Obituary of Thurman Coomer in Newark and Columbia ties
Thurman Coomer 60 of 102 Van Buren St Newark died Monday at home from apparent self inflicted gunshot wounds. Kendall County Coroner William Dunn ruled the death. Police respond after daughter Shirley Coomer alerted neighbor Chester Ramey. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Stott Phelps McQueary Funeral Home in Columbia Ky. Burial Morris Chapel Cemetery Columbia. Visitation Wednesday 2 to 8 p.m. at Larson Funeral Home Yorkville. Surviving wife Pearl three sons Thurman David Larry Michael four daughters Elizabeth Caselman Barbara Brooks Kathy Glover Shirley Kay Coomer mother Jennie Coomer three brothers and three sisters and 16 grandchildren and one great grandson. Preceded in death by father and son Raymond in 1976. Deputy investigation ongoing by Kendall County Sheriff's Police.
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Newark
Thurman Coomer
van Buren St
Kendall County
William Dunn
Coomer
Shirley Coomer
Chester Ramey
Kendall County Sheriff's Police
Columbia, Ky
Pearl
Larry
Courtland
Thurman David
Sandwich
Michael
Albert
Elizabeth) Caselman
Plano
Charles
Barbara) Brooks
Jeffersontown
Richard
Kathy) Glover
Shirley Kay Coomer
Jennie Coomer
Columbia
Azro
Lawrence
Lucien
Columbus
Ind
Christine Sexton
Camner
Mary Goodin
Katherine Hitch
Raymond
Stott-Phelps- McQueary
Morris Chapel
Larson
Yorkville
Quash order on warrant restores bond in Grundy match
The Grundy County Circuit Court quashed the warrant issued Jan 13 and restored the $100 bond forfeited for Robert Gray 27 of Seneca after a court error led to the arrest warrant. Gray was arrested Dec 31 by Morris Police for tampering with a motor vehicle owned by Colin Brooks outside Clayton’s Tap on West Washington Street.
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Robert Gray
Seneca
Grundy County
Gray
Morris
Colin Brooks
Brooks
Clayton's Tap
Washington St
Markets Grain Prices at 12 Noon
CHICAGO grain markets mixed at noon with wheat uneven and soybeans strong. Wheat quotes show March at 2.69, May 2.76, July 2.88. corn around 2.20 to 2.27 with July near 2.27. soybeans at 5.62 to 5.75 with declines noted for March and May contracts.
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Chicago
UPI
Senate critic blasts canal treaty amendments
UPI reports Senator James Allen of Alabama argues no band aid amendments can fix the Panama Canal treaties. He says the agreements must preserve U.S. physical control or be rejected, and that only actual possession offers guaranteed security. He cites proposed Senate reservations on priority transit and U.S. military intervention to keep canal neutrality as insufficient.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Panama Canal
Panama
James Allen
D-Ala
House Committee On Merchant Marine and Fisheries
U.S
Celebrate jailed Jew’s birthday in Trafalgar Square
London hundreds of housewives staged a public birthday for jailed Soviet Jew Anatoly Shcharansky in Trafalgar Square. Dressed in black, they gathered to pressure Soviet authorities to grant his emigration request, led by The 35s Women for Soviet Jewely with Raiza Palatnik, jailed in 1971 for seeking to leave for Israel.
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London
UPI
Trafalgar Square
Anatoly Shcharansky
Shcharansky
Refusnik
Britain
Roda Davis
Organization
Raiza Palatnik
Soviet Union
Israel
Joliet Market Cattle Sales Fail To Establish Market
Joliet Illinois cattle sales fail to establish a market as hogs hold around 50 cents higher. Trader ranges show No 1-3 200-240 lb hogs at 48.00 to 48.50, No 1-3 240-260 lb at 46.50 to 48.00, and No 2-3 290 lb at 42.50 with Wednesday receipts projected cattle 2,500 hogs 1,100.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Jurors admit error but policeman sentenced
New York City officer Thomas Ryan, the first NYC cop convicted of homicide while on duty, receives four years in jail for criminally negligent homicide in the beating death of Israel Rodriguez. Seven jurors say they were mistaken, but the judge keeps the verdict and allows bail pending appeal.
