Snow storm creates hazardous roads across northern Illinois
Snow and ice sent vehicles off interstates from Champaign to Sterling while power lines fell, cutting electricity for about 3,600 in a three county area. State police warned of icy, packed roads across northern Illinois and urged nonessential travel be avoided as outages continued in Peoria, Tazewell and McLean counties.
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Illinois
United Press International
Kankakee
Ashbum
Harold Flynn
National Weather Service
Champaign
Rock Island
Sterling
Joliet
Pontiac
Interstate 74
Peoria
Macomb
Springfield
Tazewell
McLean Counties
The
Illinois Power Co
Bloomington
McLean County
CILC
Peoria County
Egypt Israel military leaders meet at northern airfield
Egyptian war minister Gen Mohammed Gamassy and Israeli Defense Minister Ezer Weizman met at an airfield near Alexandria in Egypt's northwestern desert. Officials offered no details, as a week-old Cairo peace conference stalls awaiting weekend talks.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Menahem Begin
Mohammed Gamassy
Ezer Weizman
Alexandria
Weather and Middle East Peace Talks Snapshot
Weather outlook shows cloudy conditions with snow likely tonight and scattered flurries Wednesday. In weather reports Dresden Island Locks and Dam measured 40 high and 30 low. Morris reported 30 at 7am and 24 at 10am. Cairo talks advance questions on likely high level meetings as Sadat and Begin exchange visits and outline peace principles amid disengagement era tensions.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Morris Post Office Halts Regular Mail For Holidays
Postmaster William V. Martin notes no regular mail delivery or lobby service December 26 and January 2 for Christmas and New Year. Lobby hours 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on those days. Friday and Saturday pickups updated with limited white star box collections to meet first class standards. normal service resumes December 27 and January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Post Office
William V. Martin
Scientists urge U S halt nuclear arms race
About 12 000 American scientists engineers and professionals called on the United States to stop developing testing and deploying new nuclear weapons The Union of Concerned Scientists argues a reciprocal halt by the Soviets would greatly reduce the threat of nuclear war The declaration notes the current arms race is a mortal threat to humanity and urges the U S to lead given its technological edge.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Cambridge
Mass
Ussr
George Kistiakowsky
Eisenhower
Channahon residents oppose annexation amendment
Channahon village board hears intense testimony at a special meeting over Rolling Acres annexation plans. Residents raise concerns about smaller lot sizes water supply retention areas cul de sacs and potential costs to schools and services. Trustees defer action and discuss police chief search and site work for a new village hall with borings and land deals under review.
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Rolling Acres
Stephen Ritter
Inight
Channahon Village
Eugene Allspach
Allspach
Michael Feeney
George McCoy
Channahon Park District
Park
Michael Onsgard
George Valley
Valley Investment Corp
Valley
Planning Commission
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Ritter
Robert Petrusa
Police Services Bureau
Chicago
Petrusa
Channahon
Gregg Evans
John Millner
Donald Tracy
Tracy
George Markstrom
Lopez
Morris Daily Herald front page item from December 20 1977
Local Morris Illinois newspaper issue dated December 20 1977 features a front page microcosm likely including news briefs and notices. no distinct event details available in the readable text.
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Morris
Illinois
Grundy County election petitions filed for board and offices
Monday closing filing period brings candidate lists across districts I II and III for Grundy County board. Republicans Donald Reed Claire Taylor and Sandra Phillips join incumbents Mossmann Hamilton Burnham in District I. District II shows Campo Chiapetto among Republicans with Hadaway sole Democrat. Melvin Phillips not seeking reelection. Incumbent sheriff William Button seeks another term against Ken Shannon. clerk Lana Phillips runs as Democrat with Josephine Pack as Republican. Precinct committeeman races feature multiple names across Morris Saratoga Braceville Felix Highland and other townships. Withdrawals allowed until Saturday with office hours 8 am to noon.
