Plan Contract Extension Fails Board Votes Salary Base
Coal City school board, 5-0, accepts teachers association proposal for a 6900 base with index an 8500 raise on the base. The offer awaits teacher ratification. Leslie Ross abstained. John Triner reelected president, Ross secretary. Dearth opposed president vote 5-1.
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Coal City
Coal City Community Unit Board of Education
Teachers Association
Leslie Ross
John Triner
Ross
Triner
A. J. Dearth
Robert Pogliano
Joseph Skubic
Elvin Wills
John Tuiner
Josephine Tira
Dearth
Pogliano
Shootout Ends With Deaths In Chicago Bomb Suspect Standoff
In Chicago on a South Side block, police confront Frank Kulak a former Marine suspected of planting bombs. After a two and a half hour siege he surrendered on the third floor. Two policemen were killed and several others injured along with a civilian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank Kulak
Korea
Kulak
Jerome A. Stubig
Harold
Catherine Potts
Rochford
Holler Wins Clear Lead in Sinois College District 525 Races
Allen Holler led a five member ticket with 7 511 votes in unofficial results for three year terms on the Sinois Junior College District 525 board. Incumbent Victor Scott followed with 7 064, George Osterberg 6 158, Kevin Reardon 6 574, and Rev. Robert Hirsch 2 058. Wauponsee totals show Holler 41 Scott 19 Osterberg 4 Hirsch 3 Reardon 0.
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Wauponsee
Allen Holler
Sinois Junior College
Victor Scott
George R. Osterberg
Robert E. Hirsch
Kevin Reardon
Holler
Scott
Osterberger
Hirsch
and Reardon
Morris Grade School Board to Review Middle School Plans
Architectural plans for the new middle school will be reviewed for cuts at the Morris Grade School Board meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Franklin School. A new president will be elected at the annual organizational meeting as new members take office.
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Morris Grade School Board of
Franklin School
State Threat On City Dump Operation
Acting Mayor Donald Davidson reported that the Illinois Department of Public Health may hold a public hearing in Aurora over Morris city dumping. State engineer Gary Brashear will meet officials Friday at City Hall to address non compliance and required daily covering of trash and debris.
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Ilinois
Davidson
Herald
Labor dispute suit filed against Illinois Bell over injuries
George Schock of Coal City sues Illinois Bell Telephone Co and employee Lawrence A. White for 150000 dollars. He alleges White used a company vehicle with malice and struck him at 210 East Jefferson Street on June 20 1968. Schock seeks 50000 dollars in damages on three counts.
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George Schock
Coal City
Ilinois Bell Telephone Co
Lawrence A. White
White
E. Jefferson St
Schock
Freshman Enrollment Planned at Morris Community High School
Registration for incoming freshmen set for tonight at 7 30 in the Morris Community High School auditorium. Eighth grade students from Morris schools and one parent invited by the guidance office. About 240 freshmen expected to enroll next fall. Activity room mothers to serve refreshments in the cafeteria after the program.
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Morris Community High School
Morris
MCHS
Weather outlook and temperatures from Collins Weather Station
Fair skies tonight with a low near 50. Wednesday to be partly sunny and warm with a chance of showers and a high in the lower 70s. Thursdays remain similar with possible showers. Monday at Collins Weather Station reached 59 by day and 48 low. 9 am today 51 at the station and 10:30 am 56 downtown Morris. Precipitation measured Jd.
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US Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Inquest Date Pending in Man Death
Grundy County Coroner W Clark Davis said he had no idea when an inquest would be held into the death of Lorenzo Matthews 41 a Chicago man who leaped through a Morris store window and died of injuries He had been jailed on $100 bail but was released after holding $114 in his pockets The sheriff said Matthews claimed a union was after him and that he preferred jail He then ran to downtown Morris crashed into a display window at Morris Automotive Supply Store and attacked police He was subdued by State Police Trooper Jack OHagan and arrested earlier on a charge tied to a rifle seen in his car His case was slated for April 24 and the State's Attorney said he would move to drop the case
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Grundy County
W. Clark Davis
Chicago
Morris
Lorenzo Matthews
Richard Pierce
Matthews
Morris Automotive Supply
Main St
Jack O'Hagan
John Moyer
U.S. 66
Moyer
Richard R. Wilder
Ozark to rehearse recovery of Apollo 10 off Charleston
The USS Ozark, a mine countermeasures support ship based in Charleston, will rehearse recovery of Apollo 10 and its command module off Charleston on Wednesday. It would be the first ship of her class to take part in a contingency mid Atlantic recovery if astronauts land there instead of the Pacific area.
