Crane visits Morris as 1980 candidate urges voter drive
Republican Philip Crane, Mount Prospect, spoke to Grundy County Republicans at the Morris Holiday Inn and outlined inflation, deficits, and tax relief as key issues. He warned of a potential recession, defended Kemp-Roth as a true tax cut, and urged energy independence. Crane noted manpower and defense budget questions, discussed foreign markets for agriculture, and mentioned his brothers Daniel and David Crane as other political figures.
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Philip Crane
Mount Prospect
Grundy County
Crane
Morris Holiday Inn
Sterling
Republican Central Committee
James
Bud) Washburn
U.S. House of Representatives
Illinois
Kemp-Roth
Federal Treasury
United States
Defense
Earl Butz
Butz
U.S. House
Daniel Crane
Danville
Terry Bruce
Olney
David Crane
Indiana
Bud) Washurn
Herald
Dayton man held on explosives charges in arrest at his home
Joe Cox, 22, jailed on illegal possession of explosives after deputies found 17 guns many loaded and cocked, dynamite caps, a homemade cannon and a tarantula in his Dayton, Illinois, residence. Sheriff said he was mixing explosive components during the arrest and claimed the cannon was for target practice.
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Dayton, Ill
UPI
Joe Cox
la Salle County
William Dummett
Cox
Dummett
Alden C. Thompson
Lisbon Rd
Thompson
Steele
Strange
Waupecan Valley Park
Wauponsee Township
Eugene Shostrom
Creekside Acres tabled by Grundy County planning panel
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission tabled Creekside Acres for further clarification after objections by Nettle Creek Township resident Rex Buckner and county health director notes. The 3 lot subdivision near Nelson Road drew debate over conformity with the county comprehensive plan and drainage concerns.
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Nettle Creek Township
Buckner
Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Todd Trayser
Carl Gardner & Associates
Chicago
Zalar
Denig
Creekside Acres
John Condon
John Steele
Milford Jorstad
Steele
Jorstad
Robert Strange
James Hutchings
Bernie Sandner
Deerfield Estates
Seneca and
LaSalle County
Joseph Testa
Norman Township
Eugene Sorensen
Seneca
Morris Daily Herald October 25 1978 front page
The Morris Daily Herald issues its October 25 1978 edition from Morris Illinois 60450. A twenty cent, twenty page issue in the XCVIII year publishes Wednesday afternoon.
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Morris
Illinois
Bromine spill fines levied against Consolidated Freightways
The Illinois Pollution Control Board fined Consolidated Freightways $1,500 for a bromine spill on Interstate 55 near Dwight on April 12, 1976. Morris and Pfaff Construction each faced $750 fines for handling waste at the Morris landfill. The board dismissed Michigan Chemical Corp., Red Ball Motor Freight and Hatcher Emergency Service, while Morris agreed to a $750 permit violation payment. About 4,000 people, including Dwight, were evacuated after bromine gas was observed, and I-55 was closed.
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Illinois Pollution Control Board
Consolidated Freightways
Interstate 55
Dwight
City of
Morris
Albert Pfaff Construction
Morris Savings and Loan
Pollution Control Board
Michigan Chemical Corp
Red Ball Motor Freight
Hatcher Emergency Service
Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Pfaff
Sheffield
Ken White
Envioonmental Protection Agency
Weather outlook with cooler temps and rain tonight
The forecast calls for cloudy and cooler conditions with rain late evening, then partly sunny and cooler on Thursday. Lows near 30s and highs in the 50s. Dresden Lock and Dam on Tuesday reached 58/31 with 7 am at 44 and 0.01 inch precipitation. Morris downtown read 49 degrees at 9:21 am.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Four candidates vie for three Illinois House seats in 43rd District
In the 43rd Legislative District voters will choose three of four candidates for the Illinois House. Republican Edward McBroom and George Ryan of Kankakee face Democrats Ray Christensen Morris and John Andrzejewski Herschel. District covers Grundy Ford Iroquois Kankakee counties plus parts of Will Champaign. Andrzejewski, a Herschel teacher, seeks the Democratic nomination after a primary win. Christensen is the incumbent Democrat from Morris seeking a second term. McBroom seeks a third term in the House and backed by fiscal conservatism. Ryan is the other Republican challenger from Kankakee.
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Illinois House of Representatives
Herschel
Edward McBroom
George Ryan
Kankakee
Ray Christensen
Morris
John Andrzejewski
Grundy
Ford
Iroquois
Will
Champaign
Andrzej
California
Christensen
Morris Community High
Lisbon
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign War
Knights of Columbus
Order of Eagles
Norma Fiori
Guy
Gary
Greg
McBroom
Illinois House
Illinois Senate
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Dayton
Arsenal
Verona Village
Commission
Nettle Creek
Sandner
Hutchings
Shostrom
Planning Commission
Hutchings, Steele, Sandner
Perry Brooks
Leroy Brown
Morris Daily Herald
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Democratic Central Committee
Loyola University
Andrzejewski
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
840 E. Chapin Sr
House
Appropriations
State
Agricultural Export Advisory
Legislative Reference Bureau
Senate
General Assembly
Jim Thompson
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