Waters withdraws bid for county office move to new building
Grundy County officials move to relet the moving contract from Waters Transfer after Chairman William Waters discloses a potential conflict. The courthouse jail committee authorizes a new bidder search with bids due January 5 at 3 p.m. The session also approves replacing the county clerk copy machine by January 15 and notes attendance by Mosimann Boss Hamilton Burnham Baudino.
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Grundy County Board
William Waters
Waters Transfer
Criminal Justice
County Board
Comittee
Clarence Mosimann
John Shane
IBM
Shane
Lana Phillips
Mosimann
Boss
Hamilton
Edwin Burnham
Peter Cacello
Waters
Peter Baudino
Holiday office closures and schedules across city county and state
Christmas and New Year holidays bring altered hours. City hall closes Friday at noon and reopens Tuesday at 8 am. County offices follow a similar pattern with Saturday hours for petition withdrawals. Libraries and post office operations vary with pickups on Dec 24 and 31, no services Dec 25-26 and Jan 2, and normal service resuming Jan 3.
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Wauponsee St
Grundy County
Morris Public Library
LeRoy Brandt
Morris Post Office
Weather outlook with mixed clouds and modest temps
The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a not so cold night with lows in the mid teens to low 20s. Friday brings increasing clouds and warmth with a chance of rain and highs in the low 30s to mid 50s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported Wednesday high 28 and low 10, while early morning readings near 10 and 17 degrees. Precipitation measured at .01 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Chief Circuit Judge Denny to resign as Illinois 13th Circuit chief
Chief Judge William P. Denny announced he will resign the chief judge post for the 13th Judicial Circuit comprising LaSalle Bureau and Grundy counties. Ballots will be distributed to circuit judges and a new chief judge named soon. He will return to regular judicial duties and offer support to his successor.
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William P. Denny
13Th Judicial Circuit
LaSalle
Bureau
Grundy Counties
State
Illinois
Denny
Dust explosion at Illinois grain elevator kills truck driver
Leonard Hatcher, 38, of Rinard, died when a grain elevator silo at Behlmer and Kissner Inc. exploded at 11:57 a.m. in Wayne City. The blast toppled a 128 foot silo, damaged machinery, and caused power outages as firefighters and volunteers recovered the body from amid 60 foot debris.
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Wayne City
Ill
UPI
Behlmer and Kissner Inc
Leonard Leon Hatcher
Rinard
Hatcher
George Kissner
Truck Crash Kills Indiana Driver on I 55 Near Bloomington
Joel Kirtley 44 of Mooresville Indiana died after his truck rear ended a second vehicle parked on Interstate 55 near Bloomington. James Waugh 35 of Beardstown was not injured. Kirtley died at St Joseph's Hospital Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Ill
UPI
Joel Kirtley
Mooresville
Ind
Kirtley
St. Joseph's Hospital
James Waugh
Beardstown
Carter approves doubling number of Atlantic airlines
President Carter approves expanding U S scheduled Atlantic service by doubling the number of carriers and creating 13 gateway cities for non stop U S to Europe flights. Braniff- Dallas to London link approved over Pan Am while final orders await CAB revisions and broader route changes.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
Atlantic
United States
Europe
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Braniff International
Pan American World Airways
Dallas
London
Pan Am
William T. Seawell
Pan’s Am
White House
Braniff
Amsterdam
Frankfurt
National Airlines
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Dallas-London
Delta
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
Scandinavia
Scotland
Paris
Midwest
Atlanta
Cleveland
Fort Worth
Denver
Houston
Kansas City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Tampa
Mideast negotiators fail to reconcile basic differences
Egyptian and Israeli mediators failed to settle core issues in Cairo delaying progress toward a peace conference. They debated main principles versus detailed terms amid talks with U.S. and U.N. envoys. A Christmas summit between Sadat and Begin could spark movement, with Palestinians and West Bank questions unresolved.
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Mideast
Cairo
Egypt
UPI
Esmat Abdel Meguid
Ples
Israel
Anwar Sadat
Menahem Begin
Middle East
Begin
Jordan West Bank
Sadat
West Bank
Jordan
U.S
U.N
Accidents on County Roads Driven by Weather Strikes Grundy
Weather related crashes kept Grundy County deputies busy with two injuries including a deputy. Deputy S J Maloney aided a driver in a ditch along U S 6 east of Holderman Hill and was treated at Morris Hospital. Corrine Frazier 21 was struck on Pine Bluff Rd while stopping traffic. David Mathews 38 hit her after her Cadillac slid into the north ditch.
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Illinois 47
Illinois
Grundy County
Pine Bluff Rd
Thomas Walker
Corrine Frazier
Armstrong St
David Mathews
Barrington Rd
Winterbottom
Miss Frazier
Walker
Pine
Broadway Rd
Coal City
U.S. 6
Nelson Rd
Nettle School Rd
Gorman Rd
Coal City Rd
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I.N.R. Beatty Lumber Co
Liberty St
William Stangeland
Beatty
Dale Starks
Herald
Atty
Charles Zalar
William Hamilton
Joliet
Leonard Boss
Mossmann
Alan J. Dixon
TOM & Jerry's
E. Washington
Leonard Stewart
Stewart
Atlantic Airlines
Ismailia
Mena House
Morris Daily Herald
Mathews Mathews
Mathews
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