Tuesday, July 8, 2008 East Central Illinois
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This new year marks an important milestone in the history of your
community newspaper. It was 1852 - 150 years ago - that a local paper
called the Urbana Union first came off the press. Through ownership
changes and mergers, the Urbana Union became the Union and Gazette, then
the Daily Gazette and finally, in 1919, The News-Gazette... ...Thank you, Central Illinois, for allowing us to share in your life these long years. We'll both keep changing as the years go by. Unchanged, we pray, will be the bond that holds us together. |
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| On This Date - July 8 In 1947, 20-year-old Betty Gruver of Champaign shot A.G. "Speed" Tilton, the proprietor of the Motorville Tavern 3 1/2 miles north of Urbana on U.S. 45. Tilton died a day later and Gruver was convicted of murder four months later in a sensational Champaign County trial. She was sentenced to 14 years in the Dwight state prison for women. |
| Historic Front Pages 150 People Section Timeline Making Life Better 150 Good Sports |
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150 YEAR HOMEPAGE | ON THIS DATE | MRS. CHINIGO'S MESSAGE | 150 GOOD SPORTS
SYMPOSIUM COVERAGE | TIMELINE | 150 PEOPLE | FRONT PAGES | MAKING LIFE BETTER