Seven Die As Helicopter Crashes At Labor Day Festival
At St. Joseph's Church Labor Day festival in Derry Pennsylvania a Hughes 269C helicopter hired for prizes crashed after engine failure. Seven people were killed and 18 hurt as blades struck the crowd. 11 hospitalized with three in critical condition. Pilot Pam Nelson survived shock. Victims include Mary Lou Weidenhoff and six others named locals. FAA investigators proceed to determine cause.
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Derry
UPI
St. Joseph’s Church
Pam Nelson
Mike Giannini
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Giannini
St. Joseph’s
Federal Aviation Administration
Nelson Helicopters
Allegheny County
John Wilt
Leo Allison
Mary Beth
Allison
Mary Lou
Latrobe Hospital
Timothy Deglau
Irene C. Maloy
Parece Smith
Darlene Gray
Gertrude Gray
Latrobe
Lois J. Weidenhoff
Ford City
Bill Blair
Man dies in Kendall County Labor Day crash
Rex Moland a 29 year old Sandwich resident died from injuries after a single car crash on Grove Road near Caton Farm Road in Kendall County. Driver Eddy Stumbo 27 Joliet survived with minor injuries and was treated at Copley Memorial Hospital Aurora. Moland’s funeral arrangements are through Larson Funeral Home Yorkville.
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Kendall County
Sandwich
Rex Moland
Knight St
Eddy Stumbo
Joliet
Stumbe
Grove Rd
Caton Farm Rd
Moland
William Dunn
Larson Funeral Home
Yorkville
Two Coal City men charged in Pioneer Lumber burglary
Coal City police arrested Roland Mueller and Paul Nathanson Friday on burglary charges after the Pioneer Lumber Co. office was entered and a safe containing about 310 dollars and records was taken. The safe was found 45 feet from the car used by the suspects, and the records later turned up in the Des Plaines River. Bond to be set in Grundy County Circuit Court.
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Coal City
Pioneer Lumber Co
Roland Mueller
Hawthorner
Paul Nathanson
Sportsmans
Terry Bitner
Dennis Neary
Bitner
Pioneer Lumber
Mueller
Nathanson
Will
Valerie Rds
Chief Neary
Grundy County
Channahon
Des Plaines
Peter Odo
Charles Squellati
Weather notes: warm and fair with varying temperatures
Forecast calls for fair weather tonight with a low around 65. Wednesday should be mostly sunny with a high near 90. Sunday's high reached 84 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a low of 50. Monday posted a high of 84 and a 50 low. At 7 am today readings were 56 degrees and by 11:30 am Morris reached 80 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Several injured in weekend motorcycle accidents
A Morris youth, Irvin Halstead, 15, was injured when his motorcycle hit a pole on Park Ave near Evergreen Subdivision and was hospitalized. He was cited for no license and to appear Sept. 21. Another rider, Kenneth Zalatel, 39, suffered minor cuts when his Harley tipped over on U.S. 6 near the LaSalle County line. he refused treatment. Angela Norton, 17, was treated and released after a one vehicle crash on Grinter Rd east of Illinois 47 when her truck ran off the road and overturned. damage to the 1977 Chevrolet truck was about $1,500.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Park Ave
Mable Court
Evergreen Subdivision
Irvin Halstead
E. U.S
Grundy County
Jeff Wix
Halstead
Sgt. Wix
Sgt
Wix
U.S. 6
LaSalle County
Kenneth Zalatel
Caton Farm Rd
Joliet
Thomas Walker
Zalatel
Angela Norton
Rte. 1
Grinter Rd
Mazon
Grinter
Illinois
Carl Luck
Miss Norton
Den’s Standard
Brewer named warden of Illinois Stateville Prison
Illinois Corrections Director Charles Rowe announced Lou Brewer former Iowa State Prison Warden Fort Madison will lead Stateville Prison the states toughest facility He replaces Ernest Morris who resigned July 31 after 27 years Whispers of violence and overcrowding persist as Stateville remains under lockup with about 2200 inmates and staffing shortages continue to strain operations.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois
Charles Rowe
Iowa
Lou Brewer
Stateville
Brewer
Fort Madison
Ernest Morris
Morris
Stateville Down
Brookfield Zoo
Pontiac
A.M
Bud’’ Monahan
Thompson
Bob Colby
Carter to act as full partner in Middle East peace parley
President Carter says he will be a full partner at the Camp David talks with Israeli Premier Begin and Egyptian President Sadat and will avoid imposing a U.S. peace plan. Officials expect formal negotiating sessions to begin Wednesday with the leaders arriving at Andrews and Catoctin retreat followed by open-ended discussions.
