Skylab astronauts set to depart after 28 days in space
With a week left in the mission, Charles Conrad Jr Jo seph P Kerwin and Paul J Weitz wake earlier and check the Apollo spacecraft systems to detach for Earth return. Ticonderoga sails from San Diego for practice recoveries en route to splashdown about 800 miles southwest of there set for 9 48 a m EDT next Friday. Officials weigh adding a second sun shade with two space walks possible next Wednesday to install shade and retrieve film. Medical monitoring continues as the crew and ground doctors watch for long term weightlessness effects.
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California
Earth
Skylab
Orbiting
Kerwin
Eight drivers cited for speeding by Morris Police
Morris Police ticketed eight drivers for speeding Thursday. Names include William J. Briddick 42 of 1232 Grant St who was cited at 9 30 a m for 36 in the 25 zone on Arm strong St. and Mrs M Katherine Ralston 35 of Rte 3 cited for 37 in the 25 zone on Washington St. Others listed were William H. Steele Albert E. Pfaff Laurie L. Gilbert Roger R. Lee Paul D. Benner Mildred M. Mee Cambridge with various speeds and court dates.
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Morris
William J. Briddick
Grant St
Dean Sager
Armstrong St
M. Katherine Ralston
Rte. 3
Sager
Washington St
William H. Steele
Liberty St
Alan Love
Albert E. Pfaff
Lynnwood Dr
Love
Ottawa St
Laurie L. Gilbert
Illinois Ave
Roger R. Lee
Rve. 1
Singers named for Prisms jazz ensemble
The list selects Debbie Stinnette Kim Eisold Gina Wills Cindy Johnson Barbara Bruder Diane Ziegler Roberta Her man Colette Herrington Jill Barger Barbara Morgan Randy Brooks Brian Leng Jim Boma Jack Davick Allen Redford Don Harper Darrell Brown Bruce Enger George Allen for Prisms 74 vocal group. A meeting for Prisms 73 members is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday in Morris Community High School music department.
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Prisms 74
Prisms Jazz Ensemble
Debbie Stinnette
Kim Eisold
Gina Wills
Cindy Johnson
Barbara Bruder
Diane Ziegler
Roberta Herman
Colette Herrington
Jill Barger
Barbara Morgan
Randy Brooks
Brian Leng
Jim Boma
Jack Davick
Allen Redford
Don Harper
Darrell Brown
Bruce Enger
George Allen
Prisms 73
Theater group to hold try outs for January Thaw
The Morris Theater Guild will stage try outs for its first forthcoming production January Thaw a contemporary three act comedy directed by James O'Brien. Try outs run 2 to 5 p m on Saturday and Sunday at the Morris Community High School auditorium. The show features 13 cast members ages 13 to late adulthood with six women and seven men and will be presented on August 25 at the MCHS auditorium.
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Morris Theater Guild
James O’brien
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Morris
Summer Reading Program invites Coal City children
Coal City public library offers a Summer Reading Program for kindergartners through fourth graders from Monday to August 18. Registration occurs at first checkout. 12 read books earn a school year certificate. Free resident library cards. non residents $3. Parental signatures needed for under 14.
Russian studies ocean birds in world oceans
Vyacheslav Suntov of the Pacific Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography reports that up to three thousand million birds inhabit world oceans after ten years of study. His book Birds of the Sea and the Biological Structure of the Ocean outlines distribution migration and ocean geography from an ornithogeographical view.
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Gunter Beltzig
Deimhausen
Boris
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American Legion
Jerry Provance
Ivan Provance
Tony Viteri
Mark Bruna
Springfield
Jerry
Coal City High School
National Honor Society
Lettermans Club
Robert Fulton
Christine Fulton
Northern Illinois University
Rochelle
Bob
Caron Yarn Mills
Christine
Sam Fulton
Charles Berta
Western Illinois University
Mary Jean Berta
St. Francis Academy
WIU
Bernard Berta
Division St
City Park
John Favera
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Library Board
James Wise
Kenneth Trotter
Russell Hodgen
Harvey Thornton
Virgil Bailey
John Micetich
Washington
Shakespeare and the Performing Arts
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Sears
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Strictly Portable
Liberty Walgreen
Bowman Shoe
Remington
Remington Mark
Remington Shaver
Mave
City
West Haven
Conn
Walgreens
Crean
Liberty
U.S.A
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