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Grundy County
Grundy
Lana Phillips
Morris, Nettle Creek
Erienna
Norman Townships
Donald Reed
Claire Taylor
Sandra Phillips
Clarence Mossmann
William Hamilton
Ed Burnham
Saratoga
Aux Sable
Wauponsee
Goose Lake
Felix
Margaret Campo
Joe Chiapetto
Gary Hadaway
Robert Johnson
William Waters
Leonard Boss
Hadaway
Henry Barschdorf Jr
Bernard Berta
William Wallin
Donald Noonan
Pete Baudino
Gordon Gunderson
Josephine Pack
William Button
Ken Shannon
Betty Olson
David Barr
Morris I
John Davis
Kermit Fanin
Morris III
Broderick
Robert Roth
Ray Christensen
James Davis
Melvin Thompson
Barney Taylor
Joe Kowalczyk
Walter Phillips Sr
Nettle Creek
William Brown
William Beem
Jose Gonzales
David Olson
Wayne Pierard
Braceville I
Clarence Paulson
Braceville III
Louis Piano
Thomas Parks
Braceville IV
Marvin Gagliardo
David Neal
George Schmidberger
Patricia Martin
Felix III
Albert Doglio
Greenfield II
Wilfred Harty
Highland
Ronald Hansen
Maron I
Plainfield man treated after Tabler Road crash
Dennis Rainer of Plainfield was treated at St Joseph Hospital Joliet and released after a one car crash on Tabler Rd north of U S 6. Dennis Chism 24 Plainfield drove off road to light a cigarette losing control hitting a utility pole. Car damage was estimated at 2000 dollars and towed from the scene.
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Plainfield
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Tabler Rd
U.S. 6
Dennis Rainer
Rte. 1
Minooka
Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
Rainer
Dennis Chism
Chism
Sgt. Schmitt
Schmitt
Steller Towing
Channahon
Truck driver electrocuted at Ottawa Silica site
Gary Indiana driver Gregory Jackson, 23, died after his dump truck struck a 2300 volt line at Ottawa Silica in LaSalle County. Coroner Marion Osborne ruled it an apparent electrocution. An autopsy was performed. Jackson had dumped dirt and was reloading when the line was hit at dusk. A fellow driver returned to the scene finding him beside the truck.
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Gary
Ind
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Marion Osborne
Gregory Jackson
Jackson
Michigan
Osborne
Narvick Brothers Wins Morris Hospital ICU Contract
Narvick Brothers Lumber Co. Inc. of Morris won theDr John B Roth Sr Memorial Intensive Care Unit project at Morris Hospital with a 94350 bid. The board awarded the contract after bids from Jean McCoy and Sons and Ray Serena Construction. Subcontractors include Clennon Electric and Les Allott Plumbing and Heating. Completion is set for 120 days after construction starts with hoped starting within three weeks and finishing by late April.
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Narvick Brothers Lumber Co. Inc
Morris
John B. Roth Sr
Morris Hospital
Board of Trustees
Donald Botkin
James Baum
John Hynds
Narvick
Botkin
Clennon Electric
Wilmington
Les Allott Plumbing and Heating
Phillips Plastering of
Coal City
Gardner and Gardner Inc
Acoustics
Joliet
Carpetite
Jean McCoy and Sons of
Pontiac
Ray Serena Construction
Gardner
Trial of David Wolski Continues in Kendall County
The Naperville resident's murder case was continued in Kendall County Circuit Court. Wolski seeks a jury trial instead of a bench trial. Judge Rex Meilinger presides as the trial date is set for July 23 on Hafenrichter Road near U S 34 in Oswego Township.
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Yorkville
David Wolski
Naperville
Kendall County
Rex Meilinger
Jane
Hafenrichter Road
U.S. 34
Oswego Township
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Carkhuff
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Sadat
Begin
Jerusalem
Weizman
Gamassy
Middle East
Saries
London
New York
U.S
Layne-Western
Aurora
Morris Daily Herald
John Melvin Phillips
Board of Control
Grundy Area Vocational Center
David V Vandersall
United States Immigration and Naturalization Service
Vandersall
Immigration and Naturalization Service
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