City proceeds with six inch water main on Franklin St
Pfaff Construction wins city contract awarded March 14 to install five new water mains eliminating dead ends for better fire protection and water flow. The Franklin St main follows already completed lines on Wauponsee Armstrong and Railroad Streets with Washington St pending. Other bids ranged from $60,519 to $63,324.50.
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Pfaff Construction
Franklin St
Main
Jefferson Sts
Pfaff
Richard Schweickert
Chamlin and Associates
Schweickert
Steven Pfaff
Alice van Duyne
Morris Construction Co
Herald
Court upholds ban on abortion funds
The Supreme Court reversed a federal judge blocking the Hyde Amendment funding ban for elective abortions. It sent the case back to Judge John Dooling with guidance to consider the June decision on Medicaid funding, while not staying the order. The ruling leaves federal money flowing until final disposition.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
John Dooling
Brooklyn
Dooling
Departments of Labor and Health, Education and Welfare
Henry Hyde
R-Il
House
Planned Parenthood
Weather Outlook With Cloud Increase North Tonight
Forecast calls for increasing cloudiness north tonight with a low in the 60s. Thursday brings partly sunny skies and a chance of thunderstorms with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Tuesday recorded a high of 87 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and a low of 57, with 7 am at 59 and Morris at 10:30 am around 76.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Carter to decide on B1 bomber production levels
President Carter signaled a decision on the B1 bomber with the Air Force seeking over 200 aircraft. Senators exiting a White House breakfast expected a substantial approval, while others suggested a possible halt or limited production. Carter aimed to announce at a Thursday news conference.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
White House
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Air Force
Joseph Biden
Harrison Williams
D-N.j
Clifton man injured playing softball at Lighted Ballpark
A Clifton resident, Terry DuBois, was injured Tuesday at the Lighted Ballpark on Union Street near U.S. 6 while catching during a Hemmenover Construction game against the Morris Stags. Fire and ambulance crews treated him for a possible broken ankle before he was released from Morris Hospital with a cast.
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Clifton
Union St
U.S
Morris Fire Department
Terry DuBois
DuBois
Morris Ambulance Service
Morris Hospital
Hemmenover Construction
Morris Stags
Morris Plans Sparkling Fourth of July Fireworks Display
Morris to host a $2,500 fireworks show contracted with Star Fireworks of Danville. Mayor Donald Davidson says the display over Morris Community High School field will start after dark between 8:45 and 9 p.m. and run about 30 minutes to keep residents off highways. The program began in 1970 led by the late Mayor John Hendrickson and the Morris Jaycees, sustained by city funds after donations declined in 1975.
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Morris
Donald Davidson
Star Fireworks
Danville
Morris Community High School
Davidson
John Hendrickson
Morris Jaycees
Kankakee River Task Force Formed by Gov Thompson
Gov James R Thompson appointed a Kankakee River Task Force led by Frank Beal to study Indiana river projects. The group will consult Illinois residents and officials to ensure Indiana works do not change river flow or pollute Illinois sites. Thompson warned proposed channelization and levee plans risk wildlife archeology and recreation areas.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Indiana
James R. Thompson
Frank Beal
Institute For Environmental Quality
Kankakee
Illinois
Thompson
Zoning board backs residential rail near Rockwell Inn area
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals approved rezoning about 66 acres between U.S. 6 and I 80 from agriculture to RI near the Rockwell Inn. The board halted a variance request by Tim Workman due to defective published notice and continued the issue to the July meeting for further action.
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Grundy County
Zoning Board of Appeals
U.S. 6
Interstate 80
Rockwell Inn
Agriculture
Tim Workman
Workman
Morris
Robert Adcock
E. Pine Bluff Rd
Sorensen
Appeals Board
Ron Kaiser
Naperville
William Brestal
Brestal
Morris Daily Herald June 29 1977 front page
Morris Illinois brief issue date June 29 1977 sixteen pages with twenty cent price. Local paper listing the weekly Morrs Daily Herald content and notices for Morris community.
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Morris Daily Herald
Morris
Illinois
Free coffee at Illinois rest stops for July 4 weekend
Free coffee will be served at 16 interstate rest stops in Illinois over the July 4 holiday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday to Monday. Volunteers from bands, churches, chambers, and civil defense groups will staff the program coordinated by the Illinois Department of Transportation with the Governor's Traffic Safety Coordinating Committee. Plans include future Labor Day weekend service.
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Springfield
Illinois
Minooka
Chambers of Commerce
Civil Defense
Illinois Department of Transportation
Goodfield
Buckley
Monee
Anna
Princeton
Altamont
Fourth celebration at Yorkville Monday
Yorkville plans a full July 4 program by Bristol Kendall Fire Department. Flag raising at 9 a.m. at the park, parade at 9 30 a.m. from Yorkville Grade School, races after 10 30 a.m., lunch and bake sale by the Woman’s Club, free rides, bucket brigade and water fights, baseball games, Pee Wee to Pony leagues, Garfield Goose show, and a fireworks finale at Countryside Center at dusk.
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Yorkville
Bristol-Kendall Fire Department
Fox River
Illinois 47
Somonauk St
Church St
Main St
Main
King St
Game Farm Road
Yorkville Woman's Club
Church Street
Bucket Brigade
Countryside Center
Casey voters reject school tax increase by wide margin
In Casey Illinois a school tax increase failed by about eight to one with 1026 voting against and 286 in favor. The proposed 40 cent per $100 assessment would have raised the Casey School District rate to 2.0 to repay a $100000 anticipation warrant. A July 11 board meeting will decide on another vote.
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Casey, Ill
UPI
Casey
Supreme Court bars death penalty for rape of an adult woman
The court rules the death penalty for rape is grossly disproportionate and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. Justice White writes that only Georgia currently imposes such sentences, sparing Anthony Coker and setting aside death penalties for other Georgia men and one Florida man.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Byron White
Anthony Coker
Georgia
Florida
Yorkville County Board approves new per diem and mileage scale
Kendall County Board members are paid monthly with per diem and mileage. In November 1976 the board raised pay to 35 dollars per board meeting and 25 dollars per committee meeting, with committee chairmen at 30 dollars. Elected officials include Floyd Sleezer James Mann David E. Thompson George Hettrich Ellis Jones and others. June payments listed total amounts for each member.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Floyd Sleezer
James Mann
David E. Thompson
George Hettrich
Ellis Jones
Robert Cherry
Jannette Nelson
Russell Naden
Frank Coffman
Dorothy Montgomery
Illinois Death Penalty Stays for Rape Linked to Murder
UPI reports Supreme Court ruling barring death for rape does not alter Illinois law which allows capital punishment only if a murder accompanies the rape. Georgia remains the sole state to impose death for rape of an adult woman under the new statutes.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
U.S. Supreme Court
Illinois
Georgia
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