Renaming of Hill Rd in Kendall County described
The Kendall County Board renamed its Saratoga Rd to Hill Rd to honor John Hill a Norway born immigrant who died in 1892. The long article traces Hill’s rise as a peddler landholder and director of Grundy County National Bank and notes the family history in Kendall Grundy and Goodhue counties. It also recalls his wife Susan Hill and their houses and later heirs including the Iverson and Swind families.
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John Hill
Saratoga Rd
Grundy County
Kendall County Board
Lisbon
Hill Rd
Iverson Rd
Albert
Helen Hill
Norway
Hill
United States
Kendall
Grundy
Goodhue County
Minnesota
Soren Hill
Joe Myre
Swind
Daniel
Susan (Anderson
Jefferson St
Morris
Anna Osman (Rugh
Morris Daily Herald
America
Geneseo County
New York
Kendall County
John
Dan Hill
George Phillips
Board of Trade
Austin Osman
Charles Wing
Kendall County Historical Society
Lillian Benson
Old Mazon
Daniel William Hill
James Hill
Lisbon Area
Big Grove
Kendall-Grundy
Martin Myre Sr
Ottawa
Joe Anders
Herald
Ray among inmates placed in administrative segregation after Brushy Mountain escape
James Earl Ray and six other escapees from Brushy Mountain Prison were found guilty at a disciplinary hearing and placed in administrative segregation for an indefinite period. Each received a year and a half off honor time and a year and a half off good time affecting parole eligibility. The board scheduled 30 day reviews and noted Ray offered no plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Brushy Mountain Prison
Becca Cottrill
State Department of Corrections
Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
David Powell
Earl Hill Jr
Donald Caylor
Douglas Shelton
Morris ZBA Approves Variances for Fremont Ave and Cedar St
The Morris Zoning Board of Appeals approved a 9 ft 4 in rear setback and a 55 ft frontage lot variance at 625 Fremont Ave, and a side and rear setback variance at 103 Cedar St for William Lynes. Objections from nearby homeowner Robert George were noted. all actions await Morris City Council approval. Board members present were Arthur Narvick, Tom Dzuryak, Wilbur Finfrock, and Bill Stangland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Lynes
Cedar St
Lynes
Illinois Ave
Fremont Ave
Robert George
Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris City
Arthur Narvick
Tom Dzuryak
Wilbur Finfrock
Bill Stangland
Folgers Lowers Ground Coffee Price Nationwide
Folger Coffee Co a Procter & Gamble unit cut its wholesale ground coffee price by 30 cents to 3 68 a pound effective immediately. The move comes as the nation’s second largest roaster reduces prices across its ground coffee line.
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Cincinnati
UPI
Folger Coffee Co
Procter & Gamble
Weather shifts with showers forecast and heatwave record notes
The forecast calls for variable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms tonight, low 65 to 75, and mostly cloudy with a high 78 to 84 on Saturday. Thursday’s high reached 91 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. ESDA logged Morris high 92 and low 61 yesterday. 7 am today 70 with 10:30 am 85. Folger cuts coffee price by 75 cents since May 12 citing declines in imported green coffee prices. first major roaster to trim in mid May amid Brazil crop frost impact in July 1975 pricing surge.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
ESDA
Morris
Folger
Brazil
Youth cyclist injured in Joliet area motorcycle crash
An 18 year old Romeoville youth, James McCauley, was treated at St. Joseph Hospital in Joliet and released after a motorcycle crash near the Illinois 129 exit from Interstate 55 around 4 40 p m He was taken to the hospital by the Wilmington Fire Department after the incident State Police said his motorcycle overturned and slid on its side and that an unknown vehicle ran him off the road.
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Romeoville
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois 129
James McCauley
Wilmington Fire Department
McCauley
Wiring blamed for Beverly Hills Supper Club fire
UPI reports the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire near Cincinnati killed 162 people on May 28. Faulty wiring and panic among patrons who did not heed early warnings are cited by the National Fire Prevention and Control Administration in a preliminary 11 page federal report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Cincinnati
National Fire Prevention and Control Administration
Beverly Hills
EPA chief approves cooling system for Seabrook plant
Environmental chief Douglas Costle approved the Seabrook NH cooling system clearing Nuclear Regulatory Commission to lift construction halt. The decision followed advice from EPA scientists and noted the cooling discharge would not cause unacceptable ocean harm. Protests occurred as Clamshell Alliance members waved two dead fish at the press conference.
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Washington
UPI
Douglas Costle
Seabrook
N.H
Costle
Environmental Protection Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Castle
Donna Warnock
Clam
Shell Alliance
New Hampshire
EPA
Clamshell Alliance
Riots in South Africa as police fire on mobs
Johannesburg and Soweto see a second day of violence as riot police fire on black crowds. Two killed and at least 18 wounded as mobs burn shops and schools in Kuba and Kwanabuhle townships. police report five officers injured.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Port Elizabeth
Brig
J. Hugo
Kuba
Kwanabuhle
Hugo
Kaba
Soweto
Alexandra
Atteridgeville
Jimmy Kruger
Kendall board changes voting precincts
Kendall County Board approved engineering designs for bridges on Schaeffer Road in Little Rock Township and near Millington in Fox Township. It also altered precinct boundaries and polling places including Bristol Precincts 1 and 4 and Oswego Precincts 11 2 16 14 10 with a new Precinct 18. Voting on data processing firms was divided with Brown's Data Processing rejected 6 4 and inhouse Data Systems Specialists defeated 6 4.
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Yorkville
Kendall County Board
Schaeffer
Little Rock
Fox Township
Clear Creek
Millington
Bristol Township
Bristol
Oswego Township
Aise
Brown
Data Processing
Woodstock
Jannette Nelson
Floyd Sleezer
Ellis Jones
James Mann
Russell Naden
Robert Cherry
David Thompson
Frank Coffman
George Hetruch
Dorothy Montgomery
Data Systems Specialists
Inhouse
Thompson, Jones, Mann
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The
Morris Daily Herald Friday Review
H.S. Peffers
N. View St
Aurora
Illinois
Old Hill House
Prison Board
Larry Hacker
Ward
Cumberland Mountain
Floyd Hooks
Hooks
Lor
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
First National Bank of
John Maunder
Lotsize
Tierra Realty, Inc
Folgers
Conley Realty
Employes
John Davidson
Zebra Room
Boston
Coconut Grove
Seabrook Plant
Kendall Board
Hursday
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