Cuban piloted planes aid Ethiopian drive on Harar city
Cuban piloted warplanes helped Ethiopian troops push Somali forces from Harar in eastern Ethiopia during dawn raids. Diplomats say Cuban and Soviet strength in Ethiopia has risen to about 4,500 personnel with 3,000 Cubans and 1,500 Soviets reported, a figure echoed by U.S. intelligence. The retreat followed hearings of intensified air strikes as Harar’s siege and control shifted amid ongoing Ogaden fighting. Mengistu accused U.S. President Carter of plotting to bring anti-Ethiopian forces to the Horn of Africa, a charge Addis Ababa has repeated amid tensions with Washington.
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Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Ethiopia
Mogadishu
Somalia
Harar
Ogaden Desert
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Addis Ababa
Carter
Middle East
Horn of Africa
Red Sea
Debris clean up begins of Soviet satellite crash in Northwest Territories
An international task force camps on a remote ice field near Great Slave Lake to recover radioactive debris from Cosmos 954. Two Americans Martina Mobley and John Mordhurst were exposed to radiation but show no ill effects after a nine-foot crater discovery. The object is described as moderately radioactive as officials assess the gamma radiation.
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Edmonton
Alberta
UPI
Northwest Territories
Great Slave Lake
Fort Resolution
David Miller
U.S. Department of Energy
Canadian Armed Forces Military Police
RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Clear Task Force
Mike Mobley
Mesa, Ariz
John Mordhurst
Rock Island
Ill
Morris Daily Herald front page highlights January 31 1978
The Morris Daily Herald issue from January 31 1978 provides ten pages of local news. It covers Morris Illinois community events, school updates, and regional notices of interest to residents.
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Morris
Illinois
Andrus postpones offshore lease sale near Georges Bank
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus postponed indefinitely the planned sale of oil and gas exploration leases on 700000 coastal seabed acres off New England after a federal appeals court upheld a lower court order delaying the sale. The ruling cited inadequate environmental safeguards and Congress action.
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Boston
UPS
Cecil Andrus
New England
Andrus
Congress
Georges Bank
Interior Department
Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
Department
Andy Newman
New England Council
Matthew Garrity
Levin Campbell
1St
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Garrity
Bombs shatter Edison headquarter windows
Two small bombs hit Consolidated Edison’s Manhattan headquarters and a police car nearby early today. No injuries were reported. a repairman was shaken. An unidentified caller claimed FALN responsibility, stating the blasts were theirs.
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New York
UPI
Consolidated Edison
Manhattan
Con Edison
United Press International
FALN
Cold temperatures and light snow forecast for the week
Weather update reports a cold night with a low from 5 below to 10 above. Wednesday is cloudy with a chance of snow and a high near 15 to 22. Monday's high reached 17 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a low of 8. At 7 am today it was zero and 10:30 am in Morris was 9. One-half inch of snow recorded.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Trucker Buried in Snow Rescued Alive in Mansfield
James Truly a 42 year old Cleveland driver hauling steel was buried in the cab of his semi on Ohio 13 north of Mansfield during last week's blizzard. Guardsmen found the truck Tuesday with Truly banging on the roof. He crawled out after creating an air hole and eating snow for nourishment, then was hospitalized at Mansfield General Hospital.
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Mansfield
Ohio
UPI
James Truly
Cleveland
Ohio 13
Here
Ohio Air National
Truly
Keiser
Mansfield General Hospital
Evanston requires full disclosure of business owners
Evanston City Council unanimously passed an ordinance mandating that all companies doing business with the city disclose fully their owners and holdings. Mayor James Lytle called it a major step in ethics legislation, as officials consider a tougher proposal for city officials to reveal interests and holdings.
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Evanston, Ill
UPI
Evanston
Chicago Suburbs
James Lytle
Cook County
Lytle
Policeman Fatally Shot Himself in Chicago Cite
UPI reports Chicago police officer Robert T. Meifert at 37 shot himself in his car outside his home Monday night. First deputy officials labeled it death by own action, while a district official raised accident possibility. Wife Barbara found him critically wounded. he died at Holy Cross Hospital. The Meiferts had two children. he had six years on the force.
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Chicago
UPI
Gresham
Robert T. Meifert
Police
Meifert
Barbara
Holy Cross Hospital
Restraining order blocks new minor abortion consent law
US District Judge Prentice Marshall issued a 10 day restraining order halting enforcement of a law requiring minors to obtain parental or court consent for abortions. He will hold hearings on the law’s validity. Four doctors and two 17 year old pregnant plaintiffs filed suit alleging constitutional defects and enforcement inequities, calling the measure an obstacle to abortion access.
