Commission Denies Trailer Park Addition
Grundy County Planning Commission denied a 744 space addition to Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No 2 in Aux Sable Township citing noncompliance with the comprehensive planning map and township objections. The private deliberations, held illegally, influenced four motions later passed in the open meeting. The panel also referred a rezoning request for 34 acres south of Morris to the Morris Planning Commission amid opposition for lack of specific center plans.
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Grundy County
Commission For
Aux Sable Township
Shady Oaks
Treasure Island No. 2
Planning Commission
David Root
Commission
Root
Minooka High School
Pople
Sidney Carr
Saxon
Ralph Huszagh
Morris
Illinois
Hornsby
Morris Planning Commission
Joe Abel
Morris Planning Commissions
Morris Pastor Hinderaker to Leave Sept 8
The Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Morris accepted the resignation of Rev. L. G. Hinderaker at a special meeting. He will deliver his farewell sermon September 8 after 13 years in Morris. He moves to Calvary Lutheran Church of rural Lee Illinois with installation September 15.
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Bethlehem Lutheran Church
L. G. Hinderaker
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of
Morris
Hinderaker
Calvary Lutheran Church of
Rural Lee
Ill
Norval R. Wigtis
Wigtil
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
University of Commerce
Des Moines
Iowa
St. Paul Luther Theological Seminary
St. Paul
la Crosse
Longview
Wash
Morris Commission Studies Apartment Requirments In City
Three Morris Planning Commission members were named to draft recommendations on reducing minimum square foot area per dwelling unit and to discuss approving a new R IV high density district. A 2 p.m. June 28 meeting at local banks will include planning consultant Joseph Abel. builders oppose current rules citing off street parking and setbacks.
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Morris Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Ted Conley
James Baum
Leo Borens
Richard Bauer
First National Bank
Morris Savings and Loan
Conley
Joseph Abel
Carl Gardner and Associates
James Washburn
Bennie L. Sklut
Carl Stockloose
Stockloose
Mazon Speedway Accident Sends Rider to Hospital
David Heirsfield, 37, of 15045 Terrace Lane Midlothian was treated at Morris Hospital after an accident on the Mazon Speed Bowl track. He was brought by ambulance at 8 45 p m Wednesday and released following x rays for chest and left leg abrasions.
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David Heirsfield
Terrace Lane
Midlothian
Morris Hospital
Mazon
Weather outlook: thundershowers and heat in Morris area
The U S Weather Bureau reports thundery showers tonight with temperatures in the lower 60s. Friday brings partial sun and humidity with storms possible and highs in the upper 80s. Collins Weather Station logged a Wednesday high of 86 and a low of 49. At 9 am today Morris station read 69 and downtown 73 at 10 am.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins Weather Station
Morris
Venezuelan Plane Forced to Land in Santiago Cuba
A Venezuelan airliner was forced to land at Santiago airport just after midnight amid reports of a hijack attempt by a young man with a grenade aboard Flight 797 from Santo Domingo. The plane carried 77 passengers and 3 crew. Passengers were moved to the Hotel Versalles. officials said all were well and the case involved Cuban Interior Ministry security.
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Havana
Santiago
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cuba
Versalles
New York
Miami
Fla
Interior Ministry
Security Department
Inquest Set Into Death Of William T Kenney
An inquest will be held tonight for William T Kenney age 28 of 1024 West Washington Street whose body was found June 8 floating in the Illinois River Coroner W Clark Davis said the inquest would start at 7 30 p m in his office at the courthouse.
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William T. Kenney
Washington St
Illinois River
W. Clark Davis
Manhunt Ends in Death of 3-Year-Old Hostage in Graceville
In Graceville Florida police officer Horace Patterson was shot during a warrant arrest by Joseph E McCants a 29 year old mental patient. McCants then led a large multi county manhunt into the woods where he was critically wounded and the 3 year old hostage Francis Lee Fortune was found dead.
