Aluma x incident yields arrests over car damage and gun claims
On Monday in Grundy County two men Manuel Rojas and Richard E Cobb were arrested for damaging a Canteen Corp car and posting $100 bonds with a March 28 court date. Earlier officers found three guns and a straight razor claimed by picketers at Alumax. Additional incidents included damaged vehicles linked to Joliet Gardner and Braidwood residents and a burning utility pole on west Minooka Rd. Separate court sentences fined Barry and Bruce Bitterman for battery and unlawful use of a weapon after a Coal City incident.
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Joliet
Richard E. Cobb
Bolingbrook
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Canteen Corp
Joan Fribbs
Grundy County
Gary Phillips
Evert Poyner
Frank Schmitt
Alamax
Tom Taylor
Poyner
Narvell Darling
Chicago
Everett Miller
Jeff Wix
Robert Davy
Thomas Castleberry
Walter Parker Jr
Gardner
James Wardlow
Braidwood
John Terramiggi
Lantern Lane
Terramiggi
Morris Texaco
Morris
Max Ba
Sheriff's Department
West Minooka Rd
Commonwealhh Edison
Coal City
Barry Bitterman
Mable Court
Bruce Bitterman
Tony Cove
Bitterman
Broadway St
William Klegman
Charles Ingram
Broadway
Klegman
Clinic April 7 Chest Clinic at Grundy County Health Office
Grundy County Health Department will hold a chest clinic on April 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at 1340 Edwards St. Dr. John H. Meyer will be the consultant. First admissions require a private physician referral. Arrangements can be made with the health department. Phone 942-222. A Morris woman was slightly injured in a two car crash at Division and High Sts. about 5:30 p.m. Monday. Elizabeth Guistat, 64, 734 E. Jefferson St., injured but not treated. Her husband James Guistat, 69, was in the other car with Georgia Poulos, 31, 304 Mabel Court. Poulos was northbound on Division St.. Guistat westbound on High St. Guistat pulled onto Division and collided with Poulos. It was raining, visibility reduced. Damage to Poulos’s 1971 Pontiac over $100. Guistat’s 1975 Plymouth over $100 left-side damage.
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Morris
Division and
High Sts
Thomas Suddarth
Elizabeth Guistat
E. Jefferson St
James Guistat
Georgia Poulos
Mabel Court
Suddarth
Bus Hijack by 15-Year-Old Ends with Police Wounding
In Walled Lake Michigan a 15 year old boy armed with a sawed off shotgun hijacked a school bus and threatened to blow the heads off two hostages during a 35 minute ordeal. He was shot and wounded by police. Five high school students boarded the bus and all escaped unharmed.
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Walled Lake
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UPI
Short change artists active in Marseilles area
Morris police report information from Marseilles indicating the short change artists who operated in Morris and Coal City earlier this month are active there. Two men in a 1977 yellow Buick were sighted in Marseilles. Four people were stopped on Illinois 113 near Coal City March 1 and released after repaying $58 taken from Coal City Citgo and $70 to Morris Riverside Citgo.
Stop sign Down Reported At Corner In Grundy County
The Grundy County Sheriff's Department reported a stop sign was down at the northeast corner of Southmor and Dwight Roads at 9 49 a.m. Monday.
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Dwight Rds
Grundy County
Sheriff's Department
Two county residents on health committee
Region IX Health Systems Agency Inc at its board meeting elected the 25 member executive committee. Grundy County members include William R. Lumry and Donald H. Botkin of Morris. Also named from Kankakee Kendall Will counties are Bertha Roger Byron Wallace Eugene Daniels Reinhold Schuller Kenneth Cote Curtis Brady Viola Leifheit Jannette Nelson William Abbey Charles Cain Greg Johnson Alan Deather age William Palmer Jose Garcia Clariann Woolard Joni Harrell James Barringer Doris Dalton Keyton Nixon Jeffrey Todd Albert W Ray MD Warren Wunderlich MD. Officers are Albert W Ray MD president Bertha Roger vice president Doris Dalton secretary Jannette Nelson treasurer.
