Christmas Club totals and Morris hospital outlook tale
Christmas Club checks mailed by three Morris banks totaled 182 384 dollars, up about 5 000 from last year, part of a national 2 684 784 000 dollar total. The story tracks Medicaid and Medicare impacts on Morris Hospital, patient stays versus national averages, and looming state public aid bill reconciliations.
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Morris Financial
Christmas Club Corp
Carlisle
Jim Thorpe
Christmas Club
Morris Hospital
Arthur Allaben
Medicare
Chicago Hospital Council
Illinois Hospital Association
Allaben
Plutonium Security Probed at GE Plant Hearing
Dr. Hoyt Whipple and Dr. Eugene Cronkite testified at the Illinois Pollution Control Board hearing on plutonium security at GE Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant. They discussed toxicity risks, transport safeguards, and the unlikely ease of stealing a shipment of 80 to 100 kilograms packed in 40 plus containers weighing 800 pounds each. Industry officials described security measures including driver checks and satellite tracking of trucked shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlene Bennyhoff
Hoyt Whipple
University of Michigan
General Electric
Midwest
Atty
Nicholas Dozoryst II
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Dozoryst
Arthur Carson
Morris Sewage Project Receives State Bond Funds
A state check for 196 695 covers part of Morris Illinois sewage construction costs under the Illinois Anti Pollution Bond Act. The Morris project totals 926 334 with 874 204 funded by the bond program. William E St Germain 19 of 706 E Illinois Ave died in a San Diego traffic accident. funeral arrangements are set with Davis Funeral Home.
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City of
Morris
William E. St. Germain
Fred St. Germain
E. Illinois Ave
San Diego Naval Hospital
San Diego
Davis Funeral Home
Richard B. Ogilvie
William L. Blaser
Environmental Protection Agency
Illinois Epa
Meany Resting Comfortably After Chest Pain Hospitalization
AFL-CIO President George Meany, 77, hospitalized after chest pains yesterday and today, is resting comfortably. Dr. Marvin Fuchs reports a possible coronary spasm, with vital signs normal. Meany will stay under observation for several days due to stress.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Marvin Fuchs
Meany
Fuchs
Illinois Weather Turns Colder With Snow Prospects
A drizzle and cool air drift across Illinois with near freezing temperatures. Forecasters warn of windier, colder conditions tonight as rain shifts to snow with a low in the upper 20s and clouds keeping Saturday chilly. Dresden Island Locks readings show 38/15, while Thursday reached 48/24 and 7 am temperature was 34.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Minooka Announces Home Christmas Decoration Contest Rules
Minooka Advisory Committee sponsors a village wide home Christmas decorating contest with categories for Religious Lighting and Most Original. Residents may enter without prior registration and judging occurs on the evening of December 22 at decorated village homes.
Hijacker in Oregon Parachutes With $200,000 Ransom
Authorities hunted a tall middle aged man in a suit and raincoat after he parachuted from a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with $200000 ransom. The hijacker used the name D B Cooper aboard in Portland and fled near Woodland as helicopters searched the area.
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Woodland
Ore
Northwest Airlines
Portland
Mexico
United States
FBI
D. B. Cooper
Sam
Seattle-Tacoma — International Airport
William Scott
Reno
Scott
Seattle
Obscenity fines levied in Coal City VFW raid cases
State police collected over 800 in combined fines from Nelson Haas of Forrest and Paul Howard of Athens for showing stag films at a Coal City VFW event on Jan 29. Haas paid 310 total and Howard 510 total after pleas and pre trial conferences. A Wilmington man, Jay Ritter, paid 110 for liquor possession and obstructing officers. A no valid license charge was dismissed.
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Coal City
Nelson George Haas
Forrest
Paul William Howard
Athens
Howard
Haas
Coal City Vfw
Jay Ritter
Wilmington
Roy Gardner
Stolen Galaxie Ford Found in Peoria After Morris Report
Morris Police recovered a 1968 four door Galaxie Ford stolen from Vera Hausken of 612 E Benton St after she observed it being driven away at about 1 10 a m. State police searched the area as the car traveled west on Benton toward Illinois 47.
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Morris
William B. Martin
Washington St
Martin
Franklin St
Herald
Peoria
Vera Hausken
E. Benton St
Hausken
Benton St
Illinois
St Charles
Roy Olson
E. Chapin St
Robert W. Hunter
St. Charles
Hunter
Olson Arco
Turner murder indictment upheld in Grundy County case
Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist denied dismissing the murder indictment against 34 year old Charles Robert Turner and granted psychiatric examinations for both sides. Turner was charged in the Oct. 7 death of Emma C Miles in her Minooka home where he resided in the basement.
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Robert Malmquist
Charles Robert Turner
Turner
Grundy County
Emma C Miles
Minooka
Miles
August Black
Morris
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The
Morris Daily Herald
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Coach Road
Palos Heights
James R. Washburn
William Reisch
Illinois Attorney General's
Springfield
Washburn
LaSalle County
Clark Davis
James Gross
Streator
Davis
Gross
James Callahan
James Thompson
LaSalle
Florence Smith
Probe GE
Plutonium
Eugene Cronkite
Medical Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Whipple
Coby
Liberty
Boeing
John Wheeler
Richard Wilder
Clay D. Boyer
Robert Adcock
State’s Attorney's Office
Malmquist
Wener Turner
Elgin
Meyer Kruglich
Joliet
Black
State
Kruglich
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Calif
Wilder
Malmaquist
Atty. Black
Tratt Clinic
William Button
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