Tragic Drowning Search for Riverdale Brothers Continues
Two Riverdale brothers Stephen age 17 and Wilson age 15 apparently drowned Monday in the Mazon Creek near White Tie Road Falls. A third youth Kevin Boettger 18 was pulled into the creek and survived after being found on an island. rescue boats and planes searched through Monday night and into Tuesday morning.
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Riverdale
Mazon Creek
White Tie Rd. Falls
Jugtown Rd
Stephenie
Wilson
Kevin Boettger
Union St
Boettger
Micetiches
John Ray
Old
Pine Bluff Rd
Morris Hospital
Braidwood
Wilmington
Morris
Coal City
Grundy County
Gary Phillips
James Hume
Haughtigan
Miner's Club
Stephen Haughtigan
White Tie Rd
Phillips
Hume
Morris Daily Herald June 17 1975 front page
Tuesday afternoon edition of the Morris Daily Herald from Morris Illinois dated June 17 1975. No readable frontline articles or clear events available in the supplied OCR fragment.
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Morris, Illinois
Council seeks bids on five flood control projects
The Morris City Council voted unanimously to solicit bids for five Chamlin and Associates flood control recommendations to protect the fourth ward. Bids open July 14. a sixth recommendation may be studied for cost by the street and alley committee.
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Council
Morris City
Chamlins and Associates
Fourth Ward
Chamlin
Donald Barkley
Knight
Mrs Miller Sues for 100000 Over Illinois 47 Crash
Kathryn Miller of Mazon filed a $100,000 suit in Grundy Circuit Court Monday for injuries from a two car collision on October 21, 1973. Defendant is Mrs. Josephine Giordano of Coal City. The accident occurred on Illinois 47 when Giordano turned left onto Illinois 113, pulling in front of the Miller car driven by her husband. Miller claims permanent injuries and seeks $100,000.
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Mazon
Claypool
Coal City
White Tie
Illinois
Mazon River
Herald
James
Kathryn) Miller
Grundy
Josephine Giordano
Miller
Illinois 47
Giordano
Illinois 113
Weather forecast and temperatures for Morris area
Partly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms is forecast for tonight and scattered afternoon showers for Wednesday. Lows tonight 63 to 68 with highs 78 to 85 on Wednesday. Monday’s high was 78 with a low of 53. Observed 7 a.m. temperature 66 and 10:08 a.m. 73 in downtown Morris per Dresden Lock and Dam.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Driver Threatens Self in DUI Incident in Diamond
David Super 30 of Coal City was arrested after reckless driving on Clark Street Diamond and a threat to burn himself with gasoline. Deputies reported fishtailing high speed driving and nearly striking a child before stopping him at his Diamond Jacks residence. He posted 50 bond and faces July 28 court. Nearby UP I reports Steve Ford 19 studying rodeo skills in California under rodeo champion Casey Tibbs.
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David Super
Illinois Ave
Coal City
Grundy County
Super
June Cora
Henry Thomas Wendall
Anthony Wieczcrek
Clark St
Diamond
Ronald Morin
Diamond Jacks
Morin
Sheriff's Department
William Sklut
James Hume
Jeffery Wix
Sgt
Tim
Neary
Morris Hospital
Ramona, Calif
UPI
Steve Ford
Ford
Corral
Casey Tibbs
Severson and Schuck Found Guilty of Disorderly Conduct
Grundy County Circuit Court Judge Robert Wren found Richard Severson of Yorkville and Donald Schuck of Lisbon Township guilty of disorderly conduct after a bench trial on Monday. Harold Saltzman was acquitted on disorderly conduct and Severson on battery and criminal trespass. Sentencing date to be set later.
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Grundy County
Robert Wren
Richard Severson
Yorkville
Donald Schuck
Lisbon Township
Harold Saltzman
Channahan
Severson
Frank Black
Jeff Flatness
Wren
Flatness
Saltzman
Black
Fleming
David Ashley
Ashley
Ford to veto housing bill amid GOP briefing
President Ford signaled a veto of the 1.35 billion housing measure after a 75 minute meeting with House GOP leaders. Rhodes cited the bill as not solving the problem and warned of a potential substitute. The bill aimed to boost housing starts and curb foreclosures with subsidies and tax credits.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
John J. Rhodes
GOP
Rhodes
Congress
Senate
Eaton accuses CIA of harassment over spying claim
Cyrus Eaton 91 says the CIA tried to recruit him to spy on Communist countries. He refused, denouncing CIA harassment in the press and calling for abolition, citing alleged lawbreaking and misadventures in Cuba, Chile, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. He noted Rogers dismissed his peace proposal after a North Vietnam visit.
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Cleveland
UPI
Cyrus Eaton
CIA
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Eaton
Toronto Star
Plain Dealer
United States
Cuba
Chile
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
the Plain Dealer
North Vietnam
William P. Rogers
Rogers
Hanoi
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James and
Jerry Micetich
Haughtigan Brothers
Illinois River
Haughtigans
William Haughtigan
Carol Wilson
Mhaughtigan
Joseph Haughtigan
Streator
Morris Daily Herald
Chamlin and Associates
McKinley St
Robinson Dr
High
Butler Sts
High St
Butler St
Grundy County Housing
Hildy Mobile Home Park
Rock Island
Lincoln St
Ashley Rd
Ilinois-Michigan Canal
High and
Rock
Richard Schwieckert
William Etzenbach
Peru
Warren Olson
Guy Christensen
Morris Office
Michael Bates
Liberty
Morris Fire Department
James Barr
Spruce St
Sherman Hexdall
Debbie Lee
Elmhurst
Hexdall
Tylenol
Zammerman Pharmacy
Liberty Rob't. Chitwood
Severson and Schuck
Assist. State
Charles Zalar
Fern Coop
Zalar
Tim Neary
Schuck
American Legion
Hugh Scott
Scott
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