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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1975
Page
4
The Minooka Grade School Board weighed minor bus route changes No 7 and 15 to avoid Holt Bridge crossing. They tabled bids for buildings liability and buses. A Camelot resident request to separate bus riders was denied. The next meeting is set for December 17.
The Will-Grundy-Kankakee Comprehensive Health Planning Council holds a public hearing Thursday at 1 30 p.m. in the First National Bank of Morris to discuss an application to the U S Department of Health Education and Welfare. Aimed at forming a Health Systems Agency for the four county area.
The EPA says health risks affect about 4.6 million people near vinyl chloride plants and would cap emissions to 10 parts per million in air and water. Firms would need 281 million dollars for capture equipment and 87 million annually for maintenance. four small plants with 30 workers may close to avoid costs.
IVCC announces six new or newly listed spring section offerings in the business curriculum at Oglesby led by division chair Jerry Baness. Courses include Business Education 100 Stocks and Bonds English 122 Communications II and Marketing 221 and 229 plus Business Education 222 with evening schedules and January start dates. Registration closes December 19 with evening registration January 5 and 6 ahead of the term beginning January 8.
Lifers Inc a 55 member inmate group at Menard State Penitentiary organizes a statewide drive to mail 60 000 Christmas cards to Illinois penal institutions Hallmark supplied about 30 000 and Lifers 29 000 with member John Knippenberg a 30 to 60 year inmate leading the effort The project aims to ensure every offender under the Illinois Department of Corrections receives cards and includes community outreach activities and fundraisers involving inmates and families.
The board reviewed and accepted the Raymond S. Blunt and Co. audit for the year ending June 30, 1975. It discussed English articulation progress across Districts 17, 201 and 111 with a follow up joint meeting set for January 2.
The Grundy County Circuit Court approved the sale of 1011-1013 Douglas St as part of a mortgage foreclosure by Chicago Title and Trust against Richard Peterson. Sheriff William Button conducted a Dec 5 public auction, buying bidder Arthur Barker for 35500.
The Gardner South Wilmington High School Music Department presents its annual Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the high school gym. Cheryl Chaney will conduct the chorus featuring Away In The Manger Calypso Noel Carol Of The Drum and Silver Bells. Debra Myers accompanies. The Concert Band directed by Joseph Riggs performs National Salute and Mr U S A in bicentennial honor with Christmas arrangements Carol Of The Bells Echoes de Noel and Rudolphs Christmas Concert. Martha Fjelde and Pieterje Int-Hout are student conductors. Admission is free.
Listings show elected officials for Illinois including Sen. Charles Percy Rep. George Ryan Sen. Adlai Stevenson and others with district and office contact details. House and Senate members from 43rd district are listed with Springfield and local offices and phone numbers.
Dr. George W. Crane argues that children and adults may not crave breakfast, warning against force feeding. He cites playful toys and cartoons as incentives for kids, notes morning fatigue lowers appetite, and mentions a 200 point test for parents.
In this reader exchange, Ann Landers offers blunt guidance on concerns about thin legs and extreme fantasies of harm. She suggests weight-focused fashion, hospital rehab exposure for contrast, and cautions about self-improvement and social friction with a talkative friend.
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