New Fire Vehicle Debuts In Grundy County District
The Morris Daily Herald reports Grundy County plans to add a 300-gallon mini-pumper on a one-ton chassis in Coal City to handle small fires and spills. The unit costs about 16000 dollars and follows nearby towns adopting similar compact trucks.
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Grundy County
Coal City
Omaha
Orange
Fire District
Tia
Braidwood
Newton
Iowa
Newton Daily News
Stacy Backus
Backus
Pierce Manufacturing, Inc
Appleton
Wis
Pierce
Thomas F. Hanlon
Syracuse
N.Y
Dean K. Wilson
West Seneca
Douglas A. Ogilvie
Hanlon
Morris
Keith Bartlett
Bartlett
Winston Weber
Janesville
Franco to Step Down as Chief of State in Spain
Gen Francisco Franco plans to relinquish the government post while remaining head of state and designates Adm. Luis Carrero Blanco as next head of government. Prince Juan Carlos would succeed as king upon retirement ordeath, with Alejandro Valcarcel named vice president and secretary general of the Movement.
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Franco
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Associated Press
Adm
Luis Carrero Blanco
Juan Carlos
Carrero Blanco
Prince Juan
Carlos
Secret Council of the Realm
Carcel
Cortes
Valcarcel
Anderson Calls Watergate Worst Political Scandal in History
Rep. John B. Anderson of Illinois labels Watergate the worst political scandal and urges Nixon to disclose all facts. He cites illegal wiretapping by an attorney general and White House aides, urging the Senate Watergate panel and prosecutor to end the logjam and reveal full truth.
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Chicago
John B. Anderson
R-Ill
Anderson
House Republican Conference
House Republican
Nixon
Midwest Industrial Management Association
Democratic Party
Watergate
White House
Senate Committee On Watergate
Amoco chief backs impartial probe into fuel shortage
Blaine J. Yarrington, president of Amoco, calls for an independent investigation to dispel claims the shortage is a fiction engineered by major oil firms. He says public cooperation to conserve fuels hinges on clearing accusations by lawmakers that independents are being frozen out.
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Chicago
American Oil Co
Amoco
Blaine J. Yarrington
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D I
Sidiary
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
Yarrington
Sullivan Dies in Crash Near Main Street
James C. Sullivan aged 38 of 706 East Main Street and plant manager for Diamonds National Corp. died early today when his car overturned after failing to negotiate a curve on a road.
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Pine Bluff Rd
James C. Sullivan
F. Main St
Sullivan
E. Main St
Diamonds National Corp
Gas deal signed to import gas from the Soviet Union
Two American firms signed a letter of intent to import more than $10 billion worth of natural gas from the Soviet Union over 25 years. Grundy County Coroner James Reeves said Sullivan died instantly in a car crash on Pine Bluff Road southwest of Shirley Lane. He was born August 7, 1934, in Morris.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Pine Bluff Rd
Grundy County
James Reeves
Sullivan
Shirley Lane
Mary Lynch
Mazon
Ken Shannon
Morris Police
Dwight
Max Babcock
Ronald Fox
Curt Leach
Tim Neary
Olson
Arco
Reeves
Mr. Sullivan Was
Morris
Clifford and
Lyla (Roseland) Sullivan
Weather Outlook and Local Obituary Notes at Dresden Island
Weather today mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 90. Tonight partly cloudy with a small chance of showers or storms and a low in the 60s. Saturday partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms and cooler around 80. In Morris a local obituary details the late Mr Sullivan born 192...
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Drake's Farm Restaurant opens near Goose Lake in Grundy County
Drake's Farm Restaurant & Lounge debuts four miles east of Illinois 47 on Pine Bluff Rd. Goose Lake Corp. owners Robert and Gloria Drake name the business after themselves and plan family style dining with Hawaiian, Polynesian, and Oriental dishes prepared by manager Myron Staszkow of Staszkow, Hawaii.
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Drake's Farm
Pine Bluff Road
Morris
Robert Drake
Herald
Drake's Farm Restaurant & Lounge
Myron Staszkow
Rte. 1
Staszkow
Honolulu
Hawaii
Drake
Morris Public Library Board to elect officers for coming year
Officers for the coming year will begin terms on the Morris Public Library Board of Trustees during the monthly meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the staff room. Committee reports are due. MINOOKA The Minooka Village Board will meet Monday June 11 at 7 30 p.m. at the Village Hall on Mon damon St.
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Morris
Robert Granger
U.S
Illinois Secretary of State
Morris Postal
U.S. Postal Service
Lemont
Granger
Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Minooka
Mondamon St
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Judith Rasmussen
Rochester
Minn
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Delta Sigma Chi Fraternity
Gregory
Anne
Kathy
Eric
Miles
Janet) Gill
San Diego
Calif
Finland
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W. Couey
Liberty
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