Well Pumpage Increases in Morris Area Survey Finds
Illinois State Water Survey reports five-year rise in deep well pumpage across northeastern Illinois. Morris joins Belvidere DeKalb Waukegan and Woodstock as impacted areas with water levels dropping 50 to 100 feet. Public systems account for 63 percent of total pumpage, with industry at 34 percent and domestic use at 4.1 million gallons daily.
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Morris
Illinois State Water Survey
Belvidere
de Kalb
Waukegan
Woodstock
Chicago
Joliet
Elmhurst
Des Plaines
Aurora
Elgin
Illinois
Robert T. Sasman
Water Survey
Naperville
Sasman
Urbana
Strike talks resume at Caterpillar Joliet yard
Mediator calls the two bargaining groups back for a 2 p.m. session at Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as the Caterpillar Joliet strike enters its eighth week. Leo Bakula will chair the talks with Local 851 and Caterpillar union members seeking a settlement after a three day recess with no progress. Local 851 says ISST petitions at NLRB were dismissed but new filings have reportedly been made.
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Caterpillar Tractor Co
Joliet
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Agency
Leo Bakula
Bakula
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington, D. C
International Society of Skilled Trade Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Caterpillar
Brisk Filing Open for Illinois June Primary
Two Republican candidates for governor filed nominating petitions at the start of a one week period. Hundreds of candidates across statewide offices submitted petitions to the Secretary of State. Ogilvie and Altorfer led GOP hopefuls, with other confirmations from Stratton and Gottschalk. Dwyer filed for Lieutenant Governor and Dirksen for U S Senator.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Secretary of State
U. S
Supreme Court
Congress
Illinois House
State Senate
Richard B. Ogilvie
Northfield
John Henry Altorfer
Peoria
Ogilvie
Altorfer
William G. Stratton
Chicago
Arthur Gottschalk
Flossmoor
Robert Dwyer
Winnetka
Everett M. Dirksen
Snipers Fire On Home And Car In Grundy County
At about 3 a.m. Saturday unknown snipers fired from a .22 caliber weapon at a home on Pine Bluff Road near Illinois 47, striking the east wall and kitchen, and the right front door of a car owned by Robert Bottomley and his son. Authorities proceed with investigation by the Grundy County Sheriff.
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Pine Bluff Road
Illinois
Grundy County
Richard Pierce
Robert Bottomley
Wauponsee Township
Pierce
Bottomley
Sheriff's Deputies
Weather outlook hints at early spring warmth
Temperatures near 50 degrees under mostly sunny skies signaled a spring preview. Tonight partly cloudy with a low near 30, then a cloudy, cooler Tuesday with a high in the 30s and light precipitation possible. Winds shift from west to northeast.
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Collins
Morris
San Francisco Teachers End Walkout After New Talks
San Francisco teachers resume classes after a noon shutdown by about 1,100 of 3,400 teachers amid a city panel mediation. In Pittsburgh a mass picket was planned around the Board of Education, while other states saw protests and one-day holidays over teacher salaries.
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San Francisco
Florida
Pittsburgh
Wellston
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Joseph Alioto
Albert Fondy
Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers
Board of Education
Two Filings for Grady County Republican Offices
Grundy County Clerk Nels P. Nelson announced two nominating petitions for county offices. Incumbent County Coroner W Clark Davis and incumbent County Circuit Clerk Robert T Williamson filed on the first day for re election on the Republican ticket.
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Grundy
Nels P. Nelson
Nelson
W. Clark Davis
Robert T. Williamson
Oday
Launch of OGO 5 Aims Comprehensive Sun Study
A 12 story Atlas Agena rocket launched from Cape Kennedy at 8 06 a m EST carrying OGO 5 the fifth Orbiting Geophysical Observatory into orbit. The satellite carries 25 experiments the most ever for a US spacecraft and will study how solar flares affect Earth's atmosphere weather and communications. NASA Goddard officials report successful deployment of solar panels and mission readiness as the craft enters a transfer orbit.
