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Newspaper
Morris Daily Herald
Location
Morris, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1977
Page
4
Gardner South Wilmington Township High School conducted graduation exercises in the school gym Friday night. The Gardner Band played the processional and Rev. James Patrick delivered the invocation. Valedictorian Rebecca Naretto, salutatorian Joyce Robinson, and class president Richard Patterson spoke as 55 seniors received diplomas from Michael Daniels, president of the board of education.
Michael Kirkham reported his trailer on Sports mans Drive Burt Estates Coal City broken into at 1 13 a m. Deputy Maloney noted a broken window but no entry or theft. At 2 24 a m Sgt Frank Schmitt found vandalism at Minooka Laundromat including a broken fluorescent light and spilled liquid.
Veteran NBC broadcaster Ben Grauer died in New York at NYU Hospital Center after a long career starting in 1930. He served as New Year’s Eve host from Times Square 11 times between 1951 and 1969 and covered major events including the 1946 Paris Peace Conference and 1948 Berlin airlift. Funeral services are planned for Friday.
A battery charge against Robert Edmundson was dismissed after his wife said he pulled her hair at the Holiday Inn. Dorothy Greenan was fined 40 dollars and 10 costs for speeding 56 in a 35 mph zone on Illinois 113. Dean Rose paid 25 dollars and 10 costs for 43 in a 25 mph zone. Wayne Snyder was fined 100 dollars and 25 costs for selling liquor to a minor at Echo Lanes parking lot last Friday.
Sharon and Melvin Strohm filed a $100,000 suit in Grundy County Circuit Court against Fatlan Trucking Lee Fatlan and Mildred Passini alleging injuries from a Nov 12 1975 Braceville restaurant crash. The case was dismissed Friday after all issues were settled.
William Whalen a 16 year old from Buffalo Road Verona was held in Grundy County Jail juvenile section after a Verona woman reported he antagonized and fought with her daughters Deputies Ken Shannon and Jeff Wix arrested him at 8 14 p m The juvenile probation officer Sharon Odom was to meet Whalen to decide on further action
Red Cross event at Dresden nuclear station yields 191 pints of blood with 222 donors, 43 first timers, and 260 pledges. Committee heads Tony Petrickis and Phil Stebbins report volunteers including two-gallon club members Rich Funk and Eugene Montana and eight on basis of aid tidbits.
Minooka Grade School Board of Education will meet Wednesday June 8 at 8 p.m. in the elementary building on Coady Drive. Minooka High School Board of Education will meet Thursday June 9 at 8 p.m. in the school administrative area.
Comedian Buddy Hackett is hospitalized in Camarillo after a canvas chair toppled while he sat on a movie location. He suffers two broken ribs and was not released as of today despite initial reports he would be discharged Tuesday.
Kentucky authorities say dozens of rumors about the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire are being examined. A final report on the blaze that killed 158 people is expected by late next week, with Gov. Julian Carroll and Fire Marshal Warren Southworth cautioning that no single theory is ruled out.
New York report from UPI notes the National Council on Alcoholism urged pregnant women to avoid alcohol to prevent fetal harm. Experts cite fetal alcohol syndrome risk, with estimates of up to 50 percent at five ounces of absolute alcohol daily and higher risks with greater consumption.
Steven Ziegler, 17, of Matteson, released on $100 bond after a Braceville complaint by Louis Pike Sr. described a car off Illinois 129 into a ditch twice on Railroad Street. Deputy Wix alerted ISPERN. Trooper Dodwell stopped the car at Illinois 129 and Coal City Road. Ziegler to appear in court June 16.
Earl Brown reported a fallen tree at 9:37 p.m. Tuesday across Cemetery Rd in Aux Sable Township. Aux Sable Highway Commissioner Herman Bellm was notified by the sheriff's department and will remove the tree.
Law students from Loyola University join the LaSalle County state's attorney's office as summer interns, marking the fifth year of the program. Daniel Tracy and his wife, Cynthia Zukosky Tracy of Wenona, are completing their second year of law school as interns paid by a grant from the Illinois Prosecutors' Advisory Council led by State's Atty. Frank X. Yackley, who notes students may appear in court under a temporary licensing provision after two years of study.
The North Wall of the Eiger in Switzerland is famed as the hardest climb in the world. The nearly vertical face, the Hinterstoisser Traverse, the White Spider and verglas hazards have claimed many lives, and climbing it remains an extreme test of nerve and endurance.
In a letter to Dr. Crane a churchgoer warns of alleged ERA risks including legalizing homosexual marriage, mandatory female military service, mixed restrooms, loss of church tax exemptions, and threats to girls only schools and historic athletic events.
A collage of Ann Landers columns and reader letters covers topics from parakeets and male Siamese cats to sharing food and handling gift photos. Readers offer spirited opinions on manners, temper, and family dynamics with punchy closings and requests for annuity tips.
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