Strong earthquakes strike Far East Greece and Iran
UPI reports a 6.3 magnitude quake near Kunming southwest China, plus a 6.8 quake off Surigao Del Sur in the Philippines and a 3 on the Japanese scale in central and northern Japan. In Salonica Greece more than 10 tremors caused panic and 300 people treated for injuries. Iran’s Khorassan region counted 16 dead and 24 injured as more shocks followed.
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Far East
Greece
Iran
United Press International
China
Philippines
Japan
Salonica
Hong Kong
Royal Observatory
Kunming
Yunnan Province
Peking
Disas
Surigao del Sur
Manila
Khorassan
Crash fatality in Grundy County claims Gardner man Musick
Randolph Wayne Musick 22 of 115 Camelot Dr Gardner died in a Friday crash at Braceville and Carbon Hill Rds Grundy County Coroner James Reeves said the Pontiac left the road struck a tree and Musick died of crushing injuries Transported to Reeves Funeral Home and then Hallowell James Funeral Home LaGrange Funeral services were held at 10 am at Hallowell James with burial in Queen of Heaven Cemetery Hillside He is survived by wife Mary two children Matthew Ian and Melissa Joy his parents Edwin and June Cerwin and sister Teri Musick plus relatives in LaGrange
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Randolph Musick
Camelot Dr
Gardner
Grundy County
Braceville
Carbon Hill
James Reeves
Musick
Jeff Wix
Carbon Hill Rd
Wix
Braceville Rd
Glenn Wise
Grundy County Highway Department
Reeves Funeral Home
Reeves Ambulance
Hallowell and James Funeral
LaGrange
Lester Keller
Coal City
Illinois
Jugtown Rd
Rebecca Sole
Liberty St
Morris
Park Blvd
Reeves
S. J. Maloney
William Klegman
William Sklut
Ran
Dolph Wayne Musick
Hallowell-James
Wayne Merry
Queen of Heaven Cemetery
Hillside
St. Joseph
Mich
Edwin Musick
Mary (Mooncatch) Musick
Matthew Ian
Melissa Joy
Teri Musick
Edwin
June Cerwin
Estensen
Thompson
Morris Illinois Twenty Cents Fourteen Pages
The fragment indicates Morris Illinois on November 8 1976 with a twenty cent price and fourteen pages. The text appears as a newspaper front or section notice with basic bibliographic data. No further readable events or names are present in the snippet.
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Morris
Illinois
Suspects Arrested After Wrong-Door Stop in Grundy County
Two Iowa felonious burglary suspects, Robert Thompson and Crystal Sutton, were arrested Friday night when Thompson sought help at Deputy Paul Estensen’s home after a car breakdown. They and five other occupants were detained. Sutton is a Nebraska runaway. Extradition status pending.
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Iowa
Grundy
Dwight Rd
Robert Thompson
Crystal Sutton
Council Bluff
Paul Estensen
Sheridan
Thompson
Miss Sutton
Supreme Court clears path for Dunes nuclear plant
The Supreme Court, in a brief order, allowed construction of a nuclear plant near Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore despite environmental and Illinois objections. The NRC had found environmental impact but deemed it insignificant and granted a construction license in April 1975.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore
Illinois
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Northern Indiana Public Service Co
National Park
Chicago Loop
Gary
Ind
NRC
Porter County
Izaak Walton League
State of
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Portage
Interior Department
Dunes National Park
Weather Summary for Dresden Area and Morris
Tonight expect mostly cloudy conditions with a low around 30. Tuesday will be cloudier and warmer with a high near 50. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reached 35 degrees as a daily high with 14 as the low. At 7 am Morris reported 14 degrees and 10:45 am 29 degrees. ESDA Morris logged yesterday's high 36 and low 14 with a 30.38 inch rising barometer and peak winds of 14 mph in the last 12 hours.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Tank Explodes at Phillips Petroleum Refinery in Kansas City
An early morning blast at the Phillips Petroleum Co refinery in the Fairfax District ignited a 20,000 barrel gasoline tank, lighting the sky for miles. No injuries or damage to nearby buildings were reported, and fire crews planned to let the tank burn out as investigators probe the cause.
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Kansas City, Kan
UPI
Phillips Petroleum Co
Fairfax
Richard Pierce
Phillips
Pierce
Illinois 47 improvement affects Center School discussed
Morris Grade School Board of Education meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday at Franklin School. Supt H Dale Barr reports on suit against county treasurer and tax monies received. Audits of District 54 and Grundy County Special Education Cooperative to be approved. Barr to hire Patricia Kesson library aide at Shabbona School for 3 04 an hour and Mary Howard as teacher aide for early childhood and developmental kindergarten at 3 32 an hour.
