Local business notes highlight Grundy County IRLA officers
Grundy County Illinois Retail Liquor Association elected Norman Hopkins as president Dennis Errietta as vice president Jackie Hanson as secretary treasurer Bill Cheshareck as sergeant at arms and board members Robert Feeney and Andy Poulos The IRLA was formed in 1880 to represent liquor license holders in Illinois.
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Grundy County
Chapter
Illinois Retail Liquor Association
Norman Hopkins
Dennis Errietta
Jackie Hanson
Bill Cheshareck
Robert Feeney
Andy Poulos
State of
Illinois
Morris PhoneCenter Store opens on Jefferson Street
The Morris PhoneCenter Store invites customers to explore Bell telephone innovations and services. Open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 210 E. Jefferson St., Morris, offering home phones, bill paying, directory orders, and service booklets.
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PhoneCenter
Bell
Morris PhoneCenter
E. Jefferson St. Morris
Angry crowd protests workman's death in Coacalco
Nearly 4,000 rock throwing residents stormed Coacalco town hall in a police shooting protest. They seized Mayor Jose Ramon del Cueto and forced him to eat 12 pounds of bananas, then sign his resignation. Two policemen accused of killing Jose Reyes were under arrest.
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Coacalco
Mexico
UPI
Jose Ramon del Cueto
Cueto
Jose Reyes
Mexico City
Lincoln Depot artifacts go on public auction Saturday
Artifacts from Springfield’s Lincoln Depot will be auctioned Saturday at 1 p.m. on the depot parking lot between Monroe and 10th Streets, near Lincoln’s former home. The event, organized by Sangamon State University Foundation, features about 100 items from 1968 to remodeling, including an 1880 buggy, Civil War timetables, desks, a diorama of Lincoln’s farewell address, and a buffalo head donation. Proceeds fund remodeling and donations are encouraged via Charles Strozier at SSU.
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Springfield
Lincoln
Monroe St
9Th
10Th Sts
Great Western Depot
Old Capitol
Charles Becker Jr
Charles Strozier
Strozier
SSU
Copley Press Charities
National Endowment For the Humanities
America the Beautiful Fund
New Salem
Old State Capitol
Wallace to retire from elective politics after refusal to run
Three term Alabama Governor George C. Wallace, once a presidential hopeful, said he will not seek the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. The 58 year old, paralyzed from the waist down since the 1972 assassination attempt, stated he would not run despite confidence he would win. Alabama law bars a governor from a third consecutive term, signaling an apparent retirement from politics with no stated reason.
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Mobile
Ala
UPI
George C. Wallace
Wallace
U.S. Senate
Alabama
Alabama League of Municipalities
U.S
Senate
Gulf Shores
United States Senate
Rochester lottery winner unclaimed top prize for a year
A Rochester New York Lottery ticket sold last August won the top one million dollars but remains unclaimed. The dry cleaners that sold the ticket posted notices urging customers to check tickets. The winner has one year from the drawing date to claim the prize, per state Lottery spokesman George Yamin.
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Rochester
N.Y
UPI
New York
Flower City
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