Obituary notices for Elmer N Sleight and Leslie Lear
Funeral services are set for Elmer N. Sleight 71 of Naples Florida formerly Morris with a 3 p.m. Friday service at Earl G Hodges Funeral Home Born July 8 1907 in Sisseton South Dakota Sleight was Purdue All American tackle on the 1929 Big Ten title team and later played for the Green Bay Packers He worked 34 years as vice president and sales director for Gustin Bacon Manufacturing in Chicago He survived by wife Frances daughter Lila Sleight son Edmund sister Mrs Nellis Cassabaum and four nieces Funeral services for Leslie Lear will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Davis Funeral Home instead of 10 a.m.
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Elmer N
Red
Green Bay Packers
Purdue
Gustin Bacon Manufacturing Co
Chicago
Frances
Lila Sleight
Naples
Edmund
Woodbridge
Ex-Herald ad manager dies in Iowa
W. J. Mike Carmichael 72 longtime ad manager and publisher in Webster City and Newton died early Wednesday in Webster City Iowa Born December 21 1905 in Switz City Indiana educated in Martinsville Indiana Carmichael spent 55 years in publishing retiring in 1972 He was Master Editor Publisher in 1971 Iowa Press Association and former Iowa Daily Press Association director Survived by wife four sisters and a brother Funeral services and burial set for 1 30 p m Saturday
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Morris Daily Herald
W. J
Mike) Carmichael
Webster City
Iowa
Daily Freeman-Journal
Switz City
Ind
Martinsville
Morris Paper
Newton
Newton Daily News
Carmichael
Iowa Press Association
Iowa Daily Press Association
Bowdach says FOIA used to identify informants for murder
Gary Bowdach testified before a Senate subcommittee that he used the Freedom of Information Act to learn a confidential police informant’s identity so he could kill him. He described obtaining censored documents that revealed at least one informant, and said the act can be used to subvert justice and assassinate people.
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Washington
UPI
Gary Bowdach
Senate
Bowdach
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Exmobster
FOI
Sam Nunn
D-Ga
Nunn
Joliet Market: Hog Prices Slip Amid Weaker Cattle Sales
Joliet market report shows live cattle sales unable to establish price trend. Hogs at 1,000 head weaker by 25 cents with No 1-2 210-235 lb at 49.50, No 1-2 235-250 lb at 49.25, and No 2-3 290-320 lb at 45.75.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Find lawyer murdered CHICAGO EPA attorney found stabbed in apartment
The EPA attorney Joseph M. Gerstein, about 45, was discovered Wednesday night tied to his bed in his North Side Chicago apartment. The body showed multiple stab wounds. the unit had been ransacked and the phone ripped from the wall. Gerstein’s supervisor and the building manager found him after he missed work, residents last saw him Friday. The Belmont area homicide investigator described the scene.
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Chicago
UPI
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
North Side
Joseph M. Gerstein
Gerstein
EPA
Youth faces sentence in fatal crash
A 17 year old Braceville youth, Raymond Makovsky, was found guilty of reckless homicide in Will County Circuit Court for the April 3 death of 11 year old Steven Moret. Sentencing is set for October 10 before Judge Charles Connor in a bench trial.
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Braceville
Will County
Steven Moret
Custer Park
Charles Connor
Raymond Makovsky
Rte. 1
Will
Makovsky
Illinois 113
Daniel Rozak
Scott Belford
Rozak
Conclave Set to Open August 25 in Vatican
The College of Cardinals decreed that the conclave to elect Pope Paul VI's successor will open August 25 at 5 p.m. local time. The Vatican also announced Saturday's funeral service for the pope will be held outdoors in St Peter's Square.
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UPI
Paul VI
College of Cardinals
Vatican
St. Peter's Square
Union Begins Strike Against Pan American
The union representing about 7,500 ground personnel at Pan American World Airways began a strike across the United States and possessions after a 12:01 a.m. deadline passed without a new contract. Teamsters Local 732 official William Genoese said the walkout includes reservations and cargo staff and would be felt nationwide including Guam and Puerto Rico. Other union members planned to honor picket lines.
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New York
UPI
Pan American World Airways
United States
William Genoese
Teamsters Local 732
Teamsters
Genoese
Guam
Puerto Rico
Circus Manure Fertilizer Offered At Anaheim Center
More than 200 Ringling Brothers animals performed and now their manure is offered to gardeners at the Anaheim Convention Center. A circus spokeswoman cited the manure as an ideal fertilizer due to the animals' diet. Am Building talks in New York collapsed after an offer management said they could not accept. Pickets appeared at Pan Am facilities in Kennedy and Teterboro and Honolulu though a spokesman said no walkout was called and operations remained normal.
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Anaheim
Calif
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Anaheim Convention Center
Inquest Set for Braidwood Pit Drowning Victim
An inquest into the drowning of 19 year old Mark A Jelinek found in a strip mine pit near Braidwood July 18 is set for Aug 16 at 11 am at Patterson Funeral Home Braidwood. Will County coroner toxicology results from a Chicago lab have been received. Jelinek formerly lived in Bemis Woods Western Springs. Witnesses swimming with him contacted the sheriff after his disappearance two weeks earlier.
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Mark A. Jelinek
Braidwood
Patterson Funeral Home
Will Couty
Chicago
Jelinek
Bemis Woods
Western Springs
Will County Sheriff’s Department
ABA endorses TV advertising by lawyers for first time
In New York the American Bar Association voted 141 to 69 to endorse televised lawyer advertising despite fears of abuse and higher malpractice costs. The stance follows a Supreme Court ruling permitting ads for routine legal services in print, while the TV issue remains unsettled.
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New York
UPI
American Bar Association
House of Delegates
ABA
Supreme Court
LeRoy Jeffers
Houston
Jeffers
Grain Prices at Noon on Board of Trade
Chicago reports wheat higher while corn and soybeans mixed at noon. Wheat futures rise across Sep Dec Mar, corn declines slightly, soybeans show mixed moves with Aug Sep and Nov contracts lower.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Thunderstorm damages homes in Effingham Illinois
A Wednesday night storm in Effingham caused damage from lightning and falling trees. Nearly an inch of rain flooded some streets and the Effingham County Fair at Altamont closed early. One tree uprooted and killed a power line fire at Mayor Clyde Martin’s home. another home was struck by lightning. Lights were out for about 90 minutes.
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Effingham, Ill
UPI
Effingham
Altamont
Clyde Martin
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