08 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1971
Page
1
Apollo 14 and crew approach reentry after 10 hours rest as Kitty Hawk leads the ship toward a Tuesday Pacific splashdown. Alan Shepard Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa wake for a busy reentry and a final TV program to share insights on space tech and world peace.
A Consolidated Edison plant outage darkened blocks of midtown for over four hours on Sunday night. Nine TV stations went off air and traffic stalled as Empire State Building observatories, Grand Central Station, and the Daily News offices faced blackouts.
Forecast calls for fair skies and very cold tonight with lows near zero by the lake and up to ten below in western and northwestern suburbs. Tuesday brings mostly sunny, continue cold conditions with highs 10 to 15. Readings at Dresden Island Locks and Dam peaked at 32 on Saturday and 18/low to finish. downtown Morris reported 5 degrees at 10:30 a.m.
Police and fire officials probe an explosion at a drive in restaurant in Cairo Illinois owned by a candidate for City Commissioner. No arrests yet. Arson suspected as investigators detected a gasoline odor at the damaged building.
Thousands of South Vietnamese troops entered southern Laos aimed at severing the Ho Chi Minh trail, with six U S helicopters lost early. The operation extended the Indochina war to Laos while Washington and Saigon deny widening the conflict. Soviets and China condemn it. France and Britain offer varied reactions. The assault, supported by U S air and artillery, stops short of U S ground forces.
A federal arraignment in Harrisburg involved Rev. Philip Berrigan and five others on charges of conspiring to bomb government buildings and kidnap Henry Kissinger. In Trenton, NJ, Attorney F. Lee Bailey was suspended from practicing law for one year by the New Jersey Supreme Court over mis conduct charges related to the DeFranco-Kavanaugh murder cases.
The Grundy County Board of Appeals will hold a 7:30 p.m. hearing Thursday to rezone about 15 acres from agriculture to residential including 8.05 acres near the Riverside Subdivision along the Mazon River and 1,975 adjacent acres. Also under review is Melvin Burt’s bid for a conditional permit to build a 50 to 60 acre sewage disposal plant for a mobile home park near Diamond.
Illinois Department of Revenue personnel will staff the Grundy County Courthouse basement office every Tuesday 8 30 a m to 4 30 p m to assist residents with Illinois income tax returns. Forms are provided and a toll free number 800 972 1630 offers phone help Monday to Friday 8 30 a m to 5 p m.
A 22 year old Princeton man Rudolph Ward was injured when he fell asleep at the wheel driving west on U S 6 near Illinois 47 at 4 30 a m. His Dodge skidded 300 feet and hit a tree. Ward was held for observation at Morris Hospital. Ward had open liquor and speeding tickets. In a separate 5 15 a m Sunday two vehicle crash on Illinois 47 five miles north of Morris Leslie Matheny 23 and William Narvick 18 reported unavoidable collision. Matheny’s 1968 Plymouth and Narvick’s car damaged. no tickets issued.
The Morris Community High School Board of Education will hold a 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday in the administrative offices to review a proposal changing grading periods to nine weeks. The session will also cover scheduling dates for basketball games, appointing an auditor, a hot water tank contract, the 1970-71 in service program, teacher-student meetings, and the 1971-72 calendar.
Primary voters on February 23 will choose two of five candidates for mayor. Candidates include Bill Hart Jr., Gerald Heavens, Donald Koerner, Wayne Roseland, Lorene Zambon, and Joseph Phillips, with details on careers, family, and community roles.
A witty item notes a super-sophisticated computer refusing to work unless given at least two circuit breaks daily. The joke underscores tech fatigue and bureaucratic safeguards in a lighthearted tone.
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