First Woman Lawyer in Cunnea Family Opens Chicago Practice
Miss Vivian Cunnea, related to Morris residents, becomes the family’s first woman lawyer by opening a general practice at 39 South LaSalle Street Suite 400 Chicago. She trained at Loyola University and worked in a Chicago probate court after teaching in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Cunnea
William A. Cunnea
Chicago
Aux Sable Township
South LaSalle St
Suite 400
Cunnea
John Cunnea
First National Bank of Morris
Charles Schneider
Fulton St
George Cunnen
North St
James Wooldridge
E. Main St
Betty Buzzard
E. Jackson St
Mary Colette Rausch
E. Chapin St
Fiery I-80 Crash Kills Two Illinois Youths
Two 20 year old University of Illinois students, Kenneth A. Toran and Raymond P. Artis, died in a car semi crash on I-80 near I-55. Semi driver Michael G. O'Brien survived with burns and shock and was hospitalized in Joliet. Coroner plans an inquest. autopsy not planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Will County
Willard Blood
Kenneth A. Toran
Raymond P. Artis
Michael G. O’brien
Eden
Wis
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Tri- County Ambulance
Minooka
Cary Sheridan
Troy- Shorewood Fire Department
Blackburn Funeral Home
University of Illinois
Eden Truck Service
Pollution charge against SEMCO in Illinois water case
The Illinois EPA accuses Soil Enrichment Materials Co. of water pollution for sludge runoff from Semco facilities in Douglas County. Commissioner William L. Blaser said the Chicago firm violated its permit to install and operate, depositing sludge on farmland before April 30, 1971, creating a water pollution hazard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon, Ill
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Soil Enrichment Materials Co
Semco
Illinois Pollution Control Board
William L. Blaser
EPA
Douglas County
Cooler Weather Brings Little Relief Across Illinois
Weather report notes scattered drizzle and showers overnight did not ease heat in Illinois. Highs near 90 with partly cloudy skies. cooler Saturday with highs in the lower 80s. Dresden Island Locks reading 90 high 68 low. 7 am temperature 74. Precipitation measured 0.03 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Dresden Island Locks
Abandon sludge amendment by Grundy County board
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals abandoned a proposed sludge amendment 5-0 after deeming it unsatisfactory. The count shows the board inviting public suggestions to craft a constitutional ordinance, amid strong local opposition over odors and air pollution from SEMCO sludge spread on Norman Township farmland.
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Grundy County
County Zoning Board of Appeals
David Root
Morris
Root
Norman Township
Soil Enrichment Materials Corp
Chicago Metropolitan Sanitary
SEMCO
Chicago
Thomas Clydesdale
Appeals Board
Chicago Sanitary District
Norman
James Wright
Robert Trotter Sr
Mazon River Bridge Bid Date Set for Sept 29
Bids are due September 29 in Springfield to replace the deck and install two center piers on the Mazon River bridge on Illinois 113 about three miles west of Coal City. The project calls for removing the superstructure and one center pier and replacing with a beam deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mazon River
Illinois 113
Coal City
Teachers sue Braceville board over 1970 71 term dismissals
Miss Jane Helme and Miss Jacqueline Wicks filed suit in Grundy County Circuit Court seeking 10000 dollars in damages plus 2027 dollars and 2167 dollars in back pay for each, an injunction against revoking teaching certificates, and breach of contract claims. The plaintiffs say the board dismissed them for reasons not in the contract after a March theater workshop led to a special March 18 meeting and allegedly obscene words in a record played during the event. The suit contends state law requires public notice for school district meetings and disallows final action in closed sessions, arguing no lawful action to dismiss followed the March 18 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Edward McBroom
McBroom
Washburn
Grundy County
Robert T. Williamson
Marion Lee Banks
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
Banks
Third Judicial Appellate Court
Ottawa
Illinois Defender Project
Atty
Bruce Stratton
Supreme Court
Stratton
Illinois Public Defenders Association
IPDA
Illinois
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Law Enforcement Association Administration
U.S. Department of Justice
Indiana
Mississippi River
Elgin
Springfield
Mount Vernon
Cook County
Stateville
Linda Ospalik
Illinois Division of Highways
Morris Grade School Board of Education
Jane Helme
Jacqueline Wicks
Braceville
Board of Education
Miss Helmne
Miss Wicks
Ralph Halderson
Brookfield farmers appeal ComEd nuclear site ruling
Brookfield Township farmers and landowners filed a petition for rehearing with the Illinois Commerce Commission over Commonwealth Edison’s 2200 megawatt nuclear plant in LaSalle County. They argue the project would take more farmland and create a large lake, and seek federal court injunction if rehearing is denied. They warn of potential appeals to the Atomic Energy Commission and Illinois Environmental Protection Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
Brookfield Township
Commonwealth Edison
LaSalle County
Illinois Commerce Commission
Brookfield
Andrew O’conor
Ottawa
Mark Widman
Commerce Commission
Widman
Atomic Energy Commission
Illinois Environmental Protection Board
Edison taxes released to Coal City schools districts
Grundy County Treasurer Pauline Coleman announced personal property taxes collected from Commonwealth Edison Co. will be released today to Coal City school and five districts. The funds, $1 273 368 93, had been held in escrow after Edison protested the tax under dispute, but a letter from John J. McHugh withdraws the protest and allows distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Edison Co
Coal City
Grundy County
Pauline Coleman
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Spebsqsa
Center School
Morris Sweet Adelines
West Towns
New Orleans
O’brien
District No. 5
Sheridan
Channahon
EW Conley & Associates
Liberty
Trotter
Edwin Burnham
Sidney Baker
Mazon River Bridge
Sue Braceville Board
Seneca Plant
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