City Hall Chamber Fire Violation Triggers 30 Day Window
Deputy state fire marshal Joseph Lolli declared Morris City Hall Council Chamber violates Illinois fire safety rules with only one second floor exit after inspection. A second exit, such as a fire escape, must be installed within 30 days or an order will be issued. City officials pledge immediate action.
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Joseph Lolli
Morris City Hall
Illinois
Chicago
Lolli
John Hendrickson
Stan Morton
Chicago Fire Marshal’s Office
Donald Caisley
Caisley
Morris Fire Department
City Hall
MCHS Bowling Program Wins Board Approval
The District 101 board unanimously approved adding a gold accent to uniforms and launching a nine week junior senior bowling program in physical education. A morning instructor will lead two sessions weekly for girls and two for boys starting January 5, with costs funded by a $1 weekly student fee and about $60 weekly transport. Two groups gain facility use. extra events include Joliet YMCA fitness sessions and a Northern Illinois Conference in March 1970.
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William R. Ferguson
Health, Safety, Physical Education
Athletic Department
Ferguson
Lou Berger
Physical Education Department
Chuck Butterfield
Butterfield
Supt. Rose
Joliet Ymca
YMCA
Hugo Avalos
John Roth
James Schaive
Jehovah's Witnesses
Northern Illinois
Ers
Carol Zuber
Center School
Hammer
Supt
Hynds
Peterson
Joliet
Walter Bartels
Lincoln School
David Roseland
Bell
Area School Board
District 54
John Overbeck
Supt. Hammer
Garfield School
Weather shifts from sun to clouds in Morris area
Downtown Morris started sunny but quickly turned overcast with a chance of snow flurries. Tonight remains cloudy and colder with a mid 20s low. Friday clouds persist with possible flurries and a high near 30. Collins Weather Station records a Wednesday high of 50 and low 26. 11 am readings show 37 at Collins and 38 downtown Morris.
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Morris
Collins
School Board Reviews Hot Lunch Plan and Youth Group
Minooka architects outline a $40 000 plan for adding space and equipment to cook serve and transport hot meals, with a proposal to cook at the present building and shuttle to the junior high. Board to study project and consider hiring Moore. Also discussed teacher aides and a proposed non profit youth organization likely to use school facilities.
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Minooka
Ernest Moore
Board of Education
Moore
Victoria Winter
Ruth Hill
Sandra Minard
Eileen Nolan
Dennis Martin
Ted Berse
Dan Facemyer
Dan Derick
Morris Board Hears Land Annex Petition Delay
Morris Elementary Board discusses delaying action on annexing railroad land west of Morris to District 54 due to cost and space needs. Public hearing by the county on the petition is upcoming while the board weighs impact on funds for facilities.
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Morris Elementary Board of Education
Hatcher Woods
Morris
County Board of Trustees
Morris and Nettle Creek
Nettle Creek
James Peterson
Kenneth Hammer
Phillips and Associates
Garfield School
Jean McCoy
Peterson
Don Marth
Supt. Hammer
Eugene Hayes
Gary Thomas
McCoy
Atty
Jack Hynds
State Farm
Continental
North America
Home
Supt
Hammer
Franklin Lee Co
Ronald Bell
Grundy County Board Returns Zone Change Plan
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors returned a proposed amendment to the zoning ordinance for further study, aiming to permit processing operations in the M IV district. They also approved nursery school size rules, RR district accessory buildings, and a revised McGuan Subdivision plat excluding an abandoned cemetery.
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Grundy County
Eugene Sorensen
McGuan
Sorensen
Grundy County United Fund reaches forty percent of goal
Campaign chair Dave Johnston reports progress with $21 400 raised toward the goal. Caterpillar Tractor Co employees in Joliet are expected to exceed $13 000 and AMAX Aluminum workers over $4 500. The rural drive will start within a week under Allen Hoffman and run through November.
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Grundy County
Snicker-A-Day Politics Quote on Money and Votes
A sharp remark describes politics as an art of extracting wealth from the rich and votes from the poor, framed as protecting each group from the other.
Meade Baltz Seeks Reelection To Illinois Senate
Meade Baltz of Joliet announced his candidacy for re election as state senator of the 41st District which covers Grundy and Will counties excluding Lockport DuPage Wheatland and Plainfield townships. Baltz 57 began in 1950 as Joliet Township supervisor and later served on the Will County Board of Supervisors.
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Atty
James Peacock
Grundy-La- Salle
Norman Township
Grundy
Body Coal Co
Kankakee
Richard McTague
Burl Gonham
Illinois Association of Supervisors
Meade Baltz
Joliet
Grundy County
Will County
Lockport
DuPage
Wheatland
Plainfield
Baltz
Joliet Township
Board of Supervisors
Illinois House
Public Utilities, Conservation
Will County Contractors Association
Buell Ave
Chicago Gun Fight Kills Policeman
In Chicago on the South Side a gun battle between police and street gang members left eight officers wounded and two assailants dead. Officer Frank Rappaport, 36, died after a shotgun blast to the face as he exited his squad car. The dead suspect Spur geon Winters, 23, was one of four attackers identified with the Disciples gang. Twelve officers responded with reinforcements and a canine unit to Calumet and 58th Street.
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Chicago
South Side
Frank Rappaport
Spurgeon Winters
Disciples
Lance Bell
58Th Street
Calumet
Rappaport
Department
John Gilhooley
Dan Kaufman
Donald Miley
Ronald Comparin
Jack Stewart
Billings Hospital
Michael Brady
P “Serost
Apollo 12 Launched After Hydrogen Tank Repair
Apollo 12 was on schedule for Friday's 11:29 a.m. EST liftoff after technicians replaced a leaking hydrogen fuel tank. The crew, Conrad Gordon Bean, trained at Patrick AFB, and ground teams prepared as officials weighed options for landing sites and surveyor 3 experiments.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Besgan
Paul C. Donnelly
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Navy
Patrick Air Force Base
Nixon
Spire T. Agnew
Donnelley
The
Space Center
Downey
Calif
Donnelly
Gordon
Bean
Conrad
Start Selection Of Trial Jurors
Selection of trial jurors was scheduled to begin at 1 30 p m today in the case of Orville Johnson versus Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church Johnson from 624 E Chapin St sues for 26150 over the Oct 14 1967 death of his daughter Rebecca Sue 12 who died from injuries after a hay ride incident involving a church sponsored hay rack Johnson is represented by Black and BI with the defendant represented by Robert Adovek
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Orville Johnson
Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church
Johnson
E. Chapin St
Reebecca Sue
Black and BI
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