Israeli Jets Hit Damascus and Other Syrian Targets
Israeli Phantom jets struck Damascus and other Syrian targets as ground fighting raged near the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Reports claim hits on military sites in Syria and Egypt, with civilian casualties and international reactions including UN observers killed in Damascus.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Barouk Mountain
Beirut
Homs
United Nations
Jerusalem
Ing
U.N
Tel Aviv
Syria
Israel
Residents protest Beatty Sub rezoning at City Council meeting
Beatty Subdivision residents packed a City Council session to oppose Century Wholesale rezoning from R-I to B-III. Tom S. Cwik, spokesman for a new Citizen Action Committee, urged denial citing loss of property value, traffic and nonconformity with surrounding uses.
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Century Wholesale
Beatty Subdivision
Public Works
Tom S. Cwik
George St
Citizen Action Committee
Cwik
Division and
Jackson Sts
Morris Home
Early Realty
Joliet
Two injured in Morris County crash near Illinois 47
Mrs Susan C Leek 30 of Dwight and William R Butler 32 of Burlington Iowa were in guarded condition at Morris Hospital after a two car collision at Illinois 47 and Illinois 113 at 11 10 p m Monday Butler skidded 68 feet and ran a stop sign Jefferson County deputies reported Leek suffered injuries to her left shoulder back and a finger and hand Butler had a three inch head laceration broken ribs and abdominal injuries Leek was accompanied by two year old Shan who was not injured and returned home with her father Odie Leek
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Susan C. Leek
E. Mazon St
Dwight
William R. Butler
Burlington
Iowa
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
Illinois 113
Tim Neary
Grundy County
Butler
Coal City
Shan Leek
Odie Leek
Weather Brief Shows Warm Pattern Into Midweek
Partly sunny and warm this afternoon with highs in the lower 80s. Tonight, partly cloudy and mild with mid 60s lows. Wednesday continues warm with more sun and lower 80s. Monday reached 78 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with 62 low, while 7am readings were 65 and 73 in Morris downtown at 10:30am.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Krone Named State Representative in 20th District Chicago
Philip S. Krone of Chicago is appointed state representative for the 20th district to fill the vacancy created by the death of Rep. Granata. The appointment follows a new law empowering a district GOP committee to choose a replacement rather than awaiting elections. The vacancy in the 54th District for Rep. Blades remains unsettled amid potential court challenges over replacement procedures.
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Chicago
Philip S. Krone
Peter C. Granata
Krone
Daniel Walker
Cook County
Edmund J. Kucharski
House
W. Robert Blair
Ben Blades
Fairfield
Blades
Springfield
Percy argues for congressional Budget Office to rival executive costs
In Chicago Percy explains a proposed congressional Office of the Budget to counter the 700 staff OMB and other bureaus. He and Sam Ervin co sponsor the bill. He notes congressional budget processes have not changed since 1921 and the plan would impose strict spending limits to give Congress more time to review appropriations.
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Chicago
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Congress
Congressional Office
Percy
American Bankers Association
Executive Branch
Office of Management and Budget
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Gardner Village approves hall contract with Ronchetti Builders
Gardner Village Board signed a contract with Ronchetti Builders of Coal City to construct a new village hall. Ground breaking is set for 10 a.m. Saturday during the village board meeting on Monday.
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Gardner
Ronchetti Builders
Coal City
Gardner Village Board
Grundy County jury cases wrap up four weeks of service
Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman announced the full call of Grundy County general division jury cases. Forty three cases were set for hearing with 35 disposed of and two ending in long trials. Eight cases filed before 1973 pend and were stricken from the current call. Hoffman will return to LaSalle County for trials and later call Bureau County docket in Princeton.
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Leonard Hoffman
Grundy County
Thomas Clydesdale
Hoffman
Morris
LaSalle County
Bureau County
Princeton
Coal City to vote on police board and civil service status
The Coal City Village Board set November 6 for a special election to select a board of police commissioners in response to a September petition seeking civil service status for the police. The board also approved a garbage contract with M. Sorensen Disposal, raising the monthly charge to water users from 1.73 to 2.68, appointed James A. White of Morris as patrolman, and announced bids for a 1974 police car due by October 22.
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Coal City Village Board
Board of Police Commissioners
Coal City
Board of Commissioners
M. Sorensen Disposal Service Co
James A. White
Morris
Girl’s Hospital Art Becomes Greeting Card, Then Tragedy
Amy Burnett, an 11 year old cystic fibrosis patient, drew the red dress girl on a swing used for Rainbow Babies card sale and won a $5 ice cream certificate before dying five hours after the selection. The backstory was shared on Monday.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Rainbow Babies’ and Children’s Hospital
Amy Burnett
Amy
Fat Jack testifies on spying in Nixon campaign
John Buckley known as Fat Jack testified before the Senate Watergate committee that he photographed Muskie campaign documents and sent them to the Nixon re election HQ. The panel signaled limited GOP success in uncovering Democratic dirty tricks from the 1972 campaign.
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Washington
John Buckley
Fat Jack
Muskie
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
GOP
Fred Taugher
George McGovern
California
Los Angeles
McGovern
Frank Mankiewicz
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Bag of stolen cash found in store cookies
A brown bag containing 60 dollars was found at 1 30 a m behind cookies at Eagle Discount Store Morris Market Center Illinois 47 and U S 6. Police report three men robbed Eugene Funk's Walgreen Drug Store Sunday afternoon taking 1007 dollars including 378 in change 629 in two bags and 20 in stamps. The finder Sharon Errietta turned the money over to Eugene Funk.
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Eagle Discount
Morris Market Center
Illinois 47
U.S
Eugene Funk
Walgreen
Alan Love
Cairo report timing sparks debate over release
A new 93 page study titled Racism at Floodtide by Paul Good of Westport Conn released by the U S Commission on Civil Rights faces criticism for its timing and content. Cairo civic leader David Cain questions why the release comes now as Cairo’s racial tensions subsided. Good defends the work noting unfinished updates and a misused press release. A public meeting is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday at First National Bank per Morris Park committee chair Elmo Ray Younger.
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Robert Gilbertson
Younger
James Peacock
James Provancal
PAC
Cairo, Ill
Cairo
Floodtide
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Paul Good
Westport
Conn
David Cain
The
the Park Action Committee
First National Bank
Morris Park Committee
Elmo Ray Younger
Red Cross offers first aid course in Grundy County
The Grundy County Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a six session standard first aid course starting Monday October 15 at 7 30 p m in the Grundy County Courthouse first floor courtroom. Instructor is Mrs Elwyn Trotter and open to those age 15 and over including bus drivers for OSHA requirements. No charge. texts $1. bring a two inch bandage. Contact Mrs Trotter at 942 0331 for more details.
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Grundy County
The
American Red Cross
Elwyn Trotter
Trotter
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