Grundy County giant cottonwood tops Illinois Big Tree list
Twelve Illinois trees earn spots on the American Forestry Association National Register of Big Trees led by a 120 foot Eastern Cottonwood west of Gebhard Woods State Park in Grundy County. The state champion measures 27 feet four inches in circumference and 111 feet crown spread.
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Springfield
Illinois
Grundy County
American Foresty Association
Ernest W. Kunze
Illinois Department of Conservation, Forestry Division
Kunze
American Forestry Association
Gebhard Woods
Gebhard Woods State Park
David Carr
Chicago
Princeton
Glenview
Calumet City
Harms Woods
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
Morton Grove
18Th Street
N.W
Washington D.C
Illinois Department of Conservation, Information and Education Division
Stratton Bldg
Protests Seek to Remove Baby From Parents in Murder Case
Cook County prosecutors plan a Wednesday hearing in Juvenile Court to seek custody of the 6-month-old infant amid the murder case against Melvin and Diane Bradford charged with beating their 8-year-old to death. Judge Lucia Thomas previously declined state custody, noting no immediate danger to the child.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County
Melvin
Diane Bradford
Lucia Thomas
Bradfords
Bradford
John P. McGary
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Ex Luminous worker Evelyn says radium poisoning died
Evelyn, 67, a former worker at Ottawa Ills Luminous Processes Co, claims her health deteriorated from radium exposure from 1937 to the late 1940s. Argonne radiobiology experts caution uncertainty linking radium to her cancer while NRC and Illinois health officials say caution remains and the former plant site is secured.
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Chicago
UPI
Ottawa
Ill
Evelyn
Old Luminous Processes Co
Luminous Processes
Argonne National Laboratory
Robert Roland
Argonne
Center For Human Radiobiology
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Illinois Department of Public Health
NRC
Jan Strasma
Carter Sings at Jazz Session With Dizzie Gillespie
Washington UPI reports President Carter joined a White House jazz jam featuring Dizzie Gillespie and Max Roach. The sweltering South Lawn crowd heard Carter sing Salt Peanuts as Gillespie taught him the words. Pearl Bailey and Lionel Hampton also performed as Earl Carter praised jazz’s role in breaking racial barriers and noted the Newport Jazz Festival anniversary. About 35 top artists performed, including Eubie Blake, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Louis Benson, and George Benson. Carter declared no previous night matched the White House event.
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UPI
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Max Roach
Carter
White House
Gillespie
President
Gonzales
Pearl Bailey
Lionel Hampton
America
Eubie Blake
Warm Springs
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hampton
Chica Corea
Louis Benson
Ray Brown
Stan Getz
Zoot Sims
George Benson
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