Grundy County Housing Authority schedules 1966 studies
The Grundy County Housing Authority says it will study the need for low income family dwellings in 1966, using recent data from Grundy and Morris Planning Commissions. The authority has no current recommendations and notes its role in remedying unsafe housing and surveying needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Meadors
Coal City
Leslie Davidson
Morris
Davidson
Indiana
Chicago
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Charles Sutton
Ilinois Department of Public Health
Neeleen Ness
Soviet fishing fleet under watch off Australia's west coast
Australian security officials monitor a flotilla of Soviet fishing vessels suspected of spying near Australia. The Russians have gathered off the western coast for over a year, with no direct action possible while they operate outside Australian territorial waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
Trustees Name Mrs Hayes to Library Board
Mrs Eugene Mary Beth Hayes was named to represent Morris Library trustees on System 9 regional board. She has served Morris Library since 1962 and was reappointed in 1963. Trustees voted eight cents per mile for official library travel. Meeting details and survey plans for System 9 discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene
Mary Beth) Hayes
Morris Library
System 9 Regional Library Board
Hayes
Dunn and
Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Kendall County
Morris
Morris Savings and Loan Assn
Gordon Gregg
Harold Goldstein
Goldstein
Graduate School of Library Science
University of Illinois
U. of I
Gregg
Helen Francis
Francis
Morris Community High School
Bell patent marked as issued 90 years ago this week
The report notes Patent No. 174465 was issued to Alexander Graham Bell about 90 years ago. Bell’s invention grew into a global phenomenon with the Bell Telephone Co. reporting 182 million telephones in use worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Alexander Graham Bell
Bell
Bell Telephone Co
Burglars Target Morris Gas Station and Savon Station
Police report two burglaries on Monday night at Morris gas station on Division Street and Savon station on N Division Street. Criminals forced a back door, took three cartons of king size cigarettes, a half gallon of chocolate milk and a .22 caliber pistol from the Morris site. a padlock casing was pried at the Savon station, where a back room containing oil barrels was accessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
McTavish Bob
Division St
Illinois Ave
Donald Ward
California Arms Company
William Button
Glenn Johnson
Savon Gas Station
N. Division St
Electricity Outage Planned North of Morris
Commonwealth Edison Co. announces a power interruption for about one hour starting at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The affected area lies northeast of Morris from Illinois 47 to Tabler Road and within three quarters of a mile north and south of U.S. 6. Crews will revise the distribution system to improve reliability.
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Morris
Commonwealth Edison Co
Joliet
Illinois 47
Tabler Road
U.S. 6
Witnesses Testimony Sparks Perjury Charge in Rose Burglary Case
Conflicting testimony from Hillard C. Rice led Grundy County Grand Jury to indict William Rose 24 and Ronald Rose 22 on perjury charges related to a February 9 burglary at Redfern’s Hardware. The brothers face $10,000 bond each after grand jury indictments. Rice testified at the preliminary hearing February 11.
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William Rose
Ronald Rose
Armstrong St
Grundy County
Hillard C. Rice
Griggs Drive
Rose Brothers
Grand
Redfern
Liberty St
Rice
Donald Ward
William
Charlotte) Miller
Robert Malmquist
Jeannette Larson
State
Richard Wilder
Miller
Larson
Jake Olson
Morris
Robert Redfern
Leonard Hoffman
Arty Wilder
Fred Ferguson
Fire Damage Closes Sponge Cushion Plant Temporarily
An oil burner at the Sponge Cushion plant on Armstrong Street burned out in a 5 a.m. fire after a fuel nozzle disconnected and backed up oil ignited. The plant shut down until a replacement burner is installed, with fire crews arriving from Morris and employees containing the blaze.
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Armstrong, St
Jack Strobel
Strobel
Morris Fire Department
Morris Planning Commission Terms Out Camping Trailer Rules
Morris Planning Commission discussed a revised camping trailer ordinance and home occupation restrictions at a Monday night meeting. They defined trailer classifications, planned limited home businesses, and considered linkage to zoning while planning a March 21 hearing and March 30 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Planning Commission
Joseph Abel
Abel
Jim Baum
Commission
Donald Davidson
Morris
Ted Conley
Hatcher Woods
Baum
Barry Seng
Morris Elementary School
Lester Johnson
Fred Patti
Leo Borens
Floyd Siron
Tom West
Richard Schweichkert
Ange Hansen
Arthur Patterson
Second Ave
Andrew R. (Curley) Johnson
George Travers
Joliet
Commonwealth Edison Co
Five New Directors Join Morris Chamber Board
Morris Chamber of Commerce announces five new directors for three year terms. New members are Earl Hunt, Atty John Hynds, Karl Linneman, William F. A. Palmer, and Kenneth Sereno. Two resignations and budget approval for 1966 67 were noted along with a March 26 annual meeting with Congresswoman Charlotte T. Reid as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Chamber of Commerce
Lester Johnson
Earl Hunt
Federal Paper Board Co
Atty John Hynds
Karl Linneman
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
William F. A. Palmer
Grundy County National Bank
Kenneth Sereno
Sereno Blacksmith and Farm Mart
Atty John Black
Bob Royle
Chamber of Commerce
Conrad Weitz
Morris Planning Commission
Morris
Johnson
Morris Community High School
U. S
Charlotte T. Reid
Extradition proceedings begun for Hooper in Morris case
State's Atty. Richard Wilder started extradition to return Charles C. Hooper 36 of Marseilles from Booneville Mississippi after a Grundy County Grand Jury indicted him on kidnapping aggravated kidnapping and attempted rape. Hooper is held on $80,000 total bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Wilder
Charles C. Hooper
Marseilles
Booneville
Miss
Grundy County
Hooper
Fred Ferguson
Foreman
Leonard Hoffman
Elgin
Morris
Straightway Dairy
Wauponsee St
Canal Road
Ray Clark
Wilder
Otto Kerner
Mississippi
Prentiss County
Hoffman
John E. G. Olson
George Hendrickson
Atty
Hendrickson
Weather Outlook Cloudy, Warmer With Showers Possible
The U S Weather Bureau anticipates cloudy and warmer, wetter conditions with chances of showers tonight. Wednesday and Thursday remain cloudy and warm with highs in the 40s and lows in the 30s. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 33 and a low of 20 Monday, with 9 a.m. temperature at 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Record U S jets lost as crews missing in Viet Nam action
Four U S jets were lost with the crews of three in the Viet Nam air war marked by heavy sorties against targets in the North. One F105 was hit by ground fire, a pilot bailed out and was rescued. two F101s disappeared and are missing in action. B52 bombers struck Viet Cong headquarters with reports of 360 enemy killed in Utah operation.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Son la
Hanoi
Thanh Hoa
17Th Parallel
Vinh
Quang Ngai
21St Regiment
Utah
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Northern Pacific
Eagle Nest
N.D
Mrs. Hayes
Library
U.S
Royal Australian Regiment
Viet Nam
da Nang
Valley Forge
W.C. Watson
Justin
Calif
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