Mazon man cited after two car crash at 113 and Jugtown
Grundy County sheriff reports Anthony Gorsich 32 of Forrest Dr. was ticketed for failure to yield after colliding with Patricia Colclasure 20 of Coal City as she turned left onto Jugtown Rd. Both westbound on Illinois 113. damages estimated at 1300 and 1000 dollars. Colclasure claimed she signaled.
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Illinois 113
Jugtown Rd
Anthony Gorsich
Rte. 1
Forrest Dr
Patricia Colclasure
Virginia St
Coal City
Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
Miss Colelasure
Jug
Craig Williamson
Drendel International
Main St
Gardner
Schroeder
Illinois 129
Williamson
Carbon Hill
Chambliss
Burglary at Morris Home Recovered in Police Report
Approximately $300 in valuables were taken from a Morris residence when a burglar entered through a north side window and rifled several rooms. Nick Micetich reported the 9:36 a.m. break in after returning home from downtown.
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Morris
Nick Micetich
E. Main St
Softball Breaks School Window at Shabbona Middle School
A softball struck and broke a window at Shabbona Middle School during a women’s league game Thursday at 7 p.m. Replacement cost is estimated at 150 dollars. Morris police were alerted at 7:08 p.m. by Duane E. McComas of Joliet, league president, who said Sklut's team members were nearby before play. The custodian, George Curzon, will receive McComas’s contact details to inform school officials.
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Shabbona Middle School
Morris
Duane E. McComas
Joliet
Sklut
George Curzon
McComas
Traffic Court Fines and Forfeitures Across Grundy County
Multiple drivers faced fines and costs in Grundy County Circuit Court on varied traffic charges. Among those processed were Gary L. Wangler for reckless driving, James R. Jackman for driving too fast for conditions, and several others cited for improper passing, lane usage, disobeying traffic controls, or unvalid safety tests. Some defendants failed to appear triggering bench warrants or bond forfeitures.
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Sigurd M. Thompson
West Ave
Wauponsee
Jefferson Sts
Morris
James Watson
James R. Jackman
Gardner
Braceville
Main and
van Horn Sts
Charles Shelby
William R. Slagle
Southmor Rd
Cemetery Rd
Tabler Rd
Grundy County
Thomas Walker
Gary V. Moyer Jr
Channahon
Walker
Moyer
Ridge Rd
Uss. 6
Timothy L. Welch
Rte
Illinois
Thomas Lamb
U.S. 6
Ashley Rd
Charles L. Enerson Jr
Spruce St
Lamb
Natalie L. Garrett
Ottawa Bend Dr
Fremont Ave
Dean Sager
Gregory S. McNabb
Susan Circle
North and
Liberty Sts
Carl Bremenkamp
McNabb
Jeffery A.roseland
E. Jefferson St
Illinois 47
Jackson St
Rodney Soper
Clyde R. Ferguson
Maple Dr
T. Lamb
Ferguson
Main Sts
Muriel E. Fleetwood
Park Lake Dr
Kurt Salems
Bedford Rd
Sandra D. Garman
Susan
U.S
Salems
Shorewood man arrested for trailer damage in Minooka
Charles Dixon aged 20 was arrested by Minooka Policeman Lloyd Unland in the municipal parking lot on June 25 and charged with criminal damage to property after damaging the Channahon Lions Club trailer on loan to the Minooka Lions. He posted a $100 bond. The trailer sustained a bent door lock broken window as well as a bent hitch and oil spill.
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Shorewood
Minooka
Charles Dixon
Lloyd Unland
Michael Hrechko
Dixon
Channahon Lion’s Club
Minooka Lions
Hrechko
Vandals damage Altmax sign and car hubcaps theft
Grundy County sheriff reports vandalism at Altmax on U.S. 6 with a rock strike and damaged electrical fixtures. Thomas Taylor notified at 12 45 p m that the sign was damaged Tuesday with about 300 dollars in losses. Cynthia Powell reported two hubcaps missing from her car at Altimax lot at 5 09 p m, value not listed.
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Altmax
Grundy County
Altimax
License charge on Michigan driver
A Michigan man was ticketed by Coal City police for driving after his license was suspended. Glendon Toaz, 35, Stanton, Michigan, was cited by Officer Terry Bitner at Division Street and First Avenue. He was also wanted in Michigan for failure to make support payments, posted $100 bond, and is set to appear in court on August 3.
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Robert Chambliss
Franklin St
Dwight
Gerald Lucca
Gardner
Lincoln St
Morris
Steven W. Connor
Steven P. Knutson
Kiersted St
Salems
Connor
Strip Mine
Strip
Grundy
Knutson
Lincoln
Butler Sts
Michigan
Coal City
Glendon Toaz
Stanton, Mich
Terry Bitner
Division St
First Ave
Toaz
Petition Filed to Change Minor’s Name in Grundy Court
Janice Tondini filed a petition in Grundy County Circuit Court on Thursday to change the name of Paul Louis Gagnon, age 14, to Paul Louis Tondini, seeking legal action for the name modification.
