Obituaries for Goggins Zimmerman Silk and others
Obituaries notice for James A. Goggins 60 of Channahon born February 19 1912 dies at Silver Cross Joliet funeral at St Marys Minooka burial in St Marys Cemetery. Also notice of Mrs William Silk funeral at Davis Gardner and Miss Marguerite Zimmerman Morris death with service Immaculate Conception Church Morris and burial Mt Carmel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Goggins
Fryer St
Channahon
Silver Cross Hospital
Joliet
Melvin
Ill
James C
Genevieve Carey Goggins
Goggins
Lucille Adams
Larry J
Jerry F. Goggins
Center
Campbell Streets
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Minooka
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Visitation
Marguerite Zimmerman
E. Chapin St
Morris Hospital
Morris
John and
Sarah Murray Zimmerman
Morris High School
Lewis Institute
Chicago
Burke School
Miss Zimmerman
Mary Katherine Zimmerman
Western Springs
William H. Zimmerman
West Chicago
John E. Zimmerman
Tulsa
Oklo
Immaculate Conception Church
Donald Kocher
Mt. Carmel
Finland
Johnson Clyde L. funeral services held at Davis
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday for Clyde L. Johnson at the Davis Funeral Home with the Rev. Willard A. Giese officiating. Pallbearers were LeRoy Johnson, Richard Hamilton, Russell Thompson, Frederick Kern, H. J. LaBorde and Bernard Sandner. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William (Lillie) Silk
Davis Funeral Home
Gardner
Richard Sherman
James Small
Walter Lumpp
Helge Hult
Glen Wise
Leo Fabry
Charles McDonald
Phil Allison
Gordon Gunnerson
Braceville-Gardner Cemetery
Clyde L. Johnson
Willard A. Giese
LeRoy Johnson
Richard Hamilton
Russell Thompson
Frederick Kern
H. J. LaBorde
Bernard Sandner
Evergreen Cemetery
Wills to Speak at National Community College Convention
Joliet Junior College trustee A. A. Wills will address the national convention of the Association of Community College Trustees in October in Atlanta Georgia. Wills elected trustee in 1970 served as vice chairman in 1971 and became chairman in April this year. He previously coached basketball at the college until 1967.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Wills
Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees
Association of Community College Trustees
Atlanta
Wills
Forest fire races toward Big Sur in Ventana wilderness
A forest fire in the Ventana Wilderness Area, driven by 40 mph winds, burned 3 500 acres in Los Padres National Forest near Big Sur. It threatened homes but caused no deaths or injuries. About 1 200 were fighting the blaze, 35 percent contained, with aerial tankers, helicopters and bulldozers in use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Sur
Calif
Ventana
Los Padres National Forest
Rains End as Floodwaters Recede in the Philippines
After a month of downpours the worst natural disaster in Philippine history begins to ease. Helicopters ferry food and medicine to Pampanga Pangasinan and Tarlac as flood levels fall and the death toll climbs to 356 across 119 towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippine
Luzon Island
Pampanga
Pangasinan
Tarlac
Luzon
Jerry M. King
Lehigh Acres
Fla
U.S. Army
King
Philippine Daily Express
Nixon
Runaway Girls From Streator Found on I 80
State Police report two Streator runaways Debra Brown 15 and Patricia Mizel 16 located on Interstate 80 at 3 30 p m Wednesday. Both were taken to Grundy County Jail where parents retrieved them after notification. Grundy County Sheriff’s Department had no official incident report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District 5
Streator
Interstate 80
Debra Brown
Patricia Mizel
Grundy County
Market Quotes for Wheat Corn Soybeans and Oils
Chicago AP lists grain prices with Wheat No 2 hard red 1.6314n and No 2 soft red 1.6242n. Corn No 2 yellow 1.2912n. Oats No 2 extra heavy white 75%n. Soybeans No 1 yellow 3.54n. Soybean oil 9.88n. No 2 yellow corn sold Wednesday at 1.2834.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Books donated to Joliet Junior College Learning Resource Center
About 650 books were donated during the 1971 72 academic year to Joliet Junior College Learning Resource Center. The value is about 7500 dollars per Mrs Lula Puddicombe the technical processing librarian. Donors included area citizens civic groups and business and industrial firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet Junior College
Lula Puddicombe
Milwaukee 40-Horse Parade Hitch Checks In At State Fair
The 40 horse hitch that revived a forgotten Milwaukee parade tradition will appear at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield August 12-13. Built and trained by Dick Sparrow of Zearing Iowa it is the first of its kind since 1904 to tread American streets and will pull a four ton Hagenbeck Wallace wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Springfield
Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co
Dick Sparrow
Zearing
Iowa
America
Kennedy kidnap plot trial opens in Athens
Eight Greeks go on trial before a military court on charges of plotting to kidnap John F. Kennedy Jr and others to finance a bid to overthrow the Greek military government. The indictment also cites planned bank robberies and targets including Thomas A. Pappas. Leader Christos Ramadanis described assault squad tactics modeled on Uruguayan Tupamaros. If convicted, max 20 years. arrests announced July 15. Other local notices recap traffic, liquor, and courtesy fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
John F. Kennedy Jr
U.S
Greece
Aristotle Onassis
Thomas A. Pappas
Republican Party
Christos Ramadanis
Disorderly conduct and multiple citations in city police notes
City police reported three charges and several citations. Mary K. Shew is jailed after a 2:30 a.m. dispute at 120414 Division St. Thomas H. Borens was cited for traveling too fast for conditions at Bedford Parza parking lot. Clyde R. Ferguson received two citations for improper registration and letting a dog run loose, with court dates in August and a $25 bond posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Shew
Division St
Norma Smith
E. Jackson St
Jackson St
Washington St
Bedford Parza
Borens
Clyde R. Ferguson
E. Benton St
Alan Love
Ferguson
E. High St
Police probe if suspects planned kidnap of Greek regime members
Rested about a week earlier and accused of planning to kidnap and kill members of the Greek regime. Police are trying to determine whether they had any connection with the Greek group.
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William Silk
Miss Marguerite
Joliet Market
Ashion
Liberty Morris
Ata Allah
Keith Liston
Patricia A. Liston
Lawrence P. Coyne
Rte. 5
Donald Murray
Gerald Contrera
Rte. 1
Illinois
Braceville
Michael Perino
David Allan Johnson
Illinois Ave
Harold Carlson
W. Jackson St
Guy A. Robertson
Michael T. Harty
Kinsman
Bedford Road
Max Babcock
Robertson
Cou
Minooka RD
Ry Oi
Ottawa
Morris Daily Herald
I, Ghomma A
Paul W. Cable
Liberty St
Morris, Il
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