Petition Circulation For 1977 City Elections
Local candidates file nominating petitions for the 1977 city election. Brochman seeks fourth ward alderman as Democrat along with four Republicans and another Democrat. Mayoral and clerk/tresurer petitions filed by incumbents and challengers. First day to file is Wednesday. period ends December 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Brochman
Meadows Circle
Brochman
Fourth Ward
Thomas Cwik
George St
Marge Warren
Robert White
Major burglaries reported in Grundy County weekend
Two major burglaries were reported by the Grundy County Sheriff's Department over the weekend. At Murphy’s Rte 1 Wilmington home, items valued at 1465 were stolen from a construction garage on County Line Rd. A second break in at Neland’s Jugtown Rd residence involved 800 in missing goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Marvin Neland
Rte
Jugtown Rd
Scott Holm
Rte. 1
Winterbottom Rd
Sheriff's Department
Ireland
Holm
Charles Marketti
Copter crashes in Pontiac investigation continues
A Federal Aviation Administration probe into a helicopter crash in Pontiac Illinois continued today. Officials sought to determine causes and whether the incident involved any controlled flight issues or mechanical failures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac, Ill
UPI
Federal Aviation Administration
Weather shifts and an Illinois helicopter crash report
Weather tonight is partly cloudy and windy with a warmup to low 17 to 27. Tuesday brings partly sunny windy warmth to 38 to 50. Sunday's Dresden Island Locks and Dam high 33 and low 0. At 7 am today 0 and at 10:45 am Morris 11 degrees. ESDA notes Morris yesterday high 35 low 2. Barometer 30.50 rising. Helicopter crash near an apartment building injures pilot Sydney Smith and passenger Joseph Sneil. both hospitalized in satisfactory condition. Damage estimated at 125000. Pilot says engine noise preceded loss of power and a 60 mph forward descent. Hearing on sewer assessment for North Union St and US 6 continued to Jan 14 in Grundy County Circuit Court. Objection filings possible. A gossip is a person who can give you all the details without knowing any of the facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Illinois
Sydney Smith
Joseph Sneil
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Smith
North Union St
Grundy County
Walker
Korele
David Housman
Rte. 1
Wilmington
Morris Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital
Glenn Wise Ford
Gardner
Sam Decker
Peoria
Joseph Abdallah
Elk Grove Village
Coffeehouse
Dwight
Decker
District 6
Vern Owens
Grundy
Illinois electors meet in Springfield to vote for Ford
In Springfield Illinois the 26 Republican electors met in the Capitol to cast Illinois 26 electoral votes for president and vice president They were expected to vote for Ford despite the general rule they usually back the candidate they ran for The GOP chairman Don Adams said he expects all electors to vote for Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Ford
Jimmy Carter
GOP
Don Adams
Gilmore awaits verdict on death sentence appeal
Gary Gilmore waits for the U S Supreme Court ruling on his request to be the first U S convict executed in almost a decade. He spoke with his mother by phone over the weekend but failed to deter her appeal and asked again for a stay of execution. She is bedridden and lives in Milwaukee Ore with a temporary stay previously granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
U.S. Supreme Court
United States
High Court
Gilmore
Robert Moody
Utah
Bessie Gilmore
Milwaukee
Ore
Morris Council seeks bids for landfill operation and rezones
The Morris City Council meets at 7 30 p m to solicit bids on landfill operation. Three proposals are requested a private contractor operate the site purchase city equipment and an outside scavenger service. The meeting will also consider rezoning to a 105 unit senior citizen apartment Planned Unit Development between Bedford Road and Waverly Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris City Council
Morris
Morris Savings and Loan
Morris Planning Commission
Bedford Rd
Waverly St
Carter to name three Cabinet nominees Tuesday
President-elect Jimmy Carter announced and press reports said he will reveal at least two Cabinet members at a news conference Tuesday. Names include W Michael Blumenthal for treasury secretary Jane Pfeiffer for commerce and Harold Brown for defense.
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Atlanta
UPI
Jimmy Carter
Bendix Corp
W. Michael Blumenthal
Treasury
Jane Cahill Pfeiffer
IBM
Carter
Harold Brown
California Institute of Technology
Georgia
Cyrus Vance
Senate
Bob Bergland
D-Minn
James Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court rejects Ray bid to overturn guilty plea
The Supreme Court, in a brief order, refused to hear James Earl Ray's challenge to his 1969 guilty plea for the King assassination. It left in place lower rulings that his plea was voluntary and that his attorneys did not deny him effective counsel due to financial ties to a book project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Ray
Arthur Hanes
Hanes
Percy Foreman
William Bradford Huie
Huie
Tennessee
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
District Court
Foreman
Minooka Board updates delays on school addition completion
Minooka High School Board reviews delays four months into the addition project to double capacity to 1300. Auditory completion slipped past Dec 1 with plans to finish by year end. change orders approved for restrooms hallways and bleachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Minooka High School Board of Education
Wilfreds
Crash injures Braceville man in weekend accidents
Two people were injured and one driver ticketed in Grundy County accidents this weekend. John Korele, 24, Braceville, was hospitalized after a one car crash on Illinois 53 near Coster Rd when a deer crossed the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
John Korele
Huston Rd
Braceville
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois
Coster
Thomas Walker
Korelec
County Board Set to Meet Tuesday at Grundy Courthouse
The Grundy County Board will convene Tuesday at 9 30 a m in the courthouse. Semi annual and quarterly reports from county officers are due, and the agenda includes a resolution for the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission.
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Grundy
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
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Butler St
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Washington St
Donald Barkley
Elmo Ray
John Enger
Second Ave
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Sgt. Marketti
Neland
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Gyros
Kumla
Liberty
Council
Griffin Bell
Franklin Thomas
Bedford-Stuyvesant Development Corp
New York
Robert Embry
Baltimore
U.S
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Ray Marshall
University of Texas
Robert M. McRae
McRae
Morris Daily Herald
Ed Rosenberg
Frank Eaton
Fields, Goldman, and
Macgee
Kendall County
Will County
Plainfield
Barb Thompson
Cleo McClurg
Don Ryan
Wayne Cray
Scott Cronk
Eileen Blasing
Don Bolte
Harvey Lewis
Jack Severson
Future Farmers Ag
Clennon
Kendall County Farm Bureau
Earl Butz
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
H. Dale Barr
Sherri Mitchell
Shabbona School
Jeff Wix
Wix
Abdullah
Owens
Darrel D’ Agostino
Rte. 5
Shabbana Rd
Southmor Rd
D'Agostino
Edward Broderick
Bromerick
County Board
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