Eight Injured In Car Truck Crash At Illinois 47
Eight people were injured in a collision between a station wagon driven by Janna Jones and a Mack truck driven by Kevin Smith at Illinois 47 and Southmor Rd near Channahon. One child, Scott Harrison six, was in critical condition at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. Other injured list includes Ronald Harrison 27 Brian Harrison 3 Shawn Jones 6 Janna Jones 24 Heather Jones 3 and Eric Neve Wreck left 102 ft skid marks and 63 ft push. Mrs Jones cited for failure to yield and illegal transportation of liquor. Damage to truck over 100 dollars and station wagon demolished.
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Illinois 47
Southmor Rd
Scott Harrison
Channahon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Ronald Harrison
Brian Harrison
Shawn Jones
Channahan
Eric Neve
N. Dwight Rd
Janna Jones
Heather Jones
Kevin Smith
Dwight Smith
Grundy County
James Hume
Smith
Jones
Hume
Morris
Haliburton Services
Pittsburgh
Schroeder's Standard
Gardner
Olson
Sunoco
Sgt. Hume
Williamson
Stephanie Duvall
Wauponsee St
Helland
Marseilles Rd
Miss Duvall
LaSalle Rd
Stafford
Seneca
Robert Springer
Illinois
McArdle Rd
Carbon Hill Rd
Dan
Senators propose five year across the board tax cut plan
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled a five year across the board tax cut tied to large reductions in federal spending and a balanced budget goal by 1982. The plan would cut rates 5 percent yearly, or 25 percent by 1983, with caps tied to outlays and GDP. It faces opposition over budget limits and potential amendments.
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Washington
UPI
Robert Morgan
D-N.c
Senate Finance Committee
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate
Vandals Attack Morris Schools and Vehicles in Weekend Incidents
Police report multiple vandalism incidents over the weekend in Morris. At Morris Community High School a window in the business office was broken by a beer bottle, and Shabbona Middle School suffered front door window damage. A car window was shot out with a BB gun, and additional property damage occurred to several vehicles and at Sponge Cushion Inc. A planning commission meeting was cancelled and rescheduled for Oct 25.
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Morris
Morris Community High School
Shabbona Middle School
Ramond Miller
Shabbona School
MCHS
Shabbona
Joseph Hougas
Washington St
Hougas
Troy Bridges
West Ave
Liberty St
Armstrong St
Sponge Cushion
Weather outlook and past temperatures at Dresden Locks and Dam
Forecast calls for mainly cloudy skies and warmer air with a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight. Lows Tuesday near 50s, highs upper 60s to low 70s. At Dresden Locks and Dam recent readings show 54 high 32 low on Saturday and 45 high 33 low on Sunday. 7 am temperature 39. Downtown Morris reported 59 at 10 47 am with no precipitation recorded.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
National Weather Service
Scientists from U S S R and U S to present MHD power book
Internationally recognized scientists from the Soviet Union and United States will present a jointly authored book on alternate sources of electrical power generation to Joliet Junior College at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The event at JJC includes a slide show and lectures by Boris Shumiatski and Michael Petrick, with representatives from DOE and a Soviet academy official in attendance.
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Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic
United States
Joliet Junior College
Richard Nixon
Soviet Union
Wilbur Miner
Physical Science Department
Boris Ya. Shumiatski
Institute For High Temperatures
Moscow
Michael Petrick
Argonne National Laboratory
U.S
U.S. Department of Energy
Shumiatski
Institute of Physics and Technology
MHD
Institute For
H.D. McAninch
Houbolt Ave
Joliet
Petrick
Morris District Board to hire three new staff members
The Morris Grade School District 54 Board of Education will approve three new hires at Tuesday’s meeting. A Homebound teacher for a special ed student will be paid 203.33 monthly for 11 months starting in October. A full-time custodian starts with a 90 day probation at 4.33 per hour. An aide for a Mazon Early Childhood class will be paid 3.65 per hour. The agenda also includes annual financial reports for Morris Elementary Schools and Grundy County Special Education Cooperative for 1977 78, the fall enrollment and housing report for 1978 79, plus principals, cafeteria, buildings and grounds, and insurance bids reports.
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Morris Community High School Board
Morris Grade School
Board of Education
Mazon
Morris Elementary
Grundy County
Seven county accidents leave three hospitalized
Grundy County sheriff deputies investigated seven crashes this weekend, with eight people hurt and three still hospitalized. Kenneth Brisbin and James Howell, both 25, were in fair condition at Morris Hospital after a one car crash on Whitetie Road at about 5:40 AM. Paul Weitz, 21, was treated and released. Weitz’s car went off the road after he fell asleep, striking two trees. all three were taken to hospital by Coal City EMS.
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Grundy County Sheriff's Deputies
Kenneth Brisbin
Spruce St
James Howell
Marseilles
Morris Hospital
Whitetie Rd
Paul Weitz
E. Benton Sr
Goose Lake Township
Morris
Pine Bluff Rd
School St
Anne Larson
White Willow Rd
Des Rochers
John Walker Jr
Wilmington
Charles Shields
Grundy County
Craig Williamson
Walker
Miss Larson
Jim Smith
Yorkville Woman Identified as Margaret Lawton
The body found south of Yorkville has been identified as Margaret A. Lawton, 61, of 7 S Stolp Ave Aurora. Identification by Kendall County coroner's office and orthodontist Dr George Morgan. Cause of death undetermined after three to four weeks missing. Body found in a cornfield after being run over by a combine and disk.
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Yorkville
Margaret A. Lawton
S. Stolp Ave
Aurora
Leland Towers
Kendall County
Dale Hendrickson
Illinois 47
Walker Rd
Geroge Morgan
New Lenox
Dunn
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Morris Daily Herald
Magda Carlson
E. Jefferson Sr
Holly Corsello
Donald Davidson Sr
Liberty
Washington Sts
Brian Levery
Maurice Alford
Brian Wills
Ricky Berkland
Shawn
Kevin Simpson
Chris Delkus
Herman Tomano
Senators
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Budget Committee
Robert Byrd
Morris Planning Commission
JJC
Raymond
Springer
Lakeside Dr
Anthony Grosso
Grosso
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