Morris City Council orders city hall referendum and parking plan
By an 8-0 vote the Morris City Council authorized a referendum to build a new city hall at Washington and Wauponsee Streets, demolish the current building, and construct a parking lot. The measure followed a 45 minute executive session after the meeting opened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris City Council
Washington and Wauponsee Sts
Donald Davidson
First Ward
del Linn
Morris Savings and Loan
Linn
Charles Roseland
Robert Feeney
Arthur Willmington
Floyd Siron
Donald Barkley
Elmo Ray Younger
Joe Brochman
Davidson
Siron
Morris Daily Herald
Leon Apanas
Parklake Village
Atty
Black
Indictments Hit Grundy County Jury in Four Cases
Grundy County Circuit Court grand jury returned indictments in four cases after meeting until about 6 p.m. Monday. Three Morris men face armed robbery charges involving the May 1 Straight-Way Dairy theft with $460 taken. two also charged with conspiracy and aiding a fugitive. Separate indictments allege burglaries at trailers and Minooka Sewage Plant with multiple suspects, bail set from $10,000 to $100,000. Additional indictments involve delivery of MDA for two men. various witnesses testified. Bail details and arrest history provided for each.
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Grundy County
Circuit Court
Morris
Paul Gilbertson
Park Blvd
Larry Corwin
Lincoln St
Larry Wicks
Newport Hotel
Corwin
Gilbertson
Wicks
Fenton's
Jefferson St
Joliet
Robert Lynes
Jeff Black
David Warren
Warren
Wilmington
Schott
Decker
James Olson
Dennis Thompson
Iss
Ron Fox
Godley
Minooka
Norman Smith
Yorkville
John van Cleave
Wapella St
Michael Hrechko
Hrechko
van Cleave
Smith
Kendall County
Minooka Rd
Interstate 80
Rocky Pulliam
Washington
John Staley
Pontiac
Robert Babczak
Pulliam
Staley
Livingston County
Grundy
Roger Cumming
Ronald Elberts
Sophie Cantu
Susan Meece
Josephine Pogliano
Sandra Vint
Nola Haag
Mayme Kenny
M. Helen Larson
Laverna Mitchell
Anna Pierce
Leonard Wickert
Mary Hill
Michael Watchinski
Elmer Brassard
Cheryl Stockman
Charlene Finland
Ampheon DeGrush
Irene Gunderson
Barbara Brieser
James Hiles
John Larson
Weather forecast notes cool night and warming trend
The forecast calls for fair, cool tonight with lows in the 40s. Wednesday should be mostly sunny and warmer with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. Monday’s high reached 72 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and the low was 44. At 7 am today the temperature was 46 degrees and at 10:45 am in Morris it was 53 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Thieves Burglary at Coal City Home Stolen Valued at $8529
Grundy County detectives report burglars punched a southeast window at Dan Togliatti home on Berta Road between 9 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday. Loot includes $2000 underwater camera, diving gear, amplifiers, receivers, tape deck and 60 eight track tapes, totaling $8529.68.
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Dan Togliatti
Berta Rd
Coal City
Grundy County
Firefighters face possible dismissals in NORMAL Illinois
Town officials told striking firefighters to return to work by 8:30 a.m. next Monday or face possible dismissal. If not back, cases go before the police and fire commission with power to recommend dismissal. Council offered two return options: union ratify last contract offer or return under personnel code with standard town benefits. Eagle 911 Inc. was contracted for six months. four members worked in the station. The 42 day jail terms for strikers end Thursday. union says strike continues.
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Normal, Ill
UPI
Police and Fire Commission
Eagle 911 Inc
Eagles
Motel Fire at Brooks Motor Lodge Kills Five
Fairfax County fire officials report at least five people killed and twelve injured in an early morning blaze at the Brooks Motor Lodge in Fairfax. Victims included a man and woman at Alexandria Hospital. three more dead at the scene. The fire forced evacuation of guests as crews fought extensive burns and smoke inhalation. Cause under investigation with initial suspicion of a guest room on the first floor.
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Fairfax
UPI
Fairfax County
Brooks Motor Lodge
Alexandria Hospital
Waste material samples deemed harmless by EPA tests
The Illinois EPA tested dumped waste found at the city landfill two weeks ago and reported no hazards. Mayor Donald Davidson sent four samples with turpentine-like odor to ArRo Laboratories in Joliet for analysis, confirming the materials were harmless.
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Donald Davidson
ArRo Laboratories, Inc
Joliet
A.G. Roketa
ArRo’s_ environmental division
Therese M. Laciak
Morris Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Mazon
Ashley Rd
Keith A. Greenan
Wade E. Helling
Morris
Illinois Tank and Truck Wash
Channahon
Howard Ott
Davidson
Paris Teachers Strike Closes Schools Over Pay Cuts
Paris public schools shut today as about 120 teachers called in sick to protest elimination of all pay raises for the 1978 79 year. The APT seeks bargaining recognition while the board cites a projected 100000 deficit. About 2500 students affected as Mazon Morris events noted. A separate Minooka High School Music Concert announced for 7 30 p m Wednesday with bands and choirs.
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Paris, Ill
UPI
Paris
Association of Paris
Paris Board of Education
APT
Minooka
Minooka High School
Joe Wunar
Dorothy Albert
Aldo Moro Found Dead Outside Communist Party HQ
Former Italian premier Aldo Moro, 61, was found shot to death in a red Renault R4 near Rome’s Communist Party headquarters, 55 days after his kidnapping by Red Brigades. Police report at least four chest bullets, bloodied handkerchiefs, and sand in trousers indicate forced movement. Interior Minister Cossiga identified him.
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Rome
UPI
Aldo Moro
Communist Party
Red Brigades
United States
John F. Kennedy
Moro
Christian Democratic Party
Francesco Cossiga
Police present films on law Morris schools program
Morris police spend the week in city schools showing films and discussing enforcement. Sgt. Alan Love and officers Stansberry and Salems attended Center School Monday for No Cop's a Hero Until You Need One, with a Q&A to follow. The program visits Saratoga, Immaculate Conception, and Shabbona Schools this week, and today at Morris Community High School a consumer education class screens What's a Cop.
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Morris
Alan Love
Robert Stansberry
Kurt Salems
Center School
Saratoga
Immaculate Conception
Shabbona
Morris Community High School
Planning Commission Public Hearing on Rezoning to Clinic
The Morris Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Morris Savings and Loan on Dr. Terry Danek's request to rezone the southeast corner of Wauponsee and Chapin Streets from R-I residential to R-II business so the site can be converted into a clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Planning Commission
Morris Savings and Loan
Terry Danek
Wauponsee and
Chapin Sts
Danek
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Morris Savings and Loan Board
Frank Black
Willmington
Barkley
Park Lake Village
Apanas
Roseland
Michael Price
Renwick and Associates Engineering
Ottawa
Charles O'Brien
Charles O'Brien and Son Construction, Inc
Price
O'Brien Inc
van Duyne Bros
Herald
South Wilmington Club
Commonwealth Edison
Liberty St
Illinois
F. Wayne Graham
Lisbon Rd
Morris Public Library
Sister City
Australia
Tumut
Marilyn Johnson
Francis Finch
Norina
Dallas
Kennedy
State Department
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