MCHS Board tackles 200 page evaluation and budget needs
Morris Community High School board reviews the North Central Association report highlighting four deficiencies: workload, tech lag, maintenance and space, and supervisory leadership gaps. The session notes high student teacher ratios, calls for two more teachers, and explores a life safety code repair bill estimated at 200 000 to 300 000 dollars plus a possible 12 to 16 passenger van.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
North Central Association
MCHS
Harold Sutter
Sutter
Ted Morgan
Little Seven
Morgan
North Central
Oswego
Kaneland High School
John
Barbara) Lovell
Charles Dieringer
Williams elected president of district board in Grundy County
Robert A. Williams a 36 year old farmer from Goodfarm Township and former Goodfarm Grade School Board member was chosen president of Community Unit District No. 2 by newly elected board members meeting with Arthur Meadors Grundy County educational service region superintendent. Williams will assume July 1 and Meadors praised broad township representation as seven new board members replace 28. Terms were set: three-year terms Norman R Madison Phyllis Breisch and Robert Gallup. two-year terms Hugh Phelan and Williams. one-year terms Edwin Walker and Donald Baker. Continued on page 7.
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Robert A. Williams
Goodfarm Township
Goodfarm
Community Unit District No
Arthur Meadors
Grundy County
Norman R
Madison
Mazon
Mazon Township
Robert
Phyllis) Breisch
Verona
Vienna Township
Robert Gallup
Highland Township
Hugh
Ed) Phelan
Kinsman
Williams
Dwight
Edwin Walker
Donald Baker
Norman Township
Dean says effort to limit his Watergate testimony
Former White House counsel John W. Dean III accuses investigators and press forces of trying to curb his testimony and discredit him as coverage suggests no link between Nixon and Watergate. He says he will not leak his testimony and cites intimidation and restricted access to records. Dean previously deposited classified documents in a bank safe for fear of destruction as the White House seeks court to recover them while keeping copies.
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Washington
John W. Dean III
Dean
New York Times Today
Senate
White House
Nixon
U.S
John J. Sirica
Kendall County Board approves and denies multiple zoning petitions
The Kendall County Board acted on zoning petitions including approving Eich’s A to A-3 rezoning for three Oswego Township lots and final plat for a Countryside Unit 7 subdivision. It denied Stanton and Templeton’s A to special use request on Walker Road as inconsistent with county plans and unsuitable soil.
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Yorkville
Kendall County Board
Michael Eich
Collins Road
Oswego Township
Edwin Stanton
H. L. Templeton
Walker Road
Fox Township
John Conover
Bristol Township
Game Farm Road
Weather Outlook With Mild Temperature Swings Across Region
Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high in the lower 70s. Cooler tonight with a mid 40s low. Friday expects partly sunny and cooler conditions with a mid 60s high. Wednesday’s high reached 75 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 49 low. Morning readings: 59 at 7am, 68 in downtown Morris at 10:45am.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Arrest in Channahon gun incident at Why Not Hideaway Lounge
Glendel W. Edwards of Morris was arrested after a 9 15 p m fight in front of a Chan nahon lounge when he fired a gun into the air. Lawrence Mervar of Dresden Acres reportedly took a gun from his car and fled toward the Morris area. Edwards charged with discharging a gun within city limits and illegal liquor possession. He posted 25 dollar bond and will appear in Will County Joliet May 18. Police seek Mervar his wife and an unidentified man.
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Channahon
Glendel W. Edwards
Morris
J. R. Schuster
Edwards
Lawrence Mervar
Dresden Acres
Mervar
Grundy County
Ronald Fox
Minooka
Dresden Acre
Will County
Joliet
Zoning hearing nearly revokes Consolidated Freightways use
Kendall County Board discussed revoking the special use zoning for Consolidated Freightways of Aurora after a zoning board found work not completed per agreement. Dyer for Consolidated sought 60 days to implement pollution controls and promised ongoing inspections, while officials noted repeated violations of pumping and runoff into Waubonsee Creek. The board tabled the matter for 30 days by a unanimous vote.
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Yorkville
Consolidated Freightways Inc
Aurora
Kendall County Board
Kendall County Zoning Board
Consolidated
Howard Shoger
Oswego Township
Jannette Nelson
Kendall County
Waubonsee Creek
David Dyer
Dyer
Kane County
U.S. 30
Shoger
Roger Curry
California
Consolidated Terminals
United States
Midwest
Ellis Jones
Dallas Ingemunson
Robert Cherry
Morris Community High School Concert Sets Formal Spring Program
The MCHS Concert Band Mixed Chorus and Advanced Chorus perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the MCHS gym. Admission is free. Selections include Joi Vaquero South Pacific Shenandoah Schooldays The Firmament of Power Hosanna I Am the Good Shepherd New World Coming Dixie Everything That Touches You.
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Dixie
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Delight Belt
Nixon names Connally and Schlesinger as defense and adviser
President Nixon selected James Schlesinger as defense secretary and added John Connally as a White House special adviser. He promoted William Colby to CIA director and named J. Fred Buzhardt Jr. to counsel on Watergate matters. The moves come after resignations tied to the Watergate scandal.
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Washington
Nixon
CIA
James S. Schlesinger
John Connally
White House
William EK. Colby
Pentagon
J. Fred Buzhardt Jr
Minooka Red Cross Mini-Bloodmobile Scheduled
The Minooka Women's Club sponsors a Red Cross Mini-Bloodmobile at the Minooka Fire Station on June 8 from 11 am to 5 pm. Donations by appointment only for ages 18 to 65. at least 50 donors needed. Call 462-5771 or 462-5810 or 462-5856 to arrange.
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Minooka
Red Cross
John Sing
Richard McLaughlin
Gerald Knudson
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Fourth Ward
James E. McEwain
Herald
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Robert Williams
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Little Rock Township
Plano
Kendall County Zoning Board of Appeals
Kendall County Water and Sewer Plan Organization
Larry Nelson
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Peter Krentz
Gordon Snyder
Krentz
Burr Oak Road
Nelson
Ine
Cloud
Joi
Vaquero
South Pacific
Connally
Schlesinger
Ronald L. Ziegler
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Atty
Richard Kleindienst
Elliot Richardson
Kleindienst
Ziegler
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