Nine new instructors begin at Morris Community High School
Morris Community High School resumes with nine new instructors across subjects. Richard Anderson becomes director of athletics. Ron Dewey joins chemistry and physics labs after four years at Wilmington High School. Norma Hedges covers guidance English and journalism. Barbara Rath teaches in business and coaches cheerleading. Herb Shaw adds industrial arts and wrestling. Dwayne Roe heads history and coaches varsity basketball. Gail McBride and Dave McJunkin take physical education roles with coaching duties. Charles Hartseil joins as EMH instructor after study at NIU and Illinois State.
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Morris Community High School
Herb Shaw
Charles Hartsell
Gail McBride
Norma Hedges
Barbara Roth
Dave McJunkin
Dick Anderson
Ron Dewey
Dwayne Roe
Herald
Richard Anderson
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
Wilmington High School
Illinois State University
Namal
University of Wisconsin
MCHS
Malden High School
University of Illinois
Roe
Gail Mc
Mass Arrests Reported as Somoza Faces Opposition in Nicaragua
In Managua government forces rounded up civilians including opposition leaders and 12 military men after uprisings and a five day general strike. National Guards patrolled major cities as bombs exploded with no fatalities reported amid claims of planned guerrilla actions against Somoza.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
UPI
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Somoza
Chamber of Commerce
Anastasio Somoza Garcia
Weather forecast and local temperatures report
Fair skies tonight with lows 53 to 63 degrees. Wednesday will bring sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. At Dresden Locks and Dam the temperature was 60 at 7 am, with Monday’s high 84 and low 60. Downtown Morris reported 74 at 11 15 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Pontiac prison stabbing leaves inmate hospitalized in riot era
At Pontiac Correctional Center in Illinois a weekend stabbing sent inmate Anthony Wiley, 23, to a Peoria hospital with three stitches. Prison officials said the incident stemmed from an argument with an unidentified inmate. About 2,000 inmates are confined to cells daily following the July 22 riot that killed three guards and caused extensive damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac
Ill
UPI
Pontiac Correctional Center
Anthony Wiley
Peoria
Wiley
David Sandahl
Eagles Club sponsors Labor Day muscular dystrophy telethon
Morris Eagles Club in Grundy County leads a Labor Day Jerry Lewis muscular dystrophy telethon with a nationwide Chicago Channel 44 hookup. Walter Olson urges donations by Monday checks to M.D.A. payable to the Eagles Club Morris P O Box 575 with contact numbers 942-0395 942-1308 942-9181 for details.
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Grundy County
Morris Eagles Club
Morris
Channel 44
Chicago
Walter Olson
M.D.A
Eagles Club
P.O
Coal City man remains on critical list
Michael Halliday, 24, of Coal City, remained in the neuro intensive care unit at Northwestern University Medical Center Chicago in critical but stable condition after a August 19 one car crash on Rice and Storms Roads. He was a passenger in a car driven by Barry Berta, 24, also of Coal City, who was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet and discharged Thursday.
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Coal City
Northwestern
Wesley Memorial) Hospital
Chicago
Michael Halliday
Northwestern University Medical Center
Halliday
Barry Berta
Berta
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Man Rescued From Quicksand In Braidwood
A 22 year old Aurora man Robert Noble was working on a sewer tap on project in Braidwood when he began sinking in quicksand at 9 30 am Monday. He was rescued by the Braidwood fire department and transported to St Joseph Hospital Joliet for emergency treatment before release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Braidwood
Bus Hit by Tow Truck Injures Two Children
A school bus carrying 39 children collided with a tow truck at Pine and Jackson Streets at about 10:05 a.m. Two girls, Julie Elliott and Susan McMillan both seven, suffered minor injuries and were released after on scene exams. Bus driver Rosella Freeman, 44, was cited for disobeying a stop sign and posted bond. Tow truck driver Robert Norris, 24, was cited for license suspension and posted bond. Damages exceeded $250 to the bus and the tow truck.
