Apollo 17 astronauts prepare for lunar touchdown in Challenger
Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt separate from the command ship America to begin a three day lunar surface mission in Taurus Littrow. Ronald Evans remains in orbit aboard America as the two prepare for a 2 55 p.m. EST landing and a dramatic first sighting of new lunar features.
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Challenger
Cernan
Schmitt
Evans
America
Mission Control
Moon
Challenger Evans
Lunar
Taurus-Littrow
Lenge
Harvard
Morris Daily Herald December 11 1972 front page event
Morris Illinois December 11 1972 issue of the Daily Herald with twelve pages reports local news and notices. The edition covers city happenings, community updates, and public notices from Morris and surrounding areas.
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Morris
Illinois
Bitter Cold Grips Illinois As Snow Forecast Looms
Sub-zero readings spread across northern Illinois with lows of minus 18 in Rockford and Moline and minus 5 at Chicago as a winter storm warning heads into tonight and Tuesday. The Dresden Island Locks and Dam logged minus 9 Sunday and minus 14 at 7 am today as snowfall remains forecast with temperatures rising later. The National Weather Service issued the winter storm warning for the period ahead.
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Dresden Island
Associated Press
Northern
Illinois
Rockford
Moline
Quincy
Chicago
O’hare International
National Weather Service
Dolls and Accessories Exhibit at Morris Public Library
Mrs. Doris Heine, Grundy County special education director, curates a 34000‑doll collection at Morris Public Library. The display features 1920s doll house furniture, French and German bisque dolls, and modern pieces from Morris residents including Orient dolls, a New Zealand warrior, and a 1700s Italian terra cotta doll tied to Catholic Stations of the Cross. Descriptive labels will accompany the display, which runs through the holidays. Ethel Gregg, the librarian, notes needlepoint displays and invites hobby exhibitors to contribute.
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Doris Heine
Grundy County
Morris Public Library
Heine
Mrs. Heine
Morris
Orient
Island
Italy
Esther
Ethel Gregg
Santa
Halterman
Christmas program bleak unless donations arrive
Grundy County Inter Agency Council urges community help for its Christmas program now severely limited. Donations from churches groups and the public are needed including toys games books puzzles canned foods clothing and money to buy more food. Last year 136 children received toys and others benefited. Donations can be left at Montgomery Ward 419 Liberty St contact Mrs. Carol Griffin at 942-3117 for details and collection sites.
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Grundy County
Inter-Agency Council
Montgomery Ward
Liberty St
Carol Griffin
Truman Heart Irregularities Spur Health Bulletin
Kansas City AP reports former president Harry S Truman, age 88, remains in serious condition at Research Hospital after heart rhythm irregularities. Doctors noted a slight blood pressure drop and said he is resting quietly with responsive signs and occasional talk, while wife Bess and daughter Margaret are informed.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Bess
Margaret Truman Daniel
Daniel
Explosions Hit Cuban Firms in New York Miami
Three blasts struck Cuban owned offices within minutes in Miami New York and Queens injuring no one Federal agents probe the Ya Cuba Forwarding Co Miami building and a related NY damage and a Calypso Travel Agency owner reported threats to blow up her business Ananda Falcon.
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Associated Press
New York
Miami
Ya Cuba Forwarding Co
U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Va Cuba
Cuba
Spain
Canada
Va Cuba Forwarding Co
Washington Heights
Manhattan
Ananda Falcon
Weather Summary for Morris Area Snow Likely This Week
Cloudy with mixed snow likely this afternoon and tonight. Highs in the mid teens to 20s with a low around 10. Snow on Tuesday with a warmer high in the 20s. Recorded temps include 20 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with -9 low, Sunday 15/ -14, 0.20 inch precipitation. Temperature at 7 am was -14 and 10:30 am downtown Morris was 11.
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Sauuday
Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Damaging farm fire on Wayne McComb's property
An early morning fire on Wayne McComb's DuPont Road farm caused 27000 dollars in damage to a tool shed and its contents. Morris and Verona Fire Departments and deputies responded at 5 am. The shed held two tractors and tools. Cause unknown. No other damage. The farm is owned by Henry Barsendort.
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Wayne McComb
DuPont Rd
Ilinois 47
Morris
Verona
Morris Lincoln Nursing Home
Henry Barsendort
Morris Community High Board to Meet Wednesday
The Morris Community High School Board of Education sets a 7:30 p.m. December meeting to review inter district curriculum coordination. A 6:30 p.m. tour precedes the session in the administrative offices with public access to the department report. Executive session will discuss teacher salary negotiations.
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Board of Education
Franklin School
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Grundy Area
Oswego Voters Approve Long Beach School Addition
Oswego Community District 308 voters approve a 469000 bond plan and a 131000 reallocation for a 600000 addition to Long Beach Elementary School. The project adds 14 classrooms and heating upgrades to meet rising enrollment, per Superintendent John Bednarcik.
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Plattville
Oswego
Long Beach
John Bednarcik
Reagan Says Farmers Suffer Inflation Voice at Farm Bureau Meet
President Reagan told about 10,000 American Farm Bureau delegates in Los Angeles that farmers are the era's biggest inflation victims. He warned that inflation, strikes, and secondary boycotts threaten farm viability and urged labor relations legislation.
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Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
American Farm Bureau Federation
America
Reagan
Los Angeles Convention Center
William J. Kuhfuss
Cesar Chavez
Kuhfuss
Mackinaw, Ill
Wreckage Crew Probes Midway Jet Crash After 45 Die
Investigators finish identifying 45 victims of the Midway crash as 12 of 18 survivors remain hospitalized. NTSB teams sift through charred Boeing 737 wreckage while United Airlines records and cockpit data are reviewed. A purse with 10585 dollars and other items are recovered from the rubble.
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Chicago
Edward T. Slattery
NTSB
Slattery
San Francisco
United Air Lines
Washington
Newark school tax defeat in referendum vote
Newark Grade School voters rejected a 30 cent tax hike to raise the rate from 92 cents to 1.22, with 136 in favor and 145 against, a 281 vote tally. The measure would have generated about 153345.37 for educational programs, marking the first district referendum in 20 years. A canvass will follow at the next grade school board meeting.
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Newark
Library Hours Adjusted at MAZON Library
The MAZON The Community Library will close Thursday afternoon December 21. On weekdays the library operates mornings from 9 to noon.
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Challenger Lands
Morris Daily Herald
Calypso Travel Agency
Queens
Motor Valet
Sage RR
MCHS
Midway
Margarite McCausland
Midway Airport
National Transportation Safety Board
Howard E. Hunt
Potomac
Tel
Hunt
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