Kennedy assassination re enacted for committee
Dallas reporters recount a Sunday acoustics test by the House Assassinations Committee near the Texas School Book Depository. Marksmen fired 54 rounds at Elm Street while microphones captured plaza noises for analysis by Bolt Beranek and Newman. The police radio tape may suggest four to five shots, though the Warren Commission concluded three from Oswald.
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Dallas
UPI
Dealy Plaza
Texas School Book Depository
John F. Kennedy
House Assasinations Committee
Elm Street
Boston
Bolt, Beranke and Newman
Warren Commission
Lee Harvey Oswald
Two C C men injured in accident in Grundy County
Several weekend accidents in Grundy County left Michael Halliday 24 of Coal City in serious condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital Joliet transfer from St. Joseph Hospital Joliet and Barry Berta 24 of rural Coal City in fair condition after car hit a utility pole at Rice and Storm Roads. A Lombard youth Brett Connolly 17 was treated and released after a motorcycle crash on private property west of Jugtown Road. A boat and trailer were damaged when a truck sleeper near Walker’s Corner went off the road and the boat trailer overturned into a cornfield on U.S. 6.
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Michael Halliday
Chestnut St
Coal City
Northwestern
Wesley Memorial) Hospital
Chicago
St. Joseph Hospital
Rice and
Storm Rd
Grundy County
Richard Close
Berta
Rice Rd
Close
Gardner
Glenn Wise Ford
Lombard
Morris Hospital
Brett Connolly
Jugtown Rd
Pine Bluff Rd
Jeff Black
Connolly
Saratoga
Airport Rds
William Thorson
Marseilles
Thomas Walker
U.S. 6
Walker’s Corner
Walker
Thorson
Louella Baker
Elwood
Harold Baker
Genero Sanchez
Wilmington
Sanchez
St. Joseph Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Mary Garner
Joliet
Weather Forecast and City Temperatures Reported
The forecast tonight is fair and warm with lows in the 60s and a mostly sunny Tuesday with highs from 86 to 92. Dresden Locks and Dam logged a high of 81 Sunday and a low of 51 with 51 at 7 am today. Downtown Morris recorded 74 degrees at 10 56 am.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Yorkville school registration opens for 1978-79 year
Yorkville Community Unit District students begin registration next week. Elementary registrations run 9 am to noon and 1 to 4 pm Aug 24. junior high and high school registrations occur Thursday morning and afternoon for different grade groups. IVVC students must register at both Yorkville High School and IVVC. Fees cover health forms, insurance, textbooks, tower rental, uniforms, and bus/learning-center upgrades for the new school year. Enrollment is projected around 2,115, up from 2,098 last year.
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Indian Valley Vocational Center
IVVC
Yorkville High School
Circle Center
Parkview
Yorkville
York
IVYC
YHS
Chester T. Knight
Aurora crash kills three in side swipe incident
North Aurora police said a car driven by Dean Andrews attempted to pass another vehicle carrying six passengers when it side-swiped it. Three people died: Robert Flowers 43 Milton Kittle 36 and Thomas Kittle 15 all from Aurora. Three others injured were taken to Mercy Center Hospital. Ted Owmby 25 was in critical condition. his 10 month old son Donald Owmby was in satisfactory condition. Richard Kittle 17 was treated and released. Charges are pending against Andrews.
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Dean Andrews
Aurora
protesters held in Grundy County Jail in anti nuke case
Eleven of thirteen anti nuclear demonstrators refused $35 bail each and remain jailed in Grundy County on criminal trespass charges at General Electric Morris Operation. They seek jury trials while their attorney advises immediate arraignment amid ongoing court appearances and a large environmental protest with Bailly Alliance.
