Obituary for John Berg, longtime Plattville resident
John Berg, 83, former Lisbon Township resident, died at Pleasant View Luther Home in Ottawa. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Plattville Lutheran Church with Rev. Tweedt and Rev. Peterson. burial in Plattville Lutheran Cemetery. Visitation 4–9 p.m. Friday at Finland Chapel. Memorials to Plattville Lutheran Church or Pleasant View Luther Home. Born April 13, 185 in Kriteberg Norway, he came to Kendall County, served in WWI overseas, and was gassed in France. He held roles in local churches, veterans groups, and agri services, and served on the Minooka High School board 1941–1953. He married Ruth Knudson in 1920. survived by wife, two sons Orland and William, daughter Marjorie Mehlberg, seven grandchildren, five great grandchildren, and a sister. Preceded by parents and five brothers and one sister.
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John Berg
Lisbon Township
Pleasant View
Luther
Ottawa
Plattville Lutheran Church
Vernon Tweedt
Henry Peterson
Plattville Lutheran Cemetery
Finland Chapel
Luther Home
Newark
Kendall County Farm Bureau
Minooka Community High School
Berg
Kendall County Farmers Oil Co
Kendall County Soil and Water District
Kendall County Committee of Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Cleng Peerson Lodge No. 525 Sons of Norway
Ruth Knudson
Plattville
Lester
Marjorie) Mehlberg
Normal
Orland
William Berg
Minooka
Elizabeth Vik
Fielberg
Norway
Illinois Wife Charged in Fatal Shooting of Husband
Hazel Fallon, 46, was charged with murder in the death of her husband Robert Fallon, 47, found shot four times in their Elgin home after a disputed divorce. Police, called by the couple's 17 year old daughter, forced entry. a handgun lay near the body.
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Elgin, Ill
UPI
Hazel Fallon
Robert
Fallon
Fallons
Wheat and soybeans ease. corn falls at Chicago noon
Markets report Chicago Board of Trade midday activity with wheat futures down for July and September dates, soybeans slipping, and corn under pressure. Key figures show July wheat at 3.18 with declines, corn July around 2.5534, and soybeans July at 6.70 with losses.
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Chicago
UPI
Board of Trade
Nettle Creek subdivision eyed by Grundy panel
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission will hear a preliminary plat for Pioneer Oaks Subdivision on Pioneer Rd between Nelson Rd and I 80. The plan proposes 15 lots of at least three acres with one road and a cul de sac. Residents oppose. An informal discussion on new roads in Aux Sable manufacturing area follows.
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Nettle Creek Township
James McElwain
William Palmer
Grundy County
Aux Sable Township
Northern Petrochemical
UPG Ince
Dram shop suit over fatal car crash filed
In Grundy County Circuit Court James Branson administrator of Theodore and Sophia Branson and related parties of New Jersey sue Billy Motry doing business as the Shel-Mar Tavern alleging the intoxicated driver Donald Pearson caused a July 13 wart crash on Interstate 80 that killed the Bransons and injured Jane Branson and John Paris The suit seeks 20000 for deaths and 4852 45 plus 973 67 for medical care and damages for the survivors plus other reasonable damages
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Grundy County
James Branson
Theodore
Sophia Branson
Nancy Paris
John Paris
New Jersey
Billy Motry
Shel-Mar Tavern
Bedford Rd
Donald Pearson
Jane Branson
Miss Branson and
Paris
Parked car stripped near Morris Harbor Marine
A 1968 Dodge Super Bee owned by Morris resident Robert Gray was stripped of its four tires mag rims steering wheel tachometer gear shift and linkage. The theft was reported by Vanessa Mathias, 970 E Pine Bluff Rd, after her husband found the car missing Wednesday morning following a Tuesday night sighting. Police investigated the incident on Griggs Dr near Morris Harbor.
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Morris Harbor Marine
Griggs Dr
Vanessa Mathias
Pine Bluff Rd
Morris Police
Morris Harbor
Morris
Robert Gray
Record Heat Pushes Blythe to 116 Degrees in West
The National Weather Service logged the day's high at 116 degrees in Blythe California, the hottest among the continental United States excluding Alaska and Hawaii. Winnemucca Nevada reported a low of 37 degrees, rounding the temperature spread for Wednesday.
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New York
Accidents Leave Several Youths Hospitalized in Area
A 13 year old Morris youth Kenneth Rexroad was discharged from St Joseph Hospital Joliet after injuries from a June 8 crash on Ashley Road near U S 6. His 17 year old brother drove the car into a ditch. Other patients include 16 year old Mark Arnold injured on Duck Pond Road, 16 year old Daniel Brown in good condition from a Sunday U S 6 crash, 22 year old William Slagle in fair condition from the same accident, and 37 year old Dennis Wills with serious back injuries from an I 80 rollover on May 13.
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Morris
Kenneth Rexroad
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Rexroad
N. Ashley Rd
Ashley Rd
U.S. 6
Morris Hospital
Mark Arnold
Eileen
Duck Pond Rd
Daniel Brown
Woodland Rd
Tablar Rd
William Slagle
W. Southmer Rd
Joliet Hospital
Dennis Wills
Illinois Ave
Ridge Rd
Morris Senior Citizen's request ruling sparks funding debate
At Monday's public hearing Norwood Brown, representing the Morris Senior Citizen's Community Center, sought 2500 from Grundy County funding via the city's revenue sharing fund. The Tuesday report in Morris Daily Herald misstated the council's request.
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Morris Daily Herald
Grundy County
Norwood Brown
Morris Senior Citizen
Skokie ramps up security for Nazi protest
Skokie officials mobilize a 140 member police force plus Illinois National Guard state police and 12 surrounding departments to keep peace during a Nazi march planned in a heavily Jewish suburb. Seven National Guard helicopters will patrol central Skokie while 18 ambulances and 46 doctors prepare for violence.
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Skokie, Ill
UPI
Skokie
Chicago
Albert J. Smith
Illinois National Guard
Smith
National Guard
Sol Goldstein
Justice Dept drafts newsroom search guidelines
The Justice Department told Congress it will apply a Supreme Court ruling with careful First Amendment deference as it drafts regulations to govern police searches of newsrooms. Assistant Attorney General Philip Heymann said the guidelines will prevent seizures from acting as a prior restraint and reassure the press that long-standing restraints on press searches remain. Journalists warned the ruling could permit searches of reporters notes and threaten source confidentiality.
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Washington
Grant Dillman
UPI
Lights Shot Out In Braceville Cause $80 Damage
Commonwealth Edison alerted the Grundy County Sheriff's Department at 11:09 a.m. Wednesday after street lights at North and Lennox and Merrill and Main streets in Braceville were shot out on June 5. The damage was estimated at $80.
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Grundy County
Sheriff’s Department
Braceville
Edison
North
Lennox
Merrill and
Main Sts
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