Marines Hear Request For Goose Lake Club Liquor License
County board began semi annual reports as Atty William Hynds spoke for Goose Lake Club seeking a package liquor license. License would be issued to John Marchi with sale limited to members at a utility store. club to recover $600 cost. Referral to liquor committee.
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Goose Lake Club
William Hynds
Atty. Hynds
John Marchi
Old Rogers Home
Bob Drake
Lockport
Free Parking Initiative Urges Morris Shoppers During Christmas
The Morris city and Chamber of Commerce once again cover meters with white sacks to encourage holiday shopping. The program relies on downtown workers and long parked cars to move vehicles to nearby lots within walking distance, giving shoppers a break this Christmas.
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City of
Morris
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club to Hold Annual Children's Christmas Party
The Morris Lions Club plans its annual children's Christmas party Thursday with dinner at 6 45 p m in the Eagles Hall. Members bring wrapped gifts or toys for the Dwight home and may drop them with Lion Pete Muffler or at the Farm Bureau office. Santa Claus will visit and carols will be sung.
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Morris Lions Club
Eagles Hall
Dwight
Lion Pete Muffler
Farm Bureau
Santa Claus
FHA Open House Planned Tonight at Morris High School
The Future Homemakers of America at Morris Community High School will host an open house at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium inviting entering eighth graders and their mothers as guests. Mrs. Gene Matthews will speak on the theme Individuality Counts followed by open house in home economics rooms and refreshments in the cafeteria.
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Homemakers of America
Morris Community High School
Gene Matthews
Weather forecast Predictions of rain snow in region with cold night drop
Forecasters expect rain and possible snow tonight with continued unsettled conditions through Thursday. Temperatures will hold steady with lows in the 30s and highs near 40. Collins station records show a Monday high of 46 dropping to 31 overnight and current readings around 32 to 33 in nearby districts.
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Collins
Gemini Flies On After Record Flight Toward Space
Bearded astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell press onward at Space Center Houston after a record-busting space flight, battling itch and fatigue as they push toward Carnar?
Blood drive falls short of goal at First Baptist Church
Grundy County Red Cross collection reached 119 pints, 101 short of its 220 pint target. One hundred thirty two donors attended the event at the First Baptist Church with 13 deferred for medical reasons and several first-time donors.
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Grundy County
The
Red Cross
First Baptist Church
Morris City Council Favors Garbage Tax Hike and Delays Water Rules
Monday council session saw passage of an ordinance raising the garbage tax from .05 to .09 percent due to past presentation error. A water ordinance amendment was read and held over for study, detailing meter placement sizes and a 14.80 penalty for nonreporting. Other items included a storage tank request by Farmer's Square Deal Grain Co, a failed outcome on two nuisance houses, and a 20 year CATV franchise held over pending Illinois Municipal League input. Financial reports showed November fines and penalties totaling 667 plus 264 and 70 from various officials.
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Morris
Robert Adcock
Donald Caisley
Farmer’s Square Deal Grain Co
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Municipal League
C.A.T.S
Paul Splain
Caisley
Robert Williamson
Cryer Bryant
Distribution of Food in Grundy County Starts Monday
The first Federal Donated Commodities food distribution in Grundy County will begin Monday. A Joliet depot truck will stop in Minooka Morris Coal City Gardner and Braceville with 70 eligible recipients already mailed cards. Affected residents must present their cards to receive packages.
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Grundy County
Joliet
Minooka
Morris
Coal City
Gardner
Braceville
Ray Hansen
Morris Township
W. Jackson St
Public Aid
Mary Vismara
State Public Aid
VEW Building Under Way On McKinley Street Project
Construction of a new all steel one story VEW building for the John Martin Steele post opens on McKinley Street with ground broken before Thanksgiving. Stephen Lumber and Fuel Co. handles the contractor work and Robert Macdonald leads plans for the VFW facility set to cost about 50000 dollars with completion tentatively planned for May 1.
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McKinley St
John Martin Steele Post
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ladd Tedford
Cochairman
Building Committee
Stephen Lumber and Fuel Company
Robert Macdonald
Cuckler Steel Building Company
Tedford
Autumn Acres
Joliet
VFW
Jefferson St
Morris
Willard Olson
Grundy County National Bank
James Higgins
Eddie Pack
Reynold Turner
William Corie
Harvest Moon drives hard to seal Communist escape routes
In Saigon U.S. Marines pressed Operation Harvest Moon 350 miles northeast of the city firing napalm from jets and bombers and using helicopters to block Viet Cong river routes near Viet An and Da Nang. Air power and ground forces reported heavy enemy casualties while Marines lifted 2200 men in 24 hours and claimed about 1200 enemy dead against U.S. losses.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
da Nang
River Valley
Jonas Platt
Viet An
Chang River
Laos
Washington
Pentagon
Radio
Hanoi
Death Valley
Que Son
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Liquor Committee
Burl Gonham
Editorial
Herald
Lions Children’s Party
Gemini
Harold Crumb
Lyle Washburn
Cyril Thorson
Barry Long
Charles Knowlson
Oscar W. Larson
Donald Severson
Christian Resler
William Donahue
W. F. Breisch
Barry Seng
J. W. Kales
John B. Roth
Presbyterian
M.P.M
Morris Comunity High School
Von
Australia
Carnarvon
North American Air Defense Command
Colorado Springs
Colo
Borman
Lovell
Jim
Cape Kennedy
Mission Control
Mae Reagan
Reagan
Atty. Adcock
Circuit Court
Kenney
Main St
Zelinski
E. Jackson St
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