No Injuries From Rock Throw Incident On I-80 Overpass
Two Iowa men, Dean Geils and Joe Simon, escaped harm when a rock shattered their windshield on I-80 near LaGrange Road while en route to Lansing, Michigan. They reported being covered in glass but uninjured, with a police report not filed at the scene and authorities investigating missed response by state police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Thomas
Iowa
LaGrange Road
Dean Geils
West Des Moines
Joe Simon
Sioux City
Lansing
Mich
Geils
Joe
Simon
D.F
Polly Engelking
Olympia Fields
James Quist
District 5
Joliet
Steger
Stuenkel Road
Interstate 57
Kenneth Kaupas
Quist
Illinois
the Star
Mary Compter
Interstate 80
Michigan
Park Forest 40 Years Ago This Week Highlights
Recognition series notes 40th anniversary with details on population 7010, 1801 housed units, and School District 163 teacher shortages cited by Supt Robert Anderson. Reports scarlet fever cases quarantined under Dr Edward Lis, Lutheran church name change, and pastor plans. Christmas offers at B F Goodrich Chicago Heights store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Anderson
Edward Lis
Village Lutherans
Trinity Lutheran Church
Neal Johnson
Iowa
B.F. Goodrich
Chicago Heights
Former Park Forest firefighter dies in Burr Ridge blaze
Lt. Joseph Samec 27 of Pleasantview Fire Protection District was killed when a Circle Drive vacant house under renovation caught fire. His crew was ordered out as the basement burned and the floor collapsed. Two other firefighters were injured. Samec had previously rescued a man from a quarry and was honored as firefighter of the year in 1988. He is survived by his wife Jami, parents, and two sisters. Park Forest and Countryside officials plan memorials. cause of the blaze under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sue Penn
Park Forest
Burr Ridge
Joseph Samec
Pleasantview
Countryside
Circle Drive
Samec
Shawn Collins
Collins
Ron Welch
Chicago Heights
Rich East
Jami
Hinsdale
Edward
Josephine Samec
Donna Davenport
Penny Warren
Canton
Ohio
Matteson
University Park
Mike Wheeler
Wheeler
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James Layfield
Chicago
Leon DeRouin
Kevin DeLorenzo
Matthew Taylor
Will County
de- Rouin
Michael Orenic
Orenic
Gerald Kelly
Park Forest Cab Company
Elm Street
somewood-Flossmoor
telorest-Country Club Hills
Crete University Park
Matteson-Richton Park
Norman A. Rosinski
Chicago Sun-Times Company
Otto Boulevard
P.O
Starcarrier
U.S
U.S. P. & Zones
Physicians
Towncenter RD
Toys R Us
Loehmann’s
Physicians Weight Loss Centers
Darasoft
Centre
Lincoln Mall
Optical
Herzberg
Corsons
PTO
Mary Yates School
Roseland
Blue Fox Jackets
Expro
Leveway
Iimporte
FURS
East 162Nd Street
RT. 6
South Holland
PAM
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