City issues 14 building permits in Morris area
Morris Building and Zoning Director Wilfred Dix issued fourteen building permits since mid June. Projects include new homes additions garages and fences with fees and tap-ons recorded for multiple residents and a Joliet bank building at 1433 Lisbon St.
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Morris Building and Zoning
Wilfred Dix
Home Savings and Loan Association
Joliet
Lisbon St
Morris City Council
Waverly St
Bedford Rd
Housing authority accepts $32,700 bid for new boilers
Grundy County Housing Authority approved Meyer Heating and Air Conditioning of Peoria for eight 300 000 BTU gas fired boilers at Saratoga Tower Apartments for 32 700 pending final HUD approval. Two bids were received with Meyer chosen for prior good service and only modest bid difference.
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Grundy County
Streator
June Bollen
Meyer
Peoria
Atty
John Zerboglio
HUD
Bollen
Ackerman
Saratoga
Weather outlook with clouds and showers forecast
Variable cloudiness tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a mid 60s low. Wednesday promises partial sun, cooler and less humid with a high in the low 80s. Monday's high reached 85 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 57 low, while at 7 am today the temperature was 58 and at 10:30 am in Morris it was 77.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Lawyers back Lipshutz plan on funding legal aid
President Carter's counsel proposed that practicing lawyers pay an annual licensing fee to fund indigent defense. The American Bar Association reacted coolly with Tate and others arguing for federally funded programs. Lipshutz urged expansion and self funding by the profession. Shestack criticized the plan as lacking understanding of the wider obligation to society.
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New York
UPI
Carter
Robert Lipshutz
American Bar Association
Lipshutz
ABA
Los Angeles
S. Shepherd Tate
Tate
Jerome Shestack
Unidentified man buried after Illinois River find near Dresden
The unidentified man found June 30 in the Illinois River near Dresden Island Lock and Dam was buried at Braceville Gardner Cemetery. Coroner James Reeves attended with the caretaker. He was about 25 to 30, 5 foot 8, 145 to 150 pounds, tattooed Tim Lee on the left arm. Autopsy failed to reveal cause of death. toxicology samples sent to Chicago. fingerprints sent to FBI. dental chart prepared. FBI fingerprint report pending.
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Illinois River
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Braceville-Gardner
Grundy County
James Reeves
Tim Lee
Manesh Ahluwalia
Blackburn
Joliet
Toxicology Laboratory
Chicago
FBI
Washington, D.C
James Rasmussen
Morris
Illinois Crime Laboratory
Landfill permit poses Channahon cleanup problem
The Channahon village board discussed the legality of a two week cleanup using the landfill after the EPA ruled a permit impractical. Trustees questioned the action and potential legal issues, while others moved forward on annexations, police staffing for homecoming, and tax ordinances.
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Channahon
Stephen Ritter
Robert Petrusa
Environmental Protection Agency
Rittof
EPA
Robert Johnson
George Markstrom
Edison seeks 30 million cut in assessment
Commonwealth Edison seeks a 30 million reduction in the tax assessment on the Collins generating station in a petition filed with the state property tax appeal board. The request, discussed at a Grundy County Board meeting, could affect school funding for Morris District 54 and District 101. The board approved delaying related road permit actions until tax protests are settled, with hearings likely in late fall and effects not felt until 1979.
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Commonwealth Edison
Collins
State
Charles Zalar
Grundy County
Zalar
Peter Baudino
Edison
Morris
Morris High
State Tax Appeals Board
Pine Bluff Rd
Dresden
County Line
Baudino
Sheriff Warns on Roadside Trash Dumping in Grundy County
Grundy County residents report ongoing trash dumping along Saratoga Road near Nettle Creek. Deputies warn complaints will be signed against offenders under Illinois law with fines from 10 to 500 dollars. The county urges vigilance and action by residents to curb littering.
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Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
Saratoga Rd
Nettle Creek
Illinois
Venus and Moon Align To Create Christmas Tree Sky Display
Northern Illinois University astrology professor Dr. Jack Villmow notes Venus appeared near the Moon in a rare alignment seen about every 15 to 20 years. He describes the sight as a Christmas tree with an ornament on top and confirms Venus’ brightness and small size compared with Earth.
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Venus
Russell Elberts
South Wilmington
Illinois
Gardner
Braceville
Jack Villmow
Northern Illinois University
Villmow
Willmon
Earth
Cape Canaveral
Levi Strauss Faces Suit For Jeans Price Fixing
Connecticut Attorney General Carl Ajello filed a multimillion-dollar antitrust suit against Levi Strauss & Co. accusing the San Francisco firm of a five year price-fixing scheme that coerced retailers to sell Levi blue jeans at fixed prices from 1971 through 1976. Potential damages exceed $6 million.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Connecticut
Levi Strauss & Co
Carl Ajello
Police staffing restored after Monday duty gaps
Police Chief Jack Kopczick said shifts were fully staffed today after Monday when one sergeant covered the day shift alone. Two officers called in sick, Sgt. Alan Love could not find substitutes, so he worked 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. solo. Kopczick took a personal day for a Joliet appointment and a 1 p.m. doctor visit, unaware of the prior staffing issue until morning.
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Jack Kopczick
Alan Love
Love
Kopezick
Donald Davidson
Joliet
Kopczick
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