Writ orders Grundy County tax valuations and collections
Circuit Court Judge Leonard Hoffman issued a mandamus directing county clerk Thomas Parks to determine fair cash values for all Grundy County property and set tax rates for each district. County Treasurer Pauline Coleman must collect 1972 taxes due in 1973. The suit, brought by Morris Grade School District 54 superintendent H. Dale Barr, cites looming school funding shortfalls and warrants. Parks blamed Will County delays for missing valuations and Joliet Junior College rates. Coleman needs clerk certification to bill. The judge stressed taxes fund government and warned delay endangers all taxing bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Hoffman
Thomas Parks
Grundy County
Pauline Coleman
H. Dale Barr
Morris
Barr
Eugene Hayes
Parks
Will County
Minooka
Joliet Junior College
Edison Officials Back Nuclear Power as Best Answer to Air Pollution
Edison chairman Thomas Ayers told the New York Society of Security Analysts that nuclear units show better availability than coal plants and note no sulfur oxides emissions. He cites 1972 nuclear output at 23 percent, forecast near 30 percent, with 3,000 MW capacity making Edison a leading operator. He criticizes a suit seeking 20 nuclear plant shutdowns as unjustified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Edison Company
New York Society of Security
Thomas G. Ayers
Edison
United States
Ayers
Washington, D.C
Heifner Tenure Hearing Set To Resume June Nineteen
A Miss Judy Heifner tenure hearing at Morris Community High School was paused and rescheduled to June 19 after a dispute over calling her to testify. Attorneys argued about witness status and cross examination rights, with a circuit court ruling sought. The board planned a meeting that evening to discuss budget, life safety code and insurance bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Heifner
Morris Community High School
Jack Hynds
Miss Heifner
Atty
Robert Deffenbaugh
Hynds
Deffenbaugh
Lambert Ochsenschlager
Aurora
William Stangland
Tuesda
Richard Schweighart
John
Barbara) Lovell
Richard Taylor
Jack Kutches
Joy Parnell
Hugo Avalos
MCHS
Board of Education
Beginning commercial industrial property appraisal in county
Grundy County supervisors announce the start of field work for equalization of commercial and industrial properties. The United Appraisal Co. crews will survey all properties countywide, beginning in Coal City and ending in Morris, gathering age, costs, remodeling, rents, and expenses for appraisal accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Carlson
Grundy County
United Appraisal Co
Don J. Brown
Roger Buskirk
Ted Drost
Roy F. Good
Dan Bubb, Jr
Dan Killeen
Coal City
City of
Morris
Carlson
Weather forecast and temps across Morris and Dresden Island
The forecast calls for mostly sunny, cooler and less humid conditions today with a high in the upper 70s and a partly cloudy night around 60. Thursday should be partly sunny with a high near 80. Tuesday reached 90 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam while the low was 60. At 7 am today the temperature was 64 and by 11:30 am downtown Morris was 79.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Bailey held on drug charges after traffic stop
Bloomington youth Steven A. Bailey, 18, faced charges of possession of marijuana and LSD after a 1:30 a.m. stop on Illinois 47 near the Illinois River Bridge. A suitcase yielded 10 bags of LSD, 79 amphetamine pills, and marijuana, with scales and pipes also found. The case was bound over to a Grundy County grand jury and bail set at 5,000. Bailey must obtain his own attorney.
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Grundy County
Robert Wren
Steven A. Bailey
Bloomington
Bailey
Illinois River Bridge
Illinois 47
Evert Poyner
Poyner
Illinois
Sgt. Evert
Gary Phillips
Max Babcock
Parklake development land donation suit targets Morris districts
A four district suit filed in Grundy County seeks to void Parklake Village final plans and plat and to force Morris Development Co. to donate 1077 acres or 12924 dollars to Morris High School District 101 and 3015 acres or 36144 dollars to Saratoga Grade School District 600. The filing also requests injunctions preventing further construction and restraining Parks and Dix from recording deeds or issuing permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Saratoga
Morris Development Co
Ford City Bank
Wilfred Dix
Morris and
Thomas Parks
Grundy County
Atty
Jack Hynds
Parklake Village
Morris Planning Commission
Parklake
Dix
Parklake Village Unit No. 1
MCHS
Parks
Grundy County Board Awards Contracts for County Home Expansion
The Grundy County Board awarded contracts totaling 856 293 for a 68 bed two story addition to the Grundy County Home. Jean A McCoy & Sons Co won 555 777 for the exterior build. Alice Van Duyne Morris 73 836 for plumbing and 143 890 for HVAC. G&S Electric Joliet 82 790 for electrical work.
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Grundy
Morris
G&s Electric
Joliet
Grundy County
Ernest Moore
Healy, Moore & Associates
Department of Health
Steel workers reject latest Westclox pact
United Steel Workers at Westclox Division General Time Corp Peru Illinois rejected a three year contract offer affecting about 1360 workers. IAM unit also rejected a three year deal and went on strike. Wage offers were 46 cents for steel workers and % cents for IAM members over the term, with concerns over seniority and job cuts. Gregory Hanson, 17, was killed in a separate motorcycle crash near Pontiac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru, Ill
United Steel Workers
Westclox
General Time Corp
International Association of Machinists
IAM
I AM
Pontiac, Ir
Gregory Hanson
Pontiac
Inmates Found Dead in Waukegan Jail Cell
Two Chicago men, Nathaniel Burse 23 and Edward Moran Jr. 23, were found strangled in a Lake County Jail cell. Cellmates, also gang members, were charged with murder. Authorities linked the pair to the De Mau Mau gang and the Sept. 2 1972 killing of Army Sp. 5 William Richter near Highland Park along Interstate 94.
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Waukegan, II
Nathaniel Burse
Edward Moran Jr
Chicago
Lake County
Bruse
Moran
de Mau Mau
Burse
Army Sp
William Richter
Highland Park
Stans Defends Role as Political Cashier at Watergate Hearings
Maurice H. Stans, on his second day of televised testimony, said he was a political cashier who raised money for Nixon’s 1972 campaign but did not influence campaign tactics. He claimed he had no knowledge of wiretapping, burglary, political espionage, or coverup efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Maurice H. Stans
Nixon
Stans
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Gardner
Middle West
Herald
Gordon Corey
James J. O'Connor
New York
Corey
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Morris Daily Herald
BIP
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Da-De-Co
Ed Spiezio
John Gandolfi
Ken Nelson
Tony Hill
John Gondolfi
Don Marth
Gene Chamberlain
Peoria
Halterman
Robert Briesch
Art Allaben
Earl Bingham
Williamson
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Steel Workers Union
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