Morris Planning Board weighs new R IV district amid housing strain
The Morris Planning Commission discussed expanding density with a proposed R IV residential district to ease downtown housing shortages. Joseph Abel urged careful economic study to avoid tax strain, noting downtown’s tax role and the risk of aging services if density rises.
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Morris Planning Commission
Joseph Abel
Carl Gardner and Associates
Ing Seneaulea
James Baum
Ted Conley
Baum
Abel
Morris
Six Miners Rescued After Flooded Mine Shaft in West Virginia
Six coal miners trapped for nearly ten days in a flooded shaft near Hominy Falls were rescued in good condition. Four colleagues died in the same area, and two others may have drowned. Autopsies pending. The rescue followed water receding and a search track spotted by a recovery team.
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Hominy Falls
W.va
Larry Lynch
Sacred Heart Hospital
Richwood
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Annual C. of C. Meeting Set For Monday
Invitations issued to Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce members for the annual meeting at 7 28 p.m. Monday in the First National Bank community room. The gathering will focus on business with brief reports on chamber activities. Executive manager William Lumry said plans include expanded goals and many member project ideas. Members are urged to return committee preference sheets to the chamber office for weekend tabulation.
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Morris Regional Chamber of Commerce
First National Bank
William Lumry
Chamber
Lumry
Weather outlook with cooler temperatures and sun breaks
The Weatherman warns mostly cloudy and cooler tonight with a low near 40 and diminishing winds. Friday will be partly sunny and cool with a high in the lower 60s. Saturday trends partly cloudy and warmer. Collins Station logged 82/49 Wednesday, 9am 49 Morris, 11am 51 downtown Morris. precipitation to 6pm Wednesday was .07 inches.
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Collins Weather Station
Morris
Sit-in at University of Chicago Ends After Threats
More than 60 Negro students occupied the six story administration building for about four hours demanding greater enrollment and dormitory conversion. At 4 40 p.m. Charles A Daly announced suspensions then expulsions if they did not leave by 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. The students exited just before 6 p.m.
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Chicago Daily News
Institute of Urban Life
Abel
James R
Bud) Washburn
Wauponsee St
Baker
Kenneth Sereno
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Clyde Baker
Barry Seng
Donald Davidson
Baum
Commission
Daly
Daley
Two Japanese Earthquakes Kill 25 in Japan
Two large earthquakes struck Japan ten hours apart along the eastern seaboard, killing at least 25 and injuring dozens. The first quake measured 7.8 at its epicenter off Hokkaido, with four to five foot tides and widespread damage across Honshu and Hokkaido.
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Tokyo
Pacific
Japan
Central Meteorological Agency
Honshu
Hokkaido
Misawa Air Force Base
Yokohama
Aomori
Construction Site Fall Kills Man near Morris
A 27 year old Elgin man Frank Seyller, an employee of Sound Inc., died from head injuries after a fall at 4 15 p m at AMAX Aluminum on U S 6 east of Morris. He was treated at Morris Hospital and later died at Sherman Hospital in Elgin.
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Amax Aluminum
Morris
Elgin
Frank Seyller
Bent St
Sound Inc
Sherman Hospital
Morris Hospital
Fruland Ambulance
Fruland’s
Candy Stripers Aid in Nursing
A Morris Hospital feature profiles 31 Candy Stripers, high school girls who assist nurses, handle errands, admit and discharge patients, answer lights, read to patients, and prepare rooms. The program, run by Mrs. Hart, operates weekday evenings and weekend shifts, with eligibility including a minimum C average and parental consent.
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Thomas E. Hart
Morris Hospital
Sue Spencer
Morris
Eileen Sinnott
Cindy Sutton
Verona
Future Nurses Club
At Morris Community High School
Margaret Mosimann
Herald
Terry Tripp
Mazon-Verona
Seneca
Minooka
Newark
Thomas E
Sharon) Harr
Helen Dickman
E. Chapin St
Dickman
MCHS
St. Joseph School of Nursing
Joliet
Action On Treasure Island Trailer Park District Zoning
Grundy County Planning Commission heard two zoning issues in Aux Sable Township on Wednesday. No action was taken yet on the 744 space addition to Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No. 2 or on Aux Sable district zoning, but hearings were scheduled for the district maps. The Gar field zoning map hearing followed, with the board planning to consider the trailer park addition afterward.
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Treasure Island
Aux Sable
Grundy County Planning Commission
Garfield
Treasure Island Trailer Coach Park No. 2
Illinois State Flag Flies Over Grundy County Courthouse
A new Illinois State Flag is raised below Old Glory at the Grundy County Courthouse. The flag, bought by the county, celebrates the 1968 Illinois Sesquicentennial and has flown for about a week in many parts of the state.
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Grundy County
Illinois
Negotiators Split Over Vietnam Buffer Zone Role
Paris talks show a rift over re establishing a buffer zone between North and South Vietnam as a step toward winding down the war. Xuan Thuy demands halting all military actions and withdrawal from the zone while U S officials say no bases exist there beyond brief sweep operations. Harriman proposes a neutral peacekeeping system under Asian states with international supervision.
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Paris
North
South
Vietnam
U.S
Xuan Thuy
United States
North Vietnam
Dmz
Indochina Control Commission
India
Poland
Canada
W. Averell Harriman
Burma
Indonesia
Harriman
Geneva
France
Indochina
Tornadoes Kill 14 in Three Iowa Towns
A deadly storm struck Charles City Oelwein and Maynard Iowa leaving at least 14 dead and 27 missing with more than 600 injured. Red Cross reports extensive damage including thousands of homes destroyed and 90 businesses wrecked.
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Charles City
Iowa
Red Cross
Oelwein
Maynard
Hal Lubbert
Mason City
Rain and Damage From Tuesday Storms Across Illinois
Heavy Tuesday storms dumped up to .81 inch of rain in two days as tornadoes battered Illinois towns. Wapella and Freeburg suffered extensive damage with multiple deaths and widespread power loss while Grundy and LaSalle counties faced tornado watches.
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Morris
Grundy County
Ray Webb
St. Louis
Collins Weather Station
Joliet Flight Service
LaSalle County
Mae Reagan
Grundy County Civil Defense
Plano
The
Herald
Sandwich Community Hospital
Associated Press
Illinois
Wapella
Freeburg
Arlington Heights
Charles Baker
Gene Keltner
Red Cross
Decatur
Waynesville
Keltner
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Chicago U
Miss Dickman
National Hospital
Jan Carr
Carol Dennis
Patti Enerson
Ruth Ann Anderson
Sharon Cockream
Cathy Entwistle
Ginger Frelk
Donna Gavette
Donna Hannan
Nina Harford
Maron
Sylvia Hill
Denise Kopezick
Linda Lund
Cheryl Martin
Marilyn Nelson
Jeanne Olson
Kay Oakland
Christine Peacock
Elaine Phillips
Kathy Sanders
Morris Cindy Sutton
Gail Thompson
Sherry Thompson
Sally Varland
Sharon White
Marlene Wicks
DeWitt County
Wapella High School
Charles Sherman
Sherman
John Warner Hospital
Clinton
Jean May
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