Illinois Bell proposes 9 percent rate rise for Morris area
Illinois Bell asks the Illinois Commerce Commission to approve a general rate increase the first in 16 years. Residential private line rates would rise to 5.15 in Morris and several nearby towns, with higher increases for urban and rural community service plans. Business and rural rates would also climb, totaling about 86.5 million dollars in annual revenues.
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Illinois Bell Telephone
Morris Telephone
Illinois Commerce Commission
Karl Linnemann
Illinois Bell
Morris
Coal City
Gardner
Lisbon
Mazon
Verona
Gardner and
Dwight
Braidwood
Newark
Plattville
Linnemann
C. L. Brown
Illinois
Diphtheria Tied to Three Deaths in Florida
Diptheria blamed for three Miami deaths adds a fourth fatality a 6 year old from Monticello Florida David Seabrook died in a Thomasville hospital Dr Wilson Sowder state health officer said no statewide outbreak danger and noted diphtheria is less contagious than measles
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Miami
Fla
North Florida
David Seabrook
Thomasville
Monticello
Wilson Sowder
Florida
Sowder
Milan Bank Explosion Kills 18 in Downtown Blast
A deafening explosion at a Milan bank headquarters near the cathedral killed 18 people and injured 40, with authorities reporting a blast at the Banca Nazionale dellAgricoltura. About an hour later three explosions rocked central Rome.
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Milan
Italy
Banca Nazionale Dell’Agricoltura
Rome
Minooka Board Condemns Lottery for College Admissions
Minooka High School Board condemns the lottery system for selecting students into the Liberal Arts College at the University of Illinois. The resolution will be sent to state education groups. Architects expect bids next week for athletic fields at the new high school.
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Minooka
Minooka High School
Illinois State School Boards Association
U. of S. Board of Trustees
of Fields, Golden and Magee
Chilly Tonight As Morris Sees Snowless Week Forecast
The Weather Bureau reports tonight will reach low teens with 11 a.m. readings at 17 degrees in downtown Morris. Saturday should be mostly cloudy and warmer with highs near the upper 30s while the five day outlook averages normal highs 31 to 37 and lows 16 to 22. A light precipitation total around one tenth of an inch is expected Tuesday or Wednesday.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Morris
Collins
Guardian Angel Home to host post Christmas gift exchanges
Sister Paulette confirms all 48 children at Guardian Angel Home have Christmas invitations and will visit relatives and volunteers over the next 10 to 12 days with the annual dinner on January 6, Epiphany and Bishop Blanchette’s birthday guest. The home, 75 years old, operates with 11 Sisters and support from United Crusade Catholic Charities and Illinois.
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Paulette
Guardian Angel Home
Romeo
Ruling boosts PA nonpublic school aid under state law
A federal court in Pennsylvania upheld the 1968 Pennsylvania statute providing 21 million dollars in aid to nonpublic schools this year and 41 million next year. The ruling dismissed a challenge, saying the program does not establish religion. Governor Ogilvie sought 32 million for private and parochial schools. the House approved but the Senate balked.
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Joliet
Pennsylvania
Richard Ogilvie
House
Senate
Florence Smith
Tax distributions show November shares for three counties
Grundy County received 3889.62 dollars, Morris 4622.46 dollars, and Kendall 5922.69 dollars in the November state income tax distribution. This marks the fourth distribution since the August 1 law took effect.
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Grundy County
Springfield
Morris
Kendall County
Large Flocks of Canada Geese Migrate Across Illinois
reports from the state game department describe a major migration of Canada geese from Horicon Marsh to southern Illinois reserves including Horseshoe Lake Crab Orchard and Union County. About 60 000 geese were at Horicon Marsh as the movement began with weather guiding timing. The hunting season across Alexander Union Jackson and Williamson counties started November 17 and was to close at 3 p m Tuesday with about 18 000 of 25 000 geese taken.
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State Game Department
Springfield
Canada
Illinois
Horseshoe Lake
Crab Orchard
Union County
Horicon March
Wis
Horicon Marsh
State Game
Alexander
Union
Jackson
Williamson
Blacks Occupy NIU President's Office Demanding Black Studies Start
About 200 black students occupied Northern Illinois University's president's office in DeKalb, pressing for a September 1970 start of a black studies program and department status. President Rhoten A. Smith promised they would be consulted on a director but cautioned appointment rests with the board of regents.
