Warning on typhoid in Mexico travel advisory issued
Dr Franklin D. Yoder of the Illinois Department of Public Health warns travelers to Mexico to avoid tap water due to a typhoid outbreak in four Mexican states and Mexico City. He says risk to U.S. visitors is minimal but recommends boiled or bottled drinks and hot foods, plus vaccination or boosters before travel.
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Springfield
Mexico
Franklin D. Yoder
Illinois Department of Public Health
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Yoder
Mexican States
Hidalgo
Pachuca
Tlaxcala
Puebla
State of Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Jail terms for auto tampering at Paramount skating rink
Two youths charged with tampering with a motor vehicle at the Paramount Skating Rink on Bedford Road April 16 were sentenced to 10 days in Grundy County jail. Michael W. Dimond 17 of Peru and Thomas Roach of Mendota received consecutive sentences after guilty pleas. Dimond is unemployed Roach works full time on third shift and will serve four weekends. The case arose after Roach opened a wing window and Dimond reached into the car owned by Mrs. Ann Skopes. nothing was taken.
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Paramount Skating Rink
Bedford Road
Grundy County
Michael W. Dimond
Peru
Thomas Roach
Mendota
Robert Wren
Dimond
Richard Wilder
Roach
Ann Skopes
Beginning of space and stormy Java island fact
Space begins where Earth's atmosphere is too thin to affect objects moving through it about 100 miles above Earth. Java lies in the region with the world’s greatest thunderstorm activity, experiencing at least 223 storm days annually.
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Space
Earth
Java
SEMCO appeals injunction over sludge spread in Norman Township
Briefs in the appeal of Soil Enrichment Materials Corp. SEMCO against an injunction issued in July by Chief Justice Thomas Clydesdale. The company, represented by Joliet attorney Richard Buck, filed in Grundy County with State’s Atty. Richard Wilder noting 30 days to answer. The injunction barred spreading liquid sludge from the Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District on Norman Township farmland. SEMCO then appealed to the Appellate Court of the Third Judicial District in Ottawa.
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Soil Enrichment Materials Corp
SEMCO
Aarictudge
Thomas Clydesdale
Richard Buck
Joliet
Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary District
Norman Township
Appellate Court
Third Judicial District
Ottawa
State park campgrounds upgrade raises fees and status
Four Illinois state parks Ferne Clyffe Giant City Red Hills and Ramsey Lake gain Class A campground status with new facilities and higher daily fees rising to 3 dollars from June 1. Youth charges apply 10 cents per person with a 1 dollar minimum. groups of 25 or more require a park ranger permit. Pets on leash while in park areas.
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Springfield
Ferne Clyffe
Johnson County
Giant City
Jackson
Union Counties
Red Hills
Lawrence County
Ramsey Lake
Fayette County
Ronald D. Johnson
Division of Parks and Memorials
Department of Conservation
Johnson
Stone sale to pay pledges by W Clement Stone
Chicago AP. Millionaire philanthropist W Clement Stone and his wife will sell more than 1 million Combined Insurance shares valued at 31.8 million and indirect holdings worth 17.6 million to fund charity commitments and taxes. The sale reduces their stake in Combined Registry by 175 000 shares and trims 458 757 by 175 000.
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Chicago
Combined Insurance Co. of America
W. Clement Stone
Stone
Combined Insurance
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington
W. Clement
Immaculate Conception School Graduation Celebrates 29 Students
Immaculate Conception School held eighth grade graduation for 29 pupils with a Friday party and a Saturday Graduation Mass. Four students won Environmental Control speech contest trophies. seventeen graduates earned scholastic honors from American Legion Post 294 and nearby districts.
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Immaculate Conception School
Liz Cwik
Erin Davisson
Steve Provancal
Kevin Vacca
Ladies J. S.’s
American Legion Post
Shabbona
Saratoga
Nettle Creek
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Minooka Lions Club
Gail Durkee
Janet Kruger
Sharon Fatlan
LuAnn Springer
Martha Underhill
Mary Sue Nichols
Sherman Tweet
A. L. Mattingly
Joy Woodhead
Roy Wright
Lions
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
No Name
SHINE
Jet
LaSalle
Sun
Bto
SAT. & Sun
Ye Fried Chicken Co
Dkc
Dial
Snoopy
Charlie Brown
Morris Daily Herald
Division of Education
State Office
Ill
Marine Corps
U. S. Marine Corps
Congress
Marine Corps Recruiting Office
East van Buren St
Marie Andrews
Mike Bohlen
Mike Broderick
Bill Broderick
Michaeline Cheshareck
Colleen Close
Brian Connor
Ketra Cryder
Kevin Davisson
Steve Dolezal
Lynn Hansen
Don Harper
Collette Herrington
Mark Limbach
Debra Maskel
Mike Morral
Regina Pellegrini
Steve Prombo
Jean Ragan
Bill Steele
Jeff Struck
Mike Viner
Kathy Wilder
Carla Wooldridge
John Zumbahlen
Las Vegas
Clinton
Riverside
Route
Morris
Tomatic
Polaroid
Polaroid Corporation
RTE
Liberty
Waverly
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