Japanese youths to spend month with Grundy County families
Four Japanese children aged 11 to 16 will visit Grundy County as part of the SABO LABO International Exchange Program. They will stay with 4-H host families in Morris, Coal City, and Braceville, departing August 20. The program, coordinated with University of Illinois, includes orientation at Elmhurst College and a trip to Illinois cities.
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Grundy County
United States
SABO
Morris
Coal City
Braceville
Florian Synoracki
W. North St
Naomi Okajima
Synoracki
Kathy
Robert
Debbie
Diana
Bill
Ray
Stephie
Michele
Mike
Mary
John J. Lissy
Mazon St
Beth
Mark
Matthew
Akira Matsumoto
Lissy
Junior W. Zilm
S. Merrill St
Shunji Kishi
Shunji
Naomi
Yuki
Akira
O'Hare International
Chicago
Elmhurst College
LABO
Illinois
Illinois 113
Tokyo
Springfield
Foreign Ministry of Japan
The
Corporation For Language and Education Research
University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Service
Theresa Englert
John Englert
Nettle Creek
Japan
Grundy County 4
Douglas Punke
Dale Punke
Rte. 1
Verona
Daniel Gorman
Donald Gorman
Rte. 5
Peggy Wollgast
William Wollgast
Dwight
Toru Nishikawa
Muneaki Iizuka
Wollgast
Undercover investigator slain. files stolen from home
In Rock Springs Wyoming UPI reports that hours after an undercover drug investigator was shot and killed, his wife says his home was broken into and his investigative files were taken by unknown perpetrators. The incident follows allegations that the town police chief may have been involved in the investigator’s death.
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Rock Springs, Wyo
UPI
Weather forecast and a Cheyenne death case
Partly cloudy tonight with likely thunderstorms and 80s highs were forecast. Tuesday's 86 degree high at Dresden Island Locks and Dam followed by a 68 degree low. 7 am 69 degrees and 11 am 80 degrees in Morris. Plainclothes officer Michael Rosa, 29, was killed by a single .38 revolver blast. Public Safety Director Ed Cantrell is jailed without bond in Wyoming after being charged in Rosa's death, two days before Rosa was to testify before a Cheyenne grand jury probing gambling, prostitution and drug trade in southwest Wyoming.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Michael Rosa
Public Safety
Ed Cantrell
Wyoming
Rosa
Cheyenne
Wyo
LaSalle referendum on scrap of juvenile detention home
LaSalle County Board moves to place a November referendum to abolish the juvenile detention home and asks the state's attorney for a legality opinion. The action follows Illinois constitutional guidance permitting local governing bodies to submit actions needing a referendum to electors.
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LaSalle County
Frank X. Yackley
Yackley
Illinois
Two South Carolina Fishermen Die on Gulf Boat Swashbuckler
Coast Guard reported two Frogmore men found dead aboard the 68 foot Swashbuckler shrimp boat 25 miles southwest of Grand Isle Louisiana. A third man was airlifted to New Orleans hospital in serious condition from inhaling fumes in a closed fish hold.
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New Orleans
UPI
South Carolina
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
Bayour LaBatre
Ala
Frogmor
S.C
Public Health Service
Grand Isle
Gulf
A.T. Wolf
Wolf
Drowning Victim Identified Near Braidwood
The body of 19 year old Mark A Jelinek was found in a strip mine pit near Braidwood and identified by his father Edwin J Jelinek of Lyons. Investigators ruled it a drowning with no foul play. toxicology results will take weeks and an inquest will be held. Funeral services are planned in Brookfield.
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Braidwood
Mark A. Jelinek
Edwin J. Jelinek
Lyons
Will County
James Patterson
Jencon
Will County Coroner’s Office
Patterson
Mark Aron Jelinek
Highman Funeral Home
Brookfield
Inquest scheduled in fatal Channahon accident case
An inquest into the death of Michael D. Patton 16 of Joliet who died from head injuries after a Channahon crash early Saturday is planned but no date set. Ralph Freeman 17 of Newark was driving the car. other passengers were Richard Havilend 27 of Channahon and Peter Pope 16 of Newark. Funeral services for Patton are set for Thursday at Patton Hill Baptist Church with interment in Patton Hill Cemetery.
