Second refugee family settles in Morris
The six member Vietnamese family arrives in Morris from Fort Chafee Arkansas sponsored by Immaculate Conception Church. Father Nuyyen Van Vinh and mother Pham Thi Gam with four children seek language tutoring and jobs while relatives in nearby Braidwood aid in settling.
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Morris
E. Jackson St
Immaculate Conception Church
Kunog Pham Thi Gam
Nga
Nuuyen van Vinh
Tien
Anh
South Vietnam
Braidwood
Herald
Barbara Wilson
Fort Chafee
Arkansas
Catholic Charities
Nuyyen van Vinh
Pham Thi Gam
Kunog
Guam
John Hynds
Briar Lane
Karen Hynds
Church Refugee Committee
Joanna
Hynds
Immaculate Conception School
Gam
Pham van Chu
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
George Hendricks
Main Street
Norval Wigtil
Wigtil
Baptist Church
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
Nguyen Thi Man
Chu
Bui Thi Lan
Saigon
Thuy
Lien
Weather Forecase Brief From Early Week Notes
Weather highlights show tonight partly cloudy and slightly milder with a low of 5 to 12 degrees. Friday forecast partly sunny and warmer with highs in the 20s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam recorded a Wednesday high near 14 and a low around 2, while Morris downtown measured 2 at 7 am and 6 at 10 am today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Grand jury to review fatal car crash charges in Grundy County
A Grundy County Grand Jury convenes at 10 a m Friday to determine probable cause for additional charges against Kenneth Patterson 43 Oak Street South Wilmington in the December 10 four car crash that killed Mrs Anne Peterson of Coal City Illinois 47 about 300 feet south of Southmor Road. State’s Attorney Richard Wilder said all evidence will be presented. The jury list includes Hughie Leak Verona Mrs Margaret Finch Clark Street Verona and many Coal City residents among others.
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Grundy County
Kenneth Patterson
Oak St
Wilmington
Anne Peterson
Coal City
Richard Wilder
Illinois
Southmor Rd
Hughie Leak
Verona
Margaret Finch
Clark St
Ruby
Kendall OKs 600000 settlement in injury suit
Kendall County Board approved a 600000 settlement in a case arising from a 1972 accident at County Line and Rogers Roads where a stop sign had been removed. The county and its insurance will cover most of the verdict with staged payments by Feb 1 June 30 and Nov 30.
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Yorkville
Kendall
County Line Road
Rogers Road
Louis
Mary Cooper
Cooper
No More Highway Zoning Issues Seen In Illinois 47 Plan
Illinois Department of Transportation representatives told the Morris Planning Commission they foresee no further zoning problems along the Illinois 47 improvements. They noted the state has acquired whole lots to avoid clipping homes and reported 29 relocations of families and 12 business relocations still pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Department of Transportation
Division of Highways
Morris Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Transportation
David Momper
Barry Hynds
The
Near Zero Coldest Day of the Morris Season
Morris recorded two degrees above zero early this morning marking the coldest day of the season. The forecast calls for a warming trend with weekend highs in the 30s and lows from 15 to 25 as temperatures rise above seasonal averages by Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Night club fire kills seven in Manhattan
A Blue Angel nightclub blaze on Manhattan's Upper East Side killed seven people, with five women trapped in a powder room and two men among the dead. Firefighters reported nine injuries among civilians and firemen as flames swept through the venue after initial smoke alarms.
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New York
UPI
Blue Angel
Manhattan
Upper East Side
John T. O'Hagan
Jim Hatcher
East 54Th Street
Pat Jacobson
Fort Worth
Tex
Baker
O'Hagan
House fails to override Ford veto on tax cut bill
Washington UPI reports the House did not achieve the two thirds vote to override President Ford's veto of tax cut legislation. Democratic leaders say there will likely be no more attempts to stop higher income taxes after January 1.
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Washington
UPI
House
Ford
Mystery gold shipment traced to Charleston investigation
UPI reports U.S. Customs men probe how 260 pounds of a 1.3 million dollar gold bullion shipment from Switzerland to Saudi Arabia ended up in Charleston with 330 pounds missing. London lines note the DC8 chartered by Overseas National Airlines touched 27 stops with shifting ground crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston, S.C
UPI
U.S
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Charleston
D.J. Lane
Overseas National Airlines Co
New York
Charleston Air Force Base
Frankfurt
Germany
Santa rules curb ho ho noise for hire agency
San Francisco based Western Temporary Services lists strict guidelines for its 100 to 125 Santa Clauses. Coordinators say Santas must pass screening, avoid shoplifting, drinking, political talk, and rough handling to ensure a comforting experience for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
UPI
Western Temporary Services, Inc
Sheila Allen
Santa Claus
Miss Allen
Four East Coast youths held for theft in Marseilles
Deputy arrests four youths from Delaware New Jersey and New Jersey towns after they failed to pay at the Coffeehouse Restaurant in Marseilles. Terence Curry 19 Kevin Mae Carthy 18 Louis Daniele 18 and Joseph Mastriani 18 face LaSalle County Circuit Court bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Terence Curry
Dagsboro
Del
Kevin MaeCarthy
Maplewood
N.J
Louis Daniele
Metuchen
Joseph Mastriani
Bloomfield
James Hume
Illinois
LaSalle County
Hume
Ned's Standard
Minooka
Marseilles
Seneca
Plano man killed near Yorkville
A Plano man Eric A. Hanson age 55 died in a one car crash west of Yorkville at 10 40 a m Wednesday on Eldamain Road three tenths of a mile north of River Road. His 1962 Chevrolet pickup left the road struck a tree head on. Deputy Coroner William Dunn pronounced him dead at the scene. The crash is under Kendall County investigation. Hanson was the eighth traffic fatality in Kendall County this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Plano
Eric A. Hanson
Rte. 2
Eldamain Road
River Road
Hanson
Kendall County
William Dunn
Will County workers call off planned strike in bargaining session
Will County employes suspended plans to strike and returned to negotiations under judge Michael Orenic who arranged a Tuesday meeting with County Board President Ted Grababoy and AFSCME Local 1028 leader Garrett McGuire. The judge secured a nonstrike pledge from union attorney Gilbert Feldman while talks resume on the AFSCME contract expired Nov 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orenie
County Board
Ted Grababoy
Local 1028
Garrett McGuire
Will County
Martin Rudman
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