Democrats meet tonight to fill county clerk vacancy
Mrs. Mary Jane Noonan of Good Farm Township was convicted on theft official misconduct and conversion of funds and forfeited her office. Deputy Lana Phillips acts as Grundy County Clerk until the Democratic Central Committee appoints an interim clerk within 60 days, with a general election set for November 2 to fill the remaining term. Noonan faces sentencing May 28.
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Grundy County
John
Lana) Phillips
Mary Jane Noonan
Goodfarm Township
Richard Wilder
Noonan
Wilder
Democratic Central Committee
Central Committee
Guard killed at Chicago posh apartment building
Richard Leonard, 37, co-owner of the Rhinoceros Club, faces murder charges after shooting security guard Wayne Tews, 42, at the Satyr Apartments near Division Street. Witnesses said Leonard shouted threats, fired a .22 pistol, and Tews toppled over a railing after a struggle witnessed by three bystanders.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
Richard Leo
Nard
Rhinoceros Club
Wayne Tews
Tews
Leonard
Soledad
California
Division Street
Freyda Goldberg
Deputy Sheriff Hume Hurt in Grundy County Car Crash
Deputy James Hume 23 of Grundy County sustained injuries in a one car accident on Jugtown Road near Deerfield Road. He was treated at Morris Hospital in fair condition after the early morning crash that involved no passengers and caused his 1976 Oldsmobile to be towed.
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Grundy County
James Hume
W. Jackson St
Morris Hospital
Jugtown Rd
Deerfield Rd
Curt Leach
Hume
Jugtown
Leach
Coal City
Olson
Sunoco
Morris
MCHS Budget Discussion Scheduled
The Morris Community High School Board of Education schedules a 7 p.m. meeting Wednesday in the annex to discuss summer school salaries resignations employment extra curricular stipends and committee appointments. Action is planned on contract extensions for Ron Safarcyk and Frank Mathen. A Bicentennial dinner precedes at 6 p.m. hosted by Foods III in Room 150.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Ron Safarcyk
Frank Mathen
Foods III
Sidewalks on Council agenda in Morris city meeting
The Morris City Council will discuss sidewalks in the Hatcher Woods subdivision at tonight's 7:30 p.m. meeting in the First National Bank. The topic was continued from the last session to allow all interested parties to attend. Mayor Donald Davidson said a decision on employee salaries for the 1977 fiscal year will also be made.
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Morris City
Hatcher Woods
First National Bank
Donald Davidson
Clydesdale hearing postponed in federal fraud case
A Friday hearing in Chicago on motions to sever Judge Thomas Clydesdale and three co defendants was continued with no new date set. The defendants Peter Corgiat Gildo Costa and Oliver Halm all of Oglesby are charged with conspiring to defraud the First National Bank of Oglesby.
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United States
Federal District Court
Chicago
Thomas Clydesdale
Clydesdale
First National Bank of
U.S
Alfred Kirkland
Peter Corgiat
Gildo Costa
Oliver Halm
Oglesby
Illinois multiplier raises Grundy County assessments 6.5 percent
The Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs applies a 1.065 multiplier to Grundy County 1975 assessments, boosting total county valuations from 362.89 million to about 399.15 million. Milton Carlson cites inflation and rising market prices as factors and notes a two to three year update period.
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Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Grundy County
Milton Carlson
Carlson
Senate panel delays public CIA budget figure vote
The Senate intelligence committee voted 6 to 5 to refer whether to publish the annual intelligence budget to the full Senate. CIA Director George Bush testified in closed session as debate centered on whether disclosure would harm national security.
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Washington
CIA
George Bush
Ford
FBI
Church
Senate
Congress
Foreign Intelligence
Three Children Injured in Pine Bluff Road Crash
Three children Kay Arnold 9 Candy Arnold 3 and Crystal Arnold 5 were treated and released from Morris Hospital after a three car collision on Pine Bluff Rd about 400 feet west of Winterbottom Rd. Deputy James Hume traced the sequence with Robert Larson 34 Lombard driving east and slowing to turn as Doris Altiery 33 Deerfield and Donna Arnold 28 Coal City followed. Mrs Arnold momentarily diverted, struck Altiery’s car pushing it into Larson, with damage totaling about 1500 across three vehicles.
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Morris Hospital
Pine Bluff Rd
Winterbottom Rd
Hume Robert Larson
Lombard
Winterbottom
Doris Altiery
Deerfield, Morris
Donna Arnold
Second St
Grundy County Town and Country Art Show awards announced
The 1976 Grundy County Town and Country Art Show at Morris featured 254 exhibits judged by Miss Jerry Lingle. Best of Show went to Doreen Mills for a metal car collage. adult winner Wilma Orman for Border Town in Austria. high school winners Marilyn Riley and Patti Kindelspire for Fisherman’s Joy and Winter Forestland respectively. multiple ribbons awarded across divisions.
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Doreen Mills
Minooka
Grundy County
First National Bank of Morris
Charles
Wilma) Morris
Border Town
Austria
Marilyn Riley
Morris
Patti Kindelspire
Winter Forestland
Herald
Jerry Lingle
Plainfield
Wilma) Orman
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Marge Sheedy
Jane Baudino
Gwen Nelson
Erma Turner
Joe Corsello
Ruth Gilmore
Dana Deffenbaugh
Coal City
Sue Mulhall
Mazon
Barbara Hasslinger
Louise Rowe
Wilma Orman
Margery Hiney
Bruce Enger
Norma Gerecko
Jeanne Provancal
Joel Waters
Joyce Gottlieb
Diane Perry
Karen Nelson
Ed Hansen
Bev Warren
Paula Morse
Colleen Steele
Michele Newton
Sue Matay
Julie Sullivan
Terri Lear
Youth injured in auger accident near Newark
Erik Olson a three year old from Newark sustained a severe cut to his right hand when his hand was caught in an auger Friday at about 11 30 am He was pulled free by his father and transported to Morris Hospital in fair condition by Grundy County Sheriff Sgt Ray Odom The family residence is at the corner of Minooka and Scott School Roads
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Newark
Morris Hospital
Erik Olson
Rte. 1
Grundy County
Ray Odom
Odom
Olson
Minooka and
Scott School Rds
Erik
Dick Olson
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