Runaway Train Caught After 93 Mile Run
A derailed Santa Fe locomotive sped 98 miles through Kansas from Hutchinson to Kinsley after a throttled start. Deputies, patrols, and spectators chased the out-of-control engine as it crossed nine towns, narrowly missing pedestrians and cars before a derailment ended its 84 minute run with no injuries.
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Kinsley
Kan
Kansas
Santa Fe
Hutchinson
Arkansas River
Houten
Crain
Stanley Stout
Sterling
Learnch
Newton
Don Cargill
George Stone
Cargill
Bicycle Missing From 206 Benton Street Report
Ronald Cryshaw reports a lost 24 inch blue Hiawatha bicycle at 10 45 a m Thursday. The bike has high handlebars a seat basket and a Joliet sticker.
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Ronald Crynshaw
Benton St
Morris Police
Hiawatha
Joliet
Traffic Court Fines Paid In Circuit Court
The magistrate division of the circuit court logged fines for multiple drivers on dates in May and June. Names include Gabriel Cavazos, Anthony D Angelo, Kenneth Daggett, Donald Frank, William Schmaltz, Sandra Malik, Claire Young, Charles R Attebury, Kenneth A Holcomb, Cyrus Jayner, and Roy Jennings, with fines ranging from 10 to 40 dollars and standard costs. Citations cover speeding, driving in restricted lanes, and overlength towing issues on Interstate 80, I 55, and local streets, issued by state troopers and local police.
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Gabriel Cavazos
Joliet
Minooka
Robert Wood
Cavazos
Harold Andrews
Andrews
Anthony D-Angelo
Richard Apartments
D. O. Wills
Minooka Road
Kenneth Daggett
Rte. 1
William Wilder
Interstate 80
Illinois
Donald Frank
Lockport
Interstate
William Schmaltz
Wilmington
Charles Kosek
Mondamon St
Sandra Malik
Washington St
Min
Fairbury
Kosek
Kenneth A. Holcomb
Marseilles
Donald Hoskins
Cyrus Jayner
Markham
Jayner
Roy Jennings
Cullom
Leonard Waldhoff
Cars Crash on Liberty Street In Morris
Walter G. Olson, 26, of Rte. 2, driving a 1963 Chevrolet, collided with Wendell A. Johnson, 25, of 71544 N Liberty St., in a two car crash on Liberty Street near the tracks at 7 13 p m Thursday. Olson’s eastbound car struck Johnson’s southbound Tempest in the left rear fender. Johnson’s car had damage to the left rear fender. Olson’s had no damage. Morris Policeman Jack Kopezick reported the incident.
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Walter G. Olson
Depot St
Liberty St
Wendell A. Johnson
Olson
Johnson
Morris
Jack Kopezick
Driver Arrested After High Speed Morris Chase
At 1:35 a.m. in Morris Ronald Wren 19 of 1256 Division St and Gary Egeland 16 of Rte. 1 were cited after a chase on Division St from U S 6 to Pine Bluff Rd. Wren faces fleeing and eluding. Egeland cited for curfew. Court dates set for July 1.
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Morris
Jim Gretencord
William Button
Division St
Pine Bluff Road
Ronald Wren
Gretencord
Gary A. Egeland
Button
Ilinois
Egeland
Wren
Man Charged with Property Damage in Aux Sable
John Ellis of Aux Sable Township posted 10 percent of a 1000 bond after arrest by Grundy County sheriff on criminal damage charges. The case involves damage to a 1957 Ford pickup owned by Henry R. Abraham and a 1962 Chevrolet Impala owned by Donald Abraham. Court date set for July 8.
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John Ellis
Aux Sable Township
Grundy County
Reatha L. Abraham
Dresden Acres
Ellis
Henry R. Abraham
Donald Abraham
Warren's enduring poise amid impeachment talk and court scrutiny
The article outlines Earl Warren's steady leadership as California governor and later chief justice amid anti Warren sentiment and public protests. It notes his legal training at the University of California and rise from district attorney to attorney general. It recalls his 1948 Republican ticket as vice presidential candidate with Dewey and his quip about President Truman's vote total.
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Warren
Earl Warren
California
University of California
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Truman
Speedometer Stolen From Motorcycle in Morris
Police responded to a report of damage to a motorcycle at 4 55 p m. Keith Benson of 12242 E Main St reported that someone stole the speedometer and broke the cable handle from the parked motorcycle overnight near his apartment stairs.
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Morris
Keith Benson
E. Main St
Gangs Use Trainee Funds to Bond Money Says Moore
Psychologist Moore testified that gang trainees were forced to drop out, with a $5 recruitment bonus per student and a $25 weekly portion of the $45 salary funneled into a bond fund to aid members in jail. Detectives reported OEO officials blocked records, citing internal documents, amid claims of waste and inefficiency.
