Chamber salutes Bicentennial at Morris dinner meeting
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce held its annual dinner at the Morris Holiday Inn with about 200 attendees. Australian Consul John Keogh delivered a bicentennial greeting from Tumut, Sister City of Morris, and Basil Moore traced Abe Lincoln tales before readings and awards honored longtime members and volunteers.
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John Keogh
Chicago
Tumut
Australia
Morris
Grundy County
Minooka
Chamber
Ron Wohlwend
Herald
America
Abe Lincoln
Marshall
Lincoln
Koegh
Sydney
McAllester
Keogh
Weather forecast and reported temperatures across sites
Tonight a partly cloudy and colder pattern with a chance of snow and a forecast low near zero. Friday should be partly sunny and colder with a high in the teens. Wednesday’s high reached 25 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, with a 9 degree low. At 7 am today 22 degrees, and by 11 am downtown Morris registered 24 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Drug store owner pleads guilty in nursing home kickback case
Chicago based drug store owner Jack Ginsberg pleaded guilty to paying a 485 kickback to Norman Ruttenberg to boost Ideal Drug Co. business with Evergreen Gardens Nursing Home. The plea ties to a larger 29 count indictment alleging a 7,000 kickback conspiracy involving other nursing home owners and drug company owners.
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Chicago
UPI
South Side
Evergreen Park
Jack Ginsberg
Ideal Drug Co
U.S
Ginsberg
Norman Ruttenberg
Evergreen Gardens
Ruttenberg
William Elsbury
Arlington Heights
Guatemalan quake toll climbs beyond two thousand
Guatemala City reports a 7.5 magnitude quake killing over 2,000 with 1,500 to 2,000 seriously injured. Rescue teams roam landslide wrecks, hospitals overflow, and aid waits as Central America grapples with widespread devastation.
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Guatemala
UPI
Jose Alvarado
Red Cross
Fire destroys second floor of 24-apartment complex in Oswego Township
A fire Wednesday night burned the second floor of a 24-apartment complex in Shore Heights Subdivision Oswego Township off Illinois 25. First floor damaged by fire smoke and water. No major injuries occupants escaped. Fire chief Jim Detzler and two firefighters injured. Anderson smoke inhalation treated in Aurora Johnson burns treated and released. Fire departments from Bristol Kendall Plano Montgomery and Mortherville assisted. building owned by Western Land Planning Co. of Burr Ridge Ill total loss.
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Oswego
Shore Heights
Light Road
Illinois 25
Oswego Township
Jim Detzler
Mark Anderson
Bristol-Kendall
Detzler
Western Land Planning Co
Burr Ridge, Ill
Engineers resign to campaign against nuclear power
Three GE engineers who designed and built 100 nuclear plants quit to join Project Survival in Palo Alto California. They warn nuclear power is an uncontrollable technological monster posing risks and could enable weapons if reactors are sold abroad. They advocate banning new plants unless safety and waste concerns are met.
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Los Angeles
UPI
General Electric
Nuclear
Dale Bridenbaugh
Bridenbaugh
Richard B. Hubbard
Quality Assurance
Gregory Minor
San Jose
Calif
United States
Palo Alto
California
Goose Lake park land leases bid opened by Illinois officials
Six bids were opened at Goose Lake Prairie State Park for a one year lease on about 327 acres in three park areas. James and LeRoy Hinke led with a bid of 38.6 percent while other bidders included Mark Wills 31.25 percent and Peter and Roy Rink 18 percent.
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Open Six
Goose Lake Park
James
LeRoy Hinke
Goose Lake Township
Illinois Department of Conservation
Goose Lake Prairie Stae Park
Joe Nyhoff
Jay Farr
Department of Conservation
Mark Wills
Peter and Roy Rink
Richard and
Mitchell Corbin
D. Pearty
Odell Corbin
Steven Lowery
Springfield
James Hinke
Nyhoff
Farr
Goose Lake Prairie State Park
Herald
Australian visitor to visit Morris for weekend
Mrs. Alison Elliott vice president of Tumut Australia Sister City Association arrives in Morris for a weekend stay. Francis Finch to pick her up at O Hare Airport. She may attend the Lions Club meeting and visit Saratoga School with letters from about 135 Tumut students. She tours with the mayor Friday and dines at the Country Club. Plans for Saturday are uncertain.
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Snowy Mountains
Koegh
Keogh
Patricia
Gerald Knudson
Ron Wohlwend
Chamber
Charles
Pete) Muffler
Muffler
Morris Fire Department
Morris Lions Club
Ariel Bjelland
University of San Carlos
Guatemala City
Alison Elliott
Tumut Australia
Sister City Association
Morris
Francis Finch
Morris Sister City Committee
Elloott
O’hare
Finch
Elliott
Saratoga School
Tumut
Four killed in head-on Penn Central train crash
Two Penn Central freight trains collided head on near Archbold Ohio in early morning. Four crewmen died two on each train. two others injured. Names include W H Davis Eugene O Fuller Robert E Green P E Spray. Witnesses described engulfed engines and scattered body parts as investigation begins.
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Archbold, Ohio
UPI
Penn Central
Ohio
Howard Gilbert
Gilbert
W.H. Davis
Toledo
Eugene O. Fuller
Brooklyn
Mich
Voter cards undelivered prompt calls to clerk
Grundy County Clerk Mary Jane Noonan urged residents who have not received their voter cards to contact her office at 942-0335 or 942-4489. She said the cards were mailed in October and November but some were never delivered or returned to the office.
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Grundy
Mary Jane Noonan
Ice storm grips Central Illinois slows travel
A broad ice storm with freezing rain and sleet slowed travel across central Illinois from Springfield to Bloomington and east to Indiana. Police warned highways were glazed with ice and advised against nonessential travel as winds threatened power lines and trees.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Bloomington
Litchfield
St. Louis
Indiana
National Weather Service
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