Morris board forms committee on athletic program reform
Morris Community High School trustees debate root causes of athletic issues and approve a five year plan study with a six point guideline. They schedule a Wednesday review session, discuss staffing, site planning, and possible outside consultants while considering executive session for personnel.
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Jack Kutches
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Annex
Kutches
William Stangland
Tim Connor
Snow Threat for Illinois North Tonight with Cold Weekend
Heavy snow warning for extreme north tonight with four or more inches possible. North half of Illinois could see one to three inches in the rest. Cloudy and colder Friday with a chance of snow flurries north and central. Low tonight 15 to 25, Friday high in the 20s. Dresden Locks recorded 22 and 2, Morris at 9:30 am reported 22. No precipitation elsewhere reported.
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Illinois
Dresden Locks
Morris
Federal jury indicts Dwight man in race track plot
Nationally known harness racer Stanley Banks of Dwight is among 14 drivers, trainers, and owners indicted by a federal grand jury in Chicago for an alleged conspiracy to fix three races between 1971 and 1972. The arrests involve wire fraud and sports bribery with illicit profits.
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Stanley Banks
Dwight
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
Illinois Racing Board
Illinois Bureau of Investigation
Grand Jury
Washington Park
Banks
Robbery Suspects Captured After Smith Oil Heist
Two suspects tied to a Smith Oil Co. robbery near LaSalle were captured on the Gardner Blacktop Road with about $2,500 recovered. Keith E. Ziegler of Lostant and Walter D. Snow of Granville were held for questioning after a cooperative police chase and surveillance.
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Gardner
Smith Oil Co
LaSalle
Gardner Blacktop
Illinois
Sherman LaCost
Mazon
Keith E. Ziegler
Lostant
Walter D. Snow
Granville
Grundy County
LaCost
LaSalle County
Gary Phillips
Curt Leach
Art Wargo
Illinois 47
Phillips
Sgt
Leach
Wargo Behtind
Ziegler
Snow
Herb Klein
John Muzzarelli
Louis Zbrowski
Peru Police
Ben Covey
State Police
James Olson
William Button
Klein
Shaw
Sara Moore Sentenced to Life for Ford Shooting
Sara Jane Moore, 45, was given a life term after pleading guilty to firing a .38 pistol at President Ford outside San Francisco's St Francis Hotel on September 22. She admitted acting voluntarily and alone, and had earlier volunteered for the People In Need program amid Symbionese Liberation Army ties.
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San Francisco
UPI
Sara Jane Moore
President Ford
Miss Moore
St. Francis
Ford
Randolph Hearst
Symbionese Liberation Army
Patricia
San Francisco Area
FBI
Gerald Ford
Morris Daily Herald 1976 Jan 15Front Page Brief
Historic Morris newspaper page details the January 15 1976 edition with local notices and brief items. The report emphasizes community events and city affairs in Morris Illinois with date and price indicators.
Morris Mayor Vows Snow Removal Reform After Illegal Towings
Morris officials reimburse drivers whose cars were towed during a Wednesday snow plow under an amended ordinance not in the 1969 code. Police plan to void tickets on streets not covered by the change while awaiting codification updates and clearer signage.
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Rock Island
Liberty
Washington St
Fulton
Division Sts
North St
Division St
North
Washington
Ottawa
Jefferson
Union
Lisbon
High
McKinley
Jackson
Waverly Sts
Gould Park Drive
Fremont Ave
Davidson
Morris
Robert Lynes
Lynes
Morris Texaco
Weicens Standard
C. R. Ferguson
Lisbon Sts
Roy McLaughlin
John Maunder
Donald Barkley
Imposter posing as CIA doctor arrested at Cook County Hospital
Ralph M. Brown 29 Chicago was arrested January 12 for impersonating a physician at Cook County Hospital. He claimed to work for the CIA and was seen in the hospital in a white coat with a stethoscope. Hospital security turned him over to police. the case involves alleged investigation activity.
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Chicago
UPI
CIA
Cook County Hospital
Ralph M. Brown
Chicago Police Department
James G
Haughton
Brown
Chicago Daily News
Morris High School Board hires consultant for negotiations
After an executive session the Morris Community High School Board of Education unanimously approved hiring Dr. Roy J. O’Neil of Aurora at 50 dollars per hour for one year or the duration of negotiations. O’Neil is director of research for Aurora District 131 and heads Countersearch Corp. The board aims to begin talks with the teachers’ association soon.
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Kutches
William Ferguson
Jane (Dinsmore) Wahle
Connor
Morris
Geneva
MCHS
Supt
Sutter
Ramond Miller
Annex
Morris Community High School Board of Education
High School Teachers’ Association
Wilbur Dolezal
Kenneth Hunt
Roy J. O'Neil
Aurora
O’neil
Dr. O'Neil
Aurora District 131
Countersearch Corp
McHs Education Association
Fire guts house near Braidwood damages furnishings
A fire at the Roger Hileman residence one mile south of Braidwood destroyed the interior and furnishings including a $5,000 organ. Mrs. Hileman suffered minor arm burns and received treatment at St. Josephs Hospital Joliet before release. Fire units from Wilmington Custer Park Braceville Gardner and Essex battled the blaze with backups from Dwight Coal City. Departments remained on scene until about 11:30 a.m.
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Roger Hileman
Braidwood
George Boyd
Boyd
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joliet
Wilmington
Custer Park
Braceville
Gardner
Essex
Dwight
Coal City
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Pacific School of Religion
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Federal Paper Board Credit Union
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Donald Guerrettaz
East Hazel Crest
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Rolling Meadows
Irving Short
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Illneis Racing Board
Victory Lane Farm
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U.S. Trotting Association
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Deer Park Rd
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Samuel Conti
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