Reading Between the Lines and Other Morris Notes
A Morris weekly page highlights a postal tale of a 5 year old California girl who mailed a letter with no address yet Patti Cline printed her name on envelopes. postal workers matched and delivered it to Mrs. Chester Sparks in Morris in two days.
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California
Chester Sparks
Rte. 2
Benicia
Calif
Patti Cline
Ken Cline
Danny Sparks
Morris
Patti
Rte 2
Weather: Mild Day with Sun and Warmer Highs
The forecast calls for mostly sunny conditions with little temperature change. Highs will be in the mid 60s, with tonight mostly cloudy and lows around the mid 40s. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler temps in the 55 to 60 range. Thursday's high reached 63 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 42 low. Early morning readings were 43 at 7 a.m. and 55 at 10:15 a.m. downtown Morris.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Juvenile Bomb Threat Hearing Set in Minooka Case
Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist ordered an adjudicatory hearing for Nov 8 in Grundy County Circuit Court. Two juveniles, Mark Lawrence 16 of Channahon and a 14 year old Channahon girl, face charges for calling bomb threats to Minooka High School on Oct 18 and 19. Authorities say the Oct 18 call originated from the girl's home and the Oct 19 call from Lawrence's home.
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Robert Malmquist
Grundy County
Minooka High School
Lawrence
Brezhnev Says Soviet Envoys Sent to Middle East
Kremlin leader stated Soviet representatives have been sent to the Middle East at Egyptian President Sadat's request. He did not specify military role or dispatch scope. Brezhnev urged U.S. follow suit and warned of further measures to enforce the cease-fire.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Mideast
Anwar Sadat
Communist Party
Leonard I. Brezhnev
Middle East
U.N
Nixon to hold televised news conference at 7 p.m
President Nixon plans a 7 p.m. EDT televised news conference amid reports he may name a new special Watergate prosecutor. Deputy press secretary Warren would not confirm a Cox successor and said the session will not pre empt the President. The questions likely center on Cox, the tapes, and the Middle East crisis.
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Washington
Nixon
Gerald L. Warren
Middle East
Warren
East Room
Archibald Cox
Cox
U.S
Nixon weighs UN observers for Middle East
The White House said President Nixon could consider a UN request to send truce observers to the Middle East but opposes including the United States or the Soviet Union in the observer force. Deputy Press Secretary Warren noted Nixon would allow a small number of observers if a clear distinction from the peacekeeping truce team is kept. Brezhnev’s disclosure of Soviet representatives was not confirmed by Warren.
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Soviet Union
U.N
Middle East
U.S
United States
Washington
Moscow
White House
Nixon
United Nations
Gerald L. Warren
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Anwar Sadat
Warren
Kurt Waldheim
Brezhnev
Schlesinger begins phasedown of US military alert
Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger says the United States has started a gradual return to normal status from the Soviet threat alert. He notes many actions cited as reasons were known days earlier and cites 50 000 elite Soviet paratroopers and a Mediterranean fleet surge as key factors.
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Washington
James R. Schlesinger
Soviet Union
Middle East
Schlesinger
Panama
Caribbean
U.S
Four defendants plead not guilty in two separate burglaries
David C. Muncey 19 of Rte. 1 and three co defendants faced Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist and pleaded not guilty to burglary theft and possession of a controlled substance in a Sept 24 doctor’s office drug theft case. Phillip E. Nelson 28 of 110 Chapin St and two others also pleaded not guilty to burglary and theft in a Sept 25 Vanderhyden home break in.
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David C. Muncey
Rte. 1
Robert Malmquist
Muncey
John Zerboglio
Rickey J. Fredericks
Braidwood
William Sanders
Coal City
Malmquist
Phillip E. Nelson
Chapin St
Nelson
Robert Adcock
Willard B. Akin
Price St
John Davis
Liberty St
Vanderhyden
Lawsuit Seeks 120000 From Grundy County Special Ed Co op
Barbara Schoneberg files in Chicago federal court alleging due process violations after termination from Grundy County Special Education Cooperative. She seeks 120000 total damages from the cooperative and listed executives and board members. Notices served this week on defendants.
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Grundy County
Randall Highsmith
Coal City Community Unit
Dale Barr
Morris
Rodney Hickox
Braceville
Ed Walker
Mazon
Art Johns
Minooka High School
Jack Satorius
Minooka
Thomas Harr
Saratoga
Jose Marie Bell
Doris Heine
Special Education Cooperative
Miss Schoneberg
Barr
Special Education Board
Heine
Highsmith
Coal City
Coal City, Unit District No. 1
Morris Lions Club Alters Halloween Parade Schedule
The Morris Lions Club announced the annual Halloween parade will be held Tuesday at 5 30 p m instead of Monday. Participants assemble at Washington and Liberty Streets for the Liberty Street parade.
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Morris Lions Club
Washington and Liberty Sts
Liberty St
UAW Reaches Tentative Ford Contract Averting Walkout
The United Auto Workers near a three year accord with Ford Motor Co ending the potential 185000 worker walkout. The deal preserves retirement after 25 years for 9000 Ford foundry workers and ties to broader industry outcomes with Chrysler and GM.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Leonard Woodcock
Ford
Woodcock
Cleveland
Ohio
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford of
Canada
General Motors of Canada
Ford Council
Injunction Stops Meadors From Minooka Unit Hearings
A Will County judge issued a temporary injunction barring Arthur Meadors, Grundy County Educational Region superintendent, from holding further hearings on a petition to form a Minooka unit district. Joliet Township High School filed the injunction amid claims the petition seeks a district covering Minooka High, Minooka Grade, and Channahon Grade School territories.
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Will County
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Minooka Unit
Meadors
Joliet Township
Minooka
Channahon
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Morris Daily Herald
William V. Martin
Martin
Bedford Plaza
Hornsby’s Family Center
Santa Claus
North Pole
Marty Haas
Eddie Spertzel
Grant St
Britain
Gaul
Jack
Earth
France
Florence Smith
World Congress of Peace Forces
Sadat
Egypt
Kremlin
Congress
Israel
Illinois
Paul Ehrman
Alan Love
Parents Teachers Club of the Immaculate Conception
Herald
Henry Jackson
Dwash
Europe
Mediterranean Sea
Cairo
W. Couey
Special Ed
Ford World
Dearborn
General Motors Corp
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