Daley dies at 74 heir to Chicago politics
Mayor Richard J. Daley, longtime power broker known as the Sultan of Clout, collapsed and died of a heart attack at his doctor’s office. A funeral is planned at Nativity of Our Lady Church in Bridgeport, with the city facing a political vacuum and acting mayor questions ahead of a special election.
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Chicago
UPI
Richard J. Daley
Big City
White House
37Th St
Union Ave
Bridgeport
Daley
Church of the Nativity of Our Lord
Civic Center Plaza
Tce
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
City
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Sultan of
King Richard
Gilmore in solitary after weekend prison melee
Gary Gilmore remains in solitary confinement after a weekend clash with guards at the Utah State Prison infirmary. Lt. Thomas Bona said Gilmore swung at officers during a disturbance, hastening his move back to Death Row as he awaits execution.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Thomas Bona
Gilmore
Bona
No Grundy County Guillain Barré cases after swine flu program
Health department administrator Mary Reed reports no Guillain Barré Syndrome cases in Grundy County following the swine flu inoculation drive. Morris Hospital confirms no cases. alert urged if symptoms appear as the national program faces scrutiny. A Joliet patient in her 50s diagnosed after vaccination is under care at St Joseph's Hospital. Will County Health Director James Barringer forwards details to the state health department.
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Grundy County
Health Department
Mary Reed
Morris Hospital
Ment
Reed
Joliet, II
UPD
Joliet
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Will County Health
James Barringer
State Health Department
Moores Awarded Land Claim in Illinois 47 Project
Roland and Betty Moore received an extra 1000 dollars in Grundy County Circuit Court on Monday for land condemned in the Illinois 47 improvement and a three year construction easement on adjacent land. Earlier in March 1975 they were awarded 3850 dollars for land and easement at 1428 Division Street.
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Roland
Betty Moore
Grundy County
Moores
Division St
Donald and
Bernadine Bunton
Seneca
Patrick
Evelyn Umland
William and Margaret Swartz
Illinois Ave
O'Brien's Tavern
N. Main St
Weather and local court action blend in a small town report
Weather forecast notes tonight fair and not very cold with a low near 10. Highs reach the 30s in the region with 1 degree readings in Morris and 9 at 10:15 a.m. Reports show a prior Morris high of 32 and low of 4 with 30.26 barometric pressure rising. A Grundy County suit over a Seneca tavern accounting was dismissed after a 1975 purchase and subsequent ownership dispute.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Swartz’s
Midwest
Chicago
HUD raises Saratoga Tower income limits in Grundy County
HUD approves higher occupancy income limits at Saratoga Tower. Executive Director Tracy Adcock confirms one person limit rises from 5100 to 8000 and the two person limit from 5800 to 9150, effective immediately for the Grundy County housing complex.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
Grundy County Housing Authority
Saratoga Tower
Housing Authority
Tracy Adcock
HUD
Adcock
Argo Merchant splits in Nantucket storm oil spill
The Liberian tanker Argo Merchant broke in two during a winter storm off Nantucket Shoals after running aground. It carried 7.5 million gallons of heavy oil, with about 1.5 million gallons released over a week, drifting 65 miles south as the Coast Guard reported the bow remained buoyant and not leaking profusely at first.
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UPI
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Argo
Nantucket Shoals
Coast Guard
Bitter cold and snow close many schools nationwide
Bitter cold and heavy snow shut schools and snarled travel from Ohio to New England. Cars skid on icy roads as Lake Michigan winds plunge wind chill near zero. Blue Ridge Parkway closes. Pennsylvanian crash claims five lives amid a Midwest Ohio Valley snow sweep.
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Northeast
Midwest
Ohio
Chris Quinn
Geauga County
Lake County
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Philadelphia
National Park Service
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Indiana
Fort Wayne
Ind
New England
mid-Atlantic
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Ponca City
New York
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Michigan
Kentucky
Virginia
Maine
Downington
Slaying of State Farm executive’s wife triggers statewide manhunt
Elizabeth Harding, 33, wife of State Farm executive C P Harding, was found shot to death Monday at her Lake Bloomington home. Police seek a male suspect. motive and weapon status unavailable. Harding pursued a doctorate at Illinois State University and worked part time at ISU counseling center.
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Harding
Illinois State University
ISU Counseling Center
Six boys arrested for beating Santa in CARD Michigan
Six boys aged 11 to 15 were arrested after attacking Santa Claus on the courthouse lawn in Card. They threw snow, knocked off his glasses, and took his candy. Santa, Harry Thompson, 70, stayed on for the children, but the incident triggered apologies from other youths.
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CARD
Mich
UPI
mid-Michigan
Santa Claus
Santa
Care Police
Kenneth Ball
Harry Thompson
Caro
Ball
Chamber of Commerce
Tuscola County
Saudi Arabia says it will not raise oil production ceilings
Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani stated on TV that the kingdom will not use oil production as a weapon and will preserve national wealth. He contrasted this with a Doha pledge to lift ceilings, noting oil’s political dimension amid Arab-Israeli tension and Western responses.
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Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries
Yamani
Saudi Arabia
Doha
Qatar
OPEC
United Arab Emirates
United States
Morris Public Works Chief Warns Early Friday Trash Pickup
Public Works Director Wilfred Dix says garbage collection will occur earlier on Friday because of the Christmas holiday. Residents should place containers at curb Thursday night to avoid missed pickups.
Water shortage hits Mazon as reservoir runs low
Mazon Village Clerk Donald McCormick reports a water shortage with the reservoir east of town and the local tank about half full. He cites unknown causes and urges residents to conserve while trustees consider tests and land purchases near the pumps.
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Donald McCormick
Mazon
McCormick
Mao's disappointment with China's youth noted by Nixon kin
Julie Nixon Eisenhower reports Mao Tse tung was disappointed in China's untested youth. She met Mao in December 1975 during a China tour with her husband David, nine months before his death.
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New York
UPI
Julie Nixon
Eisenhower
Mao Tse-tung
China
Richard Nixon
Mao
David
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