Four hospitalized after one car wreck on U S 6
A Grundy County weekend crash report lists four hospitalizations from a one car wreck on U S 6 near Tabler Road. Driver Mark Gordon, 18, and passenger Michael Sorensen, 21, were treated at Morris and St. Joseph hospitals in Joliet with Gordon facing potential reckless driving charges.
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William Slagle
W. Southmer Rd
Daniel Brown
Woodland Rd
Morris Hospital
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Slagle
Brown
Mark Gordon
Liberty St
Michael Sorensen
Denver
Colo
Grundy County
Robert Davy
Gordon
Davy
U.S. 6
Tabler Rd
Anita Rainwater
Channahon
Angelo Tonet
E. US
Duane Olson
Sunoco
DesRochers
Cemetery Rd
Bayne
Evergreen Cemetery
Justices let stand pre trial orders in milk case
The Supreme Court refused to intervene at this stage in the complex pre trial proceedings of private antitrust suits against Associated Milk Producers Inc. The action preserves the current orders while the case proceeds through pre trial litigation.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Associated Milk Producers Inc
Association
Texas
National Farmers Organization
John Oliver
Weather and legal notes mix from Morris area
Weather outlook shows warm tonight with low 60s, showers likely Tuesday with highs 75 to 85. Weekend highs reached 91 at Dresden Island Locks, Sunday 80, with 56 to 76 degree readings earlier. Milk antitrust cases persist as pre-trial orders are reviewed by judges in Texas and Illinois, with no indictments. James L. Tobin to speak on tax strikes in Gardner and Chicago areas, as Illinois tax relief efforts claim large cuts and multiple defeated ballot measures.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Taxpayers United of Illinois
Tobin
Illinois
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
Gardner
Tueday
West Walker Civic Association
Irving Park Lutheran Church
W. Bell Plaine Ave
Chicago
Police, youths damage shelter at Gebhard Woods park
Morris police investigate vandalism after six of about twenty youths were caught tearing the shelter roof at Gebhard Woods State Park Sunday evening. Unidentified juveniles were detained, released to parents, and charges pending.
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Morris
Gebhard Woods State Park
Morris City Hall bond referendum rejected 521 346
Voters defeated a $400000 city hall bond by 521 to 346 with six spoiled ballots among 1096 votes. Mayor Donald Davidson blamed the outcome on the wrong site and said the council will investigate and may negotiate for an alternative building at nearby sites.
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Morris
Donald Davidson
City Hall
Morris Savings and Loans Association
Wauponsee and
Jefferson Sts
Davidson
Christian Militia Defies U N Forces in Lebanon Border
Christian Phalangist militiamen in southern Lebanon openly reject central government control and vow to fight UNIFIL. Reports from Bint Jbeil and Naqoura describe tanks and checkpoints blocking UN forces, with leaders accusing Beirut, Arafat, and Assad of meddling.
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Lebanon
UPI
United Nations
U.N
Beirut
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Yasser
Arafat
Hafez
Assad
Death inquiry launched into seven crewmen aboard tanker
A British light tanker, Anco Duke, docked in Honolulu as officials opened an inquiry into the death of seven crew members. Capt. Angus Osborne said six are British subjects and all died in a tank after entering to help a collapsing colleague. Oxygen deficiency in the hold is suspected. the ship had 37 crew aboard.
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UPI
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Los Angeles
Edmond Lyons
Liverpool
England
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Wexford
Ireland
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Lee Chun Yeung
Fok Yung Gun
Wong Fuk
Law Ping Kwang
Hong Kong
Osborne
Brian Hoar
Open house Sunday at Minooka Village Hall
Minooka residents and others are invited to an open house Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. to tour the remodeled village hall additions including offices for the water and sewer superintendent Don McCoy and Police Chief Mike Hrecke. The event showcases the new front section and squad car display with materials provided by village officials.
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Minooka
Don McCoy
Mike Hrecke
Fire Department
Sewer and Water Department
Police Department
Suspect’s getaway car backfires at LA SALLE shop
A 32-year-old man James Hathaway tried to steal a car at a service station in LaSalle Illinois. The transmission was stuck in reverse and the accelerator jammed, sending the car backward into a furniture showroom window causing $8000 in damage. Hathaway was charged with improper backing driving without a license and auto theft.
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Ator
Hathaway
City leases land for parking lots
Mayor Donald Davidson announced a temporary solution to downtown Morris parking by signing two one dollar monthly leases with the Illinois Department of Transportation for two empty state parcels on Illinois 47. One parcel, at the northwest corner of Division and Main Streets, formerly housed the Enco Service Station.
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Morris
Donald Davidson
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois 47
Division St
Division and
Main Sts
Enco
Davidson
Jackson Sts
City of
Patty Hearst to wed ex bodyguard Ber nard Shaw
New York based report claims Patty Hearst plans marriage to Bernard Shaw a former bodyguard now SF police officer who aided her during the 18 months she was free on bond. The note appears in Newsweek citing an unnamed source.
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New York
UPI
Patty Hearst
Newsweek
Miss Hearst
Bernard Shaw
San Francisco
Boulder Hill youth drowns in Oswego pond
An 18-year-old Boulder Hill resident, Lawrence F. Ettinger, drowned Sunday in a pond behind Thompson Junior High School in Boulder Hill Oswego Township. He swam to retrieve a Frisby, disappeared at 2:51 p.m., body recovered at 10:53 p.m., pronounced dead at 11:56 p.m. by Ottawa Rescue Squad.
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Boulder Hill
Lawrence F. Ettinger
Springdale
Ottawa Rescue Squad
Ettinger
Thompson
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