI
Coast Guard
Terry Hart
Ken Freeze
Freeze
Louisiana
Ern
Progress Marine, Inc
Morgan City
Gulf
Yorkville OKs 84 apartments on 12 acres under original zoning
Yorkville City Council cleared a hurdle for Loren Miller to finish a 84 unit apartment project on 12 acres east of Illinois 47 after EPA limits and a zoning change were resolved. Building permits will be issued. council cites acquired permit authority after substantial developer expenditure.
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Yorkville
Miller
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Fred Dickson
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Kendall County
Oswego
Plano
Ellsworth Windett Insurance
Dale Woodworth
Yorkville Plan Commission
East Alley
Robert Stone
Jaycees
Extend tax bill deadline for Grundy County 1974
Grundy County tax bills for 1974 are mailed by treasurer Betty Olson. First installment due July 1 with 1 percent interest per month after. Second real estate installment due Sept 1 with 1 percent interest after. Total bills: 13 580 real estate and 771 personal. total to be collected about 12.33 million. The county rate rose from .431 to .444. Single rate sheets replace booklets to save postage and printing.
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Betty Olson
Grundy County
Olson
Guns Stolen From Mobile Home Park In Gardner Area
Grundy County Sheriff's deputies report multiple thefts including two handguns from a home in Bookwalter Woods Mobile Home Park near Gardner. An 82 year old resident and a house lockup were cited, with the burglary occurring between Friday night and early Sunday.
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Grundy County
Sheriff’s Department
Bookwalter Woods
Gardner
William Allan
Camelot
Sheriff's Department
Curt Leach
Robert Gilbertson
Charles
Kennedy urges U S arms to Israel after Mid East tour
Sen Edward M Kennedy returning from a 10 day trip to Israel and Arab nations said the United States must supply Israel with arms to defend itself and take a major role to guarantee peace. He called the Middle East the nation's top policy issue and said leaders view Washington as a key to resolving the conflict.
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Waltham, Mass
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Middle East
United States
Israel
Kennedy
Mideast
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