Planners debate responsibilities amid rezoning dispute
Grundy County Planning Commission rejected Robert Shear's rezoning bid from agricultural to BII for a Ramsey Subdivision lot north of Braceville. The meeting featured stern questions about policy, consistency with the comprehensive plan, and balancing individual wishes against the county's overall interests.
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Robert Shear
Braceville
Grundy County
Sorensen
Strange
Bernie Sandner
Ramsey
Braceville Rd
U S posts lowest trade deficit in 13 months in June
The United States recorded a June trade deficit of 1.6 billion, its smallest in 13 months since May 1977, with exports at a June record of 12.13 billion driven by coal machinery and transportation equipment and imports at 13.72 billion. The year’s first half shows a deficit of 16.37 billion, with experts predicting gradual improvement as the dollar weakens and growth slows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
United States
U.S
Department
London
Fighting Rages In Beirut Suburb Hadath Amid Clash Pause
Heavy weapons fire shattered a two day lull between Syrian peacekeepers and Christian rightist militiamen in Hadath, southeast of Beirut, as President Sarkis seeks to end the worst clashes since early in the month. At least 30 killed, 56 wounded, with shelling also hitting the Beirut airport road and Bourj Barajneh refugee camp.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Presidential Palace
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
South
U.N
Hadath
Phalangist Party Radio
Bourj Barajneh
Highway extension favored in Kemper survey
The Kemper Insurance Co based in Long Grove Lake County reports three of four respondents support extending Illinois 53 from Barrington Road northward to U.S. 12 near Lake Geneva Wisconsin. The poll, conducted by Market Facts, also shows one third find local highway service inadequate while almost half say it does not meet community needs.
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Long Grove, Ill
UPI
Kemper Insurance Co
Long Grove
Lake County
Chicago
Lake Geneva
Wis
Weather forecast and recent temperatures at Dresden Island
Thunderstorms likely and turning cooler tonight with a low in the low 60s to upper 60s. Thursday will be mostly sunny and cooler with a high in the low to mid 80s. Tuesday’s high reached 86 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and the low 66, while 7 am readings were 68 and 83 degrees in Morris at 10 15 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Crash near Princeton kills five in Ill. car and truck collision
The UPI report says a car from Princeton crossed into the wrong lane on U.S. 6 late Tuesday, driving into an oncoming tractor-trailer. All five in the car died, including Susan Thomson 32 and her children Ryan 13 Glenn 11 and Bridgett 9. The fifth victim’s identity was being withheld. Truck driver Lawrence Long 33 of Depue, Illinois, survived in satisfactory condition at a Spring Valley hospital. Officials called the crash among the worst in Illinois this year. The car veered into the truck’s path and the truck could not stop in time.
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Princeton
Ill
UPI
U.S
Susan Thomson
Ryan
Glenn
Bridgett
Lawrence Long
Depue
Spring Valley
Illinois Highway Patrol
Judge Steps Aside in Arson Case Substitution Ordered
Three attorneys for four arson defendants asked for a different trial judge. McLean County Circuit Judge Luther H. Dearborn stepped down after motions for substitution. The case involves corncrib fires set last fall across rural areas. The substitution request will go to Illinois Administrative Director of Courts Roy O. Gulley for new assignment.
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McLean County
Luther H. Dearborn
Bloomington
Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Morris
George Black
Richard Pinder
Douglas St
Illinois
Roy O. Gulley
Inquest Scheduled Into Rape Suspect Death
Grundy County Coroner James Reeves sets an inquest for Martin Morrow 16 Joliet on Tuesday at the Grundy County Courthouse. Cause of death listed as heart trouble from irregular heartbeat due to a viral heart wall inflammation. Also scheduled is an inquest into Sargez Khoshabeh 23 Morris for a July 5 drowning at the courthouse.
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Grundy County
James Reeves
Martin Morrow
Joliet
Morrow
Ron Fox
Manesh Ahluwalia
Ahluwalia
Reeves
Sargez Khoshabeh
Morris
Khoshabeh
U.S. 6
Seneca Rd
One-Way Traffic Planned On Illinois River Bridge Paving
The Illinois River bridge will allow one-way traffic for a week during redecking, starting 6 a.m. August 14, with night closures from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. If dry, surfacing may finish by August 21. two-ways radios will manage 10-minute north and southbound intervals, and DOT work continues with new ramps and tubular guard rails to finish by September 1.
