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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1978
Page
1
Californians approve Jarvis Gann tax limitation measure by about 63 to 37 percent, promising 60 percent property tax cuts and sparking legal challenges. Gov. Brown notes no new state taxes and vows to curb spending while co author Howard Jarvis predicts a divided public.
A two vehicle crash on Lisbon Road at US 6 left Marion B. Wacks 53 of 103 Woodland Road injured and treated at Morris Hospital. Driver Mark Olson 18 of Airport Road received two citations for license classification and defective brakes after his 1972 Chevrolet truck rammed Wacks' 1977 Pontiac Catalina. Olson posted a 35 dollar bond and is due in Grundy County Circuit Court June 22.
Illinois Public Health Department reports a man living in Ashton and working in Rochelle has contracted spinal meningitis. Mary Huck says he is being treated at a Rockford hospital and is improving. Contact cases have been identified and are receiving preventive treatment. The illness is contagious.
George Perivolous aged 12 from Tewksbury Mass became the first young competitor to be eliminated in the 51st national spelling bee when he misspelled farcical as farcid at the Mayflower Hotel. He was the 27th speller tested, with eight million under-16 children eligible for the event and a $1,000 prize and trophy for the winner.
The Bailly Alliance plans a No Nukes Weekend June 16 to 18 in the Morris area. They will hand out leaflets at 6:30 a.m. Friday to workers at Commonwealth Edison Dresden plant and GE Morris Operation east of Morris, then canvass Morris Saturday and Sunday with meetings at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. in front of the Grundy County Courthouse. A May 7 peaceful anti-nuclear rally at Gebhard Woods State Park and Morris Operation drew about 250 protesters in Morris.
The third Pizza Hut armed robbery trial of Rondell Davis opens with jury selection and opening statements by Judge C Howard Wampler. Prosecutor Charles Zalar outlines a Jan 17 12:20 to 12:30 a.m. robbery at Morris Pizza Hut with a .357 pistol and about 789 dollars. Witnesses include Dennis Willis and Michael Witherington. Davis allegedly discussed the crime with Morris Police Det. Robert Lynes and Sgt. Alan Love. Defense asserts Davis was not present. accomplice testimony possible though corroboration lacks beyond reasonable doubt. Jury seated with 12 members and one alternate.
Police dragnet targets the Red Brigades Rome chief and two other suspects as magistrate Gallucci files murder and kidnap charges against three more, increasing the nine wanted in Moro's assassination. One suspect, Maria Hirri Ardizone, is in custody. others, Prospero Gallinari and Corrado Alaini, remain at large. A guard at Udine prison was killed amid anti terror efforts.
Police investigated pellet and small caliber gun damage Monday night and Tuesday morning to Hornsby s Family Center on Waverly Street, Bogg s Dairy Queen, and a Madison man s 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass on Price Street. Damages ranged from 100 to 300 dollars with glass destruction and broken antenna.
Grundy County Coroner James Reeves was arranging to fly Larry R. Walters from Chicago to West Virginia for burial. Walters' father, Raymond N. Walters, was located in Oak Hills West Virginia, and remains were found near Pine Bluff Road in the Mazon River. Det. James Olson said Walters and his wife were separated and toxicology results were pending.
President Carter told 954 Naval Academy graduates and about 17,000 attendees that the United States seeks peaceful cooperation with the Soviet Union but is prepared for a confrontation if the Russians choose it. He called detente central to world peace and urged reciprocal restraint and full honoring of existing agreements.
A Grundy County Circuit Court writ directs County Clerk Lana Phillips to determine the percent tax rate from assessed property value. The action by H Dale Barr of Morris Grade School District 54 seeks annual aid for Will County districts overlapping Grundy. The order lets the clerk estimate the rate and hand books to Treasurer Betty Olson for tax collection.
De Kalb County Exports and 13 grain truckers file a $1 million suit in the 13th Judicial Circuit Court accusing Ottawa Township officials and the Illinois Department of Conservation of coercion in setting a six ton weight limit on Canal Road. Plaintiffs say the limit followed an improper demand for $43,145 to repair the road and that truckers were fined for overweight loads.
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