Morris Community High School Holds Indoor Graduation
About 1,200 people attended Morris Community High School’s indoor graduation ceremony as 224 graduates received diplomas in the gym. Valedictorian James Hougas urged self reliance and critical thinking while salutatorian Barbara Morgan received her award from her father.
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Morris High School
William Stangland
Norval Wigtis
James Hougas
Ted Morgan
Barbara
Lawrence Studio
Barbara Wilson
Morris Community High School
Norval Wigtl
Hougas
Barbara Morgan
Five Seek Injunction Against Grundy County Fair
Five residents filed for a temporary injunction in Grundy County Circuit Court on Wednesday to stop the Grundy County Agricultural District Fair Association from pumping water and diverting water flows at the fairgrounds.
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Grundy County
Weather and property suit in Morris area
Partly cloudy cooler weather with a low in the 50s and highs in the 80s was reported. A civil suit by Hexdall heirs seeks a temporary and then permanent injunction over pond runoff from the fairgrounds onto their land, transporting refuse from Friday night races.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Fairgrounds
Elmer
Thomas
James
David
Joyce
Ruth Hexdall
Hexdall
Dall’s
Carbon Hill Hosts 26th Homecoming June 18 22
Residents prepare for the Carbon Hill homecoming running June 18 through June 22. Events include baseball and softball games sky divers at 4 p m on Sunday June 22 a parade at 1 p m and fireworks at 10 15 p m a midway with games and rides and ride tickets on sale in Carbon Hill Coal City Braidwood and Wilmington.
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Carbon Hill
Coal City
Braidwood
Wilmington
ICC orders Minooka rail crossing gates project
The Illinois Commerce Commission requires the Rock Island Railroad and the Illinois Department of Transportation to install automatic gates at the Wabena Avenue crossing in Minooka. Estimated cost is 40 000 dollars with 1 250 dollars yearly maintenance. The DOT pays 80 percent of installation. Grundy County covers the rest. The Rock Island must file circuit plans within 120 days and complete installation within one year. The crossing handles about 3 600 vehicles and 75 school buses daily, plus 384 students using it twice daily. About 15 to 20 trains pass daily, including four passenger trains at up to 79 mph and freights at up to 60 mph. Existing flashing lights and bells will be retained as part of the upgrade.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Rock Island Railroad
Illinois Department of Transportation
Wabena Ave
Minooka
ICC
Department of Transportation
Grundy County
Rock Island
Wabena St
Wabena Crossing
Senate vote rejects 200000 troop withdrawal amendment
The Senate, by voice vote, rejected an amendment to a defense bill that would have required withdrawing 200,000 U.S. troops from overseas bases. Sen. Sam Nunn and Sen. Mike Gravel sparred over NATO, SALT talks, and Asia troop deployments amid defense spending debates.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Mike Gravel
Alaska
NATO
Japan
May wholesale prices rise driven by livestock and lumber
The Labor Department reports a 0.4 percent May rise in the Wholesale Price Index, slower than April, with farm products up 3.8 percent due to higher livestock and raw cotton. Sugar, soybeans, vegetables, and wheat moved lower, while the overall index shows ongoing but modest inflation.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department Today
Semi truck rear-ends car injuring three near I 80 east of Illinois 47
Three Sioux City residents, including 17-year-old Jeffrey Albright, were injured when a semi driven by Ralph Belskis rear- ended their car on I 80 about two miles east of Illinois 47 at 4 15 a m. Albright was hospitalized for observation. others treated and released. Belskis cited for driving too fast for conditions.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Illinois 47
Melinda Albright
Darcy Albright
Albright
Ralph Belskis
Palos Heights
Belskis
Albrights
Morris Ambulance
Clark
Texaco
Capless nurse case urged rehiring at Northwestern Memorial
William F Lennon, hearing examiner for the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission, recommended Northwestern Memorial Hospital restore Kristine Hall to her head nurse post in the Cardiac ICU at Passavant Pavilion. Her cap refusal led to dismissal in April 1974.バック
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Chicago
UPI
William F.lennon
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
Kristine Hall
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Hall
Lennon
Passavant Pavillion
Passavant
Wesley Memorial Hospitals
Wesley
Stabbing on McArdle Road Hospitalizes Coal City Man
Charles Wilson, 19, was hospitalized in Joliet with a two inch knife wound after a confrontation near Fireside Lounge and Reeves Funeral Home. Wilson gave a description of a green Ford and a male suspect, with police investigating the McArdle Road stabbing and confirming location and timing.
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Charles Wilson
Center St
Coal City
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Grundy County
John Hummel
Curt Leach
Charles Marketti
Wilson
Catherine
Debra Scroggs
Channahen
James Breen
Rte. 1
Minocka
Broadway St
Division St
Reeves
N. Broadway
McArdle Rd
Marketti
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