Pickets At LaSalle Nuclear Site Spars With Police
Two Marseilles Laborers local 393 members were arrested at Commonwealth Edison LaSalle Nuclear Power Station Seneca for mob action and unlawful use of a weapon. About 2,100 workers are employed on the $1 billion project as agencies maintain order amid a jurisdictional dispute with local carpenters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Edison
LaSalle
Seneca
Marseilles
LaSalle County
Charles Raikes
Kenneth Fessler
Burke
Mazon
Brookfield Township
No radioactivity found after Soviet Cosmos satellite crash
Ottawa reports no radiation detected near Yellowknife after the Cosmos satellite disintegrated over Great Slave Lake area. Air and ground sweeps by U S and Canadian teams found no traces of radioactivity as Hercules and Twin Otter aircraft searched a 25 000 square mile zone. Officials noted the power source was a 100 pound nuclear reactor and stressed little chance of dangerous debris reaching earth.
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Ottawa
UPS
Canada
Defense Department
Great Slave Lake
Northwest Territories
Cosmos
Doug Case
Yellowknife
U.S
Case
Washington
Earth
Tass
White House
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Allan MacEachen
Plots to Kill Kennedy Examined by FBI Before 1968 Death
FBI investigated two reported plots to kill Sen. Robert F. Kennedy two weeks before his Los Angeles assassination. King assassination files showed dozens of tips on previous attempts, with threats involving Kennedy and other civil rights leaders. An arrested man claimed only to speak rashly, while other notes referenced a May 20 1968 threat in Chula Vista. Sirhan B. Sirhan killed Kennedy after the California primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Kennedy
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Adam Clayton Powell
Stokely Carmichael
H. Rap Brown
Bobby Kennedy
Chula Vista
Calif
Sirhan B. Sirhan
California
Weather advisory and cold snap forecast for northern region
A travel advisory for the north warns of cloudy and colder conditions with likely snow and subfreezing lows. Snow flurries are forecast Thursday with highs in the low teens to low 20s. Reported temperatures include 32/18 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam Tuesday, 18 at 7 am and 22 at Morris by 10:30 am, with precipitation totaling .04.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Gasohol Debuts at Towanda FS Station Test
Gasohol began selling today at a Towanda Illinois FS service station in a McLean County trial to gauge motorist acceptance. Donald McWard, manager of the 12 FS stations in the county, said Towanda sales will decide if gasohol is rolled out to the other 11 stations. Pleasant Plains near Springfield and Zion have also offered it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towanda
Ill
UPI
McLean County
Donald McWard
Pleasant Plains
Springfield
Zion
Material Service closes Ottawa aggregate plant sale
Material Service Corp. will close its Ottawa Illinois aggregate plant and sell it to Garvey Grain Co. of Wichita Kansas for conversion. The plant has operated about 20 years, employs over 100 people with a monthly payroll around 30000 dollars. Conversion plans and timeline were not released.
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Ottawa, Ill
UPI
Material Service Corp. Inc
Ottawa
Garvey Grain Co
Wichita
Kan
Preliminary plats approved for two Grundy County subdivisions
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission approved two preliminary plats for subdivisions around Southmor and School Rds. Frank Hankins and Billy Morse submitted the plans. Hawkins subdivision includes a three lot layout with two lots near 40,000 sq ft. The Morse plan adds four 40,045 sq ft lots along School Dr. The commission unanimously recommended approval for both, with state health notes on wells and septic distances. A separate rezoning request for Goose Lake School to manufacturing was denied, with Murer’s firm pursuing office use.
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Southmor
School Rds
Grundy County
Lori Sue
Hawkins
Southmor Rd
Beth Dr
Beth Drive
Frank Hawkins
Pine Creek
School Drive
Pine Bluff Rds
Billy
Sue Morse
School Dr
Pebble Beach
Morse
Health Department
Grundy County Board
M and M Construction
Liberty St
Goose Lake
Pine Bluff Rd
Brian Murer
Joliet
Murer
M and M
Morris
Frank McCabe
Dresden Rd
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Commission
Perry Brooks
Brooks
J. Leroy Brown
Brown
James Hutchings
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris Daily Herald January 25 1978 Morris Illinois edition
Local newspaper issue details the Morris Daily Herald for January 25 1978 serving Morris Illinois with regional news updates community notices and brief items. This front page preview emphasizes local civic events school notes and upcoming schedules typical of midweek editions.
