Obituaries and notices share Grim slate of local deaths and tickets
Graveside services were held for Mrs. Linden Crumbaugh in LeRoy Ill. She was mother to Charlotte Burgess of Villa Park. Richard Burgess sang her favorite hymn In The Garden. Dwight Anthony Baima died in Dwight at St Marys Hospital. Visitation at Van Qualen Funeral Home. Memorials to St Patricks. Peter Giacomo of Coal City died at St Joseph Hospital Joliet. He retired from Illinois Clay Products. funeral Monday. Barbara J Hayse was ticketed for disobeying a stop sign. Johnny Miller and Mark Koehler received speeding and noise tickets with court dates.
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Linden Crumbaugh
Jensen Beach
Fla
LeRoy, Ill
Richard
Charlotte) Burgess
Villa Park
Morris
Richard Burgess
Dwight
Anthony R. Baima
N. Franklin
St. Mary’s Hospital
Streator
St. Patrick’s Church
John Naab
Mt. Olivet
van Qualen
Cardiff
Bartholomew and
Eugenia
Orzilla) Baima
Eloise Steichen
American Legion
Army Air Corps
Genie Marko
Park Forest
Thomas
Skokie
Margaret Gildroy
California
Celia Guizzetti
Coal City
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
Peter Giacomo
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Joseph
Donald
Esther) Wills
Mary Selotti
Pontiac
Anton Giacomo
Illinois Clay Products
Mary
Reeves Funeral Home
Assumption Church
George Flynn
Braidwood
Ticket man after accident in Grundy County Court
Jacques Besant of Evanston, 20, was fined for failure to yield after a minor 4:42 p.m. crash on Illinois 47 when he turned from McDonald’s driveway and struck Jamie Farmer, 17, of 831 E Benton St. Her 1975 Chevrolet Monza sustained over 100 dollars in damage. Besant’s 1968 pickup under 100 dollars. No injuries. Besant bonds and a July 7 court date was set.
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Jacques Besant
Evanston
Jamie Farmer
E. Benton St
Morris
Illinois
Besant
Miss Farmer
Grundy County
Lowell youth Edward Bowen faces Grundy County court on hitchhiking
Edward Bowen 19 of Lowell Mass was arrested by State Police for hitchhiking on I 80 near Minooka at 10 p m. He was held overnight in Grundy County Jail and was scheduled to appear in circuit court today before Judge.
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Edward Bowen
Lowell
Mass
Grundy County
S.W. Talbot
Bowen
Minooka
Hog and cattle market report from Joliet Illinois
UPI notes live stock prices with hogs 1 400 head down one dollar. No 1 2 hogs 200 235 pounds 44 75 45 25. Cattle receipts 300 with weak to 25 lower on steers and steady on heifers. Monday receipts cattle five thousand hogs sixteen hundred.
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Joliet, Ill
UPI
Markets Grain Prices at Twelve Noon
Grain market briefing shows corn at 2.14 dollars per bushel and beans at 7.51 dollars per bushel. Prices reflect midday trade alongside other staples.
False Mayday call reported plane in Morris area
Wilmington Police received a 12:56 a.m. Mayday claim of a plane down in a Morris area cornfield. Kansas County sheriff and CB users heard similar reports but no plane noises or crashes were found. FAA doubts any plane could radio a Mayday via CB.
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Wilmington
Morris
Kandy County
Federal Aviation Administration
Naked man found in Gebhard State Park report
Two girls reported seeing a naked white male in his mid twenties with long black hair and a full beard lying on his back in the southwest woods of Gebhard State Park. Police found no one in the area when they searched the scene.
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Morris
Gebhard State Park
Dismissal Of Two Suits In Grundy County Court
Two civil cases were dropped in Grundy County Circuit Court as settlements ended the actions. Barbara Mauer sued Eileen Grady for 15000 over a Lincoln Lake boating incident on September 2 1973. Morris Hospital and Patrick and Kay Kerr had a 1433.95 dispute dismissed.
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Grundy County
Barbara Mauer
Whitetie Rd
Eileen Grady
Chicago
The
Morris Hospital
Patrick
Kay Kerr
Kerrs
Gossip and privacy policy in Loudoun Times-Mirror
This editorial reflects on gossip columns and presses the newspaper’s stance on reporting public figures versus private individuals. It cites examples from national figures and local residents and concludes that privacy should be protected unless public appearances or crimes occur.
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Loudoun Times-Mirror
Leesburg
Washington Post
Washington Star
Vietnam
Watergate
Virginia
Monroe
Kennedy
Mosby
George Patton
Billy Mitchell
George Catlett Marshall
Hollywood
Adele Astaire
Arthur Godfrey
Grace Kelly
Tab Hunter
Elizabeth Taylor Warner
Florence Smith
Motorcycle Stolen From Holiday Inn Parking Lot
A 1976 Harley-Davidson motorcycle was reported stolen from the west side rear parking lot of the Holiday Inn in Morris. Jim Larson, staying in Room 216, told police he parked it late Wednesday night and discovered it missing Thursday around 5:50 p.m. The Morris Police Department is investigating the theft.
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Morris
Jim Larson
Holiday Inn
Larson
Morris Police Department
Eggs Thrown at Car of Robert McDonald on W Jackson
Robert McDonald of 715 West Jackson Street reported to Morris police at 7 15 a m Thursday that eggs were thrown on his car overnight while it was parked at his residence.
