Drowning search continues for missing Illinois youth
Police pursue leads as efforts to locate Mark Aron Jelinek after he reportedly drowned in Navy Pit at Illinois 113 and Navy Rd in Braidwood. Friends nicknamed Patch and Ricky remain unlocated with false addresses suspected, while three witnesses from the swim attempt remain missing or uncontactable. Dragging the 85 foot pit continued despite empty results and regional police seek information from Bemis Woods residents and nearby towns.
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Chicago
Jelinek
Navy
Braidwood
Phyllis Carr
Westchester
Roberta Bernimen
William Keller
Downers Grove
Miss Carr
Bernimen
Keller
Bemis Woods
Western Springs
Hinsdale
Hillside
Ricky
Youth Guilty of Minooka Rape Plea Change
Joliet youth Delvin Rollins, 17, pleaded guilty in Will County Circuit Court to the March 13 rape of a rural Minooka woman as an adult. Sentencing set for August 31. Rollins held on $50,000 bail. Rape case linked to two co defendants, one of whom died in Grundy County Jail.
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Joliet
Will County
Delvin Rollins
Pico St
Michael Orenic
Atty
Donna Rak
Rollins
Ira Goldstein
Miss Rak
Grundy County
James Flood
Ron Fox
James Olson
Martin Morrow
Minooka
Brown Rd
Morrow
Six firemen injured in Lisle apartment blaze
Six suburban firefighters were injured in a late Thursday blaze that gutted a three story Lakeside Apartments building in Lisle and left 30 residents homeless. The fire started in a wall on the second or third floor and the roof collapsed. All six were treated for smoke inhalation at Edward Hospital in Naperville and released.
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Lisle, Ill
UPI
Edward Hospital
Naperville
Lakeside Apartments
McKinley School Auction Set For Saturday
Grundy County Regional Board of School Trustees will auction McKinley Grade School at 702 E North St Saturday at 10 am. The 1912 building, vacated in 1972, was offered again after no bids on Nov 2 1974, with a minimum sale total of 34000 dollars.
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McKinley Grade
Grundy County
City Plots Funds for City Hall Project Hearing Set on Plan
Nearly 40 percent of the city's federal revenue sharing for the year ending April 30, 1979, would fund a new city hall or remodel. A public hearing at 6:30 p m Monday in the Morris Savings and Loan community room will discuss the proposed uses and total appropriation of 7,565,832 for May 1, 1978 to April 30, 1979, with major cuts in street and alley, storm sewer, traffic control, and engineering services.
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Morris Savings and Loan Association
Public Works Department
Morris Area Community Recreation
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
Morris Senior Citizens Club
Water and Sewer Fund
Israel rushes aid to Lebanese Christian allies
Israel rushes reinforcements to its northern border to support Lebanese Christian allies accused of massacres by Syria. Beirut reports Syria places its army and air force on war footing along the Golan Heights as heavy fighting continues in Beirut.
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United Press International
Israel
Beirut
Syria
Golan Heights
Middle East
Damascus
Independent Daily
Syran
al Liwa
Tripoli
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Elias Sarkis
Carter
Yasser Arafat
Sarkis
Pierre Gemayel
Phalange Party
Ike
Syrian Arab League
Solomon Islands Gain Independence From Britain
Solomon Islands becomes independent after 85 years of British rule with Prince Richard handing power to Prime Minister Peter Kenilorea. Crowd fills Honiara ground as Marines, Gurkhas, sailors, and soldiers perform a ceremonial display while pidgin English is used in the queen’s message.
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Honiara
Solomon Islands
UPI
U.S
Guadalcanal
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Peter Kenilorea
Prince Richard
Solomons
Southwest Pacific
Fireman from Seneca collapses at station after fire call
A 48 year old Seneca firefighter William J Heath died at Morris Hospital after collapsing at the Seneca Fire Station while en route to a trash fire at the Emil Knutson farm. Coroner rules probable heart attack. autopsy ordered. Heath, a DuPont plant employee with a Korean War veteran background, left a widow and four children. Funeral set for Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Seneca with burial at Mount Hope Cemetery.
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Seneca
William J. Heath
N. Cash
Morris Hospital
Bill Klopp
Emil Knutson
Grundy County
James Reeves
E.I. DuPont
Heath
Klopp
Ottawa
Frank
Alice
Dougherty) Heath
Darlene Williams
Marseilles High School
Joliet
Darryl
Craig
Morris
Scott
Kerri
Francis
Peru
Charles
Donald
Marseilles
Joseph
Clarence
Kay) Connors
Streator
Kenneth
Dorothy) Wagner
Titusville
Fla
Gerald
Shirley) Wise
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Emil Blobaum
Mount Hope Cemetery
Osborne- Pfeffer
Minooka Board Hikes Lunch Prices for 1978 79
The Minooka Grade School Board voted to raise lunch prices for the 1978 79 school year by ten cents. Elementary lunches will be 60 cents, junior high 70 cents, and adults 90 cents. The action aims to cover higher food costs and accompanied several other measures.
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Minooka
Pamela Pierce
Fewer rich avoid income taxes after loophole closes
The IRS reports a drop in tax avoidance among the wealthy in 1976. Of 84 million returns, only 57 filers with adjusted gross incomes of 200000 or more paid no federal income taxes, down from 244 in 1974 and 230 in 1975.
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Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
Congress
Village Board Meeting Scheduled for Monday Evening
The Village Board will convene Monday at 7 30 p m in the village hall to discuss local affairs and governance matters.
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Minooka
Traffic jam on Illinois 47 near Yorkville after truck crash
Illinois 47 north of Yorkville backed up for miles after a semi truck collided with a car near Galena Road. State Police in Joliet reported the crash at about 9:20 a.m. and said the highway remained shutdown for investigation with no further details available at 11 a.m.
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Illinois 47
Yorkville
Illinois
Joliet
Galena Rd
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Minooka Village Hall
Police Department
Michael Hrechko
Craig Williamson
Herald
Lisle
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Conley Realty
McKinley School
Morris Daily Herald
Kenneth Unland
Church St
Union
Robert Gaza
Jack Satorius
Illinois Office of Education
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