Highway Lighting Award For Interchange In Morris
J. F. Edwards Construction Co of Geneseo received the contract to furnish and install a highway lighting system at the Interstate 80 and Illinois 47 interchange on the north edge of Morris. The award followed a low bid of 228,873 after engineer review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Edwards Construction Co
Geneseo
Illinois 47
Morris
Illinois Division of Highways
Springfield
James E. McElwain Co
LaSalle-Grundy County
Minooka
Crown Rock Asphalt Co
Trygg Paving Co
Delta Construction Corp
Joliet
J-P Construction Co
Chicago Heights
Illinois
Wilmington
Will County
J. F. Edwards Constitution
Shorewood
Open House Draws Large Crowd at Morris Hospital Expansion
About 750 people visited the Morris Hospital open house for the new 75 bed addition on Sunday. Volunteers from the Morris Hospital Auxiliary Candy Stripers and Nurses Alumnae helped guide guests and served light refreshments on the south patio.
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Morris Hospital
Candy Stripers
Snicker A Day On Impressing Wife by Doing Affordables
A humorous quip notes that one sure way to impress a wife is to perform actions she cannot afford. The line plays on contrast between generosity and financial limits.
Morris Wife Sweepstakes Winner Wins $48000 Irish Stakes Prize
Mrs. Marie Schlenvogt of Morris Illinois won eighty eight thousand? Wait. She is the winner of an Irish Sweepstakes ticket worth 48000 dollars. She held one of eight Chicago area tickets and plans to invest after taxes. Her husband runs Morris Foundations Inc. The couple has two daughters and nine grandchildren and is expecting a great grandchild this week.
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Henry Schlenvogt
Pine Bluff Road
Marie Schlenvogt
Morris Foundations, Inc
W. Jefferson St
Ireland
Leonard Dwelle
Mount Prospect
Ribofilio
Sun-Times
Today
Chicago
Pontiac Convertible Dives Into Illinois River
A 1967 Pontiac belonging to Bob Fisher of 703 Division St. rolled into the Illinois River at 2 35 p m Sunday and sank after floating a short distance. Olson's Sinclair wrecker pulled the car from the river where it was parked at the time of the accident.
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Morris
Bob Fisher
Division St
Illinois River
Olson
Sinclair
Morris Weather Summary Hits 2.2 Inches Rain
Heavy thundershowers dumped 2.2 inches on Morris overnight and into this morning. Collins Weather Station logged 83 on Saturday and 93 on Sunday with a 65-degree low both days. Tonight, patchy clouds bring cooler air and a low in the lower 60s. Tuesday looks mostly sunny and less humid with a high near 80, while Wednesday shows a fair outlook with little change. Downtown Morris noon reading was 71.
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Morris
Collins
Yorkville July 4 Celebration Includes Parade and Games
Yorkville celebrates 4th with flag-raising at 9 15 a m in city park followed by a 9 30 parade north of the grade school. Kendall Co VFW Post 8234 leads the march at 10 a m with Yorkville Sandwich high bands. Games at Memorial Park include baseball pony league softball and water fights with a dark fireworks display by Kendall Bristol Fire District.
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Yorkville
City Park
Memorial Park
Kendall Co
VFW Post
Sandwich
Art Reimensnider
Harlan Wiley
Ottawa
American Legion
Bristol
Kendall-Bristol Fire District
Driver Injured In Tabler Road Crash Near Joliet
George Harris, 30, of Rte. 2, listed in fair condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after his 1968 Oldsmobile struck a bridge on Tabler Road one mile north of U.S. 6 Friday at 1 p.m. Grundy County deputy sheriff E G Olson investigated the accident.
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George Harris
Rte. 2
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Harris
U.S. 6
Tabler Road
Grundy County
E. G. Olson
Final action looming as Illinois backs income tax plan
Illinois lawmakers near final action on Gov. Ogilvie's package including an rate regulated income tax set to take effect Aug 1 subject to court review. The plan also brings increased school aid and city funding while House votes moved two major proposals forward.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Richard B. Ogilvie
Senate
Ogilvie
House
Ralph T. Smith
Alton
John Touhy
Chicago
Richard J. Dale
Daley
James Redmond
Touhy
Smith
FBI
Children Appear At Fire Hearing In West Virginia
Susie Bailey aged 15 and Rodger Bailey aged 13 admitted signing confessions in a preliminary hearing into a deadly June 8 fire that killed their parents and 10 siblings. The statements were taken by assistant state fire marshal E L Roush and were challenged by defense lawyers. Magistrate Rothwell granted a recess after their introduction.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Susie
Rodger Bailey
Rodger
E. L. Roush
A. L. Rothwell
Susie and
Newark Plans July Fourth Celebration
Newark holds a July Fourth homecoming on the high school grounds with a 9 30 p.m. parade form at the Lutheran Church and a morning float and pet parade to the high school. The day features devotions by Rev. Julius Masted, musical acts, a Cuba topic by Jose Perez, Little League at 2 p.m., and lunch proceeds benefiting the Charles B Phillips Library.
