Blame Horse for Accident Near Dwight
A Dwight farm building was damaged when a horse ran into the road on Brewster Road near U.S. 66 and caused Mrs. Minnie Porth to lose control of a 1968 Ford. The 54 year old driver was reportedly not treated after the incident at Fairbury Hospital while another person was treated and released.
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Dwight
Brewster Road
U.S. 66
Joliet
Minnie Porth
John R. Christensen
William Olson
Fairbury
Traffic Court Dismissals and Fines Reported
A series of small court actions occurred Wednesday with dismissals of disorderly conduct charges against Glenn Carrell and Sheldon Olson. Mike Hardesty and Louis Balengno paid fines and costs for minor traffic violations. George McCabe faced speeding penalties on Illinois 47 and I 80. The report ends with an unrelated legend about the origin of the carnation.
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Glenn Carrell
Price St
Lila
Carrell
Sheldon L. Olson
Robert Wren
Olson
Eileen Punckett
Lowell Punckett
Mike Hardesty
Morris
Hardesty
George T. McCabe
W. Main St
Illinois 47
Interstate 80
William Diamond
Louis A. Balengno
Coal City
Broadway
Division Sts
Harold Peterson
Morris youths receive jail sentences in theft case
A 17 year old Morris youth serves 30 days in Grundy County Jail after an Associate Circuit Judge Malmquist sentence. Robert Norris and a companion were arrested after Morris Police saw them riding in two stolen autos. Keith A Rodgers, 16, was released to his mother custody. Hynds represents him. Rodgers is charged with delinquency in theft case.
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Morris
Grundy County
Robert W. Malmquist
Robert Norris
Keith A. Rodgers
Susan Circle
Atty
William Hynds
Rodgers
Passenger injured in Main and Price collision in Gardner
A Gardner man riding as a passenger suffered a leg bump in a two car crash at Main and Price Streets at 7:35 am. Drivers James G Davis and Dale Treasure were uninjured. Robert Vignocchi, 37, was treated on scene. Treasure’s car left 25 feet of skid marks before impact. Patricia Mitchell reported a cars hit on her 1965 Chevrolet on E Washington Street at 9:30 pm Thursday with the other driver not stopping.
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Gardner
Main
Price Sts
Donald Ward
James G Davis
Division St
Dale Treasure
Robert Vignocchi
Morris Hospital
Davis
Treasure
Ford
Chevrolet
Patricia A. Mitchell
Washington St
Ward
Mitchell
County Building Permits Issued in Goose Lake Township
Herbert F. Shank of Coal City received a permit to build a $7,500 single family residence on Lot 119 in Goose Lake subdivision No. 2. Denver Orvis of Elwood earned a $34.32 permit for an $8,500 home on Lot 11 of Teal Lane, Wildfeather subdivision. Edward Comrie of Morris was approved to install an 800 gallon septic tank on Lots 28 and 29 of Hatcher subdivision in Wauponsee Township for $5.
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Herbert F. Shank
Coal City
South Goose Lake
Goose Lake Township
Denver Orvis
Elwood
Teal Lane
Wildfeather
Edward Comrie
Morris
License charge filed for Wyeth III on riding Honda bike
Herbert A Wyeth III, 18, of 619 Vine St was cited by Policeman Alan Love at 8 20 p m Thursday for operating a Honda motorcycle in violation of his license classification Wyeth posted his license as bond for a court appearance at 10 a m Wednesday on the ticket issued at Waverly and Liberty Sts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A Wyeth III
Vine St
Alan Love
Wyeth
Waverly and
Liberty Sts
Supersonic Speed and Commodity Prices in Chicago Markets
Markets in Chicago show wheat and corn prices with No. 2 grades listed and soybeans at No. 1 yellow. The text explains Mach as the prefix for speeds relative to sound, deriving from Ernst Mach.
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Chicago
Ernst Mach
Suit filed over 1970 personal property taxes protest
In circuit court 35 Mazon Township residents sue county treasurer Pauline Coleman. James Fleming represents the group seeking voiding of 1970 personal property assessments and return of taxes paid under protest after denied board of review hearings. Plaintiffs include David M. Barr and 28 others plus Isham Farms Inc. Burdette Isham named in connection. Also, Larry Campbell of Mazon was jailed in Grundy County on a disorderly conduct charge following arrest by sheriff's deputies based on a complaint by his wife Martha.
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Pauline Coleman
Mazon Township
James Fleming
Board of Review
David M. Barr
Dale DeGrush
Kenneth Pfeifer
Maurice Gantzert
George Small
A. Russell Brown
Kenneth Wilkinson
George E. Miller
Mazon
Grundy County
Larry Campbell
Martha
Morris man charged after high speed chase and roadblock
A 23 year old Morris man, Terry Sengewald of Chapin Street, was charged by Seneca police with running a stop sign reckless driving and attempting to elude officers after a midnight pursuit that ended when Morris county deputies and Morris police set up a roadblock on Union Street US 6. He was released on bond and is due in Ottawa court next week.
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Morris
Seneca
Union St
US. 6
Terry Sengewald
Chapin St
Max Babcock
Harold Carlson
Alan Love
Donald Davite
Evert Poyner
Donald Woodward
Sengewald
Colombo Shows Signs of Recovery After Coma
Underworld figure Joseph Colombo Sr., 48, who has been in a 47 day coma since a gun attack, is sitting up and mumbling occasionally at Roosevelt Hospital. He may be moved to a private hospital as he regains some strength, according to a spokesman for the Italian American Civil Rights League. He was shot three times June 28 at Columbus Circle as he arrived for Italian American Day. the assailant Jerome Johnson was killed at the scene. Colombo is guarded around the clock by police and private bodyguards.
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New York
Joseph Colombo Sr
Colombo
Roosevelt Hospital
American Civil Rights League
Columbus Circle
Jerome Johnson
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Carnation
Earth
Mary
U.S
Bedford
Bedford Plaza
The
Braidwood Inn New Restaurant
Reed Road
Braidwood
Illinois
James Oelschlager
Donald Lowery
Ernest Meadors
Berwyn Johnson
James Johnson
Robert Walker
John Tyrell
Kenneth Misener
James F. Phillips
Vincent Biros
George E. Biros
Richard C. Finch
Hayden Dewey
Warren Lowery
Bernard Harford
John and
June Wennerstrom
Robert S. Hampton
J.R. Cushing
Eddie Walker
James Misener
Frank Barr
Robert Barr
Isham Farm’s Inc
Burdette Isham
Chase
Ottawa
Morris Police
Mike Fowler
Seneca Police Department
Underworld
Asda
Liberty St
Morris Daily Herald
Morris, Ill
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