Two Men Get Probation For Marijuana Possession
In Grundy County Circuit Court on Thursday Timothy Hill and Dennis Greminger pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana in amounts between 2.5 and 10 grams. Hill, 19, of Gardner, received one year probation and a $300 fine plus $10 costs for marijuana possession after a deputy stopped his car for a broken windshield and observed a bag of marijuana that flew out. Greminger, 23, of Lockport, also received one year probation and $10 costs after police stopped his car for a single headlight and recovered marijuana cigarettes and a bag of marijuana during a search. A related charge against Hill for unsafe equipment was dismissed.
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Grundy County
Quilty
Timothy Hill
Pine St
Gardner
Stephen Maloney
Hill
Carbon Hill Rd
Illinois
Maloney
Dennis Greminger
Lockport
Greminger
Storm Rd
Woman Injured in Motorcycle Ride Near Braceville
Doris Morey, 36, of Gardner, was treated at Morris Hospital after a motorcycle ride with a stranger led to a fall. She reported injuries to her left elbow, right ankle, and right knee. the incident occurred between Braceville and Coal City. Jerry Krug transported her to the hospital.
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Doris Morey
N. Elm St
Gardner
Morris Hospital
Grundy County
Sgt. Neary
Miss Morey
Braceville
Coal City
Jerry Krug Brough
Illinois school aid package near final passage in legislature
In Springfield, the House and Senate prepared to send the school aid package to Governor Walker with enough votes. The House Appropriations Committee backed a 1.287 billion general-purpose aid plan and House Education approved two bond bills to finance Chicago school construction and rehabilitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ill
House Education Committee
Chicago School Board
State Board of Education
Illinois Senate ponders school aid reform broader than fees
The program measure would cut 20 million from a 55 million penalty Chicago owes state after early spring closings. Senate Democrats back changes to the school aid formula amid downstate and suburban funding concerns. Multiple bills await final agreement in a 2 billion funding package, with no passage until both chambers approve amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Senate
Cecil Partee
Democrats
Detroit to lay off quarter of police force next week
Detroit plans a 25 percent police staff cut to close a $46 million 1976 77 budget gap. Left intact are 63 meter maids who issue parking tickets earning about 4 million dollars last year.
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Detroit
UPI
Coleman A. Young
Charles Hardy
West Side
Robert Pisor
Young
Muskets Define 18th Century Land Warfare
The basic weapon was the large smooth bore flintlock musket. It was awkward slow and unpredictable in performance. Weather often silenced the flintlock, influencing winter and rain soaked campaigns according to The World Almanac.
Delmar Chitwood Given Probation For Theft
Delmar Chitwood of 1620 Pine Bluff Road was placed on one year probation and fined 500 dollars plus 10 dollars costs in Grundy County Circuit Court for theft. Prosecutor Michael Schroers, Kroger Food Store manager, testified Chitwood took a package of ham on June 11.
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Delmar Chitwood
Pine Bluff Rd
Grundy County
Michael Schroers
Kroger Food
Chitwood
Divorces Granted for Two Couples in Mental Cruelty Cases
Helen McArdle of Mazon was granted a divorce from Frank McArdle of Coal City on grounds of mental cruelty. Esther Hicks of Jana Lane was granted a divorce from Dr Van L Hicks of Jana Lane on grounds of mental cruelty.
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Helen McArdle
Rte. 1
Mazon
Frank McArdle
Lincoln St
Coal City
Esther Marie Hicks
Jana Lane
van L. Hicks
Traffic Court Fines Report from Morris County
A long list of traffic court fines includes Robert Foster Jr. 23 of Bedford Rd. Bedford fined 450 dollars and 10 costs for improper lane usage and 10 and 10 costs for no valid registration. Driving under drug influence was dismissed. Several other defendants from Morris and Grundy counties faced fines for reckless driving speeding and related offenses with various ages and addresses.
