ICC orders Brisbin Rd crossing closed for good near Morris
The Illinois Commerce Commission final order dated July 24 mandates permanent closure of the Brisbin Rd crossing at the Durkee rail line in Saratoga Township, about four miles northeast of Morris. Automatic lights and gates are required at nearby Bungalow Gun Club and Ashley Rd crossings, with cost sharing among Rock Island Railroad Saratoga Township Grundy County and state agencies.
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Durkee
Brisbin Rd
Morris
Saratoga Township
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Bungalow Gun Club Rd
Ashley Rd
Rock Island Railroad
Chicago
Ted Zirbes
Rock Island
Zirbes
Grundy County Highway Department
Illinois Department of Transportation
Jacobsen pleads guilty in Connally milk bribe case
Jake Jacobsen former lawyer for a large milk producers cooperative pleaded guilty to giving former Treasury Secretary John B Connally a $10 000 bribe He agreed to testify against Connally and faces up to two years in prison and a $10 000 fine The case stems from a 1971 Nixon price support decision after milk producers pledged 2 million to Nixon reelection efforts
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Washington
UPI
Jake Jacobsen
Treasury
John B. Connally
Jacobsen
Connally
Nixon
Austin
Tex
US. District Court
George L Hart Jr
Weather and legal notes mix in regional briefing
Weather outlook shows variable skies with possible showers and storms tonight and Thursday. Temperatures reported: 63 at 7 am and 71 downtown Morris at 10 03 am. In legal news Deputy Special Prosecutor Ruth dropped charges against Jacobsen while Tex Connally’s arraignment looms, tied to a Watergate era milk price decision and alleged cash payments from AMPI.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Henry Ruth
Jacobsen
U.S. District Court
San Agelo
Tex Connally
Watergate
Connally
Associated Milk Producers, Inc
AMPI
Grand Jury
Senate Watergate Committee
Nixon
Grand
Austin, Tex
Connal
Dynamite Found Near U.N. Visitor Entrance
Police report five sticks of dynamite discovered near the United Nations Building visitor entrance in New York. Bomb squad and fire department units responded. technicians deactivated the device.
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New York
UPI
United Nations
Police Department
Fire Department
Firem.i
Morris Town Board Postpones Tractor Rotary Mower Purchase
The Morris Town Board delayed buying a 35 HP John Deere tractor with a five foot mower and a 30.8 HP Ford unit with mower until next month after receiving bids from Walker Sales and a Ford agency in Ottawa. Delivery times vary from 60 days to six to 12 months. They will use revenue sharing funds and review bank statements before proceeding. The meeting aired bids, balances, and allocations including contributions to the Senior Citizens Center. The next session is set for September 3 at 7 p.m.
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Morris Town Board of Auditors
W. Jackson St
Sherman Hexdall
Walker Sales
Morris
John Deere
Walker
Hexdall
Ford
Ottawa
Phillip Braun
Grundy County National Bank
Senior Citizens Community Center
Braun
Willard Sheedy
Glen Anderson
Rome Graham
Tom Steele
Edward Pack
New director named for Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
Jack King of Joliet named executive director of the Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop succeeding James Lipman who resigned to finish his masters at DePaul University. King, born in New Jersey and educated at Iowa Wesleyan College, previously worked at Will County Sheltered Workshop and took the post in the first week of August. The workshop moved to its new headquarters at 807 N Liberty St from 620 Fremont Ave.
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Jack King
Joliet
Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop
James Lipman
DePaul University
Chicago
Iowa Wesleyan College
Will County
Liberty St
Fremont Ave
N. Liberty St
James Peterson
Herald
Morris Planning OKs High St zoning change to B-III
After a brief hearing at First National Bank the Morris Planning Commission unanimously approves Donald Davidson Jr. to rezone the old union hall on High St from R-II to B-III. Mayor Davidson attends for his son, who plans a carpet materials warehouse with minimal traffic and no street parking.
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First National Bank
Morris Planning Commission
Donald Davidson Jr
Old Union Hall
High St
Donald Davidson
Plainfield
Davidson
Union Hall
Clyde Baker
Austin Bollen
Peter Sonnenfeld
Allen Kracower & Associates
Illinois GOP split over Nixon impeachment calls
Nine of Illinois' 14 Republican congressmen urged Nixon to resign or supported impeachment, with 12 saying they will vote to impeach if the issue reaches the House. Reps Anderson McClory Derwinski Madigan Young Hanrahan Erlenborn Collier Findley urged resignation or impeachment, while Arends and Michel did not take a stand.
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Washington
UPI
Illinois
Nixon
House
Leslie Arends
Robert Michel
Peoria
John B. Anderson
McClory
Edward Derwinski
South Holland
Edward Madigan
Lincoln
Samuel Young
Glenview
Robert Hanrahan
Homewood
John Erlenborn
Elmhurst
Harold Collier
Riverside
Paul Findley
Pittsfield
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Saratoga
Grundy County
Durkee Crossing
Elbert C. Fields
Northern Petrochemical Co
Gary Stangland
Nettle Creek
Deuce
Tom Logan
Knight
Angelia
Laura Pogliano
Grundy County Fairgrounds
Cooperative Extension Service
The
University of Illinois
Texas
White House
Johnson
Milk Producers’ Post
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Anh. B. Price Co. Inc
Ent
U.N
Morris Daily Herald
King Was Born
New Jersey
Leon Jaworski
Supreme Court
U.S
John J Sirica
Sirica
Jaworski
Armstrong St
Weld Star
Jack Hynds
Hynds
Illinois Ave
Arends
Senate
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