Interstate 80 Motorist Aid Phones face testing delays
Illinois Highway officials report the Joliet to Rock Island motorist aid phone system is behind schedule due to electronic circuitry problems. The Detroit contractor, W. D. Gale, tests the 138 mile Rock Island section with 132 terminals at the Rock Island HQ and 170 at Joliet. The project aims for two way service and automatic status checks, with results to be evaluated over two years for possible wider use.
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Joliet
Rock Island
Illinois
Darreld Sunmark
Illinois Division of Highways District 2
Dixon
Peru
Roy Fonda
Surveillance Department
Illinois Division of Highways
Chicago
Fonda
Sunmark
United States
Illinois 47 hearing delayed amid new federal rules
The Morris plan for Illinois 47 improvements faces delay as the FHA requires new environmental reports and agency clearance before a public hearing. Ottawa district engineer Robert Blasius warned the hearing likely will not occur before year end due to the revised Environmental Act procedures. Deborah Foss, former Morris resident, was among four UNI students abducted in Urbana.
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John Hendrickson
Morris
Robert Blasius
Ottawa
Ilinois
Blasius
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FHA
Ottawa Office
Environment
Hendrickson
Florence Smith
Deborah Foss
Saratoga
Paul R. Foss
University of Illinois
Urbana
Libya
Morris Daily Herald
Herald
Associated Press
Monir Ali Saleh
Champaign
Miss Foss
Cathie Orpet
Northbrook
Tara Patterson
Woodstock
Saleh
Richard Becker
Belleville
Rantoul
Champaign County
Foss
An Albion
Mich
Deborah
Linda Ospalik
Ogilvie Opens Illinois First Minimum Security Prison
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie dedicated Illinois first minimum security prison in Vienna amid hints it could serve as a prototype for others. The administration indicated announcements about additional facilities are expected next week.
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Vienna
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Illinois
Man charged with murder in Minooka killing of Emma Miles
Charles Robert Turner is in custody on a murder charge in the 83 year old Emma Miles death in her Minooka home. A Grundy County grand jury will reconvene to consider indictment.
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Minooka
Emma Miles
Grundy County
Charles Robert Turner
Charles Robert Seele
Barbara
Miles
Massassot St
Turner
Homerding case before board again
The Morris Community High School board may grant a public hearing for Donald Homerding who was dismissed after the 1970-71 term. Attorney Hynds plans to present a recommendation at the next regular meeting to approve a hearing per similar Roth case precedents.
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Donald Homerding
Morris Community High School
John Hynds
Claude Rose
Hynds
Edward Kalish
Illinois Education Association
Springfield
IEA
Homerding
Atty. Hynds
MCHS
Federal District Court
Kali
Board of Regents of State Colleges
Blood donor drive seeks 150 pints for six visits
Grundy County residents have six chances this year to meet the 150 pint quota for the Red Cross bloodmobile. The visit is Monday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church from 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m with emphasis on 18 year old students and teachers during a school holiday.
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Grundy County Area Vocational Center
Red Cross
Joseph Corsello
AVC
Donald Kaufman
Sherry Gordon
Mazon Township High School
Judy Sargent
Minooka High School
Beverly Wardlow
Morris Community High School
Sue Martin
Coal City
Grundy County
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Jefferson and Wauponsee Sts
Grundy County Area
Carson Robinson
Peoria
Red Cross Blood Center
Morris Hospital
Weather shifts bring rain to Illinois with cool outlook
Fitful rains moved into Illinois from the northwest as warmer air lingered. Tonight remains cloudy and cool with intermittent showers likely and a low near 50. Thursday topped at 65 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 38 low. by 7 am today the temperature was 50.
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Illinois
Dresden Island
Baby Taken From La Salle Home In Kidnapping Case
An infant girl was abducted from the Deminick Township home of her adoptive parents in LaSalle County. Mary Taylor, the natural mother from Spring Valley, is suspected. Two young women, Beverly Phelps and Doreen Kelly, face unlawful restraint charges. Police seek a 1953 Chevrolet believed to carry Taylor and the child.
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Deminick Township
LaSalle County
Sheriff's Department
Mary Taylor
Spring Valley
Beverly Phelps
Doreen Kelly
Taylor
Phelps
Kelly
Sheriff's
U S 6 Closing Morris Area For Year Long Reconstruction
U S 6 east of Morris will close between Illinois 47 and U S 66 for at least one year as the highway is widened and resurfaced. Detour signs direct traffic via Illinois 47 Interstate 40 and U S 66. Local plant workers in the area may pass through. through traffic is prohibited. Construction on 4 40 miles east of Morris begins immediately by Charles OBrien Son and James MeekElvain Co with a bid of 1511695 dollars.
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U.S. 6
Morris
U. S. 66
Ottawa District Office
Ilinois Division of Highways
Illinois 47
Rock Island Crossing
Grundy-Will County Line
Charles O'Brien & Son Construction
James & MeekElvain Co
Snickering Clergyman Collects I Do s for Union
A clergyman acts as an agent who collects the I DO S for a union marriage arrangement. The remark frames a humorous view of religious figures executing wedding duties within a labor union context.
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Union
Braidwood Machine Shop Damaged by Fire
An early morning blaze at Clark's Machine Shop on Elm Street in Braidwood caused about 4000 dollars in building damages and 5000 dollars in contents. The one and a half story wooden structure owned by Charles Clark may be repaired after rewiring. Fire broke out around 5 30 a m reported by renter Charles Brewer. Firemen stayed about two hours.
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Elm St
Braidwood
George Boyd
Charles Clark
Boyd
Charles Brewer
Clarks
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