District 54 discusses tutoring program for grade schools
At Franklin School meeting, District 54 boards consider a peer tutoring plan where high school freshmen and sophomores assist Saratoga and Morris grade schools twice weekly. Transportation is cited as main hurdle. board to seek bids on a playground/parking lot and to pursue a vehicle agreement with Morris district.
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Saratoga and
Morris
District 54 Board of Education
Franklin School
Garfield
Max Lindsay
Shabbona
Bearnard Keating
H. Dale Barr
Good Farm
Braceville
Maple Grove
Barr
Keating
Shabonna School
Morris Community High
van Peterson
Minooka Board Approves 1973-77 Treasurer and Clean-up Day Bid
Minooka trustees appoint Oliver Brinckerhoff as village treasurer for 1973 to 1977 and accept the low bid of 1140 from C Thompson and Son for the spring clean-up day on May 19. Other actions include budgeting, ordinances, and planning commission reappointments.
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Minooka
C. Thompson and Son
Banner Disposal
Oliver Brinckerhoff
Church St
Massasoit St
Grundy County boards names eight to set 21 committees
Chairman Peter A. Cacello led an eight member panel to select officials for 21 committees. After a 45 minute recess the full board approved the committee slate, with Richard Herman and Leonard Bols dissenting.
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Peter A. Cacello
Grundy County
Cacello
Perry Brooks
Robert Trotter
Edward Connor
Peter Baudino
John Hauschild
Harry Henderson
Harry Wollgast
David Barr
Richard
Tax Wollgast
Barr
Krogh resigns as undersecretary of transportation
Egil Bud Krogh Jr. resigns after taking full responsibility for the Burglary incident tied to the Ellsberg psychiatrist break in. He was the White House plumbers chief who helped probe the Pentagon Papers leak. Elliot Richardson testifies at Senate hearings outlining the search for a special prosecutor in the Watergate case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Egil “Bud” Krogh Jr
Daniel Ellsberg
Transportation
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
Krogh
White House
Pentagon
Elliot L. Richardson
Senate
Judge Malmquist orders Grundy County Grand Jury reconvening
Judge Robert Malmquist issued a Tuesday order summoning the Grundy County Grand Jury to reconvene on Monday. The action directs the panel to return for continued consideration of current cases and to hear any new matters presented by prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Malmquist
Grundy County
Grand Jury
Hearings Set for Rezoning by Morris Planning Commission
Morris Planning Commission approved a public hearing for June 5 to review rezoning requests. The Steffes land north of I 80 seeks B I to B III. the Murphy property south of US 6 at Waverly and Union Sts seeks R III. A special May 17 meeting will review a new comprehensive plan by Allen Kracower.
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Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank
Steffes
Murphy
Interstate 80
US. 6
Waverly
Union Sts
Allen Kracower
Commission
Morris High
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Austin Bollen
Richard Bauer
Dennis Hackett
Clyde Baker
Bauer
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Planning Commission
Bollen
Hornsby
Leon Apanas
Weather Outlook With Warmer Temps and Showers
Partly sunny and warmer today with a chance of thunderstorms this afternoon. High in the lower 70s. Tonight partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a low in the lower 50s. Thursday mostly cloudy and cooler with a chance of showers and a high in the middle 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Explosions Hit Beirut as Army Warns of Retaliation
Explosions rocked banks and a restaurant across Beirut as gunfire and mortars shell military and civilian targets. The army reported 13 soldiers killed, 65 wounded and six missing since Monday night amid intensified fighting and censorship on news dispatches.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Development Bank
Hamra Street
Fifth Avenue
G. Trad Bank
Damascus Highway
Lebanese Commerce Bank
Shiyah
St. George and
Phoenica
British Bank of the
Middle East
Army Combat School
Bekaa
Tyre
Tyre-Sidon
Syria
Atallah Atallah
Asafa
An Nahar
Vacation Pastures Across State Lines Attract Travelers
A travel note highlights how vacation spots on the other side of the state line draw visitors seeking different scenery and recreation. Local residents weigh the appeal of nearby getaways against familiar options at home.
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Girl Scouts
Chapin Park
Diana Slater
Liz Kulof
Nikki Watkiss
Wendy Watkiss
Debbie Close
Kathleen Clubb
Lori Barber
Lori Chambers
Marsha Robinson
Charles Clubb
Carl Clubb
Herald
Clyde Heap
Jack Satorius
Don McCoy
Marvin Smith
Tri-County Bank of
Alan Derick
E. Wapella St
William Waters
William Burroughs
Clarence Mosimann
John Gilchrist
Leonard Bols
Earl Bingham
Waters
Bingham and
Mosimann
Joseph Chiapetto
Trotter
Connor
Bond and Insurance
Bols
Herman and Barr
Hauschild
Donald Noonan
Gilchrist
Henderson and Connor
County Home
Henderson
Baudino, Wollgast, Gilchrist and Barr
Baudino
Wollgast
Gilchrist and Connor
Noonan
Herman, Burroughs and
Burroughs, Connor
Herman
Burroughs
Chiapetto
Brooks, Baudino
Wolgast
Bingham
Mossmann
Herman, Burroughs, Barr and
Burroughs and
Brooks
Health Connor
Henderson, Waters, Bingham and Burroughs
Liquor Commission Cacello
Chiapetto and Barr
LAW Enforcement
Trotter, Chiapetto, Wollgast and
Mittee
Leach Oil Co
Joliet
Egil Krogh
U.S
Senate Judiciary Committee
American Bar Association
The
American College of Trial Lawyers
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Phil Faletto
Ottawa
Dan Meagher
Peru
Carl Gerding
Hextell
Phil Gustin
Faletto
Hackett
Bauer, Baker
James Crupi
Robert Chitwood
Jack Strobel
Wests Cafe
Liberty and 6 Price Co. Inc
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