Convoy Threat at Morris Exits Fails to Halt 68-Truck Caravan
A planned stoppage at the Morris exit on Interstate 80 did not occur as 23 trucks were escorted through Grundy County by Sheriff deputies after a LaSalle County report of independent drivers aiming to interrupt the convoy. The five mile long caravan worth $3 million from Council Bluffs to Chicago faced a bomb threat at a Tiki truck stop but no device was found.
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Morris
Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
Evert Poyner
Francis Schmitt
LaSalle County
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois 47
United Press International
Interstate 74
Moline
Interstate 80
LaSalle-Peru
UPI
Charles Barnes
Omaha
Neb
Barnes
Ilinois
Tiki
Midwest Refrigerated Express
Zalar Named State's Attorneys Assistant in Grundy County
Grundy County board approved Richard Wilder's plan to hire a new assistant state's attorney. Charles Zalar will replace John Hanson, resigning March 1, with duties including traffic and misdemeanor prosecution and advisory roles for the building and zoning offices. James Peacock remains handling tax, non support and juvenile cases.
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Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Wilder
John Hanson
Hanson
Charles Zalar
Joliet
Root and Zalar
Morris
Zalar
County Zoning Board of Appeals
James Peacock
County Highway Committee
Weather recap shows chill with low zero tonight
Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and colder conditions tonight with a low near zero. Thursday remains partly sunny and colder with highs in the teens. Reported temperatures include 29/20 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, 23 at 7 am and 22 in Morris downtown at 10:40 am, with precipitation at .09.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Blast bridge on turnpike amid nationwide truckers strike
A Pennsylvania Turnpike bridge over the Beaver River near Pittsburgh was blown by dynamite but only minor damage occurred. The blast tied to truckers protests disrupted supplies as a supermarket chain airlifted meat and drivers faced shootings and traffic halts along multiple states and the Holland Tunnel incident.
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Andrew L. Lluberes
United Press International
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Beaver River
Pittsburgh
State Police
Beaver Falls
Snowbound Illinois Roads Face Salt Shortage And Widespread Snow
State maintenance crews report salt and abrasives scarce due to a five day trucker strike. Two and a half inches of snow greet Dresden Lock and Dam area with more falling. I 80 half clear as plows operate in Grundy County. multiple minor accidents, slippery roads, and freezing rain south of Joliet prompt closures and warnings. southern Illinois braces for colder temps and more snow up to 12 inches in parts. Minooka Grade School sets kindergarten registration for Feb 26 to 28 with age cutoff of Dec 1 1974 proof of birthdate required.
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Illinois
Dresden Lock and Dam
Grundy County
Joliet
District 5
United Press International
Chicago
National Weather Service
Minooka
Postpone decision on downtown zoning petition
The Morris Planning Commission continued a rezoning request from B III to B II for almost 50 000 square feet in the Division Franklin Main and Washinton Street block to allow consultant review before a formal recommendation to the City Council.
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Franklin, Main
Washinton Sts
Morris Planning Commission
Arthur Hornsby Jr
First National Bank of Morris
Atty
John Marchi
Richard Muench
Grundy National Building Corp
Marchi
Hornsby
Muench
Muech
Out
Richard Bauer
Commission
Bauer
James Crupi
Austin Bollen
Dennis Hackett
Clyde Baker
Bollen
Allen Kracower & Associates
Donald Davidson Sr
Kracower
Grundy County
Community worker joins extension staff in Grundy County
Mrs. Gerald Diane L. Alexander of Mazon will serve as a half time community worker with the Grundy County Extension Service. Hired by the Grundy County 4 H and Youth Council and the University of Illinois she will organize and develop new leaders and 4 H clubs in the Morris area. She is a Quincy native educated at Augusta schools and Southern Illinois University. Her husband is a Soil Conservation Service soil scientist and they have a five month old daughter Mary Leann. The Alexanders have lived in Grundy County five months and she will join a staff of three including Al Pilch Doris Curtis and Nancy Moore.
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Gerald
Diane L.) Alexander
Mazon
Grundy
Mary Leann
Alexander
Central High School
Camp Point
Ill
Grundy County
al Pilch
Doris Curtis
Nancy Moore
Gasoline theft report at Saratoga Township residence
Isaac Hillman of Whitman Road Saratoga Township reported gasoline stolen from his home. He said a car with one woman and two men left his property around 4 p.m. Tuesday asking for a Mr. Greenwood before he found vandalism and missing gas cans and gasoline.
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Issac Hillman
Whitman Rd
Saratoga Township
Grundy County
Sheriff’s Office
Hillman
Greenwood
Jaworski avoids stance on Nixon tapes in pretrial risk
Special prosecutor Leon Jaworski said he would not take a position on whether Nixon should hand over tape recordings to the Senate Watergate Committee due to prejudicial pretrial publicity concerns. Judge Gesell had asked for a focused statement on executive privilege and possible indictments, with Jaworski noting that compliance could raise further publicity problems and suggesting the court may impose conditions if the subpoena is enforceable.
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Sorensen
Mary Wehner
Thomas Bruce
Wohner
Bruce
Washington
UPI
Leon Jaworski
Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
U. S. District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Jaworski
Senate
Senate Select Committee
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North
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Donald Barkley
Barkley
Herald
Gus Ledey
Ledy
United Air Lines
Boston
Buffalo
N.Y
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Springfield
Midwest
Peoria
John Dindlay
Thomas Coulter
Chicago Association of Commerce
County Problems Commission
Lee Bols
Lincoln Nursing Home
William Lynch
Mazon Verona Kinsman
Lynch
Robert Wren
Kenneth Benson
Benson
Eugene Sorensen
Wren
Peter Baudino
Baudino
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Deira Cnine
South Carolina
Harrington
Del
Alabama
Montgomery County
Ohio
Holland Tunnel
New Jersey
New York City
Morris Daily Herald
Diane Alexander
White House
John W. Dean III
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