Legal changes on liquor rules and mail theft probe loom
The Morris Daily Herald reports on election day liquor law shifts affecting non home rule municipalities and a warning that an Illinois law allows penalties for mail theft. The article covers five Kankakee County residents arrested in Coal City with potential charges, and notes push starting rules for stalled vehicles and studded tires. It also details Grundy County Board of Review disclosures and upcoming changes after the November election. Florence Smith.
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John Hendrickson
Illinois State Bar Association
ISBA
Illinois
Treating Chief Conant in Good Condition at Joliet Hospital
Coal City Police Chief Allen J. Conant Jr. remained listed in good condition today at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet where he has been a patient since Monday. A hospital spokesman could not estimate his release date. He is in room 841.
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Coal City
Allen J. Conant Jr
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Chief Conant
Council accepts two AVC resignations at meeting
The Administrative Advisory Council accepted the resignations of James Moreland welding instructor and Gary Nixon automotive instructor at Grundy Area Vocational Center. James Schaub of Madison was chosen as replacement for the remainder of the year for 5560, with provisional certification sought. A substitute health occupations instructor Margaret Grober from Seneca was approved, with provisional certification requested.
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Grundy Area Vocational Center
Administrative Advisory Council
James Moreland
AVC
James Schaub
Madison
Wis
Madison Area Technical College
Schaub
Wisconsin State College
Plattville
Gary Nixon
Margaret Grober
Seneca
Donald Kaufman
Morris woman dies in I 80 wreck near Ottawa
A 41 year old rural Morris woman Mrs John Duke was killed in a one car crash on I 80 one mile west of Illinois 71 at 755 am Thursday. The car crossed the center line hit a guard rail then an abutment and flipped along the rail before dropping onto Burlington Northern tracks. Coroner Wayne Hess said she suffered crushing skull fractures and was pronounced dead at the scene. Funeral services are set for Monday at First Christian Church Morris. Burial will be in Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens Schererville Indiana.
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Clarice) Duke
Community Hospital of
Ottawa
Illinois
Duke
District 5A
Burlington Northern Railroad
Fox River
LaSalle County
Wayne Hess
Hess
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Heatherfield
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Channahon
First Christian Church
Wauponsee Township
Charles Richardson
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens
Schererville
Ind
Finland Chapel
Clarice Golden
Gary
Clarence
Estella
Dymanowski) Golden
John E. Duke
Hartford
Griffith
Jeffrey
Kaye) Kans
Bowie
Kenneth
Terre Haute
Mark
Clarence Golden
Clearwater
Fla
Michael
Irene) Kiefer
Green Bay
Wis
James
Lowell
George
Gardner
Strike threat looms as Apollo 17 launch nears
Apollo 17 astronauts undergo final physicals while Boeing workers threaten a strike that could delay the moon mission. NASA officials deem delay unlikely but warn the outcome depends on how many workers honor pickets. Negotiations continue with no strike date set.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
NASA
Eugene A. Cer
Boeing
Vietnam general among crash victims in refugee aid flight
A crash in bad weather killed seven people including Maj. Gen. Tran Thanh Phong deputy commander of Vietnam's 2nd Military Region and five other Vietnamese nationals. Two American aid workers were among the injured as investigators noted weather as a possible factor.
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U.S. Agency For International Development
Tran Thanh Phong
U.S
Phong
Morris Community High School Christmas Concert
The Morris Community High School Concert Band and Chorus present a Christmas program at 2 30 p m December 10 in the MCHS auditorium. The concert is open to the public without charge.
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Morris Community High School
MCHS
Snow Clamps Chicago Traffic in Massive Morning Jam
A heavy early morning snow event coated expressways with ice and slowed the city’s rush hour to a crawl. The Kennedy Expressway saw a 15 mile trip to downtown take nearly three hours, with other north and south routes snarled and as many as 300 000 cars trapped bumper to bumper while salt trucks could not reach the largest problem spots.
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Chicago
O’hare International Airport
Dan Ryan
Grundy County Housing Authority Holds Regular Meeting
The Grundy County Housing Authority will meet in regular session at 4 p.m. Monday in the courthouse.
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Grundy County Housing Authority
Grundy County Officials to be Sworn In Monday
Two newly elected Grundy County officials and the county public defender will be sworn in at 10 30 a m Monday in the Grundy County Courthouse second floor circuit courtroom by Circuit Judge Robert W Malmquist Richard R Wilder will be sworn in as states attorney Grundy County and James Reeves as coroner Robert T Williamson clerk of the circuit court is recovering from walking pneumonia and cannot take his oath at this time The ceremony marks the start of their terms at 12 01 a m Monday once bonded and oaths filed with the Secretary of State George Black appointed public defender will take the oath Monday with no official announcement from judges or County Board
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Grundy
Carlson
Peter Cacello
Board of Review
Lawrence Manning
Verona
John Dullard
Minooka
Board of
Marvin Olson
Robert T. Williamson
Cacello
Dullard
Grundy County Agricultural Fair Association
Saratoga Township
Florence Smith
Grundy County
Robert W. Malmquist
Richard R. Wilder
James Reeves
Morris Hospital
Thomas H. Parks
George Black
13Th Judicial District
Specialist to speak on unit district formation
Dean P. Mack from the Illinois Office of the Sate Superintendent will address Morris Education Association at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Morris Community High School cafeteria. He will discuss pros and cons of a unit school district and the formation procedures. attendance is open to school board members, the public, and teachers.
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Dean P. Mack
Illinois Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Morris Education Association
Morris Community
Mack
Morris
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