County board weighs plans for Grundy County airport near Morris
County officials and planning subcommittee urged a county airport at or near the Morris area with a $2 million estimated cost. Federal and state funding would cover most, county share $500,000. Two organization options were discussed, with a county airport plan favored for local financing control.
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County Board of Supervisors
Edwin Burnham
Grundy County Planning Commission
County and
Morris
Illinois 47
Planning Commission
Circuit Court
Grundy County
Burnham
Hornsby
Explosion at NPC plant near Joliet prompts safety review
An early Sunday blast at Northern Petrochemical Co in the ethylene oxide ethylene glycol plant near Joliet caused a fire and minor injuries. Investigators found no state fire law violations and noted automatic shutoff delay and dangerous hydrocarbon handling as factors.
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Northern Petrochemical Company
John Dreiske
Herbert Brown
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Division of
Dreiske
NPC
Judith L. Livonius
Des Plaines
Northern Petrochemical Co
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Morris Fire Department
Miss Livonius
William Haude
Weinstock
Broadway-Hale, Inc
Sacramento
Calif
Stanley Morton
Chicago
Art Weber
Herald
Morton
Vernon Randolph
Bureau of Environmental Health
Illinois Department of Public Health
Pollution suspected in Aux Sable Creek in Grundy County
Building and zoning officer Eugene Sorensen says pollution in Aux Sable Creek is likely from the Northern Petrochemical Co. plant. An EPA inspection with county officials followed a report from Leonard Boss who spotted the odor and spill on Tuesday.
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Aux Sable Creek
Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
Northern Petrochemical Co
Sorensen
The
Environmental Protection Agency
Aux Sable Township
Leonard Boss
Morris
Morris district votes to fund life safety survey for schools
Morris Grade School District No 54 Board votes to hire an engineer for a 100000 life safety survey with 30000 for electrical work and 30000 for boilers. District may issue bonds to cover costs with annual safety tax and plans summer improvements and an Hume School auction.
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Morris
Board of Education
H. Dale Barr
Central Life Building
Ottawa
Barr
James Peterson
Peterson
Hume School
Edward Conley
Hume
Illinois 47
DuPont Road
Shabbona School
Monson Sport Center
Musser
Grundy County sheriff facing budget dispute with board
A Tuesday budget session exposed friction between Sheriff Marvin Olson and Grundy County Board members over rising spending. Olson warned he would adjust operations if asked, citing 85 to 100 percent higher costs than previous sheriffs, including a projected year end deputy fund deficit of 175000. The board approved transferring 11000 from general to special deputy funds as debates over manpower and patrols continued.
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Sidney Carr
Hornsby
Earl Bingham
County Planning Commission
David Root
Root
Marvin Olson
Grundy County
Olson
Braceville
Norbert McLuckie
McLuckie
Harry Henderson
Mazon
Henderson
Morris
Sheriff's Office
Morris Police Department
Sheriff's Department
MecLuckie
Herman
Donald Woodward
Gotham
Gonnam
Jury hears suit over contract for transformer damage
Ragnar Benson Inc and American Metal Climax Inc sue Taft Contracting Co and Sam J Chellino for 6978.55 dollars over a hot mill rectifier transformer damaged when a crane cable broke at AMAX on June 11 1968. Jurors named Junanita Jennings Nancy Ann Bauer Raymond Crase Robert D Listek Diane L Anderson Paul E Perrine Barbara J Poppleton Robert L Thorsen Bina M Peterson Edward L Pierard Larry W Strange and Bonita A Scott. The court notes five cases remain set for trial and the current jury may be dismissed November 19 unless a case is in trial. The excerpt ends with an aside about a nervous young clergyman delivering his first sermon.
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Ragnar Benson, Inc
American Metal Climax, Inc
Taft Contracting Co
Sam J. Chellino
Amax
Junanita Jennings
Nancy
Ann Bauer
Raymond Crase
Robert D. Listek
Diane L. Anderson
Paul E. Perrine
Barbara J. Poppleton
Robert L. Thorsen
Bina M. Peterson
Edward L. Pierard
Larry W Strange
Bonita A. Scott
Robert W. Malmquist
Robert Williamson
Petit Jury
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Urge County Airport
Kelly Roberts
James Roberts
Briar Lane
Roberts
Kelly
the Department of Law Enforcement
Randolph
U. S. Department of Labor
Vote
Dresden Island
Ronald
Rose Marie) Bell
Alii
Morris Daily Herald
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