Carter achieves broad trade consensus at summit in Bonn
UPI reports Robert Strauss and Treasury Secretary Blumenthal lauded President Carter for a strong, persuasive trade push at the Bonn summit. They hailed a lively, substantive session and expect a strong final communique supporting U.S. trade goals as West German President Scheel urged drastic adjustments to avoid protectionism harming global labor.
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Bonn
West Germany
UPI
Robert Strauss
U.S
Carter
Strauss
Treasury
Michael Blumenthal
United States
Blumenthal
Walter Scheel
Fatal two-vehicle crash near Gorman Road claims Braidwood man
Charges await in a Saturday crash at Gorman Road and Illinois 113 that killed John Thompson, 54, of Braidwood. Verel Hilgendorf, 53, is in critical condition. Stacie Monbrum, 17, also critically injured. Debra Karn, 22, and others involved provided statements as deputies investigated beer presence. Thompson’s funeral services set for Tuesday in Braidwood with cremation to follow.
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Gorman Rd
Illinois
Braidwood
John Thompson
N. Walker Sr
Grundy County
E.E
Buzz) Livsey
Thompson
Verel Hilgendorf
Mitchell St
Wilmington
Hilgendorf
Miss Karn
Neil Bishop
Sam Broussard
Mazon River
Dummitt
Miss Monbrum
Broadway Ford
Coal City
Tondini
Chrysler
Olson
Sunoco
Patterson Funeral Chapel
Des Rochers
Curt Leach
Sklut
Commonwealth Edison
Weather Outline for Dresden Island and Nearby Areas
Fair and warm tonight with a low in the upper 60s to low 70s. Tuesday brings variable clouds and a chance of thunderstorms with highs in the upper 80s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks and Dam saw Saturday high 89 and low 60, Sunday 85/61. Morning readings: 7 am at Morris 63 and 11 am at 79. Precipitation totaled 0.06 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Fico Hurricane Aims at Hawaii as Guilman Follows
Hurricane Fico roared across the Pacific with 150 mph winds and noses toward Hawaii, possibly striking Wednesday if current course holds. Fico sits 900 to 1,000 miles east-southeast of Hawaii moving west at 15 knots, with eye at 17N, 138W. A second storm Guilman trails 1,200 miles behind on a similar path but threatens no land. A separate report notes a 35-year-old Coal City man injured in a motorcycle crash on Broadway Street, Morris Hospital receiving him in fair condition.
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Hawaii
Fico
Island of
Weather Service
Honolulu
Carlotta
Daniel
Hawaiian Chain
Guilman
National Weather Service
Morris Hospital
Broadway St
Coal City
Grundy County
Sheriff’s Department
Robert Davy
William R. Shear
Davy
Illinois counties declared SBA disaster areas following June floods
Grundy joins LaSalle Lee McHenry and Winnebago as disaster areas. Flash floods on June 25 caused damage. Individuals may apply for low interest loans. Deadlines are Sept 14 for property damage and Apr 16, 1979 for economic or business damage. SBA has not yet set processing details.
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Grundy
Illinois
The
Small Business Administration
LaSalle
Lee
McHenry
Winnebago
SBA
Girl falls to death from cliff in Dellwood Park
In Lockport Illinois a 17-year-old girl Linda Hartdegan died after plunging 40 feet from a cliff at Dellwood Park while being chased by her boyfriend Charles Garland. Garland found her body in six inches of water at the base. The coroner stated the victim may have mistaken the wooded area near the cliff for solid ground.
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Lockport
Ill
UPI
Dellwood Park
Linda Hartdegan
Charles Garland
Miss Hartdegan
Will County
Robert Tezak
Hartdegan
Garland
New Lenox
Forest preserve tax levy nudges up slightly in Kendall County
YORKVILLE Kendall County Forest Preserve tax levy rises by 200 over last year totaling 72300 for the 1979 80 period July 1 to June 30 A 3000 decrease in improvements offsets increases while land acquisition remains 25000 The breakdown lists Harris Baker Wood House s Grove Lyon with varied changes and a 2000 contingency line
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Forest Preserve Commission
Harris
Baker Wood
House's Grove
Lyon
Six Sirloin Stockade Workers Killed in Oklahoma Robbery
Police say six restaurant employees including four teenagers were herded into a back freezer at a Sirloin Stockade along an Oklahoma interstate and shot during a Sunday night robbery. Bodies of two men three teen boys and a 16 year old girl were found stacked inside the 200 square foot freezer by assistant manager Michael J. Click.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Oklahoma
Sirloin Stockade
Michael J. Click
Click
Mass shooting at restaurant shocks Joliet area
State police report no injuries from an incident at Illinois 53 and Coal City Road but reveal a mass shooting inside a Joliet restaurant. Six young victims aged 16 to 56 were shot in the back freezer area. investigators seek multiple suspects while noting multiple weapons and a door entry from a back door.
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Joliet
Illinois 53
Coal City Rd
Wilmington
Tom Heggy
Louis Zacarias
Isaac E. Freeman
David Lindsay
Anthony Teu
David Salzman
Terri M. Horst
Sentencing set in Yorkville murder case
Harold Pinkert, 30, of Chicago, will be sentenced at 1:30 p.m. August 15 at the Kendall County Courthouse in Yorkville after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the May 26 shooting of his ex wife Euelah Wykel, 29, of Oswego. Pinkert had turned himself in to Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital.
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Yorkville
Harold Pinkert
Chicago
Kendall County
Pinkert
Euelah Wykel
Oswego
Rush- Presbyterian St. Luke’s Hospital
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Drake's Farm
Pine Bluff Rd
Moonlight Bay
Morris Hospital Auxilliary
James Beatty
Ottawa Bend
Aurora
Melvin Boyle
Charles Whitney
Society
Herald
Springfield
James R. Thompson
GOP
Robert White
E. Jefferson Sr
Lana Phillips
White
Phillips
Betty Olson
General Assembly
Michael Bakalis
Bakalis
General Revenue Treasury
Home Savings and Loan
Morris Branch
Lisbon Rd
U.S. 6
Wayne Gardner
James Burroughs
Grace Johnson
Robert Pilcher
Rabbi Morris Hershman
Martin Paltzer
Donald Davidson
Cory Olson
Diebold, Inc
Art Narvick
Winkler
R.L. Lyon
Ayers
Clarence and
Cremelia (Wells) Thompson
Charles Wells
Nellie Bishop
Amted
Liberty
Pacific
Grundy Disaster
Horst
Tom Mundy
John Wright
Little Rock
Ark
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