Defendant Tells Story to Jurors in Illinois Car Theft Trial
A Grundy County jury hears conflicting testimony in the Anthony Insolata case over the 1967 Ford station wagon stolen from the Coffeehouse Restaurant lot near Dwight. Key witnesses include Insolata, restaurant manager Donald Enger, state police Sgt. Leonard Wirtz, and officers Robert Clifford and John Olson.
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Grundy County
Anthony Insolata
Coffeehouse
U. S. 66
Illinois 47
Dwight
Insciata
Donald Enger
Coffehouse
Enger
Bloomington
Insolata
St. Louis
Chicago
Frankie
Lexington
Insclata
Richard Wilder
J. Holderman
Leonard Wirtz
Wirtz
Atty. Holderman
Robert F. Clifford
John Olson
Marchi Firm Takes Over Ridgecrest Development
Marchi firm takes over all residential Lots in Ridgecrest subdivision near Morris on U S 6. FHA approval secured. 12 homes under construction. playground underway in Evergreen subdivision area renamed The Evergreens. John Marchi I owner with John Marchi II attorney and John Marchi III to join after Montana State University graduation.
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Marchi, Marchi & Marchi, Inc
Ridgecrest Corp
Marchi
Ridgecrest
Morris
Evergreens
Grundy County
Fha-Va
John Marchis
John Marchi II
John Marchi III
Montana State University
Morris Public Library set for special meeting on program plans
A special Morris Public Library Board session will discuss building program plans at 8 p.m. Monday in the library’s children’s room.
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Morris Public Library Board
Morris Planning Commission Sets Wednesday Meeting
The Morris Planning Commission will meet at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in City Hall to discuss local planning matters.
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Morris Planning Commission
City Hall
Illinois Cloudy Skies to Break with Spring Like Warmth
Illinois residents faced cloudy skies with rain easing tonight as southeasterly breezes clear the state. Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible through Wednesday, with lows in the lower 60s and highs in the 80s. Thursday may be cooler and partly cloudy. Collins Weather Station logged a high of 81 and a low of 59 Monday. At 9 am today Morris downtown reported 67 and 68 degrees by 11 am with clouds. Precipitation total reached 43 inches.
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Illinois
Collins
Morris
Treasure Island Trailer Park Proposal Tabled By Board
Grundy County Board of Supervisors postponed action on approval of 106 trailer spaces for Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No 2 in Aux Sable Township to await passage of a county zoning ordinance. Hearings on the ordinance are planned this summer.
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Treasure Island
Aux Sable Township
Grundy County Board of Supervisors
Grundy County
Sevenman Commission
David Root
Morris Township
Edwin Burnham
Nettle Creek
Philip C. Collins
Saratoga Township
John T. Donahue
Wauponsee Township
Harold Punke
Daniel Beal
Vienna Township
Joseph Berta III
Coal City
County Board of Supervisors
Sidney Carr
William Treasure
Greenfield Township
John McEvilly
Minooka
Planning Commission
Zoning Commission
Chandler Marvin Chandler Wins 1968 Horatio Alger Award
Chandler Marvin Chandler, chairman and president of Northern Illinois Gas Co., is one of 11 Americans honored with the 1968 Horatio Alger Award at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Other recipients include Arthur J. Goldberg Bob Hope and George S. Halas. Chandler's rise from guides and tutors to CEO mirrors the Alger stories.
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Marvin Chandler
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Horatio Alger
New York City
U. S
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
Bob Hope
George S. Halas
Chicago Bears
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Eddie Rickenbacker
Ralph Bunche
J. S. Penney
Conrad Hilton
RCA
David Sarnoff
Chandler
Dartmouth College
N-Gas
Norman Vincent Peale
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Families Move Into Shanties In Washington
A few dozen families began moving into unpainted plywood shanties near the Lincoln Memorial, part of the Poor People Campaign. A Marks, Mississippi woman described the settlement as better than home while teens learn carpentry and younger children study at an improvised school despite cold winds and rain threats.
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Washington
Lincoln Memorial
County Audit Shows Improvement for Grundy County
The Grundy County board and auditor E H Greenwood report a stronger financial position for the period ending Nov 30 1967. General fund cash rose to 223128.31 with total general fund revenue 581183.19 and expenditures 508435.17 yielding a 73183.02 balance. Rest home expenditures rose to 129390.35 with revenue 117529.28 and a rest home deficit of 11861.07, increasing the rest home fund deficit to 7002396.
