Corn Stalks and Coffee Grounds Turned Into Building Materials
University of Illinois researcher Dr. Poo Chow shows how waste plant fibers including corn stalks coffee grounds hardwood bark and other refuse can become wallboard acoustical tile and furniture components. He notes environmental and economic benefits and the potential for durable marketable products.
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Urbana, Ill
University of Illinois
Poo Chow
Illinois
Chow
Shanghai
Taiwan
Insomniac authors plan bedside anthology in BBC interview
London literary agent Hilary Rubinstein, an insomniac himself, said he is compiling a bed side anthology for insomniacs after a BBC interview drew hundreds of letters from listeners. He titled the project Z Z Z Z Z and predicts major insights in insomnia in the coming decades.
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London
Surrey
West Country
Kashmir
Hilary Rubinstein
BBC
Rubinstein
Bloomsbury
Judge orders Skyway toll hike in Chicago
Federal judge says he will issue an order Thursday raising the Chicago Skyway toll from 35 cents to 50 cents. The Skyway links Chicago routes with the Indiana Toll Road over the Calumet district on the Southeast Side. Immigrant Savings Bank of New York, bondholder, filed suit seeking the increase after three prior hikes failed to meet revenue forecasts.
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Chicago
Richard W. McLaren
U.S. District Court
Calumet
Minooka High School board approves 74 75 appointments and plans
The Minooka Board of Education approved next year’s extracurricular staff including football assistants Steve Fannin Chris Peterson and Dave Decker head basketball coach Wayne Greenbeck and others. They set a June 21 meeting with an architectural firm to discuss building plans and reviewed parking lot permits, budgets, bank deposits, and bids for milk and gasoline.
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Minooka
Minooka High School Board of Education
Steve Fannin
Chris Peterson
Dave Decker
Wayne Greenbeck
Tom Hensel
James Butterbach
Joe Wunar
Nancy Fisk
Kathy Friant
Jeff Zoller
Robert Taylor
Hazel McEvilly
Art Juan
Kathleen Kenney
Robert Kleck
Cheryl Pillsbury
National Honor Society
John MacCarthy
Future’ Teachers Association
Robert Nolan
William Swiderski
Dorothy Albert
Debbie Zavitz
Illinois High School Association
Alton Mattingly
Tri-County Bank of
Jack
Weber Dairy and Farm Service
Board of District 201
Government mulls mandatory gasoline allocation this summer
The Nixon administration leans toward a compulsory allocation plan to prevent shortages. Treasury sources say major oil firms would be required to assure nationwide supply with priorities for national security, possibly allowing the government to take up to 10 percent of gasoline for distribution. Some officials expect a voluntary plan plus a cap on supply.
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Washington
Nixon
Treasury Department
Treasury
William Simon
Midwest
Interior Department
Oil and Gas Office
Clarence Jackson Fined After Battery Plea
Clarence Jackson, 59, of 1324 Division St, paid a $25 fine and $10 court costs after pleading guilty Monday to a battery charge filed Sunday by Mrs. Rose Button who lives upstairs. The complaint says he punched her in the nose when she visited him and his wife.
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Clarence Jackson
Division
Rose Button
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