Obituary of Jesse J. Osmonson 1888 1969 Morris area resident
Jesse J. Osmonson, 90, died Tuesday at Grundy County Home where he lived since 1965. Funeral at 2 p.m. Friday at Finland Chapel, burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Born January 7, 1888 in Lisbon, WWI veteran, lifelong Morris area farmer. Survived by sister Nellie Olson of Elliott, Illinois and several nieces and nephews. Preceded by parents, one sister and four brothers. Visitation the day of the funeral.
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Jesse J. Osmonson
Grundy County
Finland Chapel
Norval Wigtil
Evergreen Cemetery
Lisbon
Edward
Martina (Jacobson) Osmonson
Morris
Oscar
Nellie) Olson
Elliott, Ill
Death by own action cited in Parsons murder trial
In Vermilion County jail prosecutors link a death by own action note found in Theodore Parsons cell to his alleged role in the September killings of Mark Harris and Douglas Simmons near Mahomet. Witness Deputy Sheriff James Gooden testified Parsons appeared unconscious and revived, with the note then found in his cell.
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Decatur, Ill
UPI
Theodore Parsons
Danville
Parsons
Vermilion County
Mark Harris
Douglas Simmons
Champaign
Mahomet
Vermilion
James Gooden
Macon County
Robert E. Kirkpatrick
Jerry Gleckner
Theft at Drake's Farm Restaurant Counts $175 Missing
The restaurant on Pine Bluff Road reports cash and items valued at $175 stolen Monday night. Owner Al Cookas told Deputy Carl Dummitt the doors were locked with no sign of forcible entry. About $100 in cash and $75 in items were taken from four cash registers. one register appeared forcibly opened. No itemized list was reported.
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Drake's Farm
Pine Bluff Rd
al Cookas
Carl Dummitt
Joliet Market Livestock Prices Narrow Declines Reported
In Joliet Illinois live stock market results cattle 2 500 head with steers steady to 50 lower heifers 50 to 1.00 lower high choice and prime steers 56.50 to 57.00 choice 54.50 to 56.00 and few 54.75 no canner or cutter cows hogs 1 400 head 25 to 50 lower No 1 2 210 to 240 lb 49.00 to 49.75 No 1 3 200 to 250 lb 46.75 to 49.00 No 2 3 250 to 270 lb 45.50 to 46.75 No 2 4 290 to 300 lb 42.00 to 43.00 Thursday receipts cattle 25 hogs 1 000.
Grain Market Summary at Chicago Noon
Chicago midday board shows wheat down, corn up, soybeans mixed. Wheat futures fell 3.22 to 3.25, corn July risen to 2.59, soybeans July at 6.92 up 1cents. Prices listed for Sep and Dec contracts.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Campaign for 22 firemen faces Prop 13 impact statewide
San Francisco reports show Alpine County residents raising 150000 to save 22 firemen jobs amid Prop 13 cutbacks while court and county officials gain automatic pay raises. San Francisco tax data reveals 27 million in property tax savings for the citys top 10 taxpayers under the Jarvis Gann initiative, including Pacific Telephone and Pacific Gas & Electric. The situation highlights uneven effects of the tax limit measure statewide.
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San Francisco
UPI
Alpine County
Superior Court
California
Los Angeles
Jarvis-Gann
Pacific Telephone Co
Pacific Gas & Electrc Co
Trooper rescues kidnap victim in Elgin Illinois
State police trooper Walter Harris spotted a frightened young woman in a car on US 31 and ordered the car to pull into a service station. The 17 year old Elgin girl, Sarah Balasmo, leaped out and cried that she had been kidnapped and her abductor held a gun.
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Elgin, Ill
UPI
Walter Harris
Sarah Balasmo
Elgin
US 31
Harris
Teen ticketed for improper passing in Pine Bluff area
David Blake, 17, of 6 Walleye Road, was ticketed at 7 30 p m Tuesday by Deputy Michael Sather for improper passing near Pine Bluff and Collins Roads. He posted his license as bond and is to appear in court July 13.
