Eagle Scout Recognition Dinner Set For Joliet
Will Grundy and Kankakee counties to honor 32 Eagle Scouts at the Sheraton Joliet Motor Inn. Ed Jutzi chairs the event with guest speakers John Petrilli and Dennis Briva, plus Joliet West Swing Choir entertainment.
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Joliet
Juzzi
Joliet West High School
John J. Petrilli
Zertic Foods
Plainfield
Pontiac
Dennis Briva
Peotone
Charles Backhus
Morris
Robert Scott
Kankakee
Andrew Suffern
John Zentmyer
Bruce Browning
Bolingbrook
Gunman Kills Trooper and Woman in Sugar Loaf Shooting
A young man shot and killed his girlfriend and a state trooper who tried to intervene at a crafts shop in Sugar Loaf New York. The gunman, later identified as Chris Georgeades, 28, was killed in a gunfight with Trooper William C. Austin. Both the girlfriend Linda Manecke 28 and the wounded trooper William V. McDonough 24 died at the scene.
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Sugar Loaf
N.Y
UPI
New York City
William V. McDonough
McDonough
Arden Hill Hospital
Goshen
William C. Austin
Chris Georgeades
Georgeades
Linda Manecke
Barnsider
Settlement hearing over deputies pay dispute in Morgan County
Morgan County deputies seek to force the commissioners to file pay vouchers for checks due today as part of a dispute over a November pay raise. The commissioners say they were not reimbursed for overpayments and dispute the latest vouchers. The state's attorney may ask the attorney general to determine the sheriff’s authority to pay deputies beyond the budgeted amount.
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Jacksonville
Ill
UPI
Morgan County
Henry
Illinois
William J. Scott
Christmas travel hit by airline strikes across United States
Strikes against United Air Lines and National Airlines have left major routes sold out for Christmas week. Passengers face long reservation waits, scarce seats, and crowded terminals as Amtrak and Greyhound see increased demand. Some routes remain jammed with few seats available for December 14 to 18 and beyond, with major impact on Rose Bowl travel and Hawaii bookings.
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Jay Gibian
United Press International
United Air Lines
National Airlines
United States
UPI
American Automobile Association
Hawaii
Amtrak
New York-Florida
Seattle
San Francisco
Chicago
Denver
Cleveland
Toledo
United
Gerry Whetherill
California
Columbus
Los Angeles
Ohio State
Trains collide head on in Portugal injure dozens
Dozens of Portuguese workers returning from France for Christmas were injured in a head on collision near Fornos De Algadres 200 miles north of Lisbon. A southbound train carrying about 150 workers was hit by a northbound train, destroying engines and trapping passengers in snowbound conditions. Helicopters transported doctors to the site as rescue efforts continued.
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Lisbon
Portugal
UPI
France
Fornos de Algadres
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