Morris high school district eyes 2.5 million addition referendum
On January 12 the Morris Community High School Board adopted a resolution to place a 2.5 million addition bond referendum on February 19. A 250 member lay committee with 25 captains supports a 59,000 square foot expansion including labs, a nurses station, a swimming pool, courts, and a 12th mile indoor track. Polls run noon to 7 pm at four precincts Franklin, Nettle Creek, Saratoga, and Wauponsee.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Tim Connor
Jim Leonard
Jack Kutches
Morris Community High School
Franklin
Morris Financial Institutions
First National Bank
Morris Savings and Loan
Grundy County National Bank
Trucker reports theft from abandoned semi near Gardner
A trucker from St Louis told Grundy County Deputy Paul Estensen that 12 cases of canned food were stolen from his Food Service Systems Inc semi left on Interstate 55 near Gardner after a weather stoppage. Seven cases had already been recovered for stranded residents.
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Grundy County
Glen P. Mormino
St. Louis
Food Service Systems Inc
Mormino
Estensen
Interstate 55
Gardner Rd
Depot St
Gardner
District 5
Illinois
Joliet
Chicago Daily News
Jim Darnell
Ferguson
Darnell
Wetteral Inc
St., Louis
Juror Selection Starts In Coal City Injury Suit
The December 1974 suit by Donald Francois of Coal City against DMI Inc Standard Oil and Amoco began in Grundy County Circuit Court with jury selection. Francois alleges he rented farm equipment from the defendants and was injured when a platform collapsed while he stood on the machine.
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Donald Francois
Coal City
DMI, Inc
Standard Oil
Amoco
Grundy County
Francois
Weather notes from Dresden area January freezing record
Weather figures show a rare January stay entirely below freezing at Dresden since 1942. Reported lows near -7 degrees on average, with 19 below zero days and a high average of 17.5. Upper air readings indicated 30.12 barometric pressure and winds up to 26 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Dresden
Fire damages Ivanhoe Restaurant in Chicago
A three alarm fire at 3000 North Clark Street damaged the Ivanhoe Restaurant, collapsing roof sections and injuring none. The blaze started in the kitchen and burned the southeast corner, with firefighters using foam around the theater area as crews worked to control the blaze. The building, a former theater restaurant dating to the 1920s, had reopened as a nightclub last August.
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Albert Prendergast
Clark St
Prendergast
Illinois ICC declares 15 day moratorium on residential disconnects
The Illinois Commerce Commission will formalize a 15 day moratorium on disconnecting residential utilities for nonpayment. ICC Chairman Marvin Leiberman said he secured support from commissioners and asked gas and electric utilities to voluntary suspend shutoffs during the extreme cold weekend. The measure follows emergency provisions and takes effect today.
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Springfield
Ill
UPI
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Marvin Leiberman
Leiberman
Gas and Electric Utilities
Arctic Gas Pipeline Wins Favor Over Competing Plans
Federal judge Nahum Litt endorses an $8.5 billion Arctic Gas Study Group plan to build a 4000 mile, 48 inch pipeline from Alaska through Canada to California and Dwight Illinois, arguing greater gas availability, lower cost and reduced environmental harm versus El Paso Alaska and Alcan proposals.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Power Commission
Alaska
Canada
Nahum Litt
Arctic Gas Study Group
Litt
FPC
Arctic Gas
el Paso Alaska Co
Alcan Pipeline Co
North Slope
Alaskan Wildlife Range
Mackenzie River
Alberta
Antioch
Calif
Dwight
Prudhoe Bay
Caroline Junction
el Paso
Point Gravina
Point Conception
British Columbia
Carter
Carter plan urged for swift passage of jobs and tax bill
President Carter's $31.2 billion stimulus aims to spur growth with tax rebates and job programs. Liberals seek more funding for employment and targeted business tax cuts while Republicans push changes to emphasize private- sector incentives. House hearings begin on Wednesday and Senate panels consider an alternate plan as debates start.
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Carter
Washington
UPI
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
House
Ways and Means Committee
Judge seals FBI tapes of King surveillance for 50 years
U.S. District Judge John Lewis Smith orders all FBI bug and wiretap tapes and transcripts relating to Martin Luther King Jr and the SCLC sealed in the National Archives for 50 years. The ruling covers surveillance from 1963 to 1968 and directs copying to archives within 90 days.
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Washington
UPI
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
National
U.S
John Lewis Smith
Bernard Lee
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Smith
Lee
King
SCLC
Senate Select Committee
J. Edgar Hoover
Willard Hotel
Mrs. King
Select
Senate Committee On Intelligence
Atlanta
New York
Three Die As Fire Ravages Pacific Hotel Chicago
Three men died when a blaze swept through the Pacific Hotel on Chicago's Near North Side. Fire officials estimated 75 thousand dollars in damages and said the fire started on the second floor. Authorities opened an arson probe but did not determine a cause.
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Chicago
UPI
Pacific
Near North Side
Cook County
George Coon
Eugene Reiman
T.J. Whitefield
William Foley
Foley
Joseph Deichman
Zoltan Weiss
Weiss
American Red Cross
Trucker Helped Rescue Woman From Bridge Beam
Two unidentified truck drivers and three police officers saved a 30 year old Mound City woman found unconscious on a 4 foot wide bridge support beam 100 feet above the Mississippi River near Cairo. The rescue took about 30 minutes in 8 degree weather with ropes and handcuffs used to secure her.
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Cairo
Ill
UPI
Mississippi River
William Bowers
Illinois
Missouri
Bowers
Charles Caldwell
Larry Bruce
Floyd Woodson
Mound City
Caldwell
Padco Community Hospital
Frostbite Victims In Newark Stranded North Of Morris
Elmer Buchanan 21 and Cynthia 20 of Rte 1 Newark remained in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after frostbite. The couple were stranded in their car near Five Corners north of Morris and reached Chester Hoganson’s residence on Saratoga Rd. They forced entry as the home was cold and phone out of service. They stayed 48 hours until found by Russell Olson of Lisbon. They were moved from Morris Hospital to St. Joseph Hospital for care by a plastic surgeon.
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Elmer Buchanan
Cynthia
Rte. 1
Newark
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris
Five Corners
Chester Hoganson
Saratoga Rd
Nettle Creek Rd
Russell Olson
Lisbon
Morris Hospital
Airport study grant slated for approval
James Peterson of the joint county city airport committee reported a $28,000 comprehensive airport study grant should be approved by end of March. A & E Engineering of Indianapolis will conduct the study with FAA approval expected this quarter. city and county will cover $1,800 to $2,400 of the cost.
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James Peterson
Peterson
A & E Engineering
Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Aviation Association
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Zimmerman's
Zimmerman's Pharmacy
Liberty St
Ivanhoe
Arctic
Alcan
Arctic Gas Study
California
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
MacKenzie Delta
Morris Daily Herald
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