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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
5
An ordinance set fees for water service and sewer connections in Minooka. Residential taps cost 150 for water and 150 for sewer, totaling 300. multi unit and commercial rates vary. half fees due with building permits, rest due before taps.
The New York stock market rose modestly in active trading with the Dow up 2.72 to 914.07 at noon and the AP 60- stock average up 0.5 to 329.3. Advances outpaced declines about 2 to 1 as oils fell and blocks of shares moved, led by gains in Itek and FMC while Fairchild Camera and American Hospital Supply showed notable activity.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange reports butter wholesale buying prices largely unchanged with small declines across grades AA to C and scores 93 down to 89. Fees remain steady while grade A whites, mediums, and standards hold at 27, 23, and 24 cents per pound respectively with checks at 17.
Chicago prices shown include Wheat No 2 hard 1.4412 dollars per bushel No 2 soft red 1.382 dollars Corn No 2 yellow 1.2114 Oats No 2 extra heavy white 8242 Soybeans No 1 yellow 2.75 752 Soybean oil 8.90 dollars per bushel.
The ordinance assigns street restoration costs to property owners for excavation work. In new subdivisions approved after May 1 1968 the subdivider must bring water and sewer lines to lot boundaries and pay connection fees. All work requires supervision by the water works superintendent Don McCoy. The rule creates a set rate system replacing the old single $100 charge to cover services for commercial, multi residence, motels and non profits.
Judith Bryant of Morris and James Bryant of Lisbon are granted a divorce on cruelty grounds. Dawn Judith Smith of Morris and William Glenn Smith of Morris are granted a divorce on cruelty grounds. Pricilla Sue Skaggs of Morris and Garland Skaggs are granted a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty. Donald L. Thompson and Dorothy A. Thompson of Coal City are granted a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty.
The Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce will offer a closing notice pickup at 104 W. Washington St. The city clerk’s office will be closed all day Saturday. Visitation began at 3 p m at the Finland Funeral Home. Garbage pickup shifted to 5 to 9 a m Saturday for areas north of the tracks and west side.
Governor Burns signed a law allowing Hawaii residents to observe three national holidays on adjacent Mondays or Fridays for long weekends. Memorial Day shifts to Monday May 27 for state workers and most residents, while federal workers keep the traditional date. Presidents Day and Veterans Day also move to nearby weekdays under the plan.
In the magistrate division fines were paid by Robert Shear for failing to yield and an accident at Mondamon and Ridge. Wilma Riley for driving 90 in a 70 zone on Interstate 80 near Illinois 47. Enrique Gonzalez for 84 in a 70 on I-55 near Braceville Road. James Henne for 83 in a 76 on I-80 near Illinois 47. Shirley McGinnis for 87 in a 70 on I-80 near Illinois 47. Theodore Kibler for 70 in a 55 in Gettysburg. Robert Kirklin for 86 in a 70 near Illinois 47. Thomas Bollieb for 90 in a 70 on I-80 near Illinois 47.
The Ford Foundation pledges a 5 million dollar grant to New York City to boost government effectiveness. Funds support training for new officials, police community relations projects, and urban design and architecture initiatives.
Associate Circuit Judge Ro bert W. Malmquist ordered Dace Keeling aged 16 of 204 Benton Street and a 15-year-old Channahan youth made wards of the court. Delinquency petitions allege they burglarized Shay's Gamble Store on Illinois 47 on April 7, stealing $100, three Timex watches and pocket knives. A third youth, Michael Crase, 16 of Mazon, was continued because he is at Manteno State Hospital. Petitions also allege Crase and the 15-year-old were involved in March 23 break-ins at Jack's Supermarket 525 Liberty Street and Osman's Garage 715 Liberty Street. The hearings for May 29 will address the delinquency petitions.
Kansas-born Jesse M. Unruh, speaker of the California Assembly, explains his drastic four month weight loss from 300 to 200 pounds. He toured Lawrence and Kansas City for state legislature talks saying he Dieted for his political health after a cartoon mocked him. He says giving up pleasures was the shock therapy that worked.
At a Dixon Illinois state home for the mentally retarded Thomas L Danler a blind junior English major at St Benedicts College in Atchison Kansas is selected to help visually handicapped students this summer He is son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Danler of Kingman Kansas and maintains a 289 grade average with a full extracurricular schedule.
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