Illinois Supreme Court blocks parochial school aid payment
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that the state need not begin paying $30 million in parochial school aid from a 1970s package. It found governor Ogilvie overstepped constitutional authority by substituting new bills and upheld a July 1 implementation limit.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Lawrence E. Klinger
Chicago
Michael J. Howlett
U.S. District Court
Illinois
Klinger
General Assembly
Court hears death penalty case seeks ban on punishment
The Supreme Court heard four cases challenging capital punishment as cruel and unusual. Advocates urged abolishing the death penalty, arguing it violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and that it conflicts with modern conscience. California and Georgia defendants were represented, including Earnest Aikens Jr. and William Furman.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Anthony
G. Amsterdam
Amsterdam
California
Ronald M. George
George
Capi
Stanford University
Earnest James Aikens Jr
William Henry Furman
Georgia
Four-vehicle crash on Will-Grundy line bridge injures Wilmington women
In heavy fog at 3 p.m. on the county line bridge, a rear collision involving a Ford pickup and a Ford station wagon injured two Wilmington residents, Rita Walker and Peggy Kinder. Both were treated and released from local hospitals. a fourth vehicle, an ambulance, was involved after failing to see the scene.
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Will-Grundy County Line
Wilmington
Will County
Finland
Morris Hospital
Michael O. DesRocher
N. Main St
Des Rocher
Moberly
Pat
Lorenzo Road
Interstate 55
Grundy County
Marvin Olson
William Button
Robert Pogliano
Pine Bluff Road
Robber Snags Oil, Antifreeze In Joliet Service Station Heist
Police say an apparent slippery robber struck a Joliet service station while the attendant slept, taking 48 cans of oil, an oil pouring spout, three gallons of antifreeze, and a milk sale sign.
NPCs fire force at chemical plant drills with foam truck
A six man NPC firefighting crew trains after a nine month delivery of a foam equipped fire engine designed for hydrocarbon fires. The NPC plant near Morris suffered a Nov 7 explosion causing 2 million in damage to the ethylene oxide plant and the department plans permanent practice areas along the Illinois River.
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Northern Petrochemical Co
Morris
Texas A.&m. College
Herald
Linda Ospalik
NPC
John Harding
Len Govednik
Govednik
Fire Department
Illinois River
Amoco Chemical
Texaco
Harding
Morris Fire Department
Severe cold snap hits Grundy County with outages and brief repairs
A weekend deep freeze dropped to 20 below zero at Dresden Lock and Dam. Temperatures were in the upper 30s to 40s for today and Tuesday with improving winds. A power outage cut electricity to 300 to 400 residents near Seneca for about three hours after a wire fell south of the Illinois River bridge. crews restored service by 2:30 a.m. The prior record low was 23 below in 1963.
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Grundy County
Dresden Lock and Dam
Illinois River
Cliff Allen
Joliet
Commonwealth Edison
Seneca
Illinois River Bridge
Illinois
Midwest
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Methadone Poisoning in Children Reports Rise
CHICAGO AP Accidental methadone poisoning among children is rising. Detroit physicians report 18 cases in nine months after the first methadone clinic opened, with 23 more cases in seven months and one death. Children treated at Detroit’s Children’s Hospital of Michigan. The doctors warn risk to small children remains high.
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Chicago
Detroit
Journal of the American Medical Association
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Regine Aronow
Shashi D. Paul
Paul V. Wooley
Planning review slated for Carl Stocklose site near I 80
Morris Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in City Hall to consider a proposed shopping center on the Carl Stocklose property west of Illinois 47 near the I 80 overpass. Tom H Brophy seeks agenda time regarding a development to include an Eagle store.
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Carl Stocklose
Illinois 47
Morris Planning Commission
Tom H. Brophy
Eagle
Car vs Rails Leaves Niles Man Injured Near Morris
A Niles resident in fair condition at Morris Hospital after a solo crash on I 80 westbound at Minooka Road. Lewis Wilker 20 of Niles struck first guard rail then crossed the highway and hit a second rail. State police investigate potential ticketing. A second incident on Illinois 47 near U S 66 left minor bumper and fender damage. William Kennon 22 of Algonquin cited for improper lane usage after a head on with Richard Roder 50 of Dwight. Damages estimated at about 200 dollars. A 17 year old Morris youth released after posting 5000 bail on burglary and theft charges. Colin Brooks charged with burglary and theft under 150 dollars and faces jury trial March 20. Bond set at 1000 on Hobart Bloomfield charged with deceptive practice for cashing a check that would not be paid. Bloomfield 21 of 210 Liberty St remains jailed with arraignment Feb 1. Officer Dean Sager arrested Bloomfield at 11 55 a m on a complaint by Richard Sch weighart.
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Niles
Morris Hospital
Minooka Road
District No. 5
Joliet
Lewis Wilker
Wilker
William C
Kennan
Illinois 47
Richard W. Roder
Dwight
Kennon
Roder
Morris
Grundy County
Colin Brooks
Susan Circle
Ridgecrest
Bimnet Corp
U. S
Hobart Bloomfield
Bloomfield
Liberty St
Dean Sager
Richard D. Schweighart
Hornsby
Moran
Borg-Warner expands Marbon plant at Ottawa
Borg-Warner Corp expands its Marbon plastics resin facility in Ottawa by 120 million pounds, doubling capacity to over 620 million pounds annually. The expanded plant should operate by the first quarter of 1973. Marbon also runs plants in California Indiana Louisiana and Canada and produces ABS used in equipment, machines, vehicles and gear.
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Chicago
Borg- Warner Corp
Marbon
Ottawa
Thomas S. Farmer
Borg-Warner
Chemicals and Plastics Group
Farmer
California
Indiana
Louisiana
Canada
Joliet man charged in Morris Arco station robbery
James R. McCauley, 24, of Joliet, is charged in connection with the August robbery of Duane Olson Arco station on U.S. 6 and Illinois 47. He posted $2,000 cash bond and $20,000 total bond. a preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 8. The incident left a gas station attendant beaten while three tri-carts were stolen.
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Joliet
Duane Olson
Arco Station
James R. McCauley
S. Ottawa St
Will County
Morris
McCauley
Grundy County
Robert Wren
Winston Block
Morris Police
U.S. 6
Illinois 47
Main St
Marseilles
David Eltrevoog
Rte. 1
Weekend fires kill 10 in three cities across Midwest
At least ten people died in five fires over the weekend in Paris Illinois Amboy Chicago and nearby suburbs as blazes fueled by near zero temperatures exacted a heavy toll. Asa Landis 61 perished in Paris in an apartment fire. Three Am boy family members died in a separate home blaze.
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Associated Press
Paris
Ill
Asa Landis
Amboy
Reva Whelchel
Norma
R.J
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Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
New York
Howlett
Tal
Anthony G. Amsterdam
Morris Daily Herald
Slick Robber
Npc's Fire Force
Chemical Aviation
Carl J. King
King Fisher Co
Des Plaines
King
Tabler Road
UNION
Algonquin
U. S. 66
Eltrevoog
Ollie Mae Henderson
Martha Brooks
Michell
Demetrice
Michael
Richard Schreiner
Mrs. Brooks
West Side
Elma Peterka
South Side
U.S. Industrial Chemical Co
Tuscola
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston
Mattoon
Elk Grove Village
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