Damages Sought in Auto Crash Lawsuit
An $85,000 damage suit filed in circuit court names Larry J. Knop as defendant after a May 6 1967 rear end collision on Illinois 113 two miles west of Illinois 47. Diane Phillips and Helen Phillips seek 50 10 and 25 thousand dollars for property and personal injuries with attorney James Fleming of Coal City representing the plaintiffs.
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Larry J. Knop
Illinois 113
Helen Phillips
Diane Phillips
Knop
Illinois
Coal City
James Fleming
Westmoreland Says South Vietnam Boosts Fight Burden
Gen. William C. Westmoreland told Nevada lawmakers on his 55th birthday that South Vietnam, with U.S. aid, has built up its armed strength to gradually take on more fighting. He said the Vietnamese have galvanized will, stabilized the economy, mobilized manpower and strengthened forces behind a protective shield of military power.
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Carson City
Nev
William C. Westmoreland
South Vietnam
U.S
Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Nevada
Open House Highlights Saratoga School Expansion
An Open House at Saratoga Consolidated School will mark the one year since District 60-C voters approved a 275000 bond for a 9000 square foot addition. Construction added five rooms and a library study hall, now housing 110 of 320 pupils with eighth graders first moving in.
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Saratoga Consolidated School
Duane Heren
Charles H. Eichelkraut
Saratoga School
Weather forecast from Morris area with snow chance and cold snap
The U S Weather Bureau says partly cloudy with light snow possible tonight and a low in the mid to upper 20s. Friday brings more cloudiness and warmer highs then colder with a chance of light precipitation. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 30 and a low of 12, while downtown Morris stood at 33 at 11 am. Precipitation measured .08 inch.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Collins
Morris
Man Saves Child By Casting Aside Crutches In River Rescue
Charles Brown a former Army medic sprinted 150 yards to aid 2 year old Ernie Land who fell into the Jordan River in Salt Lake City. He helped Byron Farnsworth who was stuck in the river bottom and revived the boy with mouth to mouth resuscitation.
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Salt Lake City
Ernie Land
Jordan River
Charles Brown
Byron Farnsworth
Brown
Morris Planning Commission Approves Hatcher Woods Addition and Motel Plan
The Morris Planning Commission recommended approval of an 83 lot addition to Hatcher Woods and a 10 acre motel and townhouse development at Illinois 47 and I 80. The plan includes a 40 acre long range layout with a shopping center office and residences, with zoning changes and traffic stipulations.
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Hatcher Woods
Illinois 47
Morris Planning Commission
C. J. Chamlin
Chamlin & Associates
Carl Stocklose
Chamlin
Commission
Angie Patti
Ilinois 47
Canal Road
Alex Crowther
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Ralph Shay
Anderson Beverage Business
E. Main St
Appeals Board
Barry Seng
Patti
Richard Bauer
James Baum
City Council
Zoning Board of Appeals
Federal Paper Board Granted Six Month Pollution Continuance
Federal Paper Board received a six month continuance on discharging inadequately treated wastes into the Illinois River after a public hearing before the Illinois Sanitary Water Board in Springfield. Officials submitted an affidavit of intention and cited improvements and ongoing study of treatment plant types. Attending for the company were Don Marth Morris plant manager Baxter Chamberlain William Groff and Atty David Root. LaSalle city officials did not take action, presenting a time schedule for a future secondary treatment facility.
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Federal Paper Board
Ilinois
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Springfield
State Board
Don Marth
Morris
Baxter Chamberlain
Montvale
N. J
William Groff
Atty
David Root
City of
LaSalle
Trustees to Meet Final Decision on Building Plans
The Morris Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the children's room to decide on building plans. Architect Robert Freund will attend. The regular monthly meeting has been advanced one week.
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Morris Public Library Board of Trustees
Robert Freund
Morris Retail Division hears on Chamber progress and new blue card plan
Seventeen members and five guests of the Morris Retail Division of the Grundy County Chamber met at the Seven Gables for the second of four National Chamber of Commerce week activities. President-elect H James Baum outlined goals for 1969 1970 including a new dues formula to aid small stores and emphasized the growing industrial division.
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Morris Retail
Grundy County
Jerry Fostvedt
Chamber of Commerce
Fostvedt
Eisenhower in critical condition as doctors report deteriorating heart
Ex President Dwight D. Eisenhower remains in critical condition at Walter Reed as doctors say his congestive heart failure has worsened and he is not responding to treatment. He sleeps longer, but is lucid when awake and Mamie stays by his side while Nixon visits.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Frederic J. Hughes Jr
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
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Dong Tam
Saigon
Ask
South Vietnamese
Saratoga
Stockrose
Downtown Planning Committee
Ida Lois
Leng
Planning Commission
Donald Davidson
Donald Gilchrist
Leo Berens
Lois
Baum
Bauer
Charles Roseland
James Stine
Joe Abel
Save Your Vision
Gretel the Dachshund
Chamber
Krueger
Richard Wilder
Wilder
Morris Retail Division
Arden Wills
Wills
Ierald
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