Centennial farm owners receive certificates at Morris ceremony
Centennial farms in Illinois honored for 100 years of continuous family ownership. Certificates and plaques presented by Joseph Berta III of the Illinois Department of Agriculture at the Holiday Inn Morris, with co sponsorship from the Production Credit Association of Illinois. The list includes residents from Morris Yorkville Newark Kinsman Grand Ridge Gardner Mazon Coal City and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Holiday Inn
Grundy County
Dorothy G. Randall
Glenn Reeves
Joseph Berta III
Division of Soil and Water Conservation
Department of Agriculture
Bill Decker
Fox Valley Production Credit Association
Herald
Morris
Joseph Berta _ III
State of Illinois
Illinois
Production Credit Association of Illinois
Newark
Howard T
Dorothy E. Christian
Harry Henderickson
Russell
Vivian Wogen
Kinsman
Genevieve Anderson
Dwight
Raymond Burkhart
David Constantine
Reuel Hoffman
Frank Roeder
Grand Ridge
Lester Horn
Lois Webb
Gardner
Thomas Maher
Marseilles
Peter Mitchell
Clyde Moss
Russell Peddicord
Belle Varland
Mazon
Guy Morse
Ruby Morse
Nancy Hollen
Loyal Williams
Coal City
William Trotter
Kissinger Returns to Paris for Peace Talks
Henry Kissinger travels to Paris for renewed negotiations with North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy. The visit marks Kissinger's 20th trip to Paris and comes after a five day pause as talks resume on the Southeast Asia settlement. White House said return time to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kissinger
Paris
Washington
Nixon
Henry A. Kissinger
Xuan Thuy
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Agree
Ment
Ziegler
Joliet Junior College to dedicate Phase I campus buildings
The first completed buildings in JJC long term plan will be dedicated Sunday at 2 30 p m. Phase I houses nearly all college departments except art music and business. Student guides will lead residents through the facilities during Open House after the ceremony. The campus evolved after JJC became a Class I Community College in April 1967. Weather notes include a freeze forecast and temperatures around the 30s to 40s across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Junior College
Joliet Central High School
John C. Houbolt
M Houbolt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John H. Houbolt
Wesley Jones
James Coonan
Neal
Joliet
Illinois Junior College Board
Merlin Karlock
A.A. Wills
JJC
District 525 Board of
Joliet Junior College Symphony Orchestra
Robert Myers
Pershing School
Houbolt Ave
Houbolt
U.S. 52
Civil War scholar to speak at Grundy County dinner
Civil War expert Roger D Bridges director of research at the Illinois State Historical Library Springfield will speak on Illinois in the Civil War at a Grundy County Historical Society dinner in the Morris Holiday Inn at 6 45 p m next Tuesday The event includes the society annual business meeting and election of three directors dinner reservations are required with Mrs Ray Cryder by Friday
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Roger D. Bridges
Illinois State Historical Library
Springfield
Grundy County Historical Society
Morris Holiday Inn
Illinois
Bridges
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
University of Illinois
Bradley University
University of
Missing Boggs Plane Searched By Alaska Rescue Crews
Alaska searchers and about 30 private planes joined an Air Force HC130 to locate a Cesna 310 carrying House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and three others after a Monday takeoff from Anchorage for Juneau. Weather hampered visibility as crews traced the route over Prince William Sound and along the coast toward the Chugach Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Hale Boggs
Air Force
Juneau
Air Forces
Don E. Jonz. Boggs
Gary Hymes
Washington
Boggs
Begich
Federal Aviation Administration
Jonz
Pan-Alaskan Airways
Prince William Sound
Panhandle
William Moore
National Transportation Safety Board
Patrick W. Whitaker
Civil Air Patrol
Chugach Mountains
Naval Reserve
U.S. Maritime Service
Gangland drug war indictments in Calumet region
Federal grand jury in Hammond Indiana returns eight indictments as part of a broader probe into drug traffic and gang warfare in the Calumet area. Defendants named from Gary East Chicago and Fort Wayne include Conelius Olive John Holly Joe Cox Dale F Cox Malverna McMillan William Dows Thomasina Morrow Edward Moore. U S Attorney William Lee outlines the narcotics problem while Gary Mayor Richard Hatcher is expected to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Indiana
Calumet
Gary
Conelius Olive
John Holly
Joe Cox
Dale F. Cox
Malverna McMillan
William Dows
Thomasina Morrow
Edward Moore
Chicago
William Lee
Fort Wayne
U.S
Richard Hatcher
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Dale Brooks
Rte. 5
Thomas and
Marge Brown
Rte
Irma J. Collins
Elva Collins
Theoming
Rte. 2
James Holmes Collins
Phyllis Collins
Steven and
Collins
Yorkville
Donald Ament
Howard
Clara Blackman
Lewis
Irene Gates
Clyde Gavel
Minooka
Dana Cryder
Clifford Platt
William K. Pulver
William Rushton
Wilmington
Walter Bell
Walter Craig
Francis Johnston
National League of Families of Prison
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
W. Main St
Dave Barr
Ray Christensen
Neil Hartigan
Michael Berz
Senate
Joe Kowalczyk
Roger Bridges
South Dakota
Sangamon State University
American Institute of Architects
FAA
Eveleth
Minn
Lindy
Bethesda
Louisiana
Edward Cocke
New Orleans
Brooklyn
Cocke
St. Mary’s Assumption Roman Catholic Church
Reinhard Stump
Morris Daily Herald
Frederick S. Dumovic
North States Oil CO
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