Hovercraft breaks ice on Kankakee River test project
A hovercraft loaned by the U S Army to the Chicago District U S Army Corps of Engineers tests breaking 15 to 18 inch river ice near the Will Grundy County line bridge. If successful the machine could help reduce spring flood danger for McIntosh and Phelan Subdivisions. The LACV-30 weighs 30 000 pounds, hovers four feet above water, and travels up to 62 mph on ice.
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U.S. Army
Kankakee
Chicago District
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Will-Grundy County Line
Herald
Chicago
Kankakee River
Will- Grundy County Line
Lake Peoria
Corps of Engineers
McIntosh
Phelan
Grundy County Uses 0.9683 Multiplier on 1977 Assessments
Grundy County adopts a tentative 0.9683 multiplier for 1977 property taxes payable in 1978 to set non farm assessments at 33.3 percent of fair market value. The figure could change if the County Board of Review revises local assessments and farm land is excluded from the one third rule.
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Grundy County
J. Thomas Johnson
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Department of Local Government Affairs
Accident Kills Former C C Man In Joliet area
A Joliet man William H Lehman 38 was charged with reckless homicide and driving while intoxicated after a 2 p.m. crash on Illinois 53 in Will County that killed passenger Thomas A Beasley Jr 35 of Joliet formerly Coal City. Beasley died at St Joseph Hospital after rescue by Joliet East Fire Department. Lehman sustained minor injuries and is held for bond setting. Beasley employed by Newberg Construction Co at Braidwood Commonwealth Edison site. He is survived by his mother three sons three sisters and one brother. Services set for Patterson Funeral Home Braidwood Saturday at 10 a.m. Visitation Friday.
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Joliet
Illinois
Thomas A. Beasley Jr
Chicago St
Coal City
William H. Lehman
Illinois 53
Will County
Schweitzer Rd
Beasley
Joliet East
St. Joseph Hospital
Arnold & Kaiser Ambulance Service
Lehman
Rodney Soper
Newberg Construction Co
Braidwood Com
Monwealth Edison
Wilmington
Mildred Muncey
Thomas
David
Raymond
Henry
Mildred) Brown
Robert
Shirley) Ernst
Irene Minton
Perryville
David Muncey
Patterson Funeral Home
Braidwood
Wapella St
Heap
McEvilly
Ridge Rds
Heritage Drive
Church St
Snowstorm hits plains and Midwest in hard winter blast
A blustery snowstorm swept the Great Plains to the Midwest causing travel disruption. Up to 8 inches in Kansas City area with more forecast, airport delays, school closures, and icy highways. Record cold followed with subzero readings across northern plains and upper Midwest. Arctic air, heavy snow in Colorado Rockies, and warnings from Rockies to Ohio Valley.
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Great Plains
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
Rockies
Ohio Valley
National Weather Service
Kansas City
Kansas City International Airport
Lambert- St. Louis International
Omaha-area
Omaha City Hall
Kansas Highway Patrol
Colorado Rockies
Montana
Dakotas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
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Short-change artist suspects released after paying back money
Four Negro suspects were released Wednesday night after paying back about $58 to Coal City Citgo and about $70 to Morris Riverside Citgo. A Chicago man, Delevy Smith, 27, was held on a Niles warrant and later transferred. Police seek identifications from a KFC cashier to issue arrest warrants.
