Edison Road project eyed near Goose Lake in Illinois
Goose Lake Township highway commissioner Rollin Bargo heard Edison officials outline a proposed 8 10 mile truck road parallel to Dresden Road near the nuclear station. The plan includes a 24 foot road on an 80 foot right of way with 12 inch crushed base and blacktop, linking Collins Road to Reichhold Chemical and GE Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant. Costs range 100000 to 150000 dollars with funds to resurfaced Dresden Road and possible extra right of way to improve the corridor. A final hearing is pending.
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Rollin Bargo
Goose Lake Township
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden Rd
James Ellis
Edison
Bargo
Dresden
Pequot Rd
Cooling Lake
Ellis
General Electric Co
General Electric
Goose Lake
Collins Rd
Reichhold Chemical
General Electric Midwest
Kankakee River
Collins Road
Downey Rd
Lorenzo Rd
Pine Bluff Rd
Dim Outlook on Rail Settlement Looms
A government official said efforts to avert a nationwide railroad strike looked dim after hours of talks with the AFL CIO United Transport Union and industry negotiators. Assistant Labor Secretary W. J. Usery voiced little optimism and anticipated a decision by late afternoon on possible federal action if talks collapse. The union represents about 180,000 trainmen and had been free to strike since Monday, with continuous day to day postponements. President Nixon had urged Congress to act on a settlement.
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Washington
Asst
W. J. Usery
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
Dustry
Usery
Weather: Clearing and cold with low near 20
Forecast calls for a clear cold night with a low around 20 and a mostly sunny day Thursday with continued cold conditions and a high in the mid 30s. At Dresden Island Locks and Dam Tuesday the high was 35 and the low 20. 20 degrees at 7 am today with a trace of precipitation. downtown Morris 22 degrees at 10 am today.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Watseka Fire Destroys Rice Motor Sales Showroom
A downtown Watseka blaze destroyed the Rice Motor Sales showroom and damaged two nearby businesses. Fire crews from Sheldon Crescent City Martinton Woodland and Gilman contained the fire after 34 hours with no injuries reported. A damage estimate and cause were not available.
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Watseka
Ill
Rice Motor Sales
Sheldon
Crescent City
Martinton
Woodland
Gilman
Seneca Firefighters Contain House Blaze With Help From Marseilles
At noon Seneca firemen assisted by Marseilles firefighters battled a house fire at the home of Mr and Mrs Harvey Johnson on KE Scott Street. Mrs Johnson found an electric blanket burning in an upstairs room. furniture was moved outside as crews fought the flames.
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Seneca
Marseilles
Harvey Johnson
KE. Scott St
Johnson
Strike Ends at Lemont Plant After Tentative Deal
Union members at Union Oil Lemont plant vote tonight on a tentative contract ending a 450 worker strike begun Jan. 12. The agreement grants 8 percent retroactive raises to Jan. 1 and 7.2 percent from Jan. 1, 1972, plus nine paid holidays and higher health and welfare contributions.
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Lemont, Ill
Union Oil Company
Lemont
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Frank Maxwell
Maxwell
Jack West
Illinois Governor Budgets 5.66 Billion. Cuts Higher Ed Aid
Gov. Richard Ogilvie unveils a 1972 budget of 5.662 billion, skipping higher education requests and banking on welfare bill passage. He warns Illinois faces a financial straitjacket as income tax revenue growth slows, and criticizes higher education for perceived extravagance while proposing 29 million for private school aid.
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Springfield
Richard B. Ogilvie
Congress
Nixon
General Assembly
Ogilvie
Illinois
Board of Higher Education
John W. McCarter Jr
Harper Junior College
Palatine
Schaumburg High School
Chicago Circle
Planners Delay Decision on County Permit for Sludge
Grundy County planning officials delayed a decision on SEMCO’s proposal to spread 460000 tons of sludge on 2200 acres in Norman Township this spring. A March 16 special meeting was set to discuss permitting and possible conditional uses, with university and SEMCO representatives present to argue the project’s environmental and agronomic implications.
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Norman
Grundy County
Grundy County Planning Commission
Eugene Sorensen
Metropolitan Sanitary District
Calumet Lagoons
SEMCO
Sorensen
James Wright
Arcola
William Bauer
Norman Township
Rock Island
Calumet
Grundy
T. D. Hinesly
University of Illinois
Elwood
Joliet
Hinesly
Commission
Semco’s
Bauer
Atty
David Root
Root
Thomas
Vincent Dunn
Carl Gardner
Gardner
T. D. Hinesley
University of Mlinows
Omer C. Lundsford
Edison Gets 3rd Dresden Nuclear Unit Permit
The Illinois Pollution Control Board granted Commonwealth Edison a two year permit for a third Dresden unit near Morris. The 4 to 1 vote included dissent by Jacob Dumelle. The order requires reduction of radioactive emissions, liquid discharge limits, river pollution controls, and added air treatment to cut emissions by a factor of 50, with conditions allowing installation during operation if stack radiation stays under 10 percent of natural background.
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Ilinois Pollution Control Board
Peoria
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Morris
Jacob Dumelle
Richard Kissel
Edison
Illinois
Minnesota
Kissel
Misidentified Gardner Teacher in Morris Daily Herald
Still Teaching Mrs. Ralph Fischer a Gardner Grade School second grade teacher has pushed an educational self governance act for the State Legislature. A Morris Daily Herald story Tuesday misidentified her as a former Gardner teacher.
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Ralph
Vivian) Fischer
Gardner
Morris Daily Herald
Snicker A Day on Resources and Waste
A columnist criticizes wasteful use of natural resources noting the folly and ironies of conservation in a wry, humorous tone. The piece suggests prudent habits and awareness of environmental limits without heavy call to action.
Survivor joins campus volunteer fire department on duty
Robert J. Pales, a Lewis College senior and 1958 Our Lady of the Angels survivor, leads a seven member student fire squad on campus. He joined as a freshman after learning of the college unit, serves as chief, and coordinates drills and safety upgrades while hoping to teach and perhaps pursue firefighting full time.
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Lockport
Ill
Our Lady of the Angels
Chicago
Robert J. Pales
Lewis College
West Side
Pales
Lewis
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Will and Grundy
Brown & Lambrecht Earthmovers Inc
County Line
Herald
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Price St
Bulletin
Settle Lemont
Omer C. Lunsford
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Carl Myerson
Board
David Currie
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