Proponents urge 100 pint blood quota per visit in Grundy county
Morris City Council heard Red Cross chairman Fred Hefler warn of danger if the county bloodmobile fails to collect 100 pints per visit after year start. The Eagles Hall drive noon to 6 pm Wednesday is sponsored by the American Legion. town needs more young donors and one Morris patient faces open heart surgery requiring about 50 pints.
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Red Cross _ bloodmobile
Grundy County
Morris City
Fred Hefler
Red Cross
Eagles Hall
Washington and Liberty Sts
American Legion of
Hefler
Charles Roseland
Morris
Gerald Bitner
Roseland
Uniroyal drive raises funds for Grundy United Fund
Approximately 10 500 of 115 000 pledged at Uniroyal Inc. JAAP site go to United Fund of Grundy County. Ralph J. Miller reports 91 percent of 7 564 JAAP employees pledged. The drive supports seven non profits with ongoing pledge programs. final totals may change.
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Uniroyal, Inc
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant
United Fund of
JAAP
Miller
Uniroyal
Bride Dead in Honeymoon Motel Case Carbon Monoxide
The death of 20 year old Susan Griebshaber in Glen Ellyn Illinois was ruled due to carbon monoxide poisoning by DuPage County coroner Dr Samuel Lewis. Her husband Anthony Griebshaber 19 was found unconscious in the same motel room and survived. They married Saturday in Chicago.
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Glen Ellyn
Ill
Samuel Lewis
DuPage County
Susan Griebshaber
Susan Daley
Rolling Meadows
Anthony Griebshaber
Lombard
Chicago
Santa Fe proposes ending four trains serving Mazon Verona
The Santa Fe asks ICC to discontinue Chief No. 19 and No. 20, Grand Canyon No. 23 and No. 24, affecting Mazon Verona Coal City flag stops with end dates around January 13. Protest deadlines loom. No. 9 and No. 12 decisions linger.
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Mazon
Verona
Santa Fe
Jim Frizzell
Chicago
Grand Canyon
Coal City
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
County Board Hears Museum Proposal And Regional Plans
Grundy County Board discusses transferring the old County Home for a museum as the Grundy Society urges preservation of local artifacts. The Joliet Port District seeks tri county appointees for a Kankakee River lake project and a possible Grundy port authority is explored as a taxing body with Seneca precedent.
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General Electric Co
G.E. Midwest
Dresden
Sidney C. Carr
Burl Gotham
Grundy County
John
Helen) Ullrich
Gonham
County Home
Joliet
Carr
Clyde Heap
Minooka
Leo Borens
James Peacock
Morris
Tom Berta
B. J. Ulmvi
Coal City
Peter Cacello
Raymond Morris
Gardner
Wallace Burroughs
Seneca
Weather Outlook Colder With Snow Possible
Mostly cloudy and cold tonight with a low in the upper 20s. Wednesday colder with a chance of light snow late in the day and lower 30s. Thursday cloudy and rather cold with a chance of snow. Collins station topped Monday at 39 with a 32 low. 9 am reading 33 and downtown Morris 37 at 11 am.
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Collins
Morris
Youth Injured When Car Hits Culvert
PLATTVILLE A 19 year old rural Newark driver Louis Nauman suffered serious injuries Monday night when his 1968 Rambler struck a concrete culvert and skidded 201 feet into a field on the Plattville blacktop road one half mile east of Illinois 47. He was in guarded condition at Morris Hospital with a concussion facial and scalp lacerations. He was westbound and attempted to pass his brother Gerald Nauman's 1960 Chevrolet when the crash occurred.
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Plattville
Newark
Louis Nauman
Plattville Blacktop
Illinois 47
Morris Hospital
Albert Speenburgh
Kendall County Sheriff's Department
Nauman
Gerald
Percy narrowly escapes mortar fire in Dak Son village
In Dak Son, Saigon where Sen. Charles Percy and eight Americans faced mortars and small arms from Communist gunners during an unsanctioned visit. Percy received minor scratches while others sought cover. Mrs. Percy was evacuated by helicopter. The clash occurred as U.S. forces reported heavy Viet Cong and North Vietnamese losses in Bong Son coastal plains battle.
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Saigon
Charles Percy
Dakson
Percy
U.S
Bong Son
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
40Th Infantry Regiment
Land Annexed Northeast of City Limits
The city annexed 152.5 acres northeast of the limits with a small Texaco strip excluded. The line runs along the Moose subdivision east side and crosses I 80 near the Standard Oil truck stop. North side homes on U S 6 were mostly left out. Ten property owners petitioned along with five residents. Bids for sewer and water extension will open Monday at City Hall. Engineer Schweickert expects up to 28 bidders.
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Texaco Co
Standard Oil
U.S. 6
Donald Caisley
James E. McElvain
Fremont Ave
William Spellisg
William G. Thornburg
Thelma Thornburg
Milford Wix
W. North St
Thomas W. Brown
Henry Brown
Rte
Marge W. Brown
Wilbur Brown
Selma Brown
Ross Eames
Dorothy Eames
Liberty St
Erwin Wix
E. North St
Walter Hundt
James Stine
John Nelson
Charles Roseland
Floyd Siron
Tracy Adcock
Lester Johnson
Donald Davidson
Richard Schweickert
Morris Council Studies Roof Water Runoff Ordinance
Morris aldermen tabled for further study a proposed ordinance prohibiting discharge of roof runoff into the sanitary sewer system. Walter Hundt led the measure citing sewer capacity strain and river pollution risk.
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Morris Aldermen
Walter Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Illinois River
City of
Morris
Hundt
Tracy Adcock
Chamlin and Associates
Illinois Water Board
Springfield
Richard Schweickert
Chamlin
Christmas Home Decorating Contest Coupon
An entry blank for the Morris Chamber of Commerce Christmas home decorating contest appears in the Herald. Coupons must be submitted by December 18 with judging set for December 19 and 20.
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The
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Herald Today
River Flood Rise Near Morris as Illinois River Surges
Constant rainfall pushed the Illinois River toward flood stage near Morris with rises from 8.10 to 11.20 feet by 11 a.m. The Dresden Island Lock and Dam reached flood stage at 8 a.m. and officials warned Grundy County farmers. Chicago reduced flow by 2,000 cubic feet per second to ease downstream impact.
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Illinois River
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Grundy County
Ray Webb
Morris
St. Louis
Dresden Island Lock
Chicago
Kankakee
Group Voices Support for Goose Lake Prairie Park Plan
Proponents led by Gunnar Peterson of Open Lands Project presented about 45 minutes at Grundy County Board of Supervisors urging Goose Lake Prairie Park. Speakers Dr Robert Betz Dr Robert A Evers Dr George Woodruff and Arnold Kugler argued science value conservation and a nature preserve with limited facilities while noting no funds are yet appropriated.
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Goose Lake Prairie Park
Grundy County
Gunnar Peterson
Open Lands Project
Peterson
Robert Betz
Northeastern Illinois State College
Chicago
Betz
Illinois
Goose Lake
William Cullen Bryant
Illinois Prairies
Robert A. Evers
Illinois Natural History Survey
Evers
George Woodruff
Joliet
Rhinehold Link
Link
Woodruff
Arnold Kugler
Department of Conservation
Springfield
Morris Community High School board sets December meeting agenda
The Morris Community High School Board of Education schedules a 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday with no major items listed. Reports on quarterly investment interest, attendance, and next year curriculum changes are due. Requests to reuse the prior auditor and for an intra murals helper are on the agenda.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Franklin
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South Vietnam
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Aage Hansen
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