Kendall County Board Candidates Seek Seat in November election
In Kendall County District I and II Republican lawmakers faced limited opposition after the March 21 primary. Jannette Nelson and Frank Coffman, incumbents in District I, run alongside two Democratic write-ins, William Schnabel and Thomas Brown, who qualified to challenge the incumbents for the November 7 ballot. Schnabel seeks to unseat Nelson and Brown aims to topple Coffman.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Jannette Nelson
Frank Coffman
William Schnabel
Thomas Brown
Schnabel
Brown
Nelson and Coffman
Weather and County Board Candidates for District I
Tonight and Friday forecast fair and warmer with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s. At Dresden Lock and Dam Wednesday high 62, low 35, 7 a.m. 36 with .23 in precipitation. Morris downtown 9:26 a.m. 42. Four candidates seek the County Board from District I. Schnabel and Brown emphasize change and local services, Coffman defends growth and budgeting, Nelson backs regional coordination and local control. District I covers Little Rock, Bristol, Fox and Big Grove townships. two seats elected November 7.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Schnabel
Plano
Fair and Co. Realtors
Yorkville
Brown
Ann
Anna Marie Lane
Lynnwood Subdivision
Bristol Township
Caterpillar Tractor
Montgomery
Coffman
Plano American Legion
Plano Masonic Lodge
Coffman Brothers Truck Center
Aurora
W. Jones St
Elaine
Nelson
Fox River
University of Wisconsin
Little Rock Township
Vilas
Kendall County
Little Rock
Bristol
Fox
Big Grove
Rhodesian airstrike hits Nkomo base near Lusaka
Rhodesian jet bombers struck a principal ZIPRA base near Lusaka 12 miles north of the capital in a deep raid inside Zambia. The operation coincided with raids in Mozambique as Smith seeks to pressure negotiations amid a five year war.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPI
Mozambique
Zambia
Joshua Nkomo
Zimbabwe Peoples Revolutionary Army
Lusaka
Britain
Umtali
South Africa to reopen talks on Namibia future
Prime Minister Botha signaled willingness to reopen discussions on Namibia with the United Nations supervision of elections uncertain. Western ministers called the move progress, but Vance warned no assurances on U.N. supervised polls next year.
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Pretoria
South Africa
UPI
Pieter Botha
Namibia
Cyrus Vance
U.N
Vance
Botha
United Nations
Marthinos Steyn
Canada
West Germany
Britian
France
Geneva
Moscow
Bonn
David Owen
Radiation overdose leads to record $7.6 million malpractice award
An 18-year-old girl, Laurie Necochea, was awarded $7.6 million in a San Francisco trial against Mount Zion Hospital and the University of California Medical Center after an overdose of radiation during cancer treatment left her a virtual quadriplegic. The unanimous jury found the radiation was administered in an improper and unsafe manner though defense argued the outcome was an unusual reaction. The nine-week trial featured expert testimony from Frank Ellens of Sloan-Kettering backing the plaintiff.
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San Francisco
UPI
United States
Laurie Necochea
Mount Zion Hospital
University of California Medical Center
Jim Bostwick
Miss Necochea
Accidental Death of Albion Toddler in Driveway Incident
A 16 month old Albion boy, Toby Ray Schmittler, died after being struck by a backing car in his grandparents’ Albion driveway. He was playing at the home when hit by the aunt’s vehicle and died on arrival at Wabash General Hospital. He was the son of Tresa and Eddie Schmittler.
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Mount Carmel, II
UPI
Albion
Wabash General Hospital
Toby Ray Schmittler
Tresa
Eddie Schmittler
Federal group approves burial of leftover nuclear material
A federal interagency review group concludes that dangerous nuclear fuel and weapon leftovers can be safely stored underground. The panel calls for stronger environmental safeguards and state local involvement, pursuing geologic disposal with an intermediate scale facility by 1986 at sites like Carlsbad New Mexico. It urges detailed site studies, public consensus, and independent review to maintain confidence.
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Federal Group
Washington
UPI
Interagency
Carter
John Deutch
Carlsbad
N.M
Deutch
Outage Hits Morris Residents After Buss Fault
Electrical outage affected Morris residents on the north and east sides from 4 15 to 5 30 a m due to a buss fault at a Wilmington power station A Commonwealth Edison Co spokesman cited contamination in a copper connection possibly worsened by early fog moisture The 34 000 volt line serving Morris was knocked out affecting about 1 000 Edison customers Morris police responded to several locations after alarms were triggered by the failure.
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Wilmington
Morris
Edison
B 52 Bomber Crashes at March Air Force Base
A B 52 bomber crashed and burned near the end of a March Air Force Base runway in Sunnymead California. Initial reports say two crew members survived the incident.
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Sunnymead
Calif
UPI
March Air Force Base
KFC receives variance recommendation for carry out window
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals at a public hearing recommends a 2 by 10 foot side yard variance for Kentucky Fried Chicken at 1806 N Division St. The pass out window on the north side will not extend beyond the overhang. A drive in lane would lead to the window then around back to the Division Street exit. Eight minute meeting with board members Narvick Stangland Finfrock and Dzuryak voting in favor.
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Kentucky
N. Division St
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris Savings and Loan
William Rognas
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Division St
Art Narvick
Narvick
Charles Greenway
Borens
Kentucky Fried
Rognas
Tom Dzuryak
Wilbur Finfrock
Chairman Narvick
William Stangland
Keith Larson
Elephant stumble injures five at Ringling Bros show
In Chicago at the International Amphitheatre a Ringling Bros performance saw Anna May the elephant stumble into a roped area, triggering a crowd surge that caused minor cuts and bruises to five people. Two injured were circus staff. victims were taken to Michael Reese Hospital for treatment.
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Chicago
UPI
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus
Anna May
Michael Reese Hospital
Circus
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Ian Smith
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Soviet Union
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
SWAPO
Roelof Botha
Khartoum
Sudan
Morris Community High School
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