Fireman Dies After Rooftop Amputation During Chicago Blaze
Walter Watroba a 38 year old Chicago fireman died an hour after a rooftop amputation performed to free him from debris at the Fisk Station fire emergency. The collapse of a coal conveyor belt trapped him for seven hours in freezing temperatures as colleagues fought to lift the wreckage.
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Chicago
UPI
Commonwealth Edison
Walter Watroba
Joseph Cari
Watroba
Cari
Mercy Hospital
Europe
Pacific
Cali
Bill Harrah
Fisk
Gilmore to sponsor profits for families of two victims
Utah prisoner Gary Gilmore, near death after days on hunger strike, plans to donate most proceeds from his life story to the relatives of Bennie Bushnell and David Max Jensen. His lawyer seeks court action to ease communications with his fiancée and push for an execution.
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Salt Lake City
UPI
Gary Gilmore
Gilmore
Nicole Barrett
Dennis Boaz
Roger Nuttall
Fresno
Calif
Utah Supreme Court
Barrett
Boaz
David Susskind
Warner Brothers
ABC
Bennie Bushnell
Provo
David Max Jensen
Orem
Morris Daily Herald November 22 1976 front page
Morris Illinois daily paper dated Monday afternoon November 22 1976 presents a fourpage sixteenpage format with twenty cent pricing and fourteen pages. The issue likely contains local news, court notices, sports and community briefs typical of Morris Daily Herald.
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Morris
Illinois
Armed Robber Sentenced In Grundy County Plea
Ronald Brinkman 32 of Madison Wisconsin was sentenced to five to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery in Grundy County Circuit Court. The case tied to multiple car thefts and a burglary with two teens held in a trailer along with a prior Wisconsin rape sentence noted by the state.
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Ronald Brinkman
Madison
Wis
Grundy County
Brinkman
Lake County
Minooka
McHenry
Thomas Bellm
Bellm
Ray Odom
Shady Oaks
McHenry County
Michael Hayes
Robert Malmquist
Old-Timer Jokes About Hair Touchups and Neighbors
A witty old-timer quips about how women who touch up their hair provoke neighbors whose remarks could curl it. The remark reflects social humor from a bygone era and playful community banter.
Weather Update Forecast and Readings
Tonight will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries and a low between 15 and 25. Tuesday sun returns with continued cold, highs in the 30s. Sunday's high reached 34 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 27 low. At 7 am today Morris was 28, at 10 am it was 30. ESDA: Morris yesterday high 35, low 30. Barometric pressure 30.10 and rising. Peak wind 15 mph in last 12 hours.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Rural precincts reject fire district plan in South Wilmington area
In a Saturday vote two rural precincts opposed forming the South Wilmington Fire Protection District while nearby precincts supported it. Precinct I 162 43 in South Wilmington and Precinct II 49 3 in East Brooklyn backed the measure, but a majority rule requirement blocked creation. Rural ballots were 13 11 against at the South Wilmington Firemen’s Club.
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South Wilmington
East
Brooklyn
Frank Lardi
Larch
Lardh
Wilmington
Gardner
Celestino Ciluffo
Stolen 1976 Pontiac Found Stripped in County Roadside
DuPage County reported a stolen white and gold 1976 Pontiac found stripped on Hansel Road Sunday by Grundy County Sheriff Sgt Ken Shannon. The vehicle, owned by Richard Ippolito of Park Forest, valued at about $6000, had wood splinters nearby and was towed by Duane Olson's Sunoco.
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DuPage County
Hansel Rd
Grundy County
Ken Shannon
Shannon
Burglary Reported On Nettle Creek Road
Items valued at about 1000 dollars were reported stolen from a residence on Nettle Creek Road just north of Interstate 80. Alberta Marzuke reported the break in to Grundy County Sheriff's Lt. Evert Poyner. Entry appeared to be through a back porch window.
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Nettle Creek Rd
Grundy County
Evert Poyner
Alberta Marzuke
Seneca
Sheriff's Department
Poyner
Youths injured in Lisbon Street accident in Morris
Five Morris youths were involved in a late Friday crash on Lisbon Street at Johnson Avenue. Four were treated and released from Morris Hospital. one not injured. Pitkins cited for speeding. vehicle damage listed. A second parking lot hit and run reported nearby.
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Morris
Lisbon St
Johnson Ave
Morris Hospital
Donald Pitkins
N. Prarie Lane
Mark Gordon
Liberty St
Patty Snyder
Kierstad St
Tim Wahl
Pine Bluff Rd
Robert Atkinson
Rte. 2
Cemetery Rd
Dean Sager
Pitkins
Harold Male
Wah
Morris Ambulance
Gordon
Miss Snyder
Morris City Council to Hear Marina Lease Inquiry
Atty Eugene Hays will appear before the Morris City Council at 7 30 a m to discuss leasing the Illinois River marina owned by the city. He represents Robert Schwartz and Robert Gelinas who seek the lease while current lessee Lloyd Boss may terminate his arrangement. Mayor Donald Davidson notes additional lots in the Deal Subdivision will be considered and bid specs for garbage collection and the city landfill operation are to be ready for tonight’s meeting.
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Atty
Eugene Hays
Morris City Council
Illinois River
Hayes
Robert Schwartz
Robert Gelinas
Donald Davidson
Lloyd Boss
AAA says Thanksgiving travelers find gasoline prices dip slightly
The American Automobile Association reports regular gasoline averaging 61.5 cents per gallon for the four day weekend with premium at 65.8, unleaded 63.8, and diesel 53.3. Highest regional prices were Mammoth Lakes California, while Houston Beaumont Texas offered the lowest. Most stations plan Thanksgiving hours, with some staying open around the clock.
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Washington
UPI
American Automobile Association
AAA
Mammoth Lakes
Calif
Houston
Beaumont
Tex
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Texas
Grundy County United Fund Nears $82,900 Goal
Officials report percent of the year's goal pledged or collected for Grundy County United Fund. Drive closes, rural areas finish collections this week, and business groups as well as workers at Armak Corp Du Pont plant Illinois Bell and Commonwealth Edison boosted giving. Final tallies expected next Monday.
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Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois Bell Telephone
County planning meeting canceled amid lack of business
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission meeting set for 7:30 pm Tuesday in the courthouse was cancelled. The Dwight Planning Commission invites county members to a 7:30 pm November 30 gathering at Dwight Village Hall for an Illinois Department of Transportation film on interstate interchange planning and development.
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Grundy County
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Serena
Chairman Reagan
Tallahassee
Fla
Republican
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Miami
Ronald Reagan
GOP
Thompson
California
Reagan
Public Works
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Male
Duane Olson
Sunoco
Hornsby
Family Center
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Kenneth Anderson
Main St
Dwight
Theodore Kilbride
First Ave
Anderson
Kilbride
Milwaukee
la Salle
Montreal
Mississippi River
Lake Michigan
Virmond Park
Mequon
South
Reid Lewis
Elgin
Ill
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Deal
Trend Sub
Hi Park Blvd
Mayden
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