Supreme Court Allows Defendants to Defend Themselves
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that a criminal defendant may mount his own defense, distinguishing this right from the obligation to appoint counsel. In a separate ruling the court kept a North Hempstead topless ban on hold pending further review, while also agreeing to hear cases on border searches, district elections, admissibility of evidence, and welfare benefit prerequisites.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Anthony Pasquall Faretta
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Faretta
Potter Stewart
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
William H. Rehnquist
North Hempstead
N.Y
U.S. Border Patrol
Texas
California
New York
ERDA shifts away from breeder reactors to solar power
The ERDA releases a 25 year plan that abandons breeder reactors as a major energy source and elevates solar power. It forecasts energy costs may double by 2000 and urges rapid development of synthetic fuels from coal and shale, conservation, and geothermal and solar technologies for the 1985-2000 window.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Energy
Congress
Ford
Energy Research and Development Administration
United States
U.S
Illinois Supreme Court Orders Partial Pay Raises
The Illinois Supreme Court ordered Gov. Daniel Walker to pay state employees part of a $100 monthly raise withheld during a December 1974 dispute. The ruling concerns employees who began receiving the raise in September, with lawmakers having overridden a veto on December 4, 1974, and affected workers starting last January.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois Supreme Court
Daniel Walker
Walker
Burglary and thefts reported in Gardner weekend
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Department logged a weekend of break ins and thefts. Gardner Chief Roy Gardner said an apartment on Liberty Street was broken into between 8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Saturday, with $25 taken from a billfold after the screen door was pried open. Others reported included $90 of tools stolen from a security van at Collins Station, a shotgun missing from U.S. 6 Ridgecrest, gas line and filter stolen from a 1967 Volkswagen, vandalism to a John Deere backhoe valued at $60, a car vandalized with fireworks found under the hood, and a missing calf worth $250 on Spring Road.
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Grundy County
Don Welsh
Collins Station
Sheriff's Department
Welsh
Jeffery Wix
Irvin Halsted
U.S. 6
Ridgecrest
Wayne Organ
Oak St
Shady Oaks
Kenneth Shannon
Robert Tricarico
Migliore Construction Co
Orland Park
Shady Oaks Rd
Evert Poyner
John Deere
Joe Sweet
Gracie St
Timothy Neary
Curt Leach
William Roe
Kinsman
Verona
Roe
Virgil Berrong
Rte. 1
Coal City
Berrong
Spring Rd
Broadway St
Warm and sunny spell predicted with heat continuing
Forecast calls for clear to fair skies and warm temperatures tonight with a high in the low 90s on Tuesday. Overnight low near 70. Weekend notes show Sunday peak 90 and low 68 with .08 inches of rain. morning readings at 7 a.m. 77 and 9:53 a.m. downtown Morris 83.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Fire damages Richard Beck residence in Old Mazon
Fire heavily damaged the Richard Beck home in Old Mazon Friday night. A passing witness reported the blaze to the Mazon Fire Department at 9:45 p.m. An electric fan was suspected as the cause. The upper floor was gutted with smoke and water damage. Estimated damage about $5,000. The Becks stayed at Charles Beck’s residence in Mazon.
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Mazon
Richard Beck
Old Mazon
Beck
Becks
Charles Beck
Grundy County
Gasoline prices jump 3 to 5 cents in Illinois this week
Herbert Hugo of Platts predicts regular gasoline in Illinois will average below 60 cents a gallon Tuesday for the last time in the 20th century. He cites a $1 per barrel oil import tax and higher Mideast crude costs as drivers of the rise.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois
Herbert Hugo
Platt
Dilgram
Hugo
Ford
Mideast
Midwest
Congress Defeats C-SEL M Project Funding in House Vote
Rep. Floyd Fithian said the House, voting 377 to 28, blocked for at least a year funding for the C-SELM Chicago South End of Lake Michigan wastewater filtration plan. He cited the bill report endorsing no federal money for further studies planning or construction of C-SELM.
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Rensselaer, Ind
UPI
Floyd Fithian
D-Ind
Indiana
Chicago Area
Fithian
Rensselaer Republican
House
Hoosier
C-Selm
Chicago-South End
Lake Michigan
Four injured in separate weekend motor vehicle accidents
Four people were injured in four one car accidents over the weekend. Marion Haas 21 of Seneca was treated at Morris Hospital after a 5 a m Sunday crash on U S 6. Ernest Beardsley 46 of Sheridan was injured Friday night when his pickup left Lisbon Road and struck a culvert and was treated at Morris Hospital. Ronald Francisco 18 of Coal City was treated and released after his car overturned on North Broadway Road. Maurice Gantzert 57 of rural Mazon was treated and released after an Illinois 47 crash at Beeler Hill.
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Marion Haas
Rte. 1
Seneca
Morris Hospital
U.S
Ashley Rd
Ernest Beardsley
Sheridan
Lisbon Rd
Gore Rd
Ronald Francisco
E. Division St
Coal City
North Broadway
McArdle
Maurice Gantzert
Mazon
Illinois 47
Beeler Hill
Grundy County
Raymond Odom
Haas
U.S. 6
MCC dismantles shed in Lisbon and Bedford zoning dispute
MCC removed its yard building known as the shed at Lisbon and Bedford Rds amid a four month zoning row. Wilfred Dix confirmed the demolition this morning as MCC plans a move to W Washington St with some equipment already relocated while a June 2 suit was debated and then halted pending removal to the new site.
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MCC
Donald Swanson
Bennie Sklut
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City of
Bedford Rd
Waverly St
Lisbon
Bedford Rds
Public Works
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Morris Ambulance
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Shell
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Texaco
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Broadway Rd
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