Kissinger explains world alert over Middle East cease fire
The United States ordered a worldwide military alert amid ambiguity over Soviet plans to police a Middle East cease fire. Kissinger said no confrontation with the Soviet Union is intended and the US opposes large scale forces, offering observer support under UN supervision instead. Senator Jackson cited a brutal Soviet warning while Nixon stayed out of the NSC meeting.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Middle East
Soviet Union
United States
Kissinger
U.N
National Security Council
Nixon
U.S
Israel
Henry M. Jackson
Morris MCHS Board Accepts Low Bids for Life-Safety Projects
Morris Community High School Board of Education approved the lowest bids for life-safety construction under the Illinois act. Perkins Builders Co. wins general contract at 33141 and sidewalk work on Union Street at 11792. R. M. Stephen Construction Co. takes mechanical at 106000 with Ayers Electric Co. securing electrical at 103875. No bids for stage hangings food service or window shades.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Perkins Builders Co
Perkins
Narvick Construction Co
Union St
R. M. Stephen Construction Co
Yack Sheet Metal Co
Ayers Electric Co
Hahn Electric Co
EPA charges FPB with discharging wastewater into Morris sewer
The Environmental Protection Agency filed a complaint against Federal Paper Board on Sept 28 alleging discharges into Morris sewer and unnamed streams tributary to the Illinois River. The 10 page filing cites color odor solids and turbidity as pollution indicators and sets a hearing for Nov 19 at the First National Bank of Morris. The plant has been reusing materials since Oct 1 and reportedly not dumping into the river, while city officials note the sewer plant hadn’t used FPB for 23 days and problems have cleared.
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The
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Federal Paper Board
Morris
Illinois River
Pollution Control Board
Chicago
Sanitary Water Board
New Pollution Board
First National Bank of Morris
Don Marth
Federal Paper Board Co
Illinois
Marth
First Ward
del Linn
Sewer and Water Committee
Chrysler strike ends at Jefferson Avenue plant in Detroit
United Auto Workers members at Jefferson and at Fenton Missouri back the local contract demand by striking at 10 a.m. The Jefferson plant’s second shift workers were asked to return to work this afternoon while no talks were planned at Fenton. A Friday strike deadline looms for Belvidere Illinois with 6,100 workers. Seven of Chrysler’s 69 units lack agreements as strikes continue at other sites.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Jefferson Avenue
United Auto Workers
Jefferson
Fenton
Jefferson Ave
Belvidere
Ill
Center Line
Mich
Tappan
N.Y
Morris Mayor Hendrickson in Poor Condition at St Joseph Hospital
Former Morris mayor John Hendrickson, 60, of 412 East Jackson Street, remains in poor condition in the cardiac ICU at St Joseph Hospital Joliet after being admitted Tuesday. Grundy County Board member Clarence Mosmann, 68, of 615 East Chapin Street, Morris, is in guarded condition at Morris Hospital after weekend admission for a respiratory illness.
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Morris
John Hendrickson
E. Jackson St
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Clarence Mosmann
E. Chapin Sr
Grundy County
Morris Hospital
Weather forecast and temperatures across regions
Variable cloudiness with a chance of a shower this afternoon. Windy with a high in the upper 70s. Tonight mostly cloudy and cooler with a low around 50. Friday expected mostly sunny and in the lower 70s. Wednesday’s high reached 78 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 54 low. At 7 am Morris read 55 degrees and downtown at 10:15 am was 60 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks
Morris
Brisbin Road crossing hearing extended to January 15
A seventh continuance was granted for the Illinois Commerce Commission hearing to permanently close the Rock Island Brisbin Road crossing in Saratoga Township. Hearing Officer Harry Stern noted the Chicago hearing was postponed at the township attorney’s request to wait for U S 6 reopening and its impact on the case.
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Illinois Commerce Commission
Rock Island
Brisbin Road
Saratoga Township
Harry Stern
Chicago
David Root
U.S. 6
Arends Exits House Leadership Race Citing Unity
Rep. Leslie C. Arends of Illinois withdrew from the bid for House Republican leader as John J. Rhodes of Arizona nears election. The 78 year old whip said he aims to prevent a split in Republican ranks and praised Rhodes as a conservative in the Gerry Ford tradition with the attributes for an effective floor leader.
