District board weighs annexation and budget decisions
The Gr un dy County board discusses potential strip annexation to avoid higher water costs per pupil if annexation fails. Transfers fund education, building, transportation, site and construction, and bond interests. Supt. Highsmith reports bleachers near completion and bids for sidewalk concrete are being sought.
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Pierard
Educational Fund
Supt. Highsmith
A. J. Dearth
Court
V and C Construction
Highsmith
Myron Vestal
Junked car warning issued for two Channahon subdivisions
Police commissioner Charles Fishburn ordered Leland Hills and McClintock Acres residents to remove abandoned or junked vehicles by July 1 or face charges. Vehicles lacking a license or city sticker are abandoned. those partially dismantled or inoperable are junked. Towing will occur after 72 hours post July 1. Gene Webb urged safe distance from fire units. The gold eagle coin is noted at 10 dollars with 1795 mint year and 1838 purity shift.
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Channahon
Leland Hills
McClintock Acres
Charles Fishburn
Gene Webb
Resignation sparks board conflict over Grundy health department
In Morris Daily Herald June 9 item, Mrs Mary Reed resigns as Grundy County Health Department administrator amid opposition from some supervisors led by Norbert McLuckie. John Hauschild notes older supervisors resist socialist aid to agriculture, education funding questioned, while Ross urges Reed to stay and serve. The piece reflects tension between local conservatism and public health work.
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Morris Daily Herald
William
Mary) Reed
Grundy County
Two Treated After Mishap Along I-55 Near Gardner
A Palos Park mother and her 14 year old daughter were treated and released from St Joseph Hospital Joliet after their 1963 Chrysler rolled across part of Interstate 55 one mile north of Gardner at 6 50 a m. The auto skidded off the pavement and over the median before landing in a ditch in the northbound lane. No tickets were issued and the vehicle was towed to Wise Garage.
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Palos Park
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Gardner
Marguerite H. Kendall
Lisa
Joliet Hospital
Davis
Wise Garage
Two Johns Manville Workers Die of Asbestosis in Illinois
In Waukegan Illinois two longtime Johns Manville employees Emery Ludwig 56 of Zion and Arthur Sparks 51 died in March from asbestosis a respiratory ailment linked to asbestos exposure. Local 60 official James Middleton notes at least 30 others suffer various degrees of the disease. Company official Matthew Swetonic and Dr Sidney Spiel discuss safety measures and new respirator technology meeting Bureau of Mines standards.
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Waukegan, Ill
Johns Manville Co
Waukegan
Waukegan News-Sun
Emery Ludwig
Zion
Arthur B. Sparks
James Middleton
International Chemical Workers, Union
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Kendall County redistricting plans discussed with no decision
Kendall County Supervisors studied three redistricting plans based on population. Plan 1 would place Oswego and Bristol townships minus Yorkville in one district. Plan 2 would group Big Grove Fox Little Rock Bristol and Yorkville in one district. Plan 3 assigns Little Rock Bristol Fox Kendall to one district and Oswego Na Au Say Seward Lisbon Big Grove to the other. A two district outcome with varying board sizes and election methods was discussed.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Little Rock
Fox
Kendall
Bristol Township
Na-Au-Say
Big Grove
Lisbon
Seward
Bristol
Oswego
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Red Cross
Vietnam
American Red Cross
Federal Building
L. L. Gorham
Harry Guinn
Education Fund
Building
Joe DeGulie
Joan Peters
Terry Sorensen
Freeman
Betty) Trotter
Impress Fund
Freeman Trotter
Coal City
Illinois Valley
James Hines
Mel Smith
Dearth
Vestal
Elvin Wills
Robert Pogliano
Leslie Ross
Frank Anselmo
U.S
Voice of
The
People
Leslie M. Ross
John William Draper
Commonwealth Edison Office
Commonwealth Edison
China
Kim Cohenour
Morris
William W. Fox Children’s Center
Dwight
Russell Naden
American Legion
Morris, Ill
Allan’‘s
Allan
PVA Ll
Handsome Z
Brut
Hai
Liberty St
Illinois Bell Service
Illinois Bell
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