Nationwide Ford Strike Shuts Plants Across UAW
Ford Motor Co. halted manufacturing and assembly as 170,000 UAW workers walk out in a nationwide dispute. Leonard Woodcock blamed Ford for stalling while Sidney McKenna defended the company’s bargaining approach. The strike’s length and broader impact remain uncertain.
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Detroit
UPI
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Woodcock
Ford
McKenna
Michigan
Ohio
Speck Seeks Parole From Illinois Stateville Prison
Mass murderer Richard Speck faced his first parole board hearing in Illinois seeking early release after 400 to 1,200 years for the 1966 slayings of eight Chicago nurses. The board is expected to vote after private interviews and witness testimony.
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Stateville, Ill
UPI
Richard Speck
Chicago
Parole Board
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Speck
Stateville Penitentiary
Peter A. Kotsos
U.S. Supreme Court
Peoria County
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Corazon Amurao
Morris Grade School approves contract with teachers
Morris Grade School District 54 approved a contract with district teachers, raising salaries about 800 dollars across the board. The package totals 60 820.04, includes higher insurance costs, and increases last year's salary expenditure by 6.86 percent.
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Morris
Barr
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
IMRF
Williams wins close Grundy County Clerk Republican primary
James R. Williams captured the Republican nomination for Grundy County Clerk with 646 votes, edging Thomas Residori who had 636 and Robert White with 613. In the Democratic race Acting Clerk Lana Phillips won a write in campaign with 556 votes as eight ballots were spoiled in the contest.
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James R. Williams
Grundy County
John (Lana) Phillips
Williams
Rte. 1
Gardner Rd
Verona
Thomas Residori
South Wilmington
Residori
Robert White
E. Jefferson Sr
Phillips
Mazon
White
Vienna
Highland
Wauponsee II
Aux Sable II
Goose Lake
David Barr
Wilfred Harty
William Brown
Don Residori
Judy Calhoun
Judith Larson
William Glenney
Robert Williams
County board delays landfill action on takeover talks
Grundy County Board votes to delay a decision on whether to take over the Morris landfill for another month. Chairman Waters cites discussions with Morris City Council and potential initial placement with the highway department, while a tour of the site is proposed to assess needs.
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Grundy
Morris
William Waters
Perry Brooks
Earl Bingham
John Melvin Phillips
William Wallin
Donald Noonan
Morris City
Waters
Highway Department
Gordon Gunderson
C. Joe Mokszycki
Eugene Sorensen
Mokszycki
Sorensen
Grundy County
Braceville Township
Central City
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Ariel Bjelland
Donald Massie
Metropolitan
Massie
Schrock Brothers
Illinois 47
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Chad Mclaughlin
Heather Dugan
Minooka
Channahon
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Sidney McKenna
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
ESDA
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Ralph Brown
Dan _ Venters
John
Nancy) Martin
Karen) Finch
Norval
Jacqueline) Galloway
Erwin Kelly
Donald
Janet) Matteson
Matteson
Gordon Lear
H. Dale Barr
Shabbana
Bernard Keating
Illinois River
Keating
Oxbow Rd
Shabbona
Elizabeth White
Nancy Kendrick
Nancy Oreshack
Garfield
Luanne Potter
Janice Gilligan
Janet Sparks
Georgieann Bruce
Franklin
Sandra Ryder
Center
Joyce Kinney
Morris Community High School
Checker Cab Co
Joliet
New Lenox
Bolingbrook
Checker
District 54
Robert Cohenour
Morris Middle School
Morris Daily Herald
Goodfarm
Morris II
Norman
Morris VIII
Maine
Aux Sable I
Greenfield I
Garfield II
Garfield I
Braceville I
Braceville II
Braceville III
Braceville IV
Greenfield II
Morris I
Residers
Morris III
Saratoga II
Nettle Creek
Brienna
Wauponsee I
James Williams
John Phillips
County Board
Xerox
Pioneer Rd
Stan Thompson
Big Slough
Jack Hynds
Thompson
Hynds
Kendall County
Gilbert Blankenship
Nettle Creek Township
Blankenship
Saratoga
Wauponsee
Greenfield
Braceville
Greenfield Township
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