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Cape Kennedy, Fla
Cape Kennedy
OGO 5
Geophysical Observatory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Agena
U.S
NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center
Car Train Crash Near Joliet Kills Three Teens
Three Joliet teens Eddy Couch Martin Carretto and Ronald Skocy were killed when their car collided with a Rock Island Lines passenger train near Joliet. The Saturday and Sunday crashes across Illinois claimed multiple lives including Steven Shuls Ina Godwin Edna Doner LaVerne Allen and others in separate incidents. Police reported several injuries and fatal collisions across I 80 IL 14 IL 53 IL 7 Pem broke Township and Ottawa with additional weekend fatalities in Chicago area.
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Illinois
Joliet
Rock Island Lines
Eddy Couch
Martin Carretto
Ronald Skocy
Steven R. Shuls
Geneva
Interstate 80
LaSalle
Ina Godwin
Mulkeytown
Illinois 14
Chrisopher
Illinois 53
Illinois 7
Lockport
Edna Doner
LaVerne Allen
Morris Firemen Grapple With Repeated Grass Blazes This Weekend
Morris firemen, stretched by dry winds and frequent grass fires, urged caution while battling ten fires over the weekend. Incidents ranged from a two car garage blaze near Hume school to multiple grass and corn stubble fires around Morris, with property damage limited but danger rising.
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Morris
Joe Gully
Hume School
Charles Valerio
Earl Howen
U.S. 6
Morrison Cemetery Road
No School Board Petitions Filed
As of forenoon today no new petitions had been filed for Morris high and grade school boards of education. Wednesday was the first day to file and March 23 is the deadline. School elections are April 13.
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Morris High School
Boards of Education
Viet Cong on embassy payroll thwarted by Saigon police
American security officials failed to obtain long interrogations with Viet Cong suspects in Saigon. South Vietnamese police blocked talks with two embassy attack participants and eight other Viet Cong tied to the Jan 31 assault. Officials note key figures evaded capture and that some Viet Cong were housed near the embassy before the attack.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen Vau Sau
Nguyen van de
Ngo Ven Giang
Giang
Sut
House Burns To Ground Near Minooka
Joseph McLin den discovered his eight room farm home on fire while a field blaze burned on nearby farms. Firemen from Minooka and Channahan fought the blaze from 6 to 11 p.m. origin undetermined. The McLindens stay with neighbors after the loss. other fires on adjacent properties caused no damage.
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Joseph McLinden
Madeline Brannick
William Clennon
McLinden
Alice
Minooka
Channahan
McLindens
John Fleming
Ira Slingsby
Bell Road
Braceville Fire Crews Respond to Grass Fires
Braceville firefighters were called at 3 p.m. Friday to a grass fire on Bob Mass property on Railroad Street. At 11:50 p.m. Sunday they returned to a grass fire at Randy Wise man farm north of Braceville that threatened a house but caused no reported damage.
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Morris
Red and Gun Club
Braceville
Bob Mass
Railroad St
Randy Wiseman
Hospital Seized by Viet Cong as U S Forces Hit North
Communist forces unleashed heavy rocket and mortar barrages killing and wounding civilians and seizing a hospital run by American physician Patricia Smith of Seattle in Kontum. U S Marines and air cavalry reported major firefights near Khe Sanh and Hue with hundreds of enemy casualties in a broad front.
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Saigon
U.S
Kontum
Patricia Smith
Seattle
Wash
Kontum City
U.S. Command
Marine
Khe Sanh
North Vietnam
Navy AG
Enterprise
Red River
Hanoi
Ale Lied
U.S. Navy
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
45Th Infantry Division
Duc Duc
da Nang
Con Thine
Hue
Imperial
Stripped Car Burned Near Goose Lake Club
A burned veered 1964 Buick without tires was found about one mile north of Carbon Hill near a strip mine spoil pile in Goose Lake Club. Deputy Sherman Hexdall located the car and Olson wrecker removed it. license LN8421 was sent to Kankakee County for possible identification.
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Carbon Hill
Goose Lake Club
Grundy County
Sherman Hexdall
Olson Wrecker
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