Morris County high marks 2.5 million PE complex dedication
Morris Community High School holds Sunday dedication ceremonies for the 2.5 million physical education complex at the new field house starting 2:30 p m two years after Feb 19 1977 referendum passed 253 to 1 496 to 1 243. Visitors tour a 59 000 square foot expansion with pools courts labs and locker rooms as speakers include Dr Darrell Mudra Dr Lowell Fisher Morris Mayor Donald Davidson and others.
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Morris Community High School
Darrell Mudra
Eastern Illinois University
Lowell Fisher
University of Illinois
Morris
Donald Davidson
MCHS
Herald
Winter storm watch and frigid temperatures loom
A winter storm watch faces late tonight and Thursday with warmer spells today giving way to fog, then freezing drizzle possible early and freezing rain or snow late. Snow or rain likely Thursday. Highs today near 30, lows around 28. Dresden Lock and Dam Tuesday high 25, low 11, 7 am 18 with no precipitation. Morris downtown 9:35 am 22.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Morris Grade teachers lose pay raises but gain retirement funding
Morris Grade School District 54 adopts an agreement causing no gross pay increase next year while teachers and administrators receive a 7 percent net pay bump funded by directing the 7 percent retirement deduction into the retirement fund. Details cover first year salaries, district leaders' pay, coaching stipends up 7 percent, extended sick leave rules, and a revised meeting place for a planning commission hearing.
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Morris
District
Kay Pinkstaff
Dorothy Claire
U.S. Embassy in Tehran Seized by Guerrillas
Guerrillas stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran wounding two Marine guards and took the ambassador plus 101 other Americans hostage. Rival guerrillas later freed them after a 32 hour gun battle. Attacking communists claimed participation.
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Tehran
Iran
U.S
Morris City Council clash over naming Syd Reeve police chief
Morris mayor says he will appoint Acting Police Chief Syd Reeve as chief on May 1 after narrowing seven applicants to two. The council, judiciary committee, and two finalists Samuel Ball of Kirkland and Daniel B Orban of Lombard questioned fairness, with open natures of interviews, outside-the-force preference, and political overtones dominating the discussion.
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Morris
Kirkland
Lombard
Donald Davidson
Syd Reeve
Judiciary Committee
Floyd Siron
Davidson
Siron
Floyd
Robert Feeney
Arthur
Willmington
Ray Younger
Barkley
County officials explain 911 system to board
Grundy County officials led by Sheriff William Button and State's Atty. Charles Zalar briefed the county board on the 911 emergency system at its monthly meeting. They outlined Morris 942 prefix plans and warned of delays and equipment costs if separate countywide and Morris systems are pursued.
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Grundy County
William Button
Ron Fox
Charles Zalar
Morris
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Sheriff Button
Button
Zalar
Sheriff’s Department
Illinois Bell
Sheriff's Department
Minooka
Mazon
Coal City
Ken Benson
Benson
Det
Fox
Jerry Joyce
Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
Goose Lake Township
Aux Sable
Wauponsee Township
Felix
John Melvin Phillips
Ambassador killed in New Delhi confirms Kabul Hotel shootout
The U S ambassador to Afghanistan Adolph Dubs was kidnapped by Moslem gunmen in New Delhi and killed after a gunfight involving police and soldiers. An eyewitness reported three bodies were removed from the Kabul Hotel scene.
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New Delhi
India
U.S
Afghanistan
Adolph Dubs
Kabul
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