Coal City planning shows 62 acre shopping center near high school
Hornsby Jr seeks to buy Mary Trotter property east of Coal City High School for a 62 acre site with a 40 foot road, a 700 car lot, 1.5 acre store, mall area, and Maple Creek Subdivision four unit residences. Plan includes supermarket and shops, with district easements and tax considerations noted.
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Coal City High School
Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board of Education
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Hornsby’s Stores
Mary Trotter
Commonwealth Edison
Chamlin and Associates
Illinois 113
Hornsby
Pontiac
Woodstock
McHenry
Maple Creek
City of
Morris
Randall Highsmith
Atty
Eugene Hayes
Goose Lake
Funk Wins City Liquor License Amid Council Clash
Eugene Funk Jr one of Walgreen's owners at 309 Liberty St secured a class B liquor license after a council vote to expand licenses to four. The approval followed debate over an earlier invalid Anderson license and prior city attorney guidance, with a lease contingency cited by developer Tom Brophy.
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Eugene Funk Jr
Walgreen's
Liberty St
Robert Anderson
First National Bank
Funk
James Peacock
Anderson
Caisley
Marjorie Warren
Peacock
Tom Brophy
Coal City plans police station remodel and zoning changes
Coal City Village Board hired Chamlin and Associates to draft remodel plans for the police station to fit a city hall garage area. Plans include a radio room and interrogation room. The board rezoned seven lots from single to multiple family dwellings and addressed water line issues for a proposed apartment building on May Street.
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Coal City Village Board
Chamlin and Associates
Coal City
Richard Schweichert
Chamlin Associates
Schweichert
City Hall
Streets and Public Safety
William Wharrie
Broadway St
Wharfie
May St
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Regions
Forecast calls for mostly sunny and warmer conditions today with highs in the lower 70s. Tonight brings partly cloudy skies and warmer air with lows in the lower to middle 40s. Wednesday remains mostly cloudy and warmer before cooling to around 70 by afternoon. Monday's high reached 56 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a low of 35. 7a.m. readings were 40 degrees and downtown Morris reported 62 degrees at 11:30 a.m.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Judge Tyler declines Watergate prosecutor post
U S District Court Judge Harold R Tyler Jr said he turned down Elliot Richardson's offer to become the special Watergate prosecutor. He noted reluctance to resign as an active judge though acknowledging the assignment's importance. He informed Richardson this morning after a decision reached around 1 am at his Westchester County home.
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New York
USS
Harold R. Tyler Jr
Atty. Gen
Elliot L. Richardson
Tyler
Elliot Richardson
Westchester County
Unidentified man killed in I-80 crash near Minooka
A driver in a Chevrolet Camaro died after veering off I-80 three miles east of the Minooka exit at 9 45 AM. State Police with Morris and Minooka fire crews recovered the sunken car from a pond on the north side of the westbound lanes. The Colorado plated Camaro had light damage.
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Minooka
District 5
Morris and Minooka Fire Department
Colorado
Grundy County Names Daniel Havel New Special Ed Director
Daniel Havel, 31, named director of Grundy County's Special Education Cooperative. He has 10 years in the field and will start July 1 with a salary of 18000 annually. Havel has served as principal of A E R O district in Burbank and held multiple district roles. He and his wife and their 3-year-old daughter reside at 11800 Carolyn Lane Alsip.
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Coal City
Highsmith
Chamlin and Associates
Morris
Grundy County
Special Education
Daniel 0. Havel
A.E.R.O. Special Education
Burbank
A.E.R.O
Havel
Chicago
Loyola University School of Education
Illinois’ State Teachers College
Illinois State Teachers College
Carolyn Lane
Alsip
City appoints new officers and committee heads
Mayor Donald Caisley announced Monday night the appointments to city offices and boards. Robert Lynes became chief of police, James L. Peacock city attorney, Dr. John B. Roth Sr. health physician, Roy McLaughlin street superintendent, Clinton Darling water works supervisor, Wilfred Dix public works officer and zoning officer, with engineers Lowell Hansen John Halloran George Walker and Donald Ward. ayers Electric named city electrician. treatment plant operators Earle Bright Otha King Jr and Glenn Water. Various committee chairmen listed including Finance Maunder Linn Gilbertson and others across Judiciary License Parks Sewer and Water Building Maintenance Street and Alley Health and Sanitation Library Police Planning Commission and Zoning Appeals.
