Hutchinson estate chaos ends long missing heir search
Probate ties up the estate of Mrs. A Frankin Hutchinson, Morris Public Library librarian, as a six month hunt for her daughter Helen Hutchinson fails. The will splits nonlisted assets among 13 heirs and the Morris Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
A. Franklin
Luzetta) Hutchinson
Morris Public
Rivershore
Marseilles
Hutchinson
Helen Hutchinson
Robert Charles Clapp
Clyde
Ohio
James H. Clapp
Oklahoma City
Okla
Roger Clapp
Celina
Neile Franklin Clapp
Clearwater, Fla
Georgia
Two Morris girls injured in Old Stage Road crash
Cheryl Swanson 16 and Tammy Meredith 16 were treated and released from Morris Hospital after their 1964 Buick skidded off Old Stage Road near Five Mile Bridge and rolled twice. The car suffered total damage and was towed from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Old Stage Rd
Five-Mile Bridge
Cheryl Swanson
E. Chapin St
Tammy Meredith
Chapin
Short-change artists target Illinois 47 car wash
Two men aged 20 to 23 pulled a scam at the Union 76 Car Wash on Illinois 47 just before 8 p.m. Thursday. The passenger offered a $20 bill to buy gas and a car wash, then shifted to a pocketful of change and different denominations, netting about $12. Police descriptions note long black hair and a mustache on the passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union 76
Illinois
Jim Bell
Rte. 5
Bell
Morris Rotary Club Sells Luminaries Saturday
The Morris Rotary Club will sell luminaries Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Liberty Place corner of Liberty and Jackson Sts. Proceeds benefit Morris WE CARE. The luminaria tradition, rooted in Mexico, lights driveways and sidewalks to honor Christmas Eve, with a safe sand filled bag and plumbers candle. Grand unison lighting is 6 30 p.m. if weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Rotary Club
Liberty Place
Liberty and
Jackson Sts
Morris WE Care Organization
Mexico
Weather Report Highlights Cloudy Cold Night and Warm Rain Likely
Forecast calls for a cloudy and cold night with a low around 30. Saturday turns cloudy and warmer with a likely rain chance and a high near 40. Dresden Island Locks and Dam recorded Thursday high 38 and low 32, with 7 am readings at 32 and 11 am in Morris downtown at 35. Weather shows 0.03 inches of precipitation.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Missing hunting dogs escalate in Morris area
Grundy County Animal Control Warden Mrs. Shark Jordan said Thursday four more dogs are missing in the Morris Pine Bluff Road area, including a Labrador Retriever German Short Hair Golden Retriever and Collie. She previously reported five dogs missing in Morris and suspects theft. Morris Police have been alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Appellate Court Reverses Housby Peyote Conviction in Ilinois
The Ottawa court freed Robert J. Housby after ruling the Peyote sale case created reasonable doubt due to informant involvement by Herbert Lucas. Housby had been sentenced to two to six years and was paroled. His separate theft sentence of one to three years remains unchanged.
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Ottawa
Robert J. Housby
LaSalle
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Housby
Herbert
Junior) Lucas
Illinois Bureau of
Deep Rock
Minooka Native Dr Murley Appointed Deputy Director at NRC
Minooka born Dr Thomas E Murley, son of Maurice and Mrs Murley, appointed deputy director of the division of reactor safety research in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. He is a 1957 Minooka High School graduate with a BS from Illinois in 1961 and a PhD from MIT in 1965. He worked at NATO Karlsruhe and for AEC ERDA CRBR before moving to Germantown Maryland with NRC. He resides in Bethesda MD.
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Minooka
Thomas E. Murley
Maurice Murley
N. Massasoit St
Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Minooka High School
University of Illinois
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
NATO
Karlsruhe
Murley
ERDA
Clinch River
CRBR
Germantown
Maryland
Bethesda
Grand jury to review fatal Illinois 47 crash
Grundy County will convene a grand jury on December 19 to decide if there is probable cause for further charges against Kenneth Patterson 43 of Oak Street South Wilmington in the car crash that killed Mrs. Anne Peterson of Coal City. Patterson was ticketed for improper lane usage. the four car crash occurred at 4 40 p m Wednesday about 60 feet south of Southmor Road on Illinois 47.
