Morris area educators invest in tavern property in Carbon Hill
Four Morris area school administrators led by H Dale Barr purchase the former Porky’s tavern property in Carbon Hill under Darm Corp with a one year lease to Keith Backmann of Joliet. The deal includes four lots and a potential sale. the men call it an investment and deny educational ethics conflicts.
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Morris Area
Porky’s
John and
Ruby
Morris Daily Herald
Keith Backmann
Joliet
Porky
Robert King
Farrero
William and
Marjorie Gilchrist
Mazon
Grundy County
Gilchrist
Alexander Ferrari
Helen Dryer
Albino Farrero
Gilchrists
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Darm Corp
Barr
H. Dale Barr
Morris
Backmann
Chord
Saratoga
Bachmann
Wills Jr
Bob King
Wills
Chicago
Lindsay
U.S. Navy
John Jr
Louis
King
Bond Cut for Chicago Man in Oswego Murder Case
Harold Pinkert 30 of Chicago saw bond reduced from 150000 to 100000 in Kendall County Circuit Court. He faces murder charges in the May 26 shooting of ex wife Beulah Wykle 29 near Oswego. He must stay in Rush Presbyterian St Lukes hospital unless released and may not have firearms. Preliminary hearing set for June 21.
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Yorkville
Harold Pinkert
Chicago
Kendall County
Pinkert
Beulah Wykle
Oswego
Wilson Burnell
Rush- Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center
Pinkett
Frost Warnings Spread Across Upper Great Lakes
United Press International reports frost warnings for the upper Great Lakes as cold air chills the region. Four tornadoes were reported Thursday, three in Colorado and one in New Mexico, with hail three quarters of an inch or larger in South Carolina, New Hampshire and South Dakota. No injuries or major damage noted, temperatures dropping across the Midwest and scattered frost forecast in northeast Wisconsin, eastern Upper Michigan and parts of lower Michigan.
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United Press International
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East Coast
Plains
National Weather Service
Colorado
New Mexico
South Carolina
New Hampshire
South Dakota
Midwest
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Lower
Masked burglars bind couple steal furs and jewels in Barrington
Three masked men burst into Edwin Schild and Margaret Schild's Lake Barrington Shores home using a glass panel door. They tied the couple, forced the man to open a basement safe, taking jewelry worth 35000 and 1880 in cash, plus furs and the pair's luxury car. The incident prompted a police search.
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Lake County
Edwin Schild
Margaret
Schild
Murder trial set for July 18 in Kendall County
Harold Couch, 28, of Aurora, faces three counts of murder in the planned Kendall County Circuit Court trial on July 18 for the January 23, 1973 beating death of Donald Kirklin. Couch has been confined at the Illinois State Security Hospital since 1973 after being found mentally unfit. Co defendant David Morris, 28, of Aurora, was convicted in June 1973 on two murder counts. Attorney Max Peterson assigned to Couch.
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Yorkville
Harold Couch
Aurora
Kendall County
Couch
Donald Kirklin
Kirklin
Miller Rd
Plano
Illinois State Security Hospital
Chester
David Morris
Weather Forecast Summary for Dresden Island Locks
The report notes a fair night with a low in the 50s and a sunny warm Saturday with highs around 80. It cites Thursday’s high of 70 and low of 39 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, with readings of 45 at 7 am and 66 in Morris at 10:15 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Preliminary plat approved for three-lot Oswego Township subdivision
Kendall County Plan Commission approves a three-lot preliminary plat in Oswego Township off Illinois 71 near the Oswego cemetery submitted by Tom Lewis. Commission also tables a six-lot Ponderosa plot to adjust lot lines for a building site amid a water issue and oak trees. A small stormwater retention pond is planned. The first draft land cash ordinance by Richard Krase is approved for county board review.
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Yorkville
Kendall County Plan Commission
Oswego Township
Tom Lewis
Oswego Plan Commission
Illinois 71
Oswego Cemetery
Ponderosa
van Emmon Road
John Bazan
Richard Krase
Educational Service Region
County Board Building and Zoning Committee
New Trial Hearing Set for Euneta Howard in Boycott Case
A motion for a new trial for Euneta Howard, 21, of Boulder Hill, will be heard June 8 in Kendall County Circuit Court. She was convicted May 14 by a Kendall County jury for stabbing her four year old son Christopher Wayne Alster.
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Yorkville
Euneta Howard
Boulder Hill
Kendall County
County office visits offer help with government questions
Two caseworkers from U S Rep Tom Corcoran's district office in Aurora will be at Grundy County Courthouse Friday June 16 from 10 to 11 a.m. to answer questions. They will then be at Coal City City Hall from 1 to 2 30 p m that day to assist residents.
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U.S
Tom Corcoran
Aurora
Grundy County
Coal City
Bolingbrook man dies in I-55 crash with semi truck
A Bolingbrook man identified as Aaron F. Garrett, 35, died at 5 10 a m when his car rear ended a semi truck on Interstate 55 three miles east of Illinois 53. The driver of the truck Phillip Rehlander 32 of Lombard was not hurt. Garrett’s body was taken to Tezak Funeral Home Joliet and his 1973 Oldsmobile was destroyed. North Shore Freight Co. of Urbana owned the truck and sustained 1300 in damage.
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Bolingbrook
Illinois
Aaron F. Garrett
Will County
Carl Kurtz
Garrett
Phillip Rehlander
Lombard
Tezak Funeral Home
Joliet
North Shore Freight Co
Urbana
Mazon Revises Plans After High Bids On Sewage Project
The Illinois EPA and FHA approve the Mazon Village Board's plan to reject May 5 bids for a sanitary sewer system. Bids exceeded the estimated 1.3 million by about 190 thousand. Renwick & Associates urges formal rejection at the Monday meeting and revisions to cut costs with EPA and FHA approval needed before re bidding.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
Mazon
Robert Renwick
Renwick & Associates
Ottawa
Renwick
Rossellini Dies at 71 in Rome Home
Film director Roberto Rossellini, inventor of Italy's new realism, died suddenly at his Rome home at age 71, according to relatives.
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Rome
UPI
Roberto Rossellini
Italy
New Realism
School of Movies
Legislators split votes on death penalty and ERA
State Senator Jerry Joyce of the 43rd District backed the death penalty motion as the tally reached 40 to 13 with six abstentions. In the House the ERA passed 101 to 74 with Ray Christensen voting yes and Ed ward McBroom and George Ryan voting no. two representatives did not vote.
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Jerry Joyce
Essex
Grundy County
United Press International
Illinois House
Ray Christensen
D-Morris
Edward McBroom
Kankakee
George Ryan
Rkankakee
Lottery numbers drawn in Illinois State Lottery
Winning numbers were drawn Thursday for the Illinois State Lottery and appear on Page 5 of today's Morris Daily Herald.
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Morris Daily Herald
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