Weather slows jobs but not all in Morris area construction
The Morris Daily Herald reports that weather slows work on major projects yet union leaders say it is not the sole cause of a nationwide labor drought. The Joliet Local 150 estimates about 550 of 13 000 members are unemployed with May 31 contracts looming.
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Ron Lutes
Joliet
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150
Illinois
Indiana
Lutes
Grundy
Grundy County
Will
Petrochemical
Will County
Don McShane
Carpenters
Seneca
McShane
Commonwealth Edison
Dresden Station
Cooling Lake
Dwight
Rock Island Tracks
Morris
Joe Frattini
Will Grundy Building Trades
Frattini
Town and Country Art Show Set for April 26 27
The ninth Town and Country Art Show, sponsored by the University of Illinois Extension, will run April 26 27 in the Farm Bureau auditorium 11612 E Washington St Grundy County amateurs may enter with divisions for children high school and adults Hours are 7 to 9 30 p m on April 26 and 9 to 5 followed by 7 to 8 30 p m on April 27 Dr Stuart Shar from Chicago Circle Campus will give a public critique on April 26 Admission is free Entry blanks from Mrs Nancy Moore at the extension office 942 0177.
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University of Illinois Extension
Farm Bureau
E. Washington St
Grundy County
Stuart Shar
Chicago Circle
Nancy Moore
Judge Refuses Sealing Watergate Testimony
U S District Judge Charles Richey refused Sen. Sam Ervin’s bid to seal future deposition testimony by Watergate burglar James W. McCord Jr. The ruling upholds court independence and the public right to free speech and press. McCord’s civil case depositions will become public once transcripts are ready, likely within days. Parkinson denied sealing, calling McCord’s deposition open.
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Washington
Sam J. Ervin
James W. McCord Jr
Charles Richey
Ervin
Senate
Richey
McCord
Grand Jury
Senate Committee
Howard Hunt
Kenneth W. Parkinson
Nixon
James McCord
Parkinson
Brandt's party backs West German US alliance
The Social Democratic convention in Hannover overwhelmingly endorsed West Germany's alliance with the United States and full NATO participation. About 370 voting in favor with around 30 abstentions, amid a left-wing push but no policy change. Leftists remain a sizable minority of 110 delegates among 435.
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Hannover
Germany
Willy Brandt
West Germany
United States
North Atlantic
Social Democratic Party
Brandt
U.S
Europe
Minooka Votes Clerk Contest in Village Election
In Minooka the sole contest is for village clerk with Anita K. Pifer and Gerald Knudson as candidates. Olive Brinckerhoff not seeking re-election. Incumbent Clyde Heap runs unopposed for village president. Trustees J Melvin Phillips Raymond Offerman and Lee Thompson seek re election unopposed. Polls open 6 am to 6 pm at Minooka Village Hall Mondamon Street.
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Minooka
Lelan
Anita K.) Pifer
Gerald Knudson
Olive Brinckerhoff
Clyde Heap
J. Melvin Phillips
Raymond Offerman
Lee Thompson
Board of Trustee
Minooka Village Hall
Mondamon St
Weather Update From Dresden Island to Morris
The forecast calls for sunny and warmer conditions with highs in the 50s today and 58 to 65 on Saturday. Tonight will be fair and not as cold with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Thursday reached 48 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 29 degree low. At 7 am today the temperature was 32 and by 11 am downtown Morris was 48.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Man arrested on sex charge in Grundy County
Lester Sellers, 35, of 211 Nettle Town Dr., was charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a 16 year old Morris girl. He appeared before Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist and was denied bond reduction. Bail set at 100000. remains in Grundy County Jail after court denial.
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Lester Sellers
Nettle Town Dr
Robert Yu. Malmquist
Grundy County
Morris
Sellers
Malmquist
Morris Faces EPA Charge Over Unpermitted Dump
The City of Morris is charged by the Illinois EPA with operating a refuse disposal site without a permit from July 1, 1970, to Jan 9, 1973, and open dumping. A public hearing on PCB73-107 is set for 10 a.m. May 4 at the First National Bank of Morris. City officials Hardenrickson Caisley Peacock Heap Borens Schweickert were in Chicago Thursday reviewing the case.
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Morris
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Illinois Pollution Control Board
First National Bank of
E.P.A
John Hendrickson
Donald Caisley
James Peacock
Jay Heap
Jerry Borens
Richard Schweickert
Chicago
Morris Planning Commission to hold zone change hearing
A public hearing will be held Tuesday at 7 30 p m by the Morris Planning Commission at the First National Bank of Morris. The request would rezone a land strip 457.22 feet by 758.70 feet from Planned Unit Development to B-III on the west side of North Division Street. The Borens family owns the parcel, extending a B-III section rezoned for Century Wholesale.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
N. Division St
Borens
Century Wholesale
Boren
John Hynds
Special Ed Co op hires aide and plans housing options
The Special Education Cooperative Board met at Franklin School and hired Kathleen Matteson as a full time teacher's aide for Intermediate LD to replace Brent McArdle who became a full time teacher. Doris Heine and Lenore Hodgson were granted travel permission for a May 10–11 conference at Mt Vernon.
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Kathleen Matteson
Brent McArdle
Special Education Cooperative Board
Franklin School
Doris Heine
Lenore Hodgson
Mt Vernon
Special Education
Illinois
Speck Returned to Joliet From Menard Prison
Richard Speck, convicted of eight nurse murders in Chicago in 1966, was moved from Menard State Prison to Stateville Penitentiary. He had been at Menard for tests after a Jan. 30 transfer and complained of homesickness while alleging threats from inmates. The 1967 death sentence was overturned by the Supreme Court due to jury composition issues.
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Supreme Court
Planes collide in California killing sixteen at golf course
Two four engine aircraft one NASA Convair 990 and a Navy P3 Orion collided in flight near Moffett Field and crashed onto a Sunnyvale golf course. Sixteen aboard died and one was critically injured among the jet’s crew while onlookers and golfers escaped unharmed.
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Mountain View
Calif
Ron Kimball
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Navy
David Frame
Sunnyvale Municipal
Board of Investigation
Moffett Field
Moffett
Bill Brand
Ketchum
Idaho
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Jack R. Beaupre
Edward McBroom
Adlai Stevenson
Charles Percy
S. Dearborn
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Percy
Leslie Arends
Melvin
N. Wacker Drive
Florence Smith
Gayle Jarosi
John
Nancy) Jarosi
Tracy
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