Stennis Shot in Homefront Robbery in Washington
Sen John C Stennis was in very serious condition after being shot twice in an apparent street robbery outside his Washington home. Doctors described his condition as guarded with 71 year old Stennis conscious and resting, following 62 hours of surgery for wounds to the lower rib cage and left thigh. Police pursued two teenage suspects, 16 to 17, in the daylight case as Walter Reed detailed the operation and recovery timeline.
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Washington
John C. Stennis
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Maj
Frank Garland
Maj. Garland
Garland
Henry M. Jackson
Armed Services Committee
Walter Reed
We Care appoints new steering committee in Morris
New members and eight steering committee members meet at United Presbyterian Church to discuss background, organization, past mistakes and goals. The shift aims to diversify leadership into a broader community project with a volunteer telephone network and updated volunteer lists to be distributed next week.
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We Care
United Presbyterian Church of
Morris
Care
Will County Board denies rehearing on detachment proposal
The Will County Board of School Trustees unanimously denied a rehearing on the Joliet Township to Minooka detachment, citing no new evidence and time costs. The proposal affects 4000 acres in Channahon Township, with Grundy County to hear the case now. Current valuation is 2.6 million, rising to about 100 million due to Mobil Oil refinery and livestock center. Trustees Harshbarger and Gary, Bettenhausen, Hohenstein, and Johnson present. Jensen and Thurlow absent.
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Will County Board of School Trustees
Joliet Township
Minooka
Boyd R. Bucher
Will County Educational Service Region
William Penn
Joliet
Gene Hutson
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Will
Mobil
Joliet-Chicago
Howard Harshbarger
Plainfield
William S. Gary
William C. Bettenhausen
Frankford
Robert Hohenstein
Mokena
Lester Johnson
Lockport
Will County
Harlow Jensen
New Lenox
Paul E. Thurlow
Wesley Township
Five injured in Seneca police car crash near bridge
A Seneca police squad car collided with a 1966 Pontiac on the south approach to the Illinois River bridge at 9 50 p m Tuesday. Patrolman Charles Shockey and auxiliary Robert Constantine were in the squad, with five people treated at Morris Hospital including Susan Gage 15 Dale Mosier 32 Thomas Anderson 24 and Miss Gage listed fair to guarded while Shockey Constantine and Constantine released. The squad car 1970 Plymouth suffered heavy front end and side damage and was towed from Stafford's Garage. the Pontiac had about 2 000 in damage and was removed by Penoyer Garage.
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Seneca Illinois River
Illinois
LaSalle County
Susan Gage
E. Union St
Seneca
Miss Gage
Dale Mosier
S. Main
Thomas Anderson
Morris Hospital
Shockey
Anderson
Mosier
Constantine
Michael Fowler
Seneca Bridge
Stafford
Pontiac
Penoyer
Osborne Pfeffer
Sears Campbell
Marseilles
Grundy County APO Seen As Promising For HUD Certification
Grundy County Planning Director Eugene Sorensen called the APO certification chances promising after a Chicago meeting with HUD officials. Verbal approval was given pending written notice, enabling the commission to approve area projects seeking HUD funds, though no funds are yet guaranteed for Morris and Grundy sewer and water projects.
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Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
HUD
Morris and Grundy County
Planning Commission
Weather outlook and temperatures across regions
Mostly cloudy and warmer today with highs in the low to mid 40s. Showers likely tonight with lows in the 30s. Thursday will bring ending showers and a return to partial clouds with highs in the 40s. Tuesday record shows Dresden Island Locks and Dam at 39/20, Morris downtown 29 at 7 am and 38 at 10:30 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Mexico quake kills ten and injures one hundred
A powerful 7.5 quake rocked central Mexico from the Pacific coast to Mexico City killing at least 10 people and injuring about 100. Four towns in Colima and Jalisco reported heavy damage as the Fire Volcano erupted nearby and power and water services were disrupted in several cities.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Pacific
Colima
Tecoman
Gomez Falls
Jalisco
Manzanillo
Defense Ministry
Octavio Senties
Judge upholds 1973 racing dates in Illinois
In Chicago AP report Judge Robert Downing upheld the Illinois Racing Board allocations of December for 1973 thoroughbred and harness racing dates. The ruling covered two suits, one by Attorney General William J. Scott and another by Arlington Park Washington Park Race Tracks Corp. The decision comes after a new Racing Board took office under Governor Daniel Walker.
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Chicago
Illinois Racing Board
Robert Downing
Circuit Court
Atty. Gen
William J. Scott
Arlington Park
Washington Park
Daniel Walker
Frost Threatens Florida Citrus Groves Report
The Associated Press notes frost warnings across central Florida threaten citrus groves while northern areas face freezing temperatures for a second day. Snow flurries whitened parts of the Northeast from Pennsylvania to Vermont with 2 to 4 inch local snow squalls.
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Associated Press
Florida
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Local man injured in Route 66 crash near Illinois 116
Osmond Bjelland age 44 of Patterson Drive Route 1 suffered multiple fractures and was listed in fair condition at St. James Hospital Pontiac after a 9:45 am crash on U S 66 three and a half miles south of Illinois 116. He failed to stop for a southbound state truck driven by Francias Cashmer 52 of Route 1 Pontiac. Bjelland’s truck van collided with Cashmer’s vehicle. Cashmer uninjured. Damage estimated 1200 to Bjelland vehicle and 50 to the state truck. Bjelland cited for driving too fast for conditions.
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Osmond Bjelland
Patterson Dr
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
U.S. 66
Illinois
District 6
Bjelland
Francias Cashmer
Cashmer
Michigan teen in critical condition after Chicago cousin shot
Two 16 year olds were wounded in a mystery shooting with the cousin killed and the other victim Gene A. Robinson Jr. dying. Steven W. Yuswak 24 of Cicero improved slightly after a gunshot wound. Police have no leads or suspects. no robbery motive or gang ties found. Circuit Judge Malmquist ordered jurors to appear in March.
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Chicago
Michigan
Pierre Lyles
Gene A. Robinson Jr
Steven W. Yuswak
56Th St
Cicero
Morris Hospital
Yuswak
Newark
South Side
Lyles
Robinson
Union Pier
Mich
New Buffalo
Circuit
Robert J. Malmquist
Grundy County
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Magner
Woelfel
Washington St
Barry Seng
Halterman
Deny Minooka Rehearing
APO
Wests Cafe
Liberty
H. B. Price Co. Inc
Ent
Tonila
Pablo Pacheco
Colima City
Tacubaya Seismology Center
Luis Echeverria
Michoacan
Pablo Silva Garcia
Judge
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