Three Township Hearings On Zoning In Grundy County
Public hearings on zoning were held Friday in Garfield Braceville and Maine townships by the Grundy County Zoning Commission under the proposed Grundy County zoning ordinance. Braceville meetings focused on cemetery zoning misclassification and extending business district frontage on Mitchell Street.
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Garfield
Maine
Braceville Townships
Grundy County
Braceville
Coal City
Godley
Commission
Mitchell St
North Sts
John Gilchrist
Gorman
Garfield Township
Arthur Bozue Jr
Erienna
Norman
Town Hall
Wauponsee
Funeral services set for State Rep William Zacha ck i
Chicago mourns State Representative William M. Zachacki age 55 who died Saturday night after a cancer battle. The Northwest Side Democrat, serving a second term, passed away in Augustana Hospital after multiple operations.
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Chicago
William M. Zachacki
D-16th
Augustana Hospital
Zachacki
Saigon Education Minister Le Minh Tri Dies in Grenade Attack
Education Minister Le Minh Tri, an American trained physician, was killed when a grenade exploded his car in downtown Saigon. His driver and two bodyguards were wounded as two youths fled on a motorcycle. Tri, 46, led a difficult ministry amid widespread Viet Cong activity and a recent lull in major battles.
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Saigon
le Minh Tri
Tri
U.S
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Snow Removal Notice for Liberty Street
Acting Mayor Donald Davidson announced snow removal starts on Liberty Street at 11 p.m. tonight. Cars must be moved from Illinois Avenue to the railroad tracks and a block on each side. vehicles remaining after 11 p.m. will be towed at the owner's expense.
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Donald Davidson
Liberty St
Illinois Ave
Cold spell grips Morris with mixed precipitation forecast
The U S Weather Bureau predicts cloudy and colder weather tonight with a chance of snow flurries and a low near 12 degrees. Snow is likely midweek with highs around 20 to 25 degrees and four inches already fallen near Collins Weather Station. precipitation totals may reach about a quarter inch water equivalent through Friday.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Icy pavement links three injured in city collision
Three people were hurt at 3 20 p m Sunday in a two car crash on Division Street in front of Klinker s Gulf Service Station. Andrew Veronda 68 of Coal City in fair condition at Morris Hospital with tests and x rays ahead. Charles Reader 50 Coal City and Doris Groeling 61 Pecatonica treated and released. Albert Groeling 63 Pecatonica not injured. Groeling lost control on slick pavement causing the crash with Veronda s 1959 Studebaker. Both cars heavily damaged and towed from the scene.
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Division St
Klinker
Gulf Service Station
Morris Hospital
Andrew Veronda
Coal City
Veronda
Charles Reader
Auto
Doris Groeling
Pecatonica
Albert Groeling
Groeling
Morris
William Button
Jim Gretencord
Report on College Classes At Morris Community High School
The Morris Community High School Board of Education meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday will include a report on junior college satellite classes along with life safety re modeling, changes in state school lunch policy, and equipment updates. Also planned are a pickup truck replacement and driver education car garage alterations.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Youth Dies Seven Weeks After Auto Accident
Richard A. Valerio, 16, of Morris, died after seven weeks of unconsciousness from a head injury suffered November 16 when his car skidded into a ditch near Minooka. He was a Morris Community High School junior, worked at Morris Shoe Store, and is survived by his parents Robert and Charlene Valerio, a brother, and grandparents.
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Richard A. Valerio
Union St
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris Community High School
Minooka
Morris Shoe Store
Robert
Charlene (Brooks) Valerio
Morris
John Valerio
Bradley
Fern Watson
Sparks
Nev
Fred Brooks
Five File Second Petitions Saturday In City Primary Chase
Five candidates filed second nominating petitions Saturday with the city clerk by 11 15 am ahead of the February 25 city primary. Elmo Ray Younger Arthur Hornsby Jr and Richard Bauer joined other contenders for wards two three and four alderman and mayor Robert Gilbertson had filed for fourth ward. Saturday noon marked the deadline for second petitions though several hopefuls have not yet presented additional papers.
