Truck crash kills Joliet man from Morris
A 40 year old Joliet man Richard Cockream died when his 1967 Chevrolet truck left Braceville Road, struck a tree and overturned. He died of head injuries at the scene. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Davis Funeral Home with burial in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Joliet
Morris
Braceville Rd
Richard Cockream
N. Broadway St
Grundy County
E. E
Buzz
Livsey
Tim Neary
Broadway Rd
Cockream
Reeves Funeral Home
Glenn Wise
Gardner
Carl Luck
Peter Odo
Sgt. Neary
Richard G. Cockream
Davis Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Edward and
Nikioline (Christensen) Cockream
Phelan to sue State Farm for remaining judgment balance
In Grundy County Circuit Court this morning Joan Phelan 14 of Kinsman won a 350000 judgment against Paul Santelli for a 1971 car crash. State Farm paid 100000. court ordered Santelli to assign any claim against State Farm to Phelan paving the way for a suit to recover the remaining 250000.
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Grundy County
Joan Phelan
Kinsman
State Farm Insurance Co
Miss Phelan
Paul Santelli
Plymouth
Minn
Santelli
Roger Gomien
Gomien
State Farm
Circuit Court
Thomas Flood
Flood
Volksswagen
Plan to Hike Rates at Grundy County Home
A resolution to raise rates at the Grundy County Home will be presented to the Grundy County Board at its regular meeting in the courthouse on Tuesday. LeRoy Brandt will speak for Grundy County employees on salary and insurance benefits. Gardner Mayor Ray Serena will report on contractual police business. Funds will move from the animal control fund to the extra clerk fund, and the 1976-77 budget will be presented for adoption.
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Grundy County
Grundy County Board
LeRoy Brandt
Gardner
Ray Serena
Animal Control Fund
Partly cloudy tonight and chilly week forecast
Weather forecast notes a partly cloudy night with a low in the 20s. Tuesday brings partial sun and cooler skies with highs in the upper 30s. Sunday’s high reached 35 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and the low 10. This morning at 7 a.m. it was 13 in one location and at 10:30 a.m. it was 35 in Morris.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Fire destroys grain at ADM elevator in Morris
The Morris Fire Department fought a corn dryer fire at the ADM grain elevator Friday night around 10 25 p m. The blaze began after an earlier 8 40 a m call about dust and chaff in the dryer. $9 000 worth of grain was lost and crews remained on site until after midnight.
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ADM
Morris Fire Department
Sherman Hexdall
Snow Brace Covers Southeastern States Amid Fog and Rain
Rain and drizzle soaked the Southeast as fog lingered late Sunday. Snow, freezing rain or sleet was forecast for portions of Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia with travel advisories extended for eastern Kentucky and eastern Tennessee and extreme northern Georgia. Some ice glazing was possible in higher elevations of the Carolinas.
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United Press International
Georgia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Florida
Columbia
S.C
Selma
Ala
National Weather Service
Carolinas
Plano physician acquitted in minor delinquency case
Plano area physician Dr. F Wayne Hollinger was found not guilty by a Kendall County District Court jury in Yorkville after a 30 minute deliberation. The case involved allegations of fondling a 15 year old girl in his office.
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Plano, Ill
UPI
F. Wayne Hollinger
Kendall County
Yorkville
Hollinger
Carl Swanson
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Chicago
George Murtaugh
Plano
Yorkville district approves teacher salary deal and safety plan
Yorkville Community Unit District Board endorses the negotiated teacher raise averaging 5.5 to 6 percent with base pay rising from 9100 to 9700 for the year. The board discussed improving safety for U S 34 foot crossing from Countryside Center, considering flashing lights, an overhead bridge, or crossing guards.