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Chicago
UPI
Prentice Marshall
Marshall
Nant
Fires damages two homes in Morris with heavy losses
A Monday two house fires in Morris caused extensive damage. Cyril Thorson at 1602 Black St sustained about 50 000 in losses with contents and smoke damage. Bill G Zink at 817 Second Ave suffered over 38 000 in damage to home and belongings. Fire chief Hexdall cited possible electrical cause at Thorson residence and noted no further fire after 2 25 p.m. The Zink fire started in a closet, a pager was lost, and a furnace incident at 947 E Jackson St caused smoke but no blaze.
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Cyril Thorson
Black St
Morris Fire Department
Bill G. Zink
Second Ave
Thorson
Sherman Hexdall
Hexdall
Zink
Joseph Matteson
E. Jackson St
Buddy Harder
Suit by Murphys against Morris sewer line dismissed
A 1975 suit filed by Joseph and Ethel Murphy of 1317 Union Street against the City of Morris over a sewer line was dismissed in Grundy County Circuit Court after reaching a July 1976 agreement. The city agreed to complete the Union Street sewer to U S 6 and allow Murphy to connect, plus cost sharing on lot assessments. Murphy forfeited damages claim.
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Joseph and
Ethel Murphy
Union St
City of
Morris
Grundy County
Murphy
Nettle Creek
Waverly St
U.S. 6
Suit over nuclear security at Cordova plant
Anthony R. Martin-Trigona, a Democratic Senate candidate, filed suit in Rock Island seeking release of an alleged secret federal report on Commonwealth Edison security abuses at the Cordova nuclear plant. The NRC is investigating, Edison denies substance, and the suit names Edison, the NRC and the Justice Department, seeking a jury trial.
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Rock Island, Ill
Carbon Hill sued over building permits in Grundy County
In Grundy County Circuit Court on Monday, the Village of Carbon Hill and village officials faced a suit from James and Margaret Anderson and Richard and Patricia Planeta of Carbon Hill. They seek a writ ordering King to approve two house plans and issue building permits after prior denials and a zoning board recommendation against permits. The plaintiffs own four lots at Seventh and Perry Streets. They claim conditions tied to Health Department septic permits influenced permit issuance and demand attorney fees and court costs. A separate Ottawa Bendh Apartments filing against Ronald Latimer and Ronald Phelps seeks $1,275 in rent.
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Grundy County
Carbon Hill
Robert King
James
Margaret Anderson
Richard and
Patricia Planeta
King
Seventh and
Perry Sts
Grundy County Health Department
Village Zoning Board
Ottawa Bendh
Ronald Latimer
Ronald Phelps
Power outage hits 300 in Grundy County after line break
About 300 residents in southeast Grundy County lost power for 1 hour 21 minutes after a 34 000 volt line snapped and touched a 12 000 volt feeder in Godley. Edison said repairs required cutting power to 200 more customers between 3 and 4:30 a.m. in Godley Braceville and surrounding areas. The cause was not yet determined though cold weather may have contributed.
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Grundy County
Godley
Braceville
Edison
Gardner-South Wilmington Hires Substitute Teacher
Dorothy Nyhoff of Morris is hired by the Gardner-South Wilmington High School Board as a full-time substitute for possibly the rest of the 1977-78 year. She replaces Horace Longbreak who left Jan. 20 on sick leave and will teach three earth science classes, one chemistry, and one basic math. Marilyn Cornegli o of Gardner was also employed as office secretary-receptionist, replacing Betty Collins of Morris. The April 8 board election to fill two three-year terms and one two-year term includes expiring terms of Denzil Oilar and Don Tjelle and the unexpired term of Jon Scudieri Sr.
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Gardner
Dorothy Nyhoff
Morris
Gardner-South Wilmington High School Board of Education
Nyhoff
Horace Longbreak
Marilyn Corneglio
Betty Collins
Collins
Denzil Oilar
Don Tjelle
Jon Scudieri Sr
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U.S
Mobley
Mordhorst
Mahlon Gates
Joint Task Force
Morris Daily Herald
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Con Ed
Pat Crowe
Emergency Service Squad One
Bailey Penn
Penn
Charles Rorke
Jerry Broderick
Lisbon St
Commonwealth Edison
Wilmington
Grundy Area Vocational Center Board of Control
Cooperative Education
Gardner-South Wilmington High
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