Contract Deadlines Loom as Carpenters Consider Strike
Warren Burlingame, business agent for Local 1092 carpenters, says they will do all in their power to avoid a strike with the contract expiring June 1. Last year saw four weeks off work and wages rose $1.77 to $7.612 an hour under the one year agreement.
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Warren Burlingame
Carpenters
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Burlingame
Grundy County
LaSalle County
Wisconsin
Joliet
Riesel
Flexible Frogs Aquatic Farm Preview Set in Illinois
A press conference on April 14 in Warsaw Illinois will preview a controlled environment fish barn designed to adapt for catfish shrimp and frogs. Illinois University staff and Aqua Systems plus Warsaw Feed Granite City Steel and others developed a tray feeding system for pollution free fish production suitable for world use. A 100 gallon unit supports individual research projects hobbies and teaching.
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Warsaw
University of Illinois
Aqua Systems, Inc
Warsaw Feed Co
Granite City Steel Corp
Collins Named Shelby County Sheriff After Herten’s Death
Robert A. Collins, 48, of Mon eaqua, was appointed sheriff of Shelby County today. He had served as chief deputy under Carl D. Herten, who was elected in November and died of a heart attack March 14. Collins is a Democrat, as was Herten.
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Shelbyville, Ul
Robert A. Collins
Mon Eaqua
Shelby County
Carl D. Herten
Collins
Herten
Uncle Sam Expands Bureaus as Tax Season Rises
Snarky critique notes federal government creates new agencies to fund tax collection and reshapes agency landscape during current filing period. It laments bureaucracy and growing oversight while implying higher compliance burdens for taxpayers.
London Thieves Hit Armored Cash Truck in Million-Pound Heist
Masked raiders ambushed an armored money truck in Croydon and fled in a high powered car with over a million dollars in cash. Eight sacks of notes were loaded into a red Jaguar, leaving the truck blocked and prompting a reward of 108000 dollars. Police called it possibly Britain’s biggest cash haul since the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
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London
Britain
Enrollment Surges at Grundy AVC Exceeding Estimates
The Grundy County Area Vocational Center enrollment reaches 451, surpassing the 300 pupil projection. Distribution by schools shows Morris 188, Coal City 98, Mazon 97, Minooka 98, with continued applications and possible 50 more under a county special education cooperative.
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Grundy County Area
Morris Community High School
Morris
Coal City
Mazon
Minooka
Donald Kaufman
Gunfire in Chicago Projects Turns to Arrests
In Altgeld Gardens, Chicago, police stormed a two story building at 1043 E 132nd St after gunfire erupted during a disturbance call. One man was wounded and nine people were arrested, including a 13 year old. eight shotguns and rifles a handgun and ammunition were seized. charges include attempted murder and resisting arrest.
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Chicago
South Side
E. 132Nd St
Altgeld Gardens
Chicago Housing Authority
Weather Update for Illinois Region
Clouds over south central Illinois with snow in parts while the north enjoys sunshine. Tonight mostly cloudy with lows in the upper 20s. Saturday partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the 40s. Dresden Island Locks high 40 and low 22. 7 am 28 degrees. Morris downtown 10:30 am 36 degrees.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Suit to Partition Black Property in Saratoga and Morris
Donald A. Black files a circuit court complaint in Saratoga Township and Morris downtown seeking partition of farm land occupied by tenants E. L. Olson and Arthur Ness with sale if partition is not possible. The case lists 25 defendants including former owner Russell Gordon Black and spouses, with occupant defendants and a described downtown parcel in Chapin's Addition.
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Donald A. Black
Saratoga Township
Morris
Black
Hynds and Hynds
E. L. Olson
Arthur Ness
Russell Gordon Black
Cora Black
Chapin
Missing Penn Central Car Appears in Railroad Boxcar
A load of mineral wool ordered for a Red Lake Falls Minnesota firm arrived this week in a suspected stolen Penn Central boxcar. Railway officials link the red car to 277 Penn Central cars reported missing since early 1970 in a national FBI led search. Ronald Stenberg of Burlington Northern traced the mineral wool shipment and noted a car with suspicious paint reaching Red Lake Falls.
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Grand Fork
N.D
Red Lake Falls
Minooka Homecoming Dates Set for August 20 21 22
Minooka The Minooka Citizens Advisory committee set the Homecoming for August 20 21 and 22 with plans for a board contest baby contest pet parade amusement rides and a Western and Country show on Saturday evening A color TV prize will be awarded and participation is open to regional organizations The next planning meeting is April 13 at 7 30 p m in the Fire Station.
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Citizen's Advisory Committee
Illinois Rejects Lake Michigan Thermal Rules
Illinois opposed federal measures on cooling lake discharges while Indiana Michigan and Wisconsin backed the EPA plan. The proposals require closed cycle cooling towers or alternatives at shoreline plants and limit nuclear plant discharges to within 3 degrees of natural lake temperatures, with phased plans and on site implementations by end of 1971.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Environmental Protection Agency
David P. Currie
Illinois Pollution Control Board
EPA
William Dz. Ruckelshaus
Suspension Threat Faces Pontiac Police Over Pay Dispute
Mayor Joseph Trainor warned eight of eleven Pontiac police officers who called in sick after the City Council refused a $1,200 annual raise. The council denied the wage increase, keeping base pay at $6,000.
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Pontiac, Ill
Joseph Trainor
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State Superintendent of Public Instruction
County Superintendent of Schools
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Teacher Certification Board
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Braceville
Morris Hatcher Woods
Sam
Croydon
Braidwood
Thomas Graham
Andrew Sabal
Neil J. Sullivan
Herald
MCHS
Illinois Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
Claude Rose
Rose
Special Education Cooperative
Gardner
AVC
DVR
Kaufman
Supt
State Office
William Lynch
Mazon Township
Larry Summers
Granville Love
Randall Highsmith
Elvin Wills
Lynch
al Mattingly
James Stirniman
William Boyer
Citizens Advisory Council
Mary Jane Black
Donald Black
Patricia Black
Russell Black
Olson
Arther Ness
Mate Jeson Hardware Inc
Henry Borens
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Jesse Purrington
Minnie Bell
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Harry Benner
Sharon Benner
Clinton Matteson
Victoria Matteson
Maude Trenter
Theresa Herman
Laura Johnston
Willard Ragan
Luella Hutchings
Penn
Pontiac Police
James G. Gilkey Jr
Carson, Pirie Scott & Co
First National Bank of Morris
Everett Lois
Hugo Avalos
Earl Hunt
John C. Olson
Jack Hartfield
Virginia Carper
M. E. Tascher
Future Nurses Association
Knight
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