Illinois signs to be removed under highway act
Illinois DOT crews will remove non registered highway signs on routes in Grundy County including U S 6 and Illinois 47 as the state implements the Illinois Highway Advertising Control Act. About 1,700 signs were registered in a nine county area last year with 30 days notice for sign owners to register or face removal.
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U.S. 6
Grundy County
Illinois Department of Transportation
Spring Valley
Ottawa
Channahon
Vincent Peffley
Peffley
Springfield
Illinois State Bar Association
Illinois
West Germany bids for U N membership
West Germany formally bid for United Nations membership today. The move follows East Germany’s application three days earlier. Both nations are expected to be admitted at the fall General Assembly session, already holding observer status.
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United Nations, N.Y
West Germany
U.N
East Germany
Nixon Laud Dirksen as Model of Partnership in Politics
President Nixon praised the late Sen. Everett Dirksen as an example of responsible partnership between the presidency and Congress during a cornerstone ceremony for a public library and research center named for Dirksen in Peoria. He urged cooperation amid looming Soviet talks and reaffirmed the 60 day price freeze and wage price controls to move the economy away from a controlled system. The ceremony was attended by senators Percy Stevenson Eastland Mansfield Scott Hruska Baker.
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Everett Dirksen
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Dirksen
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Brezhnev
Charles H. Percy
Ill
Adlai E. Stevenson III
D-Ill
James Eastland
D.miss
Mike Mansfield
Dmont
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Roman Hruska
R-Neb
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Brezhnev lauds Nixon as relations edge toward negotiation
Soviet leader Brezhnev, in a Kremlin news conference, expressed deep respect for President Nixon for a constructive approach to easing U.S.-Soviet tensions. He said Watergate would not cloud the June summit and outlined plans for broad economic ties and mutual benefit, while noting U.S. moves on MFN tariffs tied to Soviet emigration policy.
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Dirksen
America
Leonid Brezhnev
Moscow
Communist Party
Kremlin
Brezhnev
United States
Congress
Watergate links tied to OBrien target amid testimony
Senate investigators hear that John Mitchell approved the espionage plan aimed at discrediting Lawrence F. O'Brien, Democratic national chairman, to help Nixon win. Magruder describes extensive involvement by Haldeman and others, with testimony detailing lie campaigns and coverup efforts tied to Watergate.
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Senate
Jeb Stuart Magruder
John N. Mitchell
Magruder
Lawrence F. O'Brien
O’brien
Gordon Liddy
Mitchell
Mapruder
Sen
Howard H. Baker
R Tenn
White House
Rose Mary Woods
Mrs Reagan Steps Down As Grundy Civil Defense Chief
Mrs L Mae Reagan 72 of 109 Jackson St Grundy County Civil Defense Director steps down July 1 after 15 years appointed 1957 as first woman county director She recalls evolving plans from 6 to 12 hour warnings to shelter programs for 2585 people and 150 trained staff with new missile age drills Fire and food rationing measures framed the era her memory includes a 1971 spring conference honor and a page 3 continuation
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Columbia City
Ind
Morris
The
Fort Wayne Journal- Gazette
Frank Wade
Mildred Harper
Wade
Morris Daily Herald
Jess Cassabum
Springfield
Nellie Sleight
Northbrook
Elmer
Red
Maples, Fla
Purdue University
S. Mae Reagan
Grundy County
Ted Staroscik
L. Mae Reagan
Jackson St
Joseph Temple
Ottawa
Ilinois
Reagan
Chicago
Civil Defense Police
Kennedy
Civil Defense
Civil Defense Directors
Morris Sentenced to 30 Years in Kendall County Killing
David Morris, 24, of Aurora, received a 15 to 30 year prison term from Judge Rex Meilinger after a Kendall County jury found him guilty of the January 2 slaying of Donald Kirklin, 36, whose body was found north of Plano. Homer Couch, also charged, is confined to an asylum after being found mentally incompetent. Morris will be sent to the Illinois Department of Correction for placement.
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Yorkville
David Morris
Aurora
Rex
Weather forecast and reported temperatures across locations
Partly sunny and humid with chances of showers and storms. Highs reach mid to upper 80s with muggy nights. Saturday turns mostly sunny, hot, humid with highs in the lower 90s. Thursday's high was 86 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, 64 low. Morning readings 70 downtown Morris 7am, 80 at 10:30am.
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