Pontiac United Fund drive surpasses 100 percent goal
Editorial notes the Pontiac United Fund exceeded its $44,000 goal, up from $37,600 the prior year, with strong volunteer effort. It praises two new employers offering payroll deduction, urges more firms to join, and thanks workers for achieving a historic Pontiac total.
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Joseph Jobst
Pontiac United Fund
Rodney Roberts
United Fund Board
United Fund
Pontiac
City National Printing, West
State Department of Transportation
Commonwealth Edison
Caterpillar
R. R. Donnetley & Sons
Model Paris
The
Chamber of Commerce
General Telephone Company
Harrs Meats
Interlake
Northern Illinois Gas Co
St. James Hospital
Pontiac Correctional Center
Daily Leader
Glimpse of 2001 and the coming century
Continental Oil Co experts foresee 2001 bringing slowed population growth and reduced environmental harm, with interdependent economies and new energy conservation. They predict the rise of telecommunication networks and a reconciled liberal conservative balance, greater government competency, and a focus on ethics and quality of life.
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America
Continental Oil Co
A.D
FmHA starts new rural housing loan guarantee program
The Farmers Home Administration announces a program to guarantee up to 90 percent of principal and interest on rural housing loans made by private lenders for moderate income borrowers lacking mortgage credit. Loans may finance buying, building, or improving homes with water and waste systems, with limits and conditions set by FmHA.
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Bloomington
The
Farmers Home Administration
Carl R. Ekena
Fmha
Livingston
McLean
Woodford
Cural Credit Agency
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Ekena
Illinois
Rat report spurs Chicago theater rat hunt by inspectors
Chicago inspectors launched a theater rat hunt after a report of rats "as big as cats" running through downtown aisles. Buildings Commissioner Joseph F Fitzgerald Jr warned owners of violations and extermination orders if rats are found. A Insurance underwriter Patricia Tsoukalas described dramatic, frightening encounters with rats in a Loop venue. The search aims to examine all Loop theaters. The report also notes the death of Chong Ryul Song, composer for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army song, in Peking.
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Chicago
Loop
Joseph F. Fitzgerald Jr
Patricia Tsoukalas
Weather and Bicentennial Notes From The Daily Leader
Weather outlook cautions a two year stretch of dryer than normal conditions after the 1976 peak drought year, with planning to be conservative through 1978. Also recalls Forrest and Gridley Bicentennial memorabilia sealed for a 2076 restoration and a Gridley time capsule.
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Pontiac
Anat
National Weather Service
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Twin Cities
Graff
Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission
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Gridley
United States
State Archives
Springfield
State of
Illinois
Gerald J. Sax
Laura D. Sax
Gridley High School
Sax
Don Sherrill
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