Morris board studies fourth ward sewer and water assessment
The Morris Board of Local Improvements met to discuss a four-part fourth ward sewer and water project on Union St Hoover St and US 6 with total cost about 106000 dollars. Frontage costs average 26 dollars per foot with property owners to cover 12 to 15 dollars per foot and the city paying the rest.
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Morris Board of Local Improvements
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Fourth Ward
Union St
Hoover St
US. 6
Richard Schweickert
Chamlin and Associates
U.S. 6
North Union St
South
Edward Connor
Harold Rosefsky
Robert Cohenour
Robert Washburn
John T. Anderson
Basil Wiskey
Joseph Wogen
Marion Johnson
Leon Gant
John George
Joseph Murphy
Robert Norman
Roy Lanier
Ernest Brooks
Tilyar Hagen
Robert Valerio
South Union St
Ray Osmanson
Anna Brooks
Cyril Webster
First National Bank
John Hendrickson
Arthur Hornsby Jr
James Peacock
Wilfred Dix
Robert Gilbertson
Donald Caisley
del Linn
St Lawrence Parish Plans New Church Near Rice Street
About 310 St Lawrence Catholic Church parishioners in South Wilmington anticipate August completion of a one story brick church seating 300 with a $135000 cost. Groundbreaking preceded by 25 year and 18 month fund drives leaving $35000 to raise.
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ST. Lawrence Catholic Church
South Wilmington
Rice St
First Ave
Victor F. Rudden
St. Lawrence
Gardner
Essex
Braceville
Wilmington
St. Lawrence Parish
Quigley
Lawrence Donna
Father Donna
Rudden
Walker proposes 1974 budget with cuts and tax relief
Illinois Governor Daniel Walker outlined a $7.02 billion fiscal 1974 state budget at a joint session, trimmed by $617 million from the current year. He proposed $134 million more for K-12 education, $20 million for higher education, and a $350 per person income tax exemption for low and moderate income families for food and drugs.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Daniel Walker
Walker
House
Senate
Morris Planning Commission backs annexation zoning plan
The Morris Planning Commission at a Tuesday public hearing in First National Bank recommended to the City Council a pre annexation agreement for a half acre north of U S 6 east of Cohenour Upholstery to be zoned B-III for highway oriented businesses. Washburns seek annexation and an auto body shop with water service at the same rate as other Morris residents. Voting in favor were Crupi, Baker, Bauer, Hackett, and Chairman Bollen.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of
Morris
U.S. 6
Cohenour
Robert Washburn
E. North St
John Hynds
Washburns
Hynds
James Crupi
Clyde Baker
Richard Bauer
Dennis Hackett
Austin Bollen
Nuclear power set to surge in U S energy mix
AEC predicts nuclear generated electricity will rise from 4 percent to 60 percent of national supply by century end. The report Nuclear Power 1973 2000 says one quarter of U S energy consumption is new electrical energy and total energy use will more than double, with electricity comprising about half.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S
Weather and court actions amid Coal City drug case
Weather updates show sun, highs in the 60s, with colder nights and midweek cooling. In Grundy County, Associate Circuit Judge Robert Wren overruled motions to dismiss drug charges against Lynn Gagliardo and a 15-year-old Coal City youth, setting a March 13 date for defense presentation.
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Robert Wren
Grundy County
George Black
Robert Adcock
Lynn Gagliardo
Second Ave
Coal City
Gagliardo
Richard Wilder
Kim Brackett
2Nd St
Atty
Adcock
Brackett
Peterson Seeks Re‑Election To Morris Grade School Board
James A. Peterson aged 37 of 422 W Main St files to seek re election to Morris Grade School Board. He has served two consecutive three year terms. others with expiring terms include Donald F. Zwiers, Gerald McTague. Zwiers will not run. Saratoga Grade School Board sees Phillip Zink filing. Robert Hecht terms expire. Morris Community High School Board has no filings. Board president Jack Santa Cruz and Kenneth Davenport terms expire. Nettle Creek District filings not reported. Final filing date is March 23. elections April 14. FEW husbands carry an up to date photo of their wife after she hits forty.
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James A. Peterson
W. Main St
Morris
Donald F. Zwiers
Fremont Ave
Gerald McTague
Zwiers
Phillip Zink
Rte. 2
Saratoga Grade School
Zink
Robert Hecht
Morris Community High School Board
Jack Santa Cruz
Ridgecrest Subdivision
Kenneth Davenport
Lynwood Dr
Nettle Creek
William Burnham
Donald McCarter
Thomas Thorsen
Sticker deadline on March 15 in Minooka
Minooka residents face a March 15 deadline to buy vehicle license stickers. Auto fees are 5 dollars, trucks 7.50, two wheelers 3. after the date the rates double. Seniors over 65 pay 50 cents. Purchase at Village Hall Saturday 9 to noon and Thursday 7 to 9 p.m. March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Minooka Village
Flossmoor Man In Serious Condition After I 80 Crash
Charles F. Street Jr. of Flossmoor was listed in serious condition at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a Friday car truck accident on Interstate 80 about two miles east of Brown Road. His condition improved to fair on Tuesday.
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Charles F. Street Jr
Flossmoor
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Brown Rd
Street
Zone IV meeting in Morris Illinois on taxes and ruling
Zone IV members from Grundy County near the Wisconsin border gather at Morris Holiday Inn to discuss personal property taxes and a recent Supreme Court ruling. State senators and representatives attend, with State Rep James Washburn as guest speaker. Coffee mixer begins at 9 a.m. meeting to follow.
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Grundy County
Wisconsin
Illinois Association of County Board
Morris Holiday Inn
Supreme Court
James Washburn
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Father Rudden
Morris Daily Herald
Dresden Island
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Federal Paper Board
Pollution Board
Chicago
Charles Ingram
Sgt. Ingram
Sgt
Ingram
Coal City Standard
Dennis Neary
Neary
John Price
John Perona
Illinois Crime Lab
Perona
Black
Wren
Ever
Santora
Cunnea
George and
Kate Cunnen
Ireland
Washington St
Alvin Claire
Halterman
Wests Cafe
Liberty Aki H. B. Price Co. Inc
Ent
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