County schedules open house for courthouse addition
Grundy County plans an open house on Sunday April 30 to view the new Grundy County Criminal Courts Center addition and remodeled offices. County Board Chairman William Waters says most staff will be relocated within a month. The project cost over 350000 with 252502 from the county Office Fund and about 100000 from federal revenue sharing funds.
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Grundy County Criminal Courts Center
William Waters
Waters
Robert Williamson
Betty Olson
Eugene Sorensen
Grundy County
Grundy-Kendall
Narvick Bros. Lumber Co. Inc
Armstrong St
Carpetite Co
Liberty St
Criminal Courts Center
Herald
Israeli Forces Clash as Lebanon Cease Fire Breaks Down
Palestinian and leftist sources report renewed rocket and artillery fighting near the Hasbani River Bridge in southeast Lebanon. Syria reportedly opposes reinforcements to guerrillas as the UN boosts peace efforts while Israel weighs sending Defense Minister Weizman to Egypt to revive stalled talks. Swedish peacekeepers and Norwegian troops arrive amid crossfire with no casualties.
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United Press International
Lebanon
Syria
U.N
Jerusalem
Ezer Weizman
Egypt
Middle East
Menachem Begin
Hasbani River
Weather Outlook and Temperatures at Dresden Island
Forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight with a low in the mid 30s. Tuesday sees partly cloudy skies and little change with highs in the upper 40s or lower 50s. Weekend readings at Dresden Island Locks and Dam show Saturday high 33 and low 25, Sunday 35/29. Early morning readings: Morris 31 at 7 am, 38 at 10:15 am. Precipitation totaled 0.71 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Ten oldest among Harper's Bazaar beauty picks
New York UPI reports Harper's Bazaar names America's ten most beautiful women, all over 30, including Lena Horne 60, Princess Grace of Monaco, and Cheryl Tiegs. Among them Candice Bergen 31 says aging should not be feared, Diahann Carroll 42 urges fun, Faye Dunaway 37 notes beauty is not about projection, while Grace at 48 comments on not having a fixed look.
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New York
UPI
America
Harper’s Bazaar
Lena Horne
Princess Grace of
Monaco
Cheryl Tiegs
Candice Bergen
Diahann Carroll
March of Dimes Walkathon to Aid Grundy County
Grundy County hosts a May 6 walkathon led by 23 year old Bob Darnall of Morris. The 16 mile route fundraiser aims to raise funds for a fetal monitor unit at Morris Hospital with 4500 dollars allocated from proceeds. Participants of all ages welcome as the local drive launches to raise awareness for birth defect prevention.
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Grundy County
Bob Darnall
Morris
Darnall
Morris Hospital
Miners, construction workers strike across Illinois region
Illinois District 12 United Mine Workers paged off work as construction miners picketed, shutting down several coal mines in Peoria, Fulton, Schuyler, Ford counties and across southern Illinois. Affected mines include Sahara Coal Co. and Zeigler Coal Co. action tied to stalled contract talks with UMW.
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United Press International
Illinois
District 12
United Mine Workers
Michael Bunton
du Quoin
UMW _ subdistrict board
Southern Illinois
Washington
Bunton
Harrisburg
Sahara Coal Co
Progressive Mine Workers of America
UMW
West Central
John Henry
Lewistown
Henry
Peoria
Fulton
Schuyler
Ford
Peabody
Pawnee No. 10
Kincaid
Zeigler Coal Co
Zeigler
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
James Whitney
St. Louis
West Frankfort
Norman Beattie
UMW District 12
Monk
Local 2117
Peter Gordy
Gordy
Sahara Coal Company
Saline County
Monteres
Carlinville
Arnold Miller
Moak
Court upholds conviction of man who started postal competition
UPI. The Supreme Court let stand the conviction of Robert Eugene Black for starting a private delivery service between Pittsburg and Fontenac in Kansas, operating against the Postal Service monopoly. Black’s appeal argued the law violates the Constitution but the court affirmed the statute and $500 fine.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Kansas
US Postal Service
Robert Eugene Black
Alternate Systems Inc
Black
Pittsburg
Fontenac
Crawford County
Kan
Weathering Winter Roads Causes Area Traffic Crashes
Heavy precipitation over Grundy County Friday to Sunday rendered roads slick with rain sleet and snow. Police logged 60 accidents from Friday evening to Saturday midnight, including a one car crash on Interstate 80 injuring no one, and a 61 year old driver cited for no valid license after a wreck west of Braceville. Several cars left in ditches near Pine Bluff Road and U S 6, with a downed power line on Verona Road reported at 6 53 a m. Commonwealth Edison notified.
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Grundy County
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Robert Tricarico
Lowe Carlson
Tricarico
Carlson
Mike
S. Broadway Rd
U.S. 6
Holderman Hill
District 5
Illinois State Police
Joliet
Sheriff's Department
Verona Rd
Commonwealth Edison
Morris to vote on two bond referendums for City Hall
Morris City Council plans two bond ordinances for a 475000 new City Hall and demolition of the old building at 222 Wauponsee St. The site is in the city parking lot south of the current hall near Wauponsee and W Washington. The referendum date will be set at tonight's meeting possibly tied to a general election. A special election will fill Alderman Maunder's vacancy from last December. EPA officials are to report on Morris water testing at the meeting.
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Morris City Hall
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Wauponsee St
Donald Davidson
City Hall
Wauponsee and
W. Washington Sts
John
Water shutoff to repair Union Street hydrant
Morris Public Works will cut water to several homes on Union Street and nearby areas starting 8 a.m. Tuesday to fix a broken hydrant. The outage will last for several hours affecting Morris Community High School, Hi-Park Subdivision, and homes on Union Street School Street Narvick Avenue and Hi-Park Boulevard. Director Wilfred Dix could not estimate repair duration.
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Union St
Morris Public Works Department
Morris Community High School
Hi-Park
School St
Narvick Ave
Hi-Park Blvd
Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Illinois clerks ordered to devise neutral ballot position method
Supreme Court refused to hear the Illinois Elections Board appeal on county ballot order practices. Clerks must create a constitutionally permissible, neutral procedure for placing parties at the top, replacing the prior system where counties favored their own party.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court Today
Illinois Elections Board
Illinois
Consolidated Will
DuPage
Cook County
Chicago
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Elizabeth Taylor
Congress
Earl O'Connor
Black and Alternate Systems Inc
England
American
Morris Daily Herald
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