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Graceville
Fla
Woodlands
Alabama
Florida Panhandle
Horace E. Patterson
Virgil Fortune
Patterson
Clyde Pelham
Pelham
Joseph E. McCants
Fortune
Houston County
Ala
McCants
Francis Lee Fortune
A. B. Clark
Tom Ludlum
Cottonwood
Ludlum
MccCants
J. B. O’conner
Florida State
Chattahoochee
Jackson County
Poor to Stay In Washington Without Permit
AP report on the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign march to Washington. About 50,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial as Rev. Ralph David Abernathy pledged to keep Resurrection City in Washington without permit beyond the Sunday deadline. The crowd, peaceful and diverse, supported ending poverty and protested the Vietnam War, echoing past civil rights marches.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial
Ralph David Abernathy
Resurrection City
Abernathy
Martin Luther King Jr
City Trailer Zoning Study Advances in Morris
Morris Planning Commission moves to study trailer replacement within city limits after City Attorney Robert Wren outlines how 1966 zoning and 1964 trailer ordinances apply to three situations. Kenneth Sereno notes potential fairness issues for owners. Recommendation to amend zoning rules for temporary park trailers to aid concession operations.
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Morris Planning Commission
City Atty
Robert Wren
Kenneth Sereno
Zoning Board of Appeals
Wren
Sereno
Defense chief sees slight movement in Paris talks
Secretary Clark Clifford said there is some movement in stalled Paris talks with North Vietnam and expects progress in private discussions. He reported North Vietnam infiltrated about 29,000 men into South Vietnam in May, with 26,000 as replacements, and projected 20,000 monthly infiltrations for June to August. He noted US weekly losses of 400-500 troops vs 5,000 for the enemy and said he doubts bigger US troop requests beyond 550,000 will be made.
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Washington (Ap
Clark M. Clifford
Paris
United States
North Vietnam
Defense
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Clifford
Defense Secretary
Johnson
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Picket Captain Hospitalized in Illinois Bell Strike Incident
During a mass picket at Illinois Bell in Morris the non union driver Lawrence White struck union steward George Schock in the Bell lot. Schock was hospitalized with injuries. White faces a battery charge and will be served to appear in court. The strike began April 8 with goals including a set minimum wage.
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Lawrence A. White
George Schock
Bell Telephone
E. Jefferson St
White
Wauponsee Township
State’s Attorney’s Office
Local 336
George Schoon
Unit 2
Morris planners propose commercial zoning for 2000 foot strip
City planners recommended a 2000 foot strip along Illinois 47 south of Paytonville Road be zoned for B I shopping center use to the Grundy County Regional Planning Commission. They then advised B II zoning as suitable with B III to be decided by the county group. Developers Hornsby see half the site for retail, other half for implement sales.
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Sociates
James Stine
Stratton State Park
Planning Commission
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ted Conley
Barry Leng
Fred Patti
James Baum
Stine
Charles Roseland
Richard Bauer
Leo Borens
Mlinois 47
Paytonville Road
Morris Planning Commission
Grundy County
Illinois River
Art Hornsby
Arthur Hornsby Jr
City Planning Commission
Arthur Hornsby
Charge Union Employe in Cable Cutting
Three striking employees of the Illinois Bell Telephone Co. were arrested in Cicero, charged with criminal damage after an 1800 line cable was severed. The suspects James E. Voves Jr., Henry J. Spranza, and Ralph J. Voight were tied to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and a car with an axe found inside. Bell Security says this is the first sabotage arrest since the strike began, with a $50,000 reward offered for information leading to convictions. Union officials deny involvement.
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Cicero, Ill
Clinois Bell Telephone Co
James E. Voves Jr
Dalton
Henry J. Spranza
Cicero
Ralph J. Voight
Chicago
Bell
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Charles Tierney
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Liberty Sts
Randy Zaccanti
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Libertyville
Roeth & Cutler
Zaccanti
Hornsby’s
Herald
Rev. Hinderaker
West Jefferson
Bedford Plaza
Fulton
Lisbon St
Liberty
Division St
Bedford Road
Abel
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Schock
William Button
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