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Michael D. Patton
Joliet
St. Joseph Hospital
Channahon
Will County
Patton
Ralph Freeman
Newark
Canal St
Patton Hill Baptist Church
Patton Hill Cemetery
Fred C. Dames
Kilgore
Alabama Ave
Jasper
Alabama
Joliet East High School
Talmadge Amends 1974 Report On Personal Reimbursement
UPI reports Sen Herman Talmadge amended his 1974 campaign disclosures to show about 27000 dollars in political contributions were deposited into his personal account as reimbursement for campaign expenses he paid from personal funds. The change comes amid Senate Ethics Committee probes and confusion within the campaign committee over FEC reporting rules.
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Atlanta
UPI
Herman Talmadge
D-Ga
Senate Ethics Committee
Rogers T. Wade
Talmadge
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Wade
Collision at Lisbon Street intersection injures Morris man
At the Lisbon Street and Waverly Street intersection a Tuesday 11 30 AM crash injured Morris resident Fred W. Knollhoff 45 of 1460 Old Pine Bluff Road He was taken to Morris Hospital and later released Edward D Lamping 25 of Minooka was cited for disobeying a stop sign He reported not seeing the sign Brown 68 was killed at the same junction on April 17 after a teen driver ran the stop sign Lamping’s Mustang and Knollhoff’s Datsun sustained over 250 dollars in damage both towed Lamping posted bond and faces Grundy County Circuit Court on August 24
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Lisbon
Waverly Sts
Edward D. Lamping
Fred W. Knollhoff
Pine Bluff Rd
Knollhoff
Lisbon St
Morris
Robert Stansberry
DesRochers Ambulance
Morris Hospital
Rte. 1
McEvilly Rd
Minooka
Alan Love
Sgt
Love
Lamping
Knoffhoff
William Brown
E. Main St
Brown
Sgt. Love
Waverly St
Mike
Olson
Sunoco
Grundy County
Zoning hearing set for Braceville area rezoning request
Grundy Mount Regional Planning Commission will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the courthouse to consider an application to rezone land just north of Braceville from agriculture to B II and a petition by Robert Shear to rezone Ramsey's Subdivision property north of Braceville Rd to business for van customization in a garage.
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Braceville
Grundy Mount
Robert Shear
Ramsey’s
Braceville Rd
California man killed on I-55 near Lorenzo Rd
John A. Owens, 48, of Lasierra, California, died after being struck by a semi on I-55 south of Lorenzo Rd. Lonnie R. Campbell, 22, of Quincy, Illinois, operated the semi. Owens, a passenger, had been beside a second truck during driver changes. He died at the scene. transport to Riverside planned.
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California
Lorenzo Rd
Lonnie R. Campbell
Quincy
Illinois
John A. Owens
Lasierra
Calif
Will County
Robert Tezak
Owens
Campbell
Accident victim improves after Joliet crash
Verel Hilgendorf 53 of Wilmington was removed from the critical list at St Joseph Hospital Joliet where he has been since Saturday after a two car collision on Illinois 113 and German Road. Stacie Monbrum 17 Coal City remained in serious condition along with Hilgendorf. A passenger 54 year old John Thompson of Braidwood was killed. Two others Daniel Brown 16 and William Slagle 22 were in good condition today after admission June 18 following a crash on U S 6 east of Tabler Road.
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Verel Hilgendorf
Wilmington
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Illinois 113
German Rd
Hilgendorf
Stacie Monbrum
Coal City
John Thompson
Braidwood
Miss Monbrum
Illinois
Daniel Brown
Woodland Rd
William Slagle
W. Southmer Rd
Brown
Slagle
U.S. 6
Tabler Rd
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Yaeleyeh
SBA
Small Business Administration
Delores LaValle
Emergency Service and Disaster Agency
Herald
Yuki Ogawa
Kenneth J. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Dan
Tim
Donna
Ogawa
LaSalle Juvenile Detention Home
Becky Rosa
Cantrell
William Lazmoor
Latzmoor
Wests Cafe
Liberty
Navy Rd
Will County Sheriff's
Navy’s
Fahey
Braidwood Fire Department
Lynn Jencon
Jelinek
Chicago Laboratory
Eldon Smith
Louise Patton Hart (Smith
Galesburg
James N. Patton
Rita Patton
Rose Patton
Mark Patton
Mabel Smith
Dempsey and
Lillian Patton
Townley
Ben Fortson
Senate
Washington
Morris Daily Herald
Terak Funeral Home
Riverside
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