Council Focuses on Stratton Park
The Morris Fire Department seeks to curb drownings at Stratton Park by urging the Illinois Department of Conservation to restrict river use and ban swimming and wading. Aldermen back a companion resolution and expect state police and warnings, with city not responsible for park policing. Two firemen will deliver the resolution to Springfield, while other actions include higher city sticker fines and traffic and weed-enforcement measures.
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Morris Fire Department
Illinois
Stratton Park
Illinois Department of Conservation
Springfield
Morris
Fire Department
Springfield Conservation Office
State Park
Wren
Tracy Adcock
Adcock
James Stine
Donald Ward
Gebhard Woods State Park
U. S. Coast Guard
Arthur F. Hornsby Jr
Hornsby
Osmanson
Benton and
Liberty Sts
Liberty St
Guy Osman
Weather Outlook Slight Warmth with Showers Possible
Fair tonight with temperatures in the lower 50s. Yesterday's high 71 and low 45 at Collins station. At 9 am today 64 degrees. Wednesday partly cloudy and warm with afternoon thundershowers likely. highs in the lower 80s. Thursday showers and cooler temperatures expected. Noon reading 68 in downtown Morris.
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Collins
Morris
Walgreens Package Liquor License Tabled By City Council
Walgreen Agency's request for a package liquor license was tabled by the City Council after the license committee recommended denial. Committee chair Robert Gilbertson cited lack of need for another license while opponents raised concerns about teen workers and market saturation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walgreen Agency
Robert Gilbertson
Glen Anderson
Walter Hundt
Child Darts Into Path of Auto on West Avenue
Two year old Staci Harrington of 604 West Ave was treated and released at Morris Hospital after colliding with a 1966 Chrysler driven by George M. Franks at 4 50 p m Monday. She suffered a bloody nose and minor contusions on her left temple and forehead. Franks of 535 Nettle St was driving north off Gould Park Drive onto West Ave when the child darted from behind a parked car.
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Staci Harrington
West Ave
Morris Hospital
George M. Franks
Nettle St
Gould Park Drive
Franks
Snicker a Day Impresses by Letting Others Begin
A quirky maxim suggests mutual courtesy as a path to social favor. The saying frames charm as a two way street where giving space for others' influence boosts personal likability.
1969 MCHS Graduation at Morris Community High
Nearly 1,200 attended the Morris Community High School 95th commencement. Board president Davenport awarded 147 diplomas after the class was barred from baccalaureate and ceremony following a May 23 drinking incident on the class trip to Chicago.
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Morris Community High School
Board of Education
Kenneth Davenport
Claude J. Rose
Ted Morgan
Davenport
MCHS
Chicago
Office of State
Ray Page
Morgan
AFS
Sally Masis Jara
Sharon Stidley
Andrew Anderson
Donna Harsh
Virginia Pack
Judy Southcombe
Miss Stidley
Ronald Gilchrist
City council approves salary hikes for police force
The City Council voted to raise patrolmen pay to 650 dollars per month plus a new sergeant position at 675 dollars per month on each shift and a chief’s salary set at 700 dollars. The action includes 9,747 dollars annual increases for eight full-time officers and extra pension costs of 4900 dollars this year.
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Finance Committee
Tracy Adcock
Glen Anderson
Judiciary Committee
James Fleming
Coal City
Adcock
John Hendrickson
Atty, Fleming
Charles Roseland
Hendrickson
Robert Wren
Fleming
Finance and Judiciary Committees
Atty. Wren
Anderson
Tie on Gun Bill in Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate sent back to committee a bill to exclude down state residents from the gun owners registration law. Senator Sokolnicki, D-Chicago, said he erred Monday in voting for the bill, switching to oppose it and knotting the vote at five to five, preventing a move to the floor.
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Springfield
Illinois Senate
Sokolnicki
Chicago
Illinois 3 Percent Income Tax Clears First Hurdle
Gov. Richard Ogilvie's 3 per cent income tax bill advances from the Senate revenue committee by a 6-3 vote. Republicans support the move while Democrats critique the rate as excessive. Ar rington’s amendment trims the original 4 per cent to 3 per cent for individuals and corporations. Ogilvie accepts the reduction, calling 3 per cent the minimum to fund state government.
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Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate Revenue Committee
GOP
Senate
W. Russell Arrington
Ogilvie
Illinois
Arrington
Thomas McGloon
Chicago
Alan Dixon
Belleville
Dixon
I Linos
Egbert Green
R-Pekin
Green
Morris Leads Cities Eligible for Federal Sewage Grants
City Atty. Robert Wren reported Morris has moved into the top group of municipalities eligible for federal grants for sewage disposal plants. Council members must confirm the April 1968 application with former mayor Aage Hansen’s signature, authorize changes, and sign the Civil Rights Act of 1964 compliance. Atty. Wren said the city is pursuing short term financing with revenue bonds and expects to start construction within two months after financing.
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Morris
Robert Wren
Aage Hansen
Wren
Cars Ticketed in City for License and Sidewalk Violations
City police ticketed nine Osmanson garage cars at 715 Liberty St and five more on Liberty and Benton streets for no state plates. Two cars on Liberty were cited for sidewalk parking. Court appearance set for 10 a.m. June 26.
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Osmanson
Liberty St
Benton St
Battle Rages In Lowlands Rice Area
Nearly 400 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were killed after a two day clash 22 miles southwest of Da Nang and in four other battles around Saigon area. Marine units reported 186 enemy dead with 6 Marines killed and 38 wounded. South Vietnamese and American forces suffered additional losses as air strikes pounded positions amid heavy fighting in the An Hoa region and surrounding lowland rice fields.
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Saigon
5Th Marine Regiment
da Nang
U.S
Tay Ninh
5Th Regiment
An Hoa
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Diane
Finch
Herald
Council
Union St
Benton
Armstrong Sts
Division St
Donald Davidson
Davidson
E. Illinois Ave
Zoning Board of Appeals
Morris Planning Commission
Water and Sewer Committee
M. P. Schneller
Aurora
Schneller
Turner-Witt and Associates
Kankakee
Lynn Pemberton
Lynn Pemberton, President of the Board of Trustees
Fire District
Dewitt Place
Broadway Corner
Pemberton
Board of Trustee
Roger Himstedt
William Klegman
Arthur R. Trotter
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Walgreen's
Eugene Funk
Walgreen’s
Funk
Gilbertson
Walgreen
Miss Finch
Bakersfield
Calif
Theodore Hesburgh
University of Notre Dame
Ann Arbor
Mich
Douglas J. Harvey
University of Michigan
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti
Jane Louise Mixer
Michigan Law School
Muskegon
Harvey
Washtenaw County
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