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Grundy County
General Electric
Morris
William Hogan
Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
Lawndale
Bond
Chicago
Wren
Supreme Court
Hogan
Chicago Tribune
Casey Bukro
Illinois
Bailly Alliance
Gebhard Woods State Park
Gould Park
S. Bridget Rorem
N. Linden St
Essex
Carolyn R. Berland
N. Armitage Ave
E. 55Th St
Peter A. Brown
Massasoit St
Oak Lawn
S. Keeler St
Maxine C. Florell
N. Malden St
Lisa Inkmann
Ann Williamson
E. Scott St
Michael N. Koplow
Laura E. Burrows
N. Beacon St
Carol L. Kosta
State fair indictments predicted by law official
Springfield based State Law Enforcement Director Tyrone Fahner predicts indictments after Illinois State Fair probe. He cites small scale corruption from booth location favors to ticket resales, with investigations by department staff and fair manager Nick Stone. Findings will go to U.S. Attorney Gerald Fines and a report will be given to the governor and Legislature in five to six weeks.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Tyrone Fahner
Fahner
Nick Stone
U.S
Gerald Fines
Speeding car crash kills mother and newborn in Arkansas
NEWPORT Ark UPI A speeding car carrying a heart attack patient en route to a hospital overflowed in a curve and crashed on state Highway 14 killing a 21 year old woman Phyllis Davis and the baby girl born to her named Crystal June The crash occurred about 10 30 p m Saturday and the car overturned three times throwing four occupants The woman's other son Timothy Davis age 2 and the car driver Roge Blankenstein 25 friend of Mrs Davis were listed in critical condition at University Hospital Little Rock
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Newport
Ark
UPI
University Hospital
Little Rock
Crystal June
Phyllis Davis
Five hurt in four vehicle collision near Joliet Illinois
Five people seriously injured in a four vehicle crash on Illinois 53 south of Joliet remained hospitalized. Thomas Pomykala 31 Joliet drove northbound vehicle into oncoming traffic, hitting three southbound cars and a pickup.
Injured youth remains in critical condition
A 16 year old boy, Rhett Haegele, remained in critical condition today in the Silver Cross Hospital ICU Joliet after a two car crash at Gardner and Dwight Roads Friday around 8 am. The other driver, Delores Holm 51, was reported in good health. Her passenger Sandy Holm 9, was treated and released. The Grundy County deputies said Haegele failed to yield to Holm northbound on Dwight and Gardner. both cars were demolished. Tickets in connection with the accident are expected pending the victims’ condition.
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Springfield
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Gardner and Dwight Rds
Rhett Haegele
Dwight
Morris Hospital
Silver Cross
Delores Holm
Rte. 1
Holm Rd
St. Joseph Hospital
Sandy Holm
Grundy County
Public works director hospitalized in Morris incident
Morris Public Works Director Wilfred Dix was admitted to Morris Hospital this morning for a respiratory condition. Mayor Donald Davidson said Dix was doing fine and eating breakfast, but he felt unwell overnight and later became short of breath while walking to a downtown restaurant before being driven to the hospital. Hospital status not released at 10 30 a.m.
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Morris Public Works
Wilfred
Bill
Dix
Morris Hospital
Donald Davidson
Public Works
Nettle Creek Opens Aug 28 With Short First Session
Nettle Creek begins the school year on August 28 with a one hour first session for students. The first full day is August 29. Kindergarten and fifth grade pupils must have dental and physical exams at opening. Book rental is ten dollars. student insurance offered. Milk sold to students at five cents per half pint. Teachers meet August 25 for a work day.
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Nettle Creek
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C.C
Barry Berta
Fair
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Indiana
Liberty
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North Aurora, Ill
Robert Flowers
Milton
Edward M. Gogol
N. Winthrop St
Eckhard Ingo Festag
N. Winford St
David C. Johnson
Stewart St
Riverdale
William Steyert Jr
Commonwealth Edison
Collins Rd
The
Channel 2
Channel 7
Morris Daily Herald
Specter of Death
Grim Reaper
Robert Carlock
Rogers Park
Herald
Mills Rd
Thomas Pomykala
Walter Foux
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