Morris Grade Schools Set Sept 3 Start Date
Morris elementary schools open September 3 with registration at 2 p.m. A faculty meeting is at 9 30 that morning. First full day is September 4. Six buildings host grades 1 8 across districts with detailed room assignments and bus rules. Book rental is eight dollars per pupil and tower rental applies to grades 6 8. Pupils need birth certificates and physical and dental exams prior to entry.
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Franklin
Stine
Illinois
Illinois River
McKinley
Lincoln
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Opdyke
Liberty St
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Rock Island Tracks
Garfield
Childer
New Terminal Planned Near Field Airport
Chicago officials announced a $300 million expansion at O Hare International Airport for a new international terminal to handle anticipated travel growth. The 370 acre site lies 1% miles northeast of the main terminal, with the 928th Tactical Air Lift Group to move to Glenview Naval Air Station, drawing protest from Glenview leaders fearing safety risks after a prior Navy jet crash killed a 13 year old girl.
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Chicago
O’hare International Airport
O’hare
City Council
928Th Tactical Air Lift
Glenview Naval Air Station
Glenview
Glenview Village
Paul H. Thomas
Thomas
Texan pays old Nebraska Clothing bill in Omaha
An Omaha clothing firm received a $246.40 check from a Texas man who wrote he wanted to settle debts of his late parents. He found a $70 bill dated October 1926 from Nebraska Clothing and added 6 percent yearly interest to total the sum.
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Omaha, Neb
Omaha
Texas
Nebraska Clothing
Plans Finalized for Morris Public Library Approval
Morris Public Library trustees finalized plans for a two level facility designed by architect Robert Freund. The project aims to meet state standards and qualify for federal funds by the Aug 23 deadline. The plan includes a children's basement and an adult reference area on the ground floor with space for 55 570 volumes.
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Morris Public Library
Board of Trustees
Robert Freund
North St
Liberty St
Morris
Freund
Gordon Gregg
Planning Meeting At Grundy County Planning Commission
The Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday in the first floor courtroom of the courthouse to discuss performance standards for manufacturing districts.
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Grundy County
Mild pleasant week weather forecast from Morris office
The U S Weather Bureau expects fair skies with lows in the mid 60s tonight. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and high near 80 while Thursday looks cloudy and cool with possible rain. Collins Weather Station logged 79 high and 57 low on Monday, and Morris downtown reported 74 degrees at 11 am. Fog was noted in some areas early today.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Preliminary Conference On Inquest In Grundy County
A preliminary conference on the inquest into the death of Mrs. Marjorie Anderson was held in Grundy County. Attendees included Sheriff Richard Pierce Coroner Clark Davis and Illinois State Police member Thomas Fedash. Final toxicology tests and hair analysis were completed and sent to the coroner, with results from the Chicago lab mailed July 15. Mrs. Anderson, 47, was found June 8 in a shed and had been missing since May 16 after an alleged attack on her husband.
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Grundy County
Marjorie Anderson
Coal City
Herald
Grundy
Richard Pierce
Clark Davis
Thomas Fedash
Illinois State Police
State Police Crime Laboratory
Joliet
Anderson
Illinois Department of Public Health
Chicago
Morris Council Rejects Zoning Officer Hire Letter
Morris Planning Commission on July 10 1968 urged the city to hire a full time zoning officer to administer zoning and subdivision rules. The council took no action Monday night and acknowledged receipt of the letter while considering administrative reforms and the potential creation of a zoning office.
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Morris City Council
Morris Planning Commission
Walter Hundt
Donald Davidson
Ted Conley
Planning Commission
Morris
Kenneth Sereno
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
James Baum
Zoning Board of Appeals
Watts Police End 24 Hour Saturation Patrol in Watts
Police withdrew from the Watts command post at Alain Locke High School after 24 hours of saturation patrols that followed a weekend of shootings looting and deaths. Three black men were killed and 48 wounded including six officers as a drunken park incident sparked a citywide response. Twenty eight felonies resulted in arrests.
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Los Angeles
Watts
Southcentral
Alain Locke
Will Rogers Park
Assassination Attempt Targets Greek Premier in Athens
An assassination attempt on Premier George Papadopoulos occurred on a road near Athens with a bomb exploding as his car passed. The premier was unharmed and a male suspect was seized. The event followed a coordinated pattern and a Paris‑based Greek Resistance announced its actions in Athens.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Paris
Fire Destroys Couch in Shed at Hexhall Farm
Morris Volunteer Fire Department was called at midnight to the Hexhall farm one mile north of Morris Airport. A passing motorist reported the blaze. Firemen were not needed as the flames came from a controlled corn cob fire. A couch in a storage building behind James R. Washburn’s home burned at 6 25 p m. neighbors reported smoke. Firemen removed the burning couch before further damage to Davis Decorating property.
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Morris
Hexhall Farm
Morris Airport
James R. Washburn
Lisbon St
Be.ing
Davis
No Federal Funds For Morris Plant
No federal funds will be available to Morris for a compulsory secondary sewage treatment plant costing between 850000 and 1000000 dollars. The city cannot count on a 30 percent grant and may seek reevaluation after June 1 1969 as state and federal agencies discuss 80 percent financing if a 1 billion dollar state pollution bond issue passes.
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Morris
Donald Caisley
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
William L. Etzenbach
Richard Schweickert
Chamlin and Associates, Inc
Etzenbach
Charles O
Walter Hundt
Donald Davidson
No. 5
Hundt
Aurora
Saratoga
Judiciary Committee
Water and Sewer Committee
Pat Freeman
Hatcher Woods
Freeman
Schweickert
Illinois Department of Conservation
Stratton State
Grundy County approves 61 unit Half Moon Lake subdivision
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors approved a 61 unit Half Moon Lake subdivision in Goose Lake Township owned by Robert Drake. Unanimous approval followed Planning Commission action on March 6. The board also funded 2800 for a southeastern Highland Township bridge repair and accepted the resignation of John J. McEvilly from the Planning Commission.
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Grundy
City approves 24 percent tax levy cut for next year
A 24 percent levy reduction for May 1968 to April 1969 passes 6-0, lowering the city tax rate from 62 to 47 cents per $100 and cutting special and corporate levies. Total levies drop to $233,981.25 from $277,250 as annexations and new construction increase the tax base.
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Morris
Tracy Adcock
Adcock
Robert Wren
Ron Evans
Foreman Falls in Federal Paper Vat
A 53 year old foreman at Federal Paper Board plant Edward Comrie of Morris collapsed into a large vat at 2 a.m. He suffered contusions and abrasions and was listed in fair condition at Morris Hospital as x rays were planned. Comrie, 35, works in the paper machine department. he fell about 10 feet into the inactive vat formerly used to pulverize waste paper. Davis ambulance transported him to the hospital.
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Federal Paper Board
Edward Comrie
Morris
Comrie
Morris Hospital
Davis Ambulance
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