County officials push bill to allow drug fines on probation
Grundy County State's Atty. Charles Zalar and Sheriff William Button testified before the Illinois House Judiciary Committee in Springfield in support of a bill to permit judges to order first offenders on possession charges to pay fines and court costs. They argue the measure would restore deterrence after a Supreme Court ruling barred fines as probation conditions.
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Grundy County
Charles Zalar
William Button
Illinois House Judiciary Committee
Springfield
Zalar
Button
Supreme Court
House
William Kempiners
Joliet
Peg Breslin
Ottawa
Joseph Mudd
Peoria
Michael Brady
Chicago
Atty. Zalar
U.N. Troops Suffer Six Killed In Tyre Ambush
In Tyre Lebanon Palestinian guerrillas from the rejection front ambushed French and Senegalese U.N. troops killing six and wounding nine including Col Jean Salvan commander of the 728 man French force. A ranking Fatah official also died. The clash followed failed infiltration talks and occurred during negotiations.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
U.N
Tyre
Jean Salvan
Rejection Front
Israel
Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Fatah
Salvan
Jean Menegaux
Menegeaux
Injured trucker rescues man from burning car
A Galesburg, Illinois truck driver, Harry Hopping, 51, jumped from his semi after a rear end collision on Interstate 196 near South Haven to pull Muskegon resident Charles Bishop from his flaming car. Bishop and Hopping were hospitalized in good condition with head injuries and a broken ankle respectively.
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South Haven
Mich
UPI
Galesburg
Ill
Harry Hopping
Charles Bishop
Muskegon
Covert
Bishop
Hopping
South Haven Community Hospital
Minooka Board to Meet Monday Evening at Village Hall
The Minooka Village Board will convene at 7 30 p m Monday in the village hall to discuss community matters and local governance.
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Minooka
Weather forecast and temperatures across locations
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low in the low to mid 40s. Thursday’s high expected in the low to mid 60s. Tuesday’s high reached 51 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 31 low. At 7 am today it was 35 and by 10:40 am in Morris it was 55 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Normal firefighters seek arbitration in cost dispute
Striking Normal firefighters seek binding arbitration after a union proposal to submit the contract dispute to an arbitrator. City officials delayed a decision after a three hour meeting, with a 3 pm follow up to announce terms. A $276000 damages suit was filed by Normal against Local 2442 IAFF for costs from the strike.
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Normal
Ill
UPD
International Association of Firefighters
McLean County
Dale Berry
Frank Miles
Miles
William Caisley
Planning meeting continued cancelation in Grundy County
The Grundy County Planning Commission postponed its April meeting due to lack of a quorum. The session was moved a week later because planning consultant Todd Trayser could not attend. May 23 will address planning policies and a rezoning request adjacent to Evergreen Cemetery from M II to R II submitted by Spencer LeMenager and the Whites.
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Grundy County
Spencer LeMenager
Kenilworth
Harry and
Cecile White
Morris
Minooka to Flush Water Hydrants Next Week
Minooka water and sewer superintendent Don McCoy announced hydrants will be flushed next week. Residents may see periods of rusty water. At the annual village meeting, village treasurer Deborah Boss and Police Chief Michael Hrechko were reappointed. An executive session on personnel was held.
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Minooka
Minooka Water and Sewer
Don McCoy
McCoy
Deborah Boss
Michael Hrechko
Americans Launch Solar Energy Age With Festivities
Americans nationwide celebrated Sun Day to mark the solar energy age amid cheers prayers and speeches. Activist figures like Robert Redford and Barry Commoner urged a shift from fossil fuels while critics pressed Carter and Schlesinger to up renewables. Andrew Young drew a parallel to the civil rights era as crowds gathered at Lincoln Memorial Cadillac Mountain and St Louis sunrise services highlighted the dawn of a solar era.
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Edward K. Delong
United Press International
Robert Redford
New York
United Nations Plaza
Barry Commoner
Lincoln Memorial
America
Carter
James Schlesinger
Congress
Cadillac Mountain
Maine
United States
Richard Ottinger
Dn.y
Washington
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Mississippi River
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Joliet man injured in two car crash on Illinois 47
Daniel Davidson a 26 year old Joliet man was in fair condition at Morris Hospital after a two car collision on Illinois 47 near the Illinois River Bridge. Sheri Barnett 20 of Joliet reported seeing Davidson cross the center line and could not avoid the crash. Davidson’s 1970 Volkswagen sustained front damage while Barnett’s 1970 Chevrolet had rear left damage. both cars were towed.
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Stratton State Park
Morris Fire Department
Knois
Herald
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
Illinois River Bridge
Daniel Davidson
Grundy County
William Sklut
Sheri
Sklut
Davidson
Chevrolet
Barnett
Volkeswagen
Ferguson
Aldi truck food donation after rollover near Illinois 47
A damaged Aldi Foods semi-trailer overturned on Interstate 80 near Illinois 47 caused traffic delays. Donated hundreds of canned goods and bread to Grundy and Morris county agencies after an Aldi manager approved the distribution of damaged items. John Bragg of Burlington, Iowa, was treated for minor injuries. authorities consider murder charges against a 31-year-old woman in a separate slaying in Oglesby.
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Aldi Foods
Morris Aldi
Bedford Rd
Sixwheeler County
Grundy County
Morris Lincoln Nursing Home
Morris Hospital
Aldi Food
Illinois 47
Oglesby, Ill
UPI
la Salle County
Ralph Whittington
Oglesby
John Bragg
Burlington
Iowa
Bragg
Des Rochers
Illinois
Joliet
William Sklut
Sklut
Aldi
Elswhere
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