County Tops Goal with 166 Pints at Red Cross Bloodmobile
Grundy County residents donated 166 pints during a six hour Red Cross bloodmobile visit at Kenrick Hall. The total topped the Monday goal of 150 pints and was the highest since 1969. Volunteers from Federal Paper Board and Immaculate Conception Church helped collect and feed donors.
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Grundy County
Red Cross
Kenrick Hall
E. Jackson St
Halloran
Immaculate Conception Church
Morris Federal Paper Board
Federal
Morris Considers Welcome Highway Signs for Town Entrances
Representatives from eight Morris organizations met at the Chamber of Commerce to plan welcome signs for Morris at the north and south Illinois 47 entrances. Designers may feature agriculture and industry themes, with 10 to 15 insignias excluded to keep travelers welcome.
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Morris
Chamber of Commerce
Illinois 47
Civic Pride Committee
Gerry Matte
Grant Phillips Continuance Today on Coal City Charges
The case involves two Coal City men linked to ex mayor Joseph T. Phillips. Michael A. Phillips 18 faced July charges of reckless driving and eluding police with a $100 fine and $10 costs for one count. other counts were dismissed. Joseph T. Phillips Jr. 32 received a continuance to March 24 on charges including reckless driving and resisting arrest.
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Grant Phillips
Coal City
Joseph T. Phillips
James R. Fleming
Chester Winsor
Morris
Michael A. Phillips
Garfield St
C. A. Filkins
Phillips
Joseph T. Phillips Jr
S. Broadway St
Atty. Fleming
Danny Kirchner
Mild to cool spell with patchy sun and chilly nights
Today mild conditions continued with noon readings in the upper 40s. Overnight low at Collins Weather station reached 35. Tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with a mid 20s low. Wednesday expects variable clouds and a higher in the low 30s with a chance of morning snow flurries. Monday high reached 45, 9 am 42 at the station and 11 am 46 in downtown Morris.
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Collins
Morris
Alderman Davidson in Fair Condition at Morris Hospital
Third ward alderman Donald Davidson of 114 E North St was reported in fair condition this morning at Morris Hospital after being taken there at 7 15 p m Monday by his wife. His mother says a week long bout with flu caused lung congestion.
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Third Ward
Donald Davidson
E. North St
Morris Hospital
Brick chosen for Morris Public Library project
Morris public library board selects smooth Cocoa Brown Colonial brick from Streator Brick Co at 73.65 per 1000 for 40 000 bricks, leaving 400 for furnishings. Delivery four to five days. Bidding for office equipment furniture stacks and carpeting to follow. Local bids encouraged and old stacks reused with new end panels.
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New Morris
Robert Freund
Streator
Freund
Robert Macdonald
Conrad Weitz
Coal City Board Plans Special Meetings Over Police Complaints
The Coal City Village Board set two special 7 p.m. meetings for Friday and Wednesday March 4 to hear citizens and police on police methods. A letter from Joseph and Margaret Phillips accuses police of Gestapo tactics and mace abuse and requests action. Mayor Brown read the letter and arranged the sessions.
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Phillips
Coal City Village Board
Coal City
Coal City Village Board of Commissioners
Joseph T. Phillips Jr
Margaret E. Phillips
LeRoy Brown
John Zerboglio
Theodore R. Smith
Ogilvie Warns on Public Aid and School Costs
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie warned Illinois faces major increases in public aid and school expenditures with no tax cuts likely. He noted a 160 million rise in public aid next year, called the aid problem out of control, and said the state will live within its income while urging budget priorities and possible boosts for school grants.
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Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Council Okays Six Policemen
Six men who passed a written test for part time police work and were recommended by the Morris Police Commission were approved for duty by the City Council. The Judiciary Committee made the recommendation. Names: Alan D. Love, Carl L. Bremenkamp, George G. McIntosh, Paul W. Ehrman, Wendell Johnson, Jerry E. Murphy.
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Morris
Mayor Hires Relative as Meter Maid in Albion
Mayor William Monacelli of Albion hires his second cousin's wife Joanne Monacelli as a meter maid. The first citation on her beat involved the mayor's own car, and he quips he paid a buck to learn about the tie to his family.