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Newark
Newark High School
Lutheran Church
Newark Woman's Club
Julius Masted
West Lisbon Lutheran Church
Russell Tendall
Seneca
Everett Hauge
Elaine
Jose Perez
Aurora
Cuba
Perez
Ohio State University
Aurora Caterpillar Tractor Co
Andrew Anderson
Woman's Club
Charles B. Phillips
Israeli Minister Warns on Attacks
Prime Minister Golda Meir told the Knesset that attackers should not be surprised by a sevenfold response. She said those who violate the cease fire cannot claim immunity, and Arab leaders should reassess the consequences of aggression.
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Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Israel
Tshombe Dies in Algiers at Age 49
Moise Tshombe once premier of the Congo and Katanga leader died in Algiers at 49 after a heart attack. An autopsy was planned. He had lived in exile after Katanga’s secession and a 1960s political career marked by controversy and resilience.
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Algiers
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Katanga
Tshombe
Algeria
Spain
Palma de Majorca
Conso
Kinshasa
Leopoldville
The
Moise-Kapenda
Moses
Musumba
Europe
Belgium
Joseph Kasavubu
Patrice Lumumba
South Africa
Rhodesia
United Nations
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Zambia
Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Tornado Destroys Trailer At Shady Oaks Mobile Park
An apparent tornado hit Shady Oaks Mobile Home Park east of Morris early today, destroying an empty trailer and damaging about 10 others. The tornado cutoff power lines and trees, with no injuries reported, and a 1966 or 1967 trailer valued at about 6700 dollars was overturned.
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Shady Oaks
Larry Eubanks
Eubanks
Shady Oaks Mobile Home Park
Morris
Park
Minooka
Decatur
Betty
Richard Dillard
Harold Stophers
Bookwalter-Woods
Gardner
Dillard
Associated Press
Illinois
Joliet
Des Plaines
Chicago
Weather Bureau
Cook County
Morris Post Office to Get Air Conditioning
U S Rep Charlotte Reid reports Postmaster General approved a project to air condition the Morris Post Office at an estimated cost of 65 000. The Morr is Daily Herald notes the plan follows the 15th Congressional District including Grundy County.
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Morris Post Office
U.S
Charlotte Reid
15Th
Grundy County
Reid
Morris Daily Herald
Free Red Cross swimming lessons at Morris Pool enrollment
Enrollment for free Red Cross swimming lessons at Morris Pool has reached 550. Children’s lessons run Tuesday through Friday mornings for six weeks. Registration for junior and senior lifesaving is at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the pool. Junior lif salv ers must be 11 years old and senior at least 15. Classes run 6 and 7 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with Mrs. William Weatherly as instructor.
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Red Cross
Morris Pool
William Weatherly
Bombs Blow Up on Train Near Wells Nevada
A carload of Army bombs exploded while a Western Pacific freight train passed Tobar 150 miles west of Salt Lake City. Four injured include conductor Taylor M. Johnson and transient Morris Tipton. Army experts from Ft. Douglas flew in. area banned. Pentagon says only conventional ordnance.
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Richards
Wells
Taylor M. Johnson
Elko
Navy
Tipton
Freeman J. Stevens
Army
Ft. Douglas
Salt Lake City
Federal Aviation Agency
Pentagon
Western Pacific
San Francisco
Cornhusker
Grand Island
Neb
Port Chicago
Calif
Vietnam
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Herald
Duka Vasiljevich
William Morrison
Bloomington
Darrel Miller
Steve Schauer
North Side
Catherine Kunst
John Pachakis
Jimmy Moritz
Oregon
Lowden State Park
William Schroth
U.S. 34
Galesburg
Morris Wife Sweepstakes
Texaco
Sandra
Eve Betty
Romine
Standard Car & Truck Plaza
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