Minooka Board approves police pay raise and ordinances
Minooka village board raises police pay by 25 cents an hour effective January 1 1978. Chief Hrechko will earn 5.10 an hour officers 4.75 and probationary officers 4. The newly printed Code Book of General Village Ordinances was adopted with provisions for future amendments. The board also approved financial and administrative actions including a bond fund transfer plan with Grundy County National Bank and unemployment insurance contributions. A beer and wine license for Paisano's Pizza was sent to the liquor commission for recommendation with a Feb 13 meeting anticipated. President Heap announced action requested from Rock Island Railroad to address a bad track crossing on Wabena Ave.
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Minooka
Minooka Village Board
Mike Hrechko
M.D. Associates
Bonita Vista Subdividers
Grundy County National Bank of
Morris
Grundy County National Bank
Bonita Vista
Clyde Heap
Judy Corbin
Jerry Vannotti
Paisano’s Pizza
Vannotti
The
Liquor Commission
Heap
Rock Island Railroad
Wabena Ave
Wisconsin woman charged after Bar I Plus III raid
A Grundy County Sheriff's investigation led to the arrest of Vanessa W. Favre a 22 year old LaCrosse Wisconsin woman on a public indecency charge at the Bar I Plus III in Verona. She posted 100 cash bond and is due in Grundy County Circuit Court on February 6. The bar was closed pending liquor commission inquiry and Joyce A Snyder was also taken into custody.
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Wisconsin
Rural
Verona
Grundy County
State’s Attorney’s Office
William Button
Vanessa W. Favre
S. Fifth St
LaCrosse
Wis
Carl E. Dummitt
James D. Flood
Miss Favre
Joyce A. Snyder
Sheriff’s Department
Button
County Liquor Commision
Dummitt
Atty Flood
Gary Phillips
William Waters
Evert Poyner
Ron Fox
James Olson
Curt Leach
Thomas Walker
James Hume
Jeff Wix
Dan Callahan
Muriel Humphrey to fill remaining U S Senate term
Muriel Humphrey agreed to serve the late Hubert H. Humphrey’s Senate term, saying she will work hard to complete his agenda. Governor Rudy Perpich offered the seat after meeting with Mrs Humphrey in Florida and receiving party support in Minnesota.
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Hillsboro Beach
Fla
UPI
Muriel Humphrey
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert
Minnesota
Humphrey
Rudy Perpich
Perpich
Florida
Democratic Farm Labor Party
St. Paul
U.S. Senate
Virgin Islands
Washington
Corporal recounts illness after Smoky atomic blast exposure
An Army corporal from Minnesota told a House subcommittee that after participating in Operation Smoky near a Nevada nuclear test on August 21, 1957, he developed leukemia risk, blood disease, hair and teeth loss, and reduced fertility. He described troops being moved into the blast area and trenches collapsing as pandemonium struck, while the Army did not question participants about adverse effects.
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Washington
UPI
Nevada
House
National Academy of Sciences
Dann
Army
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Seneca Carpenters Local
Illinois Valley Contractors Association
Ottawa Building Trades Council
Leo Burke
Edison
State Police
Sheriff's Department
Fox
Poyner
Olson
Frank Schmitt
Kendall County Sheriff's Departments
DeKalb County
Robert Kennedy
Joliet, Ill
Mount Zion Baptist Church
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Material Service
Larry Comer
Dresden Acres
Comer
Zoning Board of Appeals
Todd Trayser
Carl Gardner and Associates of
Chicago
Trayser
Mary Ann Kilbride
Brooks, Brown
Hutchings
Theodore Bohlen
William Clennon
John Steele
Robert Strange
Susan Affleck-Childs
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Russell J. Dann
Albert Lea, Minn
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