Rail crossing bills proposed in Illinois House
Harold Hubbell questions need for grade separation on Illinois 47 as the highway widens to four lanes. Rep. Palmer's bills would curb train blockages to ten minutes and allow five minute car breaks during switching, but were tabled for now with a hint of possible reintroduction next year.
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Arlene Bennyhoff
Illinois
Public Utilities Committee
House
Rep
Palmer
Blue Island
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago
East St. Louis
General Assembly
Morris
Morris district approves $2,050,740 tentative budget for 1972-73
Morris Elementary District 54 board approves a tentative budget of 2,050,740 for the 1972-73 year, a 90,000 increase led by 57,000 for salary raises. The plan expects a small tax rise and a projected year end balance of 5,674.06, with deficits offset by other funds. The meeting covered unit-district feasibility, school contracts, text adoption, staff hires, easement with the city, and YMCA field use.
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Board of Education
Morris Elementary District No
James Peterson
Financial Committee
Peterson
Education Fund
Donald Marth
David Schmid
Illinois School Community Service
Naperville
Jacquelin Galloway
Marth
Gerald MacTague
Gordon Lear
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Donald Zwiers
Morris Plans Mobile Home Fee Schedule Endorsed
Morris Planning Commission approved a motion 7 to 0 at a council meeting in the First National Bank community room to establish mobile home park fees. The panel set a public hearing for July 18 at 7 30 p.m. for Lakewood Estates annexation and discussed foundation standards but offered no recommendation. Members also backed an Illinois 47 grade separation over the Rock Island crossing and arranged yearlong meeting dates at the bank with Hackett coordinating.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
Arthur Hornsby Jr
James Crupi
Richard Bauer
Dennis Hackett
Clyde Baker
Angie Patti
Austin Bollen
Lakewood Estates
Rock Island and Pacific Crossing
Crups
Hornsby
Illinois Division of Highways
Ottawa
Allen Kracover
Hackett
First National Bank
Unseasonably Cool Tempers Despite Warm Afternoon Projections
Weather records show temperatures dipping into the 40s overnight with today’s highs forecast mid 70s. The forecast calls for a partly sunny Friday with a chance of thunderstorms and lower 80s. Observations include Dresden Island Locks high 73 and low 48, Morris at 11 am 71 degrees.
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National Weather Service
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Russia China Pressure Suspected in Hanoi Peace Talks
Western diplomats say they see no evidence that Moscow or Peking are pressuring North Vietnam toward a settlement. Officials note arms supply remains ongoing and no cutoff of aid has occurred. Russian and Chinese spokesmen declined formal comment on rumors of urging Hanoi to end the war.
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London
Russia
China
North Vietnam
Nikolai V. Podgorny
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Moscow
Dix, Marshall Workers In Fair Condition After Cave In
Public Works Director Wilfred Dix and city employee Phillip Marshall, both of Dix, were listed in fair condition at Morris Hospital. Dix was admitted Saturday for a possible leg blood clot after tests from June 19 to 24. Marshall, injured in a Daly Ave cave in Thursday, fractured his pelvis and suffered internal injuries.
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Wilfred Dix
Morris Hospital
Phillip Marshall
Carson House
N. Liberty St
Marshall
Daly Ave
Meals on Wheels Emerges From Joliet Can Do Project
Doris Dalton described Joliet-Will County’s Meals on Wheels program developed under Project Can Do to aid elderly residents in Joliet Housing Authority buildings. The effort, funded by $10,000 start, hires welfare mothers to prepare and deliver meals, costs 70 cents to $1.25 per meal, and serves 40 seniors five days weekly with potential federal funding to expand.
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Arlene Bennyhoff
Inter-Agency Council
Doris Dalton
Joliet-Will County
Joliet
Joliet Housing Authority
Joliet Junior College
St. Joseph Hospital
Congress
Dalton
Illinois
Chicago
Department of Public Aid
Grundy County
Grundy
Will County
Vernon Johnson
Illinois State Employment Service
Sue Morse
Housing Authority
Morris Post Office Revenue Rises Over Last Year
Postmaster William V. Martin reports Morris Post Office receipts total $307,907.59, up $51,733.16 from the prior year. Stamp sales reach $180,383, postage meters add $81,171 with $12,271 from the new meter. Second and third class and bulk mail yield $25,964 while other revenue including money orders and rentals adds $8,000. The facility employs 21 full time and 11 part time staff.
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Morris
William V. Martin
Credentials fight to high court
Democratic forces urge Chief Justice Burger to call a special Supreme Court session over a ruling on McGovern delegates. Daley allies seek federal court intervention to seat Illinois delegates ousted by the Credentials Committee. No action date set.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
George McGovern
Democratic Party
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Burger
McGovern
California
Daley
Illinois
Jerome Torshen
Leo Acwagerhy
Torshen
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Rock Island Railroad
Elmhurst
Roa
Morris Daily Herald
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van Duyne Plumbing
Barr
van Duyne
District No. 54
Eugene Hayes
Shabbona School
American Book Co
Bud Baudino
Stine School
Center School
Mrs. Bell
Patricia C. Haleman
Katherine Wills
Garfield
Clifford Fosen
Garfield School
Catherine Baring
Ann Ford
Lloyd Torbeck
Special Education Coop
Galloway
Bell
Morris Community High School
Trinity
YMCA
Mac Tague
Morris Firemen
Herald
the Cabaret
Ant. B. Price Co
Washington St
Vietnam
Dix
Will County United Crusade and
Will County Board
Morris Post Office
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