Suit seeks refund of drug fines from probation cases
A class action filed in Grundy County Circuit Court by Scott Berquist and Gerald Brickert seeks to recover fines and costs levied as conditions of 7-10 or 14-10 deferred judgment probation. They allege fines were improperly imposed and ask refunds plus determinations of amounts due to all similarly affected defendants. court records show $28,800 in fines were imposed as probation conditions between 1976 and 1978.
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Grundy County
Scott Berquist
Lockport
Gerald Brickert
Seneca
Charles Zalar
Betty Olson
Robert Williamson
Berquist
Illinois
Brickert
Atty. Zalar
Zalar
William Button
Illinois House Judiciary Committee
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Cook
DuPage
Kane
Champaign
LaSalle
Arrests in Morris armed robbery case escalate
Morris police detained two more suspects in the Straightway Dairy armed robbery. An 18-year-old Morris youth, charged Monday, was arrested Saturday at 3 05 p.m. A third suspect followed eight hours later. Larry R. Corwin, 21, of 416 Lincoln St., was also taken into custody Saturday night. Gilbertson, Brown, and a 16-year-old youth face related charges. police traced a 1969 Chevrolet to the suspect after the dairy robbery. Wicks, treated for a nonfatal arm injury, remains jailed on $50 000 bail.
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Morris
Straightway Dairy
Paul E. Gilbertson
Park Blvd
Hatcher Woods
Larry R. Corwin
Lincoln St
Richards Apartments
Grundy County
Corwin
Gilbertson
Woodland Rd
Alan Love
Kurt Salems
Kenneth J. Brown
Danny
Danny Brown
Brown
Sgt
Love
Sgt. Love
LaSalle County
Ottawa
Straighway Dairy
Main St
Liberty St
Weather Outlook With Showers and Cooler Temperatures
Mostly cloudy and cooler with some showers likely tonight. Low in the low 40s. Tuesday will be cooler with a high in the upper 50s to low 60s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a Saturday high of 60 and a low of 36. Sunday’s high 55 and low 45. At 7 am today Morris سجل 51 while 10:30 am was 61. Precipitation totaled .99.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Kankakee Foundry Closes Amid Utility Cutoff
In Kankakee Illinois a local foundry owned by National Utility Products Cleveland Ohio shut down after Commonwealth Edison cut power. About 150 workers were reduced to five percent on site with only clerical staff remaining. Plant officials cited financial problems and service disruption. The company hopes to settle with Edison.
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Kankakee, Il
UPI
Kankakee
Commonwealth Edison
Clausen
The
National Utility Products
Cleveland
Ohio
County committee rejects bids for two bridges
Grundy County Highway Committee rejected all bids for Ward and Stonewall Road bridges as bidders exceeded approved estimates. Both projects will be rebid. Ward Road bridge lies 2.5 miles south of Grand Ridge Road on the Mazon Vienna line. Stonewall Road bridge lies about half a mile east of Illinois 47. Bids ranged from 80,803 to 82,723 for Ward and 42,441 to 44,409 for Stonewall.
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Grundy County Highway Committee
Ward and
Stonewall Rds
Grundy County
Richard McTague
Ward Rd
Grand Ridge Rd
Mazon- Vienna
Stonewall Rd
Illinois
Charles O’brien
James McElvain
Morris
O'Brien
McElvain
Morris Man Dennis Wills Injured In Early Morning Crash
Dennis Wills, 37, of 422 E Illinois Ave Morris, was listed in serious condition in the ICU at St Joseph Hospital Joliet after a one car crash on Interstate 80 near Ridge Road. His 1976 Chevrolet Chevette left the highway at 3 30 am Saturday and rolled over. he was transported by Minooka Emergency Squad. Another driver, James Bowen, 24, of Coal City, was treated and released at St Joseph Hospital after a separate 3 25 am Sunday crash on US 6 near the Caterpillar plant entrance. Bowen was ticketed for going too fast for conditions.