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Yorkville
Illinois Supreme Court abolishes state Board of Elections
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the Board of Elections unconstitutional due to two defects in its creation and tie breaking method. The court ordered the board dissolved by March 15 and called for a new commission to run the state's elections under provisions of the 1970 constitution. The decision centers on appointment by legislative leaders and a tie breaking procedure by drawing lots.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Illinois Supreme Court
State Board of Elections
Daniel Walker
Walter V. Schaefer
Robert Underwood
Federal survey begins of 22 acre St Louis radioactive site
UPI reports the Energy Research and Development Administration and federal officials started a land survey near Lambert Field to check for uranium residues from 1946 to 1958. The 22 acre fenced property, owned by the St. Louis Airport Authority since 1973, last surveyed in 1971 showed compliance with radiological criteria.
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The
Energy Agency
Atomic Energy Commission
St. Louis
Morris Daily Herald 1976 November 15 front page
The Morris Daily Herald issue from November 15 1976 presents its ten page edition in Morris Illinois with the weekly newspaper format and the five cent to twenty cent pricing indicated.
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Morris
Illinois
Kendall board approves extensive Kendall County salary raises
Kendall County Board boosts pay across offices for 1977 budget. Circuit clerk rises from 15500 to 17000 and state's attorney from 22000 to 25500. coroner unchanged at 9000. Other increases include highway engineer to 17000, deputies about 100 monthly, buildings and grounds to 12000, and per diems up for county and zoning boards. A new squad car expected for Sheriff Usry.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Tom Usry
Syrian peace army seizes control of Beirut
A heavy Arab–Syrian dominated force moved through Beirut halting fighting between Christian and Moslem militias and taking control of the capital. Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded by a land mine. a sniper attack also occurred as troops advanced.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Libya
Court weighing religion rights and college quotas
The Supreme Court agreed to revisit federal requirements for employer religious accommodations and to reexamine minority admissions quotas. It may rule on First Amendment establishment concerns and Bakke's 16 percent minority quota for UC Davis Medical School, with a stay granted pending appeal.
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Washington
UPI
Supreme Court
Trans World Airlines
TWA
Allan Bakke
University of California-Davis Medical School
Bakke
California Supreme Court
No flu shots for healthy children amid vaccine shortage
The U S Public Health Service said healthy children ages 3 to 18 will be left out of the swine flu immunization drive because only about eight million doses of the child suited split virus vaccine will be ready before February. Four million children could be immunized with two doses, while chronically ill children will receive vaccines.
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Washington
UPI
U.S. Public Health Service Today
The
Health Service
Ford
Theodore Cooper
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Cooper
Hunter Safety Course for Under 16 in Grundy County
Grundy County Chief Deputy Gary Phillips will run a hunter safety course for youths under 16. The noon to 3 30 p m sessions this Saturday and Nov 27 cover Illinois law requiring prior licensing or safety completion. Registration through the Grundy County Sheriff's Department is limited to about 35 participants with material and ammunition costs only.
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Grundy County
Gary Phillips
Phillips
Illinois
Leaves Fire Reported at Goold Park
Morris police received two calls Sunday about leaves on fire at Goold Park. At 8:55 p.m. Officer Sydney Reeve found a small leaf fire and extinguished it near the tennis court. At 9:38 p.m. Sgt. Jack Kopezick arrived and also found a small leaf fire and helped extinguish it with an extinguisher.
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Neary
Braidwood Rescue
Linda
Ricky
Kimberly
Debra
Rosemary
Mark
Marshall Wennerstrom Jr
James Scott
Will-Grundy County Line
Sheldon Latz
Will County Highway Dept
Wiii County
Kankakee River
Wilmington
Pine Bluff Rd
Herald
Colonial House
Liberty
Agri-National Limited Insurance Co
Gould Park
Phyllis Rush
Grant St
Diamonds International
Morris Hospital
William Carpenter
Jack Courton
Man Optimization Power
Howard Johnson
Illinois Association of School Boards
Garnett
Illinois Office of Education
Plattville
Walker
Tive
United States
St. Louis County
Morris Daily Herald
Kendall Board
East
West
Goold Park
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