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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1973
Page
4
John Boykin of Dallas finds a new medium on open Texas rangeland. With sawing grinding glueing and painting he transforms found bones into sculptural art. The piece reflects frontier landscapes and the artist's inventive craft.
Gerald R. Shirtino Jr. 17 of 35 W First St Coal City paid 400 and 20 costs after pleading guilty to two traffic counts. DWI amended to reckless driving. blood alcohol 0.10 to 0.12. Associate Judge Robert Wren presided. Also, Mark J. Kinny 21 of 1260 Wauponsee St paid 10 and 5 costs for speeding 75 in a 65 zone on Illinois 47. Rex D. Alpers 23 of 58 Chaucer Dr pleaded guilty to excessively noisy vehicle, fined 10 and 5 costs.
In a lighthearted local note, a neighbor’s bridge habit and a festive misfit evoke holiday jitters. The writer riffs on social quirks and mishaps as a playful Christmas observance.
Juan V. Corona, the mass killer serving life for 25 farm workers, was stabbed 32 times by fellow inmates in his Corona facility cell. He lost his left eye and underwent three hours of surgery. four inmates were questioned and 1,950 prisoners placed under lockup as the incident prompted a security review.
In a broad prison sweep at San Quentin and other California facilities, dozens of crude weapons were discovered in inmate cells as authorities suspend privileges for over 8,000 inmates. The crackdown follows a violence surge linked to a feud between the Mexican Mafia and Nuestra Family, with 300 stabbings and 56 deaths in two years.
Jodi Rae Paul, 14, daughter of James E. and Mrs. Paul of Minooka Route 2, placed third in the junior ram lamb performance class at the International Livestock Show in Chicago. The exhibted ram had the lowest fat and highest grain days in age, as measured by Songram testing, and also finished fourth in the Ram Lamb Derby. The Chicago Show drew about 1500 head representing eight breeds. Jodi is a freshman at Minooka High School, member of the Minooka Nimble Fingers 4-H Club, and has shown Hampshire sheep in 4-H for four years, marking her first Chicago appearance.
A list of crossword clues from the Newspaper Enterprise Assn features across and down entries including Land of kimonos and Land of samovars, with answers spanning languages, places, and common terms needing deduction. The puzzle mentions countries, animals, materials, and notable figures across a mosaic of letters.
An Illinois Central Gulf freight collision after a track switch failure killed three crewmen from Centralia. One engineer and a head brakeman died, another engineer died later, and a fifth crewman was missing with a sixth seriously burned.
Joliet area residents may register by phone this week from 9 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Dial 744 2200 in Joliet, 942 4580 in Morris, or contact Enterprise 9020 via the operator for Lemont and Bolingbrook. Evening and Saturday class students can pick up schedules, with spring listings mailed the week of December 10 to satellite centers and the week after Christmas to district households. Special registration returns January 2 with schedules district wide.
A gang of armed men overpowered a guard and stole an irreplaceable coin collection at Harvard University. The haul includes a 300-pound safe with 2,600 Greek coins and another 3,000 bronze, gold and silver coins from Greek and Roman eras dating 7th century to 4th century B C. FBI and police issued alerts to dealers nationwide.
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