Improvements Studied by Coal City Village Board
Coal City village board weighs temporary parkway repairs along Broadway and side streets with estimates for cold mix patch work around 400 dollars. They plan surveys for drain guiding to prevent standing water and consider blade work. Halloween hours set and Christmas decoration deadline fixed with options for local groups or contractors.
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Broadway St
Coal City
Village Hall
Mike Thomas
Audrey Endrst
Thomas Parks
Driver Ticketed After Accident Involving Semi On I 55
Gardner man Leon P. Opydr, 21, was ticketed for failure to reduce speed after attempting to pass a semi driven by Gary L. James, 24, on Interstate 55 three miles south of Arsenal Road. No injuries were reported and Opydr's 1967 Plymouth sustained about 300 dollars in damage. the Mack truck had no damage.
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Gardner
Leon P. Opydr
Rte. 2
Gary L. James
Chaffe
Arsenal Road
Opydr
Manor Service Station
US. 6
U.S. 66
Furnace Smoke Triggers Hynds Building Fire Alarm
Morris Fire Department responded to Hynds building at 22414 Liberty St at 8 30 a m when the stairway to the second floor and the Hynds and Hynds law offices filled with smoke. Investigators found an overheated furnace in the basement caused the smoke. No damage was reported.
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Morris Fire Department
Hynds
Liberty St
Hynds and
Pete Di Paolo Dies at 54 in Coal City Office
Pete Di Paolo 54 supervisor of Coal City Community District No 1 died unexpectedly today in Dr. Roman Smyk's office in Coal City after a trip to Morris. The body was taken to Reeves Funeral Home in Coal City for arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete di Paolo
Coal City
Roman Smyk
Morris
Reeves Funeral Home
Snicker A Day Quote on Poverty and Money
A reflective remark notes that the poor who need money most are the ones who never have it, highlighting a paradox of wealth and hardship. The line emphasizes economic disparity and the futility of laughter in the face of want.
Sinclair Plans 1 80 Facility at Warland Corner
Sinclair Oil plans development on the Warland property at the I 80 Illinois 47 interchange. The city would pay for water and sewer extensions and for curb and gutter along the property. The entrance from Illinois 47 to the frontage road may cost about 7000 dollars. The plan includes future frontage road access and possible motel development.
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Sinclair Oil
Warland
Illinois 47
John Hendrickson
Donald Davidson
Charles Roseland
Carl Stockrose
Davidson
Saratoga Township
Richard Schweickert
Roseland
Walter Hundt
James Stine
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Tracy Adcock
Robert Gilbertson
Alder
Glen Anderson
Gould Park
Hendrickson
Water and Sewer Committee
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
M. P. Schneller
Aurora
Donald Caisley
James McElwain
High St
Wauponsee
Lisbon Sts
Charles
Doctor Opens Office in New Quarters
Louis J. Wilhelmi M D aged 41 announces the opening of his general medicine office at Jefferson and Franklin Streets. He trained in Wilmington public schools and earned a B S at Illinois Wesleyan University. He earned his M D at the University of Illinois and served as a captain in the U S Air Force after an internship in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Wilhelmi
Morris Medical
Jefferson and
Franklin Sts
Stephens Oil Co
Franklin St
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Alpha Epsilon Delta
University of Illinois Medical School
Phi Beta Pi
Pi Kappa Epsilon
Orange County General Hospital
Orange
Calif
United States Air Force
Coal City School Bid Plans Approved
Coal City Community Unit No. 1 board met in the high school library to review bids and plans for a new high school west of the village. The group discussed bidding structure, hospitaliz ation insurance bids, and district staff details. An adjourned meeting is set for Oct. 21 to review insurance proposals with company representatives present.
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Board of Education of
Coal City
Dearth
Pogliano
Josephine Tira
Leslie Ross
John Tuiner
Joseph Skubic
Elvin Wills
Skubic
Ross
Tuiner
Wills
Tira
Horace Mann
Metropolitan Life
Travelers
Aet
Teachers Welfare Committee
Pete DiPaolo
State Office of Public Instruction
DiPaolo
Vocational
Robert Pogliano
Certified Public Accountant
Vocational Area Center
Mazon
Minooka
Morris
CAST
Chicago Area School Television
Goose Lake
Governor Signs Last Bills Today
Governor Rich ard B. Ogilvie approved 1,952 of 2,207 bills from the 1969 legislature and vetoed 240 as the session reconvened. He will sign two more bills in Belleville to convert Horseshoe Lake into a state park and finalizes action on the homestead tax exemption for residents 65 and older.
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Springfield
Ill
Richard B. Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Belleville
Horseshoe Lake
General Assembly
Weather outlook and temps across regions
Tonight fair and cold with frost likely and a 30s low. Wednesday partly sunny and warmer with a upper 50s high. Thursday shows a chance of showers and little temperature change. Monday high 69 and low 30 at Collins station. 9 am 42 degrees and 11 am 39 degrees in Morris business district.
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Collins
Morris Business District
Council to Warm Chilly Chamber
The city building committee was authorized to rapidly pursue bids to convert the C He't to a gas burner as the building sits without heat. Northern Illinois Gas estimates annual savings of 500 dollars. Bids for tar coating on the fire station roof and City Hall south end were also to be opened next Monday at 4 p.m.
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Charles Roseland
Northern Illinois Gas
Parks Named To Fill Grundy County Clerk Vacancy
Thomas H. Parks 25 of Coal City was appointed county clerk pro tem to fill the Nelson vacancy effective Nov 30. The Grundy County board unanimously approved the appointment and praised Nelson. Parks plans to run for the Republican nomination in March. The meeting also covered a 60 day tax board extension and retirement funding decisions.
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Thomas H. Parks
S. Broadway St
Coal City
Nels P. Nelson
Grundy County
Nelson
Parks
Northern Illinois University At
DeKalb
Illinois Departement of Revenue
County Board of Review
W. Clark Davis
Illinois Municipal
Davis
Eastern Illinois students defeat fee hike for scholarships
Eastern Illinois University students voted against a proposed increase in student fees that would have funded about 200000 dollars in scholarships over five years. The rejection ends the plan to raise funds for campus scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston, Ill
Eastern Illinois University
Vietnamese Premier Opens Talks With Soviet Leaders
North Vietnamese Premier Pham Van Dong began talks in Moscow with Soviet officials, according to Tass, the Soviet news agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pham van Dong
Kremlin
Tass
Northern Petrochemical Begins Glycols Production Near Morris
NPC starts saleable glycols production at its Morris plant on U S 6 six miles east of Morris after ground breaking in 1968. First barge shipment of ethylene glycol occurred Oct 3 and rail shipments followed as construction advances toward full 240 million pound annual capacity.
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J. R. Wiewall
Northern Petrochemical
Morris
Gerald Nelson
Jesse Derrickson
U. S
Gulf Coast
United States
Luminus Co
Bloomfield
New Jersey
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Herald
C.C. Board
Bulletin
Sinclair
DR. L. J. Wilhelmi
C.C
Lemont
Automotive Industrial Productions Division
North States
Rte
Sonja Henie
Paris
Miss Henie
Will-Grundy
Kankakee
Greenfield Township
Homer Halpin
Delbert Neece
Harry Joyce
NPC
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