Tornado reports unconfirmed as severe storms hit northern Illinois
Widespread severe thunderstorms struck northern Illinois with high winds and heavy rain. Authorities reported downed wires and power pole fires in Kendall and Grundy counties while no tornadoes were confirmed. Cities including Moline Rock Island and Coal City logged substantial rainfall and flash flood risk persisted.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Kendall County Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
ESDA
Wheaton
Fox Rd
Sheriff's
Grundy County
Joe Temple
LaSalle
Grundy
Temple
Kankakee
Kendall
Will
Cook
Coal City
Morris
United Press International
Illinois
National Weather Service
Quad Cities
Moline
Rock Island
Quad City
Rock Falls
Bureau County Sheriff's Deputies
Princeton
Chicago
Meigs Field
Chicago Lakefront
Carter to propose emergency fuel plans with rationing
Washington officials say President Carter will soon propose a tough emergency fuel conservation package that could include gasoline rationing. The plan would be submitted to Congress within months and build on Ford era measures while retaining several steps and allowing gradual, crisis tailored implementation.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
Gerald Ford
Ford
Morris Daily Herald 1977 June 30 front page
The fragment provides the Morris Daily Herald issue details listing volume number date issue price and page count. The text sets the newspaper’s local historical context for Morris Illinois on June 30 1977 with a fourteen page run.
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Morris
Illinois
Carter halts B1 bomber production amid testing continuation
President Carter announced suspension of further B1 bomber production while keeping testing on the aircraft. He urged Congress to back his move and prioritized deployment of cruise missiles, including air launched platforms, while preserving a Triad defense strategy.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
Congress
United States
Air Force
Soviet Union
Congressional
House
Senate
Gasoline tanker crash kills three in Monmouth Ill
A tanker turning from Illinois 34 onto Harlem Avenue overturned and struck three cars, killing Ruth Huntley Arlene Nesbith and Robert E. Sells all of Monmouth. Four others were injured and taken to area hospitals. Driver William Samples of Fort Madison Iowa was uninjured.
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Monmouth
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Harlem Avenue
Ruth Huntley
Arlene Nesbith
Robert E. Sells
Sells
William Samples
Fort Madison
Iowa
Soybean Traders sue brokers over pre arranged futures deals
Four soybean traders file a $25 million civil suit in U.S. District Court against the Chicago Board of Trade and four other traders alleging non competitive pre arranged deals in soybean futures. The suit claims manipulative trading to alter prices and accuses the Board of Trade of failing to prevent such occurrences.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Weather update shows cooler tonight and weekend warm spell
Forecasters predict a cool night with temperatures in the low 50s. Friday will be sunny and cooler with highs in the lower 80s. Wednesday’s high reached 85 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 58 low. Morning temps in Morris were 67 at 7 am and 65 at 10:45 am. Precipitation stood at 41. ESDA noted Morris yesterday hit 89 and 56 for high and low. Barometer 29.74 and falling. last 12 hours peak wind reached 16 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Sentence Euneta Howard 15 to 45 years for child’s stabbing death
Euneta Howard 21 was sentenced to 15 to 45 years in Dwight Prison for Women after a Kendall County jury found her guilty of stabbing her 4 year old son Christopher Alster to death in their Boulder Hill home on January 27. Circuit Court Judge Rex Meilinger refused to reactivate bond citing her five month pregnancy and ordered transfer to Dwight. Howard, previously divorced, faced an appeal plan from her defense attorney Tony Bassak.
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Yorkville
Ill
UPI
Euneta Howard
Boulder Hill
Dwight
Circuit Court
Rex Meilinger
Miss Howard
Kendall County
Christopher Alster
Tony Bassak
Indiana fugitive captured by local and county deputies
Thomas R. Jackson twenty was arrested in Grundy County after a tip connected him to an Indiana armed robbery. He was held at Grundy County Jail awaiting transport to Lake County. Police had tracked the leased car from Greenway Pontiac and spotted the group on Washington Street. The three others with him were questioned and released. Army records later confirmed his February discharge.
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Amazon
Indiana
Main and
Liberty Sts
Morris Police
Grundy County
Thomas R. Jackson
Lake County
Jackson
Greenway Pontiac
Munch
Division St
Kurt Salems
E. Washington St
Washington St
U.S. Army
Army
Grundy County Animal Control Chief Tracks Stray Dogs Weekly
Mrs. Shark Jordan heads the Grundy County Animal Control Center in Aux Sable Township, handling licenses, stray dog pickups, and bite cases. She notes about 15 stray Morris dogs are picked up weekly, with most found along I 80, and only about one in a hundred strays are claimed.
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Grundy County
Animal Control Center
Sharri Jordan
Morris
Patricia Collins
Glenn Norwicki
Jordan
Dee Ray
Shark Jordan
Will County Humane Society
Aux Sable Township
Red and Gun Club Rd
Cemetery Rd
Tablar Rd
Minooka Rd
Braceville
Glenn Norwicks
Goose Lake
Appointed to area health committee
Robert A. Cornesky will serve on the emergency medical services committee of the Region IX Health Systems Agency Inc serving Will Kankakee Grundy and Kendall counties. Dr Cornesky heads the School of Health Sciences in the College of Environmental and Applied Sciences at Governors State University.
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Robert A. Cornesky
Region IX Health Systems Agency, Inc
Will
Kankakee
Grundy
Kendall
School of Health Sciences
Dr. Cornesky
College of Environmental and Applied Sciences
Governors State University
Subdivision plans 66 acre Rockwell Inn area to be studied
William Brestal will present a preliminary plat for a 66 acre subdivision around the Rockwell Inn to the Grundy County Regional Planning Commission at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Grundy County Courthouse. The panel will also review Kendall Grundy FS Inc ammonia storage tank request near Illinois 47 and Spring Rd and hear Gerald Sykora on an underwater problem with a Pine Bluff Estates lot. The board will also discuss Prairie Estates zoning and appointment of planning commission members.
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William Brestal
Rockwell Inn
Grundy County
Pine Bluff Rds
Cleveland Shane
Prairie Estates
Pine Bluff
Jugtown Rds
Planning Commission
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Ford Administration
Morris Daily Herald
Carter Kills Further
Joseph Addabbo
D-N.y
Appropriations Committee
George Mahon
D-Tex
Harold Brown
Chuck Maney
Chuck Wahlstrom
Animal Shelter
Connor
Bedford Rd
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