Morris Planning Commission Backs BOCA Building Code Preference
At a Wednesday Morris City Planning Commission meeting, Joseph Gannon and Clyde Baker recommended that the council adopt the BOCA Basic Building Code over the Grundy County plan. They argued BOCA’s performance approach offers safety benefits, versatile materials, and updates by BOCA. The group approved presenting the recommendation to the City Council and discussed annexation and two-acre zoning near Interstate 80.
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Morris City Planning Commission
Commission
Joseph Gannon
Clyde Baker
Boca
Grundy County
Gannon and
Baker
Gannon and Baker
City of
Morris
James Baum
Baker and Gannon
Richard Bauer
Bauer
Angie Patti
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Hornsby
Patti
County
Planning Commission
Morris urged to adopt housing code for federal loan
Illinois officials pressed Morris to enact a housing code six months before a federal low rent program application. The meeting at Morris Savings and Loan gathered Grundy County officials to outline required codes, income limits, and administration by the local housing authority for elderly and low income families.
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Illinois State Housing Board
City of
Morris
Robert Ellsworth
State Board
Springfield
Orton Keyes
Chicago
Grundy County Housing Authority
Morris Savings and Loan Association
Atty
Erwin Godfrey
Grundy County Board of Supervisors
McKinley Park
James Stine
Wallace Burroughs
Norman Township
Vernon DeGrush
Mazon
Joseph Berta III
Coal City
Albert Pilch
Berta
Pilch
Loyal Reader
LeRoy Brown
Orville Hahn
Gardner
John Hen
Drickson
Sidney Carr
Delbert Neece
Tracy Adcock
Godfrey
Keyes
Hahn
Ellsworth
Reader
Burroughs
Legal Department of the
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Agency
Carr
Washburn to Seek Third Term in House
State Rep. James R. Washburn of Morris announced he will run for a third term from the 42nd District on the Republican ticket. He serves on major House committees and heads an appropriation subcommittee, with ties to civil defense compacts.
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Washburn
James R. Washburn
Morris
House
Senate
Ralph Smith
Rep
Grundy County
Republican Central Committee
Kankakee
Iroquois
Cold snap hits Collins station with 12-degree low
The Collins Weather station reported a 12 degree low today the coldest since last winter. Temperatures rose to 22 degrees by 9 am and 11 am readings were noted downtown Morris. Tonight and Friday bring continued cold with partial cloudiness and highs in the mid 30s.
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Collins
Morris
Remains Serious Robert Schaefer Injured on Job Site
Robert Schaefer 38 of Rte. 1 remains in serious condition in the ICU at St. Joseph Hospital after a construction accident Friday. He was struck in the forehead by a limb while operating a high lift for a Joliet earthmoving company at the Mobil Oil site in Channahon Township.
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Robert Schaefer
Rte. 1
St. Joseph Hospital
Jury Rules for Defendant in Grundy County Theft Case
A Grundy County Circuit Court jury awarded Country Mutual Insurance Co. a verdict for the defendant in a suit filed by Irene Finks of Morton and William and Dolores Limbach of Wauponsee Township. The case concerned 2700 bushels of corn allegedly stolen from the Finks farm in Saratoga Township. The jury deliberated about 6 1/4 hours after instructions from Circuit Judge Leonard Hoffman.
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Country Mutual Insurance Co
Grundy County
Irene Finks
Morton
William Limbach
Wauponsee Township
Leonard Hoffman
Finks
Saratoga Township
Louis Gregoire
Morris Township
Nola Haag
Petit Jury
Hoffman
Grundy
Barbara Heap
James Entwistle
Steven Braghini
Verona
Entwistle
U.S
David P. Stinson
County of Grundy
Kenneth D. Benson
Charlotte Harrell
Charles Schmitz
Chicago
Injured Driver in Serious Condition After River Bridge Crash
One of two people hurt Tuesday night in a head on collision on the Illinois River Bridge remained in serious condition today. Roger D. Davisson, 31, of Route 1, was in intensive care at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after transfer from Morris Hospital. He had severe head injuries and had surgery. The other driver, Susan C. Leek, 29, of Route 5, was in fair condition at Morris Hospital with leg fractures.
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Illinois River
Roger D. Davisson
Rte. 1
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Susan C. Leek
Rte. 5
Snicker Day Psychiatrist Advises Calm Office Manners
A psychiatrist tells an office nurse to avoid commentary implying chaos and instead use concise language about being busy. The guidance aims to maintain professionalism and patient comfort in a busy clinical setting.
Apartment Zone Change Approved in Morris Hearing
Morris Planning Commission after a public hearing recommended to the City Council approval of Gerald Borens rezoning 8.7 acres east of Ottawa Street near Shaky Bridge from R-I to R-III to allow a 144 unit apartment complex. The plan includes 12 buildings of solid masonry, a pool, parking, and a playground with construction to begin about one year after rezoning pending permits and city engineering decisions.
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Morris Planning Commission
Gerald Borens
Borens
Ottawa St
Shaky Bridge
Atty
Pat Massey
Frank Lutz Jr
Fremont Ave
John J. Button
William Norton
Hatcher Woods
Lutz
Planning Commission
Button
Richard Bauer
Norton
Bauer
Massey
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Morris
Joseph Gannon
Baum
Aage Hansen
Berens
Hornsby
Apollo 12 Moonwalkers Return to Earth Friday
Apollo 12 crewmembers Charles Conrad Jr and Alan Bean left the lunar surface after 31 hours and 32 minutes on the Ocean of Storms. They linked with command ship Yankee Clipper, transferred lunar samples, and prepared for the Earth return voyage with Richard Gordon aboard in lunar orbit.
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Intrepid
Conrad
Bean
Yankee
Roger
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Gordon
Lodge Resigns Paris Peace Negotiator Post
President Nixon accepted the resignations of Henry Cabot Lodge as chief U.S. peace negotiator in Paris and Lawrence E. Walsh as deputy head of the U.S. delegation. Acting head will be Philip C. Haeberli, with Lodge's senior adviser serving interim. Uncertainty over a successor persists as the resignations took effect December 8.
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Lodge
Walsh
Nixon
Ziegler
Paris
City Atty Requests Another Continuance in 25 Osmanson Violations
City attorney Robert Wren said a further continuance would be sought in the Morris case of 25 Osmanson garage traffic violations. Magistrate Chester Winsor has granted four continuances since the garage was cited by Morris Police at the behest of the city council for parking cars on city streets and sidewalks without licenses during June.
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Robert Wren
Osmanson
Chester Winsor
Memers
Morris Police Department
Morris City Council
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