Residents meet on area pollution concerns in Illinois townships
A 2 hour meeting in Minooka with EPA air pollution chief Steven Rosenthal drew residents of Saratoga and Aux Sable townships plus local officials. No action was promised, Rosenthal said a decision would come in weeks after consulting superiors, with Dr. Hilton Curry notified.
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Saratoga
Aux Sable Townships
Environmental Protection Agency
Northern Petrochemical Co
Steven Rosenthal
Chicago
EPA
Rosenthal
Hilton Curry
County
Sanitarian
Northen
Illinois
Minooka
Red and Gun Club Road
Shady Oaks Trailer Court
Dresden Acres
Aux Sable Township
Leonard Boss
Eugene Sorensen
William Waters
Curry
Kendall County
NPC
Boss
Jean Dillard
Fire kills Dwight woman in rooming-house blaze
Mae C. Mehling 55 a resident of the Wheel Inn at 200 N Franklin St Dwight died in a rooming-house fire. Coroner Vernon Van Qualen said she died from burns and smoke inhalation. autopsy ordered. Fire gutted her first-floor apartment and was first noticed about 6 50 PM. She lived alone and is survived by two sons Ronald and Robert. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Dwight
Livingston County
Vernon van Qualen
Mae C. Mehling
Wheel Inn
N. Franklin St
von Qualen
Perry
John Metzke
Chicago
Mehling
Ronald
Glen Ellyn
Robert
Orland Park
van Qualen
Morris Community High School board election polling locations
Balloting for two Morris Community High School Board seats will occur at four polling places. City residents vote at Franklin School. Brienna and Nettle Creek township residents vote at Nettle Creek Community Consolidated. Saratoga and Morris township residents vote at Saratoga Grade School. Norman Wauponsee Goose Lake residents vote at Wauponsee Town Hall. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm.
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Board of Education
Morris Community
Morris
Franklin School
Brienna
Nettle Creek
Nettle Creek Community Consolidated School
Saratoga
Aux Sable
Kendall County
Illinois River
Norman
Wauponsee
Goose Lake
Wauponsee Town Hall
Morris Grade
Jail break thwarted as trusty helps guard at Joliet jail
A trusted aide aided guard Levi Jenkins during a jail escape attempt by four inmates at Will County Jail. The assailants struck Jenkins and seized his keys, but the attempt was stopped within the cell area before escape beyond the cells. Inmates identified: Stephen R. Brown, 25, Wilmington. Drexel Holland, 29, South Bend. David Ludin, 18, St. Louis. Charles G. Blair, 21, New Lenox.
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Jenkins
Sheriff's Deputies
Stephen R. Brown
Wilmington
Drexel Holland
South Bend
Ind
David Ludin
St. Louis
Charles G. Blair
New Lenox
Election canvass shuffles county ballot totals and board seats
County Clerk Tom Parks reported only minor changes from the canvass. Richard Corbin and Norbert J. McLuckie gained or lost a few votes in Districts 2 and 3, while absentee ballot totals were corrected for Districts 1 and 2. The county board will meet May 1 with a new chairman after Sidney Carr’s defeat. Carlson wins a special congressional term ending this year.
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Tom Parks
Richard Corbin
Norbert J. McLuckie
Corbin
Goose Lake
McLuckie
Braceville II
Parks
Morris Herald
Saratoga II
Leonard Boss
Joe Chiapetto
Robert Trotter
William Watters
Perry Brooks
John Hauschild
James McEvilly
Joe Laughary
Clifford Carlson
Tim Hall
Carlson
Sidney Carr
Grundy County
Atlantic refinery blast kills one in Doraville
An explosion at the Triangle Refinery in Doraville near Atlanta killed one person and injured at least four others. Flames spread to a nearby housing area prompting evacuation of about 300 families as DeKalb County authorities declared a state of emergency. Witnesses described a loud eruption with flames shooting hundreds of feet into the air and one house reportedly exploding.
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Triangle
Kerr-McGee Oil Co
Debbie Arp. 15
DeKalb County
F. D. Hand
James Reeves Declared Democratic Candidate For Coroner
James Reeves, a Morris funeral director, became the Democratic candidate for coroner after receiving 558 write in votes in a March primary. He signed a statement of candidacy this morning to formalize his run, per county clerk Tom Parks.
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James Reeves
Tom Parks
Reeves
Morris
Four Candidates Seek Coal City School Board Seats
Four candidates run for two three year terms on Coal City Community Unit District No. 1. Incumbents Elvin Wills and Paul Hines compete with Wayne Neal and John P. Loughnane for board seats.
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Board of Education
Coal City Community Unit District No. 1
Elvin W. Wills
Paul “Jim” Hines
Wayne Neal
John P. Loughnane
Wills
Grundy Area
Coal City
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Wilfred Dix
Morris Daily Herald
Prery
FE. Jefferson St
E. Jefferson St
Fifth Ave
Herald
Joliet
Atlantic
Doraville, Ga
Atlanta
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Coal City School Board
Deborah
Mark
Hines
Anderson Auto Supply
Maple St
JoAnn Schimandle
Jeffrey
Brian
Neal
Uniroyal, Inc
Boodlers Place
Rosemary Ronchetti
U.S. Navy
Lions Club
Parent- Teachers Association
Will County Transportation Club
Cub Scouts
Boy Scouts
Elvin Wills
Paul
Jim) Hines
J.P. Loughnane
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