European Farm Tours Highlight Small Plots and Dairy Emphasis
The Harvey and June Johnsons of Lisbon Road joined 300 farmers on a European farm tour sponsored by a farm magazine. They toured Germany, Switzerland, and Holland meeting relatives in Paris and Amsterdam. They noted small 40 acre plots, cattle feeding without corn harvests, and prominent dairy farming in villages.
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Harvey
June Johnson
Lisbon Rd
Europe
Germany
Switzerland
Holland
Johnsons
Texas
North Dakota
Paris
France
June
Philip Wood
Louisville
Amsterdam
Jorstads
England
London
Rhine
Jorstad
the Jorstads
Philip
June Wood
Woods
Paris Opera House
Deere workers walk off as UAW strikes expand across plants
About 27,000 UAW members walked off Deere and Co plants in six states as contracts lapsed, joining Ford’s 170,000 strike. Talks recessed after early morning sessions. issues include less subcontracting to non union shops and more paid time off. The action spans Illinois Iowa Minnesota Memphis Atlanta Denver and Des Moines based plants with Deere totals around mid thousands.
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Moline, Ill
UPI
United Auto
Deere and Co
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Uaw-Ford
Auto Industry
Ford
Deere
East Moline
Deere, Harvester
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Illinois
Iowa
Minneapolis
Memphis
Atlanta
Denver
Harvester
Brown signs first in nation die with dignity bill
In Sacramento Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr signed the measure to let patients refuse life support and die with dignity. The bill, introduced amid the Quinlan case debate, grants a patient the right to decline mechanical life-sustaining treatment.
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Sacramento
Calif
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Brown
Karen Ann Quinlan
New Jersey
Barry Keene
Deureka
California Medical Association
Quinlan
Weather and policy notes mix with a Quinlan case study
Weather data cites temperatures across sites including Dresden Island Locks and Dam and Morris with highs in the 70s and 80s and a report of 2.50 inches monthly precipitation. In policy coverage Assemblyman Barry Keene supports living wills and physician withdrawal of life support in the Quinlan case sparking debate with opponents calling it euthanasia.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Vocal artist Robert Orth to appear on Channel 11 telecast
Minooka High School alum and former vocal teacher Robert Orth will appear on educational TV Channel 11 Saturday at 6 30 p m singing baritone with Beverly Sills in a Verde La Traviata performance filmed live from Wolf Trap near Washington D C Orth is a member of the San Diego Opera Company and will be featured opposite Sills in this televised opera presentation scheduled for Sunday at 1 p m.
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Minooka
Robert Orth
Minooka High School
Channel 11
Orth
San Diego Opera Company
Beverly Sills
Wolf Trap
Washington, D.C
Ford defends lobbyist ties as Carter critics mount attack
President Ford says he committed no impropriety and reflects on his integrity while the Watergate finance probe continues. Carter, campaigning in Boston, says the issue remains and urges belief in the public over powerful lobbyists.
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United Press International
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Carter
Oval Office
Watergate
Boston
Boston College
UPI
Edward Levi
Robert Dole
Lancaster
Illinois Supreme Court voids party fill vacancies and tax fees
The Illinois Supreme Court struck down two 1974 laws: one allowing political parties to fill county office vacancies and another letting counties charge other governments for tax collection. The ruling cites the 1970 constitutional intent to abolish the fee system and rejects party central committees as public bodies. The cases involved Joliet in Will County and Peoria.
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Springfield
UPI
Illinois Supreme Court
Will
Peoria
Circuit
Supreme Court
Joliet
Rizzo Victory Solidifies Philadelphia Mayoral Win
Philadelphia mayor Frank L. Rizzo celebrated after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court blocked a recall election. The court 4 2 1 overruled a lower court ruling while recall supporters called the decision a disappointment.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Frank L. Rizzo
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Rizzo
Shelley Yanoff
Citizens Committee
Michael J. Eagen
ICC plans hearings on rule prohibiting filming at hearings
The Illinois Commerce Commission will hold public hearings on a new rule banning filming and sound recording at its hearings. The rule, ordered by a Chicago court, aims for precise uniform application though no first hearing date was set. Chicago news outlets have long pressed for coverage of ICC proceedings.
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Springfield
Ill
Commission
ICC
Chicago
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Herald
Moline
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Milan
John Deere
Davenport
Des Moines
Dubuque, Iowa
Ottumwa
Waterloo Tractor Works
Waterloo
John Deere Engine Works
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International Harvester
Caterpillar
Gov. Brown
Die With
EW. & Aneel
Liberty
Robert Blasius
Illinois Department of Transportation
Ottawa
Illinois 47
Waverly St
Blasius
TSC
Norman Mailer
New York Times
Dole
Walter Mondale
Oil City
House
Dominic Rini
Martin Rudman
Dorothy Craig
Rock Island
Wesley T. Hardin
Philadelphia Inquirer
Savitt
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