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Grundy County
Board of Supervisors
E. H. Greenwood
Greenwood, Roarty and Hinnman
Pontiac
Greenwood
Mazon Train Service Cuts Narrow to Flag Stops
Santa Fe Railway trims Mazon service this week to two flag-stop trains per direction. Chief No. 19 is discontinued. No. 20 will be removed. Grand Canyon No. 23 and No. 24 adjust schedules, with No. 23 stopping at 10 18 a.m. and No. 24 leaving at 8 p.m. for Chicago. The Texas Chief remains on its Coal City route.
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Mazon
Santa Fe Railway
J. C. Frizzell
Santa Fe
Chicago
Los Angeles
Coal City
Chlorination Facility In Operation Monday
A temporary chlorination facility at the Morris disposal plant began operating Monday after a 13 day delay due to late equipment delivery. The project costs and water usage were discussed as the city plans five month testing and future funding for related sewer work.
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Morris
Walter Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Morris City
Illinois River
Richard Schweickert
S. S. Viland
Schweickert
Hundt
Donald Davidson
Morris Hospital
James Stine
Floyd Siron
Tak
Council appoints Donald Davidson acting mayor of Morris
The Morris City Council unanimously elected Donald Davidson acting mayor to serve the remainder of Mayor Aage Hansen’s term ending May 1, 1969. Davidson, third ward alderman with 22 years on the council, pledged cooperation and outlined his continued aldermanic duties.
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NEW City Post
Donald Davidson
Aage Hansen
Rochester
Morris
Charles Roseland
Tracy Adcock
Lester Johnson
James Stine
John Nelson
Roseland
Johnson
Stine
Hundt Ans
Nelson
Davidson
Floyd Siron
Adcock
Aage Hanesen
Honor Hansen
Hundt
Robert Wren
Hansen
Aage Hanssen
City of Morris
John Halloran
William E. Donahue
Kiersted St
Library Board
Morris Planning Commission
Marie
E. North St
Donald Jr
Nashville Man Seeks Injunction Over Nagging Wife
A Nashville man asks a court for an injunction to stop his wife from nagging arguing with molesting or interfering with him. The request appears in a cross-bill filed by the husband in response to the wife’s divorce suit.
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Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Foundation to fund five full tuition Negro print journalism scholarships
In Rochester New York the Frank E Gannett Foundation announced full tuition scholarships for Negroes to study printing journalism at Rochester Institute of Technology. Paul Miller president of the foundation said five scholarships would be offered each year.
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Rochester
N.Y
Rochester Institute of Technology
Frank E. Gannett Foundation
Paul Miller
Gannett Co. Inc
Dwyer Tours Morris in GOP Lt Governor Campaign
Republican candidate Robert A. Dwyer 42 visits Morris Monday to meet residents and discuss his bid for lieutenant governor. A Chicago native and World War II veteran, he led an insurance firm and sits on multiple boardrooms including LaSalle Street Capital and Civic Center Bank. He and his wife have two children.
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Robert A. Dwyer
Winnetka
Morris
Chicago
Lake Forest Academy
Mt. Carmel High School
Loyola University
U. S
Army Air Corps
Wife Remains in Critical Condition After One Car Crash
Mrs. Gerald Zeedar, 27, of Champaign, was in critical condition at Morris hospital after a Sunday one car crash near Gardner that killed her husband, 28. She suffers head and spinal injuries and contusions. Their seven month old son Mark was released to relatives. Mrs Zeedar's Springfield parents J Wilden Colbaugh, editor of Team magazine, were present.
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Gerald Zeedar
Champaign
Gardner
Morris Hospital
Zeedar
J. Wilden Colbaugh
Springfield
Assemblies of God General Headquarters
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Los Alamos Scientific Lab
Marchi Firm
Gould Park
Ange Hansen
Siron
Health and Sanitation Committee
Federal Paper Board
Waverly St
Liberty
Lisbon Sts
Judiciary Committee
George St
E. Main St
Glenn Johnson
Fessler Junk Yard
Dlinois River
Fremont Ave
Ottawa St
Mac Reagan
Grundy County Civil Defense
Illinois Directors Council
First National Bank
Donald Caisley
Conrad Weitz
Mary Jo
David Sklut
William Lumry
Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Funk
Council
Dwyer
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