Four candidates vie for Morris Community High Board seats
Four candidates seek two Morris Community High School Board posts in a two term race. Kenneth Davenport, Jack Kutches, Carlton Joy Parnell, and Jack Santa Cruz each outline background in business, church and service with families and veterans status.
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McHs Board
Morris Public School Board
Morris Community High School
Kenneth L. Davenport
Lynwood Dr
MCHS
Barens Ford
Davenport
Morris Schools
U.S. Army
Joan
Kenneth
Douglas
Illinois Automotive Trade
American Legion
First Methodist Church
Jack Kutches
E. Washington St
Riz’s Foods
Kutches
Jack's
Morris
Streator High School
Korea
3Rd Infantry
Marianne
Susan Dummitt
Jeff
Todd
Joe
Kay
Morris Lions Club
The
Knights of Columbus
VFW
Immaculate Conception
Morris Council of Churches
Carlton
Joy) Parnell
Mooseheart Dr
Biddle Oil Co
Parnell
Reese
Ark
Mark
University of Arkansas
Grace Baptist Church
Boys Club
Jack Santa Cruz
Susan Circle
Santa Cruz
Uniroyal, Inc
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
Jack's Cities Services
Joliet Township
Joliet Junior College
US. Army Engineer Corps
Pacific Theater
Morris City moves to buy land for park and sewer upgrades
Morris City Council approved purchasing the Anderson family land behind U S 6 for 50000 with 25 000 down and 25 000 in a year to fund a park. The council also voted to raise revenue sharing for the project to 30000 and approve a 92347 80 sewer extension funded by a federal grant with no tax money.
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Anderson
U.S. 6
Cohenour
Phillip Ortiz
Nettle Creek
Fourth Ward
Hornsby
Water and Sewer Committee
Lincoln St
Rock Island Railroad
Third Ave
Spruce St
James E. McElwain Co
Morris Planning Commission
Burroughs Highlights County Committee Cost Increases
Grundy County Board member Wallace M. Burroughs presented a cost increase summary comparing the 1971-72 and 1972-73 county boards. The report shows higher committee payments, a per meeting raise, a reduced board size, and higher six month averages, with details on specific figures and dates.
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Grundy County
Wallace M. Burroughs
Burroughs
Joseph Chiapetto
Coal City
Ernest Moore
Healy and Moore Associates
Moore
Illinois Department of Public Health
Springfield
Weather snapshot foresees warmer day with sunshine
Forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and a high near 40 today. Tonight will be partly cloudy and milder with a low around 30. Thursday expected to be mostly cloudy with highs in the 40s. Tuesday record shows a 35 degree high and 25 low at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. Morning readings at 7 am were 27 degrees and downtown Morris at 11 am reached 44 degrees.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Parklake Village Subdivision Plats Approved by Planning Commission
The Morris Planning Commission approved final plat plans for Parklake Village Subdivision by a 6 3 vote, east of Lisbon Road and north of George Street. City Council promptly approved the plats, while Mission Hill Subdivision approval was delayed to May 14. The new development, west of Lisbon Road and north of Harmony Acres, includes about ten percent open recreational land.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank
Parklake Village
Lisbon Rd
George St
Mission
Mission Hill
Harmon Acres
Vote for fire district near Seneca approved
Voters approved forming a rural fire district by 208 to 48 with 256 votes cast. The district covers four Grundy County townships Brienna Vienna Norman and Nettle Creek and excludes Seneca. Fire protection plans include a Seneca station and pending costs.
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Grundy County
Brienna
Vienna
Norman
Nettle Creek
LaSalle County
Brookfield
Miller
Manlius
Allen
Marion Mitchell
Seneca High
Marseilles
Newark and
Serena
Allen Township
Seneca
Joseph Perry
The
Rural Fire Protection Association
Violence erupts again at Madison County juvenile detention
Edwardsville Illinois AP reports a second day of violence at the Madison County juvenile detention home where a male inmate upset over being tried as an adult resisted staff. A second youth joined the fight as officers moved to separate them and restore order.
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Edwardsville, Ill
Madison County
Sheriff's Office
Market calls for counter boycott by livestock center
The Chicago Joliet Marketing Center urges a counter boycott on farm equipment to protest meat price ceilings and meat boycotts. President Harlan Bane says a free price structure must be restored or they will advise canceling purchases of farm machinery grain processing gear autos and similar items. The center operates nine brokerages with capacity for 8,000 cattle and 6,500 hogs daily.
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Center
All Agricultural Association, Buyers and Packers
Harlan Bane
Chicago-Joliet Center
Four Arrested in Mount Prospect Drug Sting
Four men linked to an Elgin motorcycle gang called Old Stylers were arrested after selling undercover agents a pound of methamphetamine valued at 30000 dollars in Mount Prospect. MEG said the group has about 40 members and was under six weeks of surveillance. One suspect drew a pistol during the arrest but was disarmed. others resisted briefly. Names and ages: James Eliason 32 Algonquin, George McCutcheon 31 Fox Lake, William McClellan 23 Elgin, Michael Rymer 29 Elgin. All charged with sale of a controlled substance.
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MOUNT PROSPECT, _ II
Elgin
Old Stylers
Mount Prospect
James Eliason
Algonquin
George McCutcheon
Fox Lake
William McClellan
Michael Rymer
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Helen
Scott
Paul
Kenneth Davenport
Mrs
Carlton Parnell
Morris City Council
Morris Lighted Ballpark and Recreation Committee
James Peacock
del Linn
Jay Heap
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Ray Christensen
Robert Gilbertson
Jerry Berens
Glen C. Anderson
James F. Stine
John Hendrickson
Town Meeting
Morris Township
Phillip Braun
W. Benton St
W. Jackson St
A. P. Green
Braun
Thomas Steele
Kiersted St
Chester Winsor
Union St
Willard Sheedy Sr
Nettle St
Rome Graham
Calhoun St
Herald
Miss Joy Schulz
Minooka
Sheriff's Department
Morris Police
Sheriff’s Department
Elgin, Joliet
Wests Cafe
Liberty
H. B. Price Co. Inc
James Crupi
Clyde Baker
Richard Bauer
Dennis Hackett
Austin Bollen
Robert Chitwood
Jack Strobel
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
George Goodhud
Vine St
David D. Spencer
Gould
Spencer
Jacob Rausch
John Barr
Mary Collette Rausch
Douglas A. Hynds
John McNulty
Vernon Cornish
Halterman
Metropolitan Enforcement Group
MEG
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