Reorganization approved for Morris Grade School District 54
Morris District 54 vote 6-1 approves reorganization to close Lincoln and McKinley schools and move kindergartners to Franklin School. Plan aims to save money but delays selling closed schools. bond referendum likely needed to fund next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Board of Education
H. Dale Barr
Lincoln and
McKinley
Franklin School
Keith
Mildred) Bartlett
Donald Marth
James Peterson
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Gordon Lear
Donald Zwiers
Gerald Metague
Bartlett
Marth
Bell
John Roth Jr
Dr. Roth
Morris Physicians
Morris Grade School
Lincoln School
Lincoln
Herald
County housing plan urged amid board session
Tracy Adcock urged Grundy County supervisors to back a federally subsidized low income housing project on a 10 acre site off Park Blvd in Morris, with 50 units and a park. He warned of local opposition from High Park residents and noted 509 elderly housing registrations. Ground breaking slated May 1 and occupancy Sept 1 with costs between 850 thousand and 1 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
High Park
Morris
Adcock
Housing Authority
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Park Blvd
DuPont St
Sidney Carr
Edward R. Walker
Wauponsee Township
Board of Appeals
Atty
David Root
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Morris District Sets Spring Vacation and School Changes
The Morris Grade School District No. 54 board accepted two resignations from Garfield School teachers Miss Sandra Hill and Mrs Judy Downey. Valarie Swartz was hired as learning disability teacher at Garfield starting Feb 14. Spring break runs March 31 to April 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Board of Education
Sandra Hill
Garfield School
Judy Downey
Valarie Swartz
H. Dale Barr
Barr
Donald Marth
Marth
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
the Herald
Weather Outlook From Dresden Island With Warmth And Rain
Cloudy and warmer today with showers and thunderstorms likely this afternoon. High around 50. Tonight with possible rain mixing to snow, low in the 30s. Thursday mostly cloudy and colder with a chance of rain or snow in the morning. high in the 40s. Tuesday’s high 45 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam, low 25. Current readings show 32 at 7 am and 35 in Morris downtown at 10:30 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Two candidates run unopposed for Grundy County trustees
Two candidates are running unopposed for six-year terms on the Grundy County Board of School Trustees. George A. Enrietta of Coal City and Earl G. Hunt of Wauponsee Township seek seats formerly held by Jens Spandet and B. J. Ulivi. Trustees elect take office July 1 with terms expiring June 30, 1978.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
George A. Errietta
Clark and
Dewey Sts
Coal City
Earl G. Hunt
Rte. 5
Wauponsee Township
Jens Spandet
E. Main St
B. J. Ulivi
Enrietta
Danville
Peter Enrietta
Berta Lumber Co
Mary Berta
Garfield School
Morris
Hunt
Rte. 1
Robert
Thomas
St. Luther Seminary
St. Paul, Minn
Danish airliner crashes near Dubai killing 112
A Sterling Airways double jet CaraVelle with 112 aboard crashed into a rain swept mountainside near Qelbe 12 miles inland from Sharjah. Rescue teams found no signs of life and the aircraft disappeared while approaching to land from Ceylon to Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubai
Persian Gulf
Sterling Airways
Copenhagen
Ceylon
Denmark
Qelba
Sharjah
Lee County official urges tax protest to abolish personal tax
Lee County Board of Supervisors chairman Charles Dunphy urged a state wide protest by withholding personal property taxes. He said he will pay 1971 tax under protest but withhold 1972 tax and urged Lee County residents to join in hopes the movement spreads to other counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Carlson
Carlson
Richard Herman
Arthur Bozue Jr
Wilfred Harty
Wallace Burroughs
Gm&o Railroad
Braceville Township
Coal City
M I
County Zoning Board of Appeals
Contingency Fund
County Farm Fund
McLuckie
Civil Defense
Board of Review
Garfield
Goodfarm
Highway Commissioners
Earl Bingham
Dixon, Ill
Lee County Board of Supervisors
Charles Dunphy
Dunphy
Lee County
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Lear
South Side
Illinois River
Supt. Barr
Napco, Inc
Tulsa
Oklo
Leonard Bols
Aux Sable Township
Burl Gotham
Carr
Bols
Aux Sable
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
Pauline Coleman
Norbert McLuckie
Finance Committee
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Center School
Naperville, Ill
Daniel Gutkowski
Illinois 59
Gutkowski
Fear
Tey
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