Supreme Court upholds warrant requirement for OSHA spot checks
The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that government inspectors may not conduct surprise spot checks of businesses without a warrant. Justice White wrote the majority opinion, saying warrants impose no serious burden and protect privacy under the Fourth Amendment. Dissenters argued warrantless inspections can be reasonable in routine regulatory regimes. Title covers OSHA’s union of 6 million business sites and thousands of annual inspections.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Byron White
John Paul Stevens
Harry Blackmun
William Rehnquist
William Brennan
White
OSHA
Stevens
Labor Department
Barlow’s Inc
Pocatello, Idaho
Ferrol Barlow
Barlow
Morris City Council sets June 17 city hall bond referendum
The Morris City Council unanimously authorized a $400000 bond referendum for a new city hall to be held June 17. Attorney Frank Black explained delaying a $75000 issue until results of the main proposal are known. The council also addressed school site donations for Park Lake Village and approved landfill rate increases effective June 19, with bids awaiting further action.
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Morris
Donald Davidson Sr
Frank Black
Chapman and Cutler
Atty. Black
del Linn
Charles Roseland
Joe Brochman
Floyd Siron
Robert Feeney
Donald Barkley
Elmo Ray Younger
Arthur Willmington
Black
Morris Savings and Loan
John Hynds
Saratoga and
Park Lake Village
Park Lake
Park Lake Village Unit No
Health and Sanitation Committee
Ottawa
Joliet
Patten Industries
Elmhurst
Weather outlook and past temperatures at Dresden Island
Cloudy with possible rain or drizzle easing tonight. Wednesday brings partial sunshine, warm and humid with highs in the low to mid 80s. Monday's high reached 71 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 45 low. At 7 am today the temperature was 55 in Morris earlier in the day 60. Precipitation totaled 0.28 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Reburial of Charlie Chaplin in Corsier Switzerland
Charlie Chaplin was reburied today in a concrete vault to deter theft. A simple ceremony saw the coffin lowered into the same grave from which it was stolen March 2. Police had recovered the body May 17 and arrested two suspects. Chaplin died Christmas Day at 88. he and wife Oona lived in Corsier for 25 years. reports say Oona plans to sell the family mansion on 35 acres.
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Corsier
Switzerland
UPI
Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin
Oona
Lake Geneva
Bridges bid again in Morris for Ward and Stonewall Rds
Charles O’Brien Construction and James McElwain Construction, both of Morris, submitted the low bids on two bridge projects. Ward Road bridge would be a three-span precast concrete structure costing about 80,803 with McElvain at 81,577.40 as the alternative. Stonewall Road bridge would be two spans at 42,441.80 with O’Brien’s 43,201.50 as the alternative. The bids were rebid after initial rejection and will be awarded by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Charles O’brien
James McElwain
Morris
Ward
Stonewall
Grundy County
Richard McTague
County Board Highway Committee
O’brien
Ward Rd
Grand Ridge Rd
McElvain Construction
Stonewall Rd
Illinois 47
Illinois Department of Transportation
Morris man freed after two hour car wreck near Morris
L C Oesterle 38 of 1070 Patterson Dr was trapped in his overturned 1973 Pontiac for over two hours after a 10:30 p m crash on Old Stage Road five miles east of Morris. Detected around 12:50 a m he was hospitalized in guarded condition at Morris Hospital.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
L.C. Oesterle
Patterson Dr
Old Stage Rd
Grundy County
Thomas Walker
Oesterle
Five-Mile
Walker
Morris Fire Department
Grundy
ATT must open local exchanges for MCI private lines
In a DC circuit ruling ATT must provide local exchange facilities for MCI’s private line service. FCC review denied, ATT to file tariffs immediately, warning of possible higher long distance rates for less populated areas. MCI serves 18 cities via AT T links and seeks 16 more, with expected tariff increases. Report also notes a Morris Daily Herald photo miscaption about Ferguson’s blacksmith shop.
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ATT
FCC
Cronin
Morris Daily Herald
Charles Ferguson
Bert Maunder
High St
Ferguson
George Darling
Walt Goode
Illinois Ave
Flash floods sweep Missouri and surrounding areas
Thunderstorms produced flash flooding across the Plains early today carrying tornadoes into two states. More than 4 feet of water flooded Highway C in southwestern Missouri and flood reports reached Bennett Springs and Paoli nearby, plus North Dakota towns New Hradee and Dickinson. Concordia Kansas saw nearly 2 inches of rain and Norwich Kansas had 3 inch hail. Some tornado sightings occurred near Gillette Wyoming and in Kansas at Burlington and Talmadge. No damage or injuries were reported. Strong winds felled trees and power lines in west central Alabama near Winfield and Fayette, with showers elsewhere in northern Florida.
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United Press International
Plains
Highway C
Missouri
Bennett Springs
Paoli
Kan
North Dakota
New Hradee
Dickinson
Concordia
Norwich
Gillette
Wyo
Kansas
Burlington
Talmadge
Alabama
Winfield
Fayette
Florida
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Barlow's
Boise
Morris Community High School
North American Masonry & Precast Erector Inc
Elburn
Herald
Younger
Willmington
Roseland
Siron
Brockman
Atty. Hynds
Grundy County Circuit Court
Hynds
Leon Apanas
Apanas
John Hanson
Hanson
Savings and Loan
Saratoga
Robert Chord
Commonwealth Edison
Liberty St
American Legion Auxiliary
Morris Post 294
Lloyd Dennison
Delores Dennison
Illinois
Alan Love
City Hall
MCI
Phone Association
Appeals Court
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