Area business reps attend Red Carpet Market in Chicago
Gerald Matteson and Keith Larson of Matteson True Value Hardware Morris spent three days at the 61st semi annual Red Carpet Market and convention in Chicago to shop early for fall winter and Christmas merchandise. Thirteen Morris Community High School Biology II students visited Morris Veterinary Hospital to observe dissections and two operations with x rays and explanations. Doctors Ed and Tim Connor hosted the school visit while Timothy J Hanley represented Country Companies at the Bloomington Property and Health Conference May 15 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Matteson
Keith Larson
Matteson True Value Hardware Store
Morris
Chicago
Morris Community High School
Morris Veterinary Hospital
Don Funte
Tim Connor
Timothy J. Hanley
Country Companies
Grundy County
Bloomington
Barbs By Phil Pastoret
The columnist riffs on language quirks and work pressure with wry humor about permanents delegating duties and high cholesterol meals. He mocks the confusion between authority and instruction while noting the habit of ordering seven courses with a request for the check first.
Coal City Notes Highlights Summer Music Program and Graduates
The Coal City Music Department offers a four week summer program for grades six to high school in 1978 79 with director William Jastrow at the high school band room June 12 to July 6. Graduates Mark Skubic and Carla Jean Vacca are noted for achievements and honors including Waubonsee Community College and WHIP participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City Music Department
William Jastrow
CCHS
Mark Skubic
Raymond _ Skubic
College of St. Thomas
St. Paul
Minn
Carla Jean Vacca
Donald J. Vacca
Coal City
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove
Carla
Waubonsee
Joliet Junior College Announces CETA Training Starts June 9
Joliet Junior College launches a CETA funded manpower training session on June 9 offering welding, medical records, and industrial maintenance. Applicants must reside in Will or Grundy counties and be unemployed or underemployed. Enrollees receive paid tuition, books, insurance, supplies, and a possible $2.65 hourly stipend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Junior College
Federal
Department of Labor
Will Or Grundy
CETA
Chicago
Joliet
Grundy County
Morris
Chicago Red Squad members face daily fines for refusing to answer
Two former Chicago Police Red Squad members, John Valkenburg and Michael Randy, were held in contempt for declining to answer questions about 1967 office burglaries tied to radical groups. Judge Alfred Y. Kirkland set daily fines starting at 10 dollars, rising to 15 by June 30 and 20 after July 31, unless they testify. Separately, attorney William Kunstler accused the FBI of illegally obtaining defense strategy information related to the Chicago Seven trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Red Squad
Alfred Y. Kirkland
John Valkenburg
Michael Randy
Kirkland
Valkenburg
Randy
Police Academy
William M. Kunstler
FBI
Kunstler
Newark
N.J
Defense
Leonard Weinglass
O’hare International
Chicago Seven
Starved Rock Hamfest Set Sunday at Bureau County Fairgrounds
Midwest amateur radio operators and families gather for the Starved Rock Radio Club Hamfest at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton. Exhibits, talks on radio art, gear trading, and meetings with U S Army and Navy MARS members plus an ARRL rep will occur. Activities start 9 AM with registration, coffee and doughnuts from 8:30, rain or shine, picnic lunch facilities and hot food available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midwest
Starved Rock Radio Club
Bureau County Fairgrounds
Princeton
U.S. Army
Navy Mars
American Radio Relay League
United States Radio Relay League
United States Radio Amateur
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