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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1978
Page
5
Obituary notices and brief death reports from Illinois towns recount memorials for Arthur Alan Brown in Belen and multiple local deaths. The items cover cremations, memorial services, and family survivors, plus a highway crash near LaSalle County with minor injuries to two travelers, and a series of obituaries in Braidwood Joliet and Morris with funeral details and burial plans.
Jeanne Gallian 18 was cited by Grundy County Deputy Daniel Raymond for 66 mph in a 55 mph zone near the Armak plant on US 6 Sunday at 3 40 p m She posted her license and must appear in court at 10 a m on Sept 24
Joliet Illinois live stock report shows cattle sales insufficient to establish a market. Hogs steady to 25 higher with Nos 1-2 at 200-240 lb trading 49.50 to 50.00 and 190-200 lb at 49.00-49.50. Nos 1-3 250-280 lb sell 47.25-48.50. Wednesday receipts estimated cattle 2,500 hogs 1,200.
In Grundy County Circuit Court Monday morning one case was dismissed and three continued while four hearings were scheduled. Todd Zucca of Braidwood had a drug possession charge dropped after lab results showed the substance was not controlled. He was arrested June 26 near Illinois 53 and Coster Road. He was ticketed for illegal transportation of liquor illegal mufflers and improper lane usage. Kenneth Stouch of Gardner had his hearing continued until next Monday after appearing without an attorney. He was arrested July 19 for unlawful use of a weapon when deputies found a sawed off shotgun in his car. Two co defendants in a felony theft case waived preliminary hearing rights. John Ely of Braceville and William Waldron of Essex pleaded not guilty and waived a grand jury in dictment. They were arrested July 27 on a warrant for a check on a closed account totaling 209.75. The case goes to the next jury call. Arraignment for John Staley of Pontiac on delivering a controlled substance was continued to Wednesday. Staley, charged April 27 with delivering MDA to Robert Babczak on April 8, faces similar charges in Livingston County where he is jailed. A Diamond youth charged with a drug offense is to appear Monday in Grundy County. Mark Jones, 18, of Diamond, was charged July 13 by Coal City police with possession of a controlled substance and illegal transportation of liquor. He was released on his own recognizance.
The Grundy County Housing Authority unanimously adopts a private retirement policy allowing benefits to include employee contributions plus a share of housing authority contributions. HUD approved the plan and a later move to raise insurance coverage is planned. Bids for a new three year policy will be sought. August submissions target. A rent hold is approved amid recent COLA rises. A generator request for Saratoga Tower elevators is to be reviewed after a near power outage.
At 12 noon corn quoted at 1.98 with gains noted on new contracts. Beans listed at 5.69 with declines in several contracts including Sep 5.98 off 34 and Nov 5.90 off 3. Soybeans show Aug 6.055 off 334 with Dec and Sep futures down 344 and 4 respectively.
Morris Public Library Board approved a by law change allowing any two of the three elected officers to open the safety deposit box. Robert Macdonald recommended replacing two trees with purple plum and planting Myrtle where winter will. Pam Wilson announced an Aug 28 meeting at Bar Oak Shorewood at 9 30 a m to demo a new automated computer type system for Joliet Public Library. The system may be linked by other libraries once circulation hits 100 000. The summer reading program has 117 children signed up with 80 completing to date.
A 166 foot fishing boat with 15 crew capsized in a squall off the Mississippi coast. Coast Guard reports at least one drowning and two missing. seven crew rescued by a nearby vessel. Five swimmers reached a sandbar island about three miles from the sinking. The report also includes unrelated local library notes about staffing, grants, and upcoming board meetings.
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