County advances Grundy water sewer plan with federal grant
Geneva firm Rempe Sharpe and Associates explains an $18 000 Farm Home Administration funded survey to map Grundy County water and waste disposal outside Morris. Project runs through next summer, with three progress meetings and village coordination to avoid overlap and overdesign.
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Geneva
Rempe-Sharpe and Associates, Inc
Grundy
Coldeway
David F. Root
Regional Planning Commission
Homerding to Speak at Morris High Board Meeting
Donald Homerding and IEA regional representative Edward Kalish will appear at the Morris Community High School Board meeting despite not being on the agenda. They seek a public hearing after contract nonrenewal issues and potential legal action. Board president Ray Christensen had requested written presentation details.
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Donald Homerding
Illinois Education Association
Morris Community High School Board of Education
Homerding
Morris Community High School
Edward Kalish
IEA
Ted Morgan
Kalish
Morgan
Ray Christensen
Herald
Christensen
Supt
Claude Rose
Rose
Union seeks recognition for Morris city employees
After a 45 minute meeting the Morris City Council met in executive session to discuss unionization of city workers. The International Union of United Brewery and related trades claims a majority signed cards and seeks recognition. The council later approved a 7 to 0 resolution supporting Nixon revenue sharing.
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Union
City of Morris
Morris City
John Hendrickson
Hendrickson
Afl-Cio
Richard Nixon
Illinois 113 bridge reconstruction plans near Coal City
The Illinois 113 three miles west of Coal City will get a 12 month detour for Mazon River bridge work. Ottawa District 3 engineer Robert Blasius and district design chief Ralph Chiado told the Coal City Village Board a four month project will detour traffic for about the same period. The old superstructure and one pier will be removed. a new superstructure and two piers will replace them.
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Coal City
Morris
Mazon River
Illinois 113
Robert Blasius
Ottawa
Illinois Division of Highways
Ralph Chiado
Weather Update From Illinois Forecast
Hot and humid conditions with sunny skies persisted across Illinois. A split weather system threatened showers, with partly cloudy night and a chance of thunderstorms, low around 70. Tomorrow expects partly sunny, cooler, highs mid 80s. Monday reached 92 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, low 65. 7 am reading 70.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
TurboTrain Tour Promotes Amtrak High Speed Train
The TurboTrain embarks on a month long tour covering 12 000 miles through 31 states to acquaint the public with the modern passenger train. Amtrak President Roger Lewis says inspectors and riders will be invited to view and ride the train at various terminals along the route.
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Washington
Amtrak
Department of Transportation
Boston
New York
York
Washington, D.C
Roger Lewis
Pete DiPaolo Memorial Library Established in Coal City
By a 7-0 vote the Coal City District No. 1 board designated the library area of the new high school as a memorial to Pete DiPaolo, late superintendent who died Oct. 14, 1969. A petition to name the building for him was denied. the library will bear his name with a bronze plate or marker.
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Johnson Ave
Robert Gilbertson
Rock Island Railroad
Gerald Borens
Ed Neary
Coal City Community Unit District No. 1 Board of Education
Pete DiPaolo
Leslie Ross
Frank Anselmo
DiPaolo
Pete
Coal City Community Unit District No. 1
Randall Highsmith
A. J. Dearth
James Hines
Elvin Wills
Coal City
V & C Construction
Terre Haute, Inc
Goose Lake
Rainbow
Coal City approves 1971 72 school budget in new high school
The Coal City district approved a 1971 72 budget by a 7 0 vote in the new high school building. Educational funds rise by 413 570 20 to cover 18 extra teachers for about 200 students from Assumption School.
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Coal City Community Unit District No. 1
Assumption School
Coal City District No. 1
Randall Highsmith
Educational Fund
Narvick Brothers Win Remodeling Bid for County Building
Narvick Brothers Construction won a $9,975 remodeling bid awarded by the county courthouse and jail committee. The project repurposes the building across Illinois Ave for the county highway department and the driver's license examining station. Other bids: Anytime Electric for $1,957.50 and Universal Plumbing for $1,475. The committee chair, Supervisor Earl Bingham, said Narvick’s bid covers the entire job. Bids opened Saturday.
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Narvick Brothers Construction
Illinois Ave
Earl Bingham
Narvick Brothers
Coal City plans $5,000 Christmas decorations on Broadway
The Coal City Village Board approves financing a permanent $5,000 Christmas display along Broadway and Division Streets funded by selling old street light poles. Poles will be bid individually at about $100 each for 50 replacements. An artist sketch from one firm will be shown next meeting while other firms may be considered.
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Coal City
Broadway
Division Sts
Evelyn McAlister
Morris plumber Weppler in fair condition after fall
Henry J. Weppler 57, of Morris, is in fair condition at Silver Cross Hospital Joliet after a Sunday ladder fall at his daughter’s home. He was treated for a back injury, moved from intensive care, and had surgery following the incident.
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Silver Cross Hospital
Davis Ambulance
Dresden controls adequate in Edison waste plans
Three nuclear experts appointed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board found Commonwealth Edison Dresden plant waste treatment plans adequate and meet legal requirements. Michael Schneiderman faulted only for not going beyond adequacy on thermal pollution and radioactive waste handling. The board must approve the reports before final action.
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Chicago
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Commonwealth Edison Co
Dresden
Michael Schneiderman
Illinois Institute For Environmental Quality
Edison
Schneiderman
Pollution Board
James H. Leonard
University of Cincinnati
Herman Dember
Northwestern University
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General Fund
Sheriff's Department
Mazon Township
Mazon
Lincoln Lake
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Martha Slater
Tom Parks
Arthur Bozue Jr
Tom Zuber
ASCS
Shakey Bridge
Bozue
Sidney Carr
Greater Metropolitan Sanitary District of
Illinois Valley Workshop
Illinois River
Joe Chitwood
Tom Coveny
Joe Prombo
Louis Cheshareck
Stratton State Park
River Division
U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary
Richard Ogilvie
George Hendrickson
Police Commission
Department
Main and
Liberty Sts
David Smith
Fred Brown
Douglas St
Brown
James Stine
Gould Park
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Valvoline
North States Oil CO
Rte
C.C
Highsmith
Supt. Highsmith
Commonwealth Edison
Illinois Supreme Court
Narvick
D.C
James Testa
Sam Brancato
E. Elm St
Joseph Phillips
Baxter and Woodman
Brancato
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