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Donald Caisley
Robert Lynes
James L. Peacock
John B. Roth Sr
Roy McLaughlin
Clinton Darling
Wilfred Dix
Lowell Hansen
John Halloran
George Walker
Donald Ward
Ayers Electric
City Electrician
Earle Bright
Otha King Jr
Glenn Water
Gilbertson
City
Caisley
Chamlin
Maunder
Linn
Borens
Christensen
Gilberson
Walker approves Pikarsky for Chicago Transit Authority post
Gov. Daniel Walker approves Milton Pikarsky as Mayor Richard Daley's CTA board appointee amid ongoing tension over transit funds and the Crosstown Expressway. Walker cites no personal culpability but keeps probing $22 million bond fund handling while urging unity on federal highway amendments.
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Springfield
Ill
Daniel Walker
Milton Pikarsky
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Transit Authority
Walker
Daley
Pikarsky
Chicago
CIA seeks immunity for Dean and aides in Watergate cov erup
CIA Deputy Director Vernon A Walters testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that Haldeman Ehrlichman and Dean were heavily involved in efforts to misuse the CIA to cover up Watergate. The committee moved to grant use immunity to Dean and Roy Sheppard who reportedly removed Watergate documents from the White House after the June 17 break in.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
H.R. Haldeman
John D. Ehrlichman
John W. Dean III
CIA
Vernon A. Walters
Senate Armed Services Committee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Walters
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Dean
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Senate
Associated Press
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
Roy
Sheppard
Democratic
Grand jury indicts six in theft and burglary cases
The Grundy County Grand Jury indicted six people on multiple counts. Debra Ross Janice Walker and Susan Simms were charged for theft of clothing from the Hideaway Dress Shop on April 28. Chas Bermingham and Clifford Bermingham were indicted for burglary tied to the Saratoga School break-in on May 1. John A Picton Jr faced counts of illegal possession of LSD and marijuana. Additional testimony by local police identified other involved individuals.
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Grundy County
Grand Jury
Debra Ross
States St
Janice Walker
Phillips St
Susan Simms
W. Fullerton Ave
Chicago
Eugene
Sheila) Funk
Morris
Robert Lynes
Alan Love
Chas T. Bermingham
Clifford E. Bermingham
Dixie Highway
Hazel Crest
Saratoga School
Lynes
Max Babcock
John A. Picton Jr
DeWitt St
Coal City
Broadway St
Division St
Charles Ingram
John Price
Charles Marketti
Melvin W. Hauge
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Frank Anselmo
Pot
John Born
Henry Lyons
Broadway Garage
Diamond Area
Born
Area _ Vocational Center
Mobil
Perona Chevrolet
Supt
Six Flags
St. Louis
Evelyn Baskerville
John Jensen
Ampheon DeGrush
Kenneth Wills
Fran Brainard
David Neal
Etna Insurance Company
Coal City Insurance Agents Association
Earl Allen
Educational Fund
Supt. Highsmith
Anselmo
A. J. Dearth
Wayne Neal
Elvin Wills
Eugene Peterson
Myron Vestal
James Hines
MCHS
Morris Community High School
McIhis
Herald
Walgreen’s
Eagle
Illinois 47
Green Acres Drive
Third Ward
Elmo Ray Younger
Younger
First Ward
del Linn
Secondardy
Donald Barkley
D.C
Gerald V. Pierard
Public Property
Pierard
Livsey
Joseph Phillips
Hazel Bailey
Shirley Micetich
Library Board
Marvin Smith
Smith
James Testa
North States Oil CO
Rte
Watergate
Richardson
Kennedy
Washington Sun
Daniel Havel
Planning Commission
Angeline Strobel
Austin Bollen
Richard Bauer
James Crupi
Clyde Baker
Dennis Hackett
Robert Chitwood
Police Commission
Frank Welch, Joseph Matteson and
B. O'Neal Enger
Zoning Board of Appeals
Ken Sereno
Bill Stangland
James Garling
Thomas Sheppard
Arthur Narvick
Wilbur Finfrock
CTA
Crosstown
Cook County
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