This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1978
Page
1
The Senate voted 62 to 10 to raise mandatory retirement to 70 for most workers starting Jan 1 1979, with federal employees losing the 78 cap from Sept 30 this year. High policy executives with large private pensions may be kept under 70. Tenured professors and some union contracts have delayed effects. President Carter is expected to sign early next month.
A federal grand jury indicted Rep. Charles C. Diggs Jr. of Michigan on 35 counts of mail fraud and false statements linked to a payroll kickback scheme. The charges allege inflated salaries and kickbacks to Diggs from staff through his firm House of Diggs Inc, totaling over 101000 dollars, with sections detailing specific salary hikes for several employees.
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals voted to reject Grace Baptist Church's request to rezone 11.2 acres at Ashley Road and U.S. 6 from residential to manufacturing. The board also denied William Sharp's mobile home permit along Cemetery Road and unanimously endorsed a variance for a 12 by 20 foot metal addition to a Dresden Acres mobile home.
Final judgments entered in Grundy County on three 1975 condemnation suits by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Hornsby family awarded 42,000 for land and damages on Waverly and Division streets. Century Wholesale totals include 24,900 across two parcels. A separate case against Wunderlich and Texaco was dismissed with modest costs awarded.
A forecast calls for tonight partly cloudy and cooler with a low in the upper 20s. Friday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with a high in the low or mid 40s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a Wednesday high of 64 and a low of 33. At 7 a.m. today the temperature was 33 in Morris, rising to 49 by 10:45 a.m.
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will review a land division proposal in Highland Acres owned by Alex Crowther at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the first floor courtroom of the Grundy County Courthouse. The Saratoga Township site will be subject to planning policy and bylaw review for upcoming public hearings.
A cold front moving east dumps hail and heavy rain across the Midwest and Ohio Valley. NWS reports dime sized hail in Lebo and 61 mph winds in Wichita, with over an inch of rain. Showers extend into Ohio and flooding risks rise near Ottawa River.
Clifford Borens, 49, was found face down with multiple head injuries in Robbins Illinois after the town disbanded its 15 member police force this month. UPI reports marshals say he may have been struck by a hit and run vehicle or beaten with a blunt object as they question residents.
In Springfield Illinois voters soundly defeated a proposal to switch from an elected commission to a 10 member ward elected council with a city manager. Unofficial totals showed 14 285 opposed and 4 592 in favor with support citing potential efficiency and district representation from aldermen.
In observance of Easter public offices close on Good Friday. Morris City Hall reopens Monday at 8 a.m. Grundy County Criminal Courts Center closes Thursday 4 30 p.m. and reopens Monday 8 a.m. Morris Public Library hours shift for services but open 10 a.m. to noon and 3 to 9 p.m. Morris Post Office maintains normal mail, lobby hours through the weekend.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.