Morris Driver Hurt in Crash Near Ottawa
Robert Barkley 25 of 714 E Jackson St was hospitalized after his 1969 Chevrolet SS struck a utility pole at 2 26 a m on Illinois 71 three miles northeast of Ottawa He failed to stop at a sign and received tickets for speeding and disobeying a stop sign Skid marks stretched 96 feet and the demolished car was towed to Morris by Kneller's wrecker
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Morris
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Robert Barkley
E. Jackson St
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Lloyd West
Linton Bowers
Barkley
Illinois 71
Illinois
Kneller
Snicker Day Joke About Wheels and Spokesmen
A light joke contrasts ordinary wheels with big wheels noting the former have spokes and the latter spokesmen, highlighting a pun on spelling and roles.
Fair and Warmer Forecast For Local Area
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions and warmer tonight with a low in the upper 20s. Saturday should be mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 50. Thursday’s high at Collins Weather Station was 34 and the low 20.
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Collins
Morris
Morris McHenry sheriff race shift sparks party debate
Mrs. John C. Carroll announced a Republican bid for sheriff in McHenry County. The paper outlines the merit system reform endorsed by Illinois sheriffs, removing county population limits and detailing appointed merit commissions and pay rules. Also covered are Christmas glow plans in Grundy, Ozark extracts on local festivals, and small town notes from Florence Smith.
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McHenry County
John C
Elvera) Carroll
Richard Ogilvie
Illinois Sheriffs
Carroll
Illinois Sheriffs Association
Merit Commission
Grundy
Collinsville voters weigh $8.1 million sewer plan
Collinsville residents will ballot on Saturday on a proposed 8.1 million dollar sanitary sewer system for the city, with approval unlocking major municipal improvements.
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Collinsville, Tl
Collinsville
Higher Home Prices Drive Inflation Rise in Living Costs
Washington AP reports higher costs for cars and housing pushed consumer prices up four tenths in October, with groceries slipping. The CPI reached 129.8, while real earnings fell, and housing and transportation showed notable gains.
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Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Joel Popkin
Popkin
U S Agrees to Return Okinawa to Japan
The United States and Japan reach a joint communique after talks in Washington. Okinawa will revert to Japanese rule in 1972 with U S bases retained for security. Nuclear weapons may be removed prior to reversion unless an emergency arises.
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Washington
United States
Okinawa
Japan
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
South Korea
Taiwan Straits
Vietnam
U.S
Congress
Senate
House
Armed Services and Foreign Affairs
House Atomic Energy Commission
Island
Railroads to Join Ed Program for Workers Lacking High School
Seven Chicago area railroads announced participation in a $1 million federal funded education upgrade program for up to 2,000 employees who did not finish high school. Courses cover four education levels, math and English, with six hours weekly over 26 weeks, and potential diploma completion. Participating lines include Belt Railway of Chicago, Chesapeake and Ohio Baltimore and Ohio, Illinois Central, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Indiana Harbor Belt, Penn Central, and Santa Fe.
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Chicago
Board For Fundamental Education
Indianapolis
Belt Railway Co. of
Chesapeake & Ohio- Baltimore & Ohio Railroads
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
Penn Central Transportation Co
Santa Fe Railway
Senate Rejects Haynsworth for Supreme Court Seat
The Senate rejected Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. 55 to 45, marking the sharpest rebuff to President Nixon by a Democratic Senate. Republican defections fueled the defeat as Haynsworth faced opposition from labor and civil rights groups.
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Washington
Senate
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Congress
Nixon
White House
Haynsworth
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John J. Parker
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Indians Take Over Alcatraz Island Protest Continues
About 78 Indians from 30 tribes seized Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay demanding that the federal government turn over the island under the 1868 treaty. Leader Richard Oakes said unused federal land reverts to Indians and aims to establish a museum a school and an Indian center. Talks with GSA official Thomas Hannon began as others stayed on the island for a second night.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz Island
San Francisco Bay
Richard Oakes
General Services Administration
GSA
Thomas Hannon
Alcatraz
Oakes
Hannon
Sheriff Reports Crane Site Stand By During Strike
Sheriff Richard Pierce said he was called to United Engineers and Constructors Inc at the Dresden Nuclear Station about 6 30 a m as a precaution to keep the road open. Carpenters and millwrights are on strike after an argument with ironmakers. no trouble reported.
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Richard Pierce
United Engineers and Constructors Inc
Dresden
Pierce
Probe on Vietnam black money market unfolds in hearings
In Washington three Army sergeants and a American couple refused to answer senators under the Fifth Amendment amid allegations of kickbacks and black market currency linked to Vietnam. Senate investigators cite hundreds of millions possibly reaching Red China as the hearings conclude with Hanover Bank officers denying knowledge of an account code named Prysumen used for illicit funds.
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Washington
Vietnam
Abraham Ribicoff
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Red China
Hanover Bank of New York
Prysumeen
Ray
Iso
Apollo 12 crew photographs moon sites before return
Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Richard Gordon and Alan Bean spent nearly 11 hours mapping potential landing sites Fra Mauro Descartes and Lalande from the orbiting Yankee Clipper. They prepared for a three day return flight with engine burns and adjustments to optimize photography.
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Descartes
Lalande
California man leaves 40 million to animal groups
George Whittell left about 40 million of a 50 to 100 million estate to animal protection groups including Defenders of Wildlife and the National Audubon Society. About 20 groups filed claims as 34 lawyers represented interests in the case. Whittell died April 17 at age 87 leaving his widow Elia a ten million share and a complicated will.
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California
Animal
Redwood City
Calif
George Whittell
San Mateo
Whittell
Defenders of Wildlife
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
National Audubon Society
SPCA
James O'Keefe
Elia
Lake Tahoe
Woodside
Africa
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Don Bowman
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William Norton
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William Palmer
Grundy County National Bank
Jim Baum
Jay Mattson
Bob King
Morris Shoe Co
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Liberty
The
Morris Daily Herald
Yale
William Lumry
Grundy County
Ozark County Times
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Bus Halford
Oba Dean
Charley Halford
Esther Sallee
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Mont Reich
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Illinois 47
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Florence Smith
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