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Morris Daily Herald

Location

Morris, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1978

Page

4

Reed-Custer registration schedule for district schools

Registration and fee payment for the Reed-Custer district runs Tuesday to Thursday from 9 am to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 pm at district schools. Fees are 15 for high school, 6 for Wilco students, and 10 for kindergarten through middle school. First time entrants or those in kindergarten, first, fifth, or ninth grade must have a physical and immunization record.

Braidwood-Reed Custer School Wilco Reed- Custer Braidwood Middle Braidwood Reed-Custer High School

Joliet Junior College Fall Classes Start August Seventeen

Joliet Junior College sets daytime fall classes for August eighteen? Wait corrected to August seventeenth with evening and Saturday sessions starting the week of August twenty eighth. A staffed information and registration booth at Jefferson Square Mall runs 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. for ten days offering class details and services including admission financial aid counseling and child care.

Joliet Junior College JJC Jefferson Square Mall George Paulson

Pipeline blast kills two at Iowa farmstead

A propane gas pipeline explosion and fire near Fort Madison Iowa destroyed a farmstead injuring four others. Two persons were reported missing and feared dead after the blast occurred about midnight in a field five miles west of the city.

Fort Madison Iowa UPI Here

Morris police issue multiple tickets and notes minor incidents

Morris officers handed two additional tickets to Roger J. George 18 for improper passing at the Rock Island crossing and for a motorcycle classification and license issues. George bonded $35 and faces Grundy County Circuit Court on Aug 21. John M. Riley 31 received a $50 bond for disobeying a flashing red light on US 6 near Illinois 47, with court on Aug 24. A man in Stratton State Park refused aid after head injuries, Curtis F. Crumb 21 said he fell on a car. A small fire on Coal Shute Rd, likely from a half smoked cigarette, was extinguished by Officer Watson with dirt.

Morris Rock Island Liberty St Roger J. George Rte. 2 Cemetery Rd Liberty North Sts George Grundy County John M. Riley E. Pine Bluf Rd Coal City Illinois 47 Riley Stratton State Park Curtis F. Crumb Thomas Suddarth Crumb Suddarth Richard C. Watkins Rte. 4 Plainfield Robert Barkly Watkins John J. Bollini Rte. 5 Joliet Grundy Stephen Maloney Campo’s Diamond Bellini Maloney Rick L. Robinson S. Chicago St Jackie Sarah E. Cook Union St Alan Love McDonald's Kathleen A. Kaiser Lincoln St Chestnut S. Broadway Peter Odo Gregory A. Case First N. Eileen St Reed and S. Broadway Sts Jeffrey Wix Robert F. Sanders Wisconsin Ave Illinois 113 Susan A. Wright Sage St Channahon Illinois J. Pelszynski Brian A. Bittle Richmond St Division St Roger Miller Constance B. Favarre N. Main St Seneca Hornsby's Douglas E. Sleight Central Dr Craig Williamson U.S. 6

Littering Complaint In Morris Involves Cement Blocks

Alvin Claire reports to Morris police that a silver pickup truck passed his home Wednesday around 3 30 p m and shed cement blocks. Undamaged blocks were collected while several broken ones were left on Claire s parkway. Police are checking the report.

Morris Alvin Claire North St. Claire Claire

Gasoline spill prompts Morris fire crew at Clark station

An overflow from an underground tank at Clark service station on N Division St prompted a Morris Fire Department washdown on Thursday at 7 30 p m. Tanker driver M Brauen of F J Siler & Sons Co was filling tanks when gasoline spilled onto the driveway. Fire and police remained at the scene until 8 10 p m.

Clark N. Division St Morris Fire Department M. Brauen F.J. Siler & Sons Co

Series on alcoholism at Will County Health Dept center

The Alcoholism Counseling Center will host a film series in August at 1120 S Richards St Joliet. On Aug 7 14 and 21 at 7 p.m. films explore alcoholism from personal recovery to medical effects and female alcoholism. All films are free and open to the public with ACC counselors available for questions.

