Morris Council Holds Off On School Site Ordinance Action
Mayor reports no decision yet on the 1972 school site donation ordinance after talks with the school board and developers. Council committee changes include new ward representatives and plans to review compensation for the Fraternal Order of Police.
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Donald Davidson Sr
Morris
Davidson
Leon Apanas
Morris Development Corp
Parklake Village
Apanas
City of
James Peacock
Ray Christensen
Donald Barkley
Jay Heap
First Ward
John Maunder
Heap
Maunder
Fraternal Order of Police
Fourth Ward
James Gretencord
Judiciary
F.O O.P
F.O.P
Gretencord
City Planning Commission
Saratoga Towers
Lighted Ball Park Booster Decal Drive Aims for Funds
James Crupi for the Lighted Ball Park Association told City Council about a plan to raise at least 6000 dollars to finish the Morris ball park. Decals reading Morris Lighted Ball Park Booster will be sold at five dollars each, with 1500 decals expected to bring 7500 dollars.
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James Crupi
Lighted
Ball Park Association
Crupi
Ball Park Fund
Ball Park
Grand Slam lottery kicks off with Santo in Chicago
Ron Santo helped launch the new Illinois Grand Slam lottery at the First National Bank of Chicago with a $1 ticket. A $1 million top prize was shown, with weekly prizes from $40 to $100,000 and a life annuity option of $50,000 per year or $1 million. Lottery officials expect a 25 percent revenue boost this spring.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Cubs
White Sox
Ron Santo
Santo
First National Bank of Chicago
Ralph Batch
Weather turns colder with light snow likely tonight
Forecast calls for a drop to the mid teens with snow chance. Mostly cloudy and cooler conditions expected Wednesday with highs in the mid 20s. At 11 am in Morris downtown the temperature was 28 degrees.
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Morris
Quintuplet dies as four cling to life at Park Ridge hospital
Four of the Shaf quintuplets survived after a two day old birth at Park Ridge hospital. Derek Anthony Adam Adrian and Ryan Theodore weighed between 2 5 and 3 2. Ryan died from hyaline membrane disease at 7 55 p.m. CST. The parents Cheryl and Vance Shaf awaited names for their sons and daughters as doctors guided feeding and incubator care for two to three months.
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Chicago
UPI
America
Ryan Theodore Shaf
Shaf
Mehrunnisa A. Zarif
Ryan
Park Ridge Hospital
Cheryl
Vance
Vanessa Ashley
Tiffany Alison
Shafs
Derek Anthony
Adam Adrian
Ryan Theodore
Morton Grove
Procedural hearing ends for Minooka unit district
Nine witnesses testified on a November 20 1972 petition to form a Minooka Channahon community unit district. Grundy County officials debated procedural requirements while awaiting written briefs and a February 27 continuation of the hearing on substantive issues.
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Minooka- Channahan Community Unit
Grundy County
Arthur Meadors
Meadors
Atty
Wayne Johnson
Joliet Township
Troy Community Consolidated
William Penn
Atty. Wilder
Minooka
Channahon
McCoy
Channahon Township
Thompson
Boss
Ritter
Cook
Davidson
Buck
Wilder
Volfe
Stirniman
Atty. Penn
Atty. Johnson
Heartworm Epidemic Reported in Grundy County Area
Veterinarian Dr. Timothy Connor warns Grundy County is now an epidemic area for heartworm in dogs. He describes transmission by mosquitos, incubation timelines, treatment risks, and the option of a preventive drug, urging early testing and care for pets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Wilson
Grundy County
Timothy Connor
Animal Control Act
Connor
Nixon
Burglaries Hit Gardner Area Stores Stolen Meat and Tires
Early today two burglaries near U S 55 and Gardner Rd. targeted the Hen House Restaurant and Sorensen Standard Station. Police report broken doors, meat taken from the restaurant freezer, and four Atlas tires valued at 160 dollars stolen from the gas station.
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U.S. 55
Gardner Rd
Grundy County
Henry Bishop
Gardner
Sorensen’s
Standard Station
Marketti
Vernon Sorensen
Bols Improves After Coronary Attack In Joliet
Leonard Bols 55 a Grundy County Board member and Aux Sable Township Supervisor from Minooka is recovering at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a coronary heart attack at home Thursday night. His wife said visitors will be restricted for a period. Bols has served on the county board since 1968 and as township supervisor.
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Grundy
Aux Sable
Leonard Bols
Rte. 2
Minooka
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Juvenile Delinquent Defined as Free-Range Youth
A juvenile delinquent is described as a youngster given a free hand but not in the proper place. The phrase frames youth misbehavior as a misapplied freedom rather than inherent wrongdoing.
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Barkley
Richard Schweickert
Illinois Department of Conservation
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Thomas Suddarth
Elmo Younger
Deirren Ford
Newark
Jim Smith Olds
Grundy Motors
Talty Chevrolet
Younger
E. Newton Dr
Morris Daily Herald
First National Bank of Morris
McGrath
Liberty St
Robert Gilbertson
Elmo Ray Younger
Mayor Davidson
Herald
By Berkey
Liberty
Morris Rob't
Chitwood
Quint
Minooka Unit
Channahon Village
Steve Ritter
Lee Thompson
Orville Bols
Mary Jane Noonan
George Cook
Robert Cook
William Davidson
Donald Wolfe
James Stirniman
JTHS
Troy
Will
Richard Buck
Noonan
Saratoga
Morris Community High School
Atty. Buck
Mark Allen Coil
Benton St
Paul Ehrman
Liberty Walgreen
Eugene Funk
W. Main St
Coil
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