Duck hunting area opened at Collins Lake near Chicago
Cooperative effort by state, Commonwealth Edison, and Ducks Unlimited creates 700 acres of duck hunting area at Collins Lake Grundy County with 20 duck blind sites. Construction provides access via two lane boat ramp parking and vault toilets. Daily drawings will assign blinds. hunting on Wednesdays to Sundays sunrise to noon.
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Chicago
Commonwealth Edison
Collins Lake
Grundy County
Collins Generating Station
Loop
Illinois Department of Conservation
Grundy
Will County
Ducks Unlimited
David Kenney
Department of Conservation
Robert Koerner
Coal City
Loerner
Koerner
Kenney
Goose
Lorenzo Rd
Goose Lake Prairie State Park
Weather forecast and observed conditions at Dresden Locks and Morris
Tonight will be fair and cold with frost. Saturday will be sunny and cool with highs in the 50s and lows in the low 30s. Dresden Locks and Dam reports Thursday high 67, low 39, 7 am 39. Precipitation 0.05. Morris downtown 9:25 am temperature 51.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
Sugar Bill Moves Ahead With Higher Sugar Prices
The Senate backed a bill to raise sugar prices, projecting a five year cost of about 5.2 billion to consumers and about 33 per American family for sweets. The plan would lift price supports to reflect inflation, aiming toward 21.8 cents per pound in five years, with House and president still to weigh final terms.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Sen
Russell Long
Louisiana
House
Carter
Illegal aliens arrested at Princeton plant
About 150 suspected illegal aliens were arrested in a raid on Ralston Purina mushroom plant in Bureau County. Rock Island state police aided 30 immigration officers in the search while troopers secured the exterior and detained those questioned at the Army Reserve Center in Peru for credential checks.
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Princeton
Ill
Ralston Purina
Bureau County
Rock Island
Department of Immigration and Naturalization
Army Reserve Center
Peru
Senators Reach Compromise On Humphrey Hawkins Bill
A bipartisan group of senators announced an agreement to move the Humphrey Hawkins full employment bill without a filibuster. The draft compromise sets an inflation goal, omits a federal spending limit, and leaves key issues for floor debate. A coin toss settled whether Congress shall or may review president proposed goals. Humphrey won heads to ensure shall. The interim unemployment goal targets 4 percent by 1983, with inflation goals debated for 3 percent by 1983 and zero by 1988.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Gress ‘‘Shall
Muriel Humphrey
Dminn
Hubert Humphrey
Phrey
Minooka board approves winter snow removal bid and district actions
The Minooka Grade School Board accepted Thompson and Sons bid for snow removal, the only bid, with rates from 25 to 18 dollars an hour. It also discussed a subdivision partly within Shorewood’s and Minooka’s districts and will seek county input. Board actions include hiring Bonnie Callis half time bus driver, approving use of facilities for Lunch With Santa, a second grade field trip to Chicago, gym use for basketball, buying tire chains and a refrigerator, updating art tables, applying for recognition, and sending staff to several education events with stipends and expenses.
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Minooka
Thompson and Sons
Shorewood
Troy
Jack Satorius
County of
Bonnie Callis
Minooka Woman’s Club
Museum of Science and Industry
Lincoln Park Zoo
Chicago
Northern
Illinois
Township tax funds and booths outlined at Morris meeting
Morris Township Supervisor Edmund Pierce reported $23,000 received from Grundy County treasurer with $20,000 to the town fund and $3,000 to the road and bridge fund. The levy was about $10,000 less than last year, risking the general assistance balance without federal revenue sharing. Pierce allocated 26 of 28 booths for precincts and noted two to be placed where needed. The November 9 meeting was set with planning for the Peoria Township Officials Convention November 15 to 18 with Lt Governor Dave ONeal among speakers.
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Morris Township
Edmund Pierce
Grundy County
Pierce
General Assistance
Peoria Hilton Hotel
Dave O'Neal
Thomas Steele
Willard Sheedy
Sherman Hexdall
Josephine Pack
Ninth theft report at Morris Holiday Inn escalates losses
The ninth motel guest reports about $155 stolen from room 206 and total losses exceed $1,000 after 14 rooms were entered in the early morning break ins. Eight other out of town guests report cash and a CB radio missing. two rooms were unoccupied, two guests awoke to scare off the burglar. Witnesses describe a tall light-skinned woman in a red bandana.
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Morris Holiday Inn
Lee Hucker
Kenosha
Wis
Morris Police
Hucker
C.P. Fox
Fox
Balderdash
Witch Hazel
Friday the 13th labeled superstition by experts and witches
United Press International reports a mix of superstition and science around Friday the 13th. psychiatrists call fears cultural and mild, while historians link the date to Solferino and maritime misfortune. Circus folk, witches, and a Christian origin explanation appear with quotes from experts and believers.
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Kenneth R. Clark
United Press International
Lee Macht
Cambridge ( Mass.) Hospital
Macht
Maine
Sacramento
Calif
Duane Landziak
Christ
Judas
Yorkville pre trial set for Boulder Hill man in assault case
A pre trial hearing for Carson A. Julian, 21, of 10 Hillcrest Court, charged with attempted murder, aggravated kidnapping and armed violence in the May 30 assault of a Yorkville girl, was continued for a jury trial on November 27 before Kendall County Circuit Judge Rex Meilinger. He remains jailed in Kendall County. In other notes, Illinois Lottery results and related drawings are reported with winners listed.
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Yorkville
Boulder Hill
Kendall County
Rex Meilinger
Carson A. Julian
Hillcrest Ct
Railroad tax suits settled in circuit court agreement
Tax protest suits involving Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and Grundy County taxing bodies for 1975 and 1976 were settled Wednesday. Under the agreement 1975 protests of 912.62 were overruled and funds released. 391.15 protests upheld. For 1976, 434.28 protests were returned to taxing bodies and 186.19 upheld. Grundy County protests 84.01 overruled and 36.01 sustained.
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Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Grundy County
Coal City Unit
Gardner Consolidated
Illinois Central Gulf
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Minooka Board
Stan Ripsch
Linda Walter
Illinois Council For Exceptional Children
Don Corrie
Pick Congress Hotel
Joe Casetto
Dave Herbst
Illinois State University
Normal
Morris Daily Herald
Springfield
John Grindle
Belfast
Portsmouth
Ringling Bros
Barnum & Bailey Circus
New York City
Florida
Richard Diana
New York
Kendall
Oak Park
Philadelphia
Don Arneson
Elgin
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