Seven elected to Community Unit 2 Board of Education
Voters chose seven members for the new Community Unit District No. 2 Board from multiple townships. Top vote getter was Mrs. Robert Pyllis Breisch with 434 votes. other winners were Williams, Madison, Walker, Phelan, Baker, and Gallup. Total ballots 662 with several write ins and a planned official canvass. The first board meeting will occur within 10 days to assign terms of one, two, and three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Robert A. Williams
Rte. 2
Dwight
Goodfarm Township
Norman R. Madison
Mazon
Mazon Township
Edwin Walker
Hugh E. Phelan
Rte. 1
Kinsman
Highland
O'Connell
Donald Vint
Donald Bartman
James Walsh
Donald Drinan
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Meadors
Monster seen again Sunday in Enfield Illinois
Henry McDaniel reports the three legged six toed goggle eyed Enfield monster sighted again on Sunday morning near his home. He fired four times April 25 and the creature fled into the brush. Plaster track impressions five toe pads possibly a sixth and witnesses chase the mystery with UFO expert Hayden Hewes en route.
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Enfield, Ill
Enfield
Henry McDaniel
McDaniel
WWKI
Kokomo
Ind
Rick Rainbow
Rainbow
Edward Phillips
Phillips
Greg Garrett
Hayden Hewes
Hewes
Judge Issues Order For 100 Jurors To Meet June 11
Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist issued an order Wednesday calling 100 petit jurors to report to the courthouse on June 11 for potential service. Jurors are summoned from the county voter list and must appear at the specified time.
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Circuit
Robert Malmquist
Weather Outlook With Showers and Storms Across the Day
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with showers and thunderstorms today and tonight with possible heavy rainfall. Tuesday remains mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and cooler highs in the low 60s. Weekend temps at Dresden Island Locks reached 65 with a 39 low, while Sunday topped 64 and 39. At 7 am Morris was 53 and 10:30 am downtown 59 with .08 inches of precipitation recorded.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Minooka Couple Injured In Two Car Crash At U S 52
Minooka residents Mrs. Anna Rousonellos and Miss Karen Zayadis were treated and released at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a 7:40 a m collision on U S 52 near the Will Kendall County line. Harvey Rushby was treated in the emergency room. Rousonellos and Zayadis were eastbound and rear ended by Bushby as they prepared to turn left. Rousonellos Cadillac and Bushby Plymouth sustained rear and front end damage totaling 850 and 1200 dollars respectively.
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Anna Rousonellos
Ridge Rd
Minooka
Karen Zayadis
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
U.S. 52
Will-Kendall County Line
Harvey M. Rushby
Jack O’hagan
City Council to Discuss Package Liquor License Request
A package liquor license request by Robert Anderson will be discussed at a public City Council meeting at 7 p.m. Monday per a notice from Mayor Donald Caisley. The mayor and the council will review the request and appoint city officers. The meeting will be closed to the public.
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Robert Anderson
Donald Caisley
Herald
Richardson vows independent Watergate prosecutor pick
Washington AP reports Elliott L. Richardson pledges to appoint a special prosecutor to head the Watergate inquiry once confirmed as attorney general. He says the appointee will report only to him and will have full independence and staff support, with Nixon no direct role. Prominent candidates include Lawrence E. Walsh and Irving R. Kaufman.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Richardson
Nixon
White House
John W. Dean III
Time
Newsweek
Dean
Defense
Supreme Court
Pentagon
Judiciary Committee
Lawrence E. Walsh
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US. District Court
New York
Irving R.kaufman
U.S. Court of Appeals
2Nd Circuit
Storm battering the Rockies and Plains with snow and tornadoes
A massive spring storm moved from the Rockies into New Mexico and Colorado then to the Plains. Tornadoes touched down in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas with property damage in Texas. Snow piles up to 20 inches in Colorado and Wyoming as floods threaten Denver suburbs and Interstate 25 closures mount.
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Associated Press
Plains
Rockies
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
Continental Divide
Denver
South Platte Riv
Fire damages old Hume School on Illinois 47
A midnight blaze caused minor damage to the Old Hume School near Illinois 47 and DuPont Rd. tenant Carl Mayberry reported four youths seen nearby, later identified as Barbara Datson, Eugene Olsen, Darrell Hellyer, and Maurice Fleetwood from Seneca-Marseilles. Fire officials cited wires in the area as the cause.
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Hume
Carl Mayberry
Herald
Hume School
Illinois 47
DuPont Rd
Curt Leach
Robert Sherton
Coal City
Morris Fire Department
Leach
Mayberry
Barbara Datson
Eugene Olsen
Darrell Hellyer
Maurice Fleetwood
Seneca-Marseilles
Burglary at Dr Ortiz Office Prompted Police Response
Morris Police Set discovered a break in at Dr Phillip Ortiz’s office on U S 6. Sgt Babcock spotted a car leaving the area and pursued it, a flat tire stopping the squad. Deputy Leach and Thomas Brown joined Seneca police in checking the building with Dr Ortiz. nothing was missing.
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Phillip Ortiz
U.S. 6
Morris
Max Babcock
Grundy County
Set
Babcock
Seneca
Curt Leach
Thomas Brown
Dr. Ortiz
Morris Planning Commission set to hear two zoning requests
The Morris Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the First National Bank to consider rezoning 10 acres of the Steffes land north of Interstate B and a second request to rezone Murphy s land near Cohenour Upholstery Co on US 6. They will also discuss proposed development procedures.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank
Steffes
Murphy’s Land
Cohenour
US 6
Water levels fall in Grundy County study shows four foot yearly drop
A five year Illinois State Water Survey report details steep declines in deep sandstone wells across northern Illinois, with Grundy County averaging a four foot annual drop from 1966 to 1971. Chicago region wells led with nine feet per year declines while overall pumpage rose 11 percent.
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Grundy County
Illinois State Water Survey
Chicago
Illinois
Grundy
Cook
DuPage
Kane
Kankakee
Sasman
Boone, Carroll
DeKalb
Jo Daviess
LaSalle, Lee, Ogle
Rock Island
Stephenson
Whiteside
Winnebago
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Community Unit 2
Robert
Pyllis) Breisch
Verona
Vienna Township
Donald W. Baker
Norman Township
Robert Gallup
Highland Township
Robert B. Trotter
Ralph Haldorson
North St
Kenneth A. Misener
Lee A. Miller
Eldon W. Lane
Wayne Carter
John Filman
Pat Starks
Helen Griffith
Louis
Morris Post Office
William Martin
Martin
U.S
Taylor Chevrolet Co
Landecaster
Ohio
Secretary of State
Sellers Fair
Lester Sellers
Call
Petit Jury
Breisch
Williams
Madison
Walker
Phelan
Baker
Gallup
Trotter
Haldorson
Misener
Miller
Lane
Morris Daily Herald
Nebraska
Interstate 25
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
McAlester
Okla
Harrison
Ark
San Antonio
Tex
Waynesville
Memphis
Tenn
Cotton
Kendall, Lake, McHenry and
Will Counties
Robert T. Sasman
Warrenville
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