Multiple Grundy County youths fined for traffic and conduct offenses
Ronald C. Jones 17 of Coal City paid 100 dollars plus 15 dollars in court costs for disobeying a stop sign July 21. Others fined include Nancy Matheny 47 for failing to yield, David Bell 20 for driving without headlamps, Joseph Vignocchi 21 for speeding, and Derek Jenkins 17 for illegal alcohol possession. An arrest warrant was issued for Alfred Austino 50 after he failed to appear on a disorderly conduct charge, with bond set at 100 dollars. A complaint against William Drummond for criminal trespass was dismissed for nonappearance. Priscilla Borgstrom 40 was fined for speeding 40 in a 25 zone, Cary Lindemuth forfeited a bond for improper backing, and Sherri Rapp was fined for allowing a dog to run loose. The day’s notices were issued by local police.
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Ronald C. Jones
Coal City
Grundy County
Jones
Patrick K. Viner
Wauponsee St
Joan L. Viner
Alfred J. Austino
Kinsman
James S. Hume
Austino
David W. Bell
W. Southmer Rd
Morris
Kurt Salems
W. Washington St
Joseph J. Vignocchi
Gardner
Interstate 55
Reed Rd
Derek S. Jenkins
Main St
Mazon
Liberty St
Cary L. Lindemuth
Third St
Carbon Hill
South Broadway St
Park St
Dennis Neary
Sherri Rapp
Broadway St
Patricia Collins
Braceville
Contempt Hearing for Juvenile Coleen Viner
Coleen Viner a 16 year old of 619 Wauponsee is facing a second petition to revoke probation. Detention was ordered until the next Thursday hearing after her prior 19 day sentence for contempt of court. Judge Robert Wren warned that a guilty finding could extend detention to age 21. The girl cited the remark as life lasting. She had earlier been placed on probation May 31 for car tampering with curfew and residence limits. She left the county June 18 and was found June 28 in Lodi California. She was arrested for curfew violation in Morris and held at Grundy County Juvenile Detention. She resisted officers and kicked a policeman.
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Coleen Viner
Wauponsee St
Grundy County
Sharon Odom
Miss Viner
Lodi
Calif
LaSalle County
Morris
Wren
Morris man charged with driving too fast for conditions
A rural Morris man, John S. Gordon, 28, was charged with driving faster than reasonable after a complaint signed by Del Linn, 518 W. Linn. Gordon posted a $35 bond, faces Grundy County Circuit Court on Aug. 17, and claimed he was not recklessly driving. Meanwhile, a 73-year-old man, Melvin Hauge of 1102 Liberty St., was treated for a head injury after a fall near his apartment and released from Morris Hospital.
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Morris
John S. Gordon
Rte. 5
del Linn
Washington St
Linn
Gordon
Division St
Grundy County
Melvin Hauge
Liberty St
Grundy County Ambulance
Morris Hospital
Hauge
Signs Found on Scully Road Spur Traffic Stop
Grundy County sheriff reports four stop signs two railroad signs two bridge signs two intersection signs and one mailbox along Scully Rd two miles west of Verona Rd at 9 52 am reported by Charles H Pokarney Route 2 Dwight. One LaSalle County sign returned. Livingston County to be contacted. Morris police investigate missing money at an Illinois 47 service station with 51 dollars missing from Ken's Standard East US 6 owner Paul Schiller 6880 N Cambridge Dr 6 15 am. No forced entry. Night attendant to be questioned. Dog on premises.
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Grundy County
Schiller
Motorist hurt when truck flips over
A Morris man was driven from the scene after his 1969 GMC pickup overturned on Hansel Rd near Cemetery Rd in Grundy County. Alan K. Ray, 19, reportedly hit a slick spot while downshifting at 1:20 a.m. the vehicle spun, entered the south ditch and flipped. Ray suffered minor back cuts. he was driven home by J D Carmichael. The truck was towed by Olson's Service Center.
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Morris
Hansel Rd
Cemetery Rd
Grundy County
J. D. Carmichael
Olson
Bubonic plague precautions in Albuquerque risk
Health authorities in Albuquerque are conducting precautionary medical checks on 160 people who had contact with a mother and her child, both suffering forms of bubonic plague. State epidemiologist Dr. Jonathan Mann said the girl has pneumonic plague and the mother’s illness may be bubonic or pneumonic. a third possible case, a 6-year-old boy with pneumonia, is linked to a church Bible class. No one under surveillance is ill, and tests are pending.
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Albuquerque, N.M
UPI
Jonathan Mann
Mann
Building Materials Stolen From Minooka Construction Site
Minooka police report theft of over 200 dollars in materials from a Ridge Road warehouse under construction. Cecil Melville of M and M Construction Management Inc. said rolls of insulation lumber copper tubing and boxes of nails were taken. Police Chief Mike Hrechko reported.
