Barroom Shooting In Diamond Under Investigation
Sheriff's deputies continued questioning area men after a Diamond tavern shooting at The Styx on Berger Rd. John Anderson and Dennis J. Travis are involved. Anderson was shot, Travis hospitalized, investigators say head wounds may stem from an earlier tavern fight.
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Richard Wilder
William Button
Button
Dennis J. Travis
Braidwood
Travis
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Coal City
Charles Ingram
Diamond Tavern
Ingram
Anderson
James Testa
Pickets Shut Down Rails Across Nation in Major Strike
AFL-CIO Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen called a nationwide rail shutdown supported by other unions. Large cities felt the impact with New York area commuters hit hardest as trains halted and buses crowded roads. Government mediation proceeded with talks ending without a deal and wage dispute at the center of the breakdown.
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Washington
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Penn Central
Philadelphia
New York
New Jersey
Erie Lackawanna
Jersey Central
Newark
Seaboard
Offenders warned on voting and licenses at Illinois crime talk
Herbert D Brown, director of the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, told the Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles banquet that first offenders convicted of narcotics possession lose voting rights under law and cannot hold licensed or bonded jobs. He noted state crime efforts have doubled in two years and highlighted department links to federal files.
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Herbert D. Brown
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles
Liberty Under Law
Eagles Hall
Brown
Verona
Mazon
Seville Lovel
Illinois
Washington, D. C
Honored Morris Sgt William J Hamilton Receives Eagle Award
Members of the Morris chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles honored Sgt. William J. Hamilton of the Illinois State Police District No. 5 for community service at the sixth annual Liberty Under Law banquet. Hamilton, 53, a 25 year veteran, is a Morris native and World War II Air Force veteran.
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William J. Hamilton
Ilinois
Morris Fraternal Order of Eagles
Joliet
Hamilton
LaSalle
Morris
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Illinois State Police District No. 5
Eagles Hall
Sgt. Hamilton
Bess Irene
Seville Lovel
Eagles Club
Illinois State Police
Morris Community High School
U.S. Air Force
Weather summary and district staffing note
Mostly sunny and warmer today with a high in the low 80s and increasing clouds tonight the low 60s. Chance of morning thunderstorms then partly cloudy Tuesday with a high near 80. Dresden Island Locks high 83 low 53 Saturday and 85-47 Sunday. At 7 am 64 degrees. District No 5 notes training supervising men in court scheduling witnesses and working with state attorneys across five counties. Sergeant Hamilton has held title nine years. his wife and two sons John 13 and Mark 9.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Woman's body identified in Fox River death near Oswego
The nude body of a 21 year old African American woman identified by fingerprint as Debra Crump alias Debbie N Stewart of Aurora. Sheriff Usry said she was strangled and the case has no suspects while investigators trace her movements and acquaintances. Her Memphis origin and two to three years residence in Aurora are noted with an aunt in Chicago as the known relative.
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Yorkville
Fox River
Oswego
Bureau of Identification
Joliet
Debra Crump
Debbie N. Stewart
Hill Ave
Aurora
Kendall County
Thomas N. Usry
Maywood
Usry
Sheriff’s Department
District No. 25
Crash kills two on U.S. 14 near Harvard Illinois
Two Aurora men William Stirn aged 27 and James Chapman 33 died when their car skidded off U S Route 14 near Harvard, flipped, and caught fire. In Spring Grove Illinois Howard Ziehm 31 of Trever Wisconsin died in a collision on Illinois 173 north of town.
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Harvard, Ill
Aurora
U. S. 14
Harvard
William Stirn
James Chapman
Spring Grove, Ill
Howard Ziehm
Trever
Wis
Illinois 173
Spring Grove
Jury selection in burglary case for Flippin trio
About 40 petit jurors gathered at 10 a.m. to hear three Shady Oaks residents Donald Mack Flippin Jody Adrian Flippin and Patricia Flippin indicted in September 1970 for a June 1970 burglary of household furniture from the Russell Nelson home on Tabler Rd. Cheryl Flippin ex-wife of Donald is expected to be the state's witness. Circuit Judge John S Massieon presides. Jody and Patricia Flippin remain free on 20000 dollar bonds Cheryl Flippin posted 10000 dollars. Donald Flippin recently arrived with U S marshals after a February no show delayed proceedings. Atty Gerald Freeman represents the first three defendants. Mrs Flippin will be tried separately.
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Shady Oaks
Atty
Richard Wilder
Donald Mack Flippin
Jody Adrian Flippin
Patricia Flippin
Russell Nelson
Tabler Rd
Morris
U.S
Flippin
Cheryl Jan Flippin
Donald Flippin
Massieon
Patricia
Cheryl Flippin
Grundy County Jail plans face remodeling disputes
An informal meeting led by Detention Facilities chief Anthony S. Kuharich reviewed Healey and Moore’s jail remodel proposal for Grundy County. Officials argued for locked cells and a second floor exit, while concerns included a dormitory, single exits, and the feasibility of a regional jail versus a local facility.
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Anthony S. Kuharich
Dention
Springfield
Grundy County
Ernest Moore
Joliet
Kuharich
Circuit
Healey and
Moore
Don Verbeck
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Virgil Sheedy
Seneca
LaSalle County
Sheedy
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Morris Daily Herald
Clean
Michigan Canal
Stratton State Park
Stratton Park
Herald
Union Pacific
Omaha
Neb
C.J. Chamberlain
National Railway Labor Conference
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
du Sable Memorial Society
Ethel Ward Nolan
Jack Daniels
Chicago
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
el Paso
Tex
UNION
Robert Malmquist
Bryl Gonham
Aida
Sidney Carr
Board of Supervisors
Detention Bureau
Oliver Martin
Will
Kane
DeKalb
DuPage
Kendall
Ottawa
Bureau
Stark
Marshall
Putnam
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