Low income housing projects shaped Grundy County growth
The Grundy County Housing Authority began in 1947 after a state certification and a $23,247 grant, creating 19 lots in the Coal City tract and later expanding to the Cannea Subdivision Morris. Veterans priority guided postwar housing with covenants, park land, and strict residence rules shaping a lasting community footprint.
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Robinson Drive
Meadors Circle
McKinley Ave
Housing Authority
Grundy County
Trotter
County Housing Authority
of Grundy
Maurice Robinson
Frank E. Monson
Barney Corsiatti
Thomas Meadors
Anton J. Berta
Atty
Erwin Godfrey
Coal City
Tracy Adcock
Division St
Maumee Collieries Co
Cannea
Morris
State of Illinois
Adcock
McKinley
High Sts
Frank
Edith Condon
Delta Queen and Julia Belle Swain race set for Peoria
Riverboat enthusiasts learn the Delta Queen and the Julia Belle Swain will race July 14 in Peoria. Local groups and downtown businesses unite to promote the historic event as a major attraction.
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Julia Belle Swain
Peoria
Deliberations Continue in Berrigan Kidnap Bomb Conspiracy Case
A federal jury in Harrisburg resumes deliberations in the conspiracy case against Rev. Philip Berrigan and six antiwar activists. After a contested charge, jurors spent hours reviewing testimony and 100 exhibits, while requests for a copy of the charge and phone chart were denied. The group is charged with plotting to kidnap Kissinger, blow tunnels, and vandalize draft offices. Berrigan faces potential 50 more years. co-defendant Sister Elizabeth McAlister could receive 40 years. others face up to five years each.
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Harrisburg
Philip Berrigan
U.S. District Court
R. Dixon Herman
Herman
Berrigan
Hen
Ry A. Kissinger
Washington
Draft Board
Southeast Asia
Maryland
Elizabeth McAlister
Housing Authority Delays Meeting to April 10
The Grundy County Housing Authority has postponed its 4 p.m. Monday meeting to the next Monday April 10 at 4 p.m. in the courthouse.
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Grundy County
Weather is Mostly Cloudy With Cold Temperatures
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a high in the upper 30s today with light snow flurries tonight near 30. Saturday skies stay cloudy with snow ending in the morning and a high in the lower 40s. Dresden Island Locks high 42 and low 25 recorded. Morris downtown 34 at 7 am and 35 at 9 am. March highs reached 75 on the 12th and a low of 8 on the 5th.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Crash kills six Penn State students near Frederick Maryland
Six male Penn State University students on spring recess died when their car veered into a guard rail and struck a concrete column supporting an overpass on Maryland 80 near Interstate 70S. Four were Pennsylvanians and two Maryland residents. five died at the scene and one at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Frederick
Penn State University
Maryland
Jack Marsh
Marsh
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Absentee Ballot Deadlines Also Posted for Morris High
Absent ballots must be applied for by mail by Monday with the last day for in person requests next Wednesday. Ballots are available at Morris Community High School office from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through board secretary Mrs. Gladys Bright.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Gladys Bright
Sudden Thought on Circles and Cutting Corners
A pithy editorial note suggests that excessive corner cutting may cause one to travel in circles and fail to progress. The line hints at caution against shortcuts.
Pilgrims Return to Jerusalem for Good Friday Way of Sorrows
Christian pilgrims in Jerusalem retrace Christ's final footsteps along the Via Dolorosa amid warm spring breezes. Thousands travel the mile long procession to Calvary, some carrying 2 foot wooden crosses, marking the fifth Good Friday since 1967. Across Berlin West German authorities report border crossings crowded as East Berlin facilities strain under flows. In the Philippines, flagellants enact their annual ritual, flogging themselves with glass tipped bats and bamboo rods then praying by rivers.
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Associated Press
Jerusalem
Via Dolorosa
Calvary
Israel
Old City
Jordan
Berlin
Wall
East Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Philippines
Bloodmobile to visit Grundy County Moose Lodge Monday
American Red Cross volunteers plan a Grundy County bloodmobile stop at the Moose Lodge from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Harold Crumb, 515% Douglas St., will donate his 49th pint, with the county program supplying free blood to residents and workers.Appointments and babysitting services are available. donors may give every eight weeks, up to five times a year.
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American Red Cross
Grundy County
Moose Lodge
Harold Crumb
Douglas St
Harold Jr
Wyler, Silvain
Alma Children’s Hospital
Chicago
Young Harold
Red Cross
United States
Morris Post Office
Morris Hospital
Allan Spangler
County Blood Program
Harold L. Crumb Jr
Harold L. Crumb
Sandra Crumb
Fremont Ave
Morris
Herald
Twelve candidates vie for District No 3 county board seats
In District No 3, twelve candidates split evenly between Republicans and Democrats compete for six county board seats. Voter hours run 6 am to 6 pm. Candidates include Peter Baudino, Gordon Gunderson, Gerald Heavens, Wilfred Harty, Donald Noonan, John Fillman, and Republicans Arthur Bozue Jr., Peter Cacello, John Gilchrist, Harry Henderson, Norbert McLuckie, and Harry Wollgast.
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Peter Baudino
Gordon E. Gunderson
Gerald T. Heavens
Wilfred Harty
Donald Noonan
John Fillman
Arthur Bozue Jr
Peter Cacello
John H. Gilchrist
Harry Henderson
Norbert McLuckie
Harry Wollgast
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The
Morris Daily Herald
Canal Bridge
Peoria Association of Commerce
Illinois Division of Highways
P. J. Faletto
District 3
Ottawa
Faletto
Dwight
Clarence Roeder
Thomas Brannick
First National Bank
Gerald Clennon
March
Kitchen-Klatter
Hejoile
Choice Building
Riverside Subdivision
Liberty
Bloodmobile
Baudino
Rte. 1
Kinsman
Verona
Carbon Hill
LaVerne Piagno
Rodney
York, Pa
Lowando
University of Illinois
Gunderson
Peabody Coal Co
McElwain Coal Co
Braidwood Mine
United Mine Workers of America
Teamsters
Joliet
Mazon Township
Irene Girot
Lee Gunderson
Patricia Murphy
Sue Anne Suddick
Gundersons
Grundy St
Gardner
Assumption
Holy Name Society
Braidwood Council of the Knights of Columbus
Heavens
Mary St
Leona Henke
Patricia Testa
Gerald Heavens Jr
Harry
American Legion
V.F.W
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Navy
Harty
Marie Slattery
John W. Harty
Kathie Hughes
Illinois
Farmers Union
Morris Moose Lodge
Dwight Knights of Columbus
Bud
Noonan
R.R. Donnelly Co
Fluor Corp
General Electric
Midwest Fuel Recovery
St. Paul High School
Odell
Mary Jane Golding
Kankakee
Mary Catherine
Cathy
Dwight High School
Fillman
Mazon
Mazon High School
Purdue University
Helen Pederson
Madison
Wis
William
Kristin
Jay
Mazon Township High School
Caterpillar
Bozue
Gardner Texaco
Hanover College
Hanover
Ind
Staunton
Braceville
Lions Club
Phi Gamma Delta
Mazons
Eastern Star Commandery
Royal Arch Shrine
Machinist Union
Presbyterian Church
Salvation Army
Evelyn Olson
Monroe St
Kenneth
Bonnie Pantalone and
James
Cacello
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
VFW Post
DAV
American Legion Post
South Wilmington
Gilchrist
Maine Township
Farm Bureau
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