Judge Denies Hanrahan Dismissal in Panthers Case
Circuit Court Judge Philip Romiti refused a bid to acquit State's Atty. Edward Hanrahan and 13 co defendants on conspiracy to obstruct justice charges tied to the raid that led to the deaths of Black Panthers leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark. The ruling allows the trial to continue while new evidence from unsworn statements and an affidavit is reviewed for authenticity.
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Chicago
Edward V. Hanrahan
Philip J. Romiti
Hanrahan
Romiti
Fred
Boston Fire Kills Five Children and Three Women
A two alarm blaze in Roxbury Boston killed five Gomes children aged 1 to 8 and three women in a wood frame tenement. Ormond Gomes escaped the upper floors and two children were hospitalized along with two firemen. The two story family home occupied three floors with victims including Maria Gomes and Mrs Carvalho and Mrs Ahern. The fire cause was undetermined.
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Boston
Roxbury
Maria Gomes
Gomes
Ormond Gomes
Alberto Carvalho
Catherine Ahern
Atanasio Rosa
Boston City Hospital
Balbina
MCHS grading report on agenda at school board meeting
The Morris Community High School Board of Education plans a 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting in the administrative offices. The agenda includes a grading committee report and a proposed policy change on student absences. Proposals for budgets for MCHS and Grundy Area Vocational Center will be acted on.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
MCHS
Grundy Area
Minooka Man Hurts in Kendall County Crash
A 50 year old Minooka man Benton F. Massey suffered a right shoulder pain and a facial laceration after his car struck a utility pole two miles north of Sherrill Road on Illinois 47 Sunday evening. He was taken to Morris Hospital by ambulance with non life threatening injuries. His 1966 Oldsmobile sustained about 1000 dollars in damage. Deputies from Kendall and Grundy Counties assisted at the scene.
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Morris Hospital
Sherrill Road
Illinois 47
Kendall County
Massey
Robert
Howlett
Joseph Fennessey
Ottawa
Earl Bradford
Lake County
Leo Meade
Grundy County
Louis Piano
Marvin Olson
Marshal Dillon
James McEvilly
Minooka
Michael RR. Berz
Kankakee
Ruling on terms for Grundy County board members
Grundy County Board may decide term lengths at its regular session Tuesday after awaiting legal guidance. Attorney General William Scott’s June 23 opinion recommends the entire board determine by lot which members serve two or four years, not by district.
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Grundy County
William Scott
Richard Wilder
Staement
Snicker a Day An efficiency expert is the girl who finds what she wants on the first dive into her hand bag
A humorous description portrays an efficiency expert as a girl who easily locates what she wants in her handbag on the first dive, defining practicality with a playful tone.
Weather summary for Dresden Island area forecast
Increasing clouds and cooler tonight with lows in the lower 50s. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with chances of showers and highs from 76 to 82. Saturday record high near 80 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with 1.25 inches precipitation. Sunday highs 82 and lows around 61, with 0.40 inch rain on Monday.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Howlett outlines tax relief and library support plan
Illinois Auditor Michael Howlett spoke to 170 at a Grundy County Democratic dinner endorsing tax relief via cutting waste and boosting government productivity. He cited past budget cuts, library informational services, and urged state help for local libraries while highlighting election context and endorsements.
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Illinois Auditor of Public Accounts
Michael J. Howlett
Grundy County
VFW
McKinley St
County Central Committee
Howlett
Paul Simon
Dan Walker
Richard Ogilvie
John Mathis
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