Chicago man and Idaho woman arrested after Illinois crash
A 19 year old Chicago man Rudolph Moyado and 18 year old Lillie Sullivan of Pocatello Idaho were charged with possession of 10 to 30 grams of marijuana after a single vehicle crash at Illinois 53 and Carbon Hill Road. Sullivan also faced illegal alcohol possession charges. Both were to appear in Grundy County Circuit Court with bond set at 100 dollars.
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Chicago
Idaho
Illinois
Carbon Hill Rd
Rudolph Moyado
Lillie Sullivan
Pocatello
Grundy County
Jeff Wix
Moyado
Miss Sullivan
Morris Hospital
Wix
Weekend and weekday temperature shifts across Dresden area
Forecast shows tonight cloudy with very low subzero temps. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and higher highs. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks records a Saturday high of 36 and a Sunday high of 36 with frigid lows. Local readings include Morris at 7 am minus 13 and downtown at 10:30 am four degrees. Precipitation noted as .05 Saturday and .09 Sunday.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Moline
Peoria
Champaign
Decatur
Marseilles
Quincy
Kaskaskia Junior College President Resigns
Dr. Ray Searby resigns as president of Kaskaskia Junior College effective June 30. The board accepted the resignation 5-1 and will reassign him as a non tenured instructor in the business department. Searby, 51, of Centralia, was hired in 1973 from Waubonsee Community College where he was business division chairman.
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Centralia, Ill
UPI
Ray Searby
Kaskaskia Junior College
Searby
Centralia
Mount Carmel
Kaskaskia
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove
Chicago
Record Low Temperatures Hit Illinois And Midwest
Weather gloom covers much of Illinois Indiana and Michigan as temperatures plunge to 22 below zero in Rockford 15 below in Dresden and 10 below at Chicago Midway. A dangerous snowstorm closes roads causes pileups injuring dozens and killing a Charleston woman. Groundhog forecasts add to the february chill.
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U.S. 66
Dwight
Chenoa
National Guard
Pontiac
Rockford
Chicago
Midway Airport
DuPage
United Press International
Midwest
Punxsatawney
Phil
New York State
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Battle over natural gas price controls grows heated
Congressional debate tightens around deregulating interstate gas prices. Rep. Dingell criticizes a floor rule as irresponsible, while Rep. Krueger argues deregulation saves money and eases shortages. Farm groups urge swift action to ensure supplies and lower long term costs.
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Washington
National Press Club
House
Krueger
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Energy Action Committee
Senate
Boston Five Alarm Fire Destroys Block Long Complex
A five alarm blaze of suspicious origin gutted a block long six story business apartment complex in Boston. Five firefighters were injured minor, over 150 people left homeless as the shoe factory conversion burned with losses over 1 million dollars. Witnesses reported explosions precede the fire.
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Boston
UPI
George Paul
Collins
Policeman Hurt in Fall on Ice in Morris
Police officer Thomas Suddarth was listed in fair condition at St Joseph Hospital Joliet after slipping on ice while exiting a squad car near the city water pump on the north side of the police station in Morris He broke a pin in his left leg and was moved to St Joseph by Morris Ambulance.
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Wix
Tim Neary
State
Braceville
Gardner
Sheriff's Department
U.S. 6
Bluff Rd
Morris
Will Zahm
Aux Sable
Dresden Acres
Morris Hospital
Seneca
Zahm
Kneller
Pine Bluff Rd
Jugtown Rd
Robert Edmundson
Edmundson
Suddarth
St. Joseph Hospital
Morris Ambulance
Blowing Snow Triggers Major Illinois Highway Crashes
State police report 49 accidents Sunday across District 5 including Grundy County with no fatalities. Across LaSalle and Livingston counties, blowing snow caused numerous multi vehicle pileups on U S 66 and I 80 amid zero visibility. About 100 motorists were quartered in the Pontiac Armory after disruption on the roads.
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District 5
Grundy County
LaSalle
Livingston
District 6
Pontiac
U.S. 66
Illinois 23
Dwight
Chenoa
Soviet backed forces poised for major Angola offensive
A Western backed Angolan army spokesman predicted a Soviet supported attack in Angola this week to mark the 1961 start of the guerrilla war. He cited mercenaries and Cuban troops as growing threats with rival groups claiming gains in northern areas.
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Lusaka
Zambia
UPI
National Union For the Total Independence of
Angola
National Union
Popular Movement For the Liberation of
Popular Movement
Lobito
National Front For the Liberation of Angola
Kinshasa
Zaire
National Front
Johannesburg
London
Michigan youth hospitalizes after station robbery attempt
Morrie Ray Hirkaway 18 of Wyoming Michigan attempted to rob a Citgo service station at I 80 Seneca exit. He took $80 from the attendant and was detained by Seneca officer L Loucks. He is to be moved to Tinley Park Hospital then a Michigan facility. no charges in Grundy County.
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Michigan
Citgo
Seneca
Tinley Park
Morrie Ray Hirkaway
Wyoming
Mich
Kent Oaks
Grand Rapids
Hirkaway
Grundy County
Colorado
Povidinski
Loucks
Peter Hirkaway
Sheriff's Department
Mount Vernon youth admits 27th burglary
A 16 year old Mount Vernon youth admitted a burglary at Edison Grade School heavily damaged by fire on January 24. He told detectives he had been drinking and smoking marijuana and could not recall lighting the blaze, though he used matches to navigate the building.
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Mount Vernon, Ill
UPI
Mount Vernon
Edison
Carl Williams
Ron Massey
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