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Dekalb, Ill
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Rhoten A. Smith
NIU
Smith
Board of Regents
Milner Library State University
West Side 4 Bedroom Listing with Garage and Large Lot
Four bedroom home on the West Side with living and dining rooms, fireplace, full basement, and a two car garage. Exterior recently repainted and sits on a large lot.
Two Democrats File for Grundy County Posts in Primary
Two Democrats filed nominating petitions for Grundy County offices in the March 17 primary, with the filing period ending Monday at 5 p.m. The county clerk’s office will be closed Saturday and Sunday. Former Braceville supervisor and ex mayor of Coal City seeks county clerk, while Robert Hunter Jr of Morris files for county treasurer. Additional precinct committeemen petitions listed for several townships.
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Grundy County
Braceville Township
Coal City
Robert Hunter Jr
E. Jefferson Sr
Koerner
Grundy
LaSalle
VFW
Will County
D. Koerner Inc
City
Hildegarde Kessler
Hunter
Morris
Morris Community High School
Ford Marketing Institute of Chicago
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Marden’s Clothing
Hauge
Shell Station
Janice Sutton
R.N
Kimberly
Todd Robert
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Morris Lions Club
American Legion
Robert Hunter
East St
Jerry
James
Judy) Miers
Ottawa
William Glenny
Norman
Morris Christmas Home Decorating Contest Opens
The Grundy County Chamber of Commerce civic pride committee sponsors Morris annual contest with 100 in cash prizes. Entries accepted through Friday, December 19 at the Chamber office, 302 Liberty St, with name address and display theme.
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Morris
Civic Pride Committee
Grundy County
Matteson
Nolan Kaldheim
Black St
Leslie Tibbitts
Lisbon Road
Joseph Corsello
Meadows Circle
Keith Rogers
Maple St
Chamber
Liberty St
Morris Herald
Snicker Day: Frugal Folks Face Drip Waste Deluge
Snicker day notes joke about savers facing a deluge of annoying drips, contrasting thrift with wasteful spending in a humorous urban bulletin.
Sharp Fighting Flares Across Mekong Delta Reports
U S aircraft and artillery kill 111 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong in five attacks near the Cambodian border. South Vietnamese forces report 88 enemy dead as 176 bodies are counted. US 1st Air Cavalry and Vietnamese paratroopers clash near the American encounter zone with 9 killed and 18 wounded. My Lai response letter from Maj Gen Hollis urges minimizing civilian harm. Philippine Civic Action Group ends three-year stay as 1,300 Filipino troops depart Tay Ninh.
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U.S
Saigon
Cambodia
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Mekong
U Minh Forest
U.S. Navy
da Nang
My Lai
Harris W. Hollis
Hollis
Americal
25Th
25Th Division
Tay Ninh
Philippine Civic Action Group
Vietnam
Soldier Denies My Lai Killings
Soldier David Mitchell, charged with 30 counts of assault with intent to commit murder, testifies there was no mass atrocity at My Lai. He says the alleged killings did not happen and defends his actions amid ongoing court proceedings alongside Lt. William L. Calley Jr. at Fort Benning.
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Hood
Tex
David Mitchell
Acre
My Lai
Mitchell
William L. Calley Jr
Charlie Comepany
Ft. Benning
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Richard Gordon
LEM
Charles Conrad Jr
Alan Bean
NASA
Wildey Road
Everett Henry
Seward Township
Robert Shuman
James Stirniman
Area Vocational Center
Roland Hadaway
Robert Blair
The
Morris Daily Herald
Godley
Trophy Inn
Joseph Cortez
Broadway St
Chicago Heights
Cook County
Cortez
Ray C. Dickerson
Illinois Department of Business and Economic Development
Dickerson
United States
EW Conley
Akeles
Liberty
Tiny Tim
Victoria May Budinger
New York City
Johnny Carson
Oswald Thompson
Morris III
Joseph Kowalczyk
Morris VIII
William Beem
Donald A. Pellegrini
Joseph A. Black
Saratoga
Ronald Wohlwend
John Clampitt
Arthur Bozue Jr
Garfield
Thomas Residori
Greenfield I
John C. Novak
Braceville IV
Mekong Delta
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