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New York
UPI
Thomas Ryan
New York City
Bronx Supreme Court
Lawrence Tonetti
Ryan
Tonetti
Israel Rodriguez
Sedgwick Avenue
Rodriguez
Bronx
Jack Evseroff
Evseroff
Cambodian battlefield stabilizes amid lower fighting intensity
UPI reports Robert B. Oakley of the State Department said the Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia has stabilized in the past two weeks with fighting at a lower level of intensity. He noted the border war could affect U S relations with Hanoi later and declined to predict future activity. Oakley, on an Asian tour, said Americans have not seen signs of Vietnam seeking U S military parts.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
State Department
Cambodia
Robert B. Oakley
U.S
Hanoi
Oakley
Rangoon
Vietnam
Saigon
Promissory Note Order in Grundy County Case
A summary judgment was entered in Grundy County Circuit Court for Barry French against Peter Hwang E Austin Criswell and Moo Gun Kwon Joliet after they failed to pay a 7500 promissory note. French had agreed to sell 35 percent of Dragon Inc. for 15000 with 7500 cash and 7500 in eight monthly installments at 8 percent interest. Defendants allegedly missed and paid late portions. now due is 4687.50 plus interest and costs. No amount of the judgment is listed in the filing.
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Grundy County
Barry French
Peter Hwang
Kankakee
E. Austin Criswell
Moo Gun Kwon
Joliet
French
Dragon Inc
Milwaukee man killed in train wreck incident
Milwaukee man John Ericksen is killed when he ran into the path of a Chicago and North Western train in Wheaton Illinois. The 19 year old Wheaton College sophomore was jogging with a companion when he apparently darted around a stopped train and into the oncoming locomotive. He was pronounced dead at the scene by DuPage County Coroner Robert Matthews.
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Wheaton, Ill
UPI
John Ericksen
Milwaukee
Wis
Chicago & North Western
DuPage County
Robert Matthews
Ericksen
Wheaton College
Lance seeks TV role as news commentator in Atlanta
Former Budget Director Bert Lance, tied to controversy over finances, is negotiating with WXIA TV to become a salaried news commentator in Atlanta. He plans a 2:30 p.m. press conference to discuss his next steps and may also take a volunteer post leading the Friendship Force.
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Atlanta
UPI
Bert Lance
Atlanta Constitution
Lance
Wxia-Tv
ABC
Jeff Davidson
Carter
Senate
Friendship Force
The
Constitution
Rosalynn Carter
Force
Fulton
Carter says no evidence of Dems investigated by Marston
President Carter stated no sign of an investigation of Democratic members of Congress by outgoing U S Attorney David Marston in Philadelphia. Rep James Florio pressed to reinstate Marston as attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania amid political maneuvering claims and Bell's plan to replace him.
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Washington
UPI
Carter
U.S
David Marston
Philadelphia
New Jersey
James Florio
GOP
Marston
Pennsylvania
Florio
Gerald Ford
Griffin Bell
Joshua Eilberg
D-Pa
Meeting on tillage methods in Grundy County
An energy conservation meeting on reduced tillage methods will be held January 23 at 9 30 a m in the Grundy County Farm Bureau meeting room at 116 E Washington St. Agriculture Adviser Al Pilch said farmers from the county are invited. U I Agricultural Engineer John Siemans will present research on tillage. a panel of area farmers will share their operations. Pilch notes the need to cut costs due to rising fuel prices.
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Grundy County Farm Bureau
Washington St
al Pilch
University of Illinois Agricultural
John Siemans
Pilch
Justice Underwood Injured In Illinois Crash
Illinois Supreme Court Justice Robert C. Underwood, 62, is home nursing two broken ribs after a Bloomington wreck that occurred at 5 44 p m Sunday. He was struck broadside at an intersection as he had the green light then released from Brokaw Hospital. The other driver Peter Stuck, 24, was ticketed for traveling too fast for conditions.
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Normal, Ill
UPI
Illinois Supreme Court
Robert C. Underwood
Dorothy
Bloomington
Mike Leary
Underwood
Springfield
Peter Stuck
Leary
Stuck
Brokaw Hospital
Heat pumps touted as energy savers in Illinois homes
John Chapman of Woodridge and other Northern Illinois homeowners adopt heat pump systems that move heat using electricity rather than burning fuels. The devices can deliver over 1.5 units of heat per unit consumed, with cooling in warm weather and heat in cold. Local vendors and installers are listed for further information.
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John Chapman
Woodridge
Illinois
John
Commonwealth Edison
GW Berkheimer Co
Westinghouse Distributors
General Electric Co
Lennox Industries, Inc
Temperature Equipment Corp
Carner Distributors
Central Furnace Supply
Bard Distributors
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