House rejects Agnew request for House inquiry
Speaker Carl Albert said the House will take no action on Vice President Spiro Agnew's request for a House investigation into kickbacks and bribery. The White House backed Agnew, while Attorney General Richardson authorized a federal grand jury in Baltimore to hear the case. The vote delayed a decision on impeachment.
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Washington
Carl Albert
House
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Albert
Justice Department
Atty
Elliot L. Richardson
Baltimore
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Maryland
Richardson
Grundy County Corn Festival marks 25th anniversary
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce hosts the 25th Grundy County Corn Festival in Morris with the theme The Good Old Days. The event features old time activities, a Statler Brothers Show with Kenny Price, a parade, horseshoe pitching, pie eating, and antique engine displays, plus ticket sales at local banks and venues.
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Bob Seamen
Muffler
Norm Jenkins
Tom Dzuryak
Statler Brothers
Statlers
Country Music Association
Morris
Kenny Price
Ray Doni
Festival Entertainment
First National
Grundy County National Bank
Home Savings and Loan
Morris Savings and Loan
Goodyear
Kendall Forest Preserve Adopt $34,250 Tax Levy for 1974–75
Kendall County Forest Preserve Commission adopts a $34,250 levy for the 1974 75 fiscal year, up from $32 500 last year, with salaries and utilities driving the increase. Improvements stay at $6 750, while fuel repairs and contingencies rise or fall as listed. The commission directs maintenance of preserve property only, with Floyd Sleezer heading the forest preserve committee. Kendall County spans about 224 acres of preserve land. County board members serve as commissioners and a citizen advisory committee also participates.
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Yorkville
Kendall County Forest Preserve Commission
Harris Forest Preserve
Lyons Preserve
Bakers Forest
House’s Grove
Floyd Sleezer
Kendall County
New ambulance service to begin in Grundy County
Morris residents can view one of the new ambulances as Grundy County moves to a dedicated service mid October. Roland Nelson owner says the white Dodge van ambulances will operate 24 hours from 410 Spruce St with driver and paramedic. Nelson, moving from Plainfield, brings a decade of EMT experience and will join local funeral homes exiting ambulance business.
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W. Clark Davis
Davis Funeral Home
Reeves and Finland Funeral Home
Nelson
Morris
Davis
Spruce St
E. Jefferson St
Plainfield
Robert Sullivan
Joliet
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Morris Area
Partly cloudy and warm with possible afternoon thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 80s. Tonight mostly cloudy with rain and storms likely and a low in the mid 60s. Thursday expects cooler, cloudy skies with rain and a high in the 70s. Earlier, Tuesday's high reached 87 and low 67, with 1.40 inches of precipitation reported.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Morris Community High School to Hold Regular Meeting
Members will convene at 7 p.m. in the administrative offices for a routine meeting with no agenda prepared for discussion items.
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Morris Community High School
Surviving Stanek sextuplets head home as five grow
Edna Stanek 34 rests at home after giving birth to sextuplets at Colorado General Hospital. Doctors say five surviving babies will join her in about a month. She visited 10 day olds and briefly held John and Jeffrey. John is smallest and may stay six weeks in hospital. Catherine and Steven are largest and may go home in four weeks.
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Denver
Stanek
Edna Stanek
Colorado General Hospital
Eugene
Catherine
Steven
Burglars Loot Coal City Doctor’s Office Pill Cache
Coal City police report thieves stole about 35 000 pills from Dr. Roman Smyk’s office on N Broadway Street. The break in occurred after breaking a back door glass and included barbiturates amphetamines heart medicine penicillin and antibiotics. Joliet crime lab investigated fingerprints.
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Coal City
Charles Ingram
Roman Smyk
N. Broadway St
Smyk
Ingram
State Crime Laboratory
Joliet
Senate votes to cut U S overseas troops by 40 percent
The Senate approved a 40 percent reduction in foreign based U S troops by a 49 to 46 vote. Senator Mansfield, the bill’s sponsor, argues the era of Cold War military activism should end, while Senator Tower warns unilateral withdrawals could harm talks with the Warsaw Pact. The plan targets a 500000 man force abroad, with total foreign presence at 1.1 million and annual costs around 30 billion dollars.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Mike Mansfield
John G. Tower
Rtex
Europe
United States
Tower
Mansfield
Agreement Ends Damage Suit In Grundy County
A damage suit filed by Anton Lissy of Braceville against Illinois Bell Telephone Co. was dismissed in Grundy County Circuit Court after an out of court settlement. Lissy alleged his tractor struck a partially removed pole stump on the Charles Allen farm west of Braceville on July 31 1970, injuring him. He sought 50000 plus costs. Represented by attorney Robert H Adcock Lissy claimed negligence for not removing the stump or providing a warning barricade despite an easement across the farm.
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Grundy County
Anton Lissy
Rte. 1
Braceville
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Lissy
Robert H. Adcock
Charles Allen
Illinois Bell
Jury awards Blitzs 24800 in I 55 land condemnation case
A Grundy County Circuit Court jury awarded Joseph and Francis Blitz 24800 in a condemnation suit for 9.95 acres for Interstate 55 near Dwight Illinois. The state sought 8000 label for just compensation and 4200 for damages while the Blitzes pressed for 21000 and 19000 respectively.
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Grundy County
Circuit Court
Joseph and
Francis Blitz
Dwight
Illinois 47
Blitzes
Thomas R. Judd
State of
Illinois
August Black
Black
Boyle in Critical Condition After Apparent Suicide Try
W A Tony Boyle former head of the United Mine Workers lies in a deep coma at George Washington University Hospital after an apparent self inflicted drug overdose on the eve of a court appearance. He faced state murder charges connected to the 1969 Yablonski murders.
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Washington (Ap
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
United Mine Workers Union
George Washington University Hospital
Boyle
Pennsylvania
Joseph A. ‘Jock
Yablonski
Milton Gusack
Gusack
UMW
Tornadoes devastate Kansas towns injure and kill
A Kansas wide outbreak of tornadoes killed three people and injured many as 20 plus twisters leveled Clay Center and Greenleaf and caused flash floods across the central plains. Red Cross reports widespread outages and major damage to buildings while evacuation and rescue efforts continue.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Central Plains
Kansas Highway Patrol
Nebraska
Clay Center
Salina
Red Cross
Greenleaf
Thief Steals Wedding Gifts From Illinois Home
Mrs. Alice Vanderhyden reported a burglary at her Grundy County home where a television two stereos wedding gifts and dishes were taken. Deputies say the back door was pried and kicked in as the crime scene was investigated by the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office.
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Alice Vanderhyden
Illinois
Vanderhyden
Grundy County
Sheriff’s Office
Gary Phillips
No business at Grundy County Zoning Board meeting
The Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals met with no appeals pending. Eugene Sorensen noted a 1971 rules proposal was not finalized and might need study. Chairman Robert Breisch said guidelines should be reviewed. Attendees were Breisch, Collins, Sandeno, Tesdal, and Walker. The board voted to hold regular meetings on the fourth Tuesday each month. members are paid $20 per meeting.
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Grundy County
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Aux Sable Township
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Greenfield Township
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Richard J. Friddle
Norbert D. Grzenda
Felix Township
Frank Skubic Jr
June E. Trotter
Kestutis d. Truskunas
Bernice M. Waldschmidt
Stuart W. Waymire
Dorothy J. Rolando
Goose Lake Township
Carl C. Corbin
Helen L. Holderfield
Mazon
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Niles
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