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Region IX Health Systems Agency, Inc
Grundy County
William R. Lumry
Donald H. Botkin
Morris
Bertha Roger
Byron Wallace
Eugene Daniels
Reinhold Schuller
M.D
Kenneth Cote
Curtis Brady
Kankakee County
Viola Leifheit
Jannette Nelson
Kendall County
William Abbey
Charles Cain
Greg Johnson
Alan Deatherage
William Palmer
Jose Garcia
Clariann Woolard
Joni Harrell
James Barringer
Doris Dalton
Keyton Nixon
Jeffrey Todd
Albert W. Ray
Warren Wunderlich
Will County
HSA
Board creates junior high for Braidwood students in Reed-Custer district
Reed-Custer School Board approves a Braidwood only middle school to use the soon vacated Reed-Custer High School building. Grade levels remain at Custer Park School. Board debates curriculum changes, summer school, and student drop precautions. A special meeting is set to finalize Sullivan's plan as weathered by attendance and insurance concerns.
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Reed- Custer
School Board of Education
Dennis Mather
Reed-Custer High School
Custer Park
Joseph Faletti
Mather
Unit
Regional Transportation Authority
RTA
Kip Sullivan
Curtis Simpson
Sullivan
Simpson
James Elder
Lee Clement
Elmer Metzka
Clemen
Joliet man indicted on marijuana charge
Grundy County Grand Jury indicted Gary Jackson a 24 year old Joliet man for possession of less than 200 grams of amphetamines. Deputy Jeff Wix testified about the arrest in Minooka Saturday night. Bond set at 10000. Jury foreman Roger Cumming and 28 other jurors attended.
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Grundy County
Gary Jackson
Joliet
Jeff Wix
Jackson
Minooka
Roger Cumming
Candidates meet teachers in Seneca education event
The Seneca Education Association hosted a Meet the Candidate night at Knights of Columbus Hall. Each Illinois candidate answered an education questionnaire and was graded on responses about teachers. Invited speakers included endorsed candidates and Tim Hall of Dwight, a former U.S. Representative seeking the seat.
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Seneca Education Association
Knights of Columbus
Seneca
Illinois
State Space Committee
Illinois Education Association
James Bagley
Seneca District
Tim Hall
Dwight
U.S
Ottawa area race features education stance and local traffic cases
The report covers candidates Lee Ilgen and Peg Breslin from Ottawa vying for the 38th district state seats and James Riccolo’s past voting record on education, alongside a note on a dismissed criminal damage charge against Terry Tuning. It lists multiple traffic citations, fines, and costs for drivers in Grundy and nearby counties, including speeding and improper plates offenses.
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State Association
SEA
Department of Education
Lee Ilgen
Ottawa
Education
Illinois Education Association
Peg Breslin
James Riccolo
Streator
Pope Paul VI Cancels Audience For Flu Illness
Pope Paul VI, 80, suspends his weekly Wednesday audience due to influenza symptoms to conserve energy for Easter. He will appear briefly at his study window and rest before Holy Week, which includes six public appearances starting with Palm Sunday Mass at St Peter's Basilica.
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Paul VI
Vatican
Romeo Panciroli
St. Peter's Square
St. Peter's Basilica
St. Peter's
Illinois elected officials list includes senators and reps
A roster of national and state officials is displayed with names party affiliations and contact details. Senators Charles Percy and Adlai Stevenson are listed alongside state representatives Edward McBroom George Ryan Tom Corcoran Ray Christensen and Senator Jerry Joyce, with district info addresses and phone numbers.
Worry Clinic Advice Reverses Impotence Suicide Risk
Dr George W Crane relays case of Don D a 27 year old engineer who faced impotence after a troubled wedding night. His wife Beth feared he might kill himself due to a sexual inferiority complex but after guidance emphasizing wife initiated arousal and open communication the couple reportedly improved.
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Don
Don D
Northwestern University
Chicago
Evanston
Dr. Crane
Poems and advice from wartime columns offered readers a glimpse of opinions
The note includes excerpts from a WWII era poem titled Nimitz Halsey and Me about Patsy McCoy and the war effort and a reader advice column by Ann Landers addressing workplace offense, parent-teen dynamics, and a book offer. The piece blends humor, patriotism, and guidance for readers navigating wartime culture.
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Nimitz
Halsey
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