Developers drop mobile home park from Lakewood Estates plan
At a Morris Planning Commission pre annexation hearing, Joliet developers withdrew a mobile home park proposal from the 352 acre Lakewood Estates project east of U.S. 6 west of Morris. They proposed continuing with R II single family zoning and discussed school and lake provisions and future amendments.
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Lakewood Estates
U.S. 6
City of
Morris
Morris Planning Commission
First National Bank of Morris
John Hendrickson
Atty
James Peacock
Joliet
Edward Walsh
John Barello
Matthew Stefanich
Mobile Home Park
Atty. Peacock
Planning Commission
City of Morris
Arthur Hornsby Jr
Peacock
Hornsby
Robert Gilbertson
David Root
Hynds
R l
N. B. Galloway
E. North St
Subdivision road dispute dominates county board session
Evergreen residents led by Thomas Dolan pressed for clarity on road responsibility among the county Saratoga Township and developer John Marchi over FHA funded homes. County highway chief said no written agreement exists and roads must be upgraded before transfer. The board sent the issue to planning and zoning for investigation and approved sheriff department car purchases later in the day.
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Evergreen
Saratoga Township
John Marchi
Saratoga
Thomas Dolan
Dolan
Federal Housing Authority
FHA
Richard McTague
McTague
Planning and
Marvin Olson
Olson
Kenneth Benson
County Board Planning Committee
Mazon
Zoning Board of Appeals
Regional Planning Commission
Benson
August Black
David Smith
Atty
Richard Wilder
Nettle Creek
Ethel Gregoire
JeVerna Burt
David F. Root
Superintendent of Schools
County Bridge Committee
Township Road and
County Health Department
Finance Committee
Board of Review
Insurance Committee
SCATT
Weather outlook with storms and mild temperatures
Variable cloudiness and warmer with thunderstorms likely. Tonight partly cloudy and cooler with a chance of storms in the evening. Thursday partly sunny and cooler with a high near 70. Dresden Island Locks high 76 and low 66. Morris readings 7 am 71 and 10:30 am 75 with .11 inches precipitation.
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Dresden Island
Morris
Maggots helped save Denise Sprayson in wreck
In Guelph Ontario AP reports maggots, once used to clean wounds, swarmed Denise Sprayson’s wounds after a car crash that killed her husband and two friends. Area coroner Dr G L Stewart says maggots prevented infection while she lay trapped for five days before rescue and hospital treatment.
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Guelph
Ont
Denise Sprayson
G.L. Stewart
Maxwell
Stewart
Inductions Forwarded for Two Men by Selective Service
The Selective Service Board sent two locals for induction into the Armed Forces today, Michael D. Larson of Coal City and Michael B. Monferdini of Gardner. A biblical aside is noted with Noah at the Ark.
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The
Selective Service Board
Armed Forces
Michael D. Larson
Coal City
Michael B. Monferdini
Gardner
Mexican money tied to Nixon campaign questions in report
A confidential House staff report ties $100,000 from Mexico to the Watergate era and describes a $700,000 secret Nixon campaign fund tied to a Mexican source. It notes four checks from a Mexican bank linked to Maurice Stans and Bernard Barker, and questions involvement and timing around campaign donor disclosures.
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Washington
Mexico
House
House Banking Committee
Maurice H. Stans
U.S
Nixon
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Releas
Jack Anderson
Associated Press
Patman
Bernard Barker
Stans
Nixon Committee
Barker
Miami
Heavy Rains Hit Northern Illinois and Fatal Cave-In
The Associated Press reports heavy rains swamped sections of northern Illinois with thunderstorms forecast statewide. Rockford received over 2 inches as flash flood warnings were issued for McHenry Lake Kane Du Page and Cook counties. Richard P. Gaylor 38 of Ingleside a telephone cable repairman died in a Fox Lake cave-in while repairing damaged lines. Rescue efforts took five hours before he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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Associated Press
Illinois
National Weather Service
McHenry
Lake
Kane
du Page
Cook
Rockford
Richard P. Gaylor
Ingleside
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Gaylor
Fox Lake
Cyclist Injured in Car Collision in Morris
A 7 year old Morris boy was treated in fair condition at Morris Hospital after his bicycle struck a car at Armstrong and Grant Streets at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Steven Kjellesvik suffered a fractured right leg and abrasions. Miss Mary Carr swerved but could not avoid the impact on wet pavement. The boy was taken by Davis ambulance. his bike damaged, car undamaged.
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Morris
Morris Hospital
Armstrong and Grant Sts
Steven Kjellesvik
Robert Kjellesvik
Maple Drive
Jmiss Mary E. Carr
Narvick Ave
Steven
Miss Carr
Davis
Gas Pipeline Permit Sought Under Illinois River
Northern Illinois Gas Co requests a construction permit from the state water resource management office to lay a concrete coated gas pipeline beneath the Illinois River near Morris. Interested parties may write to John C. Guillou in Springfield before Sept. 19.
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Northern Illinois Gas Co
State Water Resource Management Office
Illinois River
Morris
John C. Guillou
W. Monroe St
Springfield
Five men tied to Fountain Valley Golf Course murders nabbed
Police surrounded a house in Frederiksted St. Croix and captured Ismael Labeet 25 Warren Ballentine 23 and Ralphael Joseph 21 without a shot. They face murder charges for the seven to eight slain at Fountain Valley Golf Course as two others Meral Smith 21 and Beaumont Gereau 23 were already jailed. Other suspects Sanchez and Pepe or Pablo remained at large while officers hunted in rugged hills awaiting arraignment today in St Thomas.
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Frederiksted
St. Croix
V.I
Fountain Valley
FBI
Ismael Labeet
Warren Ballentine
Ralphael Joseph
Meral Smith
Beaumont Gereau
Virgin Islands
Sanchez
Pepe
Pablo
Ismael
Ballentine
Joseph
U.S
Warren Young
St. Thomas
Widow sues over jail escape linked to murder case
Lorraine Cretney of Prairie du Lac files in U S District Court alleging Sheriff Thulen and two deputies were negligent when Willie Henne escaped from Carroll County Jail and later killed her husband. She also blames the Carroll County Board for lack of funds to ensure proper security. Cretney’s husband was found murdered near a Carroll County road after Henne’s escape. The Cedarville, Illinois, residents seek damages for losses including the sons’ 100 injury claim.
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Freeport, Ill
Carroll County
Carroll County Board
Lorraine Cretney
Prairie du Lac
Wis
U.S. District Court
Jimmy Thulen
Willie Henne
Henne
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Angie Patti Peacock
Atty John Hynds
Fred Anderson
Wauponsee St. Crossing
Liberty St
Rock Island
Wauponsee Strail
Herald
Sheriff Department
Liberty Ank. B. Price Co. Inc
Morris Daily Herald
Richard Ogilvie
Grundy County
Yorkville
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