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Morris
Dennis Wills
Illinois Ave
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois
Wills
Ridge Rd
Minooka
James Bowen
Balmoral Dr
Coal City
U.S. 6
Bowen
Rock Island
Mayor outlines Morris Code Book amendments for council action
Mayor Donald Davidson said amendments to the Morris Code Book are planned for action at tonight's City Council meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. in the Morris Savings and Loan Association's community room.
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Donald Davidson
Morris
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Demonstrators Rally Against GE Morris Nuclear Operation
About 200 anti nuclear activists gathered at Gebhard Woods State Park in rain to denounce General Electric Morris Operation where spent fuel is stored. Spearheaded by Mobilization for Survival and Bailly Alliance, speakers including Sidney Lens urged shutting down Morris citing fourth dimension kill ethics and potential millions of deaths from plutonium leaks and reactor emissions. Police secured the site as protesters channeled chant slogans and song while plans for a June return were noted and GE issued a peaceable statement on the protest.
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Gebhard Woods State Park
General Electric
Morris
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Herald
Gebhard Woods
Sidney Lens
Lens
Liberation Magazine
Sam Day
Progressive Magazine
Mobilization For Survival
Bailly Alliance
Peaceful Park
Chicago
Nukes
David Williams
Joshua
Jericho
Morris Dump
Women For Peace
GE Morris
Eugene Voiland
Dresden Rd
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Hiroshima
Alex Meyer
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Beth Galbreath
Rockford Sun Day Committee
Ed Gogol
Joe Frintz
Steelworkers Local Union 1010
Inland Steel
Gary
Bailly
Donald Bird
Associated Citizens For the Protection
Sheffield
Grundy County Sheriff's Deputies
Vietnamese seize cash and private property in economy drive
Vietnamese authorities report large scale raids seizing electronics, fabrics, and luxury goods as cadres tighten control. New currency rules cap cash at about 200 dollars in cities and a little over half that in rural areas, halting commerce nationwide. The crackdown targets middle class merchants in Ho Chi Minh City with a March 23 closure campaign prompting southern refugees.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh City
Straight-Way Dairy fire case continued to Wednesday
A 15-year-old Morris youth facing a Dec 2 fire at Straight-Way Dairy had his dispositional hearing in Grundy County Circuit Court moved to Wednesday at 2 p.m. due to judge and defense attorney unavailability. He has admitted to criminal damage to property and to thefts from a church and a Coal City truck, with the DOC recommending family counseling following a 30 day diagnostic stay.
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Morris
Grundy County
Hoffman
Illinois Department of Corrections
St. Charles
Zalar
Department of Corrections
Robert Wren
LaSalle County
Plainfield High Principal to be Offered Athletic Director Job
Richard Anderson, principal of Plainfield High School, will be offered a contract to become Morris Community High School’s athletic director. Board president Jack Kutches said action will occur at the 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting. Anderson has served Plainfield 13 years. Additional items include an architect’s report on construction and bids to resurface the parking lot and repair the roof.
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Richard Anderson
Plainfield High School
Morris Community High School
Jack Kutches
Anderson
Plainfield
Kutches
John Scaggs
Morris Grade Board to authorize improvement bids and 1978-79 budget
Morris Grade School Board of Education meets at Franklin School at 6:30 p.m. to authorize improvement bids and review the 1978-79 tentative budget. A 6 p.m. teachers reception hosts board members in the basement. Agenda includes transportation rates, bids for roof repairs at Franklin Garfield Shabbona, air conditioners at Center, carpet work, and graduation set for 8 p.m. June 5 at Shabbona. The board will consider District 54 remaining the administrative district for the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative in 1978-79.
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McKinley
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
Franklin, Garfield
Shabbona
Center School
Garfield
Grundy County
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Legion Donation
Morris Daily Herald
John Martin Steele Vfw Post
Morris Hospital
American Legion Post
John B. Roth Sr
Donald Botkin
Larry Wicks
Liberty
Clair Clausen
Council
Leonard Hoffman
Jerry Drendel
Amanda Walck
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Michael Paschall
Wauponsee St
Plainfield High
Morris Grade Board
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