Coal City Considers Hiring Dogcatcher To Enforce Stray Dog Ordinance
Coal City officials discussed hiring a dogcatcher to enforce the stray dog ban as police currently handle calls. Mayor Phillips and several commissioners supported creating a post, noting risks of bites and summer increases. They debated holding animals at a lagoon site and updating related procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
William Wharrie
Wharrie
Allen Conant
Conant
Edward Connors
Joseph Phillips
James Testa
Testa
Wharfie
Four Indicted For Burglaries In Grundy County
A Grundy County Grand Jury indicted four defendants on multiple burglary charges. Robert Goodlet of Morris faces two burglary counts and one theft count for a Washington Street break in on August 17. Lewis Mahood of Division Street is charged with two theft counts and three burglary counts for burglaries at Bedford Liquors Kroger Heap Insurance Agency in January. Robert Roberts of Chicago Heights and Anthony Gemmato of Park Forest were named in two burglary counts each. Bail set at 20 000 for Goodlet 100 000 for Mahood 50 000 for Roberts and Gemmato. March 1 set for Mahood motions. no arraignments scheduled.
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Grundy County
Robert Goodlet
Morris
Lewis Elmer Mahood
Division St
Robert D. Roberts
Chicago Heights
Anthony R. Gemmato
Park Forest
Goodlet
Raymond J. Kindelspire
Washington St
Mahood
Bedford Liquors
Bedford Road
Kroger Co
Heap Insurance Agency
Chicago
Jack Pot Sow Chaos Affects Many Men Fortunes
A terse note discusses how a single gambling event or jackpot ruins many men financially, implying widespread harm from speculative gains and risky wagers. The piece reflects caution about high stakes drawing people into precarious bets.
Weather outlook with chilly temps across region
Cloudiness was expected to move out by nightfall as temperatures fall into the teens in the north. Partly sunny and cold Wednesday forecast with highs in the lower 30s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported 47 as high and 29 low. At 7 am the temperature was 30 degrees and precipitation measured 0.07.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Mitchell to head Nixon campaign
Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell resigns to lead President Nixon’s re election effort. Nixon designates deputy Atty. Gen. Richard G. Kleindienst to succeed him effective March 1. White House signals support, though liberal and civil rights groups vow opposition to Kleindienst.
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Washington
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Richard G. Kleindienst
Mitchell
Kleindienst
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Senate
Ziegler
Presi
Dent
Oval Office
Arends Links Lincoln Crisis to Nixon Era at Lincoln Dinner
Congressman Leslie Arends, Republican Whip and Gr undy County candidate, framed 1968 crises as parallel to Lincoln era trials during the fourth annual Lincoln Day Dinner at Morris High School. He blamed Democrats for long‑standing problems from Vietnam to welfare and urged reform while praising Nixon’s efforts.
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Leslie Arends
Morris Community High School
Clifford Carlson
Geneva
George Ryan
Kankakee
Bernice Phillips
Morris
Hazel Watson
Charleston
Illinois Federation of Republican Women
Edward Pack
Republican Women’s Club
Carlson
Ryan
Herald
Leslie C. Arends
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon
Grundy County
Arends
House of Representatives
Illinois
Melvin
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
NATO
Lincoln
Malraux Briefs Nixon Ahead of China Visit
President Nixon, after widening trade with China, receives an 80 minute briefing from Andre Malraux and hosts a White House dinner as aides sketch a rough itinerary for a week long China trip. The plan includes meetings with Communist leaders, four banquets in three cities, and tours of the Great Wall. Nixon will travel Thursday using Chinese built limousines and government supplied aircraft.
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Washington
China
Nixon
France
Andre Malraux
White House
Great Wall
Malraux
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
Soviet Union
Peking
Hangchow
Pair Charged in Getty Extortion Plot Against Cook County Defender
An assistant public defender Carolyn Jaffe and ex co worker Gerald Hartsman are charged with extorting money from Gerald W. Getty chief public defender of Cook County. A $500 payment reported before their Thursday arrest. Jaffe released on $5,000 bond and Hartsman on $25,000 bond.
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Chicago
Gerald W. Getty
Cook County
Carolyn J. Jaffe
Gerald S. Hartsman
Miss Jaffe
Getty
Hartsman
Gardner Village Board Sets Dog Tying Rule
Gardner Village Board met with Mayor LeRoy Wright in the chair. A note from Gard ner-South Wilmington High School thanked the village for snow removal from the parking lot. The board decided all village dogs must be tied or be deemed strays. Perry Brooks of Chamlin Associates attended with a village drainage map.
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Gardner
LeRoy Wright
Gardner-South Wilmington
George Porth
Frank Humbert
Kingman’s Road
Perry Brooks
Chamlin Associates
Morris
Sears payments approved for special prosecutor team
A Chicago Circuit Court judge approved a $105,000 payment to Barnabas F. Sears, who led a grand jury inquiry that led to the indictment of State's Atty. Edward V. Hanrahan and 13 others. Judge Joseph A. Power also approved payments to Sears and four associates.
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Chicago
Barnabas F. Sears
Atty
Edward V. Hanrahan
Joseph A. Power
Sears
Assessments Not Changed In Grundy County Hearings
No adjustment was made on Northern Petrochemical Co. or Burdett Oxygen personal property assessments. Hearings in February addressed complaints filed by James McEvilly. Several cases saw adjustments, while others had no cause for adjustment or were withdrawn.
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Northern Petrochemical Co
Burdett Oxygen
Grundy County
Supervisor of Assessments
Democratic
James McEvilly
McEvilly
Northern Petrochemical
Joe Laughary
Brown and Lambrecht
Morris Construction Co
Grundy County National Bank
Charles Baker
Gardner
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John Nicoletti
John Zerboglio
Planning Commission
Nicoletti
Joliet
St. Joseph Hospital
Roman Smyk
Heart Fund
Valvoline
North States Oil CO
Rte
Vietnam
Kennedy
Roosevelt
Southeast Asia
Morris Daily Herald
MCHS
Morris Lions Club
Gould Park Shelter
Robert Hunter
Park Shelter
Osage Beach
Dennis Hilton
Brenda
Marden's
Hecht
Joe’s
Lion
Richard Bauer
Hunter
U.S
John Venters
Braceville
Emil Buberle
Richard and
Rodney Springer
Wauponsee St
Dale Wills
E. Jefferson St
Ed Bernstein
Liberty St
John McNulty
Vine St
Allan Parker
E. Jackson St
John Dullard
Board of Review
Cardox
Josephine Kruger
E. Benton St
Richard Sparta
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