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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1995
Page
13
Lansing trustees pass an ordinance prohibiting nudity in public places with a $500 fine per offense and court injunction power. Thee Body Shoppe at 17127 Torrence Ave receives a 10 day notice to cease topless dancing after losing its liquor license in January. Undercover police will enforce the rule if needed.
Will County Republican Party Chairman Hugh Stipan told about 125 Republicans in Frankfort that collar counties attract whites disenfranchised by black leadership in the Democratic Party. He claimed whites are leaving Chicago’s Democratic Party and seeking refuge in the suburbs. He warned of a “black Democratic Party in Chicago” and stated suburbs are a bail-out area. Wennlund distanced himself from the remarks.
The FAA seeks the crash cause of a Green Garden Township plane crash Tuesday night that killed Brian C. Chudzick, 22, of Aurora. Co pilot John E. Gordon parachuted to safety and was listed in good condition after being taken to Olympia Fields Osteopathic Medical Center. Wreckage spread across a half mile near Monee Manhattan and Center roads.
A mistrial request by defense attorney Edward Genson was denied as Judge Paul Root ruled prosecutors did not share all oral statements from witness Jodi Hicks. The ruling came after a Monday hearing in Joliet, with prosecutors deemed not to have violated rules enough to merit a mistrial.
The day marks burial for Nateisha Monchelle Williams at Mount Hope Cemetery in Chicago. Her ex boyfriend David Ruff, 19, killed her before dying from a self inflicted gunshot near Dolton. Williams, Crete Monee High School graduate, dreamed of nursing and left behind a three month old child. University Park Police confirm Ruff’s death in Dolton, described as a self inflicted wound. Nearby, Tinley Park Veterans Park remains dark after park district decision to shut off lights at dusk to curb late night basketball. Neighbors criticize lack of lighting amid reports of foul language and graffiti around the courts.
Clarence Grebey III of Kenetech rebuts a Star editorial on the Bloom Township wood burning power plant. He cites jobs, taxes, waste wood recycling, and stronger fuel plans while countering EPA and Illinois EPA permit claims and asserting compliance.
A reader responds to Vernon Jordan's quip about turning fifty with a joke on aging and a call for a senior Olympics of the body. The writer praises regular exercise at 58 and proposes contests in five year age intervals.
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