Police find 5 bodies in Des Plaines
In Des Plaines Illinois police found up to five bodies in a four foot deep crawl space beneath a ranch style house. The 37 year old owner an ex convict who served time for sex crimes was questioned as investigators said they hunt for more bodies in other areas. Neighbors described him as a clown volunteer and construction contractor with two divorces.
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Robert Piest
Mel Schnoblein
Cook County Sheriff’s Police
Jenny Delaurentis
Andree Wilson
County board member Robert Trotter dies in Joliet
Robert W. Trotter Sr. 76 of Gorman Road Mazon died about 9 a.m. today in St. Joseph Hospital Joliet a semiretired Mazon Township farmer lifelong Grundy County resident and former Goose Lake Township clerk He was active in the Methodist Church Coal City Masonic groups Farm Bureau and Bloomington Consistory Survived by wife Anna Marie Baudino and three children Funeral services set for 2 p m Sunday at Davis Funeral Home Morris with burial in Wilmington Cemetery Visitation 7–9 p m Saturday at the funeral home
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Grundy County
Robert W. Trotter
Gorman Rd
Mazon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Mazon Township
Trotter
Coal City
Anna Marie Baudino
Goose Lake
Methodist Church of
Braidwood Masonic Lodge
AM and FM
Bloomington
Farm Bureau
Louis
Jean) Naretto
Gardner
Robert Jr
Morris
Bruce
Gorman
Davis Funeral Home
Wilmington
Funeral Home
Morris Daily Herald front page 1978 brief
The Morris Daily Herald issue from December 22 1978 is a twenty cent twenty two page community newspaper edition published in Morris Illinois. It serves as the local daily record for events notices and public life in Grundy County region.
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Illinois
Finnish exchange student in Morris shares Christmas customs
A 17-year-old Finnish youth Veli Matti Kalevi Kiristo spends a year in Morris with the Dr. Philip Ortiz family through Youth for Understanding. He describes reindeer, Christmas Eve gifts, forested Finland, and Lapland daylight extremes, contrasting Finnish and American traditions as he adapts to new weather and family life.
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Veli
Morris
Youth For Understanding International
United States
Ortiz
Tim Ortiz
Dawn Ortiz
Southern Illinois University
Santa Claus
Finland
Joulupukki
Yolopuki
Santa
America
Phillip Ortiz
Heatherfield Subdivision
Herald
Goldwater Sues Over Taiwan Treaty Termination
Senator Barry Goldwater filed suit to block President Carter from terminating the 1954 U S Taiwan defense treaty. The suit argues ending the pact sets a dangerous precedent allowing a president to end any defense treaty at will. Goldwater called the action one of the worst power grabs in American history.
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Washington
Sen
Barry Goldwater
Carter
U.S
Taiwan
Goldwater
Weather outlook with cold, partly cloudy nights
Tonight partly cloudy and cold with diminishing winds. Saturday partly sunny and warmer. Sunday cold with a chance of snow. Today highs near 30s, lows around 15. At Dresden Lock and Dam Thursday high 33, low 14, 7 am 30, no precipitation. Morris downtown 10 25 am temperature 35.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Grundy County imposes plat fee increase to 50 dollars
Clerk Lana Phillips notes a bill signed by Governor James Thompson raises the recording charge for a plat to 50 dollars for the first page with Grundy County Clerk's office and a 1 dollar fee for each additional page starting January 1.
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Grundy County
Lana Phillips
James Thompson
Slim chance for Christmas snow in Midwest
A frost filled forecast says scattered flurries may occur, but no significant snowfall is expected for the Christmas weekend. Temperatures will dip into the upper teens at night with highs in the mid to upper 30s, while frost creates slick roads and several accidents reported around Joliet. Travel advisories remain in effect across North Dakota Minnesota and Wisconsin as winds gust up to 30 mph and the wind chill plummets.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church
United States
Veli
Arctic Circle
Finland
Nokia
Joliet
Illinois
Chicago
North Dakota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Pope to attend Latin American bishops conference in Puebla
Pope John Paul II announced he will travel to Mexico next month for the opening of the Latin American bishops conference in Puebla. He will also send an envoy to Argentina and Chile to mediate a long standing territorial dispute, expressing concern over the islands dispute and noting both nations accept papal mediation.
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Vatican City
John Paul II
Mexico
Puebla
Argentina
Chile
Italy
Poland
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Latin America
Mexico City
Vatican
South America
Fire guts rural house in Kendall County
A rural house on Caton Farm Rd east of Ridge Rd in Kendall County burned today at about 8 a m. Mr and Mrs Allen Ashby and their two children escaped unharmed. Minooka and Shorewood firefighters were aided by Plainfield Fire Department with no further details available.
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Caton Farm
Ridge Rd
Kendall County
Allen Ashby
Shorewood
Plainfield
Assassinations committee flags new evidence on JFK shooting
Washington AP report says House Assassinations Committee will hold a public hearing next Friday to examine fresh scientific data suggesting a second gunman may have fired on President John F. Kennedy. Leaders caution the final two year probe will end as planned with a January 3 report.
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Washington
House
John F. Kennedy
Louis Stokes
D-Ohio
Richardson Preyer
D-N.c
Kennedy
Committee
Dealy Plaza
McKinney
Warren Commission
Texas School Book Depository
Lee Harvard Oswald
Mark Weiss
Santa in Helicopter Delivers Cheer at Goodfarm Grade School
Santa Claus arrived by helicopter at 11 30 a m today for the Christmas party at Goodfarm Grade School. After the event, classes were dismissed for 57 students at 1 30 p m.
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Santa Claus
Goodfarm
Illinois lottery numbers for Thursday drawn in Norridge
In Norridge Illinois the Illinois lottery results reveal the winning numbers for Thursday. The Big Pay Day game produced a match order of 12 27 with Chicago listed as the location accompanying the draw.
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Norridge, Ill
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