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Moore
Chicago
OEO
Sargent Shriver
Wals
Office of Economic Opportunity
Mainstreet Cowboys End Revolver Salutes in Pendleton
The Mainstreet Cowboys, Pendleton Oregon, voted to discontinue carrying revolvers. The group has traditionally fired a few blank rounds to welcome visitors to the city.
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Pendleton
Ore
Mainstreet Cowboys
Thomas Thompson Gardner obituary notice
Gardner Thompson Thomas Thompson Gardner 77 rural Gardner died Thursday morning at Pleasant View Luther Home Ottawa where he had lived the past year born July 12 1890 in Garfield Township son of Christ and Augusta Thompson educated in rural schools farmed in Greenfield Township retired ten years ago married May 25 1915 to Rachael Severson survived by six daughters Mae Sandeno Ida Zaccaria Lillian Dumdie Marian Dumdie Leona Miller Phyllis Sandberg one son Phillip nineteen grandchildren one sister Martha Walter funeral 1 30 p m Saturday United Lutheran Church Gardner Rev Obed Westphal burial Braceville Gardner visitation 3 p m to 10 p m today Davis Funeral Home Gardner memorials to United Lutheran Church Gardner
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Gardner
Thomas Thompson
Pleasant View
Luther Home
Ottawa
Garfield Township
Christ and
Augusta
Branchland) Thompson
Greenfield Township
Rachael Severson
United Lutheran Church
Willard
Thomas Jr
Obed Westphal
Braceville-Gardner
Davis Funeral Home
Einar O B Holm Dies at 80 in California
Einar O B Holm 80 of Shell Beach California formerly of Kendall County and a lifelong farmer died Monday in California. He is survived by his wife and two cousins Olaf Olson and Mrs Jesse Dale of Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Einar O. B. Holm
Shell Beach
Calif
Kendall County
California
Olaf Olson
Jesse Dale
Dismissal in Disorderly Conduct Case Against John Sole
A disorderly conduct charge against John Sole of 615 Liberty Street was dismissed in magistrate court on Thursday. The defendant paid $20 clerk’s costs and $7.40 sheriff’s costs. The complaint alleged unreasonable conduct to alarm or disturb another and provoke a breach of the peace.
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Fred Sole
Liberty Sr
John Sole
Youths Fined for Stop Sign Damage on Du Pont Road
Two 17 year olds from Mazon were fined 75 dollars and 10 dollars costs each after tearing down a stop sign on Du Pont Road near Illinois 47 at 6 15 p m Tuesday Sheriff Richard Pierce issued the citations for William Lowery and Michael Dolan Magistrate Chester Winsor dismissed criminal damage to property charges against Alan Braghini of Verona who faced mailboxes and a stop sign damage count The case was filed by Sheriff Pierce and lawyer James Fleming represented Braghini.
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DuPont Road
Illinois
William Lowery
Mazon
Richard Pierce
Lowery
Michael Dolan
Alan Braghini
Verona
Chester Winsor
Braghini
Grundy County
Grand Ridge Road
Pierce
James Fleming
Coal City
Building Permits Issued in Grundy County This Week
Grundy County Building and Zoning issued two permits this week. Mr and Mrs E A Busch of Western Springs paid 81.09 for a single family home with basement in Goose Lake Township. Howard Powell of Braceville paid 25 for a mobile home and septic system in Central City Braceville Township.
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Grundy County
Office of Building and Zoning
E. A. Busch
Western Springs
Goose Lake
Howard Powell
Braceville
Central City
License Suspended for Shirley A Bennington
The driver's license of Mrs. Shirley A. Bennington from Rte. 2 Channahon has been suspended for three violations per a list from Secretary of State Paul Powell's office.
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Shirley A. Bennington
Rte. 2
Channahon
Secretary of State
Paul Powell
Nowicki Held in Nashville County Jail for Wife’s Stabbing Death
Tony Nowicki, 67, a retired railroad worker, is jailed in Nashville County on a murder charge after his wife Leona Nowicki, 67, was fatally stabbed several times in their trailer home. Sheriff Joe Berry said the couple argued and Nowicki said he blacked out during the dispute.
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Hughart Building Systems
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David M. Barr
Dial
Mercantile Exchange
Chicago Cash Grain
Thomas H. Thompson
Bannon Music Center
Harry’s TV
Crment Miles
Sakrete
Sakrete, Inc
DRY MIX Concrete CO
Franklin Park, I
Smuretes
IBC Homes
Sam Brancato
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Plymouth
Satellite
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Chevy
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Grundy Motors, Inc
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