Shabbona Celebrates Centennial With Pageant and Parades
Shabbona Illinois marks its centennial June 18 to 25 with a four night historical pageant Me Shabbona presented at the grade school grounds from June 20 to 23 featuring a cast of about 200 locals. Centennial Headquarters on 103 W Comanche St. offers commemorative wear and information.
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Shabbona
Illinois
DeKalb County
U.S. 30
Chicago
Clinton
Iowa
Centennial
Comanche St
Brothers of the Brush
Craig Rebholz
John B. Rogers Producing Co
Ralph Chambers
Picnic Season Fire Insurance Tangles Boss
Fire insurance complications loom over the boss as the barbs for outing shift into the picnic season. Rumors swirl about policy handling and management responses amid spring tensions.
Illinois man faces sentence for air piracy in Utah hijack
Donald Lewis Coleman 24 of Downers Grove Illinois was found guilty of air piracy and interfering with flight attendants. He was arrested in Salt Lake City after attempting to hijack an American Airlines jet en route from Toronto to San Francisco that made an unscheduled stop in Utah. The jury recommended against the death penalty, though sentencing was scheduled in US District Court in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Illinois
Willis Ritter
U.S. District Court
Donald Lewis Coleman
Downers Grove
Ill
American Airlines
Chicago
Toronto
San Francisco
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John Palm
John Ray
Charles Stevens
E. E. Hinckley
Chicago and Iowa Railroad
Malma
Cornton
Malta
Canton
Elizabeth Grant
Young
Rogers Company
Centennial Association
Vern Berg
Treasury
John Connally
Thanx
Traub
Martinsburg
Joliet
Deloss
Chicago Joliet
Playtex
Bride
Liberty
Morris
Carter
POLE
Cash & Carry
Farral
Per Bungie
Aluminum
Solet
the Town House
W. Washington
National Bank
Kayal Cy
Marben
Cologne
Dante
Perma Press
Levis
Hopsocks
Lee & Levi
Bell Bottom Jeans
Levi Jeans
Lee Jeans
Bermudas
Liberty St
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