Hoffa Influences Teamsters New 33 Month Trucking Pact
Jimmy Hoffa, barred from union activity until 1980, influenced the Teamsters' 33 month contract with the trucking industry. The pact gives 95 cents per hour raise and expanded fringe benefits for 400000 drivers, with ratification by rank and file. Frank E. Fitzsimmons reshaped terms to position for the 1976 convention as Hoffa contemplates a pardon and political move in Detroit. The current contract runs to midnight Saturday.
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Detroit
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Lewisburg
Man Sues for 100000 Over Sewer Trench Injury
Theodore G. Vass files a $100000 damage suit in Grundy County Circuit Court claiming injuries from being buried in a trench on a sewer project on August 13, 1971. Defendants include the City of Morris Chamlin and Associates Morris Construction Co and owners Bennie Sklut William Peterson Leonard Swanson Donald Swanson Koehler Brothers Construction Co George Goode Corp and owner George Goode. Vass, then an employee of Curtin Industrial Piping Co., is represented by Hochsbach Tracy Johnson Wilson and attorney Charles Wolff of Chicago.
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Grundy County
Vass
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Morris
Chamlin and Associates
Morris Construction Co
Bennie Sklut
William Peterson
Leonard Swanson
Donald Swanson
Koehler Brothers Construction Co
Gale
Calvin Koehler
George Goode
Braceville teen pays fine for improper lane use
Miss Audrey S. Manegold aged 18 of Merrill Street Braceville pleaded guilty to improper lane usage after a June 23 traffic stop on Liberty Street. Braceville officer Roy Gardner cited her. total paid ten dollars fine and five dollars court costs.
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Audrey S. Manegold
Merrill St
Braceville
Liberty St
Roy Gardner
Morris Fire Extinguishes Brush Fire at Heiden Residence
The Morris Fire Department responded at 8 45 p m Thursday to a brush fire at Miss Lillie Heiden s home in the Bradley Subdivision.
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Morris Fire Department
Man ticketed after accident on Division and North
Frank Bednarik 75 and Leonard Robey 71 were in a two car crash at Division and North on Thursday at 9 35 am. Bednarik turned right from North onto Division when Robey failed to stop for a red light and hit his vehicle. Bednarik's wife complained of neck and arm pain and would see her doctor. Minor damage reported. Robey cited for disobeying a traffic light and posted bond for July 16 court appearance.
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Frank Bednarik
Benton St
Leonard E. Robey
Paragon
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Division St
North St
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Garlic industry centers in three California counties in 1970
Potent bulb garlic, Allium sativum, grows as a ground bulb in the lily family. An extremely small amount can be detected by scent. The U S garlic kingdom centers on three counties around Gilroy California where 73 million pounds were harvested by hand in 1970.
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America
Gilroy
Calif
Walker's tax relief plans blocked by Illinois Senate action
In Springfield, Senate President William C. Harris halted Walker's income tax relief and mass transit bills, adjourning the Senate and jeopardizing final passage. Blair's rival plan moves forward while RTA funding faces new 36-vote requirements after the adjournment.
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Illinois
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William C. Harris
Pontiac
Daniel Walker
General Assembly
Walker
House
Norton Kay
Chicago
United Democrats
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Blair
RTA
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Will
Henry J. Hyde
Park Ridge
Harris
Two Women Arrested for Disorderly Conduct in Peru
Katherine Foster and Diane Ruthowski were arrested early today on disorderly conduct and resisting arrest. Officers Reeve and Ehrman were responding to a call from Hazel Pawlowski when Foster was escorted outside and handcuffed, Ruthowski alleged abusive conduct and fought officers. both were jailed in Grundy County and later moved to Will County due to facility limits for female prisoners.
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Katherine Foster
Division
Diane Ruthowski
Eleventh St
Peru
Syd Reeve
Paul Ehrman
Reeve
Ehrman
Hazel Pawlowski
Liberty St
Miss Foster
Miss Ruthowski
Grundy County
Will County
Senate approves bill to restore Illinois death penalty
Departments of conservation and transportation action reported. In another action the Senate approved a sweeping bill to restore the death penalty in Illinois.
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Departments of Conservation and Transportation
Senate
Illinois
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