Alcoholism Counseling Center Will County Health Department S. Richards St Joliet Sandra Blain ACC

Youth cited for disobeying stop sign near Bungalow Road

Kenneth Crenshaw 16 posted his driver’s license as bond after being ticketed for disobeying a stop sign at Bungalow Road and U S 6. He was to appear in Grundy County Court August 31. Deputy Michael Sather reported Crenshaw failed to stop before turning onto U S 6 from Bungalow Road around 2 45 p m.

Channahan Bungalow Rd U.S. 6 Kenneth Crenshaw Grundy County Michael Sather Crenshaw

Juveniles Alarm Auto Parts Store Incident Reported

At 2 30 a.m. three juveniles were seen running around Mondamon St. and triggering the Auto Parts store alarm. Minooka Police Chief Michael Hrechko said one youth was identified and his parents contacted, with the other two youths to have their parents contacted later the same day.

Mondamon St Minooka Michael Hrechko Hrechko

FBI seeks embezzler Audrey Lisner in Mexico flight

FBI joined the hunt for Audrey Lisner 41 a Screen Gems executive charged with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution after an embezzlement probe into 275000 dollars. Bail set at 300000 for the former chief accountant who reportedly left for Mexico on May 14.

Los Angeles UPI FBI Audrey Lisner Mexico John van de Kamp U.S Lisner

Minooka School Board Meetings Scheduled Over Two Weeks

Minooka school board meetings are listed for the next two weeks. The Minooka Grade School Board meets at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the elementary building and again at 8 p.m. Wednesday Aug 23 in the same location. The Minooka High School Board meets at 8 p.m. Thursday in the school administrative area.

Minooka Minooka High School Board

EPA reaffirms ocean cooling plan for Seabrook plant

The EPA restates approval of an open ocean cooling system for Seabrook New Hampshire a 2.3 billion dollar twin unit nuclear project. NRC hearings on alternate sites set for Oct 31 after initial pause. Activist protests and legal challenges have marked the project amid ongoing controversy over nuclear energy.

EPA Seabrook Plant Washington UPI Environmental Protection Agency Seabrook N.H Nuclear Regulatory Commission New Hampshire Commission NRC New England Douglas Castle Environmentalis Tha Atlantic Ocean Wit

Senate hearing hears onetime smuggler claim mass executions

Gary Bowdach a 35 year old Miami loan shark and hit man testified at the Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee hearings on organized crime detailing that Richard Cravero ordered the killings of about 40 lieutenants in 1974 as fear of informants grew. Bowdach described Cravero's drug smuggling ring using advanced electronics and mother ships to evade law enforcement and noted the use of scramblers to block DEA surveillance.

Washington UPI Senate Gary Bowdach Miami Bowdach Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee Richard Cravero Cravero Cravera Florida Drug Enforcement Administration

Unnoticed stories of normalization with China surface

The piece traces how the idea of normalizing relations with the Chinese Communists faded from public focus as Carter faced political hurdles. It notes Harvard’s Jerome Cohen and Senator Barry Goldwater weighing treaty implications, a Senate amendment requiring approval of any move affecting Taiwan relations, and a U S Export-Import Bank decision denying a loan to Argentina. It also hints at Japan stepping in to fill gaps in the deal.

Zbigniew Brzezinski Peking Congress Jerome Cohen Harvard Republic of China Taiwan Cohen Barry Goldwater Senate White House Richard Stone Fla Jacob Javits R-N.y Alan Cranston D-Calif Edward Kennedy D-Mass Carter U.S Poland Buenos Aires

PTA Address Promotes Pat, Praise and Physical Affection

Eva W. invites Dr. Crane to open a city wide Autumn Program for 1,000 teachers and parents. The talk urges fathers to share duties, give children affectionate praise and physical reassurance, and offers Crane’s 200 point Tests For Good Parents booklet via mail order from Hopkins Building, Mellett, Indiana.

Eva PTA Eva W Dr. Crane State Teachers Association Supreme Court Thomas Jesus Christ Dr Crane Hopkins Mellett Indiana

Graffiti mystery and harsh temper crisis in letters

Curious asks who tags the city while Ann Landers tackles a reader’s brutal temper saga. Graffiti appears on walls, billboards, buses, and trains. she seeks tips on the clandestine artists. In a second letter, a long confession details decades of a wife's suffering from a husband's anger and the toll on their family.

Upper Darby

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