Obituary: Loretta Pastore of Coal City
Mrs. John Pastore 74 of Coal City died Monday in St. Joseph Hospital Joliet. Born May 28 1899 in Kinman she was daughter of John and Ellen Halpin. Survived by husband two daughters five grandchildren sister and brother. Funeral Thursday Reeves Coal City at 9 a.m. to Assumption Church burial Mt Olivet Wilmington. Visitation Wednesday 2-5 and 7-10 p.m. at funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coal City
John
Loretta) Pastore
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Kinsman
Ellen Halpin
John Pastore
Orville
Mildred) Barton
Mahattan
Kenneth
Loretta Mae) Funk
William
Washburn Focuses on 43rd District Sewage Dumping Guard
Washburn emphasizes the need for a control study to prevent any portion of the 43rd District from becoming a dumping ground for metropolitan sewage and garbage. A Grundy County native and World War II veteran, he highlights his civic involvement and district composition across several counties and townships.
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Chelm
Grundy County
Washburn
Ford
Grundy
Iroquois
Kankakee
Custer
Florence
Reed
Wesley
Wilmington
Will County
Brown, Eastbend
Harwood
Kerr
Champaign County
Car averts deer and is injured driver from Aurora
Mark L. Stevens, 18, of Aurora, was treated and released at Morris Hospital after his 1966 Ford station wagon ran off Illinois 47 while avoiding a deer at 8 p.m. Monday. He swerved to miss the deer, losing control and striking a utility pole. Dwight Ambulance took him to hospital. Ken's Standard of Mazon towed the wrecked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark L. Stevens
Aurora
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
Grundy County
Evert Poyner
Francis Schmitt
Stevens
Steven
Dwight Ambulance Service
Ken
Mazon
Wheat and soybeans rise on Board of Trade as corn edges up
At midmorning on the Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures climbed with gains from 8 to 11 cents. Soybeans rose about 12 cents while corn advanced modestly, with December trading near 2.59 and May around 2.69. In Joliet live cattle and hog markets showed steady to softer prices, with prime steers trading near 38.50 and hogs 40.25 to 41.00 for 200 to 240 pound lots.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Blast at political offices in New York injures three
A bomb exploded Monday night in an office building on lower Fifth Avenue housing political groups. Three people were hurt as glass shattered over a one block area. Bomb squad detectives recovered fragments and tested them. A bomb squad member, Vincent Connolly, 33, was killed in a car crash en route to the scene. The bomb hit the third floor near the U.S. Committee for Justice to Latin American Political Prisoners and the Political Rights Defense Fund.
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New York
UPI
Vincent Connolly
Lower
Fifth Avenue
U.S. Committee For Justice
Political Rights Defense Fund
Akin Pleads Guilty to Theft Burglary Sentenced
Williard B. Akin 22 of 820 Price St pleads guilty to theft and is sentenced by Judge Malmquist to one year of periodic imprisonment with 19 weekends to be served in county jail and 66 days credit. Co defendants Phillip Nelson 28 of 110 E Chapin St and John Davis 16 of 1123 Liberty St charged in the Illinois 47 burglary case. State's Atty Wilder comments on community consideration.
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Hausken
Wilder
Williard B. Akin
Price St
Malmquist
Akin
Phillip Nelson
E. Chapin St
John Davis
Liberty St
Alice Vanderhyden
Illinois
Atty
Truckers protest speed limits and fuel costs
More than 150 tractor-trailer drivers blocked highways in four states to protest lower speed limits and rising fuel prices. Threats of further blockades followed as Overdrive editor planned a news conference calling for a nationwide truckers strike. In Blakeslee Pennsylvania police reported 100 plus trucks snarling Interstate 80 with 10 to 12 miles of backup overnight.
