Memorial Day weekend rules vary across Illinois towns
A three day Memorial Day weekend creates mixed schedules as some offices close Monday and reopen Tuesday while others stay open both days. Morris and Grundy County offices differ. Post office lobby hours are limited with no window service. New postal rates take effect Monday. State police will enforce traffic laws during the holiday weekend with saturation patrols on major interstates.
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Illinois
Morris City
Grundy County
Circuit Court
Morris
Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois Ave
Leroy Brandt
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Illinois State Police
Joliet
French Foreign Legion sweep in Shaba closes in on rebels
In Kinshasa and Paris reports say French Foreign Legionnaires completed final sweeps in Shaba province to flush out roughly 600 rebels hiding in the bush. The operation began last Friday near Kolwezi, with 36 hours of pullout in the copper town. four Legionnaires were killed.
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Kinshasa
Zaire
UPI
French Foreign
Congolese National Liberation Front
Brussels
Kolwezi
Bloodmobile at Dresden Station Next Thursday
The Grundy County Blood Bank will receive blood donors at Commonwealth Edison Dresden Station on June 1 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Red Cross recognized Dresden of all industries in the U.S. for the largest percentage of blood donors. Last year 191 workers gave blood and 85 volunteers logged 500 hours. heading the Dresden blood bank this year are Phillip Stebbins and Tony Petriekis.
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Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Red Cross
U.S
Phillip Stebbins
Tony Petriekis
Oklahoma guards hunt two prison escapees dubbed thrill killers
About 100 officers searched the Oklahoma Texas border for Claude Eugene Dennis, 35, and Michael Lancaster, 25, fleeing from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary April 23. They are linked to four slayings in Alabama and Texas, a wounding of a policeman, and a shotgun assault on an Alabama trooper. A stolen Alabama station wagon tied to a victim was found abandoned near Lake Texoma amid Cuba Alabama manhunt for Beavers slaying.
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Little City
Okla
UPI
Oklahoma- Texas
Alabama
Texas
Lake Texoma
Claude Eugene Dennis
Michael Lancaster
Oklahoma State Penitentiary
Dennis
Moanelanahtar
Tannipet
Cuba
Ala
Stacy Beavers
Minooka Memorial Day Parade Planned by Legion Auxiliary
The Minooka American Legion and Auxiliary will hold a Memorial Day parade on Tuesday. Participants meet at Minooka Junior High School at 10:15 a.m. The parade starts at 10:30 a.m. If rain falls, services move to the junior high gym.
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Minooka
Minooka American Legion and Auxiliary
Minooka Junior High School
Citizens charge nuclear disaster evacuation negligence
The Citizens for a Better Environment accuses the federal government of neglecting evacuation planning for nuclear accidents. The group cites a study faulting federal, state, and local agencies for untrained, underfunded preparedness and warns of potential 300,000 deaths without tested plans. Illinois, with seven plants and 17 planned or under construction, reportedly lacks a radiation emergency plan.
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Chicago
UPI
David Dinsmore Comey
Citizens For A Better Environment
CBE
Comey
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Illinois
Oak Park youth killed hitchhiking on I 80 near Joliet
An 19 year old Oak Park youth, Ted Tarleton, was struck and killed by a westbound car on Interstate 80 near Cherry Hill Road east of Joliet around 11 40 p m. Tarleton was walking on the highway shoulder with companion Don Groner when he stepped into traffic. The driver Arthur Dunn 25 Bloomington said he could not avoid the collision. Will County Coroner said death from multiple head and body injuries. Tarleton survived by his parents and paternal grandmother. Funeral arrangements pending further information.
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Cherry Hill Rd
Joliet
Ted Tarleton
Illinois
Arthur Dunn
Bloomington
Will County
Robert
Tarleton
Don Groner
Drechsler-Brown Funeral Home
Frederic R
Joan Tarleton
Memorial Day Services in Morris Tuesday
Memorial Day events in Morris will include a 10:30 a.m. parade starting at Center School led by local officials bands and VFW and American Legion units. A 10:15 a.m. line up precedes services at the Grundy County Courthouse with a Rev. Roy Hamburger address and a wreath-laying by veterans groups.
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John Martin Steele
Roy H. Hamburger
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Morris
Grundy County
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Chapin St
Liberty St
Donald Davidson Sr
Shabbona
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Saratoga Consolidated School District
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VFW
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Judge reviews secret Kennedy assassination files for public release
UPI reports federal judge Gerhard Gesell will conduct an in camera review of more than 200 pages of still secret Kennedy assassination documents. Michael Levy seeks release under FOIA despite objections from the Justice Department and intelligence agencies.
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UPI
Kennedy
Justice Department
Michael Levy
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U.S
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
FBI
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United Press International
Jury indicts 35 after drug raid in Illinois
In Moline, a Rock Island grand jury returned 51 indictments against 35 persons on drug charges. About 27 suspects were arrested. eight others have warrants. Over $500,000 in illegal drugs were seized including $69,000 worth of cocaine from a Henry County purchase and a pound of MDA from Rock Island, and a car burglary ring was cracked.
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Moline, Ill
UPI
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Les Pauley
Rock Island
Henry County
Gardner-South Wilmington High to hold June 2 graduation
Gardner South Wilmington High will graduate 51 seniors Friday June 2 at 7 p.m. in the high school gym. Valedictorian Betsy Naretto has the top grade average and plans to study education at Joliet Junior College. Salutatorian Karla Lutz also attends Joliet Junior College. The ceremony features the band playing Pomp and Circumstance and blessings by Rev. James Larson.
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Gardner
South Wilmington
GSW
James Larson
Church of Hope In
Betsy Naretto
Louis Naretto
Storm Rd
Naretto
Joliet Junior College
Karla Lutz
Karl Lutz
N. Elm St
Lutz
Karla K. Anderson
Mark L. Atwood
Donald S. Berland
Edwin L. Boudreau
Cindy L. Bryant
Lynn A. Cain
Nancy L. Campbell
Mark E. Carlile
Bryan T. Chapman
Rebecca J. Colelasure
Mary
Special Seneca Board Meeting Tonight Discuss Building Plan
A special meeting of the Seneca Board of Education will be held in the board room at 226 E Scott St at 7 30 p m today to discuss and act upon business regarding the building program. Architects from Phillips Swager and Associates will present information on plans. The board will handle any other items of business that arise.
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Seneca Board of Education
E. Scott St
Phillips Swager and Associates
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