NPC begins work on Morris polypropylene plant milestone
A Tuesday groundbreaking marks Northern Petrochemical Company's plan to build a polypropylene plant at the Morris complex on U. S. 6 and Tabler Rd. The facility aims for 200 million pounds annually, with production starting in early 1978, and involves C F Braun & Co as contractor and key officials from NPC and BASF in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Petrochemical Company
Morris
Northern Petrochemical
Tabler Rd
C.F. Braun & Co
Donald Davidson
Minooka
Clyde Heap
Channahon
Stephen Ritter
Grundy
Illinois
Pisciotte
NPC
Sampson
U.S. 6
C. F. Braun & Co
Ross Albon
Charge Teamster with murder in 1961 kidnapping case
A federal grand jury charged Anthony Provenzano and three others with kidnapping and conspiring to murder Anthony Castellito, then secretary treasurer of Teamster Local 560 in New Jersey, in 1961. Also named were Salvatore Briguglio Harold Konigsberg and George Vangelakos. Provenzano and Briguglio were arrested. the indictment covers a Jan to Sept 1961 conspiracy and kidnapping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teamsters Union
New Jersey
Teamster
Justice Department
U.S. District Court
New York City
Anthony Castellito
Salvatore Briguglio
Washington Township
N.J
Harold Konigsberg
George Vangelakos
Jersey City
Provenzano
Clifton
Briguglio
FBI
Castellito
Weather outlook and past temperatures from local forecast
Weather Tonight variable cloudiness showers and thunderstorms likely with low 60s. Thursday partly sunny warm with storms likely in 80s. Tuesday high 78 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and low 51. At 7 am 60 degrees and 10:45 am 71. ESDA reports Morris high 83 and low 55 yesterday. Barometer 30.04 rising and peak wind 5 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
ESDA
Morris
Senate Approves 9.7 Billion Public Works and Energy Bill
The Senate approved a 9.7 billion dollar package for public works and energy research by a 94 to 1 vote. It doubles solar energy funding to 278 million dollars for the coming year and backs geothermal wind and storage research plus 1.4 billion for Army Corps projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Administration
U.S
Army Corps of Engineers
Elwood Woman Injured in Early Morning Car Crash
Donna Carpenter, 21, of Elwood, was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet and released after a one car crash on Illinois 53 a quarter mile south of Elwood Road. State police reported the southbound Chevrolet went off the road into a ditch around 4:50 a.m. with minor damage to the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Carpenter
Elwood
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois
Elwood Rd
Miss Carpenter
Elgin Teen Slain Near Elgin Estates Sewage Plant
Police identified 16 year old Lori Bolger of South Elgin as the victim found beaten near the Elgin Estates plant on Randall Road. Autopsy showed skull fracture with eight cuts on the forehead from a blunt instrument. The body was found by workmen around noon Tuesday. investigators believe death occurred five to six hours earlier. Evidence suggested possible sexual assault pending lab tests.
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Elgin
Ill
UPI
Lori Bolger
South Elgin
Miss Bolger
St. Joseph Hospital
Elgin Estates
Randall Road
Christian tank assault ends Lebanon cease fire
Christian rightist tanks and artillery attacked the Jisir Alpasha and Tal Zaatar Palestinian refugee camps near Beirut, shattering a Libyan mediated cease-fire and delaying Beirut airport reopening. Campaign claimed encirclement by about 4,000 fighters with dozens of tanks, while evacuations continued from the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Beirut
UPI
Jisir Alpasha
Tal Zaatar
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Ottawa man dies in fall at Northern Petrochemical complex
Walter Ollom, 48, of Ottawa, fell about 10 feet while working for Interstate Electric Co. at Northern Petrochemical in Morris. He was pronounced dead on arrival at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet from a skull fracture. Funeral plans set at Ottawa Funeral Home. Memorials to Ottawa Sports for Youth or Ottawa High School Boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert M. Sampson
Northern Petrochemical
Willis A. Strauss
Northern Natural Gas Co
Omaha
NPC
Ross Albon
Northern Natural Gas
Joseph P. Pisciotte
Department of Business and Economic Development
Illinois
Herbert H. Friederich
North America
Badische Analia and Soda Fabrik
BASF
Germany
Strauss
Petrochemical Company
Chemical Company
Morris
Ottawa
Northern Petrochemical Co
U.S. 6
Walter Ollom
Interstate Electrical Contracting Co
Ollom
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Northern Petrochemical Ambulance
Walter Eugene Ollom
Northern Petrochemical Company
Interstate Electric Company
Hunter Corporation
Hammond, Indiana
George
Carol) Mumaugh
Marvin Manfall
Tama
Iowa
Clyde Prins
Tracy
Minn
E. J. Larson
Oakwood Memorial Park
Ottawa Sports For Youth
Ottawa High School Boosters Club
Morris Daily Herald front page June 23 1976 brief
June 23 1976 Morris Illinois issue page header lists volume ninety six number sixty with sixteen pages and a twenty cent price. Local notices and headlines appear around standard midweek community coverage.
