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Pantagraph A-8 Bloomington-Normal, III. April 19, 1979 Nl-Gas workers Twin City realty agencies to join national service OK 2-year pact He said there are about 130 offices in Illinois. Bloomington-Normal will be the regional headquarters for Central Illinois, including Springfield, Decatur, Champaign, and offices expected to be opened this year in Peoria and Danville. Realty World began operation in the United States in 1975. The largest realty service, Century 21, has been in operation since 1971, Hilts said.

Victor Armstrong of Armstrong Realty, 705 Towanda Normal, said Armstrong and Ingold will retain their independent broker status. Ingold has offices at 305 S. Linden Normal, and 2313 E. Oakland Ave. The franchise, he said, is being done mostly for advertising and training The contract covers 1,750 Nl-uas clerical and and line employees.

The firm's Bloomington District, which covers Bloomington-Normal and surrounding area, has 44 union employees. The old contract expired Jan. 31. It had been extended to allow for continued negotiations, but IBEW locals had threatened to strike. IBEW members rejected NI-Gas contract offers March 9 and April 3.

The tentative agreement was resolved April 9. Its ratification was announced Wednesday afternoon as soon as mailed-in ballots were tabulated by union officials, NI-Gas spokesmen said. Underground One kind of kangaroo, the burrowing By Stephan Gleasoo Armstrong Realty and Ed Ingold Realty, real estate businesses in the Twin Cities, will begin franchises in June with Realty World, a nationwide broker service. Realty World, which claims to be the second largest real estate service in the nation, also will open a regional headquarters in Bloomington-Normal this summer. Realty World is looking for a location and may employ about 14 persons in the Twin Cities for training salesmen and providing other services, such as advertising, home protection plans and corporate counseling.

Mark Hilts, marketing coordinator for Realty World in Chicago, said the firm has franchises in 47 states and a membership of about 1,700. He said Realty World plans training facilities in Bloomington-Normal, and the francises of Armstrong and Ingold will enable the two firms to advertise jointly. The firms are not merging. Armstrong said his firm and Ingold will be "working together" and sharing in advertising, including television, radio and newspaper markets. Armstrong said the franchises will have a major impact on Armstrong's business.

The average fee for the franchise is about $6,000, Hilts said. He said the national business obtains about 100 new offices a month. The firm is headquartered in Annan-dale, near Washington D.C. A formal announcement of the franchises is expected in early June. A two-year contract with Northern Illinois Gas Company was ratified Wednesday by six locals of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

NI-Gas officials said 84 percent of the union members voting approved the contract, in a vote. The contract provides a 7 percent wage increase for the first year, retroactive to Feb. 1, plus minor changes in fringe benefits. It provides a wage reopener in January for the second year of the contract, which expires Jan. 31, 1981.

Negotiations for second-year wage increases also will include possible increases in medical insurance coverage, thrift plan increases for employees and a dental assistance plan, a NI-Gas spokesman said. More business news on next page GenTel director resigns position Charles B. Shuman, Sullivan farmer and former president of American Farm Bureau Federation, will retire Wednesday as a director of General Telephone Company of Illinois. Shuman, who formerly served on Illinois State University's Board of Regents, has been on GenTel's 11-member board since April 1973. He has headed the board's Audit Committee since 1976.

Shuman's replacement will be elected Wednesday at GenTel's annual stockholders' meeting in the firm's state headquarters, 1312 E. Empire St. Student gets business award Fred Mittelstaedt Tuesday was awarded the Illinois State University College of Business Award of Recognition. Mittelstaedt, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Herman F. Mittelstaedt 1306 W. Jackson is a junior in accounting and a member of ISU's Student Accounting Society. He is a graduate of University High School. Bicycle stolen A bicycle, of undetermined value, was stolen Tuesday from the residence of Robert Moulic, 709 Moore Road, according to Bloomington police reports.

boodie, lives underground. Mr. T's restaurant sold T's and the same hours for the restaurant. We won't change the restaurant's name," Carroll said. However, Carroll plans to expand the restaurant's sandwich line and put more emphasis on breakfast trade.

Mr. T's is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. It is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.

1 Mr. T's Fine Foods, 312 N. Main has been sold to James Carroll, LeRoy, owner of the Taco Hut, 103 W. Jefferson St. Jack Thomas, 10 James Place, who has operated Mr.

T's for eight years, will retire. Carroll will take over the restaurant April 30. The sale was arranged about two weeks ago, Carroll and Thomas said. Neither would disclose the selling price. Thomas, who is 64, said he will remain in Bloomington.

He plans to fish and travel. "I've worked a lot of years and long hours," Thomas said Wednesday. "I'm going to quit. I'm not going to go back into business as far as I know." Carroll said he will manage both Mr. T's and the Taco Hut.

He's been operating the Taco Hut for more than two years. "I believe in downtown Bloomington as a marketplace," Carroll said. "The number of people working downtown is growing. I've been successful with the Taco Hut and Mr. T's is a proven winner." Carroll said he will remodel the Taco Hut within two months.

"I'll keep present employees at Mr. 3 Wickes Lumber Two arrested on warrants TOO DiHI Two men were arrested Tuesday by McLean County sheriff's police on bench warrants charging them with failure to appear in court. Ralph Hamilton 19, of Houston, Texas, and formerly of Bloomington, was arrested on a charge of theft over $150. He is charged in the Oct. 21, 1976, theft of cameras, electric razors, record albums, clothing and other merchandise from Adolph's Discount Center, U.S.

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White 21, of 108 Prospect Road pleaded guilty Tuesday in McLean County Circuit. Court to causing criminal damage to property over $150. White changed his plea from innocent to guilty in a plea agreement conditionally accepted by Circuit Judge Wayne C. Townley Jr. White may be sentenced to as many as seven days in jail and 30 months of probation.

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