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Janice Tondini
Grundy County
Paul Louis Gagnon
Paul Louis Tondini
Father files battery charge against Morris girl
The father of a Morris girl signed a battery complaint Thursday against 17 year old Sharon M. Wicks of 636 Bedford Road charging her with striking his daughter in the face. Patricia Matuszewski 16 of 411 East Washington Street told police that Wicks visited and struck her 15 year old sister Pamela in the face then pushed her to the floor and left. The father Peter Matuszewski was allowed to sign the complaint, Wicks was not located as of Thursday and the complaint had not been served.
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Morris
Sharon M. Wicks
Bedford Rd
Patricia Matuszewski
Washington St
Miss Wicks
Pamela
Peter Matuszewski
Nietzsche Quotation on Loneliness and Comfort in Noise
The line asserts that even noise can comfort the lonely, reflecting Nietzsche's view on solace found in external stimuli. It frames solitude as a condition where ordinary sounds may offer a fragile reassurance and sense of presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedrich Nietzsche
Appeals court orders re sentencing in LaSalle burglary case
An appeals court overturned Steven Vallero's 1977 burglary conviction and ordered a new sentencing on theft and forgery counts. Vallero, 21, and Michael Holt, 21, robbed the Supreme Dairy in Ogelsby, stole payroll checks, and forged them. The Third District sent the matter back to Judge William P. Denny while Holt did not appeal.
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LaSalle
Steven Vallero
Vallero
Michael Holt
Supreme Dairy
Ogelsby
Vallejo
Third District
William P. Denny
Wilmington youths indicted on three counts in LaSalle County
A LaSalle County grand jury indicted three individuals in separate cases. Robert Clifford 18 and Robert Ritter 19, both of Wilmington, face aggravated battery charges from an Ottawa incident on June 13. each posted 20000 bonds. Robert Luba 26 of LaSalle was indicted for unlawful cannabis possession and possession with intent to deliver after a June 28 LaSalle search on LaHarpe Street. Luba posted 10000 bond. James Leo Keely, first assistant state's attorney, presented the cases to the grand jury before Chief Judge Thomas R. Flood.
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LaSalle County
Frank X. Yackley
Robert Clifford
Robert Ritter
Wilmington
Ottawa
Ritter
Clifford
Robert Luba
LaSalle
LaSalle Police Department
Luba
LaHarpe St
James Leo Keely
Thomas R. Flood
Ottawa man sentenced to four years for drug sales
Donald Downey Jr., 23, was sentenced by Judge Thomas R. Flood to four years in prison for selling cocaine on two occasions in 1977 to an undercover agent, for which he received 350 dollars. The sentence followed a recommendation from First Assistant State’s Atty. James Leo Keely.
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Ottawa
LaSalle County
Does U S have an African policy in Carter era debate
The piece argues U S Africa policy is chaotic under Carter with Brzezinski pushing hard line against Soviet expansion while Vance seeks restraint. It cites Zaire, Rhodesia, Angola and Cuba, noting internal White House clashes, McGovernite influence, and Andrew Young’s sway. It warns policy risks bloodshed and Marxist gains in Rhodesia and urges a coherent strategy to deter Soviet moves.
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Africa
Carter
Carbhenders
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zaire
Shaba
United States
Brzezinski
Cyrus Vance
China
Vance
Andrew Young
U.N
Mr. Carter
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Nkomo
Mugabe
McGovernites
Pat Caddell
State Department
Leslie Gelb
Anthony Lake
U.S
Red Sea
Atlantic
Debate Over UN Budget Proportions Draws Reader Challenge
In The Worry Clinic Dr George W Crane discusses Ronald F a 22 year old political science graduate student who questions the United Nations 1978 budget and the US 25 share. The piece urges readers to debate the issue in clubs and classrooms and promotes Cranes booklet How to Save Our Republic with a stamped return envelope.
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Ronald
Ronald F
Dr. Crane
United Nations
United States
U.N
Malta
Qatar
Orient
Taiwan
Woodrow Wilson
F.D. Roosevelt
Congress
America
Moscow
Crane
Republic
Dear Ann Landers Letters on Truth and Clarification
Readers praise a William Simon book and share strong statistics about American life. The column then answers questions on compliments, legitimacy of births, and drug facts, offering practical guidance and a booklet promotion. References include Ann Landers and a Q A format with named readers and scenarios.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Treasury
William Simon
U.S
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Mazon
Carbon Hill Rd
Gary L. Wangler
Rte. 2
James Matteson
Wangler
McLindon Rd
William R. Backhoff
Chapin St
Holt
Atty
Illinois Supreme Court
Wilmington Youths
Vietnam
Augustinho Neto
Angola
Neto
Unita
F.N.L.A
Cuban Foreign Legion
Horn of Africa
George W. Crane
Hopkins
Mellett
Indiana
Stendhal
Lily
Ann
Merced
P.S
L.S.D
P.O
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