City Hall Car Removal Ordered After Structural Review
Morris officials move city vehicles from the two story City Hall garage as state fire marshal orders a vacate and raze due to unsafe conditions after a ceiling collapse. Structural engineers declare the 104 year old building beyond economic strengthening and urge fire walls fire doors and electrical checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
John Hendrickson
The
Herald
Marty Hughes
Hughes
Dean Collins
Collins and Rice
Springfield
City Hall
Nixon Suspends Air Attacks North of 20th Parallel
AP reports President Nixon ordered a halt to air strikes above the 20th parallel to pressure North Vietnam to pull back its offensive in the South. Saigon sources say strikes continued below the line while Defense Secretary Laird said there is no substance to a ban north of it.
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Saigon
Nixon
U.S
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
South
Hanoi
Haiphong
Melvin R. Laird
Washington
20Th Parallel
Demilitarized Zone
19Th Parallel
Laird
Pentagon
Flanigan Agrees to Testify on ITT Involvement
White House aide Peter Flanigan conditionally agrees to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He would answer only about his role in hiring a financial consultant for the Justice Department in the ITT antitrust case and related matters. He asks that questioning be limited to his involvement with Richard McLaren and matters tied to Kleindienst’s confirmation.
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Washington
White House
Peter M. Flanigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
Flanigan
Justice Department
The
Inter
National Telephone & Telegraph Corp
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Kleindienst
Pear
Richard G. Kleindienst
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Richard McLaren
Grundy Chamber Launches Three Mailings for Ambitious Membership Drive
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce starts a three mailer push with the theme Do you know what you're missing to recruit 27 new members. A Tuesday breakfast will rally about 25 directors and members to kick off the drive aimed at expanding total membership beyond 160 the largest in chamber history. Contacts are Mrs. Jeanne Fox and Bill Lumry for details.
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Grundy County
Chamber
Fox
Grundy County National Bank
Bill Lumry
Jurors Delay Trials in Grundy County Civil Session
Jurors delayed trials as 32 civil cases were docketed in Grundy County with 11:15 a.m. dismissal. First case seeks 100000 by Lillian Marshall vs Norbert Janko for injuries from a July 1968 Interstate 80 collision. Other cases involve Patricia Stamm vs Clara Shelley over a dram shop claim and insurance disputes with Roberts Insurance Agency.
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Grundy
Miss Marshall
Root and Adcock of
Morris
Janico
Morris Attorneys
Black and Black
Patricia Stamm
Clara Shelley
Clara
Braceville
Stamm
Gary Allen Stamm
Mazon Creek Bridge
Illinois
Hillary H. Hallett and
Black
Hollerich and Hurley
LaSalle
Dunn and Hayes
Dale Cates
Leslie Willis
U.S. 66
Cates
Horwitz, Anesi, Ozman
Former bank leader dies in Seneca obituary
Simon Jackson 85 of 133 Oak St Seneca former president of Community State Bank 1947 to 1970 died Monday in Community Hospital Ottawa Born July 22 1886 in Miller Township LaSalle County married Lydia Larson Feb 11 1914 He co owned a Ford Agency 1922 to 1935 and farmed north of Seneca Survived by three children five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral at Stavanger Lutheran Church with burial in Stavanger Cemetery Memorials to Stavanger Lutheran Church
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Simon Jackson
Oak St
Seneca
Community State Bank
Community Hospital
Ottawa
Miller Township
LaSalle County
Cyrus and
Isabelle (Rasmussen) Jackson
Lydia Larson
Freedom Lutheran Church
Ford Agency
Newark
Jackson
Bank
Stavanger Lutheran Church
The
Church
Milton Pope
Seneca Sportsman Club
Seneca Ffa
Lawrence N. Steen
Stavanger
Osborne- Pfeffer
Apollo 16 fixes guidance snag as crew awoken early
Apollo 16 faced two glitches on its two day voyage to the moon. A guidance system lock caused a temporary gimbal freeze while a shifting antenna hampered radio contact. Mission Control rerouted commands, and the crew was awakened early to monitor and resolve the issues.
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K. Mattingly II
Moon
Orion
Mattingly
Jupiter
Pened
Young
Duke
Earth
Philip C. Shaffer
Shaffer
Mission Control
Government cites 10 percent firms may earn excess profits
Price Commission Chairman C Jackson Grayson told Congress the government may extend price controls to food if inflation worsens. He said as many as 10 percent of large firms could be making illegal excess profits, while urging price rollbacks and refunds to consumers to aid the anti inflation effort.
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Washington
Congress
Price Commission
C. Jackson Grayson
Nixon
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Grayson
Sen. Wil
Kindergarten and First Grade Registration Schedule
Registration for children who have not attended kindergarten is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday from noon to 3 30 p m at Franklin School. Parents must present birth certificates.
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Franklin School
Spring cleanup begins Monday in Morris city
City of Morris announces annual spring cleanup starts Monday with trucks collecting discarded appliances furniture and other large items. The schedule lists targeted street sections by date including Illinois Ave Washington Main Jefferson Sts east of Liberty St and areas north of the Rock Island tracks with subsequent days covering west of Liberty St Nettle Creek and western city limits.
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City of
Rock Island Tracks
Liberty St
Illinois Ave
Washington, Main and Jefferson Sts
Nettle Creek
Jackson, North
Chapin, Benton Sts
Gould Park Drive
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Hendrickson
Holiday Inn
Morris Holiday Inn
Interstate 80
Illinois 47
H.G. Hall Construction Inc
Hall
Hai
ITT
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Page
Pure Oil
Romeoville
Cody
Root and
Adcock
Robson, Masters, Ryan, Brummond and Belom
Barbara Heap
James Entwistle
Steven Braghini
Algor C. Swanson
John M. Barry
Silo and Block Co
Douglas Barry
Allan Braghini
John Wilkinson
Keith Burger
Roger W. Davisson
Susan C. Leek
Ricky Lee Shannon
Leo E. Newman Jr
Otis H. Knapp
Sherman R. Workman Jr
Ronald E. Swisher
Chester Reader
Grundy County Planning Commission
Diamond
H. Dale Barr
Morris Grade
Robert Chord
Saratoga Grade
Randall Highsmith
Coal City Community Unit No
Planning Commission
North States Oil CO
Rte
John
Alverta) Marzuke
Charles
LaVerne) Schleevogt Jr
Sherwood
Joseph Hall
Oscar Johnson
Marion
Leon
Marseilles
Apollo Radio
Liam Proxmire
D-Wis
Kendall County
Aurora
Leonard Hausler
John William Graham
Graham
Larry Dean Beatus
Hausler
Kennedy Road
Bristol Township
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