Minooka man surrenders in fatal hit and run case
A 28 year old Minooka man turned himself in to Will County authorities on a reckless homicide charge for a fatal hit and run that killed Sheryl Ann Buell 16 on the Minooka Channahon road. The victim was being treated for injuries when struck.
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Will County
Joliet
James R. Breen
Rte
Holt Rd
Minooka
Breen
Sheryl Ann Buell
Mondamon St
Minooka-Channahon Blacktop
DuPage River
Miss Buell
John K. Rude
Waldin Rd
Rude
St. Joseph Hospital
Youth Charged With Hospital Disturbance In Morris
A 19 year old Morris youth Leonard Butler faced four charges in a Morris Hospital disturbance. He awaits arraignment set for January 14 with bail at 5000 dollars. The incident involved battery and resisting officers during a chaotic late Saturday emergency room episode.
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Morris
Grundy County
Robert Wren
Leonard Joseph Butler
E. North St
Richard Wilder
Morris Hospital
Butler
Elliott M. Tratt
Syd Reeve
Harold Carlson
Robert Fisher Jr
Sheriff's
Peter Creed
Charles Marketti
Mary Jane Enger
Reeve
Wendell Johnson
Chuck Wesley Moore
Susan Circle
Evergreens
Moore
Fisher
Robert Fisher Sr
John Maddox
Armstrong St
Tratt
Poultry Farm Fire Destroys Yorkville Pullet Building
A Sunday blaze gutted a 40 by 225 foot pullet house at DeKalb Yorkville Pullet Farm near Yorkville Illinois 47. Manager Willis Voss reported 2,500 pullets 23 to 24 weeks old lost in the fire set to be moved in two weeks. Building valued at $25,000. Fire cause under investigation. Yorkville Fire Department aided by Plattville Newark departments.
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Yorkville
DeKalb- Yorkville
Illinois
Willis Voss
Plattville-Newark
Daily Weather Outlook At Dresden Island Locks
Cloudy and cold with light snow possible and highs in the mid 30s. Overnight temps in the upper 20s with more snow likely. December totals show 5.47 inches and year to date 29.24 inches. Weekend high 43 and lows 26 at the locks with Sunday 37/24.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Bhutto Plan for Unconditional Release of Rebel Leader
President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announced plans to free Sheik Mujibur Rahman unconditionally after further talks in Pakistan. Mujib, jailed since March over East Pakistan autonomy, led the Awami League and was proclaimed Bangladesh’s president by rebels.
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Associated Press
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Pakistan
Radio Pakistan
Bhutto
Sheik Mujib
Mujib
East Pakistan
India
Awami League
Bangladesh
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
National Assembly
Morris Planning Commission Sets PUD Hearing for 366 Unit Complex
A public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday before the Morris Planning Commission in City Hall will review a petition for a Planned Unit Development on 24 acres south of U.S. 6 and west of Hi Park Subdivision. Preliminary plans show a 366 unit apartment complex with spring construction upon agency approvals. Developers include Robert Golding Living Garrick and Harold Wilkins of Chicago. The commission also will hear zoning ordinance revisions on parking paving, multi family density, environmental performance standards, and shopping center parking.
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Morris Planning Commission
U.S. 6
Hi- Park
Atty
Robert Golding
Iiving Garrick
Harold Wilkins
Chicago
Tax distribution figures for Morris Grundy County Illinois
The City of Morris received 6303.59 and Grundy County government 7361.37 from the November Illinois income tax revenue sharing. Grundy County total 20376.98 includes 13015.61 for incorporated areas. Other municipalities receive smaller payments: Braceville 513.88 Carbon Hill 243.86 Coal City 2338.65 Diamond 347.72 East Brooklyn 55.38 Eileen 285.40 Gardner 932.38 Kinsman 117.70 Mazon 559.27 Minooka 590.81 South Wilmington 557.73 Verona 169.24.
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Morris
Grundy County
Braceville
Carbon Hill
Coal City
Diamond
East Brooklyn
Eileen
Gardner
Kinsman
Mazon
Minooka
South Wilmington
Verona
First Grundy County Baby Born at Morris Hospital
A baby boy was born at 6 41 p.m. New Year’s Day at Morris Hospital to Mr and Mrs Rick Fieldman of Dwight Livingston County. Morris merchants will provide gifts for the first Grundy County baby. Written notice with birth hour and minute must be filed with the Morris Herald by next Monday.
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Grundy County
Morris
Nixon hints at 1972 bid with Agnew on ticket
President Nixon signaled a re election run with Spiro Agnew as running mate in a CBS interview from the White House Oval Office. He outlined a campaign platform focused on Vietnam troop withdrawals and a cooler economy, while keeping POW negotiations and peace talks with the Soviet Union and Israel in view. Also reported is a Henderson County traffic collision that killed Ronnie Farrow and Elvie Grant Jr. and involved David Marschall.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
CBS
Dan Rather
White House Oval Office
U.S
Vietnam
Peking
Moscow
Soviet Union
Egypt
Mideast
Israel
New Hampshire
LOMAX
Ill
Ronnie Farrow
la Harpe
Elvie G. Grant Jr
Blandinsville
Henderson County
David C. Marschall
Sperry
Iowa
Hopkins Park man killed as car hits parked auto near Kankakee
Rudell Pugh 43 of Hopkins Park was killed when an auto struck the parked car where he slept on a county road near Kankakee. The driver fled on foot. a passenger Shannon Hayes 45 was treated and released at a Kankakee hospital.
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Kankakee
Ill
Hopkins Park
Rudell Pugh
Pugh
Shannon Hayes
Four dead deer found on county roads over weekend
Weekend sheriff notes report four dead deer on county roads. Witnesses and deputies logged sightings on Pine Bluff Road near Goose Lake Village and nearby areas. One deer was struck on U S 6 near Seneca with $150 vehicle damage. Deputies also found loose cattle and a stolen stop sign report.
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Sheriff's Department
Mike Watchinski
Rte. 1
Pine Bluff
Goose Lake Village
Roy Christensen
Conservation Department
Seneca
U.S. 6
Donald G. Kern
Blackstone
Sheriff's Office
Kern
Christensen
Pine Bluff Road
Goose Lake Road
Buck
Million-Dollar Heist At The Pierre Hotel In New York
Police describe a sophisticated robbery at The Pierre on Fifth Avenue near Central Park. A slick limousine diverted guards, 16 employees were bound with handcuffs and tape as two men led the theft, with additional gang members handling safes. One unidentified man claimed losses of 800000 dollars. The raid may be the biggest hotel theft in city history.
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New York
Pierre
Albert A. Seedman
Fifth Avenue
61St Street
Central Park
Seedman
Simple private burial for Maurice Chevalier in Paris
Maurice Chevalier 83 will be buried after a simple private ceremony Wednesday in a Marne la Coquette church vault beside his mother. He died of heart failure after three weeks in hospital for a kidney ailment. Nephew Rene Chevalier said pallbearers will respect his wish of no visitors and no body view. President Pompidou praised him as a gay, warm image of France.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Atlantic
Rene Chevalier
Marnes la Coquette
Chevalier
Georges Pompidou
France
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Norman Eastman
Leslie G. Matheny Jr
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Haley
S. Center St
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Gir
Minooka Community High School
Donald
Marilyn
Karlsen) Buell
Ingolf Karsen
Rose Buell
Mike Butler
Dr. Tratt
John Roth
Dr. Roth Jr
Dr. Roth Sr
Violet Moncrieff
Rural
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UNION
Yahya
Hint
Nixon-Agnew
J.W. Bennett
Haelio Fragga
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