Obituaries list multiple Iowa, California deaths and services
Obituaries note Gay Peterson 79 of Spirit Lake Iowa dying after illness with services at First Lutheran Milford and burial in Silver Lake Ayrshire. Also Mrs John R Peterson 69 of Morris Carmichael death with Bethsemane Church services and Carmichael burial. Seneca James F Lockridge 58 Ottawa home death with funeral, military honors, and multiple survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Peterson
Dickinson County Memorial Hospital
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Lisbon
James
Pernella Peterson
Daisy Olson
Ayrshire
John Deere Implement
Sheldon
Morris
Morris City Water Department
West Implement
First Lutheran Church
Milford
West Lisbon Lutheran Church
Cedar Lodge
AF & AM
Mervin
William Olson
Wayne
Glen
Marvin Nygaard
Jerry Danhom
Irvin Schnell
Vernon Olson
Raymond Olson
Gary Olson
Kenneth Rickless
Roger Crew
Denver Campbell
Silver Lake Cemetery
John R
Bernice) Peterson
Morris and Sandwich
Carmichael
Calif
Kendall County
Lars
Anna Olson
Gerald
LaVern Olson
E. Tracy
John
Polly
Elmer
Lewell
Edwin
Bethsemane Lutheran Church
Morris Fire Department Responds to Two Calls Friday
The Morris Fire Department responded to two calls on Friday including a false alarm at Sponge Cushion Inc. at 2:20 p.m. and an emergency call with no fire reported. William Kline was taken to Morris Hospital at 6:49 p.m. by DesRochers Ambulance Service and was listed in fair condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Fire Department
Sponge Cushion, Inc
Armstrong St
William Kline
E. Main St
Morris Hospital
DesRochers Ambulance Service
Kline
Joliet Market Live Stock Report From Joliet Ill
Live cattle numbers at Joliet total 4,000 with steers and heifers mostly steady. Prices: choice and prime steers 45.50 to 46.25, choice 43.50 to 45.50, prime heifers 42.50 to 43.00, choice 41.75 to 42.50. No canner or cutter cows. Hogs counted 1,400 with steady to 25 higher. No 1-2 200-240 lb 47.50 to 48.25, No 1-3 200-260 lb 46.50 to 47.50, few No 3 290 lb 44.25.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Ottawa Man Killed At Plant Site
Funeral services were held for Jeffrey Conrad 20 at St. Patrick's Church in Ottawa after a fatal accident at Commonwealth Edison LaSalle Station. He died when his neck was caught between a portable elevator frame and a shaft, about 100 feet above ground. He was a cement finisher, born April 12, 1957, survived by parents two sisters and two brothers. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery. memorials to Friendship House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Lockridge
Germania
Ottawa
Osborne Pfeffer
Seneca
Noble Miller
Forrest Hills
Wyanet
VFW Post
Indianapolis
Ind
Fred
Alta
Rudy) Lockridge
Idella Pierce
Glen McCann Co
Ransom
Rasal Post
American Legion
DAV
VFW
Civic Association
Marseilles Lions Club
China
Burma
India
Robert Lyon
Tonya Mitchell
Marseilles
Buelah Summers
Florida
Wayne Rose
St. Petersburg
Fla
William Rose
Streator
William
Joan) Skiles
Kokomo
Andrew Barla
Fred West
Orin Sand
Earl Wicks
Harry Foster
George Stoutt
Stephen Kleinmaier
St. Patrick’s Church
Jeffrey Conrad
W. Madison St
Commonwealth Edison
LaSalle
LaSalle County
Marion Osborne
Conrad
Osborne
Jerry and
Evelyn (Eisert) Conrad
St. Patrick’s
Ottawa Township
Burglary Reported in Morris Car and Garage Theft
Morris police investigated two incidents Sunday involving a burglary of Connie Johnsons unlocked car in Echo Bowling Lanes lot and a break in of Robert Crouchs garage behind his residence. Items stolen included clothing, a pricing book, tools, a TV, brass, and batteries valued together at over 700 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Connie Johnson
Sheridan
Echo Bowling Lanes
Crouch
Mitchell awaits surgery for aneurysm in Washington
Former Attorney General John Mitchell on leave from Maxwell AFB prison awaits Tuesday artery surgery at Georgetown University Hospital. Cardiovascular surgeon Charles Hufnagel will operate followed two months later by a hip joint operation. Mitchell, 64, says he and Nixon are friends and rejects being scapegoat. He is eligible for parole in June from a four year Watergate sentence.
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Washington
UPI
John Mitchell
Maxwell Air Force Base
Ala
Mitchell
Georgetown University Hospital
Charles Hufnagel
Washington Star
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Star
Betty Beale
Kidnap of Paris steel magnate shocks city
Paris police report Baron Edouard Jean Empain, 40, head of the Empain Schneider steel group, was abducted while en route to his office. A motorcyclist halted his chauffeured limousine near a delivery truck on Avenue Foch at about 11 a.m., sparking a national security alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
UPI
Edouard-Jean Empain
Empain
Empain-Schneider Steel Group
Avenue Foch
Vandals Damage Cars and Public Property Across Morris
Police report weekend vandalism including a sprayed car in VFW lot, a broken high school window, and damaged street signs. Vehicles at Morris Chrysler and Koubenec Motor Services sustained broken lights and dented bodies. A stop sign was knocked down at Lisbon Street and Northern Avenue and park sign damage noted at Stratton State Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris
Richard C. Olson
E. North St
Olson
McKinley St
William Washburn
W. High St
N. Liberty St
Washburn
Max. Babcock
Morris Community High School
Babcock
Joseph Povidinski
Stratton State Park
Lisbon St
Northern Ave
S.D. Reeve
Darwin Ocasek
Lynn
Wood Dr
Koubenec Motor Services
N. Spruce St
Ocasek
Capitol rally marks fifth anniversary of abortion ruling
In Springfield more than 500 anti abortion advocates gathered in the Capitol rotunda with placards and roses to protest legalized abortion on the fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision. Richard Durbin led the event as emcee for the Springfield Right to Life Committee while Catholic and Protestant leaders denounced the ruling as a moral cloud and urged united action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
UPD
Capitol Rotunda
U.S. Supreme Court
Richard Durbin
Right To Life Committee
Eugene Frost
Cherry Hills Baptist Church
Joseph MacNicholas
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James Lockridge
John Peterson
Joliet Market
Chicago
Board of Trade
Morris Dry Cleaners
Court House
Warland Bus Service
Union St
Department of Energy
Sandia Laboratories
New Mexico
Gould Park
Spruce St
Second Ave
Capitol Rally Against
Liberty
Old
Riz
Oscar Mayer
Armour Star
Kraft Velveeta
Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup
Ballard Biscuits
Pepsi
Illinois State
Liberty St
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