Obituary Notice for William E. Johnson of Peoria
William E. Johnson, 72, of Peoria, died after a short illness at St. Francis Hospital. Born 1906 in Grundy County, he worked in construction, married Dixie Smith in 1936, and is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren, three sisters, two brothers, and several nieces and nephews. Visitation tonight at Wright and Salmon Funeral Home. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with burial in Peoria.
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William E. Johnson
Peoria
St. Francis Hospital
Grundy County
Harver Johnson
Morris
Dixie Smith
James
Judy) Gray
Dallas
Texas
Richard
Gaye) Sammon
Bernard
Hazel) Enervold
Grace Johnson
Howard
Pauline) Leach
Vernon
Auburn Heights
Mich
Arnold
Wright and Salmon
Funeral
Accident victims improve after Joliet and Morris hospital care
Three of four accident victims were listed in improved condition today while hospitalized at St. Joseph Hospital Joliet and Morris Hospital. Daniel Brown 16 transferred from ICU to a regular floor at St. Joseph, listed in good condition. William Slagle 22 remained in fair condition in the surgical ICU. Mark Gordon 18 was expected to be dismissed from Morris Hospital, while Michael Sorensen 21 was discharged earlier. Kenneth Rexroad 13 listed in good condition at St. Joseph after a June 8 one car crash on Ashley Road south of U.S. 6.
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St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris Hospital
Daniel Brown
Woodland Rd
Brown
U.S. 6
Tabler Rd
William Slagle
W. Southmor Rd
Mark Gordon
Liberty St
Michael Sorensen
Denver
Colo
Kenneth Rexroad
Ashley Rd
Robert
Fort Leonard Wood
Chinese Vice Premier Meets American Tourist Group
Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiao-ping held a friendly conversation with an American tour group led by Henry Ford II in Hong Kong. Ford reportedly discussed potential sales of Ford trucks to China, per the official New China News Agency and earlier Japanese auto industry sources.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Teng Hsiao-ping
U.S
Henry Ford II
New China
Ford
China
Joliet Live Stock Market Report
Joliet market report notes cattle sales too light to establish a market. Hog prices drop about one dollar with varied weights. Estimated Wednesday receipts list cattle around 3,000 and hogs near 1,200.
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Joliet, Tr
UPI
Markets seven grain prices at noon
At 12 noon the market quotes corn at 2.38 and beans at 6.65 with no further context or changes noted.
Arrest one suspect in rape case
In Elk Mountain area of northeast Tennessee four teen hikers were attacked by five masked men at dusk. One man, David Jones, was arrested. four others Gregory Oaks Jerry Oaks John Oaks and Billy Johnson sought on rape and armed robbery warrants. Victims were high school students from Raleigh North Carolina.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
David Jones
Tennessee
Gregory
Jerry
John Oaks
Billy Johnson
Crockett
Buck Mountain
Carter County
George Papantoniou
Raleigh
N.C
Elk Mountain
Damascus
Jones
Jerry Oaks
General Sessions Court
Stewart Hampton
Hampton
Government approves ground bone use in processed meats
Washington under government approval for using ground bone in some processed meats with label disclosure as powdered bone. Mechanically deboned meat allowed up to 20 percent, not in baby foods, with label stating mechanically processed and powdered bone content.
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Michael J. Conlon Washington
UPI
Carol Foreman
Agriculture Secretary
Food and Consumer Services
Foreman
Chrysler sells stock to raise funds for future programs
Chrysler Corp begins selling 250 million dollars of new preferred stock with warrants as part of a plan to finance seven point five billion dollars in spending over five years. The offering, led by Merrill Lynch and First Boston, carries an eleven percent dividend and allows buying common stock at an eighteen percent premium.
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Detroit
UPI
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
Merril Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
First Boston Corp
Curtain prices spark county board dispute in Chicago
Harold Tyrrell of the Cook County Board protested approvals for furnishing the new Correctional Officers Training Academy at the jail site noting $162.50 shower curtains and other items totaling $72,700. He compared prices with local stores and questioned county excess, while project manager William Macdonald defended quality and durability of the furnishings as privacy curtains and long lasting equipment.
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Chicago
UPI
Cook County Board
Correctional Officers Training Academy
Harold Tyrrell
Cook County
Tyrrell
Academy
William Macdonald
Macdonald
Runaway girl nabbed after stolen car hits truck near Gardner
A 15 year old runaway girl was taken into custody after the stolen car she was driving struck a semi on Interstate 55 near Gardner. No injuries were reported. The girl, from Chicago, had been living at a state home in Centralia and ran away with another girl. Trooper Thompson said the pair briefly fled from Bloomington area toward Normal before dividing. the other girl continued north and hit the semi near Gardner Road around 8 am. The runaway was held at Grundy County Juvenile Detention Center. authorities planned to coordinate with McLean County. State Police have no further report on the accident.
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Gardner
Chicago
Centralia
Thomas Thompson
Bloomington
Normal
Thompson
Gardner Rd
McLean County
Grundy County
Judge denies order ending Skokie Nazi march plan
UPI reports federal Judge George N. Leighton refused to issue an order to halt potential Sunday Nazi march in Skokie. He would reconsider if all parties return properly prepared, as Nazis seek to waive a $60,000 insurance bond for Marquette Park.
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Chicago
UPI
Skokie
George N. Leighton
American Civil Liberties Union
Leighton
Chicago Park District
Marquette Park
Frank Collin
ACLU
Second burglary charge on Braceville youth
Braceville youth Joseph Michuda, 17, already jailed in Grundy County for burglarizing a Gardner restaurant, faces two Will County burglary charges for boats at the Three Rivers Yacht Club near Will Road. Bail set at 100,000. Michuda the sole arrested so far in the Will County boat burglaries. He remains jailed on a separate $50,000 burglary charge from June 12.
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Braceville
Grundy County
Gardner
Will County
Joseph Michuda
Three River's Yacht Club
Will Rd
Ron Fox
Michuda
Timothy Lockhart
Allen Pozdol
Hen House
Thomas Walker
Brooke to rebut tax claim over dependents
Sen Edward Brooke says he will issue a public statement denying allegations that he improperly claimed his daughters as dependents from 1970 to 1975. He met with his accountant and notes the IRS audited 1973 to 1975 and approved the deductions.
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Boston
UPI
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Robert Waite
The
Washington Post
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