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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1973
Page
2
Five polling places in Seneca and Marseilles will host Tuesday’s election for Manlius Township officials. Polls open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cyril J. Ryan, a newcomer, seeks one of four auditor seats amid recent state legislation changing trustee numbers on each board.
Robert Rossio reported his mobile home on Carbon Hill Road broken into Wednesday night with losses of 865 dollars in furniture. Mrs Ann Knapp said 150 dollars in electrical appliances were taken from 508 East Illinois Avenue with no one living there the week prior. A television repairman noted a forced door. Dublin Irish land sales draw foreign buyers despite high taxes. Nearby town board gains four seats and lists precinct voting sites and candidates including Cyral Irwin Dan McDonald Louis Sergenti Sandy Bottino Virgil Sheedy. Supervisor Sheedy urges voters to use their precincts.
Circuit Judge Robert J. Malmquist ordered Leo Arends and Tri-State Oil Co. to pay William Spellisy $1,036 for damages after Spellisy alleged Arends driven his vehicle into Spellisy’s building at U.S. 6 and Illinois 47 on August 7 1970. Spellisy was represented by Atty. Gert G. Engelman of Ottawa.
United Steelworkers and ten major steelmakers announce an Experimental Negotiating Proposal to end industry wide strikes and lockouts for four years through July 1977. Workers gain a 3 percent annual wage increase, a $150 bonus after Sept 30, 1974, and a tough arbitration board to resolve disputes.
The Associated Press reports rising water along the Mississippi and Illinois rivers flood Grafton isolating the town and prompting boat rescues. In Kampsville a restaurant flooded its dining room while Alton saw a flour mill front flooded and roads cut. Some residents refused to evacuate citing fear of looters as Miller City levee remains at risk of overtopping.
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