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Pittsburg
UPI
Los Angeles
Overdrive
Blakeslee
Pennsylvania
Jim Cox
Davis bail set at 20000 in Grundy County Court
Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist Monday set bail for Roy G. Davis 24 of Maple Dr Shady Oaks at 20000 on charges of delivery of a controlled substance and delivery of a substance believed to be controlled. Davis was indicted with Gary Long 20 of Morris by the Grundy County Grand Jury Nov 19 and charged with delivery of a substance represented as a controlled substance on Oct 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Malmquist
Grundy County
Roy G. Davis
Maple Dr
Shady Oaks
Davis
Gary Long
Morris
Plates Stolen From Braceville Resident’s Car
Edward Orolin of Braceville Township reported to Grundy County Sheriff’s Office that his 1974 license plates were stolen from his car’s back seat on a day between Thursday and Friday. The new plates bear the number CE 12.
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Edward Orolin
Braceville Township
Grundy County
Orolin
Three conduct charges dropped in Grundy County court
One man pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct charge in Grundy County Circuit Court. Complaints against three other men were dismissed at the request of the witnesses. Vincent T. Van Dyne paid fines after his plea. Beasley, Cohen, Davidson cases also dismissed or settled.
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Grundy County
Vincent T. van Dyne
S. Main St. Wilmington
John Burnetti
John
Braceville
Doris Wade
Thomas Beasley
Beasley
Tonya Bryson
Robert Wren
Robert Cohen
Rte. 2
Bryson
Donald Davidson Jr
E. Jefferson St
Donald
Marie) Davidson Sr
E. North St
Davidson
Kendall 4-H Achievement Banquet Honors Dozens in 1973
At the Kendall County 4-H Achievement banquet in Yorkville 1973 culminated with awards for 109 4-H'ers. Shirley Hettrich and Karen Stratz won the Illinois Key Club bracelets. Other honorees included Joel Ottosen Pat Hette Janine Finnestad Mary Ann Collins Kathy Schwartz and Carlton Gabel with multiple special awards and pins awarded for years of service and achievement.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
Kendall County Cooperative Extension Service
Kendall County 4-H
Illinois Key Club
Shirley Hettrich
Oswego Jolly Clovers
Karen
Pat Hette
Four Leaf Clover Club
Janine Finnestad
Stitch N’ Stir
Mary Ann Collins
Minooka Nimble Fingers
Kathy Schwartz
Singing Sewers
Illinois
Illinois Holstein-Friesan Association
Doug and
Beth Matlock
Gary Cooper
Bill Lippold
Ellen Blum
Illinois Farm Electrification Council
Monticello
Kevin Quantock
Dave Christian
Diane Collins
Laurie Stewart
Gary Wogen
Barbara Sears
Gary Heap
Bill O'Rourke
Illinois Bankers Association
Scott Hettrich
Pat Wopat
Bristol Baste and Bake
Plano Little Rockets
Carlton Gabel
Kendall
William Rushton
Pat Morganegg
S. Clifford Nelson
Ernest Monkemeyer
Collenn Harpster
Edgar Middleton
Randy Schnitz
Joel Ottosen
Wesley Morris
Rick Olson
Mary Schwartz
Karen Stratz
Tenant nabs young burglar at Liberty Street shop
An alert tenant, 12yearold burglar caught at Yarn Corner Shop 501 Liberty St Monday around 9 p m. Guy Christensen upstairs at 50142 Liberty St found the broken rear door and the youth crouching inside. He called police. the boy admitted theft of two rings and was released to his mother. The case referred to the state attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty St
Guy Christensen
Christensen
Herald Carlson
John Perona
Morris
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Mrs
Verona
Grand Ridge Road
Mardelle Shostrom
I.D
Kendall 4
Charles Lowe
Gerald Finnestad
Leslie Heap
Dana Cryder
Lisbon
Quuwa
Sklut
MS Bustopher Jones
Camelot Room
Hornsby's
Waverly
Ill
Commonwealth Edison
Department AV
P.O
Anment
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