MCHS Board Decides on Oil Heating for New Addition
Morris Community High School board approves oil heating for a future addition pending gas availability and sufficient oil supplies. Architect Don Spurling and engineer consultant Don Spurling presented costs showing oil cheaper than electric, with gas as least costly if available. Board divides 4 3, with checks on supply availability and local supplier confirmation for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Community High School Board
Roland Kehe
Unteed & Associates
Don Spurling
Buchanan, Bellows and Associates
Bloomington
Spurling
Commonwealth Edison
Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Jack Kutches
James Garling
Wilbur Dolezal
Ray Miller
Kutches
Garling
Roger Gordon
John Mackinson
William Ferguson
Ferguson
Mackinson
Gordon
Anita Kisser
Kathy Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Amin Returns to Kampala After Secret Nairobi Meeting
President Idi Amin traveled back to Kampala following a secret meeting in Nairobi with a revolutionary leader. The trip marks a high level diplomatic development as Amin resumes duties in the Ugandan capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
Kenya
UPI
Idi Amin
Kampala
Weather and political rumors mingle in Uganda London broadcast
Weather notes show cool tonight with a rise to near 88 degrees Friday. Amid regional tensions Radio Uganda reported Amin met leaders on borders with Tanzania Rwanda and hinted at French cooperation, amid claims of a London visit and a hostage crisis tied to Dora Bloch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Tanzania
Zambia
Radio
Uganda
Amin
London
Rwanda
France
Britain
Bloch
Air France
Entebbe
Newark Plans Four Day July Fourth Celebration
Newark schedules a four day July fourth celebration July 1 to 4 with a Yankee Doodle musical at Newark High School July 1 2 at 8 p.m. An ice cream social July 1 5 to 7 p.m. park area church service July 3 10 30 a.m. parade July 4 10 a.m. band concert at 11 a.m. Little League game lunch from 11 a.m. on and afternoon events 1 30 p.m. speaker Karen Doss AFS student. Proceeds benefit Charles Phillips Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Newark High School
Newark American Legion Auxiliary
Newark Lutheran Church
Newark Woman's Club
Karen Doss
AFS
Australia
Charles Phillips
EPA official cites avoiding Morris landfill in bromine spill case
Illinois EPA manager testified the Morris landfill was specifically told not to receive debris from the April 12 1976 bromine accident on Interstate 55 near Dwight. He outlined disposal options Sheffield Ocoya Brockman landfill and noted emergency permits allowed later follow up. He described chemical reactions bromine water lime and formation of calcium bromide and free bromine at high heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Clark
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Consolidated Freightways
Morris
Clark
Interstate 55
Dwight
Monroe
Sheffield
Ocoya
Brockman
LaSalle
Consolidated Freightways Atty
John Parker
Illinois Pollution Control Board
EPA
Bruce Goldberg
Parker
Marvin Runyon
Runyon
Morris Savings and Loan
Myron Birky
Fox Center
Birky
McWilliams
Dwight McWilliams
Phillip Becker
Becker
Morris Hospital
Dwight Tragedy Claims Yvonne Kutler in Car Crash
Sixteen year old Yvonne Kutler died when the car she rode in rolled on a gravel road near Dwight Illinois three quarters of a mile north of Illinois 17. Two other youths were injured Joseph Kaiser 14 in serious condition Darren Chambers 15 in good condition. Authorities noted it was unknown who drove and that a later inquest would determine cause of death.
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Yvonne Kutler
Illinois
Dwight
Livingston County
Joseph Kaiser
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Darren Chambers
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
Keith van Qualen
Miss Kutler
VonQualen
Miss Kuder
Miss Rutler
Gardner
Chicago Man Hurt In One Car Crash In Grundy County
Ramon Alvarado a 32 year old Chicago man was moved from Morris Hospital to St Mary of Nazareth for head injuries after a 4 am one car crash on a temporary Interstate 55 road in Grundy County. The car driven north by Caralene Henrichs 41 of Onarga ran off the road into a ditch. Henrichs was treated and released from Morris Hospital. Schroeder's Standard Station of Gardner removed the car. No tickets were issued.
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Chicago
Ramon Alvarado
Morris Hospital
St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
Goodfarm Rd
Grundy County
Caralene J. Henrichs
Rte. 2
Onarga
Alvarado
Thompson ends plan to convert mental hospitals into prisons
Gov. James R. Thompson said he will abandon converting mental hospitals to prisons and focus on building two medium security facilities. The plan shifts after officials advised no remaining mental facilities meet prison needs besides Lincoln Annex in Logan County. The sites task force will coordinate with counties interested in locating a 500 to 700 inmate prison with 350 to 400 staff and full security measures.
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Springfield
Ill
UPD
James R. Thompson
Corrections Department
Charles Rowe
Gayle Franzen
Lincoln Annex
Logan County
Thompson
Rowe
Franzen
Roscoe Cunningham
Lawrenceville
Lawrence County
City files to condemn land over lakefront ozone fears
The IEPA cites an ozone alley along the lake shore with elevated readings during the May 11 to June 3 alert period. Waukegan posted a state ozone record of 261 ppb on May 24, while Chicago reached 108 ppb on May 19 at Kenwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
UPI
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
IEPA
Lake Michigan
Waukegan
EPA
South Side
Kenwood
Boulder Hill mother to be sentenced for murder of son
Ellenta Howard 21 of 79 Sheffield Rd Boulder Hill was convicted May 14 by a Kendall County jury for stabbing her 4 year old son Christopher Wayne Alster. Judge Rex Meilinger set sentencing for June 29 and denied defense motions for a new trial and arrest of judgment.
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Plattville
Ellenta Howard
Sheffield Rd
Boulder Hill
Kendall County Circuit Court
Rex Meilinger
Howard
Christopher Wayne Alster
Meilinger
Anthony Bassak
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MCHS
Carpetite
Joliet
Illinois High School Association
Harold Sutter
State Office of Education
Sutter
Ilinois-Michigan Canal
Hatcher Woods
Gebhard Woods
Herald
Dora Bloch
Flatland Flyers
E. Washington
Goodfarm School
Civil Defense
James Alexander McWilliams Jr
Morris Daily Herald
van Qualen
James Steichen
Livingston County Sheriff's Deputies
Dwight Police
Yvonne Kuder
Clifford L. Kuder
Mack
Barbara) Adkins
Don
Marie) Neushwander Jr
Debra
Bonita
Karen
John
Larry
Mazon
Robert
Clifford R. Kuder
Kuder
Dorothy (Windom) Kuder
Maureen
Pearl
James Windom
Gwen Rutler
Patterson Funeral Home
Braidwood
James Patrick
Braceville- Gardner Cemetery
Lakefront
Ozone Alley
Armstrong St
East St
Sponge-Cushion Inc
Morris City
Frank Black
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