Changes Aim to Draw More Floats in Grundy County Parade
The Grundy County Corn Festival parade on Sept. 19 will feature three judging classes with new homemade or professional designations. Out of county entries are not judged for prizes, while youth group floats are encouraged to compete among themselves. A Corn Festival Queen will be crowned by the 1971 queen Miss Helen Taylor during the Teen Dance September 17 at Paramount Skating Rink.
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Grundy County
Tom Dzuryak
Dzuryak
Helen Taylor
Paramount Skating Rink
Chamber of Commerce Office
GOP
Appropriations Committee
James R. Washburn
Morris
Washburn
Springfield
Land Settlements Set for U. S. 6 Widening in Aux Sable
Grundy County Circuit Court awarded preliminary just compensation totaling 59775 to six landowners in Aux Sable Township for parcels needed to widen and improve U S 6 east of Morris. Awards range from 1500 to 20000 for varying parcel sizes, with several owners yet to settle.
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Aux Sable Township
Illinois Department of Public Works
Grundy County
NAACP Pickets Peoria Ward Store Over Hiring
NAACP pickets the Peoria Montgomery Ward store as talks fail to agree on hiring practices. John Gwynn Jr. says he will seek nationwide support for 18 black hires at the Peoria store, which employs 137 workers with only six Black employees.
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Peoria, Ill
Peoria
Montgomery Ward and Co
NAACP
John Gwynn Jr
Illinois
Wards
Gwynn
Weather Forecast and Temperatures Across Morris and Dresden
Partly sunny conditions with warmer humidity and mid 80s highs. Tonight and Thursday remain warm with possible thunderstorm risk and highs near 90. Dresden Island Locks high reached 88 and low 64, while Morris downtown measured 66 at 7 am and 74 at 10:15 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Attorney Charged in San Quentin Prison Killings
An all points bulletin seeks Stephen M. Bingham, a 29 year old attorney, on five counts of murder in the San Quentin escape attempt of August 21. Marin County DA Bruce Bales says Bingham smuggled a gun to George Jackson, leading to five inmate and guard deaths after a visit and a violent confrontation.
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San Rafael
Calif
Stephen M. Bingham
San Quentin
Marin County
Bruce Bales
Bingham
George Jackson
Bales
Jackson
Soledad
California
Angela Davis
Jonathan
Miss Davis
Powell case boxes reveal thousands of uncashed checks in Illinois
In Springfield many uncashed checks and money orders for vehicle licenses and auto sales taxes were found crammed into 16 degraded boxes tied to aide William Glenn and Powell era offices. Investigators seized four boxes and later 12 more from a bank garage. Aiding officials say totals could exceed 100000, with some checks dating back to 1966 and 1967.
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Springfield
Ill
Powell
Paul Powell
William Glenn
Motor Vehicle Division
Sim
Illinois National Bank
Glenn
London
Secretary of State
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Sangamon County
John W
Illl Speaker Blair Paid Outsized Contracts Not Filed
Springfield AP reports House Speaker W Robert Blair paid over 160000 to Arthur D Little Inc and Leyland Systems Inc for professional services without required filing with the auditor general under a 1969 purchasing act amendment. A Chicago contract for 3400 also lacked filing.
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Springfield
Ill
W. Robert Blair
Park Forest
Massachusetts
State Auditor General
Arthur D. Little, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
Leyland Systems, Inc
Boston
Blair
Associated Press
Auditor General
Auditor of Public Accounts
Dave Thomas
Office of Auditor of Public Accounts
Leyland Systems
Arthur D. Little
Robert F. Williams
Chicago
House of Representatives
Arthur Little
House
Jacksonville teachers reach settlement after two day strike
About 300 certified teachers in Jacksonville School District 117 return to classrooms as a contract is reached with the board of education. The deal hinges on Nixon wage price freeze timing and provides average six percent salary increases only after the 90 day period ends along with fringe benefits and an amnesty clause for strikers.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Board of Education
Chicago
Glenbrook
Bloom Township
Downstate Bloomington
Evanston
Elgin
Decatur
DeKalb
Jerseyville
Lake Zurich
Nixon
Library board to discuss fees
The Morris Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the staff room to discuss non resident fees and review plans for installing a memorial flagpole. Regular committee reports will be given at the session.
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Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Lisbon Labor Day Parade Opens Lisbon Homecoming
Lisbon Labor Day homecoming kicks off with a 10 a.m. parade led by Newark American Legion Post 459. Prizes range from 15 dollars for floats to 1 dollar for bikes, with judges at the grade school by 9:30 a.m. A 1:30 p.m. program features Rev. Halverson and musical acts, followed by water fights, soap box races, sky divers, softball, and Little League games.
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Lisbon
A.m
Tom Walker
Maynard Halverson
First Lutheran Church of
Piano
Kendall County
Illinois awards bridge removal contract on Route 17 in Livingston County
Morris Construction Co. wins a 384692 state contract to remove five bridges on Illinois 17 between Dwight and Blackstone and replace with double box culverts. Work includes widening and surfacing approaches. Five bridge sites noted along Mazon River branch and nearby creeks near Blackstone and Illinois 170 intersections.
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Blackstone
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