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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1972
Page
2
Vernon, a 47 year old man, approached Mayor Larry Cohen seeking help for a drink. The mayor invited him to a hotel bar, then to City Hall where he arranged an alcoholism counselor. Vernon left with a path to treatment.
Joseph William Franck and Vickie Ann Culp of Joliet. Vincent Joseph Elliott of Coal City and Mary Alicia Lancaster of Barrington. Roy Edward Ryan of Verona and Loretta Ann Major of Coal City.
Minooka Village Board awarded D. Koerner, Inc. of Coal City a $7,513.06 contract for the 1972 motor fuel tax street maintenance program. The board also approved a variance for Leroy Steffes to build a single family home on Lot 2, Block 12, Gardner's second addition, despite a smaller lot. Also approved was final payment for the Mondamon Street sewer replacement and by‑pass. Bids for storm sewer on St Mary’s and Church Streets due August 23, with opening at 7:30 p.m. at the village hall. Next meeting September 11 due to Labor Day.
An ad touts ITCH-ME-NOT with six itch stopp ers that quiet itching in minutes. It claims antiseptic action speeds healing for eczema, foot itch, bites, poison ivy and other surface rashes. If itch not gone in 15 minutes, you get 59c back. Available at drug counters.
Chicago report notes the National Safety Council cites 25 960 traffic fatalities in the first half of 1972 up 5 percent and warns the year could become the deadliest on record for United States roads with fatalities rising nationwide.
Honors Day at the state fair features a packed lineup on Saturday August 19 including Western horse show Brown Swiss and Jersey judging Blue Ribbon bakeoff organ contest and USAC late model stock car races. The day concludes with a grandstand show amid ongoing traffic fatality concerns.
The ad promotes a keratolytic preparation that sloughs off and dissolves affected skin exposing infection to its action. It promises fast relief with a 59 cent price and a money-back guarantee at drug counters.
Hal Boyle presents a humorous roundup of annoyances from political candidates with a single speech to sunblock that greases skin a bit too much. He also skewers weather jokes on TV, repetitive jukebox songs, tepid restaurant tea and mascara drenched waitresses.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a November ballot question to abolish the coroner’s office and establish a medical examiner system headed by a licensed physician. Coroner Andrew Toman, seeking re election, and Republican challenger Donald Mulack both back the referendum. The change would take effect December 1976.
The executive vice president of Washington Bank and Trust Co in Naperville was bound over to a federal grand jury for possible indictment on charges of defrauding the bank of 90000 through a false loan entry.
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