Controversy Rages Over North Cascades National Park
AP report outlines the political battle over creating a 570000 acre North Cascades National Park in Washington. debate centers on federal agency control and size proposals from 570000 to 783460 acres, with supporters and opponents citing conservation, wilderness, and development stakes.
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North Cascade Mountains
Olympia
Wash
Washington
America
Puget Sound
North Cascades National Park
Olympic
Portland, Ore
Mazamas
North Cascades
National Gallery of Natural Beauty
United States
Alaska
D.C
Congress
U.S. Forest Service
Forest Service
National Park Service
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Senate Interior Committee
Mount Vernon
Seattle
Brook Evans
Sierra Club
Northwest Conservation
William 0. Pearson
Sedro Woolley
Jackson
Warren G. Magnuson
Senate
Plattville Notes and Community Notices
Plattville and Kendall County community items include a Democratic Party picnic scheduled for Sunday July 2 at Newark Sportsman's Club near Millington with potluck and supplies, and L E Bradford as chairman. Also reported are Wiley Glenn Loveless's narrow escape from injury in a Pontiac two car crash, Helen Heap’s head injury in Aurora, and church women at Lu theran Church in Plattville distributing cradle roll Bibles to area children. A Rock River Conference workshop for adult education leaders is set for First Methodist Church Aurora with William Henzick as leader.
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Kendall County
Democratic Party
Newark Sportsman’s Club
Millington
Millington-Millbi
L. E. Bradford
Democratic Committee
Wiley Loveless
Wiley Glenn
Pontiac
Mich
Loveless
Luther Church Women
Plattville Lutheran Church Women
Edward Phillips
Alva Olson
Lorraine Torkelson
Leonard Knudson
Ora Sandwick
Methodist Rock River Conference
Aurora
Commission
WSCS
First Methodist Church
William Henzick
Christian Advocate
Weekend TV Schedule This Weekend
A dense lineup lists daily broadcasts from noon to ten in the evening and into Sunday with programs across channels 2 5 7 and 9 including news sports variety dramas and films. Notable items include Gunsmoke Bonanza Lawrance Welk Flipper Mission Impossible It's Academic Meet the Press and The Warren Report among others.
Governor Announces Forest Lab Contract in Illinois
The governor announced the award of a $608,114 contract to R. and R. Construction Co. of Alton to build a forestry science laboratory in Carbondale Illinois, by the General Services Administration.
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Washington
Illinois
General Services Administration
R.&r. Construction Co
Alton
Tnl
Carbondale
Ill
City Council Trims Park Landscaping Debate
In a ten minute regular session Alderman Mallory spoke on two measures and opposed shrubbery plantings in parkage frontages citing health concerns. A deputy chase led to a stranger caught near the William Burkhart farm in Good farm Township after a mile and a half pursuit. Judge Bedford flags cautious transfers to Kankakee for welfare cases and Grundy County patient quotas to Kankakee shown larger than ideal in the Herald report.
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Mallory
William Burkhart
Goodfarm
Bedford
Kankakee
Grundy County
The
Herald
Scrap iron sale aids war program does not name
Purposes were cast into the scrap iron heap to be sold with other junk metal to support the war effort. The fragment notes a disposal action without identifying specific parties or locations involved.
Highway durability test near Ottawa with heavy truck load
Twenty hours a day for two years 48 big trucks will roll over a stretch of pavement near Ottawa in a test of highway durability. The test is part of a $20 million project financed by 42 state highway departments the federal Bureau of Public Roads the Department of Commerce the Automobile Manufacturers Association and the American Petroleum Institute.
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Ottawa
Federal Bureau of Public Road
Department of Commerce
The
Automobile Manufacturers Association
American Petroleum Institute
Local Youth Reels 142-Pound Carp in Canal
Don Gorham, 15, of 431 East Washington Street, caught a 142 pound carp in the Illinois Michigan Canal using a No 15 hook and four-pound test line. The fish measured 33 inches long.
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Don Gorham
Washington St
Illinois-Michigan Canal
Morris Post Office Upgraded to First Class Status
Postmaster John T. Donahoe announced on July 1 that the Morris Post Office would advance from second to first class due to increased business last year. He cited greater mail use by industries hatcheries and business houses. An old cannon stood in Goold Park for ornamental display.
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John T. Donahoe
Morris
Donahoe
Goold Park
Real estate tax take and annexation petitions in Grundy County
The Grundy County treasurer reports 2 638 813 39 dollars in real estate taxes collected by June 15 covering first and some second installments. Two annexation petitions seek 54 acres in Hatcher Woods west of Morris into Morris Elementary School District 54 with a July 5 hearing set by the Grundy County Board of School Trustees. The acreage lies in Nettle Creek Consolidated School District 24C and borders Morris district.
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Hatcher Woods
Morris
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Proud Heritage of Latvians Embraced by Teen
A 15 year old writes to Ann Landers about reclaiming Latvian roots after early immersion in Latvian culture and language. She now plans to marry a Latvian and raise children with pride. The reply praises pride in heritage and cultural identity.
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Ann Landers
Latvia
Michigan
Poughkeepsie
On This Date June 24 Highlights Through History
June 24 marks notable events from 1520 Hernando Cortez entering Mexico City to 196 seventh year summaries. Notable moments include the 1795 John Jay Treaty ratification, 1940 Petain armistice, 1942 Dutch royal family exile, 1945 Hitler banner paraded in Moscow, 1948 Dewey nomination, 1967 retrospectives on Cold War tensions.
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Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
U.S. Senate
England
France
Marshal Petain
Italy
Netherlands
United States
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Philadelphia
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Soviet Union
Europe
Far East
Washington
London
Minooka Youths Attend Boys State Experience at Springfield
Rick Coop Larry Yonker and Edward Madden attended Boys State at the Springfield Fair Grounds sponsored by Minooka American Legion Post 1188. WSCS To Meet features Methodist Church program The Christian and Culture presented by Mrs. Cecil Holt Mrs. Thomas McGee and Mrs. Elmer Kahler with hostesses listed.
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Rick Coop
Larry Yonker
Edward Madden
Springfield Fair Grounds
Minooka American Legion
WSCS
Woman's Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church
Cecil Holt
Thomas McGee
Elmer Kahler
Daily Crossword Across Clues
Puzzle clued terms include Faultily English parade talk archait blurs win Chinese at home Thailand seasoned wading bird relative kind of.
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Parade
Archait
Blurs
Win
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Morris, Ilinois
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Copley Memorial Hospital
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Michael Scott Thompson
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Ronald Blacklock
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Lee Phillip
Opportunity Center
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Meet the Press
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City Desk
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21St Century
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Capitol Hill
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Smithsonian
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Animal Secrets
Ed Sullivan
Stump the Stars
Warren
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Associated Press
John Diefenbaker
Organization of American States
Dominican Republic
Evening Fellowship Circle
Todd Thornton
James Ritenour
Arthur Humphreys
Stephen Bussett
Orville Boss
Gerald Knudson
Daily Crossword
Thailand
Seasoned
Wadingbird
Dorothy
Lillian
Gael
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Rizzuto
Atrionaut
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