Honor roll at GSW High School
Gardner-South Wilmington High School lists semester honor roll recipients by class. Senior honorees include Deb Myers Betsy Naretto Mark Sorensen Deb Tyler and Nancy Campbell and others. Junior Sophomore and Freshman names follow with many students recognized for high academic achievement.
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GSW High School
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Deb Myers
Betsy Naretto
Mark Sorensen
Deb Tyler
Lori Benbrooks
Bill Clover
Carol Joyce
Regina Powell
Roger Spiezio
Vickie Wenger
Renee’ Corneglio
Carina Bury
Kenna Eberhart
Lynn Tyler
Anne Woodcock
Nancy Campbell
Mark Carlile
Donna Halpin
Donna Hnetkovsky
Kerry Kociss
Bret Male
Melissa Pfeifer
Julie Tjelle
Norm Lardi
Karla Lutz
Diane Mack
Mike Maher
Jona Austin
Tim Cato
Steve Debelak
Rita Lanier
LouAnne_ Lenzie
Vernon McDaniel
Bill Scudieri
Luann Simms
Michelle Smolik
Leslie Son
Peggy Bryant
Angie Buck
Donna Fatlan
Gail Lanier
Kay Mack
Marvin Mack
Rhonda Marks
Kathy Small
Rodney Spiezio
Mark Telin
Jeff Bexson
Deb Colclasure
Richard Corneglio
Linda Dumdie
Jean Hnetkovsky
Royceann Smith
Donna Tyler
Wendy van Duyne
Coal City teen charged with marijuana possession
Police briefing shows Kris Marsh, 17, of Coal City was charged with possession of between 10 and 30 grams after a deputy received a tip. Marsh posted a $100 bond and faces court on June 29. A search of a 1971 Chevrolet in Coal City revealed a bag with a water pipe and marijuana in the trunk.
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Coal City
Grundy County
Kris Marsh
DeWitt Place
Jeff Black
Marsh
Three firms cited over scaffolding safety violations
The Labor Department urged possible criminal action against firms after a Willow Island West Virginia scaffold collapse killed 51 workers on April 27. Research-Cottrell Inc. faced 16 citations including willful violations for improper concrete testing, unanchored formwork, weak beam sections, and monthly rope inspections. United Engineers and Constructors Inc. and Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory received two citations each. Total fines reached 108,300 dollars. The incident dropped workers from over 100 feet.
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Cottrell
License mixup interrupts communication at La Salle County
In Ottawa Illinois the La Salle County sheriff's office regains radio contact after a 24 hour outage caused by a license mixup. FCC granted a temporary license after the system license expired last December and renewal notice was not received. County officials say renewal was not filed. In Grundy County Circuit Court Joseph Winnicki was ordered to vacate property near Christensen and Scully Roads south of Gardner and pay 100 dollars rent for April and May in a May filing by Everett and Dorothy Severson.
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Ottawa, Ill
UPI
la Salle County
Federal Communications Commission
Sheriff's Office
Walt Yeager
FCC
Joseph Winnicki
Christensen and Scully Rds
Gardner
Grundy County
Everett
Dorothy Severson
Winnicki
Arrest two in holdup killing near Collinsville
Two Cahokia men, Paul Leslie Bainter 18 and Eugene Amos Walker 21, were charged with murder after a 3:15 a.m. diner holdup near Collinsville turned fatal. Elsie Wallace 53 died and her daughter Terry 19 was among four wounded as a robber fired after taking money and forcing patrons into a kitchen. Walker drove the getaway car and was arrested in Houston. Bainter had just been jailed for burglary before being held without bond.
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Belleville
Ill
UPI
Collinsville
Paul Leslie Bainter
Eugene Amos Walker
Painter
St. Clair County
Walker
Arrest men for selling firearms
Detroit UPI report states Frank R. Greenberg Seymour G. Freilich and Concealable Body Armor of America Inc. were arraigned in U S District Court on conspiracy and 30 counts of illegal firearm shipments to South Africa. They posted 25000 personal bonds after allegedly shipping over 500 weapons and nearly 10000 rounds from Oct 1977 to Jan 1978 to an unlicensed importer Richard Beck.
