Illinois firms plan expansion in northern region survey
One of 10 large firms in northern Illinois plans to expand, with 2.5 percent eyeing relocation and 1.7 percent to phase out, based on a three year survey of about a quarter of Commonwealth Edison’s 80 000 largest customers. Most anticipate no change and comments warn of a decaying business climate.
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Wth Energy
Gro
Commonwealth Edison
Northern Illinois Service
Edison
City of
Chicago
Northern
Illinois
John Eilering
Commonwealth Edison Co
Eilering
Firemen hospitalized after Benton plastic plant blaze
Two Benton Illinois firemen were overcome while battling a blaze in a mixing chamber at a plastic pipe plant. Steve Biggs, 21, was listed in satisfactory condition and Richard Dale, 27, treated for heat exhaustion. Biggs reportedly inhaled fumes from a cyanide gas used in the process.
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Benton, Ill
UPI
Steve Biggs
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Richard Dale
Paul Rogers
Biggs
Rogers
Phillip Cooper
Drainage Engineering Co
Cooper
Dale
Capitol workers suspended after basement dice raid
Ten Capitol maintenance workers in Springfield were suspended for five days after a raid on a basement dice game in the Capitol cafeteria. The operation reportedly handled thousands of dollars, with twenty dollar bills scattered on the floor and the game running like a regular payday.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Capitol
Michael Howlett
Norbert Johnson
Howlett
Secretary of State
Johnson
Commodity speculation threat to economic recovery looms
ANTHONY NICHOLAS reports that AMEX Bank warns commodity price inflation could derail the ongoing global recovery. Rising raw material costs and market frenzy push copper, silver, zinc, tin, coffee and cocoa higher, risking imported inflation similar to 1972–73.
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Anthony Nicholas London
UPI
Amex Bank
American Express Co
Crash Kills Woman and Her Infant Son in Ill Road Collision
A wrong lane head on crash on Illinois 460 in Mascoutah killed Rose Menke 31 New Athens and her 2 month old son Jamie. The driver of the other car Mark Schwahn 17 also died and Menke’s other son Marvin Jr 8 was treated at St Elizabeth's Hospital Belleville.
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Mascoutah
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Rose Menke
New Athens
Jamie
Marvin Menke Jr
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Belleville
Mark Schwahn
Sporting Goods Want Ad Offer Emerges
A local notice invites readers to sell used sporting goods via a Want Ad calling 942 3221. The terse plea encourages trying a new approach to move items quickly through classified advertising.
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Dial
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Capitol Complex
Lou Gehrig
Grundy Speedway
Grundy County Fairgrounds
FBI
DAR
Morris, Ill
Colombia
Talty Chevrolet
General Motors
Jack Viner
E. Jackson
Mopris
Joliet Federal
Joliet
Perra, Savings and Loan Association
Scott St
Jefferson St
Jefferson Square
Marben
the Store For Men & Boys
Liberty St. Morris
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