Blizzard shuts roads as Grundy County endures blinding snow
Hazardous conditions persist across Grundy County with zero visibility and winds up to 50 mph. Schools including Joliet Junior College closed, rural mail deliveries halted, and plows kept off roads while crews await calmer conditions. Illinois 47 and U S 6 blocked near Morris, I 55 closed north of Gardner, I 80 open.
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Grundy County
Joliet Junior College
Richard McTague
Ed Crolin
State Department of Transportation
Morris
Croling
Illinois 47
U.S. 6
Coal City
U.S. 34
Kendall County
Sugar Grove
Gardner
Chenoa
Morris Country Club
Stuckey’s
Uss
Illinois 113
Craig Williamson
Mazon
William Martin
Hatcher Woods
Goodfarm
Morris Daily Herald front page details January 26 1978
The Morris Daily Herald from Morris Illinois dated January 26 1978 appears as a single page front with twelve pages priced twenty cents. The issue likely includes various local notices, brief stories, and advertisements common to the Thursday edition.
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Morris
Illinois
Weather halts plant picketing at Edison LaSalle plant
Weather stopped picketing at Commonwealth Edison LaSalle Nuclear Power Station in Seneca, with 1,800 to 2,000 at the Grand Ridge Road entrance. Two Marseilles men, Charles Raikes and Kenneth Fessler, faced mob action and weapon charges, bonded at 1,000 and 3,000 dollars respectively, and were barred from the site as court dates were set.
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Commonwealth Edison
LaSalle
Seneca
Charles Raikes
Marseilles
LaSalle County
Kenneth Fessler
John Clinch
Fessler
Raikes
Edison
Weather Report Notes Snow Likely Tonight
Cloudy conditions with possible snowfall and a forecast low of 12 below zero. Friday promises partly sunny skies with highs 5 to 15. Wednesday peaked at 30 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Darrn with a zero low. Morning readings showed 9 degrees at 7 am and 20 degrees at 11 am in Morris. Snow measured at two inches.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Sinking freighter EVA MARIA searched in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard and Air Force planes hunted the freighter M V Eva Maria after an explosion in hatch No 1. The 9,966 ton ship carried 6000 pounds of explosives and 26 people, with no survivors sighted. Search focused on 22.52 N 92.44 W as authorities widened conditions permitting.
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New Orleans
UPI
Coast Guard
Air Force
Gulf of Mexico
M.V
Eva Maria
Tom Pearson
SOS
Wolf
Rules not to suspend Bar I plus III's license
The liquor license of William Harty doing business as the Bar I plus III will not be suspended at this time. Grundy County State's Attorney Charles Zalar said a hearing was held after a Tuesday raid over lewd dancing. Harty will discontinue nude or exotic dancing and the license faces possible suspension if further violations occur.
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William Harty
Grundy County
Atty
Charles Zalar
Zalar
William Waters
Waters
James Flood
William Button
Charles
Fugitive Linda Chapman Faces Extradition Decision
Linda Chapman a 30 year old fugitive from California prison escape, arrested after a two county chase from Gardner to Cheney and Crest Hill. Grundy County Atty says she has not decided on extradition while Public Defender is appointed. held in Grundy County Jail on 250000 bail. Police traced her use of the alias Kristine Stevens and linked Crest Hill reports of a 12 year old daughter left alone to the case.
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Linda Chapman
California
Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Channah
Gardner
Michael Hayes
Miss Chapman
Crest Hill
Robert Couch
Kristine Stevens
Chapman
Willowbridge
Ronald Gudac
Miss Stevens
Couch
Steven
Sgt
Gudac
Lt. Couch
National Crime Information Center
NCIC
Exchange Bank of Gardner
Illinois
Rest Haven
Rte. 1
Wilmington
Charles Metzen
E. Jefferson St
Morris Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Jason
Jonathan
Blizzard paralyzes Illinois shutting roads and schools
A fierce overnight blizzard with winds to 50 mph piled eight foot snowdrifts across Illinois, forcing the closure of roads and hundreds of schools. At least two weather related deaths were reported while O'Hare Airport remained shut due to zero visibility. Roads statewide were blocked, with I 57 and rural routes closed as snow plows and National Guard shelters aided stranded motorists and evacuees. The storm brought subzero wind chills, drifts up to four feet, and widespread displacements as towns mobilized shelters and rescue efforts.
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Frank Lasser
Lasser
Illinois 47
Joe Temple
County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Coal City
VFW
Morris
Dan Callahan
Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris Airport
Morris Holiday Inn
Morris Motel
Park Motel
N. Division St
United Press International
Illinois
O'Hare International
O’hare
Neal Callahan
Federal Aviation Administration
Mount Carmel
Effingham
Cairo
Health department warns Illinois residents to stay indoors
SPRINGFIELD Illinois residents should stay indoors as a wind whipped blizzard heads toward the state with temperatures near zero and gusts up to 50 mph. Officials advise layering light clothing and not shoveling unless in excellent shape while drivers should keep supplies and avoid unnecessary travel. If stranded, stay in the car with a window open slightly and run the engine briefly for heating while awaiting rescue.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
State Department of Public Health
Department
Mary Huck
Driver in guarded condition after I 80 crash near Morris
Jon Gaines 33 of Marseilles remained in guarded condition at St Joseph Hospital Joliet after colliding with a semi driven by Gregory Hendrickson 37 of Riverton Wy on I 80 four miles west of Illinois 47. Morris Fire Department assisted removing Gaines from the car a 1973 Chevrolet towed by Olson's service station Gaines was first treated at Morris Hospital then transferred to St Joseph no damage estimate or tickets issued.
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Jon Gaines
Marseilles
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois 47
Gaines
Gregory Hendrickson
Riverton
Wyo
Morris Fire Department
Olson
Morris Hospital
St. Joseph
Fire destroys Gardner house in residential blaze
A Gardner family of five became homeless after a Wednesday fire destroyed nearly all possessions. John Kociss Jr his wife and three children fled their home at Jefferson and Monroe Streets around 7 pm. Fire chief Don Jensen said the family escaped unharmed and clothes are being collected at the Church of Hope as investigators pursue a cause hampered by bad weather. The family’s current location is unknown.
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Gardner
John Kociss Jr
Jefferson and
Monroe Sts
Don Jensen
Gardner Fire Department
Jensen
Church of Hope In
Man robs self serve gas station in Kankakee
Police said a man walked into a downtown Kankakee self service gas station and began filling tanks for customers while pocketing the money he collected. He worked the pumps for "quite a few" cars and took a significant amount before a station attendant intervened.
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Kankakee
IIC
UPI
Percy to keynote Grundy GOP Lincoln Day Dinner
U S Senator Charles Percy will be the principal speaker at the Grundy County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner on February 13 at Drake's Farm Restaurant. Rep. Tom Corcoran will introduce Percy. Event begins with a 6 p.m. social and 7 30 p.m. steak dinner. tickets are limited through local committee members.
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U.S
Charles Percy
Senate Committee On
Grundy County
Drake's Farm
University of Chicago
Percy
Bell and Howell Co
U. S. Senate
United Republican Fund of
Illinois
Republican National Finance Committee
Republican Platform Committee
Foreign Relations and Joint Economic Committee
Committee On
U. S
Tom Corcoran
LaSalle County
Corcoran
Helen Marie
Ottawa
U. S. House of Representatives
Post Office
Civil Service
Republican Central Committee
Clare Nave
Mazon Park Street Congregational Church
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Decatur
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Sterling-Dixon
Quincey
Marion
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