Council considers repeal of local school site ordinance
At a Monday council session developers E. W. Conley and Arthur Leach asked repeal of the local school site ordinance. Alderman Barkley said action could not be taken that night due to short notice. Mayor Davidson suggested finance committee study with a 5:30 pm meeting set next Tuesday in City Atty. Black's office.
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Arthur Leach
Deal Subdivision
Morris Savings and Loan
Donald Barkley
Barkley
Donald Davidson
Finance Committee
Charles Roseland
City Atty
Frank Black
Conley
Ceal
Floyd Siron
Siron
Davidson
Morris Recreational
Morris Senior Citizens
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
General Fund
Roseland
CETA
Morris Recreation Council
Younger
Tim Connor
Parks Committee
Miss Olson
Yarborough
The
Illinois
Marjorie Warren
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Judiciary Committee
Robert Davy
Robert Lynes
Weather and city actions mix of forecasts and council votes
Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms tonight and Wednesday, highs in the 80s and 90s. Monday's high 82 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, low 56. City actions include subdivision completion timelines, bond and grant funding for a recreation coordinator, staff hiring questions, and a $7.50 monthly CATV charge increase. Complex city budget notes and personnel details appear with references to mayoral and aldermanic discussions.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Carter Warns White House Staff On Drug Use
President Carter declares marijuana users have no place on the White House staff and orders staff to obey the law. He plans to urge Democratic leaders to back a Turkish embargo repeal and oppose lifting Rhodesian sanctions as part of a crucial week in his legislative push.
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Washington
UPI
White House
U.N
Rhodesia
Jody Powell
Africa
Powell
Peter Bourne
Morris Daily Herald 1978 July 25 Local News Summary
Morris Illinois July 25 1978 edition highlights local updates. Community events and notices reflect midweek activity in Morris and surrounding area. Local officials and organizations appear in brief items.
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Morris
Illinois
Governor orders inmate lockups at three Illinois prisons
Governor James R. Thompson ordered indefinite lockups at Joliet Stateville and Pontiac prisons to curb riots after the Pontiac incident in which three guards were killed and six injured. Salaries for guards rise and a recruitment program launches in Joliet, Kankakee, with possible use of state police and National Guard for non inmate contact.
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Chicago
UPI
James R. Thompson
Pontiac
Stateville
Joliet
Thompson
Hillsboro
Illinois Department of Corrections
Joliet- Kankakee
Illinois National Guard
Suspects Sought in Pontiac Prison Riot Deaths
State investigators interview about 600 inmates at Pontiac Correctional Center to identify those who killed three guards and wounded six during a weekend riot. Gov. Thompson and LFOD say finding the killers is a top priority as funerals are held for Lt. William Thomas Robert Conkle and Stanley Cole.
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Pontiac
Ill
UPI
Les Pauly
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Springfield
James R. Thompson
Chicago
Tyrone Fahner
Ponac
Thompson
William Thomas
Saunemin
Robert Conkle
Graymont
Stanley Cole
Larry Marquardt
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Stateville
Menard
Dan Dill
Colfax
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Chicago Sun-Times
Dill
Percy pushes major revision of nuclear waste policy
Senator Charles Percy calls for immediate action to overhaul federal nuclear waste disposal policy arguing 20 years of neglect risks millions of Americans. He backs a Nuclear Waste Management Fund loaded by commercial users to cover disposal costs and R D, while hearings examine cleanup of tailings at 20 sites across multiple states and a proposed 90 10 cost share in the House.
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Washington
UPI
Charles Percy
Ill
Percy
Senate
Floyd Haskell
D-Coro
Senate Energy
House Interior
Hart
Atomic Energy Commission
No deaths in Kalamazoo crash
Kalamazoo Michigan United Press International reports a North Central Airlines turboprop airliner with 42 people aboard suffered an engine failure on takeoff and crashed in fog early today.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
UPI
North Central Airlines
Cornfield
North Central Flight 801
Detroit
Kalamazoo-Battle Creek
Bronson Medical Center
North Central
Minneapolis
Robert Bobb
Bobb
Call to move Olympics from Moscow
The wife of jailed Soviet dissident Anatoly Shcharansky urged the IOC to move the 1980 Moscow Olympics to protest human rights abuses in the Soviet Union. She compared holding the Games in Moscow to Berlin 1936 and questioned whether America will build détente on prisoners’ bones.
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Chicago
UPI
Anatoly Shcharansky
International Olympic Committee
Moscow
Soviet Union
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