Reporter jailed for defying note turnover in Jascalevich case
New York Times reporter Myron Farber was found guilty of contempt and jailed six months for not turning over notes on Dr. Mario Jascalevich. Bergen County Judge Trautwein fined Farber $1000 and The Times $100000 for refusing to obey the court order while Jascalevich faces murder charges for allegedly killing five patients with curare at Riverdell Hospital.
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Hackensack, NJ
UPI
New York Times
Myron Farber
Mario Jascalevich
Bergen County
Theodore Trautwein
Farber
The
Times
Ences
Jascalevich
Riverdell Hospital
Oradell
N.J
S. Supreme Court
Riot at Pontiac prison blamed on heat and crowding
In Pontiac Illinois overcrowding and 110 degree heat are cited as factors in a riot at the State Correctional Center that killed three guards and injured six. About 2,000 inmates were locked up as investigators seek causes. Warden Thaddeus Pinkney called the outbreak spontaneous, with officials noting no official suspects and no brewing trouble found.
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Pontiac
Ill
UPI
State Correctional Center
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Ed McCarthy
Illinois Department of Corrections
Chicago
Thaddeus T
Rocky’’ Pinkney
Illinois
Pinkney
McCarthy
Canadian duo charged in Chicago church burglary spree
Two 27 year old Canadians from Vancouver Michael Hickman and Anthony Aquino were arrested after burgling Queen of the Rosary rectory during mass. They allegedly targeted up to 13 rectories in Chicago and northwest suburbs taking cash and loot including furniture. Police say they face four burglary counts with possible five more, and were held in Elk Grove Village.
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Elk Grove Village
UPI
Chicago Area
Michael Hickman
Anthony Aquino
Vancouver
British Columbia
Chicago
Park Ridge
Niles
Norridge
William L. Devaney
Immaculate Conception
Prison riot at Georgia State Prison leaves two inmates and guard dead
In Reidsville Georgia two inmates and a corrections officer were killed during a Sunday riot at Georgia State Prison. A second guard was stabbed multiple times. the cause remains unknown and authorities opened an investigation. The incident follows prior outbreaks at the facility amid racial tensions and a court-ordered decrowding plan.
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Georgia State Prison
Reidsville, Ga
UPI
David Evans
George Busbee
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Sara Passmore
Atlanta
Dan Harrison
Department of Corrections
Preston Foskey
Evans
U.S
Anthony Alaimo
Alaimo
Sheriff investigates cycle crash injuring two men
Grundy County Sheriff's Department probes a motorcycle accident that happened around 4 45 p m Sunday in the strip mine area east of Morris. Victims Andrew Cain 28 of 2022 Division St and Daniel Hughes of Bolingbrook were injured.
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Sheriff's Department
Grundy County
Weather and car crashes dot county report
Fair and warmer tonight with low 60s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the 80s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks had a 92 degree high Saturday and 60 low, Sunday 73/56. At 7 am today it was 59 in Morris and 72 at 11 am. Precipitation totaled .22 inches. In accidents deputy reports Cain and Hughes collided while riding motorcycles near a strip mine. Cain’s 1977 Yamaha had about $1,500 damage. Two Reddick residents were injured near Lincoln Rd and Goodfarm Rd. Gail Joyce 21 and Terry Joyce 22 in fair condition. A 1974 Datsun was demolished. two Chicago residents treated at Morris Hospital after Interstate 80 crash. A Coal City man, John Gilmore, 19, was cited for too fast for conditions after a Carbon Hill Rd crash near McArdle Rd. his 1969 Chevrolet sustained about $300 damage.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Morris Hospital
Carl Dummitt
Cain
Hughes
Dummitt
Reddick
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Lincoln Rd
Goodfarm Rd
Gail Joyce
Terry Joyce
Grundy County
Michael Perino
S.J. Maloney
South Wilmington
Glenn Wise Ford
Gardner
Chicago
Sklut
Ned’s Standard
Coal City
Carbon Hill
McArdle Rds
John Gilmore
McArdle Rd
Craig Williamson
Gilmore
Carbon Hill Rd
Williamson
Bond
Morris Council to act on 1978-79 appropriation ordinance
The Morris City Council meets at 7:30 p.m. at Morris Savings and Loan to vote on the appropriation ordinance presented earlier. Mayor Davidson anticipated approval of hiring policemen Robert Lynes and Robert Davy and gave no recommendation to replace Lynes with a new investigator.