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Camp David
UPI
Carter
Middle East
Menachem Begin
Anwar Sadat
U.S
Sadat
Paris
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Begin
New York
Air Force
Catoctin
Maryland
White House
United States
Lebanon
Samuel Lewis
Israel
Herman Eilis
Egypt
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Cyrus Vance
William Quandt
National Security Council
Alfred Atherton
Harold Saunders
Near East
Jody Powell
Walter Mondale
Strike halts commuter service in Chicago area
A CNW clerical strike halted commuter service for about 50 000 residents and disrupted freight across a nine state region. About 3 000 CNW clerks walked out as CNW disciplined picket line observers. BRAC says the strike is broad and illegal per order. CNW calls it unauthorized. Milwaukee Road and Burlington Northern will honor CNW passes today.
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Chicago
UPS
Chicago and North Western Railway
Norfolk and Western
Chicago Area
CNW
Brotherhood of Railway and
Norfolk
Tom Fitz
Gibbon
Brac International
James McDonald
Fitzgibbon
the International
McDonald
Milwaukee Road
Burlington Northern Railroad
Morris Daily Herald front page news highlights
Morris Daily Herald issue from September 5, 1978 presents local notices and brief items. Contains community updates and public notices typical of a local Illinois newspaper of the period.
Labor Day traffic deaths reach 586 nationwide
United Press International reports 586 holiday fatalities from Friday six PM to Monday midnight, with 534 traffic deaths across states. California led with 48, Texas 46, Illinois 27, while Alaska Hawaii New Hampshire North Dakota Rhode Island had none. Operation Care limited impact on highway deaths amid drunken driving concerns.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Texas
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Florida
Alaska
Hawaii
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Nationa Safety Council
Care
Massacre plane wreck triggers manhunt in Rhodesia
In Rhodesia guerrillas claimed to shoot down an Air Rhodesia plane near Kariba. 38 of 56 aboard died, 10 survivors hid in bush overnight. Survivors include two girls aged 4 and 11 and seven women. Air Rhodesia officials deny shoot down, citing crew report of engine failure. A manhunt for guerrillas continued as authorities condemned the attack.
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Kariba
Rhodesia
UPI
Salisbury
Lusaka
Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
Air Rhodesia
Pat Travers
Nkomo
Nine anti nuclear protesters arrested at Seabrook plant
At Seabrook New Hampshire nine demonstrators from Connecticut and New Jersey faced criminal trespass and disorderly conduct charges after protesters, chanting and singing against nuclear power, were dragged from the construction site. The group, linked to the Clamshell Alliance Connecticut branch, included five who entered the site and four who were charged for disorderly conduct.
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Seabrook
N.H
UPI
Connecticut
New Jersey
Hampton District Court
Mem
Bers
Clamshell Alliance
New England
Alliance’ Connecticut
Clamshell
LaSalle nuclear plant shuts as workers strike
LaSalle County Nuclear Power Station in Seneca closed after more than 2,500 Local 60 boilermakers union workers walked off Friday when the contract expired. A Wednesday work resumption was ordered by Robert Cunningham while plant foreman Leo Burke reported continued picket lines at the gate. The strike began after the Thursday midnight deadline without a new agreement.
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LaSalle County
Seneca
Local 60 Boilermakers Union of
Peoria
Robert Cunningham
The
Business Administration
Leo Burke
Marseilles man gets 20 years for murder
William LeRoy Reed, 34, pleaded guilty to the murder of William E. Talmadge, 22, on Sept 20, 1975 in Marseilles. He entered a coffee house with a gun, shot Talmadge, and fired at a bystander before fleeing. Reed was found mentally unfit at first, later deemed fit for trial and sentenced to 20 years by Judge Fred Wagner.
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Marseilles
LaSalle County
William LeRoy Reed
William E. Talmadge
Reed
Talmadge
Andrew Arnold
Ritchie Miller
Chester Mental Health Center
James Leo Keely
Public Defender’s Office
Fred Wagner
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Morris Municipal
Ron Safarcyk
Morris Community Swim Club
Herald
Stumbo
Copley Memorial Hospital
Aurora
Will County
Commonwealth Edison
BRAC
U.S. District Court
Morris Daily Herald
California Highway Patrol
Texas Department of Public Safety
Jim Robinson
Patriotic Front
Allian
McLaren
LaSalle
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