Kendall deputy shoots youth during gas station robbery
In Yorkville near Oswego a Kendall County deputy shot and killed 15 year old Scott Grady and wounded 16 year old Steve Grady during a robbery at Pride gas station. A third youth was captured. autopsy attributed death to a single .38 caliber bullet. Deputy Tim Batley, working part time, acted after identifying himself as a deputy. The shooting is deemed justifiable homicide. juvenile petitions may be filed against all youths, with possible adult charges.
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Yorkville
Aurora
Kendall County
Oswego
Kane County
Sheriff’s Department
Charles Conley
Grady
Conley
Kendall County Sheriff's Department
Tim Batley
Pride
Illinois 31
Light Rd
Batley
Sheriff's Department
Scott Grady
Ingemunson
Morris site eyed as permanent nuclear waste storage facility
The Energy Department may acquire the Morris site in Illinois to store spent nuclear fuel from across the nation, with Barnwell South Carolina and West Valley New York as other candidates for interim storage. Utilities now store spent fuel underwater and face a 1983 disposal deadline, while Morris, run by General Electric, was a former reprocessing plant turned storage site and has faced protests and legal action led by Attorney General William J. Scott.
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Chicago
Federal Energy Department
Morris
The
Sun-Times
Energy Department
Barnwell
S.C
West Valley
N.Y
General Electric Co
Antinuclear Bailly Alliance
William J. Scott
Morris Daily Herald front page brief 1979
Morris Illinois newspaper issue dated March 7 1979 is a fourteen page Wednesday edition priced twenty cents. The record lists volume ninety eight number two hundred forty two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Illinois
Braidwood appoints first woman police officer
Braidwood names Ellie Cole as its first woman police officer, sworn in at the city council meeting. She has been head dispatcher and has completed state required firearms and on scene homicide training. Cole will serve as juvenile officer while continuing regular police duties.
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Braidwood
Ellie Cole
William R. Cole
Illinois
Will County
Cook County Sheriff's Police Training Academy
Cole
Sullivan Lane
Sven
Weather outlook and measurements from Dresden Lock and Dam
Mostly cloudy and colder today with a chance of snow flurries. Highs near 33 and lows around 22. Thursday partly cloudy with a late snow chance. At Dresden Lock and Dam Tuesday high 42, low 20, 7 a.m. 32, precipitation .02 inch. Downtown Morris 9:05 a.m. 34 degrees.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Pedestrian Killed in LaSalle County Hit-and-Run
A 51-year-old man, George Deutsch, was struck and killed by a hit-and-run vehicle early today on N LaSalle Rd east of Illinois 51 in LaSalle County. Deutsch would have turned 52 this Tuesday. The vehicle fled the scene. coroner Marion Osborne had no comment on cause of death or funeral plans.
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LaSalle County
George Deutsch
N. LaSalle Rd
Illinois 51
Deutsch
Illinois State Police District 5A
LaSalle
Marion Osborne
Ice Flooding Near Kankakee River Dikes
Ice blocks in the Kankakee River cause rising flood waters along the banks and threaten the Shelby area in northwest Indiana. A car at Dresden Lock serves as a gauge as ice packs shift and the river climbs toward flood levels. Thousands of sandbags and a railroad bed dike hold back waters while residents flee in risk of dam breakage if repairs lag.
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Illinois
Kankakee
Santa Fe
Grundy-Will County
Commonwealth Edison
Kankakee River
Indiana State Line
Shelby
Indiana
National Weather Service
Thompson Proposes 12.3 Billion Illinois Budget With Tax Hikes
Gov. James R. Thompson unveiled a record 12.3 billion budget urging ceilings on state and local spending tied to personal income growth. The plan includes a 1 cent gasoline tax raise, auto fee hikes, and targeted increases for education highways welfare and health services while offering limited property tax rebates for the elderly and disabled.
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Springfield
Ill
James R. Thompson
Thompson
Illinois
Illinois General Assembly
Clude
General Revenue Fund
Institute of Natural Resources
General Assembly
House
Senate
Human Services
Yorkville mayor runs unopposed for re election
Yorkville voters head to the polls with Mayor LeRoy Thanepohn seeking a third term after four terms on the council. Unopposed candidates include Treasurer Marilyn Merkel City Clerk Luanne Erickson and Ward I Alderman Lawrence Beach and Ward II Alderman Blaine Harker. The sole contest is in Ward III where incumbent Hershel Smith faces Naydene Pierce who cites voter apathy and town interest.
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Yorkville
LeRoy Thanepohn
East Houstis St
Thanepohn
U.S. 34
Marilyn Merkel
East Hydraulic St
Merkel
Paul
Kendall County
Republican Women’s Club
Luanne Erickson
Houstis St
Olga Schneider
Harker
Elizabeth
Franklin St
Tion
Hershel Smith
Naydene Pierce
Pierce
Moses Restaurant Slices Prices Back To 1954 Level
In Arthur Illinois to mark 25 years in business owners D C and Pauline Moses rolled prices back to 1954. Coffee cost a dime and ham burgers a quarter while complete dinners were 90 cents. The menu featured meat loaf sausage beef and noodles weiners and sauerkraut and chicken salad with sides and drinks.
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Arthur, Ill
Moses Restaurant
D. C
Pauline Moses
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Kendall
Copley Memorial Hospital
Steve Grady
Copley Memorial
Atty
Dallas Ingemunson
Gebhard Woods
Channahon
Herald
Morris Daily Herald
Law Enforcement Officers Training Board
Anne
Dale Powell
Jeff
Jim
Julie
Jennifer Powell
Elke Cole
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Dan Callahan
Callahan
Illinois River
Ray Webb
Continental Grain
N. River Rd
Schneider
Aaron Pest Control
Smith
Plano Christian Church
Boy Scouts of America Committee
Delores
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