Two treated after accidents in Grundy County weekend
Two people were treated at Morris Hospital for injuries from weekend accidents investigated by the Grundy County Sheriff's Department. Ricky Clausel, 19, Newark, suffered cuts and bruises after a Lisbon Road collision with Larry Horton, 35, Seneca, who declined treatment. Damage to both cars exceeded $100 each. A separate 9 18 p m Saturday crash on Illinois 47 near Grand Ridge Rd injured Alit Selimi, 20, Mazon, and Rick Weston, 30, Mazon, with both vehicles damaged by over $100. A reckless driving complaint was filed after a Friday three-vehicle crash on Illinois 47 near Southmor Rd, involving Charles Whittaker, 24, Cortland, Dale Brooks, 52, Illinois 113, and Lawrence Euler Jr., 38, Huntley. Minor damage was reported to a sheriff’s squad car on the overpass crash. An additional incident on Broadway and Reed Rds left Marie Spidle, 30, Gardner, with over $100 damage to her Buick after disobeyed right-of-way. A separate hit-and-run at Grand Ridge Rd. left Richard Bryant, Mazon, mirror damaged with no description of the other vehicle.
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Morris Hospital
Grundy County Sheriff's Department
Ricky Clausel
Rte. 1
Newark
Lisbon Rd
Larry Horton
Seneca
Grundy County
Airport Rd
Clausel
Sgt. Hume
Horton
Duane Olson
Sunoco
Mike
Standard
Des Rochers
Alit Selimi
Mazon
Illinois 47
Grand Ridge Rd
Gerald Stokes
Aurora
Hume
Selimi
Weston
Ken
Charles Whittaker
Cortland
Dale Brooks
Illinois 113
Lawrence Euler Jr
Huntley
Luck
Brooks
Euler
Whittaker
AMC
Dodge
Interstate 80
Velander
Broadway
Reed Rds
Weather Forecast Notes for Dresden Island Locks Detail
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with a low in the upper 40s. Weekend temperatures at Dresden Island Locks and Dam show a high of 55 Saturday and a low of 40, with Sunday’s high 50 and low 42. Morning readings hit 45 at 7 am and 52 in Morris at 10:30 am. Precipitation totaled .75 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Tentative fire strike settlement reached in Normal Illinois
A tentative agreement was reached today in the nearly two month long Normal fire fighters strike. Mayor Richard Godfrey called it a loss for no one and noted Normal may not return to normal. Firemen will man day shifts while ratification votes are held. The strike began over demands that captains be covered by the firefighters union.
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Normal, Ill
UPI
Normal
Richard Godfrey
Godfrey
Ron Lawson
Dale Berry
Injured boy in fair condition after hit and run
Morris police seek leads into a hit and run on Illinois Ave west of Division St that struck 10 year old Vernon Benton of 21412 Liberty St. The boy was in fair condition at Morris Hospital after surgery for internal bleeding. He walked home and to the police station with his mother.
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Morris
Illinois Ave
Division St
Vernon Benton
Liberty St
Morris Hospital
E. Illinois Ave
Minooka High Sets Final Days and Ceremonies
Minooka High announces the last attendance day as May 29 with semester tests on May 26 and 29. Report cards distribution is June 2 after 1 p.m. Baccalaureate is May 28 at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Commencement is June 1 at 8 p.m. in the gym. Superintendent A L Mattingly presents the Class of 1978 diplomas by Board president Harvey Lewis.
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Minooka
Minooka High School
Vernon Tweedt
Plattville
Minooka United Methodist Church
A. L. Mattingly
Minooka High School Board of Education
Harvey Lewis
Buck Burkhardt Admitted After Illness At Wells Cafe
Buck Burkhardt, 72, of 105 E. North St., was rushed to Morris Hospital’s ICU after falling ill shortly after 8 a.m. today at Wells Cafe, 213 Liberty St. Des Rochers Ambulance transported him to the hospital for urgent care.
