Magda Carlson to Lead Grundy County Crop Walk Honorary Chair
Magda Carlson 78 of 856 E Jefferson will start the Grundy County Crop Walk from the courthouse at 9 a.m. Saturday. Walkers, joggers and cyclists will follow a 16 mile route to Northern Petrochemical Co on east U S 6 and back. Last year the event raised almost 11000 with 234 participants. this year the county goal is 12000. CROP, a Church World Service hunger program, channels 83.6 percent to CWS and aid agencies, eight percent to administration, and 8.4 percent to fundraising and education. Contact Rev Roy Hamburger or Rev Steve Woita to participate.
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Sheriff's Department, Civil Defense
Grundy County
Northern Petrochemical Co
Magda Carlson
E. Jefferson Sr
U.S. 6
Church World Service
CWS
Wells
Roy Hamburger
Steve Woita
Three Die In Minnesota Grain Terminal Explosion
Three men were killed and two severely burned in an explosion and fire at a large Bunge Corporation grain terminal near Savage Minnesota. Firefighters from multiple cities fought the blaze as investigators probed the cause and awaited ID of the victims.
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Minnesota
Savage, Minn
UPI
Bunge Corporation
Savage
Richard O’keefe
The
Bunge Corp
Minneapolis
Shakopee
Prior Lake
Bloomington
Burnsville
Chaska
Weather outlook with showers and cooler temperatures
A weather summary notes showers and cloudy skies with cooler temperatures tonight. Thursday's high will reach the upper 60s while overnight lows dip to the mid or upper 40s. At Dresden Locks and Dam Tuesday's high was 67 with a 38 low and 7 am reading of 47 degrees. In downtown Morris the 10 05 am temperature was 57 degrees.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Thompson daughter may be released from hospital today
Samantha Jayne Thompson, two months old and daughter of Gov. James R. Thompson, may leave Memorial Medical Center today if culture tests show no longer has bacterial pneumonia. aides said she shows no fever and has been eating well. The governor canceled two days of events to monitor her progress and was recently on a campaign train trip through Southern Illinois.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Samantha Jayne Thompson
James R. Thompson
Jayne
Thompson
David Gilbert
Gilbert
Samantha
Memorial Medical Center
Ann M. Pearson
Illinois
Planning commission to hold special meeting
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Grundy County Courthouse to review information on residential uses in agricultural zones. A previous Sept 12 public meeting offered residents a chance to present ideas on controlling residential development in farming areas.
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Grundy County
Columbus Day Closings Affect Schools and Offices in Illinois
Public and parochial schools and county offices will be closed Monday for Columbus Day while city offices stay open. Driver’s License Examining Station shifts to Saturday. No city or rural mail delivery. holiday postal services run with three hour-delayed box distributions and late collection dispatches. Window service is unavailable.
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State of Illinois
Soviets launch Progress 4 to resupply orbiting cosmonauts
Soviet Progress 4 blasted into orbit with about 5 000 pounds of fuel and supplies for Soyuz 29 crew Vladimir Kovalenok and Alexander Ivanchenkov, who have extended the space endurance record to 111 days aboard Salyut 6. Docking was targeted about 48 hours after launch to recharge engines and life support, while Tass noted onboard systems were normal. In a separate item, Grundy County Corn Festival buttons awarded two cash prizes of 200 and 50 dollars to Marilyn Osman and Ralph Fry.
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Moscow
UPI
Progress
Salyut 6 Space Laboratory
Progress 4
Salyut 6
Tass
Kovalenok
Ivanchenkov
Salyut Lab
Grundy County
Marilyn Osman
Gore Rd
Ralph Fry
Lockport
Absentee ballots available in Grundy County election
Grundy County Clerk Lana Phillips announces absentee ballots for the November 7 general election. In person voting ends November 6, mail applications accepted through November 2. Mail ballots must arrive at the clerk’s office in time to be sent to the proper polling place by 6 p.m. on November 7.
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Grundy County
Lana Phillips
Phillips
Funeral of Pope John Paul I Draws 100000 in Rain
In St. Peter's Square a crowd of about 100000 mourners attended a two hour outdoor funeral for Pope John Paul I, who died at 65 after a brief papacy. Heavy rain fell as the service began, with cardinals, dignitaries from 114 nations, and Lillian Carter among attendees.
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Vatican City
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter’s Basilica
Christendom
Sistine Chapel
Carlo Confalonieri
Sacred College of Cardinals
Confalonieri
John Paul
Albino Luciani
St. Peter's
Paul VI
Lillian Carter
Battle Crisis Looms Over Beirut Bridge Fight
Heaviest shelling in Beirut pits Syrian peacekeeping forces of the Arab League against Israeli backed Christian militiamen. Ground battles centered on the Karantina Bridge threatening the Camp David peace framework. Power lines cut, a fuel depot ignited as the city faced blackout and rising casualties estimated over 100.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Camp David
Middle East
Carter
United Nations
Cyrus Vance
France
Saudi Arabia
Arab League
RTA Gasoline Tax Losses Top $1 Million Seen
Chicago based report details state official Michael Kerr saying gasoline tax underpayments from Dec 1 to Sept 1 total about 552000 with additional undelivered payments estimate of 600000 due to owners not filing returns. Officials cite lack of enforcement and plan to use a computer program to improve compliance while warning station owners to pay taxes now. Separately the RTA Finance Committee favors a self insurance plan saving up to 1 million annually and a fund to back suburban bus lines. consultant notes 1.5 million spent on premiums and last year claims totaled around 536000.
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Chicago
UPI
Regional Transportation Authority
Michael Kerr
Illinois Revenue Department
RTA
Kerr
Revenue Department
RTA Finance Committee
Car Train Crash Kills Two Youths in Channahon
In a Monday night accident at Canal Rd crossing in Channahon a Subaru struck by a Rock Island freight train killed Dennis Markstrom 17 of Joliet and Linda Bardon 18 of Minooka. Two other passengers, Mark Kautzer 18 and Michael Alberico 17, were listed in fair condition at St. Joseph’s Joliet.
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Will County
Robert Tezak
Dennis C. Markstrom
Joliet
Linda Bardon
Minooka
Rock Island Railroad
Canal Rd
Channahon
Markstrom
Mark Ka
George Markstrom
Channahon Village
Evans
Du Page County Cedes Airport to Special Authority
Du Page County agrees to transfer operation of Du Page County Airport to the Fox Valley Community Airport Authority by November 30 after a four year court dispute. No capital improvements will be made before then, and a price for the airport may be settled by the circuit court if the county and authority cannot agree. The authority, created in 1974 by five communities to curb expansion, runs the second busiest field in the Chicago area after O'Hare. The county had sought to retain control but lost at circuit and appellate levels, and the Illinois Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal.
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Fox Valley Community Airport Authority
DuPage County
du Page County
St. Charles
Geneva
Batavia
Kane County
Chicago
Wayne
O'Hare International
Illinois Supreme Court
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Liberty
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