Obituary roundup from Morris area with multiple services
Obituaries list Vincent G Hodgson 24 of Lake Villa died Monday at Wesley Pavilion Northwestern. Services set at Davis Funeral Home with burial Evergreen Cemetery. Also memorials to Allendale School for Boys. Julia Townsend and Loretta Weir notices follow with church services and burial details. Albert Fry died at Park Lake Village. arrangements pending.
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Vincent G. Hodgson
Lake Villa
Wesley
Northwestern Hospital
Iago
Morris
L. Wayne
Lenora (Hammil) Hodgson
Morris High School
Western Illinois University
Cinda Sutton
First Baptist Church of
TXI Faternity
WIU
Allendale School For
Gordon Cottage
Arvin
Rosalind) Battersby
Melinda Hodgson
Davis Funeral
Donald E. Conrad
Evergreen Cemetery
Allendale School For Boys
Dwight
Julia Townsend
Emanuel Lutheran Church
Paul F. Hartmann
Goodfarm
Baker Funeral Home
Kinsman
Leo
Loretta) Weir
St. Mary’s Hospital
Streator
Michael and
Catherine (Donovan) Carney
Leo Weir
Sacred Heart Church
Altar and Rosary Society
Edmond
William
Angela
van Qualen Funeral Home
Albert Fry
Park Lake Village
Morris Hospital
Frnland
Evacuation After Toxic Tank Car Leak Near Highland
About 30 families were evacuated for roughly three hours as two railroad troubleshooters in rubber suits and gas masks boarded an acid leaking tanker to stop the leak. Nitric acid vented through a valve, boiled over the car, harmed weeds and crops, and white acid vapor drifted on 20 mph winds.
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Highland, Ill
UPI
Joliet Market Report Falls on Cattle Shortage
In Joliet Illinois cattle supply is too light for a market test with 500 head. Hog prices drop across the board with 1 000 head quoted at 50 to 1.00 lower and declines seen past 240 pounds. No 1 2 200 235 pound range 44.25 to 44.75 and other weights for Nos 1 3 200 250 lb 43.75 to 44.25 No 2 3 250 270 lb 42.25 to 43.75 and Nos 3 4 270 290 lb 40.50 to 41.50.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Wheat and soybeans mixed. corn lower at noon
Chicago Board of Trade noon prices show wheat and soybeans mixed while corn declines. Separate notes indicate Sep and Dec contracts with declines around two and a half cents.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Bromine Case Admits Stipulations and Evidence
Judge Goldberg allows stipulations to be admitted as the PCB weighs guilt and penalties for Consolidated Freightways Red Ball and Michigan Chemical over a bromine gas discharge on Interstate 55. Additional charges of land pollution involve Consolidated and Hutcher Morris and Pfaff for dumping hazardous material at the Morris Landfill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldberg
PCB
Consolidated Freightways
Red Ball
Michigan Chemical
Interstate 55
Consolidated and Hutcher
Morris and
Pfaff
Morris
Minooka Clerk Attends Municipal Clerks Conference
Judy Cobin Minooka village clerk attended the 31st International Institute of Municipal Clerks Conference May 22 25 in Kansas City Missouri with a program theme Meeting the Educational needs of Progressive Municipal Clerks She also attended a June 2 seminar in Homewood hosted by Frank German Tinley Park Village Clerk and discussed topics including the 1980 census and legal aspects of municipal clerks
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minooka
Judy Cobin
International Institute of Municipal Clerks
Kansas City
Gunman takes Aurora hostages in downtown tavern
A man with a shotgun seized several hostages at Bernies Cheerio Inn in Aurora Illinois. Initial reports noted four to five captives with a variable count as police sought details and attempted to resolve the standoff. The gunman demanded no explicit terms and refused identification as negotiations continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Ill
UPI
Fire destroys cabin cruiser on Illinois River near Morris
A 24-foot cabin cruiser valued at 4000 dollars burned on the Illinois River about one mile east of Morris on Monday afternoon. Owner Charles Woods and passenger Gary Mathias were aboard but unharmed. the boat drifted to the south bank after catching fire during motor trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois River
Morris
Charles Woods
Division St
Morris Fire Department
Morris Boat Club
Illinois
Dan Hill
Grundy County
Evert Poyner
Woods
Gary Mathias
Ottawa
Poyner
Channahon Village Board Deliberates Sign, Vacate, and Law Updates
Village trustees discuss traffic stop signs during construction, planning commission sign approvals, and a disputed Cherry Street vacating claim. Officials consider a street light at Summit Rd and I 55, ambulance service funding, lock changes at the landfill, and pay for an elected clerk. A public hearing on revenue sharing is set for June 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Channon Acres
Helen Williams
McCoy
Teas
Jerry Clendenny
Planning Commission
Dennis
Pat Clower
Channahon Township
Cherry St
Chicago
Teal
Robert Johnson
Clendenny
Summit Rd
Interstate 55
Johnson
State Police
Will County Sheriff's Department
Rittof
Commonwealth Edison
Perez
Steve Piercy
Tri-County Ambulance
Piercy
Petrusa
Ritter
Todd
Markstrom
Corcoran
CETA
Turkey Etymology Traced to Ancient Hebrew Word Tukki
A claim notes that the word turkey derives from the ancient Hebrew tukki meaning peacock. The statement links linguistic history to a biblical era term, suggesting cross language influence on common poultry names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
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Friars Love Lucy
Beverly Hills
Calif
Lucille Ball
Friars Club
Society of Entertainers
Miss Ball
Milton Berle
Kane County
Linda Vergonet
Ellen Anselmo
Coal City High School
Independent Farmer
Channahon
Edward Ritter
Glenan's
E. North St
Eee
Datsun
Toyota
sHock PR
Goodyear
Pt Ae
Bank Americard
American Express Money Carde
Diners Club E Carte Blanche
Nstallat
M. L. Rude
John Hancock
FeMlnak
Life Insurance
Philip O. Munson
Conley & Coleman Agency, Inc
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