Donor clash stalls bone marrow transplant hope
Pittsburgh awaiting a rare bone marrow transplant for Robert McFall, but his cousin David Shimp refuses to donate. An Allegheny County judge declined to order the life saving procedure, citing no legal duty to compel the donor despite McFall's 20 to 25 percent one year survival without transplant.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Robert McFall
McFall
David Shimp
Allegheny County
Mercy Hostal
Pleasant Hills
Shimp
Common Pleas
John P. Flaherty
Flaherty
Low bid on Dodge accepted for four-door sedan
Grundy County Highway Department accepted the low bid of 5112 from Morris Chrysler AMC for a 1978 Dodge Monaco sedan to be used by highway commissioner Richard McTague. Two other local dealers were rejected with bids of 5516 from Talty Chevrolet and 5362 from Boren's Ford.
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Grundy County
Joliet Market Report From Joliet Ill
Live stock at Joliet shows cattle only 200 head with few sales, good steers around 51.00, Holsteins 47.00, cows 39.00 to 40.00, no canners. Hogs 1,400 head steady to 50 below, No 1-2 200-220 lb 48.25-48.50, few 48.00, 220-240 lb 47.50-48.25.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Grain prices at noon on Board of Trade
Chicago price report shows wheat and soybeans advancing sharply while corn climbs to 2.07 dollars per bushel at noon on the Board of Trade.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Eviction Judgments Hit Grundy County Courts Two suits resolve rents
Two eviction judgments were entered in Grundy County Circuit Court on Thursday. Jeff or Rhonda Rotsart must vacate 1370 Park Blvd and pay 216 in rent plus 21.80 in court costs, as Joyce Anderson claimed entitlement to the residence and 216 rent. Houston Weathersby was ordered off a farm house on Grand Ridge Rd near Illinois 47 in Mazon, with Lyle and Evelyn Misener claiming 7.26 a day rent from July 1.
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Grundy County
Jeff
Rhonda Rotsart
Park Blvd
Joyce Anderson
Houston Weathersby
Grand Ridge Rd
Illinois 47
Mazon
Lyle
Evelyn Misener
Weathersby
SBA Accepts Four Flood Loan Applications
Grundy County opens emergency SBA office two days weekly starting Monday from 9 to 1 with additional Saturday hours 9 to 3. Call 312-353-3964 for access. Pedro Alfonso will visit next week to verify applications made for flooding between June 26 and July 2.
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Grundy County
The
Small Business Administration
SBA
Dolores LaValle
Pedro Alfonso
LaValle
Region IX Health Systems Agency Adopts Five Year Plan
The Region IX Health Systems Agency Board adopts a five year plan for Grundy Kendall Kankakee and Will counties. It outlines priorities including communicable disease limits infant mortality accreditation of hospitals and establishment of county health departments with public information and access to primary care.
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Region IX Health Systems Agency Board of Directors
Albert W. Ray
Grundy
Kendall
Kankakee
Will
Con
Region IX Health Systems Agency, Inc
Ray
Joint Commission On the Accreditation of
Illinois Department of Public Health
Region IX
Charles Cain
Jannette Nelson
Eugene Daniels
John Edwards
Frank Lynch
John McLaughlin
M.D
Dorothy Montgomery
Jeffery Todd
Clarianne Woolard
Joliet Public Library
Fountaindale
Romeoville
Shorewood
Troy Township
Region IX Health Systems Agency
North Rock Run Dr
Crest Hill
Joliet
Journey From Blindness to Public Service Narrows Job Gap
Charlene Scanavino, a College of St. Francis graduate, earned a master’s in rehabilitation counseling by 1973 and faced persistent unemployment through 1975 due to discrimination and attitudes toward blindness. After roles at Joliet prison and a state rehabilitation staff post, she married Gary in 1977 and advocates for capable, inclusive employment for the handicapped.
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College of St. Francis
Joliet
Dwight Township High School
Charlene
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
Grundy
Will
Kankakee
Evelyn Scanavino
Pine St
Gardner
Scanavino
Collins St
State Department
California
National Federation of the Blind
Gary
Springfield
Carla
Morris Wash
Division of Vocation Rehabilitation Services
Wash
Webster
Dee Ray
Reporter Witnesses Murder On The Lawn
Denver eyewitness recounts the early morning shooting of a man on a residential lawn. A gunman fled in a car as police seek suspects and demand witnesses come forward. The reporter vows to cover the case while protecting evidence and fearing retaliation.
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UPI
Denver
Foundation officer guilty of stealing funds
Harry A. Lowther Jr., 56, pleaded guilty to stealing about 45000 dollars from a charitable fund of the Phillips Research Foundation. In DuPage County Circuit Court he received four years and four months, to run concurrent with prior theft and forgery sentences, after already serving a year.
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Lincoln Open University
Lowther
Einstein brain weighed 2.64 pounds in 1955 autopsy
United Press International reports that Albert Einstein's brain, removed for study during the 1955 autopsy, weighed 2.64 pounds, not heavier than the average human brain. The finding was part of ongoing inquiries into the science behind genius.
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United Press International
Albert Einstein
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