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Illinois River
Glenn Combs
Illinois Department of Transportation
DOT
Combs
Strong Gusts Roar Across Midwest Valley
United Press International reports fierce winds up to 60 mph sweeping the middle Missouri Valley. Downed power lines and trees followed storms that moved from South Dakota into Iowa and Minnesota, with golf ball sized hail near Lake Andes and heavy rain in Sioux Falls area. Power outages were reported in Hawarden Iowa and towns in Minnesota as lines fell.
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United Press International
Missouri Valley
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Lake Andes
S.D
Tea
Sioux Fall
Hawarden
Hardwick
Beaver Creek
Minn
Low bidder announced for Des Plaines bridge work
Walsh Construction Co. of Illinois at Chicago was the apparent low bidder at 4 101 393 to remove and replace the concrete deck and rehabilitate bearing of bridges over the Des Plaines River east of Chanahon per an Illinois Department of Transportation release. A C Pavement Striping Co. of Des Plaines quoted 344 582 to install railroad warning signs and markings at grade crossings across multiple counties. More than two inches of rain fell at Norfolk Virginia.
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Walsh Construction Co
Illinois
Chicago
DesPlaines River
Channahon
Illinois Department of Transportation
A.C. Pavement Striping Co
DesPlaines
Ford, Grundy
Iroquois
Kankakee
Kendall, LaSalle
Livingston
Marshall, McLean, Putnam and
Woodford Counties
Senate lifts Turkish arms embargo in Cyprus dispute shift
The Senate voted 57 to 42 to lift the Turkish arms embargo conditioned on progress toward a Cyprus solution. The White House called it constructive. House opposition looms as Carter faces a Rhodesia sanction amendment and debate over human rights in Cyprus. Strong NATO implications and potential Soviet deterring collapse cited. House vote expected next Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Carter
Jesse Helms
R-N
Robert Byrd
Cyprus
Foreign Relations Committee
Turkey
Greece
Congress
NATO
U.S
John Durkin
D-N.h
Cyrus Vance
Soviet Union
United States
John Brademas
D-Ind
Police chief backs publishing juveniles' names in crimes
Elgin Illinois police chief Robert Baird urged changing state law to allow release of juvenile names. He reported a 12 percent drop in serious crimes from 1977 but noted rises in juvenile arrests and court referrals. He said public names could reduce crime, not halve it, citing a 41 percent rise in juveniles taken to court and 17 percent rise in juvenile arrests.
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Terest
George Crater Jr
William Tyler
Perry Brooks
Crater
J. Leroy Brown
Brooks
Sorensen
Planning Commission
Elgin, Ill
UPI
Robert Baird
Baird
Elgin
Photographers attacked at prison guard funeral in Pontiac
Three guards died in a Pontiac Correctional Center riot and were buried in separate services. At Conkle's funeral two photographers were assaulted. Budrys escaped while Covatta was punched and knocked down. The event drew mourners with armbands, half staff flags, and a plea against racial prejudice from Msgr. O'Dea. Dan Dill, injured in the riot, is hospitalized and identifying assailants.
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Pontiac, Ill
UPI
Pontiac Correctional Center
State Corrections
Charles Rowe
Robert Conkle
Graymont
Bloomington
Pantagraph
Budrys
Covatta
Pontiac
Conkle
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
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Gerrit Knubben
Netherlands
Joe Koster
George St
Koster
Harry
Phillips Co
Sittard
Norelco Products
Herald
Brown
Zoning Board of Appeals
Shear
Zoning Board
County Board
Milford Jorstad
William Clennon
Sore
Proval
Morris Daily Herald
Kemper
Market Facts
Wells Cafe
Liberty
Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Georgia
Norfolk
Harris Funeral
Msgr
Joseph J. O’dea
Dan Dill
Colfax
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Dill
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