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Health and Sanitation Committee
Ashley Road
Morris
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Michael W. Rapps
EPA
Division of Land Pollution Control
City of
I & M Canal
Grundy County
Kenneth Patterson
Oak St
Wilmington
Illinois
Anne Peterson
Coal City
Richard Wilder
Patterson
Levi hints at FBI spying and COINTELPRO caution
Attorney General Edward H. Levi says he may have been a victim of FBI counterintelligence abuse and urges new guidelines to prevent internal and external abuses. He testified to the Senate intelligence committee that he was told he received a COINTELPRO letter when joining the administration.
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Washington
UPI
Edward H. Levi
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Levi
Senate Intelligence Committee
Cointelpro
Hoover
FBI Cointelpro
Chicago
University of Chicago Law School
Franklin D Roosevelt
Justice Department
Caterpillar expands Joliet and Decatur plants
Caterpillar Tractor Co plans adding 50 000 square feet at Joliet to boost hydraulic component production with construction starting January and completion in 1978. Decatur will gain 260 000 square feet for truck components fabrication and related processes, with work to begin next May and completion in 1978. Joliet now employs over 6 000 across 3 million square feet while Decatur runs 5 200 employees in 2 600 000 square feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Joliet
Decatur
U.S. 6
Two Men Arrested After Ottawa Bank Robbery
Two men suspected of robbing the First Federal Savings and Loan at Ottawa of 600 dollars were caught at 12 15 p m today on Illinois 47 north of U S 52 by Kendall County sheriffs deputies. Morris police and Grundy County deputies staged a roadblock at Illinois 47 and I 80 as the car traveled east on I 80. The suspects were taken to Kendall County Jail for identification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Illinois 47
U.S. 52
Kendall County
Morris
Grundy County
Interstate 80
Hendrickson runs for Grundy coroner and several county posts
Three candidates filed for the Grundy County Board while two filed for the Grundy County Regional Board of School Trustees, with Mary Jane Noonan recording the filings. Kenneth Benson Sr Jim Smith and Harry Melby sought the County Board, while H James Baum and Harvey Gantzert entered for the school trustees. George Hendrickson joined the Grundy County Board race as a Republican. Precinct committee races saw Frank Vignocchi Wilfred Harty Albert Doglio Jr and Robert Johnson file with party affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Calhoun St
Harvey Gantzert
Gardner
George Hendrickson
E. Washington Sr
Frank Vignocchi
Garfield
Wilfred Harty
Kinsman
Highland Township
Albert Doglio Jr
South Wilmington
Greenfield
Robert Johnson
Black St
Saratoga Township
Three 10 speed bicycles stolen in Morris area
Police investigated multiple thefts on Division Street and other Morris addresses. Kenneth Johnson reported items from a vacant Division Street house. two AMF bicycles vanished from Mary Enger’s home. Francis Limbach said a blue foreign made 10 speed and an artificial gold Christmas tree were taken from his yard.
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Division St
Morris
Kenneth Johnson
Railroad St
Jack Kopezick
Illinois 47
Mary Jane Enger
E. Main St
Kurt Salems
Francis Limbach
Douglas St
Kopezick
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Morris Public Library
Herbert Wright
Harry
Ruth) Jones
Seneca
Altshuler Genealogical Service
Washington St
Boston
Mass
William Hynds
Nashville
Mich
A. Franklin Hutchinson
Durango
Colo
U.S. Army
Seventh Ave
University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Michigan
Emma Hutchinson
Robert Wren
Cheri Wagoner
H. W
Skip) Wagoner
Rte. 4
Arlington
Tex
Texas Girls Choir
Fort Worth
Wagoner
Rainbow Council
Shabbona
Milwaukee
Boy Scout Organization
National Council Finance Service
Boy Scouts
Texas Girls Choir, Inc
France
Denmark
Italy
Germany
United States
Arlington Citizen-Journal
Cheri
Jill Garzone
Sue Morse
Lisa Smith
Morris Community High School
Santa
Ron Keutzer
Greg Eaton
Judy Miller
Joelyn Bednarik
Mary Jane
Todd Cliff
Hot Rod
Steve Taylor
Jack
Rick Cartwright
Charles
Jayne Bednarik
Melinda
Susie
Renitz Koontz
Jeff Bergstrom
Herald
Ed McNellis
Olson
Arco
Tabler Rd
Terry Tucek
Ray Odom
Miss Turner
Braceville and
Tynam Rds
Dixie Sorenson
Center St
Evert Poyner
Braceville Rd
Mike Davis
JMD Texaco, Division
North Sts
Liberty
Grand Jury
Bulletin
Hendrickson
Tan
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