Cabaret Restaurant and Lounge prepares grand opening
The Cabaret Restaurant and Lounge opens in Morris at 112 E Washington St within the downtown mall area. Manager Dave Smith says business is strong since last Friday and plans live entertainment and new drinks as H B Price Corp of Joliet owns the Cabaret with offices in Morris.
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Morris
E. Washington St
New Orleans
Dave Smith
Smith
Joan
Nettletown Dr
H.B. Price Corp. of
Joliet
Gwen Larson
Rte. 1
G. M. Kelly
Herald
Son reunites with mother after 26 years in Orlando
Vera List in Orlando receives a German letter from her son Manfred born August 23 1944 who had believed she was dead since 1945. He and his wife and child planned to visit and List and her husband Everett List worked extra to raise $1000 for travel to Orlando.
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Orlando
Fla
Vera List
Manfred
United States
Mrs. List
Warm southwest flow builds steamy Illinois weather
A warm air mass from the southwest and westward showers raise steamy conditions in Illinois. Tonight sees partly cloudy mild weather with a chance of thunderstorms and a mid 60s low. Friday remains mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms and a high near 80. Earlier, Dresden Island Locks reached 82 high and 57 low. Morris downtown reported 64 degrees at 7 and 10:30 a.m.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Senate panel backs probes into rewards claims and bias in transit
A Senate Executive Committee approved a measure to probe claims that Illinois Education Association offered money for votes, and to study alleged racial discrimination by Bi-State Development Agency in East St. Louis area. The panel also endorsed investigating architectural firms for kickbacks to junior college officials.
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Springfield
Ill
Senate
Illinois Education Association
Oscar Weil
Illinois Federation of Teachers
IFT
Weil
Mittee
Illinois Legislative Investigative Commission
Statehouse
Bi-State Development Agency
East St. Louis-St. Louis
Kenneth Hall
D-East
Legislative Commission
Minooka School Board Approves Band Equipment and Staff Changes
Minooka Grade School board met to approve Henry Ryan’s request for band instruments and music worth between 200 and 300 dollars, plus 12 stands and a library music budget. The meeting also approved school move plans for Breen daughters, a custodian raise, phys ed gear purchases, furniture for the Junior High home economics center, and carpet bids for the elementary building library. A joint meeting with the high school will address transportation and drapery bids.
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Minooka
Linda Friant
Henry Ryan
Harold Breen
J. and L. Tile
Joliet
Traffic tie-up as Rock Island crossing gates fail
Morris police, county sheriff and state police coordinated a large traffic tie-up on Division Liberty and Wauponsee Streets Wednesday evening. Police were summoned at 6 10 p m and remained until 7 45 p m when Rock Island employees repaired the malfunctioning crossing gates.
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Morris
County Sheriff's Department
State Police
Liberty and
Wauponsee Sts
Rock Island
McGovern Eyes Southern Tour and Potential Running Mate
Senator George McGovern discusses a South run and a Dixie running mate seen as helpful if qualified to take over the White House. He cites Reubin Askew and Terry Sanford as possibilities, and names Abraham Ribicoff and Walter Mondale as others. He plans the trip before the June New York primary.
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Washington
George McGovern
South
White House
Reubin Askew
Florida
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
McGovern
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
California
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
New York
San Diego
Albuquerque
Houston
Askew
Sanford
Wallace
Ribicoff
Mondale
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Senate
File tax mandamus suit in Grundy County court
A petition for a writ of mandamus was filed in Grundy County circuit court by H. Dale Barr for the People of Illinois against Thomas Parks county clerk and Pauline Coleman county collector. The suit seeks court order to require Parks to estimate the property tax rate.
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Grundy County
H. Dale Barr
State of Illinois
Thomas Parks
Pauline Coleman
Parks
Cyclist killed in Lockport collision
In Lockport James Hatz 27 of New Lennox died after his motorcycle struck a truck and slid into the path of an approaching car. The crash occurred as he delivered tax books to Mrs Coleman. The incident prompted a school district suit seeking court aid to estimate tax rates and valuations for taxing bodies unable to obtain data from other counties. A separate Chicago case saw Circuit Court Judge Edward J Egan dismiss a bid claiming Illinois school financing by real estate taxes was unconstitutional.
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Lockport, Ill
James Hatz
New Lennox
Lockport
Chicago
Edward J. Egan
Wallace to attend Miami for Democratic Convention bargaining
Gov George C. Wallace, paralyzed from an assassination attempt, plans to attend the Democratic National Convention in Miami to bargain for the presidency and a platform. His campaign director Charles Snider says Wallace may participate at the podium if possible and weighs positions on war amnesty draft dodgers and marijuana legalization. Wallace was shot in Laurel Maryland and remains hospitalized.
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Humphrey
McGovern
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Miami Beach
Miami
Fla
Gov. Wallace
Snider
Laurel
Maryland
Edison to Install Space Power Unit at Joliet Plant
Commonwealth Edison and Rocketdyne plan a $1.6 million joint test at an Edison Joliet generating station to produce 11 000 kilowatts using a space power unit. The system aims for cleaner emissions and will link to an 11 000 kilowatt turbine. Initial testing is targeted in about 14 months.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Rocketdyne Division
North American Rockwell Corp
Joliet
Rocketdyne
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Edison
Joliet Station
Commonwealth Edison
U.S
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