New Family Lodging Facility Near Chicago Hospital
Morris area families with cancer stricken children gain a home away from home near Children's Memorial Hospital Chicago funded by Association of Chicagoland McDonald’s Restaurants with a $150000 pledge. The facility run by Children's Oncology Services of Illinois will offer $5 nightly lodging within walking distance. Chicago Bears support comes from coach Jack Pardee and Mike Adamle who overcome cancer years ago.
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Morris
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Association of Chicagoland
McDonald's Restaurants
Ottawa
Peru
Streator
Children’s Oncology Services of
Illinois
Chicago Bears
Jack Pardee
Mike Adamle
Pardee
Sewing workshops at IVCC Oglesby
Illinois Valley Community College will host two Sew-Fit workshops starting Monday Aug 9 in LRCE. One class covers fitting feminine figures in tops and dresses from 9 30 a m to 12 30 p m and the other focuses on slacks from 1 to 4 p m. Doris Ekern instructors the courses, fee 17 dollars, enrollment limited to 30, register by mail with name address and SSN.
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Oglesby
Illinois Valley Community College
LRCE
IVCC
Doris Ekern
Harper College
Joliet Junior College
College of DuPage
Ivcc Office of Continuing Education and Community Services
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Reed Township Holds June Meeting and Receives Flag
Braidwood officials gathered for the Reed Township June meeting at the township building. Attendees included Ray Glenney Nick Bartly Tom Kennedy Shirley Kasher Paul Abraham Esther Woulfe Ray Favero Donald Bauter and Bob Kasher. Koca Post 39 presented a flag to the township supervisor and road commissioner. Bids were opened for a two ton air conditioner with Bettendorf Plumbing submitting the bid at 770.34.
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Braidwood
Reed Township
Ray Glenney
Nick Bartly
Tom Kennedy
Shirley Kasher
Paul Abraham
Esther Woulfe
Ray Favero
Donald Bauter
Bob Kasher
Braidwood American Legion
Koca Post 39
Bettendorf Plumbing
Liberty Morris Walgreens Drug Store Listing
Directory note lists Liberty Street Morris Walgreens agency at 2405 Sycamore Drive and Zimmerman Drug Store at 218 Liberty with addresses and store names.
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Liberty Walgreen Drug Store
Liberty ST
Morris Walgreen Agency
Sycamore
DR. Zimmerman Drug Store
Liberty
Barbs By Phil Pastoret Pioneering 76 Style
Pioneering 76 style columns note dishwasher use once a day. The columnist lampoons the typical politician who promises all and delivers nothing. A quirky line adds a new collective noun: a ticket of speed cops.
Boeing pushes higher air fares to boost profits
Boeing argues higher airline ticket prices are needed to restore carriers profits and fund fleet replacement. E H Boullioun says airlines must raise fares or cut service to achieve profits. Boeing cites a 11 domestic carriers plus Pan Am earning far less than CAB targets, and sees deregulation as unproven.
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New York
UPI
Boeing Co
Boeing
E.H. Boullioun
Airlines
Thomas R. Riedinger
Pan American Airways
Riedinger
Pittsburghese: Local speech shaped by history and habit
Linguistics expert Robert L. Parslow surveys Pittsburgh dialect noting terms like youns and dunton and warsh as local forms. He links speech patterns to Scotch Irish ancestry and local culture reflected in taxi talk and everyday usage.
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Scott Macleod
Pittsburgh
UPI
Dunton
Southside
Still Mills
Robert L. Parslow
Parslow
Pete Flaherty
Hunton
Downstate Civic Center Funding Clears House Panel
A $75 million package for civic center construction in Madison County and other cities advanced after Chicago lawmakers abandoned a plan to divert funds to McCormick Place. The bills authorize up to $20 million per authority, with three quarters of project cost or property value formula as funding.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
House Cities and Villages
Chicago
McCormick Place
Michael Howlett
James Taylor
Madison County
Peoria
Springfield
Rockford
Aurora
Grundy County United Fund elects officers and adds board members
At the annual meeting Robert Roth was elected president with James Smith as vice president Al Pilch as secretary and Ronald Wohlend as treasurer Three new directors joined the board Joe Schmitz Garth Hamilton and Jack Sargent The group set a 1976 77 budget totaling 82900 allocating funds to nine agencies including the Grundy County Senior Citizens Council YMCA Red Cross 4 H and Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council.
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Grundy County United Fund
Robert Roth
James Smith
al Pilch
Ronald Wohlend
Joe Schmitz
Garth Hamilton
Jack Sargent
Grundy County Senior Citizens Council
Y.M.C.A
American Red Cross
Cooperative Extension Service
Girl Scouts of America
Salvation Army
Catholic Charities
Pleasant View Luther Home
Boy Scouts of America Rainbow Council
U.S.C
A.I.D.S
United Fund
Illinois Valley
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Main St
Lindblad Construction Co. of
Joliet
C. Wayne Franklin
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Area Business News
Organization of Psychic Research Associates
OPRA
Oklahoma City
Edgar D. Mitchell
D.sc
Elmer E
Alyce Green
Menninger Clinic
Denise Jones
Wilbur R. Jones
Marseilles
Grundy County National Bank
Illinois Wesleyan University
Miss Jones
Illinois Wesleyan
Sigma Kappa Sorority
Panhellenic Council
Europe
North America
W. Jackson
Andy Hunt
E. DuPont
Hampshire
Kenneth
Clara _L.) Seaman
Pine Bluff Road
Blackhawk
American Business Women’s Assaduring
Blackhawk Hotel
Davenport
Iowa
US Armament Command
Rock Island Arsenal
Kenneth Scaman
Phil Pastoret
James A. White
Civil Aeronautics Board
U.S
McDonnell Douglas
United States
Sanford N. McDonnell
Boullioun
Pittsburghese
University of Pittsburgh
Warshington, D.C
Harvey E. Hauger
New Jersey
Downstate
Decatur
Danville
State Supreme Court
Eect Roth
Mazon
State Boat
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North Streets
Orl
Hoerner & Edmondson Z
Chain Saw Shop
Hornsby
Hornsby S
Route 47
Waverly
Grundy County
Terry Seggebruch
Brisbin Road
Robert Hunt
DuPont Road
Donald Lowery
Kinsman
Grand Ridge
Gardner Road
THE
Grundy County Agricultural Extension Council
University OF Illinois
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