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Detroit
UPI
South Africa
Frank R. Greenberg
Seymour G. Freilich
Concealable Body Armor of America Inc
Oak Park
U.S
Greenberg
Freilich
Richard Beck
Donald Zimmerman
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Illinois Court of Appeals voids law barring bidders tied to bribes
The Illinois Court of Appeals held unconstitutional a law denying state contracts to firms or individuals with bribery convictions. Polyvend Inc led by Patrick Stoltz challenged the measure after its bid for 1976 77 license plate contracts was rejected amid Stoltz’s kickback past. The ruling remanded for proceedings consistent with the opinion.
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Chicago
UPI
Illinois Court of Appeals
Illinois
Polyvend, Inc
Conway, Ark
Patrick J. Stoltz
Paul Powell
Polyvend
Stoltz
Metal Stamping Co
Richard G. Schultz
Cook County
Traffic Court Fines 25 for 66 in 55 zone
Susan Ferris, 19, of 1618 Black St., was fined 25 dollars plus 10 dollars costs after a May 10 citation by Trooper Thomas Lamb on U.S. 6 about a half mile east of Ridge Rd for driving 66 mph in a 55 mph zone. A Quintilian quote, A liar must have a good memory.
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U.S. 6
Bimet
John Harty
Elm St
Grundy County
Craig Williamson
Harty
Williamson
Susan Ferris
Black St
Thomas Lamb
Ridge Rd
California Legislature in session on tax cuts
Governor Edmund Brown Jr called a joint session to outline plans after a $7 billion local revenue loss from Proposition 13. Court challenges were filed against the measure which slashes property taxes, as Brown ordered a hiring freeze and vowed no new taxes while cutting spending to avoid human suffering.
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San Francisco
UPI
Edmund Brown Jr
California
Brown
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Bradley
Honolulu
Frank Fasi
Younger
State Supreme Court
Public Service
California Teachers Association
Illinois municipal spending rises 106 percent in half decade
Western Illinois University researchers report 1962 to 1972 spending by Illinois municipalities over 5 000 population grew 115 percent with police and fire protection leading gains. Inflation and payroll increases account for part, while expanded services and population growth drive most of the rise.
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WIU
Stratton
Chicago
Illinois
House votes block new gun control regulations in budget clash
The House defeated Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gun tracing rules 314 to 80 and cut the bureau’s budget by 4.2 million, in an 8.6 billion Treasury Postal Service bill. The NRA led a broad campaign against the planned system requiring serial numbers, dealer reporting, and theft alerts. Rep. Steven Symms labeled the rules the first step toward gun control.
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Washington
UPI
House
Treasury Department
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Bureau
Treasury- Postal Service
Senate
Robert McClory
R-Il
House Appropriations Committee
Treasury
Tion
Steven Symms
Mothers sculpt with care to mold great lives
The Worry Clinic feature argues children’s personalities stem from environment, not fate, with Joshua as example. It urges mothers to value homemaking as influential, noting firstborns may differ from siblings, and praising parental guidance as shaping historic figures like Abraham Lincoln. The piece ends urging readers to request Dr Crane’s booklets.
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Joshua
Michelangelo
Abraham Lincoln
Florence Nightingale
Cam
George
Moses
World’s Largest Blue Topaz Cut For Sale In Denver
A blue topaz weighing 2,165 carats, one of the world’s largest, has been cut and offered for sale or trade at 150000 dollars. Strabley Lapidary Co. says owner James Strabley completed the 50 hour process this week. Denton Anderson, the firm’s gemologist, notes the stone measures 4 inches by 2 1/2 by 1 inches and was acquired May 26 from an Australian dealer who bought it rough in Brazil.
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Denver
UPI
Strabley Lapidary Co
Denton Anderson
James Strabley
Anderson
Strabley
Brazil
Dear Ann Landers on Elder Sex and Telephone Etiquette
The reader argues elderly couples sustain sex lives, Ann Landers notes not all do, and suggests therapy. includes a breast feeding anecdote and advice to handle rude callers. The column urges calm responses, promotes a sex therapy pamphlet, and invites readers to request it.
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Ann Landers
American Psychiatric Association
18Th Street
N.W
Washington, D.C
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