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Washington
Leslie C. Arends
R-Ill
House
John J. Rhodes
Arizona
Arends
Melvin
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Nixon
Rhodes
Gerry Ford
UNICEF Drive Set For Trick or Treat In Morris
Morris Council of Churches designates 3 to 6 p.m. Tuesday for Trick or Treat for UNICEF with sponsoring churches Im maculate Conception First United Presbyterian First United Methodist Bethlehem Lutheran St. Thomas Episcopal and First Baptist. Donations aid UNICEF efforts in over 100 countries with vivid per unit impacts.
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Morris Council of Churches
Morris Area
Immaculate Conception
First United Presbyterian
First United Methodist
Bethlehem Lutheran
St. Thomas Episcopal
First Baptist
United Nation’s Children’s Fund
Morris City Considers 5 Percent Utility Tax Increase
The Morris City Council plans a November 12 vote on a proposed five percent utility tax. If approved, phone electric and gas bills will rise about 5.73 percent as state and federal taxes are added after the municipal tax. Illinois Bell and Northern Illinois Gas officials project higher charges, with the city receiving most revenue.
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Ted Staroscik
Morris City Council
Morris
First Ward
John Maunder
City Council
James Crupi
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Jack Strickland
Strickland
James Peacock
R. C. Baldacci
Commonwealth Edison
Edison
Officials meet on county planning and Illinois 47 corridor study
Representatives from seven municipal planning commissions joined Grundy County officials to discuss the corridor study along Illinois 47 and how it affects nearby towns. The meeting highlighted the lack of current development plans and the need for better county city collaboration ahead of a February or March follow up.
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Grundy County Regional Planning Commission
Illinois 47
Eugene Sorensen
Grundy County
County Planning Commission
Alanie Trayser
Carl L. Gardner and Associates, Inc
Planning Commission
Trayser
John Henderson
Carl Gardner Co
Henderson
Chamlin and Associates
Morris
State Highway Department
Clarence Clover, Jr
Gardner Planning Commission
Clover
Gardner
Dwight
Sorensen
Perry Brooks
Allen Kracower
Clyde Baker
Morris Planning Commission
John Anderson
Gerald Pierard
William Clennon
Bridge Collapses on Hanson Road injures no one
A cement bridge about .2 miles east of Woods Road on Hanson Road gave way at noon Wednesday as Dan Meade of Gardner drove a tractor pulling a combine over it. The left wheels dropped over the side but the tractor stayed on top. Meade was uninjured. Officials reported the south side collapsed into the creek.
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Woods Rd
Hanson Rd
Dan Meade
Gardner
Meade
Ron Fox
James Olson
Five out-of-state men held after I-80 Mobil robbery
LaSalle County deputies captured five suspects from Michigan and Colorado about 30 minutes after the armed robbery of a Mobil Oil station at I-80 and Marseilles Road. The five, men ages 19 to 26, reportedly fled in a stolen 1973 Dodge van after taking 148 dollars with a knife. They were stopped west of I-80 near US 51 where deputies found a gun in the vehicle.
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LaSalle County
Sheriff’s Department
Miller
Colorado
Michigan
Utica
U.S. 51
Morris Lions Halloween Parade Plans Announced
Morris Lions Club announces their annual Halloween parade at 5 30 p m next Monday with assembly at Washington and Liberty Streets. Prizes awarded for preschool and grades 1 through 3 4 through 5 6 through 8 adults and band plus a group costume award before marching to the Morris Theatre for cartoons treats and awards.
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Morris Lions Club
Washington and Liberty Sts
Liberty St
Morris Theatre
Gardner to Host Tricks or Treats Event Wednesday
Gardner Village Board announces Tricks or Treats set for 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in Gardner. Residents and families can participate in the community Halloween activity with local participation and safety measures.
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Gardner
Gardner Village Board
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Peacock
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