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Buck Burkhardt
E. North St
Morris Hospital
Wells Cafe
Liberty St
Des Rochers
Hearst to return to prison for bank robbery sentence
Patricia Hearst, 24, scheduled to report to Pleasanton federal youth prison to serve the remainder of her seven year bank robbery sentence after 14 months in jail and 17 months on bail. Her bid to overturn the conviction failed as the Supreme Court declined review.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
Miss Hearst
Federal
Pleasanton
Calif
U.S. Supreme Court
William Orrick
Symbionese Liberation Army
Baker calls for 150 F-16s for Israel in arms package
Senate Republican leader Howard Baker urged President Carter to raise Israel's F-16 allocation to 150 aircraft, doubling the 75 in the plan, and to approve the $5 billion package to Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Egypt. He warned rejection would strain U.S. ties and risk Middle East peace.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Howard Baker
Carter
Israel
Middle East
Tennessee
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
United States
Baker
Robert Byrd
D-W.va
Congress
Sen
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Foreign Relations Committee
America
Camp David
King Khalid
White House
Rebels seize two towns in Zaire Shaba drive escalates crisis
Rebels believed to have seized Kolwezi and Mutshatsha in Shaba province as heavy fighting raises risk of international intervention. Mobutu seeks Western aid, while opposition and Brussels warn against foreign involvement. Washington cites uncertainty on the towns with rebels advancing from Angola and across the Zambian frontier.
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Zaire
Kinshasa
UPI
Shaba
Mobutu Sese Seko
Morocco
China
Paris
Brussels
Foreign Ministry
Belgium
Mobutu
Belgian Congo
Angola
Washington
State Department
Kolwezi
Zambia
Europe
Mutshatsha
Katanga
Congo National Liberation Front
AZAP
Italian election gains seen in wake of Moro killing
In Italy the Christian Democratic party wins a larger share in local ballots seen as condemn as Red Brigades. The Communist party also rises, while attacks continue including a Bologna strike on Antonio Mazzotti. Elena Corti, 13, is released in Lecco after a ransom payment.
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Rome
UPI
Christian Democratic Party
Red Brigades
Aldo Moro
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Red Brigade
Moro
Mazzotti
Milan
U.S
Morris man injured as car slides under moving truck
A 21 year old Morris man, Charles W. Mooney Jr., remained in fair condition at Morris Hospital after his 1973 Oldsmobile Tornado slid under a semi trailer truck on Illinois 47 at east U.S. 6. Police said Mooney was ticketed for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after the collision with a Phoenix, Arizona driven Freightliner truck operated by Hansel P. Pyatt.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
East U.S
Charles W. Mooney Jr
Lincoln St
Des Rochers
Hansel P. Pyatt
Phoenix
Ariz
Pyatt
Eagles Shopping Plaza
Mooney
Morris Fire Department
Minooka School Board buys portable bleachers for 1771
The Minooka Grade School Board approved purchasing portable bleachers from Stadium Unlimited for 1771 dollars after considering other bids. The board also employed five teachers for one week and one teacher for two weeks to prepare junior high learning lab materials, hired Denise Eisenbeis for early childhood education, purchased items for the junior high faculty lounge, funded transportation for seven girls and three coaches to the district track meet in Chillicothe, heard a favorable Illinois Office of Education evaluation, and approved cementing gas tanks at the bus garage per high school approval.
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Minooka
Minooka Grade School
Stadium Unlimited
Denise Eisenbeis
Chillicothe
Illinois Office of Education
C. Thompson and Sons
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Sportsman's Park
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Rick Weston
Southmor Rd
Grange County
William Sklut
Marie Spidle
Gardner
Broadway Rd
Evan Butcher
Reed Rd
William Smith
Braidwood
Sklut
Butcher
Spidle
Timex
Liberty
Illinois
Dresden Lock
Minooka High
Patty
Alps
Sicily
Bologna
Antonio Mazzotti
Menarini
Olson
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