Kendall approves police investigative unit funds
Kendall County Board approves second year funding for a countywide police investigative unit on a per capita basis. The ILEC funded program costs are split among Kendall County and the villages of Plano Yorkville and Oswego with Oswego declining to join the per capita plan. The unit focuses on felony follow ups and supports patrols and other agencies.
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Yorkville
Kendall County Board
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Oswego
Plano
Kurt Metzler
Kendall County
Tom Usry
CIA LSD experiments linked to death under agency review
The Rockefeller Commission found CIA abuses including mass surveillance and illegal mail openings. It notes LSD testing to study behavior control, with one death attributed to the tests, and calls for stricter congressional oversight and a permanent executive watchdog.
Fire destroys lawn mower at Bednarik residence
A power lawn mower valued at 150 dollars was destroyed by fire at 5 27 p m Tuesday. The Morris Fire Department responded to 1103 Union St to the Mrs Margaret Bednarik residence where the mower burned in the garage. The garage was undamaged and the cause was not reported. Firefighters remained on scene about five minutes.
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Morris Fire Department
Margaret Bednarik
Union St
Sherman Hexdall
Battery charge against Harold Tolbert dismissed
In traffic court Harold Tolbert 36 Rte 1 Braceville faced a battery charge filed by his wife Judith Tolbert the charge was dismissed on a motion by the state's attorney. Rickey Hausken 17 211 W Jackson St was fined 100 and 10 costs for illegal liquor possession. Donald Creed 30 Chan nahon fined 20 and 5 costs for speeding 75 in a 55 mph zone. Gwendolyn Edwards 42 Dwight fined 15 and 5 costs for 70 in a 55 mph zone.
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Harold Tolbert
Rte. 1
Braceville
Tolbert
Judith Tolbert
Rickey Hausken
W. Jackson St
Morris
Alan Love
W. Washington St
Donald Creed
Channahon
Minooka Board Reclassifies Grain Co Site And Grants Variance
Minooka village board amended the zoning map to reclassify the Minooka Grain, Lumber and Supply Co. property from B I to M I. The message noted a required dust catcher was ordered and a front setback and floor space variance approved. An ordinance named Rodger Haga village zoning officer through 1977.
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Minooka
Minooka Grain, Lumber and Supply Co
Minooka Company
Rodger Haga
Wapella St
Dust causes brief Morris power outage near Armak and Cardex
Morris police reported a short power loss at 4 18 a m caused by dust in line insulation affecting Armak and Cardex plants on U S 6 east of Morris. Commonwealth Edison planned a 10 a m shutdown to clean lines. Six burglar alarms triggered. police contacted affected businesses.
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Morris
Ron Baldacci
Commonwealth Edison
Armak
Cardex
U.S. 6
Baldacci
Edison
Cardox
Minooka Youth Carl Hunckler Elected Joliet Catholic Council President
Minooka youth Carl Hunckler was elected president of Joliet Catholic High School Student Council for 1975 76. Hunckler, a junior, is the son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hunckler from Rte 1 Minooka. The Rev William Weber announced the results and Hunckler outlined aims to involve students, foster council respect, and build closer ties with the administration.
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Carl Hunckler
Rte. 1
Minooka
Joliet Catholic High School
Hunckler
William Weber
Kennedy assassination not linked to CIA says Rockefeller panel
Rockefeller Commission reports no credible evidence of CIA involvement in Kennedy’s 1963 Dallas assassination. Five experts reviewed film of the shooting and concluded two rear-fired bullets caused Kennedy’s death. The panel rejected theories tying E Howard Hunt Frank Sturgis Oswald or Ruby to the plot.
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Ford
New York Times
CIA
Edward Levi
Levi
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Intelligence Committee
Rockefeller
House
Bella Abzug
D-N.y
Congress
John Kennedy
United States
Joint Committee On Intelligence
Executive Intelligence Oversight Board
Executive Branch
Washington
UPI
Rockefeller Commission
Kennedy
Dallas
E. Howard Hunt
Frank Sturgis
Democratic
Watergate Complex
Lee Harvey Oswald
Warren Commission
Jack Ruby
Oswald
Gardner woman sues for 25000 over rear end crash
Mrs Marilyn Lardi of Route 2 Gardner files a 25000 claim in Grundy County Circuit Court alleging back and shoulder injuries from a June 29 1973 rear end collision on Illinois 47 near Pine Bluff Road when Lear driving south failed to stop.
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Marilyn Lardi
Rte. 2
Gardner
Grundy County
Leslie Lear
Rte. 5
Lear
Illinois 47
Elected Illinois Officials List by State and DC Contacts
A roundup of named national and state officials with office addresses in Washington Chicago Springfield Dwight Morris and Kankakee areas. Includes Senators Percy Stevenson Joyce and Representatives Ryan Hall Beaupre and others with district notes and phone contacts.
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Jerry Joyce
Springfield
Volkmann
Morris Publishing Company
Illinois
East
Washington Street
Morris
Thomas E. West
Oren Arnold Diagnoses Humor and Social Aptitude
The piece links a sharp sense of humor to social empathy, contrasts extroverts and introverts, and likens Arnold to Mark Twain in applying psychology. It promotes Dr. George W. Crane's Introvert Extrovert Test with mail-in booklet request instructions and a 25 cent fee.
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Oren Arnold
Shakespeare
Mark Twain
Dr. Crane
Dear Ann Landers column readers seek nose job opinions and family guidance
A reader asks if a 22 year old should get a nose operation to satisfy a romance. Ann says the decision is hers and a failed surgery would leave a lifelong reminder. The column also covers a wife overwhelmed by in laws and a teen with possible alcohol use, urging counseling and self help resources.
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Ann Landers
Melanie
Seventh Heaven
Florida
Ann
Ohio
P.O
Elgin
Ill
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