Tornado Toll in Midwest Rips Through Several States
A deadly band of tornadoes swept the Plains Tuesday night into today, killing at least seven. Elgin North Dakota, Gary Minnesota, and nearby towns were struck, destroying homes and a rest home, injuring dozens and cutting power. Residents recalled the funnel clouds and rushing to basements as storm systems moved through North and South Dakota.
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United Press International
Plains
Elgin
N.D
Gary
Minn
North Dakota
Norman County
Polish Russian Cosmonauts Return From Soyuz 30 Mission
Polish cosmonaut Miroslaw Hermaszewski and Soviet Pyotr Klimuk landed 186 miles west of Tselinograd in Kazakh SSR after eight days in space aboard Salyut 6. They linked with Soyuz 29, conducted medical metallurgy and photographic experiments, in good condition per Tass.
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Moscow
UPI
Klimuk
Hermaszewski
Space
Salyut 6
Space Lab
Tass
Earth
Car pulled from river helps ID man found in Illinois River
A 1966 Ford station wagon recovered from the Kankakee River by Will County deputies may identify the man found floating in the Illinois River near Dresden Lock and Dam Friday. Grundy County detectives were told the car is registered to a Melrose Park man and investigations continue.
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Kankakee
Will County
Weather forecast and observed temperatures cross region
Forecast calls for fair tonight with a low in the upper 60s and partly sunny, hot and humid conditions Thursday with a high in the low 90s. Historical readings show Dresden Island Locks and Dam at 77/58 on Monday and 83/58 on Tuesday, with 7 am and 10:15 am temperatures at 63 and 78 respectively.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Parole Examiners Interview Mitchell at Maxwell Prison
Mitchell, 64, and other eligible inmates face parole review as three examiners visit Maxwell Air Force Base Prison Camp to report findings to the U S Parole Commission. Superintendent Beavers notes questions on employment, housing, and income, with decisions pending.
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Mitchell
Maxwell Prison
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Maxwell Air Force Base
John Mitchell
Charles Beavers
U.S. Parole Commission
Beavers
Actor James Daly dies of heart attack in Nyack
Hollywood reports actor James Daly died of a heart attack in Nyack New York at 59. The co star of Medical Center also appeared in The FBI Gunsmoke The Fugitive and Mission Impossible and earned a 1966 Emmy for Eagle in a Cage. Daly resided in Los Angeles.
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James Daly
Hollywood
UPI
Nyack
N.Y
Daly
Medical Center
FBI
Billy Mitchell
Los Angeles
Rural house fire destroys Collins Road residence
Investigating report states a house on Collins Rd a quarter mile west of Reichhold Chemical burned at about 2 30 a m. Coal City Fire Department responded but could not save the home. Sheriff Sgt James Hume said the building leased to John Finley by the Elgin Joliet and Eastern Railroad and that the cause is under investigation. Daly died while attending a New York film function and is survived by daughter Tyne Daly.
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Collins Rd
Reichhold Chemical
Coal City
Grundy County
James Hume
John Finley
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad
Hume
Man Hospitalized After Firecracker Accident Tuesday
A Palos Heights man, Bruce Lauder, 24, was reported in fair condition at Morris Hospital after an M-80 exploded in his hand early Tuesday along the Illinois River about two miles west of the boat launch. Grundy County Deputy Michael Perino took the case at 1:33 a.m., noting Lauder injured his right hand while lighting the large firecracker before he could throw it.
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Palos Heights
Morris Hospital
Bruce Lauder
Illinois River
Grundy County
Michael Perino
Lauder
Perino
Inmate escape leads to swift Kane County arrests
Geneva authorities recaptured two inmates who fled Kane County Jail Tuesday night by apparently jumping from a roof. Robert Aldrich, 18, was in Aurora near his home at 6 a.m. Donald Wold, 19, also of Aurora, was captured in Geneva about an hour later. Wold faced a murder charge. Aldrich awaited trial on burglary. Six sheriff's deputies were suspended pending investigation, with no evidence of guard involvement.
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Geneva
Ill
UPI
Kane County
Robert Aldrich
Aurora
Donald Wold
Wold
Aldrich
William Klusak
Klusak
Cyclists Warned on Driving Near Reed Road
Twelve members of the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle gang were warned about their driving on Interstate 55 near Reed Road at 8 55 p m Tuesday. Sgt Jeff Wix said he warned the cyclists after they passed a semi truck on the wrong side near a construction barricade. Deputies Michael Sather and Jeff Black assisted Coal City and Braidwood Police. No incidents were reported as the gang, about 70 motorcycles, two pickup trucks and three vans, was en route to Indiana and traveled east on DuPont Road and Illinois 113.
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Chicago Outlaws
Reed Rd
Jeff Wix
Michael Sather
Jeff Black
Coal City
Braidwood
Sheriff's Department
LaSalle County
DuPont Rd
Illinois 113
Indiana
Area cycle accidents kill one injure one in Illinois
Illinois State Police report two separate crashes on July Fourth in LaSalle and Grundy counties. A 17 year old from Oglesby died after colliding with a camper puller on LaSalle County Highway 8 near Illinois 178. A 30 year old Elmhurst man remains in good condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after his motorcycle left the highway and veered into a ditch on I 80 near Minooka rest area. Minor injuries were reported for four people in Grundy County when a car rear ended another on Pine Bluff Road. A 15 year old Rockdale boy fell from a Jeep on Goose Lake Island Drive.
