State aid plan boosts Grundy County but cuts districts
Illinois lawmakers approved the Joyce amend ment proposing $69.6 million more state school aid for 1978 79. Grundy County districts see varied changes with Morris 101 and Morris 54 receiving little or no aid due to rising assessments and an overpayment adjustment. Saratoga Nettle Creek and Coal City districts gain modest funds while Mazon-Verona-Kinsman and Gardner district figures shift based on per district assessments and attendance.
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James Thompson
Grundy County
Jerome Joyce
Joyce
Thompson
Appropriations Committee
General Assembly
Illinois House
Senate
Morris Community
Morris
Darrell Elliott
Illinois Office of Education
MCHS
Harold Sutter
Sutter
Elliott
Saratoga
Robert Chord
Nettle Creek
Mazon
Coal City
Minooka
Minooka Consolidated
Gardner-South Wilmington
South Wilmington Consolidated
Gardner
Braceville
Search continues at Braidwood pit for missing Chicago youth
A rescue effort for 19 year old Mark Aron Jelinek, reportedly living in Bemis Woods, Western Springs, continues at the Braidwood strip mine pit after divers failed to find the body. Dragging halted. boat-supported search persists as Will County deputies and Wilmington and Braidwood police coordinate. Depths reach 85 feet hampering recovery.
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Braidwood
Will County
Wilmington
Mark Aron Jelinek
Bemis
Fern Ave
Lyons
Jelinek
Weather Forecast and Readings at Dresden Island Locks
Weather fair and cooler tonight with a low in the low to mid 50s. Tuesday mostly sunny with a high in the mid to upper 70s. Weekend at Dresden Island Locks and Dam saw a high of 83 and a low of 59 on Saturday, and a high of 87 and a low of 59 on Sunday. At 7 am today 60 degrees, Morris at 10:15 am 69. Precipitation measured at .21.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Two Friday Accidents In District 5 Reported
Illinois State Police District 5 had no reports today on two Friday crashes. One crash on Illinois 71, two miles north of Newark, involved minor injuries and occurred at 12 06 p m. The other on I 55, three miles south of Gardner, at 1 30 p m caused only property damage according to a district spokesman.
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Illinois
District 5
Illinois 71
Newark
Gardner
Morris Community High Board to Hear Construction Report
The Morris Community High School Board meeting at 6 30 p m Wednesday in the annex will feature a construction report. Also on the agenda are a scheduling report by Principal Robert Ciota resignations and employment discussion on sick leave days for new employees authorization to display the budget and planning the annual staff dinner.
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Morris Community High School
Robert Ciota
Recovered Car Not Belonging to Unidentified Man
A car pulled from the Kankakee River last week does not belong to the man found floating in the Illinois River near Dresden Lock and Dam on June 30. The car owner, from Melrose Park, has been identified and is alive, according to Grundy County Sheriff's Det. Ron Fox.
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Kankakee
Illinois River
Dresden Lock and Dam
Melrose Park
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Public hearing on proposed city appropriation
A public hearing on the city's 1978 79 appropriation and revenue sharing budget will be held at 6 30 p m tonight at the Morris Savings and Loan Association community room. Mayor Donald Davidson Sr says nothing planned for tonight's City Council meeting and calls the new city hall dead. Mosquito spray plans are under discussion. Will County Deputies report a 1966 Ford wagon pulled from the Kankakee River last Tuesday. Grundy County detectives seek identification of a man found floating near Dresden Lock June 30. Morris Grade School Board meets 6 30 p m Tuesday to discuss tax monies and Center School air conditioners. Other items include McKinley Grade School auction results, leave of absence for Lynne Kjellesvik, resignation of Cynthia Tira, hiring Sharon S Marizza for Garfield fourth grade at 10 200 and offering Todd Alan Crose a 10 200 PE contract. A summer maintenance and remodeling report is scheduled.
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Morris Savings and Loan Association
Donald Davidson Sr
Will County
Kankakee
Grundy County
Dresden Lock
Morris
Franklin School
McKinley
Lynne Kjellesvik
Cynthia Tira
Garfield
Sharon S. Marizza
Todd Alan Crose
Governor seeks emergency loans for county farmers
Governor James R. Thompson asked the U S Department of Agriculture to designate Grundy LaSalle Lee McHenry Whiteside and Winnebago counties for emergency farmer loans after June flooding. He declared McHenry a major disaster after July storms. Damages are estimated at 30 million.
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James R. Thompson
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grundy
LaSalle
Lee
McHenry
Whiteside
Winnebago
Thompson
McHenry County
Grundy County
U. S. Small Business Administration
Aux Sable
Temple
Jones
SBA
McKinley School sold at auction to two Morris residents
The former McKinley School at 702 E. North St sold Saturday to Wayne and Mrs. Horton for 20 000 and to Ray Christensen for a vacant east lot at 14 000. The two parcels total 34 000, the minimum bid. The Illinois Valley Sheltered Workshop will remain about 30 days while final sales occur.
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McKinley School
North St
H. Dale Barr
Eugene Hayes
Herald
E. North St
Morris Area
Wayne Horton
Bungalow Rd
Ray Christensen
E. Chapin St
Horton
Stine
Lincoln
Man holds four hostage at World Trade Center
A Polish speaking man entered the Workmen's Compensation Board office on the 36th floor of 2 World Trade Center and took four people hostage. Police and Port Authority hostage teams negotiated by phone with an interpreter. Floors 35 through 37 were evacuated as the incident unfolded.
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Man
World Trade Center
New York
UPI
Port Authority
Civis leader Frank Condon rites held in Morris church
Frank E. Condon 72 of 522 Johnson Ave died Friday at Morris Hospital after four weeks as a patient. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. at First United Presbyterian Church with Rev. Roy Hamburger officiating. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery. He was born June 23, 1906 in Morris and was active in local business and church affairs, retiring in 1975 from Grundy County Title and Abstract Co.
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Frank E. Condon
Johnson Ave
Morris Hospital
First United Presbyterian Church
Roy Hamburger
Gerald Belt
Milton Carlson
Edmund Petersen
Eugene Hayes
Arthur Leach
Ward Sisler
Robert H. Tyre
George Mehochko
Wilbur Finfrock
Evergreen Cemetery
Morris
Frank D
Martha (Emerson) Condon
Morris High School
Joliet
Edith Cooper
Onargo
Chicago Heights
Judge weighs evidence in school site donation case
In Grundy County, Judge Robert Wren weighs the five year dispute over the Morris Development Park Lake Village case. The suit, by Morris Community High School District 101, challenges the city and developer over applying the school site donation law to Park Lake Village Unit I PUD. Arguments focus on whether a resolution rather than an ordinance validly exempted Park Lake Village from the donation ordinance and whether hearings met state statute requirements.
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Park Lake Village
Robert Wren
Wren
Grundy County
Morris Community High School District 101
Morris Development Corp
Charles Zalar
Morris City
Frank Black
John Hynds
Atty
Hanson
Park Lake Village Unit I
Atty. Zalar
City Atty
Black
Atty. Hynds
Hynds
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