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Morris
Illinois
State continues hearing on bromine accident
A public hearing in Morris on the April 12 bromine accident has been continued with no new date. The Illinois Attorney General filed suit April 19 against Consolidated Freightways Inc. and an amended complaint May 27 added the City of Morris, Albert Pfaff and Hulcher Emergency Service as defendants. The amended filing accuses the firms of improper disposal of hazardous wastes and the city and Pfaff of operating a landfill and accepting wastes without permits. The Illinois Pollution Control Board said the delay allows more preparation for the amended case and a joint hearing will be set later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Dwight
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Chicago
Consolidated Freightways, Inc
Delaware
Consolidated Freightways
Hulcher Emergency Service
Pfaff
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Rex Newton surrenders on $50,000 bond in Kane County
Former Morris resident Rex Newton 31 of Elgin turned himself in at the Kane County Sheriff's Department in Geneva. He faces attempted murder and two counts of aggravated battery after a Tuesday shooting at Old Stark's Tavern near Hamp shire. Victims Lloyd Greenley and Marty Pilcher were treated at St Joseph Hospital Elgin. Greenley in fair condition Pilcher in good condition. Police say Newton fired four times with a .38 handgun. he fled in a Dodge van then a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Rex Newton
Elgin
Kane County
Newton
Sailor Arrested Over Threat at Great America Park
FBI says a Great Lakes Naval Station sailor William Allen Gillen twenty from Johnstown New York was arrested after a call to the Great America park manager demanding one hundred thousand dollars or he would kill thousands inside the park. He is held at the Metropolitan Correction Center and charged with extortion under the Hobbs Act. The park is in Gurnee about 35 miles north of Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
FBI
Great Lakes Naval Station
Great America
William Allen Gillen
Johnstown
N.Y
Metropolitan Correction Center
Gurnee
Demonstration at Vorster Kissinger Meeting Site
White students with blackened faces chanted murderer out as Vorster and Kissinger met in Bavaria for talks on southern Africa's racial problems. Police detained several demonstrators in the unauthorized protest near the Bavarian Forest hotel sites.
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Bodenmass
West Germany
UPI
John Vorster
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Vorster
Germany
Africa
Grafenau
University of Erlangen
Communist Party
Oil barge hits shoal on St. Lawrence River spill
A tug and 460-foot barge carrying more than 6 million gallons of No 6 fuel oil struck Comfort Island shoal in the St. Lawrence River early today. About 250,000 gallons spilled before containment by Coast Guard units at Wellesley Island.
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Alexandria Bay
N.Y
UPI
Comfort Island
St. Lawrence River
Ninth District Coast Guard
Cleveland
Ohio
Coast Guard
Wellesley Island
Eileen C
Nepco 140
Mason Point
Cost Guard
Coal City Woman Injured in One Car Crash South of Morris
A Coal City woman, Alice Grobstein, 41, suffered minor injuries when her 1964 Buick left Illinois 47 south of Morris, rolled once in a soybean field after she fell asleep. The car was demolished and towed. a fence and bean field were damaged.
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Coal City
Morris
Illinois 47
DuPont Rd
Alice Grobstein
Rte. 1
Jugtown Rd
Illinois
Grundy County
Thomas Walker
Grobstein
Duane Olson
Sunoco
Morris Public Library Board Meeting Notice
The Morris Public Library Board will meet at 7 30 p.m in the staff room of the library for a regular session.
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Morris Public Library Board
Demoted Junta Members React to Rank Change
Former dictator George Papadopoulos and 17 other members of the 1967 Greek military junta have been demoted to private by a government spokesman on Tuesday.
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Athens
UPI
George Papadopoulos
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Friedrich
Waters
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Damascus
Jishr Alpasha
Will County
Willard Blood
Fred Dames
Mr. Ollom
Ottumwa, Iowa
The
Interstate Electric Co
Dorothy Morgan
Tim
Robert
David
Morris Daily Herald
Bonn
Paris
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Munich
Bodenmar
South Africa
Europe
Middle East
Bodenmais
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