Voyageurs Endure Bitter Winter On LaSalle Expedition
The LaSalle Expedition II, with 16 graduates and teachers from Chicago and Elgin, battles a 100 year cold snap as rivers freeze and snow halts canoe travel. Four youths were hospitalized after a road accident and the group camps in sleeping bags donated by the Canadian government while continuing toward Seneca and Grundy County events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle
Morris
Illinois River
Dresden
Seneca
Robert Cavalier de LaSalle
George Lesseutre
Streamwood
Ron Hobart
Elgin
Bill Watts
Hobart
Illinois
Chicago
Crown Point
Ind
Kankakee River
Hebron
Wilmington
Channahon
Grundy County
Coal City
Lesseutre
Gilmore execution ends decade long U S delay in Utah
Gary Gilmore was executed at sunrise in Utah after a series of stays and appeals. Witnesses described the scene of the firing squad and Gilmore’s calm demeanor as the order was carried out. His body was donated to the University of Utah Medical Center for transplant research before funeral plans in Provo.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Gilmore
United States
Fourth Judicial District
Gilmore
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
U.S
Willis Ritter
American Civil Liberties Union
Rockies
U.S. Supreme Court
Byron White
Thurgood Marshall
Larry Schiller
Fourth District
Robert Bullock
Gary
Schiller
Vera Damico
University of Utah Medical Center
Damico
Provo
Ritter
ACLU
10Th Circuit Court
Cold wave cripples area as power lines fail and temp records fall
Record lows grip the region causing outages in Morris and Joliet areas. Commonwealth Edison pleads for reduced usage as lines contract and snap, with outages across Braceville Coal City Goose Lake and nearby farms. ESDA notes subzero weekend. Mille Lacs Minnesota wind chills near 100 below. Chicago endures century cold with 19 below zero record.
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Morris
Commonwealth Edison
Edison
Joliet
Dan Demps
Division St
Hornsby
County Line
Braceville
Commonwealth
Goose Lake
Drake’s
Pine Bluff Rd
Coal City
Eileen
Broadway
Bracevile
Illinois 113
Illinois 129
Gardner
Emergency and Disaster Services Agency
ESDA
National Weather Service
Wyoming
New York
Mille Lace
Minnesota
Chicago
Illinois Ends U.S. 66 Signs Removal Starts Today
The Illinois Department of Transportation begins removing U.S. 66 route signs as Interstate 55 replaces the historic road. Replicas of the shield sign will be sold for 3 dollars at Springfield and Schaumburg locations or 4 dollars by mail, with two signs per person.
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Springfield
Illinois
Department of Transportation
Missouri
Transportation Administration
Dirksen Parkway
District One
Plaza Drive
Schaumburg
Illinois Department of Transportation
Bureau of Traffic
Dirksen
Pontiac State Penitentiary
Truck overturns injuring driver on I 80 near Illinois 47
Knoxville Iowa driver Steve Hartzler, 28, was hospitalized at Morris Hospital after his 1968 Kenworth struck the rear of a Blue Earth Minnesota semi and overturned on Interstate 80 near the Illinois 47 northbound exit at 1 06 a m. Hartzler was pinned and rescued by the Morris Fire Department. The other driver Roger Sandell and passenger Merlin Larson were slightly injured. The truck carried 68 carcasses of swinging beef for Tella Packing Co. Hartzler was ticketed for driving too fast for conditions.
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Knoxville
Iowa
Illinois 47
Steve Hartzler
Morris Hospital
Roger Sandell
Merlin Larson
Blue Earth
Minn
Morris
Gerald Broderick
Broderick
Hartzler
Morris Fire Department
Morris Ambulance
Sandell
Kenworth
Tella Packing Co
Tella
The
Braceville Woman Killed in Mobil Refinery Accident
Braceville, Ill. Miss Helen Ann Ward twenty died late Sunday at the Mobil Refinery in Elwood after exposure to hydrogen sulfide during a routine operation. Ward, a six month employee and process technician, was treated at the plant and rushed to St Joseph Hospital Joliet. Mobil investigates. Ward was born July 15 1956 in Little Rock Ark. She was a Gardner South Wilmington High School graduate and Joliet Junior College attendee.
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Braceville
Mobil
Elwood
Helen Ann Ward
Merrill St
Joliet
Miss Ward
Little Rock
Ark
Western Factory
Gardner
Young People’s Organization
Methodist Church
Gardner-South
Union approves Caterpillar contract despite strike vote
Union members at Caterpillar Tractor Joliet rejected a strike proposal by a 53 percent vote though needed two thirds for approval. Negotiations began Nov 15 with a tentative deal Jan 7 and a three year contract expiring Jan 15 1980 reportedly raises 66 cents to 1.13 dollars. No work interruptions occurred and the strike was avoided. Police chief Robert Lynes was released from Morris Hospital after 10 days with chest and arm pains and remains under medical evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Brotherhood of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Joliet
W. R. Watson
Local 851
Caterpillar Tractor
Donald Weir
Morris Hospital
Morris
Robert Lynes
Lynes
Robinson Dr
Kendall appoints highway superintendent for Kendall County
Joseph Gasser of Gibson City was named county highway superintendent by the Kendall County Board. Gasser, 48, has led Ford County highways for 17 years and previously assisted at McLean. He replaces retiring David W. Sharkey who leaves Feb 1. Gasser earned a Purdue degree and worked with the U S Geological Survey and the Army Corps of Engineers. His salary is $28,000 annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorkville
Joseph Gasser
Gibson City
Kendall County Board
Gasser
Ford County
McClean
David W. Sharkey
Kendall
Sharkey
Purdue University
U.S. Geological Survey
Army Corps of Engineers
Minooka High Board Reviews Addition Deadlines and Elections
Minooka High School Board discusses delayed completion of the 1300-seat addition with punch list items unfinished. Auditoriumpart by Modern Builders not done, original December 1 deadline missed. Change orders approved for Wil Freds and Modern Builders sound system. Dennis Raaen appointed to fill Clyde Heap’s vacancy pending residency. Nominating petitions set for April 9 election with two three-year terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Wil Freds
Bongo Co
Clyde Heap
Dennis Raaen
Waubansee Dr
Raaen
Alton Mattingly
Norma Rowe
Robert Cook
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Endali
Voyageurs
Dresden Island
Gyros
Colonial House
Liberty
Morris Daily Herald
Bill and
Helen (Brannon) Reynolds
Tammy Brannon
Ethel Kirkendall
Helen Vaser
Pochanontas
Margot Manes
Santa Monica
Calif
Wanda
Murph Armstrong
Essex
Eunice
Buck Glenn
Orland Drive
Johnny
Dorothy Nuckles
Illinois Supreme Court
Cannonball Trail
Bristol Township
Atty
Dallas Ingemunson
Jannette Nelson
Dorothy Montgomery
Ellis Jones
George Hettrich
David Thompson
Frank Coffman
Floyd Sleezer
James Mann
Russell Naden
Robert Cherry
William S. Lawrence and
Future Farmers of America
Lee Thompson
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