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Government plants sale rumors denied by CO at two sites
Lt. Col. Byron Rite of the Kankakee and Elwood ordnance plants stated there is no truth to reports the government will sell the land. The Spectator had speculated about surveys and future disposition, while the paper regretfully admitted its role in spreading the idea and noted a forthcoming survey at Elwood.
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Byron Rite
Kankakee
Elwood
Spectator
Army
Robert Spreitzer
County Recorder of Deeds
Col. Rife
el- Wood