Urge establishing county Department of Public Works
A water survey engineer urged Grundy County Planning commission to seek county board approval to create a Department of Public Works to coordinate all water facilities. The Rempe Sharpe firm is conducting an $18 000 water and sewer study across Coal City Minooka Gardner and Mazon with results due in three to four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Sharpe
Frank Gordan
Sharpe
Planning Commission
Department of Public Works
Coldeway
Gordan
Richmond
McHenry County
Germany
Goldeway
Illinois
Mazon
Edward Burnham
David Root
Wauponsee Township
John Anderson
Wenzel appeal denied in armed robbery case
The Third District Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed Ronald Wenzel's 7 to 20 year sentence for armed robbery at Rudy's in Ottawa on Feb 16 1968. The court found evidence of prior burglaries and bad checks justified the sentence within statutory range and declined to reduce it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third District Appellate Court of
Illinois
Ronald Wenzel
Liberty St
LaSalle County
Robert E. Richardson
Wenzel
Rudy’s
Ottawa
Atty
Richardson
Livingston County
Morris Man In Good Condition After Lisbon Street Crash
Richard E. Seibold, 42, of 23 Lynwood Drive, treated at Morris Hospital for a deep chin laceration after his pickup struck a parked car on Lisbon Street, then he was released and admitted to St. Joseph's. Seibold cited for failure to keep his vehicle under control. Police report details a defroster distraction and a curb impact near 1317 Lisbon Street in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Joliet
Lisbon St
Richard E. Seibold
Lynwood Drive
E. Liberty St
Leibold
Hauge
Seibold
Bond
Chevrolet
John Iverson
Spruce St
Hornsby’s
Glen Frant
E. High St
Pine Bluff Road
Jugtown Road
Nixon signs work requirement for welfare mothers
President Nixon signed a bill forcing many healthy welfare mothers to work or undergo job training starting July 1. The measure aims to chip away at welfare dependence while critics say it shortfalls larger reform goals including a guaranteed income and broader welfare changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Florida
White House
House
Senate
Weather Warnings Rain and Snow Forecast Across State
Weather alerts covered the northern half of the state with sleet and snow threat along highways. Forecasts call for rain or snow tonight with lows around 30s, and similar chances again Thursday with highs in the 30s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported a Tuesday high of 30 degrees and a 7 a.m. low of 11, with today’s 7 a.m. reading at 28 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
24th Grundy County Corn Festival Set for Morris Weekend
Grundy County Corn Festival plans in Morris for Sept 29 to Oct 1 1972 with a kickoff at the Morris Ottawa Marquette game and a fireworks finale at MCHS field. A mammoth airshow and aerobatic contest are planned amid weather woes that reduced crowds and left a deficit near $600, plus an estimated $1,500 in lost revenue from rain. The festival committee launches a fund drive to cover the loss and fund 1972 plans, with a goal to raise $600 plus $500 operating funds by Feb 14. Updates come at the worker pot luck on Jan 29 and a new general chair man will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Morris
Norman Jenkins
Morris- Ottawa Marquette
MCHS
Jenkins
Button
County approves seven liquor licenses in county
County Clerk Tom Parks issued seven liquor licenses Tuesday. Names listed include Rome M Girot Brooks of the Riviera Braceville Joanna Wisneski of Jenny's Morris Moose Lodge 967 American Legion post 294 at the fairgrounds William Spellisg of Seven Gables and Vivian V Murphy Ruth A Lyons of Jackies Tap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven County
Tom Parks
Rome M. Girot Brooks
Riviera
Braceville
Joanna Wisneski
Jenny's
Morris Moose Lodge
American Legion
Fairgrounds
William Spellisg
Seven Gables
Vivian V Murphy
Ruth A. Lyons
Jackie’s
Illinois grants total over forty five million for crime control
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission reports grants over 45 million to state programs in crime prevention and control in two years. January awards totaling over 195 thousand go to 15 groups including Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission Lincoln College DeWitt County Lewis and Clark Library System Will County Henry County Warren County Elmhurst North Chicago Northwest Illinois Criminal Justice Commission Crystal Lake Leerfield Kane County and The Illinois Appellate Court among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Commission
Arthur J. Bilek
Greater Egypt
Ings
Will County
Henry County
Warren County
Elmhurst
North Chicago
Northwest Illinois
DeKalb
Crystal Lake
Leerfield
Kane County
Illinois Appellate Court
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Air Attacks Rage Over North Vietnam In Fourth Day
The United States continues the largest air campaign against North Vietnam in over three years with 350 aircraft conducting more than 500 strikes and hundreds of support missions in the first 30 days. The operation involves carriers Constellation and Coral Sea, plus bases in South Vietnam and Thailand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Constellation
Tonkin Gulf
Coral Sea
South Vietnam
Thailand
Radio Hanoi
Quang Binh Province
Demilitarized Zone
Hanoi
Laos
Plain of Jars
Panhandle
Triborder
Cambodia
Central Highlands
Phnom Penh
Peam Chhork
Tonle Sap
Whirlwind Bhutto Reforms Sweep Pakistan in First Week
Pakistan's new president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto moves rapidly to dismantle Yahya Khan’s regime, replacing leadership, shuttering licenses, and reforming graft while presenting himself as a champion of the common man. Bhutto bans whipping and refuses a salary, signaling sweeping changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawalpindi
Kennedy
Foreign Office
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
Bhutto
Agha Mohammed Yahya Khan
Sheik Mujibur Rahman
Yahya
Punjab
Mubashir Hasan
Karachi
Sind
Mumtaz Bhutto
Mumtaz
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County Department of Public Works
Anderson
Eugene Hayes
George Rooney
Sterling Butcher
Hayes
Rooneys
Atty. Hayes
John McGuan
Norman Township
McGuan
McKinley Park
Herald
Howard C. Ryan
Supreme Court of Illinois
Illinois State Penitentiary
Morris Daily Herald
Korea
Seoul
Taegu District
William L. Farmer
Greenfield
Ind
Dennis A. Wienk
Belvidere
Ill
Richard J. Schill
East Forks
Minn
Senate Finance Committee
City of
Thanh Hoa
U.S. Defense Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pentagon
Jerry W. Friedheim
Johnson
Friedheim
Vietnam
Barthelemy and
Mu Gia
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