Grain trucks jam streets across Morris area
Trucks carrying corn lined Illinois Ave awaiting unloads at three elevators as barges remain scarce. Police added traffic officers. about 100 trucks queued south of the canal. Elevators reported large receipts from 1977 crop. barge shortage and lock dam issues kept deliveries limited and disrupts traffic.
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Illinois Ave
Morris
Illinois-Michigan Canal
Ray Webb
Continental Grain
Webb
Continental
Illinois Grain
Morris Police
Kankakee
Yorkville
Herald
Diamond woman arrested in early morning trailer shooting
Grundy County investigators continue probing an early morning shooting at a Diamond trailer that left Coal City man Melvin Self wounded. Sheriff William Button said Lela A. Von Surma, 34, was arrested for aggravated battery after two .22 caliber revolvers were found. she insisted a burglary attempt prompted the shots.
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Grundy County
Diamond
Coal City
Morris Hospital
William Button
Lela A. von Surma
McKay Trailer
Melvin Self
S. Broadway St
Curt Leach
Ron Fox
James Olson
Self
Robert Racinowski
von Surma
Racinowski
Button
Sgt. Leach
Tom Walker
Terry Bitner
Greg Hummel
Tom Thompson
Department of Law Enforcement Laboratory
Joliet
Weather update from Dresden Island area forecast
A terse weather brief notes a mostly cloudy tonight with a low of 25 to 35 degrees and a cloudy warmer Friday with highs in the 30s. It records Wednesday’s high of 37 and low of 24 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and cites early morning readings of 28 at 7 a.m. and 34 at 10:15 a.m. in Morris.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Petitions Open for Morris First Ward Alderman Race
Petitions for candidacy for the first ward alderman seat are available at Morris City Hall, 222 Wauponsee St, announced City Clerk Marjorie Warren. A special primary to fill the vacancy caused by John Maunder’s resignation will be held March 21 for ward residents. petitions must be filed between January 11 and 21.
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Morris City Hall
Wauponsee St
Marjorie Warren
John Maunder
Morris
Maunder
Girl Taken From Garfield School By Father
A Morris woman reports her ex husband Edward Lee King Jr took their 8 year old daughter Tara Lea King from Garfield School at 3 30 p m. Custody dispute ongoing with petitions denied. King with a companion possibly taking Tara to LaSalle area. Police coordinate with LaSalle PD to locate and detain him.
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Morris
Garfield
Judy Sherwood
N. Liberty St
Tara Lea King
Edward Lee King Jr
LaSalle
King
Youth charged in Straightway Dairy fire arson case
A 15 year old Morris youth was charged with arson after a month long investigation into the December 2 fire at Straightway Dairy. Police say the boy was also involved in prior theft cases including a pickup truck, purse theft at Bethlehem Lutheran church, and curfew violations. He was taken to Grundy County Jail after a curfew arrest and faces a juvenile delinquency petition.
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Morris
Straightway
Wauponsee St
Robert Lynes
Grundy County
Lynes
Milton Batson
Art Harder
Liberty St
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Michael Paschall
Coal City
Stratton Park
Amanda Walck
Coalfield tensions rise as UMW pickets menace region
United Mine Workers pickets roamed eastern Tennessee and miners caravanned through western Kentucky threatening to halt non-UMW operations. Talks in Washington between UMW and the Bituminous Coal Operators Association linger with no date set to resume. About 600 out-of-state pickets armed with knives and bats were watched by authorities as 600 miners traveled in a 200-vehicle caravan through Kentucky’s Pyro Mining Co. area, briefly disbanding after six hours.
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United Press International
Appalachian
United Mine Workers
Tennessee
Kentucky
UMW
Washington
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Tennes
See Today
Pyro Mining Co
Morris Daily Herald front page brief excerpt
Local Morris newspaper edition dated January 5 1978 offers twelve pages of news and features for Morris Illinois and surrounding area. The front matter presents the weekly issue details and pricing information.
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Morris
Illinois
Odor traced to chemical spill at NPC plant
Officials say a spill of about one gallon of diethyl sulfide DES mixed with water leaked into a pit near the flare at Northern Petrochemical Corp. DES, a strong odorant used to extend furnace life, became volatile and caused a heavy oniony smell in Morris. The company plans masking agents and an enclosure project to prevent future emissions as residents report up to 40 complaints.
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Morris
NPC
Northern Petrochemical Today
North End
Tabler Rd
James Maloney
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Springfield
Chicago
Maloney
EPA
Jerry Starkey
Starkey
Mistrial Declared in Arambasich Extortion Case
UPI reports a mistrial in the federal extortion and conspiracy trial of Joliet union official Edward Arambasich and his brother John. They faced charges of demanding payments from nine contractors to shield Will County projects from work stoppages. A juror-read newspaper leak forced the judge to grant the mistrial. a new trial date was to be set next month.
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Chicago
UPI
Joliet
Edward
John Arambasich
Wilmington
Will County
Ironworkers Union Local 444
John
Grady
Rock Island advances FarmRail freight consolidation plan
The Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad proposes FarmRail a Midwest consortium of privately owned railroads to coordinate terminals yards and equipment across lines including Milwaukee Road Iowa and South Dakota Illinois Central Gulf and possibly Katy and Kansas City Southern The plan seeks joint operations without creating a monopoly and could use Rail Revitalization Act loans with a detailed proposal to be presented to Secretary Brock Adams in Chicago mid January 1977
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Rock Island
Milwaukee Road
Iowa
South Dakota
Illinois
Central Gulf
Katy
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad
Kansas City Southern
Ingram
Midwest
FarmRail
Chicago and North Western Railroad
Council Bluffs
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Union Pacific
Milwaukee-Kcs
Transportation
Brock Adams
Midwest Railroad
Chicago
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Alton
Cargill
ADM
Atty
Charles Zalar
Gary Filip Fri
WIZE
Darrell Robertson
Grand Ridge
Ward Rds
Silver Cross Hospital
Mark Cherveney
Bluff St
Sherman Hexdall
Lon Vernon
Vernon
Morris Daily Herald
Arambasich
U.S
John F. Grady
Congress
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