Morris area water supply deemed sufficient for near future
City officials and Illinois Water Survey assistant hydrologist Curtis Benson say Morris should have adequate underground water for the foreseeable future. The 1971 study warns that northeastern counties may face shortages by 1980 to 2020, risking Lake Michigan imports, while Morris faces possible saline deeper wells and a need for a new deep well and reservoir upgrades to cover growth.
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Arlene Bennyhoff
Morris
Curtis Benson
Warrenville
Illinois State Water Survey
Cook
DuPage
Kane
Lake
McHenry
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Benson
Ironton-Galesburg
Dwight
Mt. Simon
Glenwood-St. Peter
Eau Claire
Grundy County
John Hendrickson
Richard Schweickert
Clinton Darling
John T. Anderson
County Planning Commission
Kankakee
Morris City
Schweickert
Anderson
Hendrickson
City Hall
W. Washington St
Gould Park Drive
Darling
AVC project schedules open end in sight for August
Grundy County Area Vocational Center aims to open August 31 with classrooms ready but shop labs delayed to mid October or November 1. Architects say auto mechanics, welding and building trades spaces will lag. power and heating push completion into fall.
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Grundy County
Area Vocational Center
AVC
Narvick Bros
Morris
Fritch
Donald Kaufman
Commonwealth Edison
Delta Electric
West Chicago
William Halterman
Mazon Township
James Stirniman
Minooka High School Board
GE Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant Near Morris Nears Completion
Construction of General Electric’s Midwest Fuel Recovery Plant east of Morris is nearly finished with punch list items and minor changes remaining. About 50 workers stay on site as peak payroll was 400. full operation and testing are expected to begin in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaufman
Narvick
Fritch
AVC
Stirniman
Arthur Janis
General Electric
Midwest
Morris
S. G. Smolen
Neptunium
Smolen
United States
Jets hit in Japan crash claims 56 dead
A Japanese Boeing 727 with 161 aboard collided with an F86F over northern Japan and crashed near 300 miles northeast of Tokyo. The fighter pilot parachuted to safety. a Detroit man, Donn M. Carpenter, was the sole American on board. Police expect no survivors as search continues through rugged terrain.
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Tokyo
Japan
All Nippon Airways
Donn M. Carpenter
Detroit
Mich
Air Self-Defense Force
Kokkaido
Line
Yoshiwara Bereaved Family Association
Red Cross Swimming Pageant Cancelled Tonight
The Red Cross swimming pageant at Morris swimming pool was cancelled officials said today. Cards can be picked up in front of the pool from 6 30 to 7 30 p m today.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Red Cross
Morris Swimming Pool
EEA Planes Stopovers Ahead of Oshkosh Rally
About 30 homebuilt and antique planes will arrive Sunday at Morris Airport between noon and 3 p.m. as an intermediate stop from Flint to Waukesha. The EEA International convention and fly-in will be at Wittman Field Oshkosh with a rally awarding cash prizes up to first place $350. Ten Grundy County men are ordered to physical exams on August 10, vs three in July.
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Kaufman
Harry Stevenson
Fritch
Claude Rose
MCHS
Rex Siron
Morris
Halterman
Mazon
Stirniman
Minooka
Granville Love
Elvin Wills
Coal City
Joe DeGulie
Randall Highsmith
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
John Dzuris
Flint
Mich
Waukesha
Wis
Bob Wagner
EEA
Elkhart
Ind
Morris and
Bernice Heggen
County Selective Service System
Landmark Union Stockyards Close in Chicago Auction Hall
The century old Union Stockyards in Chicago end trading today as buyers haggle over 2200 cattle in the final shipment. From Monday cattle will be sold elsewhere due to changing economics and the yards’ closure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Union
Morris Library Board Schedules Flag Pole Purchase Decision
The Morris Library Board of Trustees will hold a regular meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the library to decide on purchasing a flag pole. Committee reports are due per a proposed agenda.
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Morris Library Board of Trustees
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Reid
Minooka High School
Jaun
Hi-Park Subdivision
Devcon Corp
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Plainfield
Joliet Hi School
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Nixon
Charlotte T. Reid
15Th
Federal Communications Committee
Chicago Tribune
Thomas J. Houser
The
Tribune
Houser
FCC
Congress
the Tribune
Ogilvie
DeKalb, Grundy, Kane
Kendall
LaSalle
Mrs. Reid
George Lindner
Morris Daily Herald
Outer
Jets
Aisatindis
Liberty
Landmark Union Stockyards Close
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