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Morris Residents Clash With Council Over Flooding and CATV Rates
Morris City Council met in a non cooled room to discuss flood runoff from Federal Paper Board property and a plan to raise Morris CATV rates by one dollar with a five year extension. Residents Dan Hemmingsen William Stafford and James Baum pressed for action. city engineer Schweickert noted a 48 inch drainage tile replaced a smaller culvert in 1956. The council also debated depository choices and police pension fund controls, with aldermen split on timely action and deregulation.
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Morris City Council
Morris Savings and Loan
Donald Davidson
Dan Hemmingsen
Washington St
William Stafford
James Baum
Illinois 47
U.S
Richard Schweickert
Schweickert
Baum
Anderson House
Waverly St
Morris Hospital
Arion
Federal Paper Board
City Atty. Black
Third Ward
Elmo Younger
Armstrong St
First Ward
Robert Feeney
Davidson
Hemmingsen
Younger
Stafford
Morris Catv
Edwin Miller
M.A.I. Cablevisions
New York
Morris
Paul Root
Fourth Ward
Floyd Siron
Linn
CATV
Charles Roseland
Paul Splain
Atty. Root
Miller
Eileen
Siron
Kankakee
Arthur Willington
Donald Barkley
Joe Brockman
Feeney
Willmington
Roseland
Barkley
Brochman
Willmington, Younger
Brockman
John Enger
Home Savings and Loan
Home Savings
Joliet
Enger
Police Pension Board
Morris Savings
Black