Lakewood Estates plan questioned over school impact and funding
Witness Fred W. Burnham testified at a joint Morris hearing that Lakewood Estates would lower per student valuations and raise costs, weakening education compared with existing districts. He cited a $23 million Joliet project, estimating 1,460 students and a $451,512 site impact, urging school donations and clear terms in the pre annexation agreement.
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Syntgenesa
Morris
Lakewood Estates
Fred W. Burnham
Illinois School Consulting Service
Naperville
Morris Planning Commission
City Council
First National Bank of Morris
Robert Gilbertson
James Stine
Atty
August Black
David Smith
Commission
State Education Office
Burnham
U.S. 6
Joliet
Edward Walsh
Matthew Stefanich
John Barello
City Plan Commission
James Peacock
Peacock
Parklake Village
Hi-Park Subdivision
Grundy County Housing Authority
Angie Patti
R-I
Soil and Water Conservation District
Patti
Austin Bollen
Gilbertson
Jim Crupi
Black
First National Bank of
Isabelle H. Sadler
Stefanich
Border Gunfire Flares as Israel Vows to Hound Terrorists
Across the Syria Israel cease fire line gunfire erupts with no casualties as Israeli forces retaliate near the Golan Heights amid Arab attacks in Europe. Foreign Minister Eban vows those who shed blood will face justice as parcel bombs target Israeli diplomats in London Paris and Geneva.
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Associated Press
Europe
Syria
Golan Heights
Lebanon
Middle East
London
Abba Eban
Ami Shachori
Geneva
Federal
Justice Ministry
Netherlands
Scotland Yard
Corn blight spreads in Wisconsin fields with wet weather
Wisconsin reports rapid spread of southern corn leaf blight due to ongoing wet conditions. The Agriculture Department and University of Wisconsin scientists also note increases in northern leaf blight and eyespot, though less severe.
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Madison, Wis
Wisconsin
Agriculture Department
University of Wisconsin
Weather update and crops forecast from Dresden Morris area
Partly sunny and windy with hot humid conditions today and likely thunderstorms tonight. Tuesday’s high reached 80 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 62 low. rain totaled .56. Corn yields may fall. wet weather slowed maturity and oats and potatoes are harmed. a frost-free September is needed for grain.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
H.M. Walters
Department
Walters
Black airmen seize and leave Laredo mess hall
A group of black airmen from Laredo Air Force Base occupied the base mess hall for eight hours to protest isolation in the largely Mexican American town. They exited after the base commander pledged no disciplinary action and promised an investigation, with no damage reported.
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Laredo, Tex
Laredo Air Force Base
Col
L.W. Svendsen
Laredo
South
Texas
Rio Grande
Nuevo Laredo
Olson to Speak at Morris Community High School Assembly
Tom Olson assistant to Illinois School Superintendent Michael Bakalis will address Morris Community High School students at 10 a.m. next Tuesday as part of observances for Student Government Day. He has helped develop Action Goals for Illinois Education and the Illinois Network for School Development. The Olsons live in Springfield and have two children.
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Morris Community High School
Michael J. Bakalis
Tom Olson
MCHS
Olson
John C. Olson
Liberty St
Bakalis
James Halloran
Springfield
Illinois
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Supt. Bakalis
Governor's Commission On Schools
Office of Public Instruction
Illinois State University
Woodstock Community High School
McHs Assembly
Nancy Zentner
Morris
John
Christine
Olsons
Illinois Supreme Court orders Speck resentencing
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Richard Speck must be resentenced after the U.S. Supreme Court voided the death penalty and ruled death as cruel and unusual punishment. Speck has been on death row since 1967 and will undergo a hearing on his moral character before a new sentence is imposed.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
U.S. Court
Peoria
Stateville Penitentiary
Illinois Voting Residency Rule Altered by Federal Ruling
A three judge federal panel in Chicago ruled that Illinois voters need only 30 days state residency to be eligible. The decision affects the 1970 six month provision and requires the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to revise forms. Registration opens to those who have resided in Illinois for 30 days by the November 7 general election.
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Tom Parks
Illinois
Chicago
American Civil Liberties Union
Chicago Board of Election Commissioners
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Walter J. Cummings
U.S. District Court of Appeals
District Court
Julius J. Hoffman
William J. Lynch
The
Election Commission
Pilot in Iowa family tragedy dies from self-inflicted wound
David R. Utroska, 30, pilot of the doomed plane that sank into Lake Michigan after a storm, died Tuesday night from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. He had escaped the sinking craft but later were found dead at his Eldridge home. His wife Sandra and four children perished in the crash.
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Davenport
Iowa
Lake Michigan
David R. Utroska
Sandra
Kimberly
Kenneth
Kandice
Eldridge
Utroska
Midwest Aviation
Meigs Field
Utraska
Peace Corpsman killed in Uganda incident shocks US
US Ambassador Thomas P. Melady will seek an explanation after a shooting in Uganda left Louis Morton of Houston dead and Robert Freed of Madison slightly injured. Nine Americans, including five new Peace Corps volunteers, are detained as Ugandan authorities detain several travelers amid ongoing fighting.
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Washington
Thomas P. Melady
Uganda
East Africa
State Department
Louis Morton
Houston
Tex
Kampala
Robert Freed
Madison
Wis
Charles Bray
Melady
Peace Corps
Andrew Torchia
Associated Press
Nairobi
Kenya
Torchia
Bellhop and Women Carrying Bags Highlight Odd Job Tale
Suzanne Seely a 23 year old from Utah works at the Sheraton Norwich Motor Inn and notes that men offer to carry bags while women expect her to do the heavy work. She dresses in a gold jersey and blue hotpants and says the job is a little out of the ordinary. Meanwhile Morris police warn cars must clear the Corn Festival parade route by 1 PM Sunday October 1 with traffic detours via Liberty Street Illinois 47 US 6 and I 80.
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Norwich
Conn
Suzanne Seely
Miss Seely
Utah
Sheraton Norwich Motor Inn
Morris
Robert Lynes
Liberty St
Fulton
Illinois 47
Interstate 80
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Alicia Bliss
Daughters of the American Revolution
Carl Harmon
Saratoga Township
Kenneth Clark
Gardner
Herald
Paris
Munich
Egypian
Mohammed el Zayyat
Khalil Abu Hamad
Qatar
Liberty
An. B. Price Co. Inc
Ent
Clinton
John Sperandio
Sharon
Mass
William Tapp
Boulder, Colo
James Vandenbos
Kalamazoo, Mich
Steve Micko
Springfield, Ill
Gary W
Grant
Hampton
Daniel Lyster
John R. Poulding
Bellhop
University of Utah
Connecticut
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