Morris Planning Commission backs commercial zoning change
The Morris Planning Commission recommended reclassifying a 456 by 120 foot lot from R II to R I for a Joliet realty office west of Illinois 47, with a requirement the zone revert if a variance is not granted. The 4 0 vote followed a public hearing at the First National Bank of Morris.
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Morris Planning Commission
Illinois 47
Illinois Bell Telephone
First National Bank of
Morris
Early Realty of
Joliet
Clyde Baker
Wilfred Dix
Tom Wilson
Joseph Gillette
Realty Company
First National Bank of Morris
Kenneth Sereno
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Com
Red Cross Bloodmobile Seeks 115 Pints In Morris Visit
The Morris Red Cross bloodmobile aims for 115 pints next Monday at W F W Hall 11 30 a m to 5 30 p m with about 125 donors needed to meet quota after exclusions for low hemoglobin weight or medication. Appointments via Morris Hospital 942 2932. Slower 1 30 to 4 p m. Rides babysitting provided. Mrs Alan Spangler notes summer travel lowers supplies and directs some donations away from Grundy County residents.
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Ted Struck
VFW
John Martin Steele
Alan Spangler
Grundy County
American Red Cross
Post
Herald
Red Cross
Morris
W.F.W. Hall
McKinley St
Morris Hospital
Spangler
Senate Watergate Committee Grants One Month Summer Break
The Senate Watergate panel recesses public hearings for 37 days until at least Sept 10 while investigators press on. If the Agnew probe expands, the committee will pursue those leads and lawyers plan to seek a court order to compel Nixon to surrender tapes.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Samuel Dash
Dash
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Judicial Branch of Government
Cash
Weather outlook shows heat and posible storms
The forecast calls for mostly sunny hot and humid conditions with highs in the mid 90s and lows in the 70s. Thunderstorms are likely tonight and again Thursday with temperatures near 90. Tuesday peaked at 86 in Dresden Island area and 75 early morning Morris readings reached 85 downtown.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Gould Park
Dresden Dam
U.S
Elderly Cairo man held after shooting during argument
In Cairo Illinois police arrested 92 year old James Lee Candey after he shot Edith Lewis 41 in the leg with a sawed off shotgun during an argument at Candeys apartment house. He faces charges of illegal use of a weapon and aggravated battery.
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Cairo
Ill
James Lee Canedy
Edith Lewis
Candey
Senate Watergate Committee Recesses Until After Labor Day
The Senate Watergate committee recessed until after Labor Day. So far hearings span 37 days of questioning with 35 witnesses appearing and more than 7,500 pages of testimony typed double spaced.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Farmer survives field mishap as tractor burns
Ronald Peddicord, 38, of Marseilles, escaped serious injury when his International B Tractor tipped over on Morey Road north of Walker's Corner. The tractor caught fire, was destroyed, and Peddicord was treated at Morris Hospital after being freed from the seat with help from bystanders.
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Ronald Peddicord
Rte. 2
Marseilles
Morris Hospital
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Peddicord
Grady County Zoning Board Hears Car Sales and Deere Plans
The Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved amendments to the county zoning ordinance at a public hearing. Ronald Kaiser seeks A to B II rezone for 4.43 acres near Illinois 47 to build an automobile sales lot, starting with used cars then new. Richard L. Walker seeks 5 acres in Saratoga Township for a John Deere farm implement sales business. The panel also approved amendments increasing lot dimensions and adding road frontage rules, with no opposition, and continued a separate hearing for Bower Homes of Joliet in Wauponsee Township.
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Grundy
Zoning Board of Appeals
Grundy County
Ronald Kaiser
Illinois 47
DuPont Road
Kaiser
Richard L. Walker
Saratoga Township
John Deere
Walker
Gary Walker
Morris
Deere
Bower Homes
Joliet
Wauponsee Township
John Hynds
Chicago man drowns at Illinois River near Dresden Lock
Richard Speciale, 24, of Chicago, drowned while swimming in the Illinois River near the Dresden Lock and Dam early today. Friends from Chicago notified dam operators. rescue squads arrived as the body was recovered at 8:40 a.m. by Morris Fire Department after a search coordinated by Grundy County authorities.
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Richard Speciale
Chicago
Illinois River
Dresden Lock
Sheriff's Department
Speciale
James Wilcox
David Brown
Forest Park
Wilcox
Grundy County
Evert Poyner
Morris Fire Department
Channahon Fire Department
Richard Weigerding
Wilmington
Coal City
Agnew Schedules News Conference Amid Kickback Probe
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew announced a 3 p.m. EDT news conference as he acknowledged a criminal investigation into an alleged kickback scheme. He denied wrongdoing and would not comment further until the probe concludes. Network spokesmen said they would provide live coverage.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Mitted
Justice Department
Agnew
Davidson files for Morris mayor nomination in special election
Donald Davidson Sr. filed as the first Republican candidate for Morris' special mayoral primary. By 10:30 a.m. he was the only aspirant. former mayor John Hendrickson and acting mayor Robert Gilbertson have taken out petitions. Filing ends August 18. primary October 16. Absentee ballots open September 1 for the primary and October 19 for the December election.
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Donald Davidson Sr
E. North St
Morris
Davidson
Marjorie Warren
Morris City
John Hendrickson
Robert Gilbertson
Third Ward
Ange Hansen
Gilbertson
Donald Caisley
Caisley
Hendrickson
Three injured in Illinois 47 collision near I 55
Mrs Judy Lewis 24 of Aurora and her daughters Tonya 5 and Sonya 3 were treated and released at Morris Hospital after their car collided with a tractor and sprayer on Illinois 47 three miles north of Interstate 55. William E. Henry 50 of Aurora drove south and struck the sprayer when Douglas E. Brown 16 pulled onto the highway from a private drive. Brown was cited for failing to yield.
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Judy Lewis
Aurora
Tonya
Sonya
Morris Hospital
Illinois
Interstate 55
District 5
William E. Henry
Douglas E. Brown
Henry
Irs
Lewis
Davis Ampbulance Service
Brown
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Wayne Tesdal
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