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Illinois 47
Center
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Franklin School
H. Dale Barr
Grundy County
Barr
Patricia Kesson
Shabbona School
Mary Howard
Daughter returns to Krishna religion in Los Angeles wedding
Madonna Slavin 20, kidnapped by parents to steer her from Hare Krishna faith, wed Edward Walfort 28 in a Vedic ceremony at the Radha Krishna Temple in Los Angeles. Only Colleen Hughes attended the ceremony, as Slavin and Walfort exchanged garlands and grain in a hour long rite. Slavin had been abducted Oct 23 for deprogramming but escaped and returned to fiancé.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Madonna Slavin
Miss Slavin
Edward Walfort
Colleen Hughes
California
Veterans Day Parade in Morris Plan Detailed for Thursday
Morris observes Veterans Day with a 10 30 a m parade from Center School to the Grundy County Courthouse under VFW Post 6049. Participants can join by contacting Commander Glen Anderson or Herman Ehrler. The program includes the Morris Community High School Band, invocations, welcomes, wreath ceremonies, a speech by James Murray, and a volley firing for deceased veterans.
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Morris
Grundy County
Glen Anderson
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Center School
Chapin St
Liberty St
Anderson
Herman Ehrler
Morris Community High School
James L. Steele
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
American Legion
Ken Allen
Donald Davidson
Ladies Auxiliary
John Martin Steele
Record cold grips Great Lakes region with heavy snows
An icy chill spread across the northeast as snow covered the Great Lakes and parts of the Northeast. Temperatures fell to the teens and near zero in northeastern Minnesota with Hibbing at 3 degrees and International Falls at 5. Snow varied from light in the South to eight inches at Kincheloe AFB and up to one to three inches elsewhere. Travelers advisories issued from Michigan to North Carolina.
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United Press International
Midlands
Great Lakes
Pennsylvania
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Hibbing
Minn
International Falls
Rockford
Georgia
New England
Upper Great Lakes
Kincheloe Air Force Base
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Youngstown
Ohio
Syracuse
N.Y
Burlington
Detroit
Israel blocks visit to Dimona nuclear facility
A 13 senator delegation to check safeguards for U S reactors was refused access to Israel's secret Dimona site in the Negev Desert. Israeli officials say visitors will not be allowed, despite claims Dimona could produce plutonium for about 20 bombs.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
UPI
Dimona
U. S
Negev Desert
Jerusalem
Egypt
Iran
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
United States
Abraham Ribicoff
Dconn
Jimmy Carter
Ma’ariv
Paul Leventhal
Senate Government Operations Committee
Leventhal
New York Times
Morris City Council to discuss landfill plans and bid
The Morris City Council will meet at 7 30 pm today at the Morris Savings and Loan to discuss proposals for operating the Morris Landfill and to accept a bid for a new police squad car.
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Morris City Council
Morris
Morris Savings and Loan
Kendall County Votes Turnout High Across 39 Precincts
Kendall County reports 81.7 percent turnout in the general election with Oswego Precinct 12 at 94 percent and Bristol Precinct 4 at 72.22 percent. Lisbon Township shows 85.5 percent. 434 Lisbon votes split Republican and Democratic leanings. Several judicial and county offices were decided by unopposed Republican winners.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Oswego
Bristol
Lisbon Township
Jean Brady
Little Rock Township
Carl A. Swanson Jr
Circuit Court
16Th Judicial
Rezoning Hearing Planned for Senior Citizens Complex
The Morris Planning Commission will hold a 7:30 p.m. public hearing at the Morris Savings and Loan community room on a 105 unit senior housing project between Waverly Street and Bedford Road. Jerome P. of Wilmette seeks an R V PU C zone change for multiple city lots to allow a six story brick faced building. O Connor selected by HUD to construct the complex. Robert Anderson has options on the land. written or oral comments will be accepted Wednesday night.
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Morris Planning Commission
Morris Savings and Loan
Waverly St
Bedford Rd
Jerome P
Wilmette
O'Connor
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Grundy County
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Ghaen
Khoramanbad
Tehran
Minooka
St. Mary's and
West Sts
Herald
Morris Daily Herald
Grundy County Jail
Sutton
York, Neb
Dunes
Gyros
Colonial House
Liberty
Hughes
Mrs. Hughes
Florida
Pacific Northwest
Phoenix, Ariz
Kendall
John A. Krause
Viola Swanson
Dallas Ingemunson
William Dunn
Floyd Sleezer
James Mann
David Thompson
George Hettrich
Ellis Jones
Steve Cain
Robert Anderson
Morris Realtor
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