City to Meet With State on Plant Funds
City officials plan a meeting with the Illinois Sanitary Water Board to discuss a secondary sewage disposal plant after state approval and a federal funds setback. The council approved a sanitary sewer survey contract with Chamlin and Associates and noted a lack of plans for a new filtration plant at Morris pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Schweickert
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Walter Hundt
Water and Sewer Committee
Federal Water and Pollution Control Act Agency
Schweickert
State Office
Chamlin and Associates
Hundt
Carl Stocklose
Illinois 47
M. P. Schneller
Aurora
Glen Anderson
Morris Municipal Swimming Pool
John Hendrickson
Donald Caisley
Hendrickson
James Stine
Finance Committee
Tracy Adcock
Planning Commission
Adcock
Stine
City OKs Saturday Street Dance by Shantells Band
City Council approves a Saturday street dance on Franklin Street from Washington to the sheriff’s department auto entrance south of the courthouse. Greg English of the five member Shantells band will perform free music from 8 to 11 p.m. The first dance will be on a rial basis.
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Greg English
Dedicate Statue at West Point for General MacArthur
An eight foot bronze statue in memory of General Douglas MacArthur will be dedicated Thursday at the U S Military Academy West Point. The statue shows the famed graduate in a World War II uniform carrying a jacket and will be unveiled by MacArthur’s widow. MacArthur, a 1903 graduate, died in 1964 and served as superintendent from 1909 to 1922.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
N.Y
Douglas MacArthur
U.S. Military Academy
MacArthur
Academy
Dirksen Lies In State At Capitol
Everett Dirksen the longtime Republican leader lay in state in the Capitol rotunda as President Nixon praised his public service. The scene drew lawmakers and officials, with Dirksen’s widow watching a simple service before public tributes and an Illinois burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirksen
Capitol
Washington
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
Abraham — Lincoln
Nixon
House
Louella
Congress
Everett Dirksen
Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun
William Jennings Bryan
Winston Churchill
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
L. R. Elson
Rot
Illinois
Air Force
Weather notes from Grundy County and Morris
Temperatures dipped into the 40s Monday night with a low of 45 at Collins Weather Station. High reached 79 degrees. Tonight should be fair and cool with a low in the upper 40s. Wednesday looks fair and warmer with a lower 70s high. Morning readings: 57 at 9 am at the station and 56 downtown Morris at 1 am.
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Grundy County
Collins Weather Station
U. S. Weather Bureau
Morris
Library Lights Awarded to Low Bidders
Morris Library Board awarded six inside lights to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Nelson for 60.50 and outside lights to Jesse Hausken for 25 plus 12.50 for outside poles. Lights must be removed by winners. temporary quarters rented at 621 Liberty St. for October opening with 200 monthly rent and 150 for storage. Board also authorized disposal of nonessential items and hired a part time assistant librarian while inviting organizations to appoint representatives to attend meetings.
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Morris Library Board of Trustees
Jesse Hausken
W. Jackson St
Hausken
Roger D. Nelson
E. Main St
John Roth
Library Board
Conrad Weitz
House Committee
Robert J. Freund
Liberty St
Snicker A Day: The Nicest Look Drives Out First
A lighthearted item notes the humor in a car pulling out of a parking space, highlighting a neat moment of courtesy and timing in daily urban life.
City Policy On Curb and Gutters Sparks Council Debate
City Council discussed a uniform curb and gutter policy after approving a Johnson Ave project and facing a Waverly St program. Officials weighed funding, assessments, and state county participation for a new bridge over Nettle Creek while bidding and street improvements moved forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson Ave
Waverly St
Donald Davidson
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Tracy Adcock
Union St
Gladys St
Robert Gilbertson
Nettle Creek
Richard Schweickert
Hornsby
Liberty
Union Sts
Grundy County
Second Ward
Charles Roseland
Morris Hospital
Schwetckert
Waverly
Aterial
North St
Donald Caisley
John Hendrickson
James Washburn
Franklin St
Jefferson St
Hendrickson
Adcock
Schweickert
Jefferson and
Franklin Sts
Wilmette Schedules New Election After Ballot Count Invalid
Wilmette officials set a new election for November 25 after U S District Court Judge Napoli ruled April 15 voting invalid for insufficient polling places. The village must provide 32 polling places for the rerun. The new vote will determine five local offices including president and trustees.
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Wilmette, Ul
Wilmette
Alexander J. Napoli
U.S. District Court
Napoli
Vil Lave
Capital bootnote By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington police report a record 714 armed robberies for August in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capital
Associated Press
Washington
Jury Indicts Bannon in Fatal Crash
A grand jury indicts Raymond Bannon 21 of Mazon for reckless homicide in the Darryl Osmunson fatal crash from July 23. Associate Judge Malmquist issues a warrant. bond and arraignment to follow after arrest.
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Bannon
Robert W. Malmquist
Raymond Bannon
Mazon
Richard Wilder
Darryl W. Osmunson
Marseilles
Osmunson
Atty. Wilder
Sam Bozin
John A. Snizzero
Chicago
Wilder
Donald Lee Welsh
Shay
Nixon Calls Meeting on Vietnam War
President Nixon summoned an extraordinary gathering of top advisers to review all aspects of the Vietnam situation. Attending were Secretary of State William Rogers, Defense Secretary Melvin Laird, Henry Kissinger, Gen. Earle Wheeler, Adm. McCain, Gen. Abrams, Richard Helms, and Ellsworth Bunker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
William Rogers
Melvin R. Laird
Henry Kissinger
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William
Flunk Hair Tests Hit Orange County High Schools
About 200 boys were sent home on the first day of school in Santa Ana California for hair and facial hair violations. District officials said most students returned after shaving, with many sent home for sideburns below the ear lobes mustaches and mullet chops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Ana
Calif
Orange County
Israel launches 10 hour raid across Gulf of Suez on Egypt
Israeli air and armored forces strike Egyptian positions across a 30 mile front in the Gulf of Suez in the largest front action since 1967. One Israeli plane downed, a dozen or more Egyptian casualties claimed, and significant damage to bases, vehicles, and radar sites reported.
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Tel Aviv
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Middle East
Gulf
el Hasayer
Ras Za’ Faran
Suez
Suez Canal
Israel
Cairo
Jordan
Karameh
Ras Sadat
Seuz
Supervisors Honor Dirksen at Grundy County Meeting
The Grundy County Board of Supervisors observed a moment of silence for the late Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen at its monthly session. They granted a 60 day extension request from the board of review to finish reviews, with final approval pending state action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Everest Dirksen
Grundy County
Mary Reed
County Health Department
Care
Will Grundy
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Price St
Lincoln St
McKinley Park
Bedford Road
Gould Park
Hartford Insurance
American Legion Post No
Joe Laughary
Glenn Johnson
Harold Carlson
James Gretencord
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