Seneca Unit District petition hearing resumes in LaSalle County
The census petition challenges in Seneca Unit District continued before LaSalle County Superintendent Joe Mini after a third day of testimony. Witnesses included Joe Perry of the Committee of Ten and Seneca school officials outlining potential benefits and signatures path for the proposed unit district.
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Seneca
LaSalle County
Joe Mini
Seneca Unit District
Joe Perry
Committee of Ten
Perry
Grundy County
Milton Pope
Jesse James
Vince Grober
Seneca High School
John Nolan
Gordon Fiedler
Ottawa High
Harold McKenzi
Ransom
David Yeck
L.W. Hodgson
Nettle Creek
Ellis seeks second continuance in 5 felony armed robbery case
Chicago man Charles Ellis 28 requested a change of judge in the Cook County armed robbery case dating to 1972. The move could delay the trial five to six months. Ellis remains jailed in Cook County awaiting calendar assignment.
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Charles Ellis
Chicago
Seven Gables
Cook County
Atty
Charles Hartman
Weather Tonight and Friday Forecast Notes
The forecast calls for fair skies tonight with warmer temperatures reaching the mid 40s. Friday will be partly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 40s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a Wednesday high of 34 and a low of 24, while 7 a.m. readings at Morris were 29 degrees and downtown at 10:15 a.m. 43 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Jury selection begins in Grundy County for Scherer v Cuesta trial
Walter Scherer Jr. sues Miguel Cuesta for 75000 in a two car crash on September 17, 1972, on Interstate 80 near Minooka Road. The trial in Grundy County Circuit Court opened jury selection today with August and Frank Black for Scherer and Watts Johnson of Princeton for Cuesta.
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Grundy County
Walter Scherer Jr
Miguel Cuesta
Scherer
Minooka Rd
August and
Frank Black
Watts Johnson
Princeton
Cuesta
Harris enters race for secretary of state nomination
State Senate Minority Leader William Harris plans to announce a bid for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. Harris, 54, seeks the office after Democrats picked Michael J. Howlett for governor. Also considering is Robert Gray of Dundee. Democrats name Alan Dixon as a contender.
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Chicago
UPI
Senate
William Harris
Harris
Democratic Party
Michael J. Howlett
Howlett
Robert Gray
Dundee
The
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
GOP
Foster Surrenders in Corvette Theft Case
Robert Foster, 22, of Route 3, surrendered Wednesday at the Morris Police Station on a felony theft warrant. He posted a $1,000 bond and was set to appear in court December 17. Police say Foster and two others stole a 1973 Chevrolet Corvette from Eagle Parking on November 21. Dokey and Lotz were later located in Hobart, Indiana with the car before warrant issues.
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Robert Foster
Rte. 3
Morris
Foster
Alan Love
Eagle
Fredrick Dokey
Burbank
Anthony Lotz
Hickory Hills
Hobart
Ind
Dokey
Lotz
Alan Williams
W. George St
House votes to delete Perot amendment in tax bill fight
The House approved 379 to 27 to strike a provision that could have let Texas millionaire H Ross Perot gain as much as 15 million. The broader tax reform moves toward passage with Senate to split the bill, sending individual and business tax cuts to Ford while reform provisions await next year.
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Washington
UPI
House
Texas
H. Ross Perot
Senate
Ford
Perot
Wall Street Journal
Indicted Pure Silica officers’ motions continued to Jan 28
Theodore Scudder announced continuances for Clydesdale Peter Corgiat Gildo Costa and Oliver Halm of Oglesby on three indictments. The conspircy count covers June 7 1968 to May 8 1975 to defraud First National Bank of Oglesby with 55000 loans to cover overdraft. A second charge cites a 40000 unsecured loan written off. A third count cites a 15000 loan also written off.
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Clydesdale
Peter Corgiat
Gildo Costa
Oliver Halm
All of
Oglesby
Pure Silica Co
First National Bank of
Interviews Set for Saratoga Tower Low-Income Housing Applicants
Interviews for applicants to Saratoga Tower, the low income elderly housing complex, will be held Dec. 11 and 12 at Saratoga Tower. Gr indy County Housing Authority Director Tracy Adcock and LaSalle County Housing Authority officials will conduct 15 minute sessions and require detailed income and asset breakdowns, monthly rent and utilities, and asset values. Decisions rest with Adcock unless a borderline case prompts board review. furniture and a full-time custodian start Monday.
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Saratoga Tower
Grundy County Housing Authority
Tracy Adcock
LaSalle County Housing Authority Social Service
Fred
Doris) Rumpf
Andrew
Barbara) Hellman
Adcock
Housing Authority Board
Joseph Bickel
Wilmington youth wins 4 H award
Steve Francis 19 of Route 1 Wilmington was named one of nine national 4 H achievement winners at the 54th National 4 H Congress in Chicago and received an $800 Henry Ford II scholarship. The Joliet Junior College student, active in nearly 20 4 H programs, emphasizes beef cattle projects and community service through his work with people and local needs.
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Steve Francis
Rte. 1
Wilmington
Henry Ford II
Chicago
Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Fred C. Francis
Will County
Joliet Junior College
Francis
CIA Chief Warns On Intelligence Influence Abroad
CIA Director William Colby urged continued overseas influence while calling congressional reform essential to curb abuses. He warned lawmakers must not end covert capabilities that aid peace, and cited past misdeeds and Chile operations under Nixon. Senator Church criticized covert action and executive overreach in secret agendas.
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Pacem In
Congress
America
Colby
Frank Church
Idaho
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Richard Nixon
CIA
Chile
U.S
Church
Nixon
Richard Helms
Salvador Allende
Caffeine shown as only safe ingredient in mood drugs
A three year FDA advisory finds caffeine the sole proven safe ingredient among more than two dozen in sleeping pills stimulants and other nonprescription mood drugs. It urges FTC action to curb dubious claims and recommends banning many daytime sedative labeling claims including relief of nervous irritability and calming effects.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Federal Trade Commission
Creche and Carol Program At Grundy County Courthouse
A Christmas creche scene will be dedicated at the Grundy County courthouse at 7 p.m. Friday. Mrs. Gerald Belt leads carols as the Morris Council of Churches sponsors the annual display. Rev. Roy H. Hamburger notes the public is invited to attend.
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Grundy County National Bank
Franklin St. Bank
Darrell
Jeanne) Fox
Chicago
Morris
Grundy County
Morris Council of Churches
Gerald Belt
Roy H. Hamburger
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Stateville Penitentiary
Atty. Hartman
Richard Schotz
Francis Andrew
Saul Epton
Schotz
Hartman
26Th and
California Sts. Court
Joseph Power
Secretary of State
Alan Dixon
Thirteenth Circuit
Thomas Clydesdale
U.S. District Court
Alfred Kirkland
Theodore Scuder
Federal
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Saratoga Tower Complex
North Carolina
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