Social Security service cutbacks proposed for Morris
Joliet district official Michael Farrell reports a formal plan to reduce Social Security services in Morris. The plan would bar field visits except on radio show days, limit staff to two or one workers on specified Tuesdays, and apply similar cuts seen at Peotone, Stateville, and Argonne Laboratories. The Morris council and Grundy County bodies oppose the changes, while Livingston faces internal scrutiny and has filed charges alleging prejudice and unfair procedures intended to undermine his work.
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Chuck Livingston
Social Security District
Joliet
B. O'Neal Enger
Main St
Livingston
Morris
Morris Eagles Lodge
Liberty
Washington Sts
Social Security Administration
Herald
Michael Farrell
Charles L
Chuck) Livingston
Social Security Office
Peotone
Stateville
Argonne Laboratories
Morris City
James Peacock
W. T. Jaynes
Grundy County Board
Grundy County Housing Authority
John Geppert
Bell Illinois Telephone Wins ICC Hike In Local Rates
Illinois Bell gains permission to raise pay phone calls from 10 to 20 cents and add a 10 cent local directory assistance charge. ICC expects $70 million new annual revenue, with six free directory calls monthly and a 30 cent bill credit for nonusers.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Marvin Lieberman
Illinois Bell
Illinois
Lieberman
Kissinger Pays Courtesy Visit to Nixon at San Clemente
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met former President Richard Nixon for about an hour at Nixon’s oceanside retreat in San Clemente. A State Department spokesman said Kissinger made the stop Monday after noon, traveling by Marine Corps helicopter from Los Angeles where he addressed civic groups.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Oceanside
State Department
Kissinger
Marine Corps
Los Angeles
Cold and cloudy with possible overnight snow forecast
Weather bulletin notes a mostly cloudy cold night with a chance of snow by morning and subfreezing to near freezing lows. Thursday may bring snow to the north with a high in the 20s.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Two Men Die In Champaign Street Shootings
Police say two men were found shot to death near a north Champaign sidewalk after midnight. A suspect is in custody. one gun traced to a man drinking at a nearby tavern. The second victim is identified as James Rogers, a Champaign resident in his 40s. Authorities will decide on charges.
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Champaign
Ill
UPI
Indiana
James Rogers
Champaign County State's Attorney's Office
Urbana High School to partially restore activities if tax referendum passes
Urbana district plans to restore some extracurriculars including athletics at Urbana High School if a March 11 tax referendum is approved. The district would allocate 30 000 to activities and 170 000 to restore teacher positions, funded by a 32 cent per 100 assessed valuation tax increase after prior failures.
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Urbana, Ill
UPI
Urbana High School
Fire kills six in Cicero nursing home blaze
A fourth floor fire at Cermak House nursing home Cicero left six elderly residents dead and 21 hospitalized. Authorities said most victims died in one room believed to be 420 or 421 with extensive fire, smoke, and water damage on the fourth floor.
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Chicago
UPI
Cicero
Joseph Geriba
Cermak House
Geriba
Don Malicki
Cicero Police
Cermak Rd
Loop
Wincrest
Denise Watson
Joliet Council Delays Water-Supply Decision Amid Study
The Joliet City Council postponed action on the future water source until the Illinois Water Survey study due July or August. Public Water Commission doubts 25 year well sufficiency and favors river water from Kankakee or Des Plaines with an estimated 30 to 50 million dollar switch. Deitz Clark warns of rising industrial use and urges water conservation and recycling.
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Joliet City
Illinois Water Survey
Grundy County
Joliet
Will County
Public Water Commission
Deitz-Clark
Kankakee
Des Plaines
Jess Deitz
Clark-Deitz
Deitz
Illinois Water Supply
Don Tezak
Joliet Prison Inmate Dies From Cell Fire Burns
Joliet inmate Jaw. David Elleson aged 19 from Chicago died at St Anthony's Hospital Rockford after a Jan 23 transfer from Silver Cross Hospital Joliet with burns covering 56 percent of his body. Investigators say the fire started when he fell asleep smoking in bed in his cell while serving a four year term for armed robbery.
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Collins St
Joliet
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Rockford
David Elleson
Chicago
Silver Cross Hospital
Elleson
Brookfield Township residents oppose Seneca Marseilles merger
About 60 Brookfield Township tenants and landowners attended Seneca High School Board meetings to oppose a unit merger with Marseilles. They urged the boards to remain in the current dual system, while acknowledging a possible appeal. The session also covered warrants for District 160 and an upcoming Feb 16 continuation.
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Seneca
Brookfield Township
Seneca High School
Marseilles
Mary Ann Muffler
Board of Education
LaSalle County
Vienna Township
Norman Township
Grundy County
Seneca Township
Commonwealth Edison
Dupont
Seneca High School Board
Seneca Grade School
Joseph Cronin
John Nolan
Cronin
Joseph Mini
George Dennis
Leigh
Lamb
Joe Bruno
Russell Tendall
Francis Maierhofer
Don Danielson
Milton Pope
Nettle Creek
Ransom
Streator
Ottawa
Ronald Timmons
Bill Steep
Education
IMRF
Joyce Barla
Pickets Shut Down Six Southern Illinois Mines
Roving pickets halted operations at six mines in Southern Illinois today. The shutdown affected more than 2,200 workers across Freeman United at Waltonville and nearby sites, Old Ben 24 near Benton, Old Ben 26 near Sesser, and Inland Steel near Sesser, amid a dispute likely tied to disciplinary action at one mine.
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Marion
Ill
UPI
Southern Illinois
Otis J. Gibson
Springfield
Illinois Coal Operators Association
Freeman United Coal Co
Waltonville
Benton
Old Ben
Sesser
Inland Steel
Gibson
Freeman United
Re-arrest in Kankakee murder case of Faulkner
James Herman Faulkner was re arrested after police obtained crime lab results linking bullets from Donald Snyders murder to the gun found near the victims car. He faces two counts of murder and one count of theft and is held without bond. Leonard Sacks, Faulkners attorney, filed a $1 million suit against Kankakee County alleging civil rights violations.
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Kankakee, Ill
UPI
James Herman Faulkner
Kankakee
Donald Snyder
Faulkner
Illinois Crime Lab
Joliet
Snyder
Kankakee County
Edward P. Drolet
Drolet
Leonard F. Sacks
Larry F. Hildebrand
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Citizens Advisory Council
Loretto Hospital
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Berwyn
Loretto
Gemba
Richard J. Daley
City Council
Cermak
the Health, Education and Welfare Department
Michael A. Werckle
Illinois Department of Public Health
Morris Daily Herald
Seneca-Marseilles
Committee of Ten
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