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Charleston
S.C
Pacific
Dispute Over Motor Charge At No 4 Well
City council heard Walter Hundt report on a disputed 7,785 motor bill and 1,514 labor charge for No 4 well on West Washington. M. P. Schneller & Co. offered to share labor costs after finding the plate threads were not tightened and the cable broke during hoisting. Council instructed committee to continue negotiations with a report due later.
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W. Washington St
Walter Hundt
M. P. Schneller & Co
Aurora
Hundt
M. P. Schneller
Schneller
Davidson
John Nelson
Charles Roseland
Norwell
Gould Park
Lester Johnson
Waler
Camel Trapped in Freight Elevator at Los Angeles Harbor
Los Angeles AP report says animal handler Curly Blocker spent 14 hours inside a freight elevator with a camel named Sandy and a camper truck after loading the camel on the sixth floor of the harbor. The elevator jammed when the truck descended six feet, blocking exit and forcing a long wait for repair.
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Los Angeles
Curly Blocker
Sandy
Australia
Blocker
Los Angeles Harbor
Tri-County Police Planning Discussed by Sheriffs
Police officials from LaSalle Grundy and Kankakee counties met at the Grundy County Courthouse to consider forming a tri county police planning agency urged by the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission. ILEC officials outlined federal funding for planning then action with per capita aid and regional directors.
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LaSalle
Kankakee
Grundy
Grundy County
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
William Bohm
ILEC
Bill Wilton
Commission
U.S
Floyd Conklin
Elmer Nelson
Wilton
Tri-County
Tie
Tri-Couty
Council Deadlock Delays 90 Day Gardner Contract Extension
Morris City Council ties 4 to 4 on a motion to extend Carl Gardner and Associates per diem planning consultant services for zoning operations for 90 days from May 1. The vote follows discussions on continuing guidance for the new zoning officer and planning commission, with further related planning actions approved or referred for future meetings.
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Morris
Carl Gardner and Associates
Chicago
Tracy Adcock
Lester Johnson
Floyd Siron
Donald Davidson
Walter Hundt
James
Stine
Charles Roseland
John Nelson
Adcock
Morris Planning Commission
Zoning Board of Appeals
Donald Gilchrist
Gardner
Gilchrist
Planning Commission
Light Voting At City Polls In Four Ward General Election
Light voting reported at 11 15 a m in three of four wards with rain and cool temps. The ballot shows no party races except in the fourth ward where Buford Willis faces Robert Gilbertson. write in David Sklut also runs. Republican slate dominates mayor and council posts. a $275 000 bond issue for a new disposal plant is on the ballot.
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Buford Willis
Robert Gilbertson
David Sklut
John Hendrickson
Donald Caisley
Robert White
Glen Anderson
James Stine
Arthur Hornsby Jr
City Hall
Aage Hansen
Thomas Feehan
Seek $150000 In Fatal Accident
Administrators of the late Albert Pittman estate filed a wrongful death suit in Circuit Court seeking 150000. Defendant named is John D Tijelle. The suit alleges Tijelle drove a car in a 1968 crash on Illinois 53 that caused Pittman death. Co administrators James L Pittman Le Veegne R Kucher cited.
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Albert Pittman
John D. Tijelle
Tielle
Ilinois 53
Pittman
James L. Pittman
le. Veegne R. Kucher
Morris man sues over fall at 520 West Washington Street
Robert Edmundson alleges negligence after a fall downstairs on October 16 1967 at 520 West Washington Street Morris filing a 15000 dollar suit in Circuit Court against Hershal Sowards.
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Robert Edmundson
Washington St
Morris
Hershal Sowards
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Donna Finch
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Judiciary Committee
the Police Department
Donald Ward
Police Commission
Hatcher Woods
Morris Band
Joe Velna
Richard E. Pierce
Pierce
Carr
Siron
Planning and Zoning Appeals Boards
Appeals Board
Nelson
Roseland
Ken Sereno
James Baum
Baum
Plane Ning Commission
Planning Commission and Appeals Board
Clyde
Texaco
U.S. 6
Illinois 47
Liberty and
Division Sts
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