LUCKIEST BOY IN 1971 BRACEVILLE CHILD SURVIVES GUNSHOT
Randy Aimone ten years old of Braceville returns home from St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after a nine day stay for a near fatal gunshot wound from a friend's .22. The bullet lodged near his right lung and narrowly missed his heart as doctors monitor it without removal. He resumes fifth grade with limited activity and faces ongoing x rays.
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Randy Aimone
George Aimone
Braceville
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Randy
Aimone
Illinois Weather Report With Cold Snap Lingers
Partly sunny skies covered most of Illinois today with a scattering of light snow. Bitter cold was forecast for tonight with temperatures between 10 and 15 below zero. Saturday will remain very cold with highs from 5 to 10 above. Dresden Island Locks and Dam reported Thursday high 24 and low 0, while 7 am temperature today was 9 degrees.
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Illinois
Dresden Island Locks
Associated Press
JJC Offers 24 Courses at Morris High School Satellite
Joliet Junior College will offer 24 college courses in Morris this spring through its satellite center at Morris Community High School. Night classes begin Monday January 31 with registration 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Courses include accounting art business law data processing English fire science GED history and more.
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Morris
Joliet Junior College
Morris Community High School
Nationwide manhunt for AWOL sergeant in nine bank bombs
FBI issued a federal warrant for Ronald Kaufman 33 a University of Wisconsin and Stanford graduate described as brilliant and now sought nationwide. He re enlisted under an alias James Edward Jensen and is charged with 12 felonies including attempting to damage interstate banks with time bombs and possession of explosive devices. He is considered armed and dangerous with bail set at 500000.
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San Francisco
FBI
Ronald Kaufman
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Stanford
U.S
Owen E
Woodruff
Kaufman
Ft. Polk
Ft. Jackson
S.C
St. Louis
James Edward Jensen
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Christopher Charles Mohr
Chicago
New York
Bank of America
Mohr
Abbie Hoffman
Chicago Faces Severe Cold With Forecasts of 15 Below
The Chicago area braces for continuing bitter temperatures as a city forecast calls for 15 below and suburbs down to 25 below. Early morning readings showed subzero levels with light snow and a NW wind adding to the chill. About 12 000 customers lost power overnight in several northern suburbs due to a loose wire across a transmission line.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Elgin
Dundee
Carpentersville
Barrington Hills
Palatine
Cary
Fox River Grove
Commonwealth Edison
Defendants plead not guilty in Grundy County indictments
Four men indicted Monday by a Grundy County Grand Jury faced arraignment before Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist. Two pleaded not guilty, while arraignments for the others were continued to Feb. 1.
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Grundy County
Robert Malmquist
Jerry Hahn
Rte. 1
Dewey
Moose Lodge
Atty
James Flemming
Coal City
Thomas Clydesdale
Hahn
Richard Wilder
William Crumb
Douglas St
Sereno
Mike Prindiville
Crumb
Kenneth Fisk
Braidwood
George Zimmerman
Chicago
Atty. Winston Block
Joliet
Fisk
Zimmerman
Bellettini
Montgomery Ward
Butler case on criminal complaints at Morris Hospital
Leonard Butler nineteen of 852 East North Street faced battery and resisting peace officer charges from a disturbance at Morris Hospital on January 1. He pleaded not guilty and his attorney Fleming requested a witness list. no statements were on file. Norman Gilmoure was released from sheriff custody after a letter from the Little Rock chief deputy prosecutor said extradition was not desired.
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Leonard Butler
E. North St
Morris Hospital
Atty. Fleming
Butler
Atty. Wilder
Atty
Wilder
Norman Gilmoure
Sheriff's Department
Little Rock
Ark
Gilmour
Bomb scare at Shabbona School hoax ends during search
A bomb threat to Shabbona School proved false after a full sweep by firemen and police. About 550 students moved through cold weather to the Assembly of God church for about an hour while staff searched washrooms, locker rooms, and classrooms.
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Shabbona School
Assembly of God Church
Man sleeps on Boise roof nine months fined for lodging
A 24 year old former Californian slept in a box on a six story Boise roof for nine months to avoid his boss who might fire him. Magistrate Edward A Johnson fined him 15 dollars for lodging without permission noting his steady job and oddball excuse. The Sonna Building tenants complained prompting the action amid freezing temperatures and a city ordinance eviction.
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Boise, Idaho
Boise
Edward A. Johnson
Sonna Building
Soviet Expels U.S. Congressman After Moscow Dinner
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of Rep. James H. Scheuer a New York Democrat who attended a dinner at a Jewish professor's home seeking emigration to Israel. Scheuer was held two hours in Moscow and left for Leningrad after the expulsion order was delivered by Georgy Kornyenko of the Soviet Foreign Ministry.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Israel
James H. Scheuer
New York
Scheuer
Georgy Kornyenko
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Braceville Village Named in 100000 Sidewalk Suit
Minor Miller Sr. sues the village of Braceville and four neighboring property owners plus Darbo Supply Co in Grundy County Circuit Court for 100000 claiming a Mitchell Street sidewalk was broken decayed and uneven causing a January 16 1971 fall and permanent injuries. Atty Marshall J. Ley of Joliet represents the plaintiffs.
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Braceville
Grundy County
Minor Miller Sr
Mitchell St
Bill G. Daniels
Leo F. Daniels
Cecil T. Daniels
Darbo Supply Co
Marshall J. Ley
Police study discussed at luncheon in Grundy County
The Coal City village board and Morris city council will consider approving a countywide police management study funded by the federal government through ILEC and conducted by the University of Illinois Police Training Institute. The county board already approved the study. approval by Coal City on Jan 24 and Morris on Jan 25 is sought, with completion targeted for Sept 1 if funded.
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Morris Daily Herald
W. Clark Davis
Davis
Sheriff's Office
Grundy
Coal City Village Board
Morris City Council
Illinois Law Enforcement Commission
ILEC
Police Training Institute
The
University of Illinois
County Board of Supervisors
Colonial House
William Wilton
John Hendrickson
Morris
George Hendrickson
Ray Christensen
Morris City
A. J. Conant
Coal City
Joseph Testa
Frank Welch
Marvin Olson
Sidney Carr
Earl Bingham
Wilton
State
Federgl
Morris Council
Grundy County
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Intourist
Dan Hill
Hill
Pine Bluff Road
Florence Smith
MCHS
Chicago Weatherman
Dresden Lock and Dam
Oral Olson Jr
Illinois 47
EW Conley
Asadates
Liberty
Bernard Keating
Shabbana
H. Dale Barr
Keating
Johnson
Russia
U. S
Leningrad
Kornyenko
House of Representatives
Brademas
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