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Minooka
Cecil Melville
M & M Construction Management Inc
Minooka Police
Ridge Rd
Mike Hrechko
You Know United Press International Books in History
The top two best sellers are the Bible with about 3 billion copies and Quotations from the Works of Mao Tse-tung with an estimated 00 million. This UPI summary notes the Bible leads global distribution, while Mao’s Quotations trails in production scale.
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United Press International
Mao Tse-tung
Deputy reports stop sign down at Scully and Verona
Grundy County Sheriff's Deputy Gene Dummitt reports a stop sign down at the intersection of Scully and Verona Roads. The incident occurred Thursday at 10 58 a.m. and the township highway commissioner will be contacted.
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Grundy County
Gene Dummitt
Scully and
Verona
Dummitt
Christina Onassis plans party on Skorpios island
Christina Onassis Kauzov, 27, plans a long weekend party for about 20 jet set friends on Skorpios in the Aegean while she and husband in Moscow deny rumors about their marriage. She traveled via private Learjet to England, then to the region.
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Athens
Greece
UPI
Christina Onassis Kauzov
Moscow
Aegean
Kauzov
Skorpios
Christina
Soviet Union
Aristotle Onassis
England
Luton
London
State troopers ready to aid Illinois prisons
A spokesman said about 48 State troopers can be assigned to prison support roles without prisoner contact if requested by prison officials. DLE Director Tyrone Fahner discussed the situation with Corrections Director Charles Rowe after the Pontiac uprising, as several prisons remain locked or under consideration for relief.
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Springfield, Ill
UPI
Department of Law Enforcement
Les Pauly
DLE
Tyrone Fahner
Charles Rowe
Illinois
Pontiac
Newark High Opens Aug 23 for 1978 79 Term
Newark Community High School schedules opening day activities on Wednesday August 23 with 8 am staff report and 1 pm student orientation in the gym. Full first day Friday August 25 runs 8 20 am to 3 02 pm, cafeteria opens, and freshmen registration set for 9 am to 3 pm. Superintendent Kenneth Miller succeeds Wayne Gilbertson, new staff includes Edward Kilday and Danny Makaryk. about 200 students expected.
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Newark
Newark Community High School
J. F. Zamora
Kenneth Miller
Wayne Gilbertson
Edward Kilday
LaSalle
Danny R. Makaryk
New Lenox
Kilday
Makaryk
Rosalynn Carter leads U S delegation to pope funeral
Rosalynn Carter heads a U S delegation to Pope Paul VI's funeral in Rome describing the late pope as a beloved symbol of humanitarian goodness. The plan includes a memorial service in Washington and a reception for foreign delegations, with Sen Edward Kennedy and Rep Robert Giaimo among the attendees.
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Rome
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
U.S
Paul VI
Mrs. Carter
Jimmy
Carter
Ernest Primeau
Vatican
Vatican Secretariat of State
Justin Rigali
St. Matthew's Cathedral
Washington
White House
Edward M. Kennedy
D.-Mass
St. Peter’s Square
Robert N. Giaimo
D-Conn
David Walters
College of Cardinals
Papal Palace
Real labor reform in Feinglass’s union standoff
In Irvington New York Mitch Feinglass built a small concrete company with four year round drivers earning 15000 to 18000 dollars a year. Teamster Local 458 staged a picket to force union membership, but Feinglass refused to compel joining. After an NLRB election was briefly set and canceled the union relented then returned with wage claims. Feinglass won an NLRB order to keep drivers safe from intimidation but legal costs threaten his business. Congress debates labor reform to curb coercion and support small employers.
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Mitch Feinglass
Irvington
N.Y
Teamster Local 458
Feinglass
Teamster
Mitch
National Labor Relations Board
Local 458
NLRB
Congress
Woman's beauty quest tied to childhood remark
In a Worry Clinic case Dr. George W. Crane discusses Hilda a 42 year old wife threatened with divorce over a compulsive habit of frequent hair treatments. A childhood compliment about her “old head” triggered a lifelong belief she must chase beauty to avoid being unloved.
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Hilda
Hilda B
Beauticians
Dear Ann Landers Letters Provide Practical Advice
A reader panel of questions about gifts of money from parents, manners with a neighbor’s son, and social etiquette. Ann Landers offers practical guidance on communicating desires, trimming abusive habits, and modeling civility while hinting at helpful resources.
Why Kissing Gouramis Kiss Others in Tanks
Kissing gouramis, popular aquarium fish, engage in kissing behaviors with other fish, tank walls, and even stones. The reason remains unknown with researchers offering no consensus.
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Nancy J. Matheny
Muskie Trail
Illinois 47
U.S. 6
William R. Drummond
Rte. 4
Wilmington
John R. Macketta
Will Rd
Lorenzo Rd
Priscilla A. Borgstrom
Lisbon St
Charles H. Pokarney
Rte. 2
Dwight
Sheriff's Department
Livingston County
Newark High
Rosalynn
George Washington
Leon J. Castillo
Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization
The
Worry Clinic
George W. Crane
Crane
Hopkins
P&i
Ann
N.B
Ann Landers
King Kong
P.O
Chicago
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