Meow’s tale Ginger the cat seeks a special home in Gardner
Ginger, a long haired neutered tomcat rescued after eight days aloft a Center Street tree, faces a temporary split life due to eye injury and feline leukemia fears. Fostered by Mrs. Esther Cumming but kept apart from her cat Houdini, Ginger shows affection, responds to handling, and needs a permanent, safe home.
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Kathleen) Thygesen
Gardner
Ginger
Thygesen
Grundy County
Prom Cancelled At Holy Angels For Noisy Graduation
In Chicago, Holy Angels School principal Rev Paul Smith canceled this week's prom for 78 graduating eighth graders due to disruptive behavior at a graduation banquet. A nun teacher Joan McVeigh said the class of 78 was " nonstop talkers" and refused to stop talking. Smith praised the turnaround after the cancellation.
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Holy Angels School
Paul Smith
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Joan McVeigh
Jury awards girl forty thousand in bus injury case
A Grundy County Circuit Court jury deliberated about 15 minutes Thursday morning and awarded Michelle Rexroade $40,000 for injuries from a bus accident on August 25, 1972. The verdict named the First Baptist Church of Dwight as the defendant.
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Michelle Rexroade
First Baptist Church of
Dwight
Leonard Hoffman
Miss Rexroade
First Baptist Church
Hearing to suppress statements in Pizza Hut case continues
Testimony in Grundy County Circuit Court focused on a motion to suppress oral statements by Rondell Davis. Police and hospital records described Davis after a Oct. 17 armed Robbery at the Morris Pizza Hut and a related car and gun restitution discussion. Davis previously faced a potential trial start date set for next Tuesday.
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Rondell Davis
Morris Pizza Hut
Davis
John Hanson
Morris
Charles Zalar
Robert Lynes
Alan Love
Hatcher Woods
Lynes
Witherington
Willis
Dennis Wilis
Hanson
Atty. Zalar
Wampler
Morris Hospital
Guerrillas kill policeman in Bogota night attack
Police sources said one policeman was killed and eight officers wounded during the night when a group of three guerrillas attacked in Bogota Colombia.
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Bogota
Colombia
UPI
Weather and unrest mix as Colombia braces for vote
A mixed agenda includes cool, sunny forecasts and a violent attack on a Bogota police station as presidential elections approach. Police report a student wounded, a police agent killed, and clashes tied to protests over transport costs.
Suspect arson in Coal City area crib fire
Arson is suspected in a Thursday night fire that caused minor damage to a corn crib on Dresden Road Coal City Fire Chief Don Ulivi put the loss at 250 dollars for the empty crib owned by Tom Berta. Grundy County Sheriff Sergeant Frank Schmitt said he was told of a possible fire about 11 35 p m by Robert Walsh. He and Deputy Peter Odo checked the area and found a red Coleman fuel can and a can handle at the northeast corner and took them as evidence.
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Dresden Rd
Coal City
Don Ulivi
Tom Berta
Grundy County
Frank Schmitt
McArdle Rd
Robert Walsh
Schmitt
Coal City Fire Department
Peter Odo
Byron plant braces collapse kills two workers
Two iron workers died and two were injured when cooling tower braces at the Byron Nuclear Plant collapsed 80 feet. OSHA said braces were certified safe after a safety check. cause of the collapse remains unknown.
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Byron
Ill
UPI
Bill Kafka
Aurora
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Kafka
Gary Daniels
Leaf River
Raymond Murphy
Rochelle
Bomb Kills Six Israelis on Jerusalem Bus
A bomb fashioned from an 81mm mortar shell exploded on an Israeli bus in the Bayit Vagan suburb of Jerusalem, killing six and wounding over twenty. The PLO claimed responsibility. hospital reports showed five dead and more than 20 injured. The attack followed earlier violence near Tel Aviv and Lebanon. The Morris Library Board will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday to hear Miss Pamela Wilson present the annual narrative report.
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UPI
Palestine Liberation Organization
Bayit Vagan
Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Beirut
PLO
Morris Library Board
Pamela Wilson
Traffic advisory over Illinois 47 bridge times daily
The Grundy County Sheriff's Department asks drivers to refrain from moving wide loads across the Illinois 47 river bridge from 7 30 a m to 8 a m and from 4 p m to 5 30 p m daily. Under sheriff Gary Phillips says escorts at these times cause severe traffic problems.
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Grundy County
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