Noonan defense claim Barr authorized payroll deductions
Grundy County testimony centers on Mary Jane Noonan stating the district funded her IMRF donations in 1972 after a discussion with Superintendent H Dale Barr. She describes duties as secretary and bookkeeper for District 54 and details strict payroll and tax withholding obligations amid accusations of theft and official misconduct.
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Grundy County
Mary Jane Noonan
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
IMRF
District 54
H. Dale Barr
James Fleming
Grundy
Barr
Noonan
Ellis Redford
Joseph Baudino
Nancy Morris
13Th Circuit
Thomas Flood
Robert Adcock
Flood
Stephen Benz
Adcock
Roger Longtin
Longtin
Kindergarten enrollment down at Morris Grade School
Morris Grade School Board met in executive session to discuss teacher negotiations with no report given. New measures include hiring an additional psychologist for the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative, administrative district duties for 1976 77, and budget planning amid rising state aid expectations and increased property valuation after Collins Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Donald
Janet) Matteson
Matteson
Grundy County
District 54
Barr
Collins Station
Mutual of Omaha
Loretta K. Magner
Center School
Weather snapshot with showers and mild warmth ahead
Forecast shows tonight with a chance of showers and a low in the 40s. Thursday will be mostly sunny and mild with highs in the 60s. Tuesday peaked at 65 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 46 low. morning readings reached 57 in Morris at 7 and 64 at 9. Precipitation total 0.31 inches. ESDA Morris logged yesterday 67 high and 50 low. Barometer 29.60 and falling. winds 10 mph. humidity 89 percent.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
ABC offers Barbara Walters million dollar TV anchor deal
Barbara Walters is reportedly offered a 1 million dollar per year contract by ABC to co anchor the network evening news with Harry Reasoner. The move would make her the first woman to regularly anchor a major network news show and the highest paid newscaster in television history.
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New York
UPI
Barbara Walters
NBC
ABC Network
William Sheehan
ABC News
Miss Walters
Harry
Reasoner
Sheehan
ABC
New York Times
Howard K. Smith
Barbara
the Times
Australian bandits rob Melbourne bookmaking club
Six gunmen held up Melbourne's Victoria Turf Club at noon and stole up to $4 million in Easter racing receipts. Police say inside job timing aided the raid, with authorities confirming at least $1.7 million recovered from track receipts.
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Victoria Turf Club
Jack Ashby
Melbourne
Brown would serve as president if elected
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. declined the Sacramento mansion but did not rule out living in the White House. At a news conference he said if he is elected president he will serve, without stating whether he would live in the White House.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Sacramento
White House
Brown
Morris Daily Herald April 21 1976 Twenty Cents Eightteen Pages
Morris Daily Herald issue dated April 21 1976 from Morris Illinois. The front page announces the price twenty cents and notes an eighteen page edition. No other readable content provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Illinois
Continue Clydesdale trial in Chicago federal court
A Monday hearing in United States District Court in Chicago addressed motions to sever Judge Thomas Clydesdale and three co defendants from joint trial. The four men were indicted last May on three counts of conspiring to defraud The First National Bank of Oglesby. Judge Alfred Kirkland will decide if trials will be severed or fused. Defendants listed include Peter Corgiat 61 Gildo Costa 64 and Oliver Halm 77 all of Oglesby.
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United States
Federal District Court
Chicago
Thomas Clydesdale
Clydesdale
First National Bank of
Peter Corgiat
Gildo Costa
Oliver Halm
Oglesby
Truckers Fight Leads to Battery Charge in Iowa
A dispute between two truck drivers near Morris at the Interstate 80 rest area left Thomas Day with a head wound and Kenneth Bascom charged with battery. Bascom fled toward Cedar Rapids after the 4:40 p.m. confrontation at Romines Truck Stop. Day received five stitches at Morris Hospital. Bascom remains at large with a $1,000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Grundy County
Day
Terstate 80
Morris
Bascom
Sgt. Shannon
Morris Hospital
Bovine tuberculosis outbreak hits McHenry County farms
Dr. Paul Spencer reports about 114 diseased cattle slaughtered with 114 more planned. The TB outbreak began after a Wisconsin dairy cow reactor led to Woodstock area farms in McHenry County. Twenty two herds are affected with more testing and herd destruction continuing via a University of Illinois hotline led by George Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
UPI
McHenry County
University of Illinois
Urbana
Paul Spencer
Bureau of Animal Health
Illinois Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Woodstock
Spencer
George Young
McHenry County Agriculture Extension
Mazon burglary suspect captured after noon report
A 38-year-old Peoria man David R. Clutts was arrested in Seneca by police after a burglary report at Evelyn Griglione’s home on Grand Ridge Road. Sheriff Button said Clutts was charged with burglary and jailed in Grundy County after a rapid countywide search and pursuit with Seneca officers, with bond to be set in court.
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Area
Morris
Channahon
Ken Shannon
Button
Gary Phillips
Seneca
Keller
U.S. 6
Clark Stafford
Birch Lawn St
Fowler
Clutts
LaSalle County
Herb Klein
Don Hilton
Hume
Phillips
Fox
Grundy County
Olson
Charles Zalar
NRC Proposes $26,500 Fine on Two Pennsylvan ia Fuel Plants
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed a record 26500 dollar fine for Babcock and Wilcox plants at Apollo and Leechburg Pennsylvania. The penalty targets inadequate safeguards against theft or intrusion at facilities producing nuclear fuel for experimental reactors and national security programs.
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Washington
UPI
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Pennsylvania
Babcock and Wilcox
Apollo
Leechburg
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Lutheran
Peace Lutheran Church
Thomas Drive
Lisbon Rd
Grundy Area Vocational Center
John Truty
Jim Schaub
Herald
Carl Lueth
Illinois Office Supply Co
Ottawa
Lueth
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Stan Kaiser
Attorney General's Office
Fleming
Max Lindsay
Garfield School
Lindsay
C-C Roofing
Paulsen- Wilder-Borens Insurance
McWethy Bros
Conley & Coleman
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Australia
Senior Services
C.C
Grundy County Senior Services
Edwards St
N. Broadway
Coal City
Interstate 80
Mazon
NRC
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