Three member committee formed on zoning office duties
Morris Planning Commission appointed a three man committee to meet the acting zoning officer Wilfred Dix, planning consultant Gerwin Rohrbach and zoning board of appeals committee to discuss guidelines and duties. Kenneth Carmignani to meet Dix and city attorney David Smith as new control monitoring system and instruction manual proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Planning Commission
Wilfred Dix
Zoning Board of Appeals
Clyde Baker
Gerwin Rohrbach
Robert Gilbertson
Commission
Austin Bollen
James Baum
Aage Hansen
Baker
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Rohrbach
Kenneth Carmignani
Dix
David Smith
Smith
AVC Bids Approved for Grundy Vocational Center Equipment
The Morris Community High School board approved about 167000 in equipment bids for the Grundy Area Vocational Center after the AVC administrative council had earlier approved bids by 40 bidders. Bids were below estimates by roughly 12 percent with no bids received for about 10000 in additional items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy Area
Board of Education
Morris Community High School
AVC
Donald Kaufman
Kaufman
Dollar Rebounds Amid Ongoing International Monetary Crisis
The U S dollar rallied briefly on European exchanges as speculators covered positions, while major markets in West Germany Austria and several other nations held back on dollar purchases. Rumors of a delayed German mark revaluation boosted the dollar, with expectations that the Swiss franc and Dutch guilder would rise in tandem.
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London
U.S
West Germany
Austria
Belgium
Finland
Netherlands
Portugal
Switzerland
Spain
Germany
Brussels
France
Italy
Luxembourg
Protesters vow return to capital despite arrests
Antiwar demonstrators vow new rounds of action after 12 000 arrests this week in Washington. Leaders Ren nie Davis and John Fraines call for renewed protests within six to eight weeks as police maintain heavy patrols and 4 000 troops stand by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rennie Davis
American Psychiatric Association
John Fraines
Davis
Fraines
United States
Capitol
Start Shakey Bridge Detour
City closes Shakey Bridge to all except emergency traffic for six to eight weeks starting today. New bridge work makes older structure unsafe. traffic detours via U. S. 6 to Stockdale Road with a two mile detour for Hatcher Woods access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakey Bridge
Richard Schweickert
Schweickert
Stockdale Road
Hatcher Woods
Weather Outlook and Local Readings for Dresden Island Area
The U S Weather Bureau reports today as partly cloudy with a chance of showers and highs in the mid to upper 50s. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low near 40, and Friday expects continued partial clouds with upper 50s to low 60s. Dresden Island Lock and Dam logged a Wednesday high of 68 and a low of 47 with about one inch of precipitation. at 7 am today the gauge showed 49. In downtown Morris the 11 am temperature reached 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Morris
Sanctioned Senate Pages Move to End Sex Bias
The Senate Rules Committee approved a resolution to appoint 16 year old girls as pages with a proviso that sponsors guarantee their safety until a dormitory is built. The measure, requiring Senate approval, also expands anti discrimination to Capitol police, elevator operators, and post office staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Charles H. Percy
Bill
Fred R. Harris
Dekla
Capitol
Degas sculpture breaks world auction record at $380000
New York AP reports an Edgar Degas bronze of a young ballerina sold for $380000 at Parke-Bernet, part of Norton Simon’s private collection sale that fetched $6.5 million. Van Gogh and Gauguin works also fetched high sums, with Gauguin at $420000 and Monet at $320000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edgar Degas
California
Norton Simon
Parke-Bernet
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
Monet
Paul Gauguin
Degas
Parke-Bennet
Henry Moore
Gauguin
Wildenstein Galleries
Wholesale prices rise in April widening inflation impact
The Labor Department reports a 0.3 percent rise in the wholesale price index in April with the industrials index up 0.4 percent and a 0.5 percent seasonally adjusted gain. Farm products were unchanged, processed foods and feeds fell slightly, and metals drove the surge. The index reached 113.3 percent of the 1967 average, 3.1 percent above a year earlier, while Nixon asked Congress for a 250 million loan guarantee to aid Lockheed Aircraft Corp. credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Labor Department
Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Congress
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Robbery at Hi-Way Inn Taps Two Armed Men
Two men, one armed with a .38 caliber revolver, robbed the Hi-Way Inn tavern shortly after it opened. They took $265 from two registers and $7.80 in drinks, escaping in a 1968 Chevrolet. The gunman was 6 feet to 6 feet 2 inches tall, about 178 pounds, with a scar under his chin. Sheriff deputies searched Union Street area and questioned construction workers before ending the inquiry near Walkers Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Office
Hi-Way Inn
Leo Bourn
Button
Charles Marketti
Union St
Walkers Corner
Steel firms match 6 percent auto and appliance price rise
Republic Steel matched U S Steel's 6 percent increase on auto and appliance items from Cleveland while the rest of the industry remained cautious. The move affects roughly one third of shipments and includes electrogalvanized sheets not handled by U S Steel. Other majors like Jones Laughlin National Armco and Wheeling-Pittsburgh were reviewing prices, Bethlehem Steel declining immediate comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh, Pa
Republic Steel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic
Cleveland
Ohio
U.S. Steel
Jones & Laughlin
National
Armco
Wheeling-Pittsburgh
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Bethlehem
U S Steel Raises Prices After White House Signals
U S Steel boosted prices amid White House hesitation to roll back the hike. Nixon labeled Bethlehem’s earlier rise as enormous and the administration expressed disappointment but did not review U S Steel’s action. The increases cover carbon and high strength sheet and strip, tied to wages fuel power taxes and input costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Bethlehem
Nixon
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Economic Council
U.S. Steel
FBI Mass Arrests in Michigan Tied to Gambling Rings
More than 400 FBI agents and local police arrested 151 people in Michigan on federal gambling charges in 37 cities. Indictments from Detroit and Grand Rapids accuse suspects of obstructing police, illegal gambling, and conspiracy.
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Washington
FBI
Michigan
Detroit
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Flint
Saginaw
Battle Creek
Kalamazoo
Justice Department
Las Vegas
Chicago
Miami
Parklake Village revisions approved for Morris plan
Morris Planning Commission voted 70 to approve consultant recommendations for Parklake Village a 23 acre PUD north of Coachlite Manor and east of Lisbon Road The plan calls for realigned streets private thoroughfares more park space and a larger area for a baseball diamond Density and building adjustments were suggested with a next public hearing set after May 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Planning
Parklake Village
Coachlite Manor
Lisbon Road
Planning Commission
Leon Apanas
Morris Development Corporation of Chicago
James Baum
Austin Bollen
Robert Gilbertson
Park Avenue
Lake Shore
Peony
Rose
Daphne
Isle of Caprice
Gerwin Rohbach
Rohrbach
Grundy County
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Ralph Knight
Interstate 80
Ridge Rd
Minooka
Armando Jaconetti
Motel Corp. of
Illinois
Bulletin
William Button
Harold Rosefsky
Rosefsky
John N. Mitchell
Mitchell
Parklake
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