Channahon Acres Plaza Under Way With Library Bank
Site work for a new residential and commercial complex in Channahon is complete. A 12 acre center will house Tri-County Library and First National Bank with a 140 by 80 foot brick and metal building under construction. Eighteen homes on the residential tract and a plaza opening planned for Sept 1 with dentists McQuarry and Polius starting practice.
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Channahon
U.S. 6
North St
Minooka Rd
Tri-County Library
First National Bank of
Kurt Boggs
Channahon Acres
Channahon Plaza
Robert Cook
Roland McQuarry
Ed Polius
Public workers named in welfare fraud probe in Illinois
Chicago officials and federal agencies accuse more than 1,000 public employees of collecting welfare benefits while earning government salaries. Reports say 25 to 30 million in aid went to city and federal workers, with 3,500 implicated by one paper and 75 to 100 expected to face indictments later this month.
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Chicago
UPI
The
Tribune
Sun-Times
the Tribune
Illinois Public Aid Department
Chicago Park District
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Board of Education
Metropolitan Sanitary District
U.S. Postal Service
General Services Administration
Illinois
Michigan
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Local Areas
Forecast shows clearing northwest tonight with lows 45 to 55. Thursday expects sun and highs 68 to 78. Tuesday reached 72 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with 43 overnight. morning readings were 51 at 7 am and 61 at Morris by 11 am. ESDA notes Morris high 78 and low 42 yesterday. Barometer 29.82 and falling. last 12 hours peak wind 13 mph. precipitation totals 0.12 and 0.27 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Bilandic Wins Chicago Mayoral Race by Wide Margin
Acting Mayor Michael Bilandic secured about 77.4 percent of the vote to 21 percent for Republican Alderman Dennis Black in Chicago's mayoral election. With more than 95 percent of precincts reporting, Bilandic led 468,894 to 129,085 as turnout fell to 38.7 percent, the city’s worst for a mayoral contest. Black conceded defeat shortly after polls closed.
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Chicago
UPI
Michael Bilandic
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Bilandic
Bland
Dennis Black
Block
Black
Graduation Party Erupts in Roselle Police Clash
Revelers at Lake Park High School graduation celebration pelted police from seven departments with rocks and beer bottles. Four students arrested and four officers injured as the crowd grew from a house to the lawn. Police from Roselle and allied towns aided after the 10 p.m. dispersal refusal.
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Roselle
Ill
UPI
Lake Park High School
John Lindberg
Schaumburg
Bloomingdale
Hanover Park
Itasca
Bromine accident hearing continues in Illinois probe
Testimony in a public hearing on the April 12 1976 bromine spill from a Consolidated Freightways trailer on Interstate 55 near Dwight Illinois continues. The session covers EPA debris disposal at Morris landfill dismissals of Michigan Chemical Corp and Hutcher Emergency Service and witness accounts from Consolidated Freightways and state police about the crash scene and fumes.
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Dwight
City of
Morris
Pfaff Construction
Evironmental Protection Agency
EPA
Michigan Chemical Corp
Hutcher Emergency Service
Bruce Goldberg
Parker
Goldberg
Pollution Control Board
Morris Savings and Loan
Richard F. Cooper
Consolidated Freightways
Memphis
Tenn
Cooper
Herden
Explo
Andrew Veronda
District 5
Veranda
Interstate 55
Jeff Herden
Carol Price
Atty
John Parker
Herald
Braceville 4 H club restores historic cemetery site
Braceville Go-Getters 4-H club with village backing cleaned and repaired the Cotton Cemetery at Division and McNeill Streets. Work started March 23 and finished May 28 with planting donated flowers. Teammates Angela Buck et al and adults led tombstone repairs 1835 to 1971, transforming a neglected eyesore into a valued historic monument.
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Cotton Cemetery
Braceville
Division
McNeill Sts
Go-Getters 4-H Club
Harold Shelton
Bud Gaddo
Paul Jewett
Melvin Rhoades
4-H Club
Mitchell to serve at Alabama prison camp over safety concerns
The Bureau of Prisons said convict John Mitchell will serve his Watergate sentence at a minimum security camp at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama due to worries about his safety as a former law enforcement officer and former attorney general. He was ordered to report June 22 and is to be housed near Montgomery rather than closer to his New York home.
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Washington
UPI
Bureau of Prisons
John Mitchell
Alabama
United States
Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Montgomery
Ala
Allenwood
New York
Richard Nixon
H.R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Supreme Court
Haldeman
John Sirica
Ehrlichman
Illinois Unemployment Benefits Rise on July First
The Illinois Department of Labor announced a July 1 hike in maximum weekly unemployment benefits. Singles gain five dollars to 115 dollars while married workers with nonworking spouses gain six dollars to 138 dollars. Benefits for dependents stay at 135 dollars. about 250,000 Illinois residents collect unemployment.
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Springfield
UPI
Illinois Department of Labor
Illinois
Continuance Granted in Juvenile Case Over Psychiatric Review
In Grundy County Circuit Court Judge Robert G. Wren granted a continuance in the Michael Murphy and Daniel Nicklaus case after public defender Atty. Michael Hayes sought a psychiatric examination for Murphy and time to confer with Nicklaus. Next adjudicatory hearing date pending. both 14. The youths escaped from IYC Channahon on May 24 after stealing cars in Morris and Dwight, later recaptured. Murphy, Chicago, faces escape, intimidation, assault and UOW. Nicklaus, Freeport, faces escape.
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Atty
Michael Hayes
Michael Murphy
Daniel Nicklaus
Grundy County
Robert G. Wren
Hayes
Murphy
Nicklaus
Illinois
St. Charles
Channahon
Channahon Camp
Morris
Dwight
Thomas Connor
Lincoln St
Illinois 113
Connor
Illinois 47
Illinois Ave
Culligan
Grundy County Sheriff’s
Chicago
Freeport
Callaghan warns on southern Africa at Commonwealth summit
British Prime Minister James Callaghan opened the Commonwealth conference with a warning that conflict in southern Africa could intensify if minority governments block negotiated settlements toward black majority rule. Ugandan President Idi Amin threatened to gatecrash the meeting, though he was discouraged from attending.
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London
API
James Callaghan
Africa
Idi Amin
Rhodesia
South-West Africa
Callaghan
Amin
Uganda
LaGrange man treated after U S 6 crash in Joliet
A LaGrange man Johnny Robertson aged 37 was treated at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet and released after a collision with a truck driven by Everett Henry 62 at U S 6 and Tabler Road about 9 40 a m Tuesday Henry was ticketed for improper passing Robertson cited for driving with license suspended Robertson posted 100 bond Henry 35 bond both due in court June 27 Lt Evert Poyner said Henry attempted to pass as Robertson slowed to turn into Tabler Rd corn from the truck spilled into the ditch the Robertson Buick 1976 was demolished and towed Henrys 1970 Dodge sustained front damage
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LaGrange
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
U.S. 6
Tabler Rd
Johnny Robertson
Everett Henry
Minooka
Henry
Robertson
Grundy County
Evert Poyner
Poyner
Mike Weicken
Standard
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Wests Cafe
Liberty Morris
Pelt
Morris Daily Herald
Angela
Sheri Buck
Ann Lageose
Annette, Shannon
Tom Phillips
Chuck Ozee
Marty Barry
Christine Broderick
Kenna Eberhart
Pat Jones
Thelma Buck
Corinne
Tom _ Lageose
Dianne Phillips
Charles
Carol Ozee
Calvin Jones
Debbie
Lisa Calclasure
Channahan
Frank Lopez
Frank Perez
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