Six arrested in Grundy and Will counties on drug charges
A MANS and Grundy County detectives netted six arrests Friday night after an April long term drug probe. Colleen Foose 26 of Gardner faced Bond 10000 in Grundy Circuit Court for delivering controlled substances. Talaga 26 Joliet Bond 1000 on cannabis possession. Others held in Will County Jail include Becky Magill 20 Joliet Lawrence Litwicki 29 Joliet Richard Litwicki 21 Joliet and Daryl Phillips 30 Joliet.
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M.A.N.S
Grundy County
Grundy
Will
Colleen A. Foose
Gardner
Miss Foose
David L. Talaga
Joliet
Will County
Becky L. Magill
Manhattan
Lawrence A. Litwicki
Richard Litwicki
Daryl Phillips
Phillips
Button
Kostelny
North Korea denounces Ford as war boss over naval strike
North Korea's Rodong Sinmun called President Ford a boss of war and condemned the U S naval task force near Korea as an emergency alert. South Korea and the United States kept troops on high alert after Panmunjom clashes that killed two U S officers.
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Grundy Vocational Center Board Set Meeting Time
The Grundy Area Vocational Center Board of Control will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the co op classroom at the center.
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Grundy Area
Weather Snapshot From Dresden Island and Nearby Areas
Forecast tonight fair with low 60s and Tuesday mostly sunny with warm highs in the 80s. Sunday's high reached 89 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 58 low. Early today 64 at 7 am and Morris read 75 at 11:15 am. ESDA notes yesterday in Morris 89/58, pressure 30.13 and rising, peak wind 9 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Congress returns to face postal service crisis and debt
Congress resumes after vacation to tackle a worsening Postal Service deficit of 4.5 billion. The plan would add 1 billion in subsidies through September 1977, ban further cuts, and create a 12 member commission to craft a long range solution by February 15 1977.
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UPI
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House
District of Columbia
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Morris City Council to hear report on school crossing guards
The Morris City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Morris Savings and Loan to hear a judiciary committee report on school crossing guards. The committee had met with District 54. the school site ordinance will not be on the agenda due to Atty. John Hynds being out of town, with action postponed until his return.
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Detective Roy Lampe dies after extended illness
Illinois State Police Detective Sgt Roy Lampe age 42 of Peru died at noon Saturday at Illinois Valley Hospital following an extended illness. He served from 1958 and transferred to District 25 in 1960. He earned multiple citations for gambling raids. Born August 25 1933 in Campbell County Kentucky he is survived by Shirley his wife two daughters a son and six sisters two brothers. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at LaSalle Congregational Church with visitation today at Hurst Funeral Home.
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Ogle County
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Campbell County
Kentucky
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Kelly
Cheryl
David
LaSalle Congregational
Egyptian hijackers stormed Luxor bound Egyptair plane
Army commandos stormed the hijacked Egyptair Boeing 737 at Luxor airport freeing nearly 100 passengers with no injuries. Seven Arab hijackers led by a Libyan were captured after negotiations. the plane carried Arabs and foreigners including Japanese and French tourists bound for Luxor resorts.
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Newark father and youth jailed for obstructing police
Stanley Thompson and Thomas M. Stout were jailed in Kendall County for obstructing officers during a police attempt to arrest David Thompson for DWI and reckless driving in Newark. After a standoff at Stout’s Somonauk address, nine officers returned and entered the home, with additional charges anticipated.
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Thomas M. Stout
E. Dale St
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Kendall County
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Kendall
Stout
David Thompson
Minooka approves 3 subdivision plats
Minooka Village Board approved final plats for three subdivisions Bonita Vista Phase I Aux Sable Acres Unit 5 and Dan Young along with related roadwork bids. Low bids for sidewalks and a parking area were accepted. An $80,800 general tax levy was adopted with detailed fund allocations. Next meeting Sept 13.
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Mondamon St
Clyde Heap
Rock Island
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Illinois
Minooka American Legion
Dave Corbin
Swimmer Injured Near Braidwood In Joliet Hospital
A Western Springs woman in good condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a diving accident near Braidwood. Jean Vanecek 20 dove from a 20 foot cliff into shallow water, injuring neck arms and shoulders. Will County deputies assisted at the scene.
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Will County
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Peabody Coal Co
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Miss Vanecek
Braidwood Ambulance
Flowers
Forest fires rage in Minnesota amid heat and winds
Heat and dry winds stoked forest and peat bog fires across northern and central Minnesota. Fires scorched 850 acres on the Gunflint Trail, 2000 to 3000 acres near Buckman, and over 700 acres of peat bog near Nimrod, with campers evacuated at Gunflint Trail as crews from five states battled the blazes.
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West Side fire kills mother and six children
A West Side Chicago fire killed Catherine Owens 39 and six of her children, with one child injured escaping. Nine others fled, some leaping from windows. The blaze started in a front second floor unit and spread to two third floor apartments. Authorities opened an arson probe.
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Michael
Darnell
Shamille
Mt. Sinai Hospital
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Latasha Whitted
Myron
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Corrected Grundy County Commission meeting time and day
The Grundy County Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday in the Grundy County Courthouse. An earlier Morris Daily Herald report stated the meeting would be Tuesday night, which was incorrect.
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Grundy County
Fire destroys rural residence in Vienna Township
A rural home owned by the Raymond Crase family in Vienna Township Verona was almost totally destroyed by a fire reported to Verona Fire Department shortly after 1 p.m. Friday. The Crase family were away on vacation. no one was at the residence and the cause remains unknown with no damage estimate available.
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Raymond Crase
Vienna Township
Verona
Crase
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