Morris Lions Halloween Parade Friday
The Morris Lions Club hosts an annual Halloween parade starting at 5 30 p m on Liberty Street near the courthouse square with the Morris Grade School Band leading the procession to the Morris Theatre for free cartoons and prizes in multiple costume categories. Adults compete for originality humor and ugliest costume while treats are provided at the theatre. Children depart the venue between 6 30 and 6 45 p m. Jack Kutches chairs the event and invites parents to stay for the cartoon session.
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Morris Lions Club
Liberty St
Courthouse Square
Morris
Jefferson St
The
Lions Club
Jack Kutches
Water Bond Tax Change Abates City Levy
The city will not levy taxes for the 150000 water extension bond issue after the finance committee chairm an announces a tax abatement ordinance. Aldermen approve abatement citing tapped funds and future payments from Carl Stockrose and Sinclair Oil, adding a mischarge was corrected.
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Finance Committee
Tracy Adcock
Adcock
Herald
Carl Stockrose
Sinclair Oil
Mazon Grade School Halloween Parade Friday
The annual Mazon Grade School Halloween parade is sponsored by the Mazon Fire Department. The school band leads the marchers downtown by 2 50 p.m. Costume judging will be conducted at the school and announced during the parade. Firemen will provide treats for all attendees.
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Mazon
Mazon Fire Department
Snicer 1 A D A D A Dau The Trouble With People
Fragmentary OCR hints at a puzzle style text mentioning trouble with people and a question. No clear events or names emerge. readable bits suggest a cryptic line rather than a news item.
City Council Faces BOCA Code Mystery
City officials wrestle with which building and housing code the July 14 vote adopted amid confusion over BOCA versus county amendments. A three member committee will review the action and report back at the November 10 meeting.
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John Hendrickson
James Stine
Robert Gilbertson
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Stine
Eugene Sorensen
Building Officials Conference of America
BOCA
Hornsby
Donald Caisley
Charles Roseland
Weather notes from Grundy County and Collins station
Temperatures in Grundy County tonight near 30 degrees under fair skies. Wednesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the middle 50s. Monday's high at the Collins Weather Station was 45 and the low 21. At 9 a.m. today it was 33 at the station and 1 a.m. it was 40 downtown Morris.
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Grundy County
Collins
Morris
Halloween Hours Limited in Morris City
The Morris City Council limited Halloween trick or treating to 6 to 9 p.m. Friday on a motion by Glen Anderson. Police Chief Donald Ward urged motorists to watch for children and parents to ensure proper mask vision for youngsters. Officers were ordered to make immediate arrests for vandalism.
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Morris
Glen Anderson
Judiciary Committee
Charles Roseland
Donald Ward
Annex Two Acres North of City Annexation Vote
The City Council approved a 7 to 0 annexation of two acres owned by Wesley Steffes along Illinois 47 north of the Brown property. Steffes will pay costs for water and sewer lines plus frontage fees. city charges were estimated at 4 760 dollars. The move enables planning commission zoning and future development, including a proposed waste line and potential extension of utilities under the highway. The council also addressed demolition actions, garbage licenses, and a bridge funding agreement with the county.
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Wesley Steffes
Illinois
Brown
Steffes
Robert Wren
Walter Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Charles Roseland
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Planning Commission
John Hendrickson
Illinois 47
Hornsby
Hundt
Wren
Hendrickson
Robert Gilbertson
Roseland
Tracy Adcock
Richard Schweickert
Adcock
Glen Anderson
Stine
Gilbertson
Steyer Garbage Service
Joliet
Steyer
Winds Ave
Ulinvns
B. W. Wilkinson
Illinois Ave
Morris Planning Commission
Judiciary Commission
County Commission
Johnson Ave
Howard Johnson
Gladys Ave
Illinois Valley Sheltered
Gordon Foss
William Dent
Rock Island Railway
Grant St
Liberty
Division St
L. F. Lemkau
Armory
Ottawa
Discrimination Charges Upheld Against Regional OEO
A federal review board in Washington upheld charges of racial and sexual discrimination by the regional Office of Economic Opportunity. The panel recommended retroactive pay and promotion for Henrietta M. Canty, who filed the complaint February 5, 1968, alleging unequal job ratings and promotion opportunities during three years as a management information systems specialist.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S
Favor Change for Nursery Schools
The Grundy County Planning Commission urged amending the zoning ordinance to allow nursery schools in R III districts on a lot of at least 180 feet wide and about 1.5 acres with 800 square feet added per pupil over 65, to serve Mrs. Joseph Goode’s Evergreens subdivision project for 40 pupils in shifts.
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Grundy County
Leng
Donald Kline
Will- Grundy Medical Association
Health Council
Kline
Cook County
Coal City Board weighs buying street light poles
The Coal City Village Board discussed purchasing street light poles for 125 each, to be delivered from Chicago, as part of a planned lighting program. They aim to acquire 55 or 60 poles and coordinate with L and S Construction on installation needs while planning downtown pole decorations with a $600 prize pool.
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Coal City Village
Mike Thomas
Gerald Bitner
L and S Construction Co
Chicago
Coal City
Redmond
Wayne Roseland
Wilmington Man Killed in Crash Near Joliet
Lee Rayburn 31 of Wilmington died when his 1969 Oldsmobile slid out of control on Interstate 55 at Illinois 59 overpass west of Joliet. Judge 25 of Chicago was uninjured as debris struck his car. Rayburn was vice president of Rayburn Truck Lines and Midwest Truckers.
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Wilmington
Lee Rayburn
Kankakee River Drive
Joliet
District 5
Rayburn
Interstate 55
Thomas Judge
Chicago
Kenneth Rinehart
Judge
Will County
Willard Blood
Reeves Funeral Home
Lee E. Rayburn
Nola (Tozzi
Leslie
Matthew
Isabelle Rayburn
Ralph Rayburn
John
Lyn
Nellie Cairns
Rayburn Truck Lines
Midwest
Grun dy County ZBA Approves Rezoning for Williams Subdivision
The Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approves a rezoning from R II to M IV for the north 330 feet of Williams Subdivision in Wauponsee Township. Edward W. Conley seeks sand removal, facing objections from 10 homeowners led by Joliet attorney Harry McSteen.
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Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals
Williams Subdivision
Wauponsee Township
Edward W. Conley
Harry McSteen
Joliet
Edwin Burnham
Atty
David Root
Burnham
Root
James Button
Kenneth Yard
Art Sjostrom
Larry Lines
LeRoy Matteson
John W. Hynds
Conley
Well
Hynds
John T. Anderson
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Mia Farrow
Andre Previn
London Symphony
Alice Tully Hall
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