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Robert Foster Jr
Rte. 3
Bedford Rd
Morris
Dean Sager
Division St
Robert Stephens
Booth Rd
Gardner
Peter Odo
Broadway
Division Sts
Coal City
John Greiman
Normal
John Hummel
S. Vermillion and
Carbon Sts
Daniel Durkee
Park Blvd
James Watson
Liberty
Main Sts
Gordon Hatteberg
Rte. 1
Newark
Wix
Reed Rd
Berra Rd
Roger Lawrence
Rte
Dellas Rd
Grundy County
Tim Neary
Cemetery Rd
Michael Fortin
Ottawa Bend
Dennis Holbrook
Fremont Ave
Nettle St
Hopkins Court
Benny van Cleave
Minooka
Michael Hrechko
Wabena St
Minooka High School
Ruthanne Hooker
North St
Braceville
Charles Shelby
Mitchell and Gould Sts
Robert Lee Lynes
Liberty St
Lynes
Douglas Francois
Liberty and
High Sts
Francois
Three Cicero youths fined for trespass in Grundy Court
Dennis Little age 20 Robert Balla age 20 and David Balla age 17 were fined 25 dollars and 23 dollars costs in Grundy County Circuit Court after guilty pleas to criminal trespass to land. They were arrested June 6 following complaints by Larry Dooley of Coal City that they swam on his property and walked across new trees.
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Cicero
Grundy County
Dennis Little
Robert Balla
David Balla
Larry Dooley
Lincoln Lake
Coal City
Dooley
Barbs nae Barbs nae
A columnist muses on neighborly generosity and financial quirks with humorous takes on love and age as life’s roller coaster and a paper boy’s wages. The piece playfully questions rationalizations that delay small payments and hints at romantic mischief across ages.
Area woman awarded NI-Gas scholarship
Miss Ann Hamilton of Coal City daughter of Mr and Mrs Max Hamilton 195 S Kankakee Ave Coal City has been chosen as one of ten recipients of a two year scholarship from Northern Illinois Gas Company She is a Lewis University junior majoring in accounting active in scholastic and civic affairs and has made the dean's list four times
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Ann Hamilton
Max Hamilton
S. Kankakee Avenue
Coal City
Northern Illinois Gas Company
Miss Hamilton
Ni-Gas
Lewis University
County Festival Queen
ERDA Approves Perry County Coal Gasification Plan
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration approves a 200 to 400 million Perry County Illinois coal gasification demonstration alongside a similar Noble County Ohio project. Phase 1 funding may total 15 to 25 million with design site work and environmental analysis. The plan could later scale to full commercial size and employs about 2,200 tons of high BTU coal daily.
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Washington
UPI
Perry County
Illinois
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
Noble County
Ohio
Paul Simon
D-Il
Simon
Southern Illinois
New Athens
St. Clair County
Coalcon
Union Carbide Corp
Chemical Construction Co
Illinois Coal Gasification Group
Peoples Gas
Northern Illinois Gas
North Shore Gas
Central Illinois Gas
Central Illinois Public Service Co
South Africa faces deep tribal rifts and cross group tensions
The author outlines South Africa's racial mix including 15 million Bantus and 1.8 million coloreds with sharp tribal divides among Zulus Xhosas and Sothos and warns of potential spillover into whites and foreign groups. It notes Cape Town and Pretoria capitals and argues the country risks another Angola-like crisis if tensions intensify.
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South Africa
China
India
Africa
Zanzibar
Cape Town
Pretoria
National
United Party
Table Mountain
Plymouth Rock
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
South West Africa
Republic
Angola
Pepe
Worry Clinic urges active aging for aging clergy
In a column advising elderly pastors, Rev. Amos aged 86 finds new work in North Carolina after selling items to fund travel. The piece urges clergymen to stay active, manage daily agendas, and consider self supporting roles to avoid rust and decline. It promotes a booklet from George W. Crane with mailing details and costs.
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Amos
North Carolina
God
Satan
Viatform
Dear Ann Landers Advice Column Letter Trio
Open letter format with three reader questions. A mother defends leaving an unhappy marriage and a son asks about visiting his grandmother. a teenage girl seeks leg shortening surgery details and Ann advises against the procedure and promotes self respect.
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Ann Landers
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