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David Blake
Walleye Rd
Michael Sather
Pine Bluff
Collins Rds
Minooka Lions Club banner stolen during Desparado Days
Curt Jebens, president of the Minooka Lions Club, reported to Chief Michael Hrechko that a Desparado Days banner hanging above Mondamon Street was stolen on Saturday night. The sign, blown down earlier that day, was taken in a car and valued at 225 dollars.
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Minooka
Mondamon St
Curt Jebens
Minooka Lions Club
Michael Hrechko
Jebens
Suit Dismissed for Lack of Prosecution in Car Lien Case
Jack Anderson sued Greenway Pontiac on U S 6 in Grundy County over a lien on a car he says he paid for in full. The August 1975 filing claimed Greenway wrongfully placed the lien after Anderson bought and paid for a 1974 Pontiac Firebird in December 1974 and settled the payment on January 28.
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Jack Anderson
Greenway Pontiac
U.S. 6
Grundy County
Anderson
Greenway
Moose Skowron to Attend Minooka Bike Rodeo This Saturday
Former New York Yankee and Chicago White Sox slugger Moose Skowron will appear at Minooka's first annual bike rodeo on Saturday. He will sign autographs and demonstrate cycling skills as local children report to the Main Street lower level parking lot at 10 a.m. Police Chief Mike Hrechko will register bikes and inspect safety. Winners in age groups 5-8 9-11 and 12-16 receive trophies or certificates. Adults may register bikes for the tests.
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Minooka
Bill
Moose
Skowron
New York Yankee
Chicago White Sox
Mike Hrechko
Nude passenger runs wild aboard Miami Los Angeles flight
A National Airlines DC-10 from Miami to Los Angeles diverted into a spectacle when a nude passenger, mid 20s, ran through first class with a champagne bottle. Flight attendants chased and wrapped her in a blanket as passengers laughed and applauded. she slept the rest of the way while crew said such behavior was not standard in flight entertainment.
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Miami
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National Airlines
Los Angeles
Bus Car Crash In Mount Vernon Hospitalizes Eighteen
A car driven by 18 year old William Merriman of Iuka struck a bus broadside at a downtown intersection in Mount Vernon Illinois. The collision flipped the bus onto its roof with 18 people injured including Merriman and seven bus passengers.
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Mount Vernon , Ill
UPI
William Merriman
Iuka
Merriman
Brooke condemns press over 'reckless invasion' of privacy
Senator Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts blasted media coverage of his private life and finances as reckless invasion, accusing outlets including the Boston Globe and Washington Post of heartless headlines and distorted reporting while denying tax and ownership misstatements. A Middlesex Probate Court judge said he would reopen the divorce case if Remigia Brooke seeks a new trial.
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Boston
UPI
Edward W. Brooke
Mass
Brooke
Washington
Watergate Complex
Boston Globe
The
Washington Post
New York Times
William Safire
Middlesex County
Remigia
Administration moves to improve rural health care
The White House outlines plans to improve rural Americans access to health care transportation housing and water and sewer services under presidential assistant Jack Watson. The program aims to link Agriculture and HEW funding for health clinics Medicare and Medicaid with funding for clinics and long term care facilities, targeting tangible results within months. Grundy County residents purchased $153,908 in Series E and H Savings Bonds in Q1 1978, per county chairman Joseph Mattson.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Agriculture Department
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Grundy County
United States Savings
Joseph Mattson
Illinois Savings Bonds Committee
Indiana officials arrest third suspect for slaying Illinois woman
Portage, Ind. police detain Philip M. Sturgell 27 of Hobart at Burns Harbor plant on homicide aiding charge. LaPorte Circuit Court sets $100,000 bond. Earlier brothers Edward and Larry Bachar, Portage, charged with murder in Cheryl Lacy death, last seen June 11 in Midlothian, Ill. Body found Saturday south of LaPorte after tip from Illinois authorities.
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Illinois
Portage, Ind
UPI
LaPorte
Philip M. Sturgell
Hobart
Portage
Burns Harbor
Bethlehem Steel Co
Sturgell
Edward
Larry Bachar
Bachar
Cheryl Lacy
Oak Forest
Ill
Miss Forest
Midlothian
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