Nonexistent house at Lincoln and Price streets explored
City reports question a two room structure on Lots 1 and 2, Block 14, Turner's Addition at 721 Lincoln St. Owned by Ralph and Dennis Shay and rented to Lloyd Patton, the unit may be a garage converted years ago with disputed permits and unclear water service.
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Ted Staroscik
Lincoln St
Price St
Ralph
Dennis Shay
Lloyd Patton
Turner
Shay
Westmoreland
Doss
Ray Doss
Douglas St
Shay Brothers
Millard
Morris Post Office
William Martin
Dix
Commonwealth Edison
R.C. Baldacci
Edison
Morris
Milton Carlson
Grundy County
Morris Herald
Carlson
Rock Island
Fire damages Ramada Inn Ottawa Illinois kitchen blaze
A kitchen fire at the Ramada Inn on Interstate 80 and Illinois 23 caused extensive damage to the kitchen bar and meeting rooms while the 144 rooms remained intact. Fire crews from eight departments fought the blaze for about two and a half hours as guests were relocated due to power loss. No guests were hurt. two rescue workers were injured and treated. The state fire marshal planned to determine the cause. The hotel planned to reopen that night with immediate repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramada Inn
Ottawa
Today
Herald
Halterman
Ottawa Fire Department
Interstate 80
Illinois 23
Naplate
Marseilles
Serena
Utica
Grand Ridge
Streator
Sheridan
Seneca
Civil Defense
Donald Ganiere
Gary Dobbs
Ganiere
Dobbs
Leo Mattes
Astronauts Return From Skylab Mission On Target Splashdown
Skylab astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz returned aboard the USS Ticonderoga after an 11 million mile journey marking the longest space flight. They walked stiffly to a medical lab and reported they were in good shape despite weightlessness effects.
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Uss. Ticonderoga
Skylab
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Ker
Win
Paul J. Weitz
Conrad
Apollo
Pacific
Ticonderoga
Space Station
Kerwin
Weitz
Morris News Summary Friday Edition
Morris Illinois paper dated June 22 1973 presents a Friday afternoon issue in volume 93 number 64 format. Channeling local coverage with community notices and brief reports likely including town updates and notices for Morris residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Illinois
Scout Drowns While Fishing With Troop in Wilmington
Floyd Willis Jr. 11 of Chicago slipped from a Millridge Dam ledge into the Kankakee River and drowned near Wilmington. Fellow Scout Eric 14 and Troop 638 members watched as rescuers from Morris Braidwood Coal City and Essex Fire Depts searched. the coroner ordered an inquest.
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Floyd Willis Jr
Justine Ave
Chicago
Millridge
Wilmington
Kankakee
Willis
Chester Moberly
Charles Hull
Moberly
Eric
Millridge Dam
Floyd
The
Morris
Braidwood
Coal City
Essex
Will County
Charles Reeves
Taylor Funeral Home
Reed-Custer High faces suit to rehire long serving English teacher
Linda Kwil, a certified English teacher with the Reed-Custer High District 206 since 1967, sues in Will County Circuit Court to force immediate contracting for the 1973-74 school year. She claims no contract was offered, the English post remains vacant, and the board did not decide to cut staff. The suit, filed by Kleiman Cornfield Feldman, alleges mandamus action and seeks court costs. Superintendent John N. Survance sent the termination notice, which Kwil says she did not receive.
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Braidwood
Reed-Custer
Will County
Linda Kwil
Kwil
Board of Education
Chicago Law
John N. Survance
Reed Custer District
Weather Outlook Mixed Sunshine Through Week
Brief forecast notes a mostly sunny today with a high near zero and a pleasant tone. Tonight remains fair with a small temperature change and a high in the upper 50s. Thursday runs warm with a high near 82 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and a 56 low. 7am temperature recorded at 62 degrees.
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Dresden Island
Court orders France to halt South Pacific nuclear tests
The International Court of Justice, by 8 to 6, urged France to refrain from further nuclear testing in the South Pacific pending a final ruling. Australia and New Zealand sought an injunction citing health and environmental risks. Hearings are set for September and December. France may appear if it decides to participate.
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the Hague
International Court of Justice
France
South Pacific
Australia
New Zeland
Zea
Lionel Murphy
Tahiti
Mururoa Atoll
Mururoa
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber
Tahitian
Papeete
Radical Party
Dram shop suit over Miles murder dismissed with prejudice
Dennis P Martin administrator of Emma C Miles estate filed a $20000 dram shop suit in Grundy County against Mortgaged Inn owner Thomas P Fleming for the death of Emma Miles after Charles Turner, alleged drunk, beat the victim. The case was dismissed by stipulation with prejudice after Turner was deemed incompetent to stand trial in 1971. Turner faces murder charges in the 1971 Minooka killing.
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Dennis P Martin
Emma C. Miles
Thomas P. Fleming
Inn, Inc
Robert Wren
Grundy County
Martin
Charles Turner
Emma Miles
Miss Miles
Turner
Illinois Security Hospital
Chester
Robert Malmquist
Minooka
Miles
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Morris Building and Zoning
Wilfred Dix
Marjorie Warren
Clinton A. Darling
Water and Sewer Department
Lincol St
Mystery House
Morris Daily Herald
Scout
Kleiman, Cornfield and
Feldman
W. Coney
Liberty
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