Severe storms lash nation with tornadoes and floods
Thunderstorms and showers sweep the country causing property damage and flooding in western Pennsylvania, east central Ohio, and the Texas Panhandle. Two Ohio tornadoes damage Cuyahoga Falls City Hall and a Mineral Ridge warehouse, with $100,000 in county losses. Chicago lightning hits Notre Dame Church dome, destroying a Virgin Mary statue. flash flood warnings issued across multiple states.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Texas Panhandle
Cuyahoga Falls
Barbara Sovil
Trumbull County
Mineral Ridge
Weather Service
Thankful
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
North Atlantic Coast
Virginia
Carolinas
Illinois
Notre Dame Church
Chicago
Guerrillas kill two white women missionaries in Rhodesia
In Rhodesia near Plumtree the Usher Institute was attacked by black nationalist guerrillas who shot dead two Salvation Army workers, Sharon Faith Swindells of Northern Ireland and Diana Barbara Thompson of England, and wounded two others a Swedish staffer and a British man. The attackers, about 15 in number, ordered staff from their houses before firing.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Salvation Army
Usher Institute
Plumtree
Botswana
Embakwe
Sharon Faith Swindells
Bangor
Northern Ireland
Diana Barbara Thompson
England
Mission
N. N. Ramsey
Guvnor Berit Pallson
Stockholm
Sweden
Mr. D.cotton
Hadleigh
Essex
Six inmates flee from unlocked van in Chicago
Two veteran Cook County corrections officers face dismissal after an investigation found gross negligence for failing to lock the van doors. Six inmates escaped from a sheriff's van en route to Cook County Jail as officers were suspended and a broader probe continues.
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Chicago
UPI
William Bailey
Lawrence Sneed
Cook County Department of Corrections
Phillip Hardiman
Bailey
Sneed
Maybrook Court
Cook County
Weather Summary From Local Forecast And Readings
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a low in the mid to low 50s and sunny skies on Friday with a high in the mid to upper 70s. Wednesday’s high reached 84 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, with a 47 degree low. At 7 am today the temperature was 48 degrees and at 10:30 am in Morris it was 54. Precipitation measured .12 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Armstrong St Improvement Bids Due Monday at 10 AM
Bids for the Armstrong St improvement project must be opened Monday at 10 a.m. in city hall at 222 Wauponsee St. The work includes curbs and gutters storm sewers and related tasks on Armstrong St from Kiersted to Washington Sts about 4500 feet. Proposals require a bank cashier's check bank draft or certified check for at least 10 percent of the bid.
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Armstrong St
Wauponsee St
Kiersted
Washington Sts
Progress and smoke signals wake no one at 3am
A humorous note on progress cites smoke signals failing to rouse an Indian from sleep at 3 in the morning after a wrong number, illustrating the inefficacy of older methods in modern miscommunication.
Three bullet holes found in witness car
Michael Witherington, 18, who was to testify in the Rondell Davis armed robbery trial, reported three fresh holes in the left side of his white Ford on Washington Street. Officers escorting him to court noted the damage before he went home at about 12:30 a.m. He later went to Tratt Clinic for examination after being jailed by Circuit Judge C Howard Wampler for not testifying.
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Michael Witherington
Railroad St
Witherington
Rondell Davis
Armstrong St
Kurt Salems
Robert Stansberry
Washington St
Franklin St
Morris
Kiersted St
Pam Ward
Grundy County
Robert Davy
Tratt
Cesario Cumba
C. Howard Wampler
Davis
Cumba
Morris Community High School
Morris Atty
John Hanson
Brown
Gebhard Woods
Zalar
Tratt Clinic
Bedford Rd
Judge Wampler
Wampler
Second hostile witness named in Morris Pizza Hut case
The trial of Rondell Davis in Grundy County Circuit Court heard Dennis Willis and Timothy Brown labeled hostile witnesses. Willis, 18, memory described as very selective, faces prior acquittal on related charges. Brown, 15, testified with inconsistencies and later claimed amnesia about key dates.
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Morris
Grundy County
Rondell Davis
Morris Pizza Hut
Dennis Willis
Illinois Ave
Charles Zalar
Willis
Michael Witherington
Railroad St
Davis
C. Howard Wampler
Witherington
Timothy Brown
Woodland Rd
Atty
Jim Flood
Brown
Morris MCHS board approves extra 10000 for architect fees
Morris Community High School District 101 board votes unanimously to amend architect John Scaggs's contract, allowing supervision costs up to 10000 beyond the original 30000 fund as the new fieldhouse is not expected to be finished before November. The move follows expenditures totaling 140463.71 through eleven payments, including 28000 paid to Scaggs for on site inspections.
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Morris Community High School
McHs District 101 Board of Education
John Scaggs
Roger Gordon
Scagg
Scaggs
Ray Miller
Champaign
McHs District 101
James Garling
Tim Connor
Jack Kut
Leonard Bols moves to rehabilitation center
Grundy County board member Leonard Bols, hospitalized at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet since February 7 with a virus related neurologic disorder, has been moved to Mahionjoy Rehabilitation Hospital Wheaton. His condition involves sensory disturbances and varying locomotor impairment.
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Grundy County
Leonard Bols
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Mahionjoy Rehabilitation Hospital
Wheaton
Bols
Roosevelt Rd
P. O. Box
Two New Directors Elected at Grundy National Building Corp
Howard Spud Johnson of 1807 Bruce St and Dr Hugo C Avalos of 423 Fulton St win seats on the Grundy National Building Corp board at the annual meeting in the Grundy County National Bank mini theater. Incumbents Carl Anderson George McGuan Richard Muench John O’Brien and Arnold Varland re elected.
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Ches
Scaggs
Morris Fire Department
Roger Gordon
Karen Hunt
Tim Connors
James Garling
Wilbur Dolezal
James Leonard
Grundy County
Howard
Spud) Johnson
Bruce St
Hugo C. Avalos
Fulton St
Grundy National Building Corp
Grundy County National Bank
Carl F. Anderson
George McGuan
Richard Muench
John T. O’brien
Arnold C. Varland
Morris
Grundy
Muench
Robert Harrington
Jeanne Fox
Johnson
Saratoga Township
Avalos
Mexico City
Mexico
Tratt Medical Clinic
Tornado report near Goose Lake checked by deputies
Grundy County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency received an unconfirmed tornado report over the Goose Lake area at about 7 50 p m Wednesday. ESDA director Joe Temple alerted the Grundy County Sheriff's Department and Deputy Carl Dummitt searched the area but found no funnel cloud.
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Grundy County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Goose Lake
ESDA
Joe Temple
Grundy County
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Lake Michigan
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Florida
United Press International
Thurman
Walker
Michael Noonan
Thomas Donnelly
Donnelly
Joanne Gretencord
Tom Connor
Lincoln St
Division St
Max Babcock
Pizza Hut
Kenneth Brown
Circuit Court
Robert Lynes
Atty. Hanson
Morris Daily Herald
MCHS
New Grundy National Building Directors
State of
University of Mexico
Little Company of Mary Hospital
Cook County Hospital
Howard M. Johnson
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