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Morris City Council
Morris Savings and Loan
Davidson
Robert Lynes
Robert Davy
Lynes
Morris Daily Herald front page July 24 1978
Morris Daily Herald from Morris Illinois dated July 24 1978 spans fourteen pages. The issue presents local news brief items, community notices, and public summaries typical of a daily rural newspaper of the period.
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Illinois
Surge in Illinois River Barge Traffic After Bridge Repairs
The Chicago District of the U S Army Corps of Engineers reports a sharp rise in barge traffic on the Illinois Waterway due to the LaSalle lift bridge repair and temporary lock closures at Dresden Island Marseilles and Starved Rock through August. Locks reopen Sept 30. Starved Rock saw 23 commercial tows and 5 recreational boats, carrying 124 700 tons. Previously July daily tonnage averaged 73 838 tons. Overall lockages up 28 percent and daily tonnage up 31 percent.
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Illinois Waterway
Chicago
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Mississippi River
LaSalle
Dresden Island
Marseilles
Starved Rock
SBA open this week for disaster loans
The SBA emergency office in Grundy County Courthouse will stay open at least through Saturday with hours 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Forty eight hours? 58 people requested applications in the first week. Eligible flood damage loans include up to 50000 for real property and 10000 for personal property, with business and farm loss caps at 500000.
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Dolores LaValle
SBA
Emergency Service and Disaster Agency
Stabbing death leads to grand jury in Kane County
Donald Jones, 33, of 330 East New York Street Aurora, is jailed on 200000 bond after being charged with stabbing Abel J. Godinez, 27, of Yorkville three times outside the Aurora Tap. Godinez died at Copley Memorial Hospital. Grand jury presentation and hearings were scheduled in Kane County
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Aurora
Kane County
Donald Jones
New York St
Yorkville
Abel J. Godinez
Rte. 2
Godinez
Copley Memorial Hospital
Construction worker killed near I-60 crash in Pontiac
A 48-year-old construction worker, John Curlee, was killed Sunday when his car rammed a parked tractor trailer on an unfinished stretch of Interstate 60 in Pontiac, Illinois. Authorities suggest the driver may have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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Pontiac, Ill
UPI
John Curlee
Rain cools parched Texas after weekend thunderstorms
United Press International reports rain crept across North and Central Texas easing a July heat wave with 80s temperatures statewide. Weekend storms brought scattered showers from Dallas to Houston, with three tornadoes touching down in Jones County and rainfall totals from a quarter inch to about six inches.
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United Press International
Texas
Sharon Edwards
Krzi Radio
Waco
Killeen
Ann Sears
KIXS
Jones County
Abilene
National Weather Service
South
Dallas-Fort Worth
Houston
Two Hurt in One Car Crash on I 55 Near Joliet
Two people, Barry Williams 33 of Braidwood and Sharon Oltker 34 of Coal City, were listed in critical condition today after a single vehicle crash on Interstate 55 south of Illinois 129. State police said Williams lost control, the car veered into the median, hit a concrete culvert, causing about $3,000 in damage.
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Illinois
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Barry Williams
Curtis Court
Braidwood
Sharon Oltker
Hawthorne Dr
Coal City
Williams
MAIL TAX BILLS Grundy County 1977 notices mailed to taxpayers
Grundy County tax bills for 1977 payable in 1978 were mailed today after a computer delay. Personal property and first installment real estate taxes are due August 25 with the final real estate installment on September 25. Total bills amount to 19,791,550, about two million more than last year.
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Trautwein
Pontiac Correctional Center
Thomas Thompson
Robinson
Ron Fox
James Olson
Divine Savior
Illinois 47
James Jackson Jr
Dorothy Jackson
Minooka
William Sklut
Jackson
Liberty
Small Business Adminstration’s
Dallas
Diane Daughtery
West
Sheriff's Office
Anson
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