Coal City boards reviews track plans at local school site
The Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board discussed a 440 yard oval track with Chamlin and Associates. They scheduled a June 11 return for full plans and a lump sum cost, with a possible June bid and June award.
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Coal City
Coal City Community Unit No. 1 Board of Education
Roger Chamlin
Chamlin and Associates
Chamlin
Koerner Construction
Richard Schweickert
Morris council discusses Parklake Village and licenses
Morris Illinois city leaders debated nine planning requirements for Parklake Village with a call to limit future dealings to the Morris Development Corp and its president. The council invited planners and the developer to a meeting while approving three Mission Hill Subdivision ordinances and examining liquor licensing rules for a Joliet based partnership. The body also considered park funding options and authorized buying Listek land for a sewer right of way and a grant funded park mower.
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Donald Caisley
Austin Bollen
Morris Planning Commission
Morris
Allen Kracower
Morris Development Corp
Parklake Village
Leon Apanas
Caisley
Fourth Ward
Jerry Borens
Kracower
Planning Commission
Robert Gilbertson
Bollen
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Board of Education
John Hynds
Mission Hill
Borens
Gilbertson
Eugene R. Funk
Joliet
Third Ward
Ray Christensen
Daisley
Elmo Ray Younger
Anderson
Listek
Liberty St
Park Committee
Coal City Police Chief Resigns. Testa to Act as Interim Leader
Coal City Village Board unanimously accepted the resignation of Police Chief Allen Conant effective June 1. Police Commissioner James Testa will serve as acting police chief until further notice. Conant, hired in 1971 after 20 years as a Hammond, Indiana officer, cites personal reasons. The board also approved final plat for Pompano Subdivision and rezoning actions for John Perona and Warren Brainard properties.
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Coal City
Testa
Conant
Hammond
Ind
Pompano
C & C Developing Co
Coal City Zoning Board
John Perona
Warren Brainard
Weather Outlook and Temperatures Across Regions
Continued cool with a mix of sun and clouds. Lows in the mid to upper 40s, highs in the lower 70s. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported 71 for Tuesday high and 46 low. Morris downtown recorded 57 at 11 am and 48 at 7 am. Precipitation measured at .65 inches.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Two Injured In Crash Near Dwight
Timothy Brown 23 of Fort Riley Kansas is in guarded condition and James Perkins 25 of Springfield in satisfactory condition after their car collided with a northbound semi on U S 66 one half mile north of Illinois 47 at 7 15 p m Tuesday Perkins lost control crossed the median and skidded into the trailer driven by Edward Drews 56 of Niles Drews not injured The car was described as totally destroyed and a ticket for improper lane use is pending against Perkins Both injured were rushed to St James Hospital by Van Qualen Ambulance service
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Timothy Brown
Fort Riley
Kan
James Perkins
Springfield
St. James Hospital
Pontiac
U.S. 66
Illinois 47
District 5
Perkins
Edward Drews
Niles
Brown
Perkin
van Qualen
Drews
Park district vote set for Kendall and Bristol Townships
Voters in Kendall and Bristol Townships go to the polls Saturday from 6 am to 6 pm to decide on forming a park district and elect five commissioners. Seven candidates include Leila Wolfe, John W Milner, George L Barnes, Max G Peterson, M Scott Miller, Gary Rice, and Gerald L Oehring.
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Kendall
Bristol
Bristol Town Hall
Bristol-Kendall
Fox Road
Illinois 47
Kendall Plumbing and Heating
Bonnie Lane
Park District Board
Leila Wolfe
Lab Council
John W. Milner
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Yorkville Jaycees
Miller
Plainfield
Gary Rice
Illinois State University
Country Companies Insurance
Citizens’ Committee
Gerald L. Oehring
Kendall County Title Co
Pioneer National Title Insurance Co
Park District
Bradley defeats Yorty to become Los Angeles' first Black mayor
Thomas Bradley, a Black former police lieutenant with Texas roots, unseated incumbent Sam Yorty in a nonpartisan race with 56.3 percent of the vote to take a four year term starting July. Bradley called the win a dream fulfilled as Los Angeles becomes the largest U.S. city led by a Black chief executive. Yorty conceded amid charges of racial attacks and low turnout. Bradley's victory follows a strong primary showing and marks a historic shift in city politics.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Bradley
U.S
Yorty
San Fernando Valley
Jury to decide $750000 Hodgen damage suit in Grundy
Closing arguments were to be heard today in Grundy County Circuit Court in the $750 000 Russell Hodgen damage suit with the case going to the jury for their consideration Hodgen 42 of 195 Irving St Coal City is suing Ray J Benoit & Sons Co for injuries incurred by falling from a scaffold after a temporary guard rail constructed by the Benoit Co collapsed
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Grundy County
Russell Hodgen
Hodgen
Irving St
Coal City
Ray J. Benoit & Sons Co
Benoit Co
Morris Savings assets reach new high at 27.6 million
Morris Savings & Loan Association reports assets of 27,611,564.17 at its shareholders meeting led by George H. Baum and Arthur R. Leach. Loans rose 30 percent to 6,725,705. insured savings gained 12.5 percent to 3,100,000. interest paid to savers hit 1,199,238.50. New officers include Baum as chairman and Leach as president, with a full slate of directors and staff named.
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George H. Baum
Arthur R. Leach
Morris Savings & Loan Association Shareholders
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