FTC fines in class ring price fixing case reach $57500
The U S District Court in Atlanta fined Josten's Inc of Owatonna Minnesota and three other manufacturers a total of 57500 for fixing prices on class rings and graduation items sold in Georgia. The four defendants did not plead and the case relates to March 1967 indictments charging secret bid agreements.
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Josten’s, Inc
Owatonna
Minn
Morris Community High School
U. S. District Court
Atlanta
Federal Trade Commission
Georgia
L. G. Balfour Co
Attleboro, Mass
Herff Jones
Morris Daily Herald
MCHS
Josten Jewelry Co
Princeton
Tabler
Supt. Rose
Morris
Herald
Modern Jeweler Magazine
Balfour
Sigma Chi
Phi Delta Theta
Chicago
U.S. Court of Appeals
Beebe cleared of girlfriend murder by Kendall County judge
Kendall County Circuit Judge George Seidel found Thomas Harold Beebe not guilty in the October murder of Sherry Lynn Armbrust, 19, a Joliet JC student from Lockport. The bench trial followed a five day hearing after a December indictment and a January plea of not guilty.
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Kendall County
George Seidel
Thomas Harold Beebe
Mokena
Seidel
Beebe
Robert Barons
George Troha
Joliet
Sherry Lynn Armbrust
Lockport
Break-in at McElvain Construction Plant Reported
A break-in at the James E. McElvain Construction Co. blacktop plant in Morris resulted in the theft of small tools valued at 500 dollars. McElvain reported to the Grundy County Sheriff's Department at 6 45 a m. Deputy Sheriff Donald Davite opened the investigation noting two small buildings entered.
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James E. McElvain Construction Co
Morris
McElvain
Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
Donald Davite
EPA checks sludge operation near Norman Township site
An EPA sanitarian and a Pollution Control Board engineer inspected the Norman Township sludge project near DuPont Road. They will report to Springfield on potential violations of SEMCO's experimental permit, which could lead to permit revocation and possible court action if operations continue after revocation.
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Soil Enrichment Material Corp
SEMCO
Norman Township
Thomas Rinkach
Environmental Protection Agency
Center
Joe Hoffman
Air Pollution Control Board
Chicago
Gerald Misener
Eugene Sorensen
Rinkach
Herald
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Springfield
Peoria
EPA
Pollution Control Board
Thomas Z. Rinkach
Soil Enrichment Materials Corp
Dunn Property
DuPont Road
Eugene Sorsensen
Grundy County Building and Zoning
Hoffman
Dunn Brother
Carl Meyers and
Bennett
Arcola
Weather Notes From Dresden Island Locks Forecasts
Partly cloudy and warm tonight with a chance of thunderstorms and lows around 70. Saturday mostly sunny with possible storms. Heat continues with highs in the low 90s and high humidity. Thursday high at Dresden Island Locks and Dam reached 90 and the low 63. At 7 am today the temperature was 67 with .75 inches of precipitation recorded.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
SEMCO sludge case debated over permits and zoning
Defense attorney Buck calls sludge fertilizer needing no building permit while the state argues rules fall under health and EPA authority. Judge Clydesdale hears motions for a temporary injunction stopping sludge distribution on 1300 acres in Norman Township as county seeks mandamus.
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SEMCO
Atty
Richard Wilder
Semco Atty
Richard Buck
Illinois
Buck
Grundy
Joliet
State Environmental Protection Agency
Wilder
Board of Appeals
Sorensen
Zoning Board of Appeals
Eugene Sorensen
Chicago
Thomas Clydesdale
Norman Township
Plans for Shelter Workshop and Trainable Mentally Handicapped School
The Grundy County Special Education Cooperative met at Franklin School to study a combined facility named Shelter Workshop and Trainable Mentally Handicapped School. The board discussed remodeling Hume School with estimates at 42000 dollars, securing a closer site with utilities, and future district land use and transport implications.
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Franklin School
Grundy County
Morris church to say farewell to Rev Charles Salmon
The First Christian Church in Morris accepts the resignation of Rev Charles Salmon effective July 10 as he and his family move to Oshkosh Wisconsin where he will serve at the Church of Christ. Salmon graduated in 1962 from Atlanta Christian College and previously served in Savannah Joliet and Morris and helped start the Chicago District Evangelistic Association.
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First Christian Church
Charles Salmon
Oshkosh
Wis
Church of Christ
Salmon
Atlanta Christian College
East Point
Pine Hurst Christian Church
Savannah
Joliet
Chicago
Mission Service
CDEA
Morris
Masonic Temple
Liberty St
AVC Center progress as June 16 meeting forecasts fall start
Speed work on the Grundy County Area Vocational Center reported notable progress after a June 16 meeting among architect Kenneth Unteed and contractor. AVC director Donald Kaufman told the Morris Community High School advisory council that construction is behind schedule but likely to allow class opening in September. Roof decks and floors are underway and metal studding will start soon. Council approved two new instructor contracts, Dennis Grace for auto mechanics and Mrs. H Dale Barr for business education, with Grace at $9 897 for 10 months.
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Grundy County
Arthur
Maude) Finfrock
Ole Kjellsvik
Morris
Horace Severns
Bill
Sue) Morse
James Stewart
Morris Lincoln Nursing Home
Mary Heying
Chicago
Albert Lieber
Hampshire
Arthur Meadors
Educational Services
Shabbona
Meadors
Siron
Heino
Morris Community High School
Kenneth Unteed
Champaign
Kaufman
Dennis Grace
H. Dale
Ann) Barr
Grace
Wisconsin State University
Barr
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