New Citizen Heide Cordray Joins Illinois Bicentennial Ceremony
Heide Cordray of Morris became U S citizen number 1 775 in a July 4 ceremony at Chicago Stadium the largest naturalization in Illinois history Judge John Grady led the oath as President Ford sent a supportive telegram. The event drew 2 500 guests with music by the 81st Army Band and a fireworks viewback in Morris Heide recalled her long journey from Germany and language hurdles to full American status.
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Dan ( Heide) Cordray
Morris
Cordray
U.S
Chicago Stadium
United States
John Grady
U.S. District Court
Heide
Illinois
U.S. Marshall
81St Army
Gerald Ford
America
Richard Daley
Chicago
Morris Community High School
F. Wayne Graham
Pekin
Peoria
Dan Cordray
Joliet
Heidi
Rudolf Baumner
Germany
Siegen
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
Chicago Center
Barb Kesman
Bernie Symons
Jan Sutter
Weather Forecast and Readings Including Temperatures
Tonight to be partly cloudy and warm with temperatures in the upper 60s. Saturday remains hot and humid with highs in the lower to mid 90s. Thursday's high reached 84 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 66 low. At 7 a.m. Morris read 68 and 10 a.m. 81 in Morris. ESDA reported Morris yesterday 93 high and 65 low. Barometer steady at 30.05 and humidity around 80 percent. Peak wind in last 12 hours was 7 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
ESDA
Pat Nixon in serious condition after stroke
Pat Nixon remains in serious condition at Long Beach Memorial Hospital after a stroke left her moderately to severely paralyzed and unable to walk or talk normally. Doctors warned her status could worsen, with a chance she may never walk normally again.
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Long Beach
Calif
UPI
Pat Nixon
Long Beach Memorial Hospital
Nixon
Julie Eisenhower
San Clemente
Jack M. Mosier
Grundy County to Mail Tax Bills Next Week
County Treasurer Betty Olson announced all Grundy County tax bills will be mailed by next Thursday. The first installment is due August 15 and the second on September 1. The delay stems from a new multiplier applied to the 1975 assessment, the first in at least ten years. Inflation and rising property values are cited as explanations.
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Grundy County
Betty Olson
Woman injured in one car crash south of Channahon
Miss Betty Chandler a 19 year old Wilmington resident was injured in a one car accident on Interstate 55 two miles south of Arsenal Road at 3 40 a m She was in good condition at St Joseph Hospital Joliet and was taken there by Tri County Ambulance Service The 1972 Mercury she drove was towed to Manor Service Station in Channahon State police provided few additional details
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Wilmington
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Arsenal Rd
Betty Chandler
St. Joseph
Tri- County Ambulance Service
Illinois
Miss Chandler
Interstate 55
Channahon
Walker pushes changes to Illinois alcoholism law
Governor Daniel Walker calls a second special session of the Illinois General Assembly to consider amendments to the alcoholism treatment and detoxification law and to implement an immediate effective date for corrections. The move aligns with a noon session and follows the end of the regular spring session.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Daniel Walker
Illinois General Assembly
Walker
Seneca Grade School to Add Two-Story Expansion
Excavation has begun for a two story addition at Seneca Grade School costing 1 780 900 dollars. Plans include extra classrooms a gym resource center science department and special education space with a 22 748 square foot first floor and 18 432 square foot second floor. A hydraulic lift system will transport wheel chair pupils. Improvements to the main building include new carpet windows lighting and a pitched roof. Charles H Eichelkraut Son of Ottawa is general contractor.
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Seneca
John Nolan
Charles H. Eichelkraut & Son
Ottawa
Herald
Wholesale prices rise 0.4 percent in June on steel and fuel costs
The Labor Department reports wholesale prices up 0.4 percent in June led by metals and fuels. For Q2 1976 the annual inflation rate in wholesale markets runs 6.6 percent, with gasoline and steel costs pushing up consumer pricing later in summer.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Ford
Court orders city to reconnect sewer
Grundy County Circuit Court injunction to be served against the City of Morris to reconnect a sewer line from the Joseph Murphy residence at 1317 Union St to the Lisbon Street sewer. Murphy sued Feb 12 1975 claiming improper disconnection on Jan 28 1975 caused sewage buildup.
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Grundy County Circuit Court
Morris
Joseph Murphy
Union St. Murphy
Lisbon St
Murphy
Robert Adcock
Robert Malmquist
Donald Davidson
Frank Black
Black
Davidson
Drowning of Michael Evans in Plainfield Lake
Michael Evans aged 17 drowned while swimming with friends at Legion Lake in Plainfield. Authorities said his friends were unaware he was missing for about an hour and a half before his body was recovered.
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Plainfield, Ill
UPI
Michael Evans
Plainfield
Legion Lake
Evans
Plano man pleads guilty to murder in beat death
Larry Harris, 38, of Plano, pleaded guilty to one count of murder in the Feb. 26 beating death of Victoria Sellers, 18, in La Salle County. After three hours of plea negotiations, defense and prosecutors discussed a 14 to 50 year sentence. sentencing is set for Aug. 5 before Circuit Court Judge Thomas R. Flood.
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Ottawa
Ill
UPI
Larry Harris
Plano
Victoria Sellers
Harris
Peter Ferracuti
la Salle County
Frank Yackley
Ferracuti
Flood
Yackley
Circuit Court
Thomas R. Flood
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Morris Daily Herald
Lisbon Rd
Hatcher Woods
Liberty
California
Ronald Reagan
Mrs. Eisenhower
Nixons
Tricia Cox
New York
John Roth Sr
John O'Brien
Morris Country Club
Morris Hospital Auxiliary
Johnny Kaye
Morris Hospital
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