Morris City Council Updates Delayed Projects and Cable Plans
The council discussed landfill machine delays, the need for a dragline to clear a ditch, and space constraints prompting western development. Morris CATV rate hike requests were postponed, with talks of a new channel and a $100,000 microwave tower to serve several areas. Street and zoning actions included a Union St. improvement project funded mainly by federal aid, a sewer line permit under the canal, and rezoning for a dental clinic. A downtown parking committee was formed and staff updates covered wage adjustments, depository concerns, tennis program hires, and potential truck routes amid road use questions.
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Davidson
Morris Catv
Barkley
Siron
Wilmington
Coal City
Morris
Roseland
Willmington
Union St
Johnson Ave
Illinois-Michigan Canal
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Illinois Department of Transportation
Center School
Morris Planning Commission
Wauponsee and
Chapin Sts
Barkley and
Brochman
James Baum
Joe Schmitz
Home Savings and Loan
Younger
Parks Committee
Randy Gordon
Sally Misenheider
Joe Pack
Linn
Joliet Market: Hogs Rally. Cattle Unestablished Trade
Joliet Illinois live stock report notes light trading for cattle and higher hog prices with 600 head showing gains of 1.00 to 1.50. No 1-2 cattle weighing 210-250 lb sell around 51.50 to 52.00 with some 52.50, while No 1-3 steers at 200-250 lb range 50.00 to 51.50 and No 2-3 250-270 lb 49.00 to 50.00. Wednesday receipts project cattle about 2,500 and hogs about 1,200.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Grain prices surge at noon on Chicago Board of Trade
At 12 noon on the Chicago Board of Trade, wheat, corn and soybeans advanced strongly. Wheat rose about 3 percent with July, September and December contracts higher. Corn climbed with July and December futures up, and soybeans also posted gains across front contracts. Prices listed include corn at 2.47 and beans at 7.02.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Eviction Order Over Duplex on Main Street
A Grundy County Circuit Court judgment ordered John and Peggy Pichon to vacate their five room duplex at 514 E Main St by May 31 and pay 370.86 dollars. The eviction suit was filed by Valerie Hatcher in April seeking 264.20 dollars in costs.
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Grundy County
John
Peggy Pichon
E. Main St
Valerie Hatcher
MCHS Summer School Starts June 5
Morris Community High School will host summer session June 5 to July 14 from 8 am to noon, Monday through Friday. Four courses are offered World History US History Typing I Biology I. Incoming freshmen may enroll in Biology I. Registration is at the guidance office with a $15 fee. For details call 942-1294.
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Morris Community High School
MCHS
Grundy Area Vocational Center Board Meeting Set
The Grundy Area Vocational Center board of control will hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Coop room at the center.
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Board of Control
Grundy Area Vocational Center
Coop
Injured boy to be released from Morris Hospital
A 10 year old boy injured in a May 11 hit and run on East Illinois Avenue near Morris was set for dismissal from Morris Hospital today after surgery for internal injuries. Police Chief Jack Koperezick said leads on red pickup trucks have been checked and ruled out, with the investigation continuing.
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Vernon Benton
E. Illinois Ave
Morris Hospital
Loretta Benton
Liberty St
Morris
Jack Kopezick
Koperick
Charles W. Mooney, Jr
Lincoln St
Heavy security at OPEC conference in Vienna
In Vienna, stiff security surrounded the opening sessions of a finance ministers conference from OPEC. Hundreds of helmeted police with submachine guns cordoned off OPEC headquarters as ministers met to discuss financial and monetary issues. The meeting follows a December 1975 guerrilla raid that left three dead and 11 ministers hostage. The agenda includes a report by the Special Fund governing committee to aid developing countries.
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Vienna
Austria
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Opec Special Fund
Declining enrollments raise questions for schools
Public schooling saw 36 states report lower enrollments from 1971 to 1976 while operating costs rose in all 50 states by 56 percent overall. Hawaii saw elementary and secondary costs climb 16.4 percent, Alabama 95.2 percent, and Illinois 43.7 percent, per a National Institute of Education study. The 466 page report cautioned districts to plan to balance rising costs with falling enrollment and predicted continued declines into the 1980s.
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Washington
UPI
Hawaii
Alabama
National Institute of Education
Illinois
Institute
Jury convicts man of killing six children in Illinois
In Rockford Illinois an jobless employment counselor Simon Peter Nelson, 46, was found guilty by an eight man four woman jury of killing his six children ages 3 to 12 on January 7. The verdict followed a week long trial in which defense psychiatrists testified Nelson was sane. A hearing on seeking the death penalty was scheduled.
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Rockford
Ill
UPI
Simon Peter Nelson
Illinois
Winnebago County
Nelson
MCHS Counselors Urge Freshman Meetings
The Morris Community High School guidance office asks incoming freshmen to register and arrange a parent student meeting with their counselor. Those not yet seen should call 942 1294 to book. Counselors will be available June 6 from 8 30 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. by appointment.
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Morris Community High School
Newark High Holds Graduation Friday Night
Newark High will hold graduation exercises at 8 p.m. Friday May 26 in the school gym for the senior class. The baccalaureate was held at 7 30 p.m. Sunday in the same gym.
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Channahon Veterans of Foreign Wars
Minooka
John Ward
Wendy Thornton
Lynne Suligoy
Newark High Graduation
Newark High School
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