Monuments honor Dresden settlers as students revive old cemetery
Junior high students at St Marys in Minooka restored the Dresden cemetery near Aux Sable, clearing brush and recording names for a bronze plaque honoring local pioneers. Historian Tom Smith, back from Louisiana, is compiling a history of Aux Sable and Minooka with a December publication planned.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Minooka
Dresden
Pat Nugent
Tom Smith
Smith
Louisianna
Joliet
St. Anthony’s
Dupontramce
Grundy County
Minooka Catholic
William Kenney
Morris
Armed robbery suspect nabbed south of Morris
William A. Gerber a 43 year old federal parolee was arrested south of Morris after alleged armed robberies including a Dwight IGA and a Colfax area bank. He faced Livingston County Circuit Court preliminary hearing on charges of armed robbery armed violence theft and attempted theft. The suspect was captured after police traced a stolen 1977 Cadillac and recovered a knife and cash along with a purse. Bond set at 50 000 for robbery violence and theft charges and 15 000 for the attempted theft case.
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Livingston County
Gibson City
Morris
Grundy County
Illinois State Police
Ispern
IGA
Dwight
Illinois 17
Lou Boyer
Mazon State Bank
Illinois 47
Mazon
DuPont Rd
Gerber
William Button
Curt Leach
Gene Dummitt
William Sklut
Eden A. Novak
Golf Rd
Morton Grove
Sheriff's Department
Button
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Chicago
Pontiac
Dwight Iga
Gromyko Urges End to Nuclear Weapons Production
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the United Nations called for stopping all types of nuclear weapons production. He urged the five nuclear powers to start talks toward the complete destruction of their stockpiles.
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Gromyko
Walter Mondale
Western
Europe
United States
Washington
Carter
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Weather and cold fronts forecast across region
Weather forecast calls for hazy warm and humid conditions tonight with a low in the upper 60s to low 70s. Saturday will be partly sunny and very warm with a chance of afternoon or evening thunderstorms and a high in the upper 80s. Thursday’s high reached 86 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 57 low. At 7 am today the temperature was 65 in one location and 82 at 10:15 am in Morris.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Morris Public Library closes for Memorial Day observance
The Morris Public Library will be closed Monday for Memorial Day. Librarian Miss Pam Wilson says the library will reopen Tuesday as usual.
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Morris Public Library
Pam Wilson
Minooka Board names athletic director and approves school actions
Minooka Grade School Board approved Bob Ballentine as athletic director for the Junior High for 1978 79, with salary pending. The board commended staff and community for the evacuation report, approved summer activities and grounds use, thanked volunteers, hired Phillip Tyrell for social studies, and set meeting changes including a June 14 session.
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Minooka
Jack Satorius
Illinois Office of Education
Bob Ballentine
Jackie Kingsbury
Ehaga
Pinkie Ward
Connie McNichol
Diane Kettleson
Phillip Tyrell
Lorene Satorius
Johnson Control
Major banks lift prime rate to 8.2 percent in wide move
New York banks including Chase Manhattan Chemical Bank and Morgan Guaranty Trust raised the prime lending rate by 0.25 percentage points to 8.2 percent, the highest in three years. Continental Illinois and others followed earlier hikes while Citibank held at 8.0 percent for most corporate lending, amid Fed-driven credit tightening and strong loan demand.
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New York
UPI
Chase Manhattan
Chemical Bank
Morgan Guaranty Trust
First Pennsylvania Bank of Philadelphia
Mellon Bank
Pittsburgh
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
Citibank
Federal Reserve Board
Continental Bank
No Paper Monday in Morris Daily Herald
The Morris Daily Herald says there will be no edition on Memorial Day as staff observe the holiday. Publication will resume on Tuesday with normal operations resuming after the holiday.
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Morris Daily Herald
Port Authority shootout claims police officer and gunman in Manhattan
A barefoot gunman and Port Authority officer were killed in a Port Authority Bus Terminal gun battle during morning rush hour in Manhattan. A second shooter was not identified, eight shots fired, and two civilians were wounded but stable.
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NEW York
UPI
Port Authority
Manhattan
Henry J. Koebel Jr
Fords
N.J
Roose
Koebel
Yorkville High Graduation Set For June At Field
Yorkville Community High School plans commencement at 8 p.m. June 9 on the football field weather permitting, with 151 seniors marching in. Wesley Christian will speak on Free to Fail, and music will be provided by the senior vocal trio and the high school band. American Legion Post 489 will present awards, and diplomas will be handed by William Carpenter to board member Glen Craft.
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Yorkville Community High School
Wesley Christian
Alice Clemens
Lee Purcell
Mike Masters
American Legion
Yorkville Post
David Kaller
Plattville United Methodist Church
William Carpenter
Glen Craft
Paul R. Martin
New Life Assembly Church of
Lawrence Rezash
Lottery numbers drawn in Illinois State Lottery
Winning numbers were drawn on Thursday in the Illinois State Lottery and appear on page 5 of today's Morris Daily Herald.
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Morris Daily Herald
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