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LaSalle
Grundy County
Illinois
Christopher Sinning
Oglesby
Illinois Valley Community Hospital
District 5A
Peru
Sinning
Holcraft
William Scudieri
Elmhurst
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Minooka
Scudieri
Robert Davy
Guistat
Pine Bluff Rd
Button
Davy
Duane Olson
Sunoco
McHenry County
Freeport
Steven Rice
Lena
Mary Koester
Rice
Galena- Lena
Christopher
Donna _ Bacon
Donna _ Bacon, Mulkeytown
Chicago
Arthur Smith
Jeffrey Williams
Francisco Reyes
Elias
Villa Park
Lupe Duarte
Victoriano
James M. Deering
DuBois
Janet Deering
Ashley
Carlyle
Illinois 127
John Zeiny
C. Edgar Wade
la Moille
Crystal Switzer
Harvey
Peggy Wickline
Monmouth
Robert Calhoun Sr
Peoria
Benson Fuller
Pekin
Mary Mayfield
Springfield
David Weishart
Carthage
Thomas Brown
William Armstead
St. Is
Illinois accidents kill 33 during July Fourth weekend
The 1978 Fourth of July period on Illinois highways proved deadly with 33 deaths, the highest in seven years. Motorcyclists were prominently involved in multiple crashes across the state, from McHenry to Peoria and Chicago, with fatalities including 17 year old Christopher Sinning and others in Elmhurst, Freeport, and Villa Park.
Budget OK'd to fix heating at Saratoga Tower Apartments
Grundy County Housing Authority board approves a $75,000 development budget to replace the heating system at Saratoga Tower with eight modular boilers nine exhaust fans and stairwell insulation. HUD legal staff review potential claim against original contractor Forest City Dillon Corp. Other actions include landscaping at about $3,000 and tree shrub planting bid by Fritz Nursery. Board members present included June Bollen James Stine Al Pilch John Zerboglio and Wallace Burroughs with Vernon DeGrush absent.
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Saratoga Tower
Department Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Grundy County Housing Authority
Forest City Dillon Corp
Cleveland
Ohio
Commercial Electronics
Joliet
Pierce Electric
Morris
Housing Authority
Fritz Nursery
Stevens Garden Shop
Fremont Ave
Fritz
June Bollen
Illinois Association of Redevelopment Authorities
Pontiac
Saratoga Tower Apartments
Newton Place
Bollen
James Stine
al Pilch
John Zerboglio
Wallace Burroughs
Vernon DeGrush
Vetted UPI Reporter Returns From Soviet Slur Case
Craig Whitney of the New York Times returned from the Soviet Union after being charged with slandering Soviet television along with Harold Piper of the Baltimore Sun. He was met at Logan Airport by his parents and declined to comment. The charges stem from articles quoting dissidents doubting a televised confession.
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Boston
UPI
New York Times
Craig Whitney
Soviet Union
Whitney
Moscow
Harold Piper
Baltimore Sun
Logan
A. Gordon Whitney
Westboro
Piper
Percy to campaign in Grundy County with coffee hour
Senator Charles Percy plans a Saturday coffee hour at the Morris Holiday Inn in Grundy County at 10 a.m. He, seeking a third U.S. Senate term, notes he won in 1966 and 1972 with the largest statewide plurality and carried all 102 counties. He serves on Foreign Relations, Aging, and the Joint Economic Committee.
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Charles Percy
U.S. Senate
Grundy County
Morris Holiday Inn
Percy
Joint Economic Committee
Grundy
Grundy County approves two bridge bids for roads
James McElwain Construction and MCC Construction submitted the lowest bids Friday for two Grundy County bridges. MCC bid 82042.30 for a three span precast concrete bridge on Brisbin Road near U S 6, on the Saratoga Aux Sable township line. McElvain Construction bid 51772.00 for a two span bridge on Swell Road between Gardner and Ransom Roads in Highland Township. Other bids ranged from 520632.50 to 120891.50. Bids opened in county highway office by Richard McTague, County Superintendent of Highways and county highway committee.
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James McElwain
MCC Construction
Grundy County
MCC
Brisbin Rd
U.S. 6
Saratoga-Aux Sable
Charles O’brien
McElvain
Swenson
Thornton
Swell Rd
Gardner and
Ransom Rds
Highland Township
O’brien
Riber Construction
Dwight
Richard McTague
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Sioux Falls
Renner
Lindy
Tion
Salyut
Central Asia
Moscow Radio
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Griffin Bell
New York
Tyne Daly
Man
Steve Renkes
Morrison
Clyde Saun
Olney
Ste. Marie
James Walker
Mount Vernon
Ind
Charles M. " Anderson
Genoa City
Wis
Richmond
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