Two Joliet Men Injured In City Crash On Griggs Drive
Two Joliet men aged 21 suffered non serious pain after a collision between their pickup and a car on Griggs Drive near the Morris Harbor Service drive. Trees blocked views and both vehicles sustained heavy front end damage.
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Griggs Drive
Illinois River Bridge
Morris
Gerald Broderick
Shelton
Morris Harbor
Ronald Hinrichs
Davenport
Iowa
Griggs
Broderick
Hinrichs
Rendel’s
Ford Ltd
Romine
Standard
Valdez
Jeffrey Gill
Grant St
Liberty and
Chapin Sts
Carl Bremenkam
Dutch Prince Bernhard to quit public duties after probe
The De Telegraaf reports Prince Bernhard will resign as inspector general of the Dutch armed forces and relinquish all public functions after a government inquiry found no proof of a direct Lockheed donation but noted incriminating points about his private ties. Queen Juliana’s cabinet backed the move to avoid a crisis.
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Hague
Netherlands
UPI
Bernhard
de Telegraaf
Juliana
Joop den Uyl
Special Commission
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockheed
Weather Summary for Dresden Island and Morris Areas
Tonight will be partly cloudy and warm with lows 65 to 73. Friday brings mostly sunny hot and humid conditions, highs in the upper 80s. Wednesday’s high reached 87 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 62 low. 7 am Morris was 62 and 10:30 am Morris 76. ESDA Morris reports yesterday’s high 90 and low 65 with 30.04 rising pressure and peak wind 10 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Gunman seizes ten hostages on 36th floor at Terminal Tower
A gunman held ten people including Chessie Railroad vice president Robert McGowan on the 36th floor of Terminal Tower in Cleveland. Police said the suspect Ashby Leach, from Huntington West Virginia, is a disgruntled former employee armed with a shotgun and pistol. Dispatchers reported area containment and ongoing negotiations as floors 32 through 41 were evacuated.
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Cleveland
UPI
Chessie Railroad System
Terminal Tower
Ashby Leach
Huntington
W.va
Robert McGowan
Maralou Hoffman
Joan Endzvick
Chessie
Hays T. Watkins
Leach
I’m
G.I. Bill
U.S. Congress
Railroad
Carbondale High Teachers Strike Reaches Fourth Day
In Carbondale Illinois 1400 students miss classes as 90 teachers and the school board plan to meet with a federal mediator tonight after a four day strike. The Morris Municipal Pool in Gould Park will close to the public after Labor Day with reduced hours through Sept. 6.
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Morris Municipal
Gould Park
Ron Safarcyk
Carbondale Community High School Teachers Association
James Tarr
Carbondale High School
Carbondale Community High School
Earl Butz to Speak at Ottawa Fundraiser Dinner
U S Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz will address a Sept 12 fundraising dinner at Pitstick Pavilion north of Ottawa Illinois 23. A cocktail hour at 7 p.m. and dinner at 8 p.m. will precede a 45 minute talk on agriculture. Corcoran for Congress sponsors the event.
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U.S
Earl Butz
Pitstick Pavilion
Ottawa
Illinois
Butz
Corcoran
Congress
Grundy County
Koreans protest bombers over South Korea
North Korea charged that U S B52 bombers circled above South Korea in a grave and provocative warning of a strike. Rodong Sinmun called the bombing missions a war action aimed at hastening a quick war. North Korea said Americans would use the Panmunjom incident as an excuse for direct confrontation. U S forces remained on alert with 42 000 troops and a large naval task force nearby.
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Clinton Darling
Darling
Wauponsee
Adam Sts
Herald
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South Korea
UPI
North Korea
Tokyo
Rodong Sinmun
Communist Party
U.S
Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea
7Th Fleet
Koreas
Poison gas theory joins Legionnaires disease probe in Philadelphia
Dr. F William Sunderman Jr a toxin expert at the University of Connecticut says nickel carbonyl found in tissue supplied by Philadelphia health officials may explain the Legionnaires disease outbreak that killed 26 and sickened more than 150 tied to a state American Legion convention. He cautions results are not conclusive and discusses findings with health officials and the CDC.
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Philadelphia
UPI
F. William Sunderman Jr
University of Connecticut Medical Center
Farmington
American Legion
Sunderman
Pennsylvania
Morton D. Rosen
Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Morris Daily Herald August 26 1976 front page
The Morris Daily Herald issue dated August 26 1976 from Morris Illinois presents sixteen pages at twenty cents. No further readable article content provided.
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Morris
Illinois
Schrock Farms seeks second rezoning for two truck stop lots
Grundy County Planning Commission backed a second rezoning recommendation 5-0 for two lots north of Interstate 55 and east of Illinois 47 to B-III highway oriented business zoning. Byron Schrock said the site would support Pat McElroy’s truck stop, needing 10 acres and three lots.
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Schrock
Grundy County
Zoning Board of Appeals
Appeals Board
Planning Commission
Byron Schrock
Congerville
Illinois
Pat McElroy
South Wilmington
Livingston County
Federal Energy Administration
Dwight
Eugene Sorensen
Schrocks
Northbrook
Sorensen
Nettle Creek Township
Pioneer Rd
Hoge
Tom Thorson
Gonzales
Perry Brooks
Polar bears kill intruder at Baltimore City Zoo
A man who jumped into a polar bear cage at Baltimore City Zoo was killed. A male bear guarded the body as rescuers failed to tranquilize the bears and used grappling hooks and smoke bombs to reach the victim.
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Baltimore, Md
UPI
Baltimore City
Dennis Hill
Police Public Information
Senate approves small federal gas tax increase in energy bill
The Senate Finance Committee backed a half cent per gallon rise to fund energy incentives including home insulation credits. The tax would rise the federal gas tax from four to four and a half cents for three years, with funds going to the general treasury and an annual about 500 million dollars.
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Washington
Highway Trust Fund
General Treasury
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Herman E. Talmadge
Goldwater urges conservatives to unite with Republicans
UPI reports Barry Goldwater Jr. urged conservatives seeking a third major party to join with the Republican Party. He warned against coalition rule and stressed maintaining a strong two party system while addressing a $35 a plate fundraising dinner for Illinois secretary of state candidate William Harris. He said conservatives can express themselves together but must align with President Ford to realize their goals.
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Pontiac, Ill
UPI
Barry Goldwater Jr
R.-Calif
Illinois
Chicago
American Independent Party
Goldwater
Ford
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