Zoning Hearings Set in Grundy County Morris Township Maps
Grundy County Zoning Commission approved a three class land map for areas outside Morris city limits with R II housing west of the high school and M II and M III manufacturing districts eastward. Tuesday’s hearing addressed 20 acre agricultural exemptions, subdivision rules, and potential residential allowances in agricultural zones.
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Morris Township
Grundy County Zoning Commission
Morris Community High School
Morris City
Evergreen Cemetery
Kenneth Sereno
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Joseph Abel
Abel
Commission
Atty
David Root
Zoning Commission
Harry Roe
Robert Purdue
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Roe
Illinois Agricultural Association
Purdue
IAA
Edwin Burnham
Eugene Sorensen
Leland Roe
Rve
U.S. 6
Ness Honey Farm
Grundy County
Coal City Youth Arrested After High Speed Chase
Samuel Alberico, 18, of Coal City, is arrested after a 110 plus mph chase from Moss Equipment in New Lenox. A 1964 Pontiac overturned on U.S. 30. Alberico is charged with burglary. Three other suspects fled. TV missing from Moss Equipment.
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Will County Sheriff's
Moss
Haven Road
New Lenox
U.S. 30
Illinois 45
Samuel Alberico
Gordon St
Coal City
Alberico
Earl Moss
Joliet
Weather outlook for Morris area turns warmer late week
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a low in the mid 40s. Thursday brings partly sunny skies windy and warmer with thundershowers possible and a mid 70s high. Thundershowers likely Thursday night and Friday with little temperature change.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Damage Suit Goes to Jury This Morning
A Grundy County Circuit Court jury began deliberations at 11 05 a m on a 10000 personal injury suit arising from a backing accident in Coal City at 630 am Sept 6 1966 on Marguerite Street Mrs Robert Joan Blaine sues Robert Koerner Chief Judge Walter Dixon gave jury instructions before deliberations and the plaintiff s attorney August Black urged jurors to apply state accident laws
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Grundy County
Coal City
Robert
Joan) Blaine
Robert Koerner
Marguerite St
Walter Dixon
August Black
Acci
School board to discuss middle school design changes
The Morris Elementary Board of Education will meet with the architect at 7 30 p m Monday in Franklin School to discuss design changes for the new middle school. A salary schedule approved 39 8 by teachers Tuesday will be reviewed for adoption. President James Peterson called the meeting.
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Morris Elementary Board of Education
Franklin School
James Peterson
Morris Public Library Trustees Annual Meeting Preview
The Morris Public Library board holds its annual meeting at 8 p m Monday in the children's room to discuss building materials and plans for the new facility. Trustees will review project scope and related items at this session.
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Morris Public Library
Kennedy Stock Issue Boiling
Rep. Wright Patman urged Treasury Secretary Kennedy to renounce $200000 in future compensation from Continental Illinois Bank of Chicago. He said Kennedy sold 30855 bank shares for $12 million after conflict of interest concerns arose, and urged sale of remaining stock and revocation of the bank gift to clear the issue.
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Washington
Wright Patman
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Ilinois National Bank of
Chicago
Texas Democrat
House Banking Committee
Kennedy
Patman
Congress
Treasury Department
Continental Illinois Bank
Treasury
Patronage Charge on East S. Louis Health Service
An Illinois Department of Public Health report finds patronage paralyzing public health work in East St. Louis area. It notes political influence taints East Side District and cites inspectors tied to precinct committeemen. The 234-page study was by Prof Vlado A Getting of the University of Michigan.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Department of Public Health
East St. Louis
East Side
Centerville
Stites
Vlado A. Getting
Community Health Service Department
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
No Break in Kankakee Teacher Strike Continues
In Kankakee Illinois teachers and the city school board failed to reach a contract agreement and set another negotiation for today. About 250 teachers participate in the strike affecting 13 of 15 schools amid an unsigned contract paying a base salary of 6400 dollars.
