Jury rules fatal cycle car crash an accidental death
Grundy County coroner's jury found the June 27 collision on Nelson and Lisbon Roads an accident. Ismael Becerril drove through a stop sign hitting Joyce Chally and her son Bruce, with three other riders involved. Becerril died from mangling injuries. the Chally child and mother from skull fractures.
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Newark
Sons of the Devil
Grundy County
Joyce E. Chally
Rte. 1
Bruce
Ismael O. Becerril
Chicago
Nelson Rd
Lisbon Rd
Ron Fox
David Riveria
Edwin Ramos
Becerril
Chally
Riveria
Lonnie Poynter
Rte. 4
Sherman Hexdall
Leroy Delockery
Glen Bright
William Dent
Ray Rogers
Tom Bryant
Park District discussed as benefit of organized recreation
Eugene Berghoff of the Illinois Association of Park Districts spoke at a Morris City Council meeting on open space, taxing power, and the election process for a potential park district. Residents voiced concerns about property acquisition, police protection, and senior programs while attendees listed officials and local leaders.
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Eugene Berghoff
Springfield
Illinois Association of Park Districts
First National Bank of Morris
Morris
Berghoff
Wayne Franklin
Chicago
Liberty St
Franklin
Chester Winsor
Union St
Gould Park
Ray Younger
James Provancal
Carbondale
Illinois
John Maunder
Jay Heap
del Linn
Donald Barkley
Gerald Berens
Robert Gilbertson
William Ferguson
James Crupi
William Lumry
Grundy County
Illinois to restructure Joliet Stateville prison complex
Springfield reports a sweeping reorganization of Joliet and Stateville corrections facilities. The plan creates separate operations for Joliet and Stateville, ties the Minimum Security Unit to Stateville, and moves superintendents under a new administrator of institution services.
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Springfield
Illinois
Sielaff
Joliet
Stateville Brances
Stateville
David Brierton
John J. Twomey
Twomey
Joliet Stateville
Joliet Penitentiary
Herbert Scott Jr
Vernon Revis
Daniel Bosse
Minooka Home Burglarized On Tabler And Minooka Roads
Gary Hadaway residence in Aux Sable Township was broken into between Monday 4 p.m. and Tuesday 6 p.m. A $150 cash loss plus a Kennedy half dollar assortment, two shotguns, eight liquor bottles, a cassette player, musical instruments and medicines were reported missing. James Hadaway notified the sheriff.
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Grundy County
James Hadaway
Gary Hadaway
Sheriff's Office
Hadaway
Weather forecast notes heat and sun across days
Mostly sunny and very warm today with a high near 90. Tonight will be partly cloudy and cooler with a low in the mid to upper 60s. Thursday should be mostly sunny cooler and less humid with a lower 80s. Tuesday’s high reached 88 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and a 69 low, 7 a.m. 69 in the morning, downtown Morris at 10 45 a.m. readings vary.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Wright, former Gardner mayor, LeRoy Wright dies
LeRoy Wright, former Gardner mayor and 1971 to 1972 leader, died early today at his Gardner home at 52. Born July 10, 1921, he worked as a bricklayer and sold Wicks Homes. Survived by wife, daughter Christine, sons David and Billy, four sisters, two brothers, and several relatives. Funeral services pending at Davis Funeral Home in Gardner.
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Gardner
Wright
Christine
David
Billy
Minnie Bolatto
Ottawa
Joseph
Elsie) Monferdini
Norman
Bessie) Lynn
Virginia
Mario
Stella) Sardi
South Wilmington
Howard
Yankton
S.D
Carl
Essex
Robert
Vietnam
Dorothy
James
Davis Funeral Home
Ehrlichman recounts Nixon claims on Pentagon Papers leak
Ehrlichman testified Nixon told aides to take steps to stop the Pentagon Papers leak but did not authorize a burglary. He said neither he nor Nixon authorized clemency for Watergate conspirator Hunt or suggested destroying documents in Hunt’s safe. The testimony covered Krogh’s covert operation and the scope of presidential authority.
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Riveria
Becerril
Sons of the Devil Motorcycle Gang
Nelson Rd
Edwin Ramos
Washington
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Pentagon
Ehrlichman
E. Howard Hunt
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Hunt
White House
Senate Watergate Committee
Pentagon Papers
Plumbers
Egil Krogh Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
Ellsberg
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Krogh
John J. Wilson
Judge rules U S bombing of Cambodia unconstitutional
U S District Court Judge Orrin Judd ruled the bombing of Cambodia unconstitutional without congressional authorization and issued an injunction against further military actions. He stayed the order until Friday at 4 p.m. to permit appeal and noted Congress already voted to cut off funding, though a Nixon agreement delays the halt to June 15 pending approval.
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New York
U.S
Cambodia
District Court
Orrin Judd
Brooklyn
Air Force
Peal. Judd
Indochina
Congress
Nixon
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Morris Daily Herald
Spurgeon’s
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