Morris Planning Commission adopts subdivision rules and goals
The Morris Planning Commission approved tentative subdivision regulations and planning goals on Wednesday, with a 34 foot street width minimum, 66 foot rights of way, and two and a half inch tree trunks planted along new streets. They discussed sidewalks, alleys, and street widths, and authorized a letter to Chicago officials to seek federal funds for water and sewer extensions.
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Morris Planning Commission
Barry Seng
Floyd Siron
Joseph Abel
Richard Schwei
Leo Borens
Abel
Morris
Ted Conley
Commission
Jim Baum
Chicago
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant to Resume Production Soon
The Joliet Kankakee unit plans to employ about 1,000 workers by December as production shifts toward tetryl and TNT under a $13.36 million Army contract extension through January 1967. The plant, reactivated last August, will ramp to 3,400 by next fall with workers from Grundy County and Coal City area.
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Joliet
Kankakee
U. S. Rubber Company
Grundy County
Coal City
Army
County supervisors approve two subdivision plats and eight liquor licenses
The Grundy County Board approved Richards Park Unit Two and Heatherfield subdivision plats, authorized eight county liquor licenses, and switched sheriff department vehicle purchase from a Chevrolet Biscayne to a Pontiac Catalina after bid errors. The session wrapped at 3 30 p.m. Tuesday with other routine actions and a math for bridge funds.
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Sheriff's Department
Richards Park
Lis’ Drive
Morris
Heatherfield
Morris Country Club
Goose Lake Club
Gladys Tavern
Vienna Township
Jennie’s Tavern
Braceville Township
Gardner
Hi-Way Inn
U.S. 6
Riviera Tavern
the Seven Gables
Saratoga Township
Brienna Township
Loyal Order of the Moose
Wauponsee Township
County Home, Civil Defense and Tuberculosis Committee
Grundy County
Wilson appeals UN for Rhodesia support amid walkouts
Prime Minister Harold Wilson urged the United Nations General Assembly to back Britain's Rhodesian policy. African delegations staged walkouts while Wilson vowed to press on until the white minority government is replaced, ruling out force and harsher actions. He stressed constitutional rule and patience to restore authority through dialogue.
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United Nations, N.Y
Harold Wilson
General Assembly
Britain
Wilson
Rhodesia
Ian Smith
Strike Report From North Vietnam War Skirmishes
U S warplanes returned to North Vietnam targeting radar installations near Haiphong and power facilities including the Uong Bi plant. Haiphong suffered power cuts and Hanoi lost about a quarter of its supply as fighters also attacked Vinh area and a church at Nha Be near Saigon. Marines clashed with Viet Cong near Death Valley during Operation Harvest Moon.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Uong Bi
Hanoi
Vinh
Death Valley
da Nang
Rice Valley
Nha Be
Weather Outlook and Cold Snap at Collins Station
Cloudy conditions persist with snow ending in areas that saw snowfall today. Friday and Saturday expected to stay cloudy with highs in the upper 20s and lows around the low 20s. Collins Weather Station recorded a high of 32 and a current 25 at 9 am with a night low of 21.
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Collins
Three Grundy County Drivers Lose Licenses
Secretary of State Paul Powell announced suspensions for three Grundy County men after convictions on three moving traffic violations. The men are John T. Albrico and David E. Super of Coal City and George K. Benson of Morris.
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Grundy County
Paul Powell
Springfield
John T. Albrico
David E. Super
Coal City
George K. Benson
Morris
Morris Chamber Head Hospitalized Over Weeklong Hiccups
Frank Leathers executive manager of the Morris Chamber of Commerce was admitted to Morris Hospital on Wednesday for treatment of hiccups that have persisted for a week. The spasms have offered no relief for five to ten minutes at a time, day or night.
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A. Frank Leathers
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Morris Hospital
Splashdown seals Gemini 6 rendezvous near Atlantic
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford return Gemini 6 to Earth after a dramatic reentry and splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean near the USS Wasp. Planes tracked the craft by radar as sailors cheered them aboard, ending a landmark rendezvous with Gemini 7 in orbit and a dramatic high speed descent through 3,000 degree heat. Borman and Lovell followed nearby in Gemini 7, aiming to photograph the retrorocket fire but facing rocket issues.
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Schirra
Stafford
Gemini
Sick Bay
Frank Borman
James Lovell
Pacific
Mexico
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Earth
United States
Moon
Borman
Lovell
Bermuda
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Baum
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois River
Interstate 80
Illinois 47
River Front
Claude Rose
Morris Community High High School
Lisbon St
Lisbon Road
Conley
Union St
Donald Davidson
Aage Hansen
Fred Patti
David Sklut
Tom West
C. A. Baker and
Sen
Grundy County Bar Association
John Hauschild
Harry Brown
Joseph Wilt
Harry Burgess
Sidney Carr
Joe Ryder
Herald
TNT
Wilson Chevrolet
Benson Pontiac
Benson
John E. G. Olson
Olson
U.N
No. Viet Nam
Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Eliseo Drive
Greenbrae
Calif
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Cape Kennedy
Fila
Atlantic
Wasp
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