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Kankakee, Ill
Kankakee
Lee Grebner
Grebner
Kankakee Federation of Teachers
Herb White
U S 6 Detour Planned for Aux Sable Bridge Work
The Illinois Department of Highways announced a temporary closure of a U S 6 stretch between Morris and Channahon from May 5 to November 1 for rebuilding the Aux Sable bridge. Detour routes use Illinois 47 I 80 and U S 66.
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Ilinois Department of Highways
Ottawa
U.S. 6
Morris
Channahon
Aux Sable
Illinois 47
Interstate 80
U.S. 66
Nixon Relents on SST Study Comeback Plan
President Nixon appears to have delayed final action on the 1800 mile per hour Supersonic Transport and related airports programs. An administration source said the review is not dead, with Volpe pressing for a go ahead on airways construction to ease traffic jams.
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Washington
Nixon
Transportation Department
Budget Bureau
Transportation
John Volpe
SST
Volpe
Lee DuBridge
Associated Press
Cairo under curfew as National Guardsmen patrol after riots
National Guardsmen and state police patrol Cairo Illinois to prevent renewed unrest after firebombings and gunfire. No arrests reported overnight and travel restricted to work trips. Police guard key facilities while guardsmen block off city areas including Pyramid Courts and the hospital. Local tensions stem from alleged White Hats harassment of Negro residents amid housing and job frustrations.
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Cairo, Ill
Cairo
Illinois
Gerald Montroy
Father Montroy
Pyramid Courts
Mississippi River
Birthday Party For Ellington At White House
Duke Ellington celebrated his 70th birthday at the White House East Room with a jazz jam session that lasted until 2 15 a m. He received the Medal of Freedom from President Nixon, and Mahalia Jackson noted it as the first time a black man was honored there. Ellington danced signed autographs and played piano amid a festive, high spirited evening.
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Washington
Duke Ellington
White House
Duke
Ellington
Nixon
Mahalia Jackson
Deposit Ties Madison Executive to Tri-County Bank History
Douglas Botsford, a Madison insurance executive and long time stockholder, deposited 100000 in Tri-County Bank of Minooka enroute to his Bahama home. The bank marked its five year anniversary as Rostron noted the largest single deposit in its history.
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Tri-County Bank of
Minooka
Douglas Botsford
Madison, Wis
Arthur Rostron
Botsford
Miami
Fla
Bahama Islands
Herald
Madison
Wis
Isle of
Eleuthera
Tri- County
Bank of
Madison National Life Insurance Co
Purdue University
Life Insurance Marketing Institute
United States
General Agents and Managers Association
Elba System Corp
Denver
Cole
Rostron
Tri-County
Tri- County Bank of Minooka
Fine Professor For Interfering With Police
CHICAGO AP Staughton Lyndh a controversial former Yale history professor and 27 other persons were fined 500 each for interfering with police at the Democratic National Convention. Magistrate Dwight McKay overruled motions for arrest of judgment or a new trial. Ten defendants were convicted March 19 after an 11 day trial. the others accepted the verdict.
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Chicago
Staughton Lyndh
Yale
Dwight McKay
Lynch
Joseph Ettinger
McKay
International Amphitheatre
David H. Fink
Robert van Rotz
Judith Starbuck
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Tom Penta
Dan
Lions Club
Morris Lions Club
New
Morris Hospital
Bill Stangland
Arthur Allaben
Milt Carlson
Lions Charles Anderson
Jim Garling
Robert Johnson
Francis Finch
Chamlin & Associates
Daniel Beal
DuPont Road
Sorensen
McGuan
Coal City Area Club
Root, Beal
Harold Punke
Charles McDonald
Burnham
Phillip Collins
Joe Ryder
Ray Hansen
Earl Bingham
Leonard Bols
Letina
Eee
East
U.S
Col
Lindell Roberts
Richard B. Ogilvie
St. Mary’s Hospital
Tri-County Bank
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