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Coal City
Grundy County
Illinois 113
Carbon Hill Rd
Citgo
E. Division St. Morris
Jack Kopezick
Kentucky
N. Division St
KFC
John Dunlop
Dennis Neary
Jessie Mullins
Chicago
Morris Riverside Citgo
Division St
Riverside Citgo
Steve Seamen
Morris
Coal City Cit Co
Norbert McLuckie
McLuckie Oil Co
Neary
Delevy Smith
Niles
Smith
Mullins
Charles Barnett
Henrietta Sanders
Kopezick
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Wanda Phillips
Kopczick
Weather Forecast Details With Temperatures
The forecast calls for snow diminishing to flurries tonight with advisory for travelers and an accumulation of one to four inches. Clouds and continued cold Friday bring a high in the 20s and a chance of morning flurries. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported Wednesday high of 30 and low of 11 with early readings at 7 am 15 and Morris 11:40 am 22.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Christensen seeks river bridge funds in Morris
State Representative Ray A. Christensen sponsors a bill in the General Assembly to allocate 5 million from the road fund to the Department of Transportation for a four-lane Illinois River bridge on Illinois 47 in Morris. He cites rising traffic and says a two-lane bridge cannot handle rush hour delays, with total project cost about 12 million if not delayed.
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Ray A. Christensen
Morris
General Assembly
Department of Transportation
Illinois River
Illinois 47
Christensen
Tornado drill planned for Wednesday across three states
The National Weather Service and state and local agencies conduct a three state tornado drill to test preparedness. Grundy County Emergency Services Director Joe Temple urges participation while Morris will not sound a civil defense siren on Wednesday but may briefly hear it Tuesday. Residents are advised to shelter in basements or low central spaces and avoid mobile homes and cars during severe winds. The drill aims to improve severe weather safety procedures.
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National Weather Service
Joe Temple
Grundy County
Morris
Temple
Minooka awards contract to remodel old fire station
Minooka Village Board approved Imperial Construction of Minooka as the low bidder at 14341.52 to remodel the old fire station in the village hall into police, water and sewer offices and storage. The only other bid was 20752.12 from John Ronchetti of Coal City.
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Minooka
Imperial Construction
Water and Sewer Department
John Ronchetti
Coal City
Comerford Estates
Clyde Heap
Tragic Sandbox Accident Claims Two Year Old in Marseilles
A two year old girl, Crystal Koester, died when a tractor tire placed near a fence toppled onto her at her Marseilles home around 11 am Wednesday. Coroner Marion Osborn and police report the tire, used as a sandbox, fell on her. she was rescued and transported to Sears Campbell Funeral Home. Funeral services are set for 2 pm Saturday with burial in Riverview Cemetery.
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Marseilles
LaSalle County
Marion Osborn
Crystal Koester
Clark Sr
Richard
Cathy Koester
Darwin Lockas
Sears-Campbell Funeral Home
Crystal
Heidelberg
Germany
Clark St
Virgil Koester
Kaukauna
Wis
Barbara
Cathleen
Sears- Campbell
Thomas Lowery
United Methodist Church
Capture of Three Youth Camp Escapees Ends Five Hours Free
JOLIET ILL UP I Three boys fled from the Illinois Youth Center at Kankakee were captured after five hours of freedom. John Parks and Danny Riley both 17 of Joliet and a 16 year old from Streator fled about 9 30 p m Wednesday. They were found by Will County sheriff s police at Rockdale south of Joliet in a car believed stolen in Wilmington. The trio faces charges in the escape and the stolen car.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Illinois
Kankakee
Joe L. Brown Jr
John Parks
Danny Riley
Joliet
Streator
Will County Sheriff's
Rockdale
Wilmington
Grundy Crop Hunger Walk tops Illinois totals in 1977
Grundy County led seven Illinois walks in 1977 with a total of 11 036 dollars from the Crop Hunger drive. Other totals included Kendall County 5 008 dollars and statewide contributions 400 744 dollars, funding long term self help programs through Church World Service in over 30 nations.
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Grundy
Illinois
Grundy County
Springfield
Streator
Lee County
Geneseo
Jerseyville
Mendota
Kendall County
Church World Service
Rabbi Hershman to Speak at Grundy County Institute
Joliet rabbi Morris M. Hershman will address the Grundy County Institute general session Friday at Morris Community High School at 12 10 p m in the auditorium His lecture titled The Lamplighters was planned after Dr Clinton Bunke of Illinois State University canceled due to a family emergency.
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Morris M. Hershman
Joliet
Grundy
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