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Elmo Ray Younger
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Third Ward
Richard Bauer
John Hendrickson
Floyd Siron
Robert Gilbertson
Fourth Ward
David Sklut
James Stine
Second Ward
Everet Lois
Eugene Chamberlain
Buford Willis
Laird appoints Chafee Navy Secretary in defense shakeup
Defense Secretary designate Melvin R. Laird names Rhode Island Governor John H. Chafee to head the Navy and MIT professor Robert C. Seamans Jr. to run the Air Force. Stanley R. Resor is nominated to stay as Army secretary. Senate confirmation required.
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Washington
Nixon
Laird
David Packard
California
Defense Department
Chafee
Rhode Island
Paul R. Ignatius
Navy
Clark M. Clifford
Pentagon
Willmarths Rescued After Snowbound Ordeal in Wisconsin Forest
Mr and Mrs Carroll Willmarth were found safe after three weeks stranded in a Clark County forest near Holcombe Wisconsin. Sheriff David Bertz and three deputies used two snowmobiles to reach their snowbound trailer through about 30 inches of snow. The couple survived on squirrels and a porcupine with a makeshift wood heater after their heating fuel ran out on Christmas Eve. They had arrived Nov 20 for deer season and were unable to leave as snow deepened since Dec 16.
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Standley
Wis
Carroll Willmarth
Clark County
Willmarth
David Bertz
Bertz
Holcombe
Stanley
Leap year nudges Grundy marriage licenses in 1968
Grundy County records show 1968 marriage licenses reached 305, up from 279 in 1967 a 9 percent rise. County Clerk Nels Nelson notes the leap year effect with 1972 looming three years ahead.
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Nels Nelson
Grundy County
Five Inches of Snow Falls in Morris Area
A winter storm dropped about five inches of snow in Grundy County with drifts over two feet. Roads became snow packed and hazardous as crews plowed and salted. most area schools closed while some remained open. Temperatures hovered around 20 degrees with forecasted continued cold and more flurries.
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Grundy County
Morris
Immaculate Conception
Gardner
County
Morris Garage
Illinois Department of Highways
District 5
State Police
Joliet
Will
Kendall
Grundy
Car Skids and Rolls on Ice Near Interstate 80
A 22 year old Evanston woman received minor injuries after a 1967 Volkswagen she rode in rolled over several times on ice three miles west of Illinois 47 on Interstate 80. Betty Phelan of Evanston and Ann Hyde of La Crosse Wisconsin were involved. Hyde escaped injury. The car was towed from the scene by Romine's Standard Service Station wrecker.
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Evanston
Morris Hospital
Ilinois 47
Betty Phelan
Ann Hyde
la Crosse
Wis
Romine
Conservation Men Attend Carkhuff Rites
Forty Illinois Department of Conservation members attended the funeral of Lyle James Carkhuff in Morris. Leader Martin Joyce and deputy chief Larry Withrow spoke of the loss Jim’s death leaves to the closely knit department. Darkhuff named outstanding man for 1968 and a department dinner planned. Funeral services were at Davis Funeral Home with burial in Sample Cemetery.
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Illinois Department of Conservation
Lyle James Carkhuff
William Lodge
Martin Joyce
Larry Withrow
U.S. 36
Jim
Withrow
Department of Conservation
Darkhuff
Department
Morris
Illinois GOP leaders offer broad program without tax proposals
Springfield leaders Arrington and Smith outlined a legislative program for the incoming General Assembly focusing on management and reform. They avoided definite tax proposals awaiting a revenue study, urged annual budgeting, and called for police aid, youth justice reforms, junior college review, and highway safety upgrades.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois General Assembly
W. Russell Arrington
Evanston
GOP
Ralph R. Smith
Alton
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Illinois
Arrington
Smith
Legislative Party
Samuel H. Shapiro
Chicago Board to Consider CTU Contract Demands
The Chicago board of education will meet to review a contract offer from Chicago Teachers Union negotiators after a marathon session last night and this morning. CTU members may vote on a strike today as talks focus on new educational programs and a $40 monthly salary increase amid a potential $48 million 1968 budget deficit.
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Chicago
Board of Education
Chicago Teachers Union
CTU
John E. Desmond
Fourth Victim in Rural Crash Near Urbana Illinois
A single car crash near Broadlands Illinois claimed four lives Sunday. Victims include William Davis 42 Broadlands his wife Judith and Mr and Mrs Roy Boyd both Broadlands. The car ran off a rural road and all occupants perished. one victim died later at Urbana hospital.
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Urbana
Til
Broadlands Dee
William Davis
Broadlands
Judith
Roy Boyd
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