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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1966
Page
3
Minooka Village Board approves pursuing a special federal census to maximize motor fuel tax use. They authorize mowing of an area south of Mondamon Street on the Rock Island Railway right of way with Tom Fleming hired at 300 dollars annually.
Two Olney family members died and a third injured when their car collided with a train two miles east of Clay City Illinois. Jerome A Harmon 25 and Gladys Harmon 58 were killed Shirley Harmon 26 was hospitalized in Olney in critical condition. Police did not know the relationship among the victims.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller announces almost half a billion dollars invested in New York water work. Grants to municipalities total 224 million for sewage treatment plants and waste interceptor systems, with 126 million more set aside for three additional state aid water programs.
Bob Purdue secretary and James Weber associate secretary attended a three day Farm Bureau management conference in Springfield from June 7 to 9. Sessions aimed to equip the Grundy County county and Farm Bureau board with administrative leadership to boost volunteer leaders workers and members for a strong Illinois farming organization.
Chicago AP reports Miss Atwood co owner of King Ranch left $10 million to Chicago policeman Michael De Bella. An earlier handwritten will directed assets to Thomas Hart Fisher, a Chicago lawyer, who along with his wife holds 45 percent ranch interests. Fisher claimed $18,080 rent for managing ranch holdings while court granted a fee petition for Edwin Atwood’s conservator.
Attorney Ralph F. Davis and Leonard F. Handmacher stated that all information on the estate has been extracted despite resistance. The Continental National Bank and Trust Co. was named executor last month, succeeding Edwin Atwood who had been conservator since Aug 31 when his sister was declared.
Four grandchildren of Mrs. Henrietta King share in lands once within the King fences. Miss Atwood was ruled incompetent a year after she willed her estate to a policeman.
Boston AP reports a ban on surfboards at 17 metropolitan district beaches to prevent hazards to bathers. Commissioner Howard Whitmore Jr. said the action was taken Thursday to curb dangers at heavily patronized beaches, especially from unskilled riders.
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