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Albion
N.Y
William Monacelli
Joanne Monacelli
New York
Two People Injured After Car Loses Wheel on I-80
A 1967 Pontiac lost its left front wheel 5 miles west of Illinois 47 on Interstate 80 at 3 a.m. Today. Driver William M. Koontz 21 of Ft. Sheridan MP company and passenger Kathleen Powers 22 of Pittsburgh were injured. Koontz in fair condition Powers in guarded condition at Morris Hospital. Car overturned and was towed. Koontz cited for unsafe equipment.
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Morris Hospital
William M. Koontz
Military Police
Ft. Sheridan
Kathleen Powers
Pittsburgh
Ilinois 47
Quilter Named New Sports Editor for Morris Daily Herald
Herald announces Harry Quilter of Normal will assume sports editor duties at the Morris Daily Herald replacing Terry Tripp after three years. Quilter formerly led Ottawa’s sports desk for 21 years, briefly left in 1966 for Bloomington Panograph writing, then worked as a full and part time writer and ad copy creator in Bloomington. His wife Ann teaches physical education at Bloomington Central Catholic High School and their two sons Scott and Jeff will stay in Normal through the school year’s end.
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Harry Quilter
Normal
Ottawa Republican Times
The
Daily Times
Morris Daily Herald
Quilter
Terry Tripp
Ottawa
Bloomington
Biddle
Robert Lichly
Ann
Bloomington Central Catholic High School
Scott
Normal Community High School
Jeff
Telephone listings show 912 prefix total count
A note states there are 3 879 telephone listings with the 912 prefix excluding extensions. The figure highlights the volume of local numbers connected to that area code.
Morris City hires bond firm for water sewer project
The Morris City Council hired M. B. Vick & Co. of Chicago for 5500 to aid selling water and sewer revenue bonds to partly finance a secondary sewage disposal plant. An estimated 450000 in bonds may be sold with a 297790 federal grant aiding the project. April 27 bid date was set and a 30 to 60 day audit and prospectus period was noted.
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M. B. Vick & Co
S. LaSalle St
Chicago
Morris City Council
Ustimata
Tha Nwaiant
Walter Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Gilman
John Hendrickson
Finance Committee
Tracy Adcock
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Donald Davidson
Robert Gilbertson
Hendrickson
Hornsby
Hundt
Charles Roseland
Adcock
Anderson
U.S. Treasury
First National Bank
Grundy County National Bank
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Norton
Donald Caisley
Robert White
White
U. S. Treasury
James Stine
Roseland
Nationwide search for two missing Alabama girls expands
Two sisters Tina Cain age 3 and Tiffany Cain age 2 were abducted at gunpoint from a Choctaw County trailer. Federal investigators consider possible federal kidnapping charges. A step brother of the mother is questioned as part of the probe. Father Alan Cain reportedly owes a gambling debt, a claim his wife Debra Cain denies.
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Alan Cain
Cain
Debra Cheyrl Cain
Tucson
Ariz
Snicker-A-Day: rabbit halitosis pun lands flat
A groan worthy joke lands as a rabbit with bad breath fumbles a big win, a hare’s breath shy of success, delivering a light humorous aside rather than a sharp punchline.
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County
Alan Spangler
Red Cross Blood Program
John Halloran
John George
W. North St
Vernon Kaldheim
George St
Victor R. Rockowski
Robinson Drive
Richard A. Bauer
Fulton St
David Myer
Rte. 1
James C. Frizzell
Mazon
Edward Wakeman
Rte
David Wharrie
Dell Noble
Ronald Hanson
James Burns
Gardner
Morris Summers
Marseilles
Dwight
Newark
Braceville
Minooka
Seneca
South Wilmington
Joliet
Memphis
Tenn
W. F. Breisch
L. J. Wilhelmi
van Hicks
Wesley Haag
S. G. Smolen
Marie Bell
Raymond Lee
Russell Thomas
Robert Hunter Jr
Wesley Harrell
Vincent Higgins
Women of Immaculate Conception Church
Luella Hale
Matteson
North States
Morris Public Library
Liberty and
North Sts
Thorsen and Thorsen
Crystal Lake
Herald
Coal City Police
Wayne Roseland
Council
Urabe
Romine
Koontz
City
William Norton
Glen Anderson
Robert Wren
Caisley
Wren
N. Union St
Joe Murphy
Union St
Murphy
Nettle Creek
Television Inspection Company
Jack O'Hagan
Morris Junior Woman's Club
William Allan
Richard Schweickert
Charles O’brien
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