Algeria May Seek 18.50 a Barrel Oil Price Rise
Industry sources report Algeria plans an April 1 price increase from 14.80 to about 18.50 per barrel and a 10 to 15 percent production cut. Libya raises its increase to 10 percent and Venezuela lifts prices on several U S exports while Iran returns to market with an auction starting at 18 dollars a barrel. Gasoline prices rise amid new federal rules and expectations of a further 10 cent pump hike.
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Iran
Los Angeles Times
U.S
Legislation sets 1980 deadline for hospital costs
President Carter urged Congress to grant hospitals until 1980 to curb rising costs or face a federal ceiling now about 9.7 percent. Administration officials say more than half of the nation s 6 000 community hospitals would be exempt, and the fee cap could be loosened if conditions are met.
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III
Midwest
Grand Rapids
Mich
Carolinas
Nebraska
Roy Osugi
Omaha Weather Service
Factory gun found at Stateville prison shakeout
Illinois officials report the first factory produced gun found during a shakedown at Stateville prison in Joliet. IDOC spokesman Woody Mosgers said Monday the weapon is a .22 caliber handgun discovered amid the ongoing search and seizure operation.
Weather, crime finds, and health bill notes
Mostly sunny and warmer today with tonight turning partly cloudy and not as cold. Highs 35 to 40, lows 20s. Wednesday mostly cloudy. At Dresden Lock and Dam Monday high 32 low 16 and 7 am 20. .02 inches precip. In Morris a 9 45 am 31 reading. caliber revolver found near lumber in prison shop. Gun to Joliet lab to trace and crimes link. Also knives clubs saw blades a zip gun bomb materials and narcotics found. Carter health bill seeks voluntary hospital target with mandatory controls if unmet. Estimates save billions 3.7 billion in 1980 potential 53 billion five years. Hospital costs and doctor costs cited.
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Morris
Mosgers
State Crime Laboratory
Joliet
White House
Carter
Middle East
Congress
Flooding at Gebhard Woods as I M Canal dike breaks
Reports from Gebhard Woods State Park indicate a south side dike break on the Illinois Michigan Canal caused water to flow back under the structure. Sandbagging and equipment planned to repair the breach as Illinois River levels declined after peaking overnight.
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Gebhard Woods
Dave Carr
Carr
Dan Callahan
Dresden Lock
Starved Rock
Morris
Ray Webb
St. Louis
Morris Daily Herald brief from March 6 1979
Tuesday afternoon edition from Morris Illinois reports local news and notices with community items, weather, and brief updates. Names of residents and small local organizations appear in short items typical of a weekly city paper.
Officials map 911 compromise plan for Morris exchange
City and county leaders say a Morris 942 exchange 911 system solution is being shaped after ICC hearings in Chicago. Mayor Donald Davidson and Sheriff William Button expect a workable plan by the April 12 ICC session, with options including dual city county dispatch or county monitored county city dispatch. Attendees included city and county officials and ICC and Illinois Bell attorneys.
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Donald Davidson
William Button
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Ronald Barrett
Illinois Bell
Morris Exchange
ICC
Mayor Davidson
Button
Charles Zalar
Frank Black
Ron Fox
Syd Reeve
Robert Coleman
Tim Fox
Ron Sauer
Tom Chilcott
Wanda Kamphuis
South African Troops Strike Angolan Guerrilla Bases
South Africa says its troops aided by war planes hit guerrilla bases in Marxist Angola early today. Prime Minister Botha says limited reactive strikes target guerrillas based in Angola who operate against South West Africa. Casualties not yet reported. In South West Africa fighting, one guerrilla killed, two wounded. seven security personnel injured by a land mine. five civilians abducted. Cuban troops reportedly bolster the Angolan regime of President Neto.
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South Africa
Angola
Magnus Malan
Pieter W. Botha
Cape Town
South-West Africa
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Rhodesia
Zambia
Sup
Agostinho Neto
Jamie Geldenhuys
Two Morris Grade Board Incumbents File Petitions for District 54
Two Morris Grade board incumbents Gerald McTague and Erwin Kelly filed petitions for three year terms on the Morris Elementary School Board District 54. Other petitioning candidates include Michael Felt Alice Dornan and Janet Matteson. In Morris Community High School District 101 incumbent Jim Leonard also filed for a three year term, joining William Stangland and Duane Harseim who filed earlier. No Saratoga District 600 candidates have filed petitions.
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Michael Felt
Mooseheart Dr
Alice Dornan
Kiersted St
Janet Matteson
E. Benton St
Morris Community High School
Jim Leonard
W. Southmer
Saratoga District 600 Board
Newark trustees race sets April 17 election date
Newark voters will decide clerk and three trustee seats on April 17. Incumbent clerk Merle Tuntland seeks a full term amid long service in Newark. Five candidates vie for three four year trustee posts: Leo Stanford, Dave K Johnson, Gary Leveque, Floyd Dierzen, and Victor J Smith. Center Street resident Roger Ness contests the two year unexpired trustee term. Ness is a barber and Newark native married to Nancy. Other candidates bring local business, firefighting, and service backgrounds.
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Johnson Street
Roger Ness
Center Street
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Geneva
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Thomas
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Lisa
Annette
Kristi
Johnson Ave
Leveque
Liberty St
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Chicago
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Dierzen
Coy Park Drive
Dierzen Welding and Machine Company
Aurora College
Coy Park Estates
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Two Rivers Council
Boy Scouts of America
American Welding Society
Ruth Ann
Louis
Ron
John
Robert
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