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Pine and
Jackson Sts
Julie Elliott
Plaza
Susan McMillan
Rte. 4
Tracy
Morris
Kurt Salems
Rosella Freeman
Naomi Dr
Pine St
Robert Norris
Joliet
Jackson St
Paul Tondini
U.S. G. Salems
Freeman
Norris
Don Leach
Dix released from Morris Hospital after weeklong stay
Morris Public Works Director Wilfred Dix, 55, of 1122 Liberty Street, was discharged from Morris Hospital this morning after a weeklong admission for a respiratory problem. Dix was admitted August 21 in fair condition and is now released to home.
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Morris Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Morris Hospital
Dix
Liberty St
Morris City Council approves audit and tax levy plans
The Morris City Council approved a recent audit showing mixed funds results for 1977 and the current year ending April 30. The parking meter fund fell about 3,680 from 1977, while overdue fines dropped from 10,600 to 7,800. The council also adopted this year’s tax levy analysis, projecting a 699,656 total with a 53,325,065 valuation, and set 1977 rates at 1.2967 percent versus a projected 1.3120 percent for 1978. Further actions included final plans for Northcrest Subdivision and Elliot Manor housing, a conditional permit for a duplex on 702 E North St, sidewalk and streetlight ordinances, and a Fulton Street no parking zone starting Sept 8.
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Morris
Marvin J. Smith
Marjorie Warren
Smith
Council
Armstrong St
Morris Planning Commission
Northcrest
Leon Apanas
Donald Davidson
Apanas
Elliot Manor
J.P. O'Connor & Co
Wilmette
Fire Department
Robert Feeney
Arthur Willmington
Joseph Brockman
Warren
Ray Christensen
E. North St
McKinley School
City Hall
Fulton St
Washington St
Jefferson St
NRC probes Dresden guards over falsified firing tests
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is examining claims that seven guards at the Dresden nuclear plant near Morris falsified target shooting records to achieve passing scores. Investigations also allege false security-check reports. If warranted, findings will go to federal authorities for possible criminal charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Dresden
Morris
NRC
Jan Strasma
Strasma
Washington, D.C
U.S. Department of Justice
Postal contract talks extended with 15 day mediation
Washington UPI reports postal dispute talks extended for 15 days under a mediation plan combining collective bargaining and binding arbitration. Wayne Horvitz of FMCS appoints a mediator, with unions and Postmaster General Bolger watching for a negotiated settlement or binding arbitration if talks fail. Unions APWU NALC and NPMHU had rejected the latest agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S. Postal Service
William Bolger
Wayne Horvitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Horvitz
Bikini families resist loading personal effects aboard evacuation ship
On Bikini Atoll, islanders refuse to load personal effects onto the cargo ship M S Marshall Islands as evacuation proceeds under U S Trust Territory authority. High Commissioner Adrian Winkel aims to finalize the move of about 140 residents after radioactive tests prompted a renewed evacuation order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.S. Microchief
UPI
Bikini
M.S. Marshall Islands
Aikjai Lapauch
U.S
U.S. Trust Territory
Winkel
Trust Territory
United States
Marshall Islands
Indiana man hurt in I-80 crash remains under guard
State police continue probe of a one car crash on I 80 one mile west of Illinois 47 in which Samuel Coker of Hobart Indiana was driven off the road and hospitalized in guarded condition. An eye witness gave a license number believed to be linked to the causing car, but it belonged to an Arlington Heights man. A gold Plymouth station wagon driver reportedly cut in front of Coker, possibly unaware of the crash. The incident is not deemed hit and run. The north suburban family involved is reportedly unreachable by telephone as investigators persist.
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Samuel Coker
Hobart
Ind
Ilinois 47
Illinois
T.A. Thompson
Arlington Heights
Coker
Thompson
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Morris Daily Herald
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National Association of Letter Carriers
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