Morris Mayor seeks Census review re city population
Mayor Hendrickson expects a Washington ruling on revising the 8194 figure from the 1970 census. If approved, an automatic increase or a new survey at cost may follow. Officials estimate true population near 9400, citing 154 new apartments and at least 15 new homes yearly since 1960.
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Morris
John Hendrickson
Bureau of the Census
Washington, D. C
Washington
Hendrickson
Census Bureau
Grundy County
Morris Illinois Edition March 4 1971 Price Ten Cents
Thursday Afternoon's Morris Illinois newspaper page notes a price of ten cents. The brief item lists Morris Illinois 60450 and date March 4 1971.
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Morris
Illinois
Sheriff Expands Night Shift With LEADS Operations
Grundy County sheriff adds Norma Christensen to 4 p.m. to midnight shift as LEADS operator. Officials plan a third shift to handle calls and dispatch from midnight to 8 a.m. LEADS accelerates state and national checks, with shared rent and expanded radio links among county agencies.
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Ray
Norma) Christensen
Grundy County
E. Chapin St
William D. Button
Sheriff's Department
Christensen
Button
County Board of Supervisors
Law Enforcement Agencies
Marvin L
Jake) Olson
Planning Commission approves 14000 Morris planning program
Morris Planning Commission approved a proposed one year planning program costing 14000 with an 8000 city share and 6000 from state and federal funds. The contract with General Planning and Resource Consultants starts March 15 and runs through 5 items including zoning update annexation and follow up planning assistance.
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Morris Planning Commission
Peter Sonnenfeld
Department of Local Government Affairs
Gerwin Rohrbach
General Planning and Resource Consultants, Inc
State
Morris
Sonnenfeld
Rohrbach
Weather outlook the next two days and current temps
Increasing cloudiness tonight and not so cold with lows in the mid 20s. Friday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with highs in the lower 40s. Wednesday’s high at the Dresden Island Locks and Dam was 30 degrees and the low 17. At 7 a.m. today it was 20 and in Morris at 10 a.m. it was 22.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Granville Man In Critical Condition After Van-Truck Collision
A Granville man, Edward Argubright, 43, is in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a two-vehicle crash one mile south of Mazon at 12 05 p m Wednesday. His van was struck by a tractor trailer as it attempted a left turn on Illinois 47. Royal and Bingham escaped injury. The van was wrecked and towed. Damage to the tractor trailer was not disclosed.
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Granville
Mazon
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Edward Argubright
Morris Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Argubright
Robert M. Bingham
Ottawa
Illinois
Sucker Road
Franklin Lee Royal
Owensboro
Royal
Plan Shabbona School Open House March 14
The $1.2 million Shabbona School will host a public open house from 2 to 5 p.m. March 14. A joint flag ceremony with the VFW John Martin Steele Post and American Legion Post 294 is planned, with flags donated by the VFW and spotlights by the Legion.
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Shabbona
John Martin Steele
VFW
American Legion
Shabbona School
Phillips and Associates
Canton
Father Held for Beating Baby in Grundy County
Marion Lee Banks, 19, of Diamond, charged in Circuit Court with cruelty to a child and aggravated battery for beating his four month old daughter Michele. Bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing before Judge Walter Dixon. bond set at 50000. Hospitalization at Silver Cross in Joliet noted as the infant remained in critical condition.
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Grundy County
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Marion Lee Banks
Mel Kay _ Trailer Court
Diamond
Banks
Michele
Donna
Richard Wilder
Dixon
Edison to Appeal Decision Over Dresden 3 Cooling Lake Delay
Edison announces it will seek immediate reconsideration of the Illinois Pollution Control Board ruling barring Dresden Unit 3 from operating until a cooling lake is finished. Chairman J Harris Ward argues the decision threatens summer power reliability and understates reserve margins while noting changes in water standards and the $23 million lake expansion.
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Commonwealth Edison Co
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Dresden
Pollution Control Board
Peoria
Edison
J. Harris Ward
Midwest
Federal Power Commission
FPC
Ward
Illinois
Snicker-A-Day Promotes Savings Over Free Speech
A light editorial note argues that practical cost concerns should guide public discourse and listening habits rather than broad free speech ideals, suggesting frugal engagement as a national priority.
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Herald
Morris Daily Herald
Arlene Bennyhoff
Olson
Erwin
Wix
District 5A
LaSalle
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Coal City
Gosh
District No. 5
National Communications Identification Center
ILEC
South Wilmington
Gardner
Illinois State Police
Ispern
Mazon and
Ralph Knight
Don’s Service Center
George Parr Service, Inc
Plan Shabbona
Richard Oakland
Board of Education
Morris Community High School
Citizens Committee
Garfield School
Walter Dixon
Atty. Wilder
Donald Mack Flippin
Russell Nelson
Flippin
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