Weather balloons spur UFO sighting reports
Weather research balloons triggered a wave of UFO reports across the South as launches from Palestine Texas and Montgomery Alabama were observed at high altitudes. Officials warned observers to expect more sightings during two nights of rocket tests by Eglin Air Force Base and noted reflections off balloons after dusk. Local sheriffs reported widespread calls from Mississippi Georgia Alabama and South Carolina with fear and calls for federal investigation.
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Palestine
Tex
Mississippi
Weather Service
Montgomery
Ala
Macon
Eglin Air Force Base
Florida
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Interstate 10
North Koreans in MIG Intercept Over Egypt Reported
Pentagon said North Korean pilots on loan to Egypt engaged in a brief dogfight with Israeli fighters south of Cairo. No aircraft were lost on either side, and the exchange lasted a short period. The source of the information was not disclosed.
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Washington
Egypt
Pentagon
William Beecher
Cairo
Beecher
Six defendants plead not guilty in Grundy County case
Six of the eight men indicted Monday by the Grundy County Grand Jury pleaded not guilty in Grundy County Circuit Court. Several defendants faced multiple burglary theft and narcotics counts connected to a Sept 24 raid on Dr. Smyk’s Coal City office.
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Grundy County
Rickey J. Fredericks
Braidwood
William Sanders
School St
George Black
David C. Muncey
Rte. 1
Coal City
Roman Smyk
Circuit Court
Robert Malmquist
Richard Wilder
Muncey
John Zerboglio
Black
Willard B. Akin
Price St
Phillip Nelson
E. Price St
John Davis
Liberty St
Vanderhyden
Grafton council presses shutdown after park rape report
Grafton Illinois officials meet with Illinois Youth Commission School director to demand closure amid walkaways linked to car thefts and other crimes. The plan follows a Sunday rape alleged to involve three youths from the school at Pere Marquette State Park.
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Grafton
Ill
Illinois Youth Commission
Missouri
Pere Marquette State Park
John Petrillo
Joint Planning Meeting Set for Next Wednesday
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will host a joint meeting with all county planning officials at the courthouse 7:30 p.m. The event invites Dwight officials to discuss jurisdiction within 1.5 miles of incorporated areas, cooperative planning for large projects, the Illinois 47 corridor study, ordinance enforcement methods, and future cooperation.
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Grundy County
Grundy County jail plans move toward state approval
A Grundy County courthouse and jail committee heard that Illinois Department of Corrections will approve the proposed new county jail after minor corrections. The plan calls for a one story facility on the south end of the courthouse with 30 cells, six dormitory work release cells, five day rooms, a drunk tank, and individual toilets in each cell.
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Grundy County
Illinois Department of Corrections
Anthony S. Kuharich
Department of Corrections
Franklin St
William Button
County School Enrollment Drops in Grundy Region
Sixth day attendance for the 1973 74 year shows Grundy County schools down 119 students from last year affecting state aid. Elementary enrollment falls 129 to 5063. five high schools up 43 to 2423. special education down 33 to 88. Only two districts rose. Mazon Verona Kinsman up 3 to 494, Minooka up 20 to 768. Other districts fall with figures for Coal City Nettle Creek Goodfarm Morris Saratoga Gardner South Wilmington Braceville and Immaculate Conception noted. High school districts Gardner South Wilmington down 4 to 262 and Morris down 14 to 948.
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Arthur V. Meadors
Grundy County
Mazon - Verona - Kinsman
Minooka Community Consolidated
Saratoga
Gardner Community
South Wilmington
Braceville
and Immaculate Conception Parochial
Coal City Community Unit
Minooka Community High School
Mazon-Verona-Kinsman
Gardner-South Wilmington Township
Morris Community
Masonic lien suit filed in Grundy County for $2100
Billy W. McPherson a mason from Elwood sues in Grundy County Circuit Court to foreclose a mechanic's lien against Cecelia Marie Vota Schimandle Dawn A. Schimandle both of Eileen and Frank Gentile of Joliet The suit states an April 25 oral agreement with Gentile for masonry work on a home for the Schimandles and a May 2 completion date with no payment claimed The prayer seeks a lien for 2100 plus interest and, if unpaid, a court ordered sale of the premises to satisfy the claim.
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Billy W. McPherson
Elwood
Grundy County
Cecelia Marie Vota Schimandle
Dawn A. Schimandle
Eileen
Frank Gentile
Joliet
McPherson
Gentile
Edison hearing continued on Dresden plant variance to Nov 15
A Morris public hearing on Commonwealth Edison’s extension request for a Dresden nuclear plant variance was moved to November 15. The Illinois Pollution Control Board asked for the continuance to review the discharge into the Illinois River mixing zone. The session will be at the First National Bank of Morris.
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Pollution Control Board
Scott
Jacob D. Dumelle
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Morris
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
The
Edison
Illinois River
First National Bank of
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