Once Busy Coal Tipple in Morris Is Razed
The Morroco Coal Company's tipple on the east side of Division Street in Morris was torn down after years of inactivity and hazard concerns. The yard now houses McElvain Construction and Johnson Precast, with no new plans. Coal came from nearby pits and mines and was sorted by size before sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Morroco Coal Company
N. Division St
James E. McElvain
McElvain Construction
Johnson
U.S. 6
Condon
N. Lisbon Road
Rod and Gun Club Road
Wilbur Finfrock
Morris Coal and Mining Co
Morroco
Illinois 47
McElwain Brothers
Ralph and
Carl
Finfrock
Minooka
Frank Pate
Osceola St
Joliet-Stateville
Illinois State Penitentiary
Pate
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Stateville
Joseph E. Ragen
Illinois
Rock Island
Pates
Tipple
Nixon imposes ceiling on meat prices nationwide
President Nixon announced a meat price ceiling effective immediately to curb soaring costs. The limit applies to beef pork and lamb sold by retailers and wholesalers for 30 days based on prior 30 day sales, excluding poultry and seafood. Compliance via IRS enforcement begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Hanoi
Congress
June Donovan
Los Angeles
Cost of Living Council
Dwight Township High School District Joins Joliet Junior College
Dwight Township High School District 230 in Livingston County votes to annex to Joliet Junior College District 525. JJC Board of Trustees approves the annexation after surveys and discussions, citing modern facilities, strong administration, low taxes, and satellite-classroom outreach as benefits.
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Dwight Township
Livingston County
Illinois Junior College Board
Joliet Junior College
JJC
Joliet
Illinois
Will County
Dwight
Junior College Board
Aubrey A. Wills
JJC Board of Trustees
Dwight High School Board of Education
Grundy
Geneseo Township High School
Hauschild
Coal City
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Grundy Grain and Supply Co
Grundy Service Co
Vernon
Darlene Giordano
Phyllis Czerkies
Robert Trotter
Rte. 1
Mazon
Grundy County
Methodist Church of
Braidwood
Weather forecast and readings at Dresden Island and Morris
Partly sunny this afternoon with a high in the lower 50s. Tonight partly cloudy with a chance of rain and a low around 40. Saturday likely rain with a high in the lower 50s. Thursday high 48 and low 41 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7 a.m. today 42 degrees and 10:45 a.m. downtown Morris 57 degrees. Precipitation was .55.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Seneca Rural Fire District election set for April 10
The Seneca Rural Fire Protective Association proposes a new district to span parts of Grundy and LaSalle counties including Erienna Vienna Norman Nettle Creek Grundy and Brookfield Miller Manlius in LaSalle. Voting runs 6 am to 6 pm at Milton Pope Grade School for north of Illinois River residents and Brookfield Town Hall for south residents with two polling sites.
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Seneca
The
Seneca Rural Fire Protective Association
Seneca Rural Fire District
Milton Pope
Illinois River
Brookfield Town Hall
Seneca High School
Seneca Volunteer Fire Departments
Grundy County
LaSalle County
Erienna
Vienna
Norman and Nettle Creek
Brookfield, Miller and Manlius
Oak Park man surrenders in Bolingbrook girl sale case
Harold Miller 36, a teaching assistant at the University of Illinois Chicago, surrendered in Will County on charges of conspiracy to participate in child abandonment after allegedly paying 30000 for a 12 year old Bolingbrook girl. He waived extradition and was freed on 10000 bond.
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Joliet, Ill
Oak Park
Bolingbrook
Will County
Harold Miller
University of Illinois-Chicago
Michael Orenic
Circuit Court
Miller
Asheville
N.C
Rita Jackie Flynn
Township Elections In Grundy County Set Next Tuesday
Grundy County braces for township voting April 3 for supervisor town clerk assessor and four auditors under a new state statute. Morris precincts listed from courthouse to VFW hall with GOP candidates Braum Pack Lois Winsor and others contesting non democratic fields. Incumbent Goose Lake supervisor Hauschild Goose Lake clerk Trotter seek reelection. Maine Aux Sable and Aux Sable races noted with several candidates and no democrats filed in some townships.
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Grundy County
Morris
City Hall
Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
Franklin School
Gordon Hexdall
Telfer Printing Co
VFW Hall
Braum
Braun
A.P. Green
Josephine Pack
Pack
Everett
Ida) Lois
Lois
Chester Winsor
Willard Sheedy Sr
Rome Grahm
Grahm
U.S Engineers
Tom Steele
Morris Township
Louis
Jean) Naretto
Gardner
Robert B. Trotter
Rte. 5
Bruce Trotter
Rte. 1
Mazon
Anna Bell Freese
Wilmington
Raymond Phillips
Coal City
Fred Bohlander
Earl Muser
William F. Meyers
Bohlander
Muser
Goose Lake
Maine
John H. Gilchrist
Gilchrist
James Lafferty
Emma Huml
Robert Krull
James Wilson
Vernon Hauschild
Elvin Wills
Krull
Wilson
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Hauschild
Maine Township
Wills
Aux Sable
James McEvilly
Rte. 2
Minooka
Laborer’s Union Local 75
Coal Valley Old Timers Baseball Club
Minooka High School
McEvilly
Anne Clennon
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morris Daily Herald
France
Florence Smith
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
William Proxmire
House Agriculture Committee
W. R Poage
Nue
Treasury
George Shultz
Mollie Johnson
E. Main St
Halterman
Edward W. Conboy
Liberty
Phillip
John Hauschild
Goose Lake Town Hall
Coal City High School
George
Ann) Dorian
Chicago
Jane Gilchrist
Urbana
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