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Robert McDonald
W. Jackson St
Morris
McDonald
Tapes stolen from vehicle in Missouri car lot
A brown tape case holding 23 eight track tapes was taken from Gary Ollerman's car in the Federal Paper Board Co. lot after he parked Thursday night. The car was found locked and the items valued at 150 dollars were missing. In Macon UPI Andrew Young and Coretta Scott King appeared on set for a King biopic.
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Morris
Gary Ollerman
E. U.S
Federal Paper Board Co
Macon, Ga
UPI
U.N
Andrew Young
Coretta Scott King
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Young
Paul Winfield
Cicely Tyson
Wernher von Braun Dies, Space Pioneer Remembered
Wernher von Braun died of colon cancer at 3 a.m. in Alexandria Virginia at 65 after a long illness. Funeral held later. he helped advance rocketry from wartime weapons to peaceful space exploration guiding Explorer 1 and the Saturn rockets. Space program figures mourned his loss and praised his leadership and vision.
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Washington
UPI
Wernher von Braun
London
Alexandria
von Braun
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Rocco Petrone
Petrone
United States
Moon
Werner von Braun
Space Agency
Alan M. Lovelace
America
Space Shuttle
National
Arronautics and
Space
Fairchild Industries
Germantown
Alan Lovelace
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Germany
United
Russia
Boy bitten by dog in Grundy County
Robert Suddick reported his son Eric was bitten by a dog at 9:30 p m. The owner, Gerald Germain, was found in Joliet after a search. Will County Animal Control impounded the dog at 11 30 p m and said it had rabies shots last July.
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Robert Suddick
S. Prairie
Grundy County
Tire flats reported for Mrs. Ray Housman pickup
Mrs. Ray Housman reported to Grundy County Sheriff's Department at 7 28 a m Thursday that two tires on her pickup were flat. Deputy James Hume said someone punctured or deflated the tires and Mrs. Housman estimated the incident occurred about 11 p m Wednesday. No damage estimate was available.
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Ray Housman
Bookwalter Woods
Grundy County
Start Reading Program for D C Children in Coal City
The Coal City summer reading program for first through sixth graders begins Monday. Registration runs until July 1 with free local library cards. nonresidents pay 3 for students and 15 for families. Each child reads 12 books for a certificate.
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Coal City
Cyclist Released From Hospital After Union Street Crash
A 13 year old bicyclist was released from Morris Hospital in good condition after being struck on U S 6 at Union Street. Reynee M Deese of 1226 Wauponsee Street was hit by a Greenway Pontiac driven car operated by Charles R Richardson 30. Richardson received a ticket for no valid registration and posted 35 bond and faces Grundy County court on June 30. Police report Reynee failed to obey a stop sign. Richardson told police he was eastbound when Reynee crossed in front of his car. The vehicle skidded 69 feet before impact and 21 more feet after. Charles T Greenway was charged with owning and allowing an unregistered vehicle to operate without proper dealership plates.
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Morris Hospital
Reynee M. Deese
Wauponsee St
Charles R. Richardson
N. Plaza Dr
U.S. 6
Union St. Morris
Dean Sager
Reynee
Richardson
Union St
Greenway Pontiac
Grundy County
Charles T. Greenway
Suspects Bonded on Burglary and Theft Charges
John Hamilton and Charles Spivey Jr. were each set to bond at $10,000 after arrest by Morris police at the Morris Holiday Inn. They face two counts burglary, two counts theft, one count attempted theft, plus Hamilton’s additional charge of possession of burglary tools. They allegedly entered cars owned by Kenneth Pickle and James Desimpel and attempted to siphon gas from a Rock Island Railroad tool van. Proceedings set for June 28 with Morris attorney Richard Wilder for Hamilton and public defender Michael Hayes for Spivey.
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Grundy County
John Hamilton
Kiersted St
Charles Spivey Jr
Coal City
Charles Zalar
Morris
Morris Holiday Inn
Spivey
Hamilton
Kenneth Pickle
James Desimpel
Holiday Inn
Pickle
Desimpel
Rock Island Railroad
Richard Wilder
Michael Hayes
Joliet youth sentenced for garage burglary and theft case
Richard Gabrys, 17, Joliet, received two years probation with 50 days in Grundy County Jail and ordered to pay restitution to Sereno's Ace Hardware and Walker's Texaco after pleading guilty to burglary. Theft and attempted burglary charges were dismissed. He gets credit for time served since May 16.
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Richard Gabrys
Joliet
Grundy County
Sereno
Ace Hardware
Illinois 47
Buchanan St
Gabrys
Texaco
U.S. 6
Illinois
Morris
Sereno’s
Walker
Charles Zalar
Michael Hayes
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Mrs. Linden
Crumbaugh
Barbara J. Hayse
Illinois Ave
Waverly St
Hayse
Johnny Miller
Heavener
Okla
Division St
Miller
Mark A. Koehler
Elfers
Fulton St
Jefferson St
Koehler
Joliet Market
Board of Trade
Review
Union Railway
Bonanza
Grundy County Housing Authority
Newton Place
I Ilinois
E. Newton
HUD
Davis-Bacon
Tracy Adcock
Billy
Cleveland
Billy Carter
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Plains
D.C
Grundy
Liberty St
Times
Morris, Ill
Pioneer National Title Ins. CO
Pioneer National Title Insurance
Aticor Company
Milky Kille
W. Jackson
Echo Lanes
Bedford Rd
Hotex Fla
Wood
Masoney
Fosen Paint Store
West Washington St
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