Rites Tuesday for Herbert G. Weitz
Herbert G. Weitz 70 of 626 E Washington St Morris died Wednesday in Community Hospital New Port Richey Florida after a heart attack. He was born March 22 1907 in Annawan and married Genevive Toots Webber in Morris in 1935. He ran Weitz Cafe with his family for 47 years and was active in many local and fraternal organizations. Funeral services 11 am Tuesday at First United Methodist Church Morris with burial Evergreen Cemetery. Memorials to church or local heart and lung associations. He received Joliet Junior College distinguished service award May 16 1976.
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Herbert G. Weitz
E. Washington St
Community Hospital
New Port Richey
Fla
Annawan
Albert C
Anna (Houschild) Weitz
Morris
Morris High School
Genevive (Toots) Webber
Weitz Cafe
Frank
United Community Church
Holiday
the Heart Association
Lung Association of
Central Illinois
Davis Funeral Home
First United Methodist Church
Raymond Rhoads
Evergreen Cemetery
Weitz
Joliet Junior College
Gas and chemical train wreck destroys Goldonna community
A chemical laden freight train collided with a log truck in Goldonna Louisiana killing two crewmen and destroying eight to ten homes and a store. Eight others were injured as flames from LPG chlorine and caustic soda burned for hours. Evacuees within a 10 mile radius remain unable to return until wreckage and cars are removed.
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Goldonna
UPI
Natchitoches Parish
Charles E. Jones
Dodson
Jones
Susan Allain
Ed Hall
Hall
Alexandria
Minden
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Weather notes from Dresden Island and surrounding areas
The forecast calls for a cloudy night with a low around 22 to 32 degrees. Cloudy Friday with highs in the 30s. Wednesday’s high reached 27 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 12 degree low. Early today the temperature was 21 at 7 am and 31 at Morris at 10:15 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Reporters duty to government questioned by former ambassadors
Former ambassador William J. Porter testified that a U S reporter abroad owes first allegiance to the U S government not the newspaper. He opposed CIA bans on journalists engaging in intelligence work, sparking disagreement with L Dean Brown and William C Trueheart in a House intelligence subcommittee hearing.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
William J. Porter
Foreign Service
CIA
L. Dean Brown
William C. Trueheart
Porter
House
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Foreign
Brown
Trueheart
Tragic Carthage Fire Claims Four-Year-Old
Four year old Jerry Blackwell died in a Carthage home fire that also left two siblings in the care of an uncle while parents were at work. Authorities noted the blaze swept the family residence Wednesday night. The Morris Public Library Board plans a Tuesday meeting at 8 p.m. in the staff room.
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Carthage
Ill
UPI
Jerry Blackwell
Jerry
Blackwell
Morris Public Library Board
No Kendall petitions withdrawn in Kendall County race
In Kendall County no petitions for candidacy were withdrawn by the deadline Saturday. All candidates filing for county office are Republican. Names include Kendall County Board District 1 Jannette Nelson and Frank Coffman both incumbents from Little Rock Township. District 2 Tom Fletcher Lisbon Township Dorothy Montgomery incumbent Seward Township Robert Cherry incumbent and board chairman Tom Charest and Don Schroeder from Oswego Township. County clerk Jean Brady incumbent. county treasurer Elaine Mitchell and Roger Maule. sheriff Victor Frantz Don Sebby and Tom Usry, incumbents.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Jannette Nelson
Frank Coffman
Little Rock Township
Tom Fletcher
Lisbon Township
Dorothy Montgomery
Seward Township
Robert Cherry
Tom Charest
Don Schroeder
Oswego Township
New Year Holiday Openings closures across city county and state offices
Government offices pause for New Year holiday with closures Friday through Monday and normal reopen on Tuesday. Grundy County schools return Tuesday as Morris Post Office resumes standard mail service and white star boxes are picked up Monday.
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Grundy County
Morris
Morris City Hall
White Star
Dust found in Galveston grain elevator after deadly blast
Federal inspectors reported dangerously high grain dust levels at the Farmers Export Co. elevator in Galveston after Tuesday night explosion that killed at least 18. Investigators and insurers assessed damage to a $27 million facility as workers recovered bodies. three more were believed trapped.
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Galveston
Texas
UPI
Houston
KPRC
Farmers Export Co
Washington
Galveston County
Rosemary Santini
U.S
Misappropriation Alleged in Stateville Prison Funds Case
Illinois Representative Peggy Smith Martin accuses Stateville Correctional Center of misusing up to 2 million dollars in state funds for construction and inmate labor. She cites invoiced but missing inmate supplies and questions payments to contractors for non performed work. The ad hoc committee plans an official audit and further findings.
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Chicago
UPI
Stateville
Joliet
Peggy Smith Martin
Dchicago
State of Illinois
Martin
Raymond Hall
Jesse D. Madison
Miss Martin
State Auditor General
Madison
Illinois
Silo blast kills two workers in Pekin Illinois
At a Commonwealth Edison plant in Pekin a silo blast dumped fly ash and buried workers from Dedelow Construction Co in a 14 foot pit. Robin Lower 21 and James Elliott 27, both of Pekin, died at Pekin Memorial Hospital. Nine workers were admitted and thirteen rescuers checked for ash inhalation.
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Pekin, Ill
UPI
Commonwealth Edison Co
Bill Harrah
Dedelow Construction Co
Harrah
Pekin Memorial Hospital
Robin Lower
Pekin
James R. Elliott
Agreement expected for man to testify in Korean bribe issue
U S and South Korea near a deal to bring businessman Tongsun Park from Seoul to testify against congressmen implicated in bribery by Korean government agents. Park would testify at trials including ex Rep. Richard Hanna after immunity, with prosecutors to interview him in Seoul before continued testimony in Washington.
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Washington
UPI
United States
South Korea
Tongsun Park
Seoul
Justice Department
Park
U.S
Richard Hanna
D-Calif
Benjamin Civiletti
William Handley
Civiletti
Estranged husband shot to death in Brooklyn Illinois
Lucious Jordan aged 35 was shot and killed Wednesday as he apparently broke into the home of his estranged wife Nellie Jordan 49 in Brooklyn Illinois. Nellie fired from a bedroom doorway and believed she missed the intruder. Jordan was found dead in his car outside the house with a single chest wound.
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Brooklyn, Ill
UPI
Lucious Jordan
Nellie Jordan
Jordan
Plains land sold to Horizon Farms
Plains Georgia land covering 1075 acres surrounding Gloria Carter Spann’s home sold to Horizon Farms Inc of New York City led by J Amado Araneta. The price was not disclosed and the farm will continue peanut soybean and corn farming. CochrAN said he was pleased with the deal.
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Cochran
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Herbert Weitz
Morris High School Board and Lung Association of Northern Illinois
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Judy) Roll
Moline
Harold
Millie) Schofield
Beaver Dam
Gus
Margaret) Nelson
Albert
Conrad
Peoria
First United Methodist
Knoe-Tv
E. Washington
Kendall
Tative E.K. Bauman
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bauman
Westwego
Stateville Correctional Center
Morris Daily Herald
Jack King
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
Center
Frank Schuler
Pete Kopczick
Knights of Columbus
KC Club
Illinois Bell Grand Prairie Council